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SPA 101 Spanish I 4 Y
Introductory proficiency-based course which prepares students to understand, speak, read, and write in culturally authentic contexts. Activities are conducted in Spanish. No prior experience or admission by placement testing.

SPA 102 Spanish II 4 S
Continuing proficiency-based course which develops communicative abilities in speaking, listening, reading,and writing in culturally authentic contexts. Activities are conducted in Spanish. Prereq:SPA 101 or admission by placement testing.

SPA 200 Selected Topics in Spanish 1-3 IR

SPA 201 Spanish III 4 S
Continuing proficiency-based course which refines and expands previously acquired linguistic skills in culturally authentic contexts. Activities are conducted in Spanish. Prereq:SPA 102 or admission by placement testing.

SPA 202 Spanish IV 4 S
Continuing proficiency based course which focuses on reading,discussing, and analyzing authentic texts as a basis for the expression and interpretation of meaning. Conducted in Spanish. Prereq:SPA 201 or admission by placement testing.

SPA 211, 212 Intermediate Oral Practice 1 each S
Additional practice for students in SPA 201 or 202. Attention confined to the spoken language. May be repeated for credit.

SPA 301 Approaches to Reading Texts 3 S
Introduction to reading and analyzing texts written in Spanish. Prereq: SPA 202 or equivalent. Required for all SPA majors and minors.

SPA 302 Advanced Language Usage 3 S
Combines readings of popular texts and writings of small essays. Grammatical knowledge will begained through practice.

SPA 321 Introduction to Spanish Literature 3 S
Introductory-level study of representative literary texts of Spain from the 12th century to the present. Prereq: SPA 202 or equivalent.

SPA 322/LAS 302 Introduction to Latin American Literature 3 S
Modern Latin American literature using new methods of study, basically Cultural Semiotics. Prereq: SPA 202 or equivalent.

SPA 400 Selected Topics in Spanish 1-3 IR

SPA 431/631 Spanish Phonetics and Phonology 3 Y
Introduction to formal linguistic analysis of the Spanish sound system. Survey of dialectal variation. Additional work required of graduate students. Prereq: SPA 202 is required of undergraduate students.

SPA/LAS 433 Business Spanish 3 Y
Language usage in relation to Spanish and Latin American business. Prereq: SPA 301.

SPA 436/636 The Structure of Spanish 3 Y
Introduction to the formal linguistic analysis of the structure of Spanish sentences. Additional work required of graduate students. Prereq: SPA 202 is required of undergraduate students.

SPA 441 Medieval and Golden Age Literature 3 IR
Critical reading and discussion of significant literary works drawn from the Middle Ages and the 16^th and 17^th centuries. Prereq: SPA 301.

SPA 443 Cervantes 3 IR
Don Quijote, with selections from other representative works by Cervantes. Prereq: SPA 301

SPA 451 Spanish Essays (18^th-20^th Century) 3 IR
Literary works will include texts by Jovellanos, Feijóo, Larra, Pardo Bazán, Ganivet, Unamuno, Goytisolo, Martin Gaite, and Subirats,among others. Prereq: SPA 301.

SPA 453 Spanish Literature (20^th Century) 3 IR
Diachronic study of the Spanish short story and poetry. Emphasis on the different modes of neorealism, experimentalism, and the most recent trends. Prereq: SPA 301.

SPA 455 18^th-19^th Century (Con) Texts (1700-1800) 3 IR
Analyze the invention of notions like literature, women, and nation in Spain. Representations of women in literary and cinematic texts. Prereq: SPA 301.

SPA 457 Narrative in Spain after 1940 3 IR
Spanish women writers during and after Franco’s dictatorship. Literary works will include texts by Laforet, Matute, Martin Gaite, Rodereda, Riera, Tusquets, Montero, and Grandes, among others. Prereq: SPA 301.

SPA 458 20^th-Century Spanish Theater 3 IR
Diachronic study of the Spanish theater. Literary works will include texts by Valle-Inclán, GarciaLorca, Sastre, Buero Vallejo, Arrabal, Pedrero, and Onetti, among others. Prereq: SPA 301.

SPA/LAS 461 Nobel Prize Writers of the Spanish-Speaking World 3 IR
Presents works by 10 Nobel Laureates in Spanish. Prereq: SPA 301.

SPA/LAS 463 Contemporary Latin American Theater 3 IR
Introduction to major theater works and movements in 20^th-century Latin America. Prereq: SPA 301.

SPA/LAS 465 Literature and Popular Culture 3 IR
Mass culture and post modernism. Interactions between mass media culture, art, and politics in Latin America. Prereq: SPA 301.

SPA/LAS 467 Film and Literature 3 IR
A critical study of books made into film in Latin American literature. Prereq: SPA 301.

SPA 470 Teaching Experience 1 S
Supervised practical experience in teaching beginning and/or intermediate oral Spanish. For qualified seniors and graduate students.


SPA/LAS 471 Contemporary Latin American Literature 3 IR
Latin American literature from the 1920's to the present. Emphasizes the development of the contemporary novel. Prereq: SPA 301.

