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Spring 2013
| COURSE | TITLE | SCHEDULE/ UNITS |
MEETING TYPE TIMES/DAYS | LOCATION | INSTRUCTOR(S) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPAN B002-001 | Beginning Spanish II | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 9:00 AM-10:00 AM MWF | Taylor Hall F | Arribas,I., Teaching Assistant,T. |
| Lecture: 8:45 AM- 9:45 AM TTH | Taylor Hall F | ||||
| TA Session: 8:45 AM- 9:45 AM T | Thomas Hall 111 | ||||
| SPAN B002-002 | Beginning Spanish II | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM MWF | Taylor Hall F | Arribas,I., Teaching Assistant,T. |
| Lecture: 9:45 AM-10:45 AM TTH | Taylor Hall F | ||||
| SPAN B002-003 | Beginning Spanish II | Semester / 1 | LEC: 8:00 AM- 9:00 AM MWF | Thomas Hall 104 | Mayer,K. |
| LEC: 7:45 AM- 8:45 AM TTH | Thomas Hall 104 | ||||
| SPAN B101-001 | Intermediate Spanish I | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM MWF | Thomas Hall 104 | Mayer,K. |
| Drill: 5:00 PM- 6:00 PM M | Thomas Hall 104 | ||||
| Drill: 7:00 PM- 8:00 PM M | Thomas Hall 104 | ||||
| SPAN B101-002 | Intermediate Spanish I | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 9:00 AM-10:00 AM MWF | Thomas Hall 104 | Mayer,K., Teaching Assistant,T. |
| Drill: 5:00 PM- 6:00 PM M | |||||
| Drill: 7:00 PM- 8:00 PM M | |||||
| SPAN B102-001 | Intermediate Spanish II | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 9:00 AM-10:00 AM MWF | Taylor Hall G | Gastanaga,J. |
| Drill: 5:00 PM- 6:00 PM M | Taylor Hall G | ||||
| Drill: 7:00 PM- 8:00 PM M | Taylor Hall G | ||||
| TA Session: 6:00 PM- 7:00 PM M | Taylor Hall G | ||||
| LEC: 5:00 PM- 6:00 PM M | Taylor Hall F | ||||
| SPAN B102-002 | Intermediate Spanish II | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM MWF | Taylor Hall G | Gastanaga,J. |
| Drill: 5:00 PM- 6:00 PM M | Taylor Hall G | ||||
| LEC: 6:00 PM- 7:00 PM M | Taylor Hall G | ||||
| LEC: 7:00 PM- 8:00 PM M | Taylor Hall G | ||||
| LEC: 5:00 PM- 6:00 PM M | Taylor Hall F | ||||
| SPAN B102-003 | Intermediate Spanish II | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM MWF | Thomas Hall 129 | Puig-Herz,A. |
| Drill: 5:00 PM- 6:00 PM M | Taylor Hall G | ||||
| Drill: 7:00 PM- 8:00 PM M | Taylor Hall G | ||||
| LEC: 6:00 PM- 7:00 PM M | Taylor Hall G | ||||
| LEC: 5:00 PM- 6:00 PM M | Taylor Hall F | ||||
| SPAN B110-001 | Introduccion al analisis cultural | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM MWF | Thomas Hall 116 | Puig-Herz,A. |
| SPAN B115-001 | Focus: Taller del español escrito | First Half / 0.5 | Lecture: 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM MW | Thomas Hall 129 | Arribas,I. |
| SPAN B120-001 | Introducción al análisis literario | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 11:15 AM-12:45 PM TTH | Thomas Hall 118 | Sacerio-Garí,E. |
| SPAN B203-001 | Tópicos en la literatura hispana: La naturaleza como iden politi | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 11:15 AM-12:45 PM TTH | Thomas Hall 102 | Song,R. |
| SPAN B208-001 | Drama y sociedad en España | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 9:45 AM-11:15 AM TTH | Dalton Hall 1 | Quintero,M. |
| SPAN B307-001 | Cervantes | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 2:15 PM- 3:45 PM TTH | Dalton Hall 10 | Quintero,M. |
| SPAN B321-001 | Del surrealismo al afrorealismo | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 7:00 PM- 9:00 PM M | Carpenter Library 25 | Sacerio-Garí,E. |
| SPAN B399-002 | Senior Essay | Semester / 1 | Lecture: Date/Time TBA | Dept. staff, TBA | |
Fall 2013
| COURSE | TITLE | SCHEDULE/ UNITS |
MEETING TYPE TIMES/DAYS | LOCATION | INSTRUCTOR(S) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPAN B001-001 | Beginning Spanish I | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 9:00 AM-10:00 AM MWF | Taylor Hall F | Arribas,I. |
| Lecture: 8:45 AM- 9:45 AM TTH | Taylor Hall F | ||||
| Drill: Date/Time TBA | Thomas Hall 104 | ||||
| SPAN B001-002 | Beginning Spanish I | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM MWF | Taylor Hall F | Arribas,I. |
