Course Offerings
NOTE: To view a list (including times) of courses currently being offered go to Current Schedule
Language Courses
- 001-002 Beginning
- 101-102 Intermediate
- 115 Taller del español escrito
- 107 Conversación: Intensive Practice in Conversational Spanish
Culture Courses
Peninsular Literature Courses
- 202 Introducción al análisis literario
- 203 Tópicos en la literature hispana
Topic for Fall 2011: José Martí y el equilibrio mundialPast topics include: Modernismo y Generación del 98; Memoria y Guerra Civil Española
- 208 Drama y sociedad en España
- 223 Género y modernidad en la narrativa del siglo XIX
- 231 El cuento y la novela corta en España
- 265 Escritoras españolas: entre tradición, renovación y migración
- 307 Cervantes
- 309 La representación de la mujer en la literatura española del Siglo de Oro
- 311 Crimen y detectives en la narrativa hispánica conemporánea
- 318 Adaptaciones literarias en el cine español
- 320 Surrealismo español: poesía, arte y cine
- 322 Queens, Nuns, and Other Deviants in the Early Modern Iberian World
Latin American and Latino Literature Courses
- 202 Introducción al análisis literario
- 203 Tópicos en la literature hispana
Topic for Fall 2009: José Martí y el equilibrio mundialPast topics include: Modernismo y Generación del 98; Memoria y Guerra Civil Español
- 211 Borges y sus lectores
- 214 Encuentros caribeños: entre imperios y diásporas
- 225 La poesía hispanoamericana
- 227 Genealogía de la literatura latina
- 260 Ariel/Calibán y el discurso americano
- 321 Del surrealismo al realismo mágico
- 327 La novela latina en la edad de la globalización
- 351 Tradición y revolución: Cuba y su literatura
- 398 Senior Seminar
- 399 Senior Essay (Optional)
- Independent Study (403)
Other
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SPAN B001 Beginning 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)
SPAN B101 Intermediate Spanish I 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)
SPAN B102 Intermediate Spanish II 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)SPAN B107 Conversación: Intensive Practice in Conversational SpanishNot offered 2012-13 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.
SPAN B115 Taller del español escrito Fall 2011, Spring 2012Course URL Fall 2012, Spring 2013 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. This is a half semester Focus course. Prerequisite: SPAN B102 or Placement exam. (Arribas,I.)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 HispanoaméricaSPAN B200 Estudios culturales de España e Hispanoamérica Fall 2012, Spring 2013 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. Prerequisite: SPAN 102 or placement. Division III: Humanities Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures
SPAN B202 Introducción al análisis literarioSPAN B202 Introducción al análisis literario Fall 2012, Spring 2013 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. Division III: Humanities Critical Interpretation (CI)SPAN B203 Tópicos en la literatura hispana
Section 001 (Fall 2011): José Martí y el equilibrio mundialSection 001 (Fall 2011): José Martí y el equilibrio mundial
Section 001 (Spring 2013): La naturaleza como iden politi
Section 001 (Spring 2012): La razón de la sinrazón: locura y creatividad Spring 2013 This is a topic course. Topics vary.