SPA/WSP/LAS 475 Woman, Myth, and Nation in Latin American Literature 3 IR
Myths about women and nation. Modern interpretations and reconstructions of these myths in contemporary literature by Latin American women writers. Literary texts with theories on myth. Representation and “real” constructions of feminine and national identities in different regions of Latin America. Prereq: SPA 301.

SPA/LAS 479 Perspectives on Mexico and Central America: Literature, Art, Film 3 IR
Literary works, films, and arts created in Central America. Topics include perspectives on indigenism, feminine and masculine identities, religion, politics, technology and its future implications in those countries. Prereq: SPA 301.

SPA/LAS 481 The Literature of Latinos in the United States 3 IR
Short stories and poetry written in Spanish by Latinos. Themes such as identity, language, and culture.

SPA/LAS 489 Hispanic Caribbean Narrative and Film 3 IR
Texts in Spanish by Caribbean writers. Explores themes such as women, politics, death, identity. Readings are accompanied by films and followed by critical theory and analysis. Prereq: SPA 301.

SPA/LAS 493 Afro-Hispanic Topics in Caribbean Literature 3 IR
Caribbean African-Hispanic literature (poetry and short stories) with different areas of social and political interest. Emphasis on different Caribbean religions. Prereq: SPA 301.

SPA/LAS 495 Marginal Cultures in Hispanic Caribbean Literature 3 IR
Caribbean poetry and short stories about race, gender, and homo-eroticism. Includes social, political, and cultural readings.

SPA/LAS 497 Text and Context in Cuban Revolutionary Literature 3 IR
Literary works of the Cuban revolutionary period by Cuban and Cuban-American authors from different literary and political points of view. Prereq: SPA 301.

Graduate Courses

SPA 601 Literary Theory and Research Methods 3 IR
Reading in semiotics and research theory concerning literary texts.


SPA 631/431 Spanish Phonetics and Phonology 3 Y
Introduction to formal linguistic analysis of the Spanish sound system. Survey of dialectal variation. Additional work required of graduate students. Prereq: SPA 202 is required of undergraduate students.

SPA 636/436 The Structure of Spanish 3 Y
Introduction to the formal linguistic analysis of the structure of Spanish sentences. Additional work required of graduate students. Prereq: SPA 202 is required of undergraduate students.

SPA 641 Medieval and Golden Age Literature 3 IR
Critical reading of significant literary works drawn from the Middle Ages and the 16^th and 17^th centuries.

SPA 643 Cervantes 3 IR
Don Quijote,with selections from other representative works by Cervantes.

SPA 652 18^th-19^th Century Spanish Literature (1700-1898) 3 Y
Through a diverse theoretical approach, the course analyzes the construction of the following notions: literature, nation, identity, and gender. Representations of women in literary and cinematic texts.

SPA 656 Reality and Desire: Theater and Poetry (20^th Century) 3 Y
A diachronic study of the Spanish theater and poetry. Literary works will include texts by Valle-Inclán, Machado, Garcia Lorca, Aleixandre, Cernuda, Sastre, Buero Vallejo, among others.

SPA 658 Narrative and Film in Spain (1940 to the Present) 3 Y
Diachronic study of the “art of adaptation” in Spain. Exploration of the language of translation. Exchange between literature and film during and after Franco.

SPA 662 Latin American Colonial Literature 3 Y
Literature written during the Colonial period and contemporary criticism and theory about that period.

SPA 664 19^th Century Latin American Literature 3 Y
Narratives and poetry written during the 19^th century in Latin America. Analyzed in relation to literary movements such as costumbrism, romanticism, realism, naturalism, and the gaucho trend.

SPA 663 Latin American Theater 3 Y
An introduction to major theatrical works and movements in Latin America.


SPA 665 Performance and Postmodernism in Latin America
Examines Latin American theater written and/or performed since 1990 alongside contemporary theories on performance and/or postmodernism.

SPA/WSP 671 Latin American Literature and Feminist Theory 3 Y
Includes reading and critical discussion of novels by 20^th-century Latin American women writers and an introduction to feminist theory as it pertains to Latin America.

SPA 672 Gay and Lesbian Hispanic Caribbean Literature 3 Y
Caribbean poetry and fiction in homosexual literature. Includes literary theories and social, political, cultural, and religious values related to homosexuality.

SPA 673 Afro-Hispanic Literature of the Caribbean 3 Y
Evolution of the African culture within the Cuban Literature of the 20^th century. The relationship of Santeria/Revolution is especially emphasized.

SPA 674 Cuban Neo-Baroque 3 Y
Analysis of three contemporary Cuban writers: Alejo Carpentier, José Lezama Lima, and Severo Sarduy. Literary theories of novel, poetry, and lectures.

SPA 679 The Literature of Postmodernism in Latin America 3 Y
Contemporary trends in Latin-American literature. Prereq: SPA 601.

SPA 685 Contemporary Spanish-American Literature 3 IR
Precursors, modernists,and postmodernists.

SPA 690 Independent Study 1-6

The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo march every Thursday in front of the President's palace in Buenos Aires to protest the disappearances of their children and grandchildren in the Argentine Dirty War of 1976-1983.