| Lecture: 10:45 AM-11:45 AM TTH | Taylor Hall F | ||||
| SPAN B002-001 | Beginning Spanish II | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 9:00 AM-10:00 AM MWF | Taylor Hall G | Mayer,K. |
| Lecture: 8:45 AM- 9:45 AM TTH | Taylor Hall G | ||||
| SPAN B002-002 | Beginning Spanish II | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM MWF | Taylor Hall G | Mayer,K. |
| Lecture: 10:45 AM-11:45 AM TTH | Taylor Hall G | ||||
| SPAN B101-001 | Intermediate Spanish I | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM MWF | Taylor Hall F | Arribas,I. |
| SPAN B101-002 | Intermediate Spanish I | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM MWF | Taylor Hall G | Mayer,K. |
| SPAN B102-001 | Intermediate Spanish II | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM MWF | Dalton Hall 25 | Puig-Herz,A. |
| SPAN B102-002 | Intermediate Spanish II | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 9:45 AM-11:15 AM TTH | Thomas Hall 111 | Song,R. |
| SPAN B110-001 | Introduccion al analisis cultural | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 9:45 AM-11:15 AM TTH | Taylor Hall C | Gaspar,M. |
| SPAN B120-001 | Introducción al análisis literario | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 12:45 PM- 2:15 PM TTH | Thomas Hall 116 | Sacerio-Garí,E. |
| SPAN B203-001 | Tópicos en la literatura hispana: ¡A morirse de risa! Humor negro y nación en el cin | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM MWF | Dalton Hall 25 | Puig-Herz,A. |
| SPAN B211-001 | Borges y sus lectores | Semester / 1 | LEC: 2:15 PM- 3:45 PM TTH | Thomas Hall 116 | Sacerio-Garí,E. |
| SPAN B217-001 | Narratives of Latinidad | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 2:15 PM- 3:45 PM TTH | Thomas Hall 104 | Harford Vargas,J. |
| SPAN B231-001 | El cuento y novela corta en España | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM MW | Dalton Hall 6 | Quintero,M. |
| SPAN B309-001 | La mujer en la literatura española del Siglo de Oro | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM MW | Dalton Hall 6 | Quintero,M. |
| SPAN B332-001 | Novelas de las Américas | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 12:45 PM- 2:15 PM TTH | Thomas Hall 104 | Gaspar,M. |
| SPAN B398-001 | Senior Seminar | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 7:00 PM- 9:00 PM M | Taylor Hall B | Dept. staff, TBA |
Spring 2014
| COURSE | TITLE | SCHEDULE/ UNITS |
MEETING TYPE TIMES/DAYS | LOCATION | INSTRUCTOR(S) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPAN B002-001 | Beginning Spanish II | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 9:00 AM-10:00 AM MWF | Thomas Hall 104 | Arribas,I. |
| Lecture: 8:45 AM- 9:45 AM TTH | Thomas Hall 104 | ||||
| Drill: Date/Time TBA | Thomas Hall 104 | ||||
| SPAN B002-002 | Beginning Spanish II | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM MWF | Thomas Hall 104 | Arribas,I. |
| Lecture: 9:45 AM-10:45 AM TTH | Thomas Hall 104 | ||||
| Drill: Date/Time TBA | |||||
| SPAN B101-001 | Intermediate Spanish I | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 9:00 AM-10:00 AM MWF | Taylor Hall F | Mayer,K. |
| SPAN B101-002 | Intermediate Spanish I | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM MWF | Taylor Hall F | Mayer,K. |
| SPAN B102-001 | Intermediate Spanish II | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 9:45 AM-11:15 AM TTH | Thomas Hall 102 | Interim,R. |
| SPAN B102-002 | Intermediate Spanish II | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM MW | Thomas Hall 111 | Mayer,K. |
| SPAN B110-001 | Introduccion al analisis cultural | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 12:45 PM- 2:15 PM TTH | Thomas Hall 111 | Interim,R. |
| SPAN B115-001 | Focus: Taller del español escrito | Second Half / 0.5 | Lecture: 11:15 AM-12:45 PM TTH | Thomas Hall 104 | Arribas,I. |
| SPAN B117-001 | Focus: Spanish Conversation and Performance | First Half / 0.5 | Lecture: 11:15 AM-12:45 PM TTH | Thomas Hall 104 | Arribas,I. |
