SPANISH Course Descriptions
Undergraduate - Upper Division - WINTER QUARTER 2008
Spanish 100 Cristina Martínez-Carazo, Assoc. Professor (sec. 1 - MW 10:00-11:20 - 163 OLSON) CRN 41028
Discussion (MW 11:30-11:50 - 163 OLSON)
Linda Egan, Assoc. Professor (sec. 2 - TR 12:10-1:30 - 108 HOAGLAND) CRN 41029
Charles Oriel, Lecturer (sec. 3 - MWF 10:00-10:50 - 251 OLSON) CRN 41030
Principles of Hispanic Literature and Criticism
This course is an introduction to textual analysis with readings from
Spanish and Spanish American literature and culture. The course will
deal with basic genres: narrative, poetry, drama and essay and will
provide
students with the opportunity to acquire the basic technical vocabulary
of the Hispanic literary and cultural critic.
Lecture-3 hours; extensive writing or discussion-1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 24 or 24S or 33.
Textbooks: Check at the bookstore, books will vary with each section.
Spanish 110 Charles Oriel, Lecturer (sec. 1 - MWF 2:10-3:00 - 101 OLSON) CRN 41031
Advanced
Spanish Composition
Practice
in expository writing with emphasis on clarity, structure and idiomatic
expression, focusing on a variety of topical and practical issues. Practical application and review of selected
grammar topics
Lecture-3 hours;
frequent writing assignments. Prerequisite:
course 24, 24S or 33.
Textbooks:
Maria
Dominicis and John Reynolds, Repase y escriba: curso avanzado de gramática y
composición.
Spanish 111N Travis Bradley, Asst. Professor (sec. 1, MWF 1:10-2:00 - 101 OLSON) CRN 41032
The Structure of
Spanish: Sounds & Words
This course provides an introduction to the sound
system of Spanish. After an initial
overview of the goals of contemporary linguistic theory, we will explore how speech
sounds are produced from an articulatory point of view. By exploring the structuralist notions of
phoneme versus allophone, complementary distribution versus free variation, and
contrast versus neutralization, we will see how sounds are organized and
represented as part of the linguistic competence of Spanish speakers. The course also introduces generative
phonology, which permits a deeper understanding of systematic, rule-governed
nature sound patterns. Throughout the
course, theoretical and practical comparisons will be made with English and
other Romance Languages as appropriate.
Lecture-3 hours.
Prerequisite: Linguistics 1 and course 24, 24S or 33, or consent of
instructor.
Textbooks: José
Ignacio Hualde, Antzon Olarrea & Anna María Escobar, Introducción a la
linguística hispánica.
Spanish 118 Ann Delforge, Lecturer (sec. 1, MWF 9:00-9:50 - 147 OLSON) CRN 43389
Spanish
Dialectology
In this
class we will explore the tremendous dialectal diversity of the Spanish
language. We'll examine the phonetic,
syntactic and lexical characteristics of major Spanish varieties of the Iberian
Peninsula, and South America. We will
also discuss the role of historical factors, language contact and natural
language change in the formation of these dialects.
Lecture - 3 hours; term paper. Prerequisites: Linguistics 1. Basic knowledge of Spanish phonetics and
morphosyntax highly desirable.
Textbook: Course reader.
Spanish 130 Samuel
Armistead, Professor (sec. 1, TR 3:10-4:30 - 140 PHYGEO) CRN 41035
Medieval
A
goal of the course is to familiarize the student with Spanish literature of the
Middle Ages and its sociocultural background.
A survey of various masterworks, Cantar de Mio Cid, Berceo, Juan
Ruiz, Celestina, the Romancero, will be presented in relation to
the distinctive cultural traditions that coexisted in Spain
(Christian, Muslim, Jewish). At the
conclusion of the quarter, the student should be able to read a text from the
period and to identify its main characteristics, both from a literary and from
a sociocultural point of view. The
assigned readings will also be an important tool in the enhancement of the
students' vocabulary and syntactical repertoire.
Lecture-3 hours. Prerequisite: course 100 or 100S.
Textbook: A.
Sánchez-Romeralo and F. Ibarra, Antología
de autores españoles, Vol. I.
Spanish 134A Adrienne Martín, Assoc. Professor (sec. 1, TR 1:40-3:00 - 223 OLSON) CRN 43390
Don Quijote
Este curso parte de una lectura detallada de la
primera parte de Don Quijote de la Mancha de Miguel de Cervantes.
Analizaremos la novela en relación con la tradición literaria y los movimientos
culturales renacentistas, situándola también en los contextos ideológico,
sociológico y filosófico de la España del Siglo de Oro. El trabajo de clase consistiré
en una interpretacón de la obra, con especial atención también a cómo la
novela ha sido recreada en otras manifestaciones artísticas.
Lecture-3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 100 or 100S.
Texto: Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quijote; Lathrop, Don Quijote Dictionary.
