Spanish (SPAN)

Description: Comparative study of the structure of complex sentences in Spanish and English: Translation and composition.

Description: Theoretical and practical aspects of Spanish grammar.

Description: Changes in the sound system, evolution of morphological paradigms and general patterns of semantic change.

Description: Examination of important forms and themes in the history of Spanish Medieval literature. Emphasis on the impact of digital tools on the humanities.

Description: Intensive advanced course in oral communication to gain proficiency in speaking Spanish through practice, creative construction of sentences, vocabulary building, and practical review of grammar and pronunciation.

Description: Examination of important forms and themes in the history of Spanish Golden Age Poetry. Emphasis on the impact of digital tools on the humanities.

Description: Examination of important forms and themes in the history of Early-Modern Spanish Prose. Emphasis on the impact of digital tools on the humanities.

Description: Examination of important forms and themes in the history of Early-Modern Spanish Drama. Emphasis on the impact of digital tools on the humanities.

Description: Reading and study of nineteenth-century Spanish literature: drama, essay, novel, poetry, and short story. Such authors as Larra, Zorrilla, Duque de Rivas, Espronceda, Tamayo y Baus, Echegaray, Be¿cquer, Pe¿rez Galdo¿s, Clari¿n, and Valera.

Description: Reading and analysis of Latin American texts dealing with human rights issues. Topics selected from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Description: Reading and analysis of Spanish poetry, with emphasis on A. Machado, Unamuno, Salinas, J. Guillen, Garcia Lorca, and M. Hernandez.

Description: Reading and analysis of significant Spanish narratives.

Description: Reading and analysis of dramas written by such playwrights as Benavente, Valle-Inclan, Garcia, Lorca, Buero Vallejo, Sastre, and Arrabal.

Description: Spanish-American poetry.

Description: Spanish-American novels.

Description: Masterpieces of the Spanish-American short story from its origins. Works of the twentieth century by authors such as Horacio Quiroga, Jorge Luis Borges, Maria Luisa Bombal, Juan Rulfo, Julio Cortazar, Rosario Castellanos, and Luisa Valenzuela.

Description: Reading and analysis of Spanish and Spanish-American essays, with emphasis on Unamuno, Maeztu, Ortega y Gasset, Maranon, Marias, Picon Salas, Arciniegas, Manach, Reyes, and Paz.

Description: Masterpieces by women writers of Spanish America such as Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, Gabriela Mistral, Maria Luisa Bombal, and Victoria Ocampo.

Description: Examination of Cervantes¿ masterpiece in its literary and social context. Emphasis on the impact of digital tools on the humanities.

Description: Theory and practice of translation in professional settings. Introduction to linguistic and cultural challenges of Spanish/English, English/Spanish translation.

Description: Shift from printed to digital texts and its implications for the humanities. Definitions of digital research, various theoretical and methodological approaches, and the consequences for the academy, publishers, classrooms, and libraries. Analysis of representative electronic projects related to Hispanic literature and culture. Design of a digital humanities research projects.

Description: Language, literature, and civilization. Specific topic to be covered in any given semester and credit to be awarded to be determined by the instructor at that time.

Description: Medieval Spanish literature. Seminars in Spanish Under the headings listed below the works of one author, or a group of works centering in a period, or those illustrating the development of a literary age are studied with respect to content, sources, style, and influence.