| SPAN B120-002 | Introducción al análisis literario | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM MWF | Dalton Hall 1 | Quintero,M. |
| SPAN B203-001 | Tópicos en la literatura hispana | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 9:45 AM-11:15 AM TTH | Carpenter Library 15 | Gaspar,M. |
| SPAN B230-001 | Poéticas del deseo en la poesía hispana | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM MWF | Dalton Hall 1 | Quintero,M. |
| SPAN B237-001 | Latino Dictator Novel in Americas | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM MW | Thomas Hall 104 | Harford Vargas,J. |
| SPAN B308-001 | Teatro del sigo de oro: negociaciones de clase, genero y poder | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 2:30 PM- 4:00 PM MW | Dalton Hall 25 | Quintero,M. |
| SPAN B311-001 | Crimen y detectives en la narrativa hispánica contemporánea | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM MW | Taylor Hall B | Song,R. |
2013-14 Catalog Data
SPAN B001 Beginning Spanish I Fall 2013 Grammar, composition, conversation, listening comprehension; readings from Spain, Spanish America and the Hispanic community in the United States. Assumes no previous study of Spanish. Practice sessions with a language assistant. Language Level 1 SPAN B002 Beginning Spanish II Fall 2013, Spring 2014 Grammar, composition, conversation, listening comprehension; readings from Spain, Spanish America and the Hispanic community in the United States. Practice sessions with a language assistant. Prerequisite: 001 or placement. Language Level 1 SPAN B101 Intermediate Spanish I Fall 2013, Spring 2014 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 on Monday evenings. Prerequisite: 002 or placement. Language Level 2 SPAN B102 Intermediate Spanish II Fall 2013, Spring 2014 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: Span 101 or placement. (Language Level 2) Language Level 2 SPAN B110 Introduccion al analisis cultural Fall 2013, Spring 2014 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 is a requisite for the Spanish major. Prerequisite: SPAN 102 or placement. Division III: Humanities Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures SPAN B115 Focus: Taller del español escrito Spring 2014 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. SPAN B117 Focus: Spanish Conversation and Performance Spring 2014 This is a half-semester focus course. Conducted in Spanish, this focus course further develops the audio-lingual skills that the students have acquired in their early Spanish language training. This course, designed to enhance students' fluency and pronunciation in Spanish, combines a content-based language instruction with an interactive task-based approach. Students increase their aural/oral fluency through the use of theater exercises and short theatrical works, and through their participation in a variety of communicative activities such as poetry readings, dialogues, debates, group discussions, and presentations on a wide range of topics. Diverse readings, audio recordings and video screenings constitute the course materials. SPAN B120 Introducción al análisis literario Fall 2013, Spring 2014 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. This course is a requisite for the Spanish major. Prerequisite: SPAN 102, or placement. Division III: Humanities Critical Interpretation (CI) SPAN B203 Tópicos en la literatura hispanaSection 001 (Spring 2013): La naturaleza como iden politi
