Course Offerings
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Language Courses
Culture Courses
Peninsular Literature Courses
Latin American and Latino Literature Courses
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Language Courses
SPAN B001 Elementary Spanish I
Fall 2011 Grammar, composition, conversation,
listening comprehension; readings from Spain, Spanish America and the
Hispanic community in the United States. Assumes no previous study of
Spanish. Additional practice sessions with a language assistant. (Department staff,T., Mayer,K., Teaching Assistant,T. -- Language Level 1)
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SPAN B002 Elementary Spanish II Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012 Grammar, composition, conversation,
listening comprehension; readings from Spain, Spanish America and the
Hispanic community in the United States. Additional practice sessions
with a language assistant. Prerequisite: 001 or placement. (Mayer,K., Teaching Assistant,T., Department staff,T., Brena,D. -- Language Level 1)
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SPAN B010 Intensive Elementary Spanish I Not offered 2011-12 The first half of a year long course
in grammar, composition, conversation, listening comprehension; readings
from Spain, Spanish America, and the Hispanic community in the United
States. Meets for 9 hours per week. (Arribas,I. -- Language Level 1)
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SPAN B011 Intensive Elementary Spanish II Not offered 2011-12 The second part of a year long course
in grammar, composition, conversation, listening comprehension; readings
from Spain, Spanish America, and the Hispanic community in the United
States. Meets 9 hours per week. Prerequisite: SPAN B005. (Arribas,I. -- Language Level 1)
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SPAN B101 Intermediate Spanish I Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012 A thorough review of grammar with
intensive practice in speaking, reading, and writing (group activities
and individual presentations). Readings from the Hispanic world.
Additional practice and conversation sessions with a language assistant.
Prerequisite: 002 or placement. (Department staff,T., Mayer,K., Teaching Assistant,T., Arribas,I. -- Language Level 2)
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SPAN B102 Intermediate Spanish II Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012 Continuation of a thorough review of
grammar with special emphasis on reading and writing. Selected readings
from the Hispanic world. Additional practice and conversation sessions
with a language assistant. Prerequisite: 101 or placement. (Language
Level 2) (Department staff,T., Arribas,I., Teaching Assistant,T., Brena,D. -- Language Level 2)
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SPAN B105 Intensive Intermediate Spanish Not offered 2011-12 A thorough review of grammar with
intensive oral practice, frequent writing assignments, readings, and
oral presentations. Prerequisite: Enrollment in this class is limited to
those students who completed 002 Intensive Elementary Spanish in spring
semester 2010. (Mayer,K. -- Language Level 2)
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SPAN B107 Conversación: Intensive Practice in Conversational Spanish Not offered 2011-12 This course seeks to enhance speaking
proficiency through the development of vocabulary, pronunciation skills,
and correct grammatical usage. Students participate in daily practice
of speaking on a wide variety of topics, as well as give formal
presentations. This course will not count towards the major or minor.
Prerequisite: SPAN 102 or 105. (Song,H.)
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SPAN B115 Taller del español escrito Fall 2011, Spring 2012 This class will encompass a detailed
review of Spanish grammar and writing techniques. We will examine the
most challenging grammar topics for non-native speakers. A selection of
readings will be the point of departure for acquiring a greater control
of grammar and expanding vocabulary through a diverse range of writing
exercises. Prerequisite: SPAN B102 or Placement exam. (Arribas,I.)
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200-Level Courses
PLEASE NOTE: Prerequisite for 200-level courses beyond 202: Qualified students must have taken Spanish 200 or 202 at Bryn Mawr or one 200-level class at Haverford College.
