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Spanish 100. Principles of Hispanic Literature & Criticism (4 units)
| Section | Instructor | Days / Time | Room | CRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Charles Oriel, Lecturer | MWF 10:00-10:50A | 167 Olson Hall | 89827 |
| 002 | Victor Cervantes | MWF 12:10-1:00P | 7 Wellman Hall | 89829 |
Course Description: 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.
Prerequisite: Spanish 024 or 033.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, Oral Literacy, World Cultures and Writing Experience.
Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Writing or Discussion - 1 hour.
Textbooks:
Section 001:
- TBA
Section 002:
- TBA
Spanish 115. History of the Spanish Language (4 units)
Aaron Yamada
MWF 11:00-11:50A
140 Physics Bldg
CRN 89832
Course Description: This course examines the Spanish language from its roots in spoken Latin to modernity. There will be emphasis on the close relationship between historical events and language change, and the role that literature plays in language standardization.
Prerequisite: Spanish 024 or 033, or consent of instructor. Linguistics 001 recommended.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities or Social Sciences.
Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Writing or Discussion - 1 hour.
Textbook:
- David A. Pharies, Breve historia de la lengua española: Segunda edición revisada (University of Chicago Press, 2015)
Spanish 117. Teaching Spanish for Bilinguals (4 units)
Melissa Patino-Vega
MWF 2:10-3:00P
108 Hoagland Hall
CRN 91949
Course Description: Designed for students interested in teaching Spanish to native speakers. Focus on cultural diversity of the Spanish speaking population in the United States; applied language teaching methodologies in the context of teaching Spanish to native speakers at different levels.
Prerequisite: Spanish 024 or 033, or consent of instructor. Linguistics 001 recommended.
GE credit (New): Oral Literacy.
Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Term Paper/Discussion - 1 hour.
Textbooks:
- TBA
Spanish 118. Diachronic and Synchronic Variation in Spanish (4 units)
Travis Bradley, Professor
MWF 1:10-2:00P
2016 Haring Hall
CRN 91950
Course Description: This course presents a survey of linguistic variation in Spanish across time and place. First, we review structural developments since the period of spoken Latin, induced by natural language change and by external influences. This overview sets the stage for an exploration of the dialect structure of the contemporary Spanish-speaking world. Special consideration will be given to Peninsular and American Spanish varieties, and to Judeo-Spanish, which has been preserved for over 500 years by the Sephardic Jews, who were expelled from Spain in 1492. The course assumes some prior exposure to Spanish phonetics and/or structural phonology.
May be repeated once for credit when topic differs.
Prerequisite: Spanish 111N or 113 recommended.
GE credit (New): Social Sciences.
Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Term Paper.
Textbooks:
- TBA
Spanish 131N. Survey of Spanish Literature: 1700 to the Present (4 units)
Charles Oriel, Lecturer
MWF 12:10-1:00P
106 Olson Hall
CRN 42521
Course Description: This survey course focuses on Spanish literature from the year 1700 through the present day. This long period includes various literary, social, political and cultural movements, such as the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Naturalism, the Generation of ’98 and Surrealism, all of which will be taken into account and discussed in class. Readings include examples of all the main literary genres: essay, poetry, novel, short story and drama.
Prerequisite: Spanish 100/100S or 141/141S or 170/170S.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities and World Cultures.
Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Term Paper or Discussion - 1 hour.
Textbooks:
- Miguel de Unamuno, Abel Sánchez: Una historia de pasión (Espasa Calpe/Austral, 2005)
- Federico Garcia Lorca, Bodas de