PORT 3220 - Latin American Culture: Spanish America and Brazil
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Spring 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2023
Examines literary, artistic, and philosophical currents in Spanish America and Portuguese America (Brazil), from pre-Columbian times to the present. Taught in Spanish. Recommended prerequisites: PORT 2110 and PORT 2120. Same as SPAN 3220.
SPAN 3010 - Advanced Rhetoric and Composition
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Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2024
Designed to refine expository and argumentative writing in Spanish, this course will center around four main areas of study: culture, linguistics, sociopolitical and economic reality, and literature and criticism. A multi-draft process-based approach will guide the writing and revision of essays. Additionally, there will be a focus on grammar and lexical issues most challenging for students at the third-year level.
SPAN 3100 - Literary and Cultural Analysis in Spanish
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Fall 2020 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2023
Fosters critical thinking and the ability to discuss texts from a historical, sociological, ideological and formalistic viewpoint. Analyzes literary and cultural expressions from Latin America, Spain and the US Latino traditions in different genres, ranging from fiction to poetry, and media from the written word to cinema and other visual arts.
SPAN 3215 - Urban History and Culture in the Spanish-Speaking World
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Spring 2024
Understanding the complex history, social fabric, material life and cultural diversity of Latin American and Iberian cities is the goal of this course, which in its iterations will be devoted to analyzing and discussing different urban centers on either side of the Atlantic Ocean. Materials from a wide variety of media and genres such as literature, visual arts, historiography, film, will be used. Taught in Spanish.
SPAN 3220 - Latin American Culture: Spanish America and Brazil
Primary Instructor
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Spring 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2023
Examines literary, artistic, and philosophical currents in Spanish America and Portuguese America (Brazil), from pre-Columbian times to the present. Same as PORT 3220.
SPAN 4220 - Special Topics in Spanish and/or Spanish American Literature
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Spring 2019 / Summer 2019
Examines intensively particular topics or issues concerning Spanish and/or Spanish American literature selected by the instructor. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Recommended prerequisites: SPAN 3120 and an additional course above SPAN 3000.
SPAN 5320 - Seminar: 20th Century Spanish American Literature
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Fall 2018 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023
Treats various topics, as needs and resources dictate. Gives special attention to developing historical and current theoretical and critical background of each topic. Representative topics might include modernism, theatre, the essay, the regional novel, the novel of the Mexican Revolution, the modern novel, contemporary theatre, and contemporary poetry. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Same as SPAN 7320.
SPAN 7320 - Seminar: 20th Century Spanish American Literature
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Fall 2018 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023
Treats various topics, as needs and resources dictate. Gives special attention to developing historical and current theoretical and critical background of each topic. Representative topics might include modernism, theatre, the essay, the regional novel, the novel of the Mexican Revolution, the modern novel, contemporary theatre, and contemporary poetry. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Same as SPAN 5320.