Spanish 137N Marta Altisent, Assoc. Professor (sec. 1 - TR 3:10-4:30 - 1344 STORER) CRN 44085
Textbooks: Miguel de Unamuno, Niebla;
Carmen Laforet, Nada; Merce Rodoreda, La plaza del diamante;
Ramón Sender, Réquiem por un campesino español; Juan José Millas,
La soledad era esto.
Textbooks: Steven V. Kirby (ed.), Libro de buen amor.
Spanish 142 Marta Altisent, Assoc. Professor (sec. 2 - TR 7:30-8:50 a.m. - 1344 STORER) CRN 44086
The Life and Works
of Federico García Lorca
This course will offer an overview of Federico
García Lorca's work in its regional, historical and biographical context. We will also consider Lorca's position in the
emergence of the Spanish Avant-Garde renaissance or "Edad de Plata" in the
1920s and 1930s and the international resonance of his art; as well as the
political readings of Lorca's literary iconography and biography (in the last
70 years).
We will analyze three of Lorca's most
representative plays, more than 30 poems selected from Lorca's early poemaries,
"El romancero Gitano" and "Poeta en Nueva York"; and Lorca's essays on creative
writing.
Lecture-3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 100 or 100S. May be repeated twice for credit when topic
differs.
Spanish 148 Cristina Martínez-Carazo, Asst. Professor (sec. 1- MWF 12:10-1:00 - 205 OLSON) CRN 43391
Film Viewing (W 6:10-9:00 p.m. - 205 OLSON)
Cinema in the
Spanish-Speaking World in Translation
This
course will analyze the construction of Spanish identity and the socio-historical events that have
shaped it through film. The selection of
movies and texts presented in this class will help the students to improve
their ability to read films aesthetically, culturally, and historically. Cultural aspects such as gender differences,
the role of women in Spanish society, the political situation, social structures,
economical aspects, power institutions, religion - will be studied through
movies. The emphasis will be on the
cultural information illustrated by these films. No prior knowledge of cinematography
techniques and principles will be required.
Lecture-3 hours; film viewing-3 hours.
Prerequisite: 24, 24S or 33.
GE credit: ArtHum, Div.
Textbooks: Barry
Jordan and Mark Allison, Spanish
Cinema: A Student's Guide.
Spanish 151N Ana Peluffo, Assoc. Professor (sec. 1, TR 9:00-10:20 - 223 OLSON) CRN 41040
Survey of
Spanish-American Literature to 1900 to Present
In this course we will study the
history of Latin American literature from the time of modernization, at the turn of the
nineteenth century, to the last two decades of the twentieth century. Particular attention will be given to the
socio-historical contexts in which essays, short stories, and poems from different
cultural areas of Latin America, were produced.
Topics to be discussed include: discourses of
gender, national identity and ethnicity; the relationship between literature and politics; and the
interaction between literature and the other arts.
Lecture-3 hours; discussion-1 hour. Prerequisite: course
100 or 100S.
Textbooks:
There will be a class reader.
Spanish 153 Ana Peluffo, Assoc. Professor (sec.
1, TR 12:10-1:30 - 1 WELLMAN) CRN 43405
The Latin American Short Story
This course will examine formal and
ideological aspects of the Latin American short story while tracing its genealogy. We will do
close readings of representative works by authors such as Horacio Quiroga, José Martí, Silvina
Ocampo, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, Juan Bosch, and Juan Rulfo, among
others. We will also read essays by practitioners who have reflected, in their theoretical
writings, about the cultural and political implications of the form. Topics to
be discussed include: literature and
visual arts, civilization and barbarism, and the ways in which the short story
is used to construct identity.
Lecture-3 hours;
term paper. Prerequisite: course 100 or
100S.
Textbooks: There will be a class reader.
Spanish 157 Michael Lazzara, Asst. Professsor (sec. 1 - TR 10:30-11:50 - 223 OLSON) CRN 43392
20TH
Century Masters in Spanish-American Literature: Identidades latinoamericanas:
utopías y distopías estáticas
How
can we tackle intellectually the question of "Latin America" and its
identity/ies? How have writers imagined and constructed the idea of Latin
America throughout the 20th century and into the 21st?
This course will examine the complexity of these questions, taking into account
the heterogeneity of voices that speak to us as Latin American. Through
the study of a wide range of cultural objects (short stories, novels, poems,
essays and films) we will seek to understand how the question of identity
bridges onto related topics such as social class, race, ethnicity, gender and
ideology. Among the critical concepts that will frame our readings are mestizaje, hibridez, transculturación, utopía and distopía. Readings
will include selections from authors such as Julia de Burgos, José; Martí, José;
Vasconcelos, Pablo Neruda, Enrique Lihn, Octavio Paz, José María Arguedas,
Ernesto Che Guevara, Clarice Lispector, Fernando Vallejo, Diamela Eltit and
Gabriel García Márquez.
