Graduate Courses in Spanish

SPAN 54000 : Spanish Literature of the Middle Ages; Prerequisite: SPAN 341 and SPAN 342. A survey of Spanish literature from the eleventh through the fifteenth centuries. Reading and discussion of a number of representative works as well as excerpts from several others. An introduction to the methods of approach to medieval literature.

SPAN 54100 : Spanish Literature of the Golden Age; Prerequisite: SPAN 341 and SPAN 342. A survey of Spanish literature from 1500 to 1681. Reading and discussion of representative prose, dramatic, and poetic works. Lectures and supplemental readings on literary criticism and on various aspects of the period useful to an understanding of the literature it produced.

SPAN 54200 : Cervantes' Don Quijote; Prerequisite: SPAN 341 and SPAN 342. Reading and discussion of Don Quijote in the context of Spanish Renaissance literature and subsequent developments in the genre of the novel.

SPAN 54300 : Spanish Literature of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries; Prerequisite: SPAN 341 and SPAN 342. The development of Spanish peninsular literature from Neoclassicism to Realism. Reading, analysis, and discussion of a representative selection of works of the periods.

SPAN 54500 : Spanish Literature of the Twentieth Century; Prerequisite: SPAN 341 and SPAN 342. The study of major trends in Spanish peninsular literature from the generation of 1898 to the present. Reading, analysis, and discussion of a representative selection of works of the period.

SPAN 54900 : Hispanic Women Writers; Prerequisite: SPAN 341 and SPAN 342. A survey of the literature of Hispanic women in light of their traditions and of feminist literary theory and criticism.

SPAN 55000 : Spanish American Literature of the Colonial Period; Prerequisite: SPAN 341 and SPAN 342. A survey of Spanish American literature of the colonial period. Reading and discussion of a number of representative works as well as excerpts from several others.

SPAN 55100 : Spanish American Literature of the Nineteenth Century; Prerequisite: SPAN 341 and SPAN 342. A survey of Spanish American literature of the nineteenth century. Reading and discussion of a number of representative works as well as excerpts from several others.

SPAN 55200 : Spanish American Literature from 1900-1970; Prerequisite: SPAN 341 and SPAN 342. A survey of Spanish American literature from 1900 to 1970. Reading and discussion of a number of representative works as well as excerpts from several others.

SPAN 55300 : Spanish American Literature from 1970 to Present; Prerequisite: SPAN 341 and SPAN 342. A survey of Spanish American literature from 1970 to the present. Reading and discussion of a number of representative works, as well as excerpts from several others.

SPAN 55400 : Survey of Hispanic Caribbean Literature; This writing and reading intensive course is a survey of Hispanic Caribbean literature from the 19th and 20th centuries. All coursework and discussions are in Spanish.

SPAN 55500 : Chicano and Puerto Rican Writers; Prerequisite: SPAN 341 and SPAN 342. A survey of the literature of Chicano and Puerto Rican writers written in Spanish and produced in the United States in light of their tradition and of contemporary interdisciplinary theories.

SPAN 55600 : Mexican Literature; Prerequisite: SPAN 341 and SPAN 342. A survey of Mexican literature. Reading and discussion of a number of representative works as well as excerpts from several others and from standard anthologies.

SPAN 55700 : Argentine Literature; Prerequisite: SPAN 341 and SPAN 342. A survey of Argentine literature. Reading and discussion of a number of representative works as well as excerpts from several others and from standard anthologies.

SPAN 59400 : Special Topics in Hispanic Literature; Topics vary. Permission of instructor required.

SPAN 64000 : Seminar in Spanish Prose; Advanced study of Spanish prose. Content will vary depending on the choice of periods, authors, works, and themes. Permission of instructor required.

SPAN 64100 : Seminar in Spanish Poetry; Advanced study of Spanish poetry. Content will vary depending on the choice of periods, authors, works, and themes. Permission of instructor required.

SPAN 64200 : Seminar in Spanish Theater; Advanced study of Spanish theater. Content will vary depending on the choice of periods, authors, works and themes. Permission of instructor required.

SPAN 65000 : Seminar in Spanish-American Prose; Advanced study of Spanish-American prose. Content will vary depending on choice of periods, authors, works, and themes. Permission of instructor required.

SPAN 65100 : Seminar in Spanish-American Poetry; Advanced study of Spanish-American poetry. Content will vary depending on the choice of periods, authors, works, and themes. Permission of instructor required.

SPAN 65200 : Seminar in Spanish-American Theater; Advanced study of Spanish-American theater. Content will vary depending on the choice of periods, authors, works, and themes. Permission of instructor required.

SPAN 65900 : Seminar in Hispanic Literature; Advanced study of special subject. Topics to be announced in advance. Content varies. Permission of instructor required.

SPAN 66400 : Old Spanish Language and Literature; A study of the development of the Spanish language with readings and translations from medieval literary works. Prerequisite: FLL 56100.

SPAN 68200 : Topics in Latin American Culture; Selected facets of Latin American culture through the eyes of the continent's artists, creative writers, essayists, and social scientists - and in view of current theories of the arts, literatures, multiculturalism, and postcolonialism.

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