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COURSE INFORMATION
[100 level: language
and culture]
[200 level:
conversation, culture and civilization, literature, spring abroad]
[300 level: upper-level
literature]
[400 level: independent
study, honors thesis]
[Women's Studies Introductory Course]
[Latin American and Caribbean Studies Special Topics]
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Spanish 111, |
First -year Spanish. Introduction to vocabulary and
grammar with emphasis on the development of listening, speaking, reading, and
writing skills and on cultural knowledge. Class is taught in Spanish and
students are expected to communicate solely in the target language.
Activities include much group work, Internet research, lab exercises, etc. |
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Spanish 161, 162 |
Second-year Spanish. Further development of listening,
speaking, reading, writing, and cultural skills. A great variety of
activities include grammatical focus through conversation, listening
exercises in class and lab, viewing of an educational Spanish soap opera and
subsequent discussion in class, Web exercises, and extensive concentration on
reading and writing with emphasis on original texts written in Spanish. |
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Spanish 202 |
Supervised Study Abroad. See the Romance Languages Study Abroad
page. |
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Spanish 204 |
Advanced
Intermediate Conversational Skills in Spanish. Students will
meet every day for extensive conversation in order to develop aural and
oral skills and to enhance cultural sensitivity. Class time will be
devoted purely to speaking, in small groups and as a class, while assignments
will require application of all language skills. In 2004, there will be
special emphasis on service learning, as each student will work two hours a
week using her or his Spanish in different community sectors of Rockbridge
County. In addition, some class discussions will treat the themes of
the students' service experiences and of issues and current events of
Hispanics in the U.S. |
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Spanish 204 y 295 (2002) |
Conversational
Skills in Spanish with Emphasis on Hispanic Cinema. This course addresses
departmental need by structuring itself in two tiers:
intermediate and and advanced. The two groups will work together three
days a week to develop conversational skills and cultural knowledge by
discussing a selection of films. The two groups will meet as separate
entities the other two days of the week in order to address specific skills
pertinent to the level. Class time is devoted purely to speaking, in
small groups and as a class, while assignments require application of all
language skills. Weekly one-hour arranged conversation session is required
as part of the course. |
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Spanish 220 |
Survey
of Spanish Literature. Study of the development of Spanish literature from the
Middle Ages to the present day. Students will study the principal
literary, cultural, and political movements through the careful reading of
representative works of prose, poetry, and theater. |
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Spanish 240 |
Survey
of Spanish-American Literature. Study of the development of Spanish-American
literature from the chronicles of the conquest and colonization of America
through the present day. Students will
examine principal literary, cultural, and political movements through the
careful reading of representative works of prose, poetry, and theater. |
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Spanish 211 |
Spanish
Culture and Civilization. Extensive study of Spanish culture and civilization from
the Middle Ages through the present day using a broad variety of
communicative media (traditional and electronic texts; videos; oral reports;
research paper; electronic forum). Heavy emphasis on active and
intelligent participation both in and out of the traditional classroom. |
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Spanish 215 |
Introduction
to Literary Analysis.
Extensive study of literary texts of prose, poetry, and drama. Students
are taught how to approach a text and how to compose textual
commentaries. Emphasis is on reading, reflection, communication, and
composition. |
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Spanish 295 |
Advanced Spanish Conversation: Hispanic Cinema. Students
will attend 6 hours a week of class in the spring term in order to view and
discuss in depth a large variety of films from the Spanish-speaking
world. During the six weeks, students will view 18-20 films.
Students will be expected to view several films a week outside of class and
will subsequently research and report on those particular films. |
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Spanish 314 |
The Spanish Novel, 1897-2002.
Careful reading of four novels that span a century of the development of the
Spanish novel from Realism in the late nineteenth century, to an example of
Unamuno's existentialist prose, to "tremendismo" in the immediate
post-War novel, and finally to examples of the early and contemporary
post-Franco novels. All reading and class discussion will be in
Spanish. Students will be expected to give individual and group
presentations in class. Secondary readings will also be required for
each of the novels read in class. |
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Spanish 395-04 |
(Fall, 1998 and 2004) A seminar focusing on the
development of the female protagonist in 20th century Spanish literature.
A multi-generic approach that considers the changing role of the female
protagonist as depicted in works of theater, poetry, essay, and narrative.
Through the close reading of plays, novels, and short stories, and the
evaluation of critical essays, the following structural and thematic
questions are studied: how does the female protagonist absorb and
reflect the culture of which she is inherently a part; how are culture and
gender intertwined and how do they manifest themselves in the selected works;
what specific elements of Iberian feminism are noticeably missing or are
craftily incorporated into these works as a whole; what are the fundamental
differences between the theatrical and prose portrayals of the protagonist. |
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Spanish 395-01 |
(Winter,
2001) A seminar focusing on images of the Other in Catalan
novels (written in Castilian) of the late 1960's and early '70's.
The course will begin with a consideration of theories of the Other in life
and literature and, specifically, in the Catalonia of the late '60's.
Students will then read Unamuno's dramatic work El Otro in preparation
for analysis of alterity in novels by Juan Marsé (economy and social
classes), Juan Goytisolo (culture), and Ana María Moix (psyche). |
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Spanish 396-02 |
(Winter,
2002): A seminar focusing on Mexican and Mexican-American
women writers. Students will examine the role of women writers
in the development of Mexican and Mexican-American literary history.
The course includes readings from Mexican women writers from Sor Juana
to the present day, with an emphasis on textual and cultural analysis by
means of sophisticated readings, class discussion, individual presentations,
exams, and papers. Readings will encompass all genres: poetry;
short story; drama; novel; essay. The class will also welcome León Guillermo
Gutiérrez, a visiting lecturer from Mexico City who has written copiously on
Mexican literary and cultural history and has contributed to that same
history as a creative writer. |
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Independent
Study.
Guidance and supervision given to upper-level students who propose and have
approved topics for independent study. Topics have included
"Retratos familiares: La familia española de la pre- y
postguerra" and "Despertares: Diario fotográfico y literario
sobre las épocas de 'despertares' de España." |
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(Spring,
2005 and Winter, 2006): According to the Catalog, "This course illustrates the rationale and necessity of women studies and women issues, presents a plurality of feminist perspectives in a dialogic manner, and broadens the views and knowledge of students with regard to various theories that have developed over the past several decades in the area of feminist thought. Furthermore, the course familiarizes students with some major achievements by women thinkers, artists, performers, writers, scientists, and scholars and the contributions that these achievements have made to knowledge and to our lives in general. The course is interdisciplinary in approach and methodology, and draws ideas and theories from the various disciplines and areas of artistic and intellectual expression, with a view to present a rich and complex understanding of the issues concerning women and feminism, as well as of the important roles that women have played throughout history, in shaping our world." |
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(Spring,
2008) LACS 195 Special topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies -- Prerequisites: none. A topical seminar that focuses on an interdisciplinary examination of a singular theme relevant to the overall understanding of Latin America and the Caribbean region, such as Hispanic Feminisms, the Indigenous Americas, or Shifting Borders, among others. As an introductory seminar, topics are selected with the purpose in mind to present the student with a broad, regional view within the scope of a restricted focus or medium. Course Description for Spring, 2008: Hispanic Feminisms: This seminar is designed to explore the development of feminist movements and theories in Spain, Latin America, and the United States. In order to understand the intersections between and among gender, race, and class in the “ Hispanic” world, students will examine key concepts such as theories of feminism, borders, heteronormativity, and mestizaje and apply them to select fiction, non-fiction, and filmic texts. |
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