Lecture-3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 100 or
100S.
Textbooks: Clarice Lispector, La hora de la estrella; Fernando Vallejo, El desbarrancadero; Ernesto Che
Guevara, Diarios de motocicleta: Notas
de viaje; Gabriel García Márquez, Cien
años de soledad. A Course Reader containing a few supplementary readings will be
available at Davis Copy Shop.
Spanish 170 Robert Irwin, Assoc. Professor (sec. 1 - TR 1:40-3:00 - 205 OLSON) CRN 43393
Latin American Culture: El recurso de la cultura en México:
Industrias culturales, política cultural, participación cultural
This
course explores the deployments of culture and dynamics of cultural struggles
in the 20th century, with a special focus on Mexico from 1925 to
1975. It applies cultural theory to some of the most memorable examples
of Mexican cultural production and participation in that period. It
focuses on Mexico's cultural industries: Golden Age cinema (the films of Emilio
"el Indio" Fernández), comic books (La familia Burrón), and television
(the classic telenovela, Los ricos también lloran) as artistic as
well as commercial and political phenomena. It looks at state sponsored
culture as seen in postrevolutionary muralism, as well as the relationship
between high art and popular culture, through the expression of Frida
Kahlo. Culture's function as a social resource is seen in examples that
originate not only from mass media, but from the direct participation of the
masses, as is the case of the popular spiritual icon, el Niño Fidencio.
Although set firmly within a Mexican context, the class also takes into account
the international impact of Mexican culture, and the changes that occur in processes
of cultural signification as Mexican culture is reterritorialized abroad.
Lecture-3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
GE credit: ArtHum, Div.
Textbooks: There will be a Course Reader.
Spanish 174 Francisco Alarcón, Lecturer (MWF 11:00-11:50 - 206 OLSON)
Discussion (sec. A01 - M 3:10-4:00 - 148 PHYGEO) CRN 43394
Discussion (sec. A02 - W 3:10-4:00 - 146 ROBBINS) CRN 43395
Discussion (sec. A03 - W 4:10-5:00 - 146 ROBBINS) CRN 43396
Discussion (sec. A04 - F 1:20-2:00 - 261 OLSON) CRN 43397
Discussion (sec. A05 - F 2:10-3:00 - 261 OLSON) CRN 43398
Chicano Culture
An
interdisciplinary survey of Chicano culture. Topics include literature, art,
folklore, oral tradition, music, politics, as well as "everyday" cultural
manifestations. The course is conducted in Spanish. This is a survey of the
culture of the Mexican people from the pre-Hispanic period to the present.
Pre-Hispanic concepts, myths, symbols, and legends present in Chicano culture
are traced to their Mexican origins. The concept of Fifth Sun, Luis Valdez's "Pensamiento
Serpentino," the myths of Quetzalcoatl and Aztlán, and the Aztec homeland
are examined, as well as the Mesoamerican concept of self and time. The period
of conquest of Mexico by Spain is
examined, both as presented by historians and interpreted by Octavio Paz in his
book, El laberinto de la soleded. The turmoil of the first half
of the nineteenth century in Mexico
and implications of the annexation of the southwest to the U.S., by the Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo in 1848 are studied. Also examined are the origins of the stereotypes
of the Mexican/Chicano found in American society, such as the pocho, the
pachuco, and the cholo. The literary and artistic expressions of the Chicano
Movement of the past twenty-five years are also analyzed as part of this course.
The
course format consists of lectures by the instructor, occasional guest
speakers, screening of a few films and class discussions based on the assigned
readings. A term paper is a course requirement. This research paper should be
on a topic illustrating an aspect of Chicano culture. Students are required to
attend a one-hour discussion session every week.
Lecture-3 hours;
term paper/discussion-1 hour. Prerequisite: course 24, 24S or 33.
GE credit: ArtHum, Div.
Textbooks: Octavio
Paz, El Laberinto de la Soledad; Gloria Anzaluda, Borderlands/ La Frontera: The New Mestiza; Tomás Rivera, Y no se lo trago la
tierra; Francisco Alarcón, From
the other Side of Night / Del
otro lado de la noche: New and Selected Poems; Manuel Martín-Rodríguez,
La voz urgente: antología de la literatura chicano en español.
Spanish 198 Ernesto Ortíz-Díaz, Graduate Student (MWF 2:10-3:00 - 267 OLSON) CRN 41087
Portuguese for
Spanish Speaking Students
This is a Portuguese language course for qualified
Spanish-speaking students. During this course students will learn basic
principles of the Portuguese grammar with emphasis on oral expression,
vocabulary expansion, and writing in the context of cultural and literary
readings.
Textbooks: Klobucka,
et al, Ponto de Encontro: Portuguese
as a World Language (Student Edition); Klobucka, et al, Ponto de Encontro: Portuguese as a World
Language (Video/DVD).