SPAN B200 Estudios culturales de España e Hispanoamérica Fall 2011 An introduction to the history and
cultures of the Spanish-speaking world in a global context: art,
folklore, geography, literature, sociopolitical issues, and
multicultural perspectives. This course does not count toward the major,
but may be counted for the minor. Counts toward the Latin American,
Latino and Iberian Peoples and Cultures Concentration. Prerequisite:
SPAN 102 or 105, or placement. (Department staff,T. -- Division III: Humanities)
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SPAN B202 Introducción al análisis literario Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012 Readings from Spanish and
Spanish-American works of various periods and genres (drama, poetry,
short stories). Main focus on developing analytical skills with
attention to improvement of grammar. Prerequisite: SPAN 102 or 105, or
placement. (Sacerio-Garí,E., Quintero,M. -- Division III: Humanities)
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SPAN B203 Tópicos en la literatura hispana
Section 001 (Fall 2011): José Martí y el equilibrio mundial Fall 2011 This is a topic course. Topics vary. (Sacerio-Garí,E. -- Division III: Humanities)
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SPAN B208 Drama y sociedad en España Not offered 2011-12 A study of the rich dramatic tradition
of Spain from the Golden Age (16th and 17th centuries) to the 20th
century within specific cultural and social contexts. The course
considers a variety of plays as manifestations of specific
sociopolitical issues and problems. Topics include theater as a site for
fashioning a national identity; the dramatization of gender conflicts;
and plays as vehicles of protest in repressive circumstances. Counts
toward the Latin American, Latino and Iberian Peoples and Cultures
Concentration. (Quintero,M. -- Division III: Humanities)
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SPAN B211 Borges y sus lectores Fall 2011 Primary emphasis on Borges and his
poetics of reading; other writers are considered to illustrate the
semiotics of texts, society, and traditions. (Sacerio-Garí,E. -- Division III: Humanities) Cross-listed as COML B212
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SPAN B223 Género y modernidad en la narrativa del siglo XIX Spring 2011 A reading of 19th-century Spanish
narrative by both men and women writers, to assess how they come
together in configuring new ideas of female identity and its social
domains, as the country is facing new challenges in its quest for
modernity. Counts toward the Latin American, Latino and Iberian Peoples
and Cultures Concentration. (Song,H. -- Division III: Humanities)
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SPAN B225 La poesía hispanoamericana Not offered 2011-12 Study of poetic language from the Avant-garde movements to the present. Special attention to key figures. (Sacerio-Garí,E. -- Division III: Humanities)
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SPAN B231 El cuento y novela corta en España Spring 2012 Traces the development of the novella
and short story in Spain, from its origins in the Middle Ages to our
time. The writers will include Pardo Bazán, Cervantes, Clarín, Don Juan
Manuel, Matute, María de Zayas, and a number of contemporary writers
such as Julián Marías and Soledad Puértolas. Our approach will include
formal and thematic considerations, and attention will be given to
social and historical contexts. (Quintero,M. -- Division III: Humanities)
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SPAN B260 Ariel/Calibán y el discurso Americano Not offered 2011-12 A study of the transformations of
Ariel/Calibán as images of Latin American culture. Counts toward the
Latin American, Latino and Iberian Peoples and Cultures Concentration. (Sacerio-Garí,E. -- Division III: Humanities) Cross-listed as COML B260
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SPAN B265 Escritoras españolas: entre tradición, renovación y migración Not offered 2011-12 Fiction by women writers from Spain in
the 20th and 21st century. Breaking the traditional female stereotypes
during and after Franco's dictatorship, the authors explore through
their creative writing changing sociopolitical and cultural issues
including regional identities and immigration. Topics of discussion
include gender marginality, feminist studies and the portrayal of women
in contemporary society. (Song,H. -- Division III: Humanities)
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300 Level Courses
NOTE: The prerequisite for all of the following 300-level courses is Spanish 202 plus another 200 level course in Spanish, or permission of instructor.