Section 001 (Fall 2013): ¡A morirse de risa! Humor negro y nación en el cin Fall 2013, Spring 2014 This is a topic course. Topics vary. Division III: Humanities Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures SPAN B208 Drama y sociedad en España Not offered 2013-14 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. Pre-requisite: Spanish 202 or another 200-level course or placement. Division III: Humanities Critical Interpretation (CI) Inquiry into the Past (IP) Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures SPAN B211 Borges y sus lectores Fall 2013 Primary emphasis on Borges and his poetics of reading; other writers are considered to illustrate the semiotics of texts, society, and traditions. Division III: Humanities Critical Interpretation (CI) Cross-listed as COML B212 Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures SPAN B217 Narratives of Latinidad Fall 2013 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 XIX Not offered 2013-14 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 B230 Poéticas del deseo en la poesía hispana Spring 2014 A study of the evolution of the love lyric in Spain beginning with the Renaissance and the Baroque periods in Spain and continuing to the present. Topics include the representation of women as objects of desire and pretexts for writing; the self-fashioning and subjectivity of the lyric voice; the conflation and conflict of eroticism and idealism; theories of imitation; parody; and the feminine appropriation of the poetic tradition. Among the poets we will examine: Luis de Góngora, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Gustavo Adolfo Becquer, Rosalía de Castro, Federico García Lorca, and contemporary women poets such as Gloria Fuertes and Ana Rossetti. Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as COML B230 SPAN B231 El cuento y novela corta en España Fall 2013 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 Latino Dictator Novel in Americas Spring 2014 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 2013-14 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-Cultural Analysis (CC) Critical Interpretation (CI) 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 Not offered 2013-14 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 B270 Literatura y delincuencia: explorando la novela picaresca Not offered 2013-14 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 SPAN B307 Cervantes Not offered 2013-14 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. Prerequisite: Spanish 202 and another 200-level course. Division III: Humanities Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures SPAN B308 Teatro del sigo de oro: negociaciones de clase, genero y poder Spring 2014 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 Fall 2013 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. Pre-requisites: SPAN 200/202 and another 200-level course in Spanish. Division III: Humanities Counts toward Gender and Sexuality Studies Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures SPAN B311 Crimen y detectives en la narrativa hispánica contemporánea Spring 2014 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. This course will be given in conjuction withCities 229. Division III. Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as COML B312 SPAN B318 Adaptaciones literarias en el cine español Not offered 2013-14 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 Not offered 2013-14 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 2013-14 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 Civil Not offered 2013-14 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 B332 Novelas de las Américas Fall 2013 What do we gain by reading a Latin American or a US novel as "American" in the continental sense? What do we learn by comparing novels from "this" America to classics of the "other" Americas? Can we find through this Panamericanist perspective common aesthetics, interests, conflicts? In this course we will explore these questions by connecting and comparing major US novels with Latin American classics of the 20th and 21st century. We will read these works in clusters to illuminate aesthetic, political and cultural resonances and affinities. This course is taught in Spanish. Prerequisites: SPAN B110 and/or SPAN B120 and a 200-level course in Spanish. Division III: Humanities Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Cross-listed as ENGL B332 Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures SPAN B351 Tradición y revolución: Cuba y su literature Not offered 2013-14 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.