Current topic description: Full title is: La naturaleza como identidad política. A transatlantic
look into how the citizen of newly created nations in Latin America and
the diverse regions in Spain have negotiated their surrounding
landscape. This course looks into how writing about nature has always
been an important part of establishing the identity of groups of people. Division III: Humanities Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures
SPAN B217 Narratives of Latinidad Fall 2012 This course explores how Latina/o writers fashion bicultural and transnational identities and narrate the intertwined histories of the U.S. and Latin America. We will focus on topics of shared concern among Latino groups such as imperialism and annexation, the affective experience of migration, race and gender stereotypes, the politics of Spanglish, and struggles for social justice. By analyzing novels, poetry, performance art, testimonial narratives, films, and essays, we will unpack the complexity of Latinadad in the Americas. Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as ENGL B217 Counts toward Africana Studies Counts toward Gender and Sexuality Studies Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures
SPAN B223 Género y modernidad en la narrativa del siglo XIXNot offered 2012-13 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. Division III: Humanities Inquiry into the Past (IP) Counts toward Gender and Sexuality Studies Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures
SPAN B225 La poesía hispanoamericana Not offered 2012-13 Study of poetic language from the Avant-garde movements to the present. Special attention to key figures. (Sacerio-Garí,E. -- Division III: Humanities)SPAN B231 El cuento y novela corta en EspañaNot offered 2012-13 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. Division III: Humanities Critical Interpretation (CI) Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures
SPAN B237 The Dictator Novel in the Americas Not offered 2012-13 This course examines representations of dictatorship in Latin American and Latina/o novels. We will explore the relationship between narrative form and absolute power by analyzing the literary techniques writers use to contest authoritarianism. We will compare dictator novels from the United States, the Caribbean, Central America, and the Southern Cone. Prerequisite: only for students wishing to take the course for major/minor credit in SPAN is SPAN B200/B202. Division III: Humanities Critical Interpretation (CI) Cross-listed as ENGL B237 Cross-listed as COML B237 Counts toward Gender and Sexuality Studies Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures
SPAN B248 Reception of Classical Literature in the Hispanic World Not offered 2012-13 A survey of the reception of Classical literature in the Spanish-speaking world. We read select literary works in translation, ranging from Renaissance Spain to contemporary Latin America, side-by-side with their classical models, to examine what is culturally unique about their choice of authors, themes, and adaptation of the material. Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as CSTS B248 Cross-listed as COML B248 Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures
SPAN B260 Ariel/Calibán y el discurso Americano Fall 2012 A study of the transformations of Ariel/Calibán as images of Latin American culture. Division III: Humanities Critical Interpretation (CI) Inquiry into the Past (IP) Cross-listed as COML B260 Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures
SPAN B265 Escritoras españolas: entre tradición, renovación y migraciónNot offered 2012-13 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. Division III: Humanities Critical Interpretation (CI) Counts toward Gender and Sexuality Studies Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures
SPAN B270 Literatura y delincuencia: explorando la novela picaresca Fall 2012 A study of the origins, development and transformation of the picaresque genre from its origins in 16th- and 17th-century Spain through the 21st century. Using texts, literature, painting, and film from Spain and Latin America, we will explore topics such as the construction of the (fictional) self, the poetics and politics of criminality, transgression in gender and class. Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as COML B271 Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures
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 2013
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)
SPAN B308 Teatro del sigo de oro: negociaciones de clase, genero y poder Not offered 2012-13 A study of the dramatic theory and practice of 16th- and 17th-century Spain. Topics include the treatment of honor, historical self-fashioning and the politics of the corrales, and palace theater. Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as COML B308
SPAN B309 La mujer en la literatura española del Siglo de Oro Not offered 2012-13 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. Division III: Humanities Counts toward Gender and Sexuality Studies Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures SPAN B310 La condición pos-mortem: pos/modernidad periférica en la narrativa e historia actual mexicana Not offered 2012-13 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. Division III: HumanitiesBack to topSPAN B311 Crimen y detectives en la narrativa hispánica contemporánea Not offered 2012-13 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. Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as COML B312
SPAN B318 Adaptaciones literarias en el cine español Not offered 2012-13 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. Prerequisite: A 200-level course in Spanish, SPAN 208. Division III: Humanities Counts toward Film Studies Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures SPAN B321 Del surrealismo al afrorealismo Spring 2013 Examines artistic texts that trace the development and relationships of surrealism, lo real maravilloso americano, realismo mágico and afrorealismo. Manifestos and literary works by Latin American authors will be emphasized: Miguel Angel Asturias, Alejo Carpentier, Gabriel García Márquez, Isabel Allende, Laura Esquivel, Quince Duncan. Prerequisite: a 200-level Spanish course. Division III: Humanities Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures SPAN B322 Queens, Nuns, and Other Deviants in the Early Modern Iberian World Not offered 2012-13 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. Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as COML B322 Counts toward Gender and Sexuality Studies Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures SPAN B323 Memoria y Guerra CivilCourse URL Fall 2012 A look into the Spanish Civil War and its wide-ranging international significance as both the military and ideological testing ground for World War II. This course examines the endurance of myths related to this conflict and the cultural memory it has produced along with the current negotiations of the past that is taking place in democratic Spain. Prerequisites: SPAN 200/202 and another 200-level course in Spanish. Division III: Humanities Critical Interpretation (CI) Cross-listed as HIST B323 Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures SPAN B351 Tradición y revolución: Cuba y su literature Not offered 2012-13 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. Division III: Humanities Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures 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. SPAN B399 Senior Essay Available to students whose proposals are approved by the department. SPAN B403 Supervised Work Independent reading, conferences, and a long paper; offered to senior students recommended by the department.