SPAN B307 Cervantes
Spring 2011
A study of themes, structure, and
style of Cervantes' masterpiece Don Quijote and its impact on world
literature. In addition to a close reading of the text and a
consideration of narrative theory, the course examines the impact of Don
Quijote on the visual arts, music, film, and popular culture. Counts
toward the Latin American, Latino and Iberian Peoples and Cultures
Concentration. (Quintero,M. -- Division III: Humanities)
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SPAN B309 La mujer en la literatura española del Siglo de Oro Not offered 2011-12 A study of the depiction of women in
the fiction, drama, and poetry of 16th- and 17th-century Spain. Topics
include the construction of gender; the idealization and codification of
women's bodies; the politics of feminine enclosure (convent, home,
brothel, palace); and the performance of honor. The first half of the
course will deal with representations of women by male authors
(Calderón, Cervantes, Lope, Quevedo) and the second will be dedicated to
women writers such as Teresa de Ávila, Ana Caro, Juana Inés de la Cruz,
and María de Zayas. (Quintero,M. -- Division III: Humanities)
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SPAN B310 La condición pos-mortem: pos/modernidad periférica en la narrativa e historia actual mexicana Not offered 2011-12 The figuration of "death" in Mexican
literature and culture has served as a central metaphor for the critique
of modernity and has become one of Mexico's principle symbols of
cultural identity. The counter revolutionary movements of the '60s,
however, initiated a series of post-mortem (after death) identity
projects that served as aesthetic responses to Mexico's considerable
investment in modernity's unfulfilled cultural, political and economic
promises. This new post-mortem aesthetic has begun to reconceptualize
the fictions of national progress by focusing on the corporeality of
citizenship and migration. Prerequisites: one 200-level Spanish course
or permission of the instructor. (Lima,L. -- Division III: Humanities)
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SPAN B311 Crimen y detectives en la narrativa hispánica contemporánea Not offered 2011-12 An analysis of the rise of the
hardboiled genre in contemporary Hispanic narrative and its contrast to
classic detective fiction, as a context for understanding contemporary
Spanish and Latin American culture. Discussion of pertinent theoretical
implications and the social and political factors that contributed to
the genre's evolution and popularity. (Song,H. -- Division III: Humanities) Cross-listed as COML B312
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SPAN B318 Adaptaciones literarias en el cine español Not offered 2011-12 Film adaptations of literary works
have been popular since the early years of cinema in Spain. This course
examines the relationship between films and literature, focusing on the
theory and practice of film adaptation. Attention will be paid to the
political and cultural context in which these texts are being published
and made into films. Counts toward the Latin American, Latino and
Iberian Peoples and Cultures Concentration. Prerequisite: A 200-level
course in Spanish, SPAN 208. (Song,H. -- Division III: Humanities)
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SPAN B320 Surrealismo español poesia, arte, y cine Not offered 2011-12 A multimedia study of the development
of a surrealistic ethic in Spain in the 20th century as represented
chiefly in the works of Federico García Lorca, Luis Buñuel, and Salvador
Dalí, among others. The scope and validity of the Spanish surrealistic
movement will be examined in relation to its originating principles:
Freud's psychoanalytic theory, and the artistic and political manifestos
of the avant-garde. Through the study of works of poetry, art, and
film, we will also discuss the relationship between the theoretical and
historical background of this artistic movement as we contrast art and
politics, artistic freedom and political commitment. (Song,H. -- Division III: Humanities)
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SPAN B321 Del surrealismo al realismo mágico Not offered 2011-12 Examines artistic texts that trace the
development and relationships of surrealism, lo real maravilloso
americano, and magic realism. Manifestos, literary and cinematic works
by Spanish and Latin American authors will be emphasized. Prerequisite: a
200-level Spanish course. (Sacerio-Garí,E. -- Division III: Humanities)
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SPAN B322 Queens, Nuns, and Other Deviants in the Early Modern Iberian World Fall 2011 The course examines literary,
historical, and legal texts from the early modern Iberian world (Spain,
Mexico, Peru) through the lens of gender studies. The course is divided
around three topics: royal bodies (women in power), cloistered bodies
(women in the convent), and delinquent bodies (figures who defy legal
and gender normativity). Course is taught in English and is open to all
juniors or seniors who have taken at least one 200-level course in a
literature department. Students seeking Spanish credit must have taken
BMC Spanish 202 and at least one other Spanish course beyond 202, or
received permission from instructor. (Quintero,M. -- Division III: Humanities) Cross-listed as COML B322
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SPAN B351 Tradición y revolución: Cuba y su literature Spring 2012 An examination of Cuba, its history
and its literature with emphasis on the analysis of the changing
cultural policies since 1959. Major topics include slavery and
resistance; Cuba's struggles for freedom; the literature and film of the
Revolution; and literature in exile. (Sacerio-Garí,E. -- Division III: Humanities)
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SPAN B398 Senior Seminar The study of special topics, critical
theory and approaches with primary emphasis on Hispanic literatures.
Topics will be prepared jointly with the students. (Sacerio-Garí,E.)
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SPAN B399 Senior Essay Available to students whose proposals are approved by the department. (Department staff,T.)
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SPAN B403 Supervised Work Independent reading, conferences, and a long paper; offered to senior students recommended by the department. (Song,H.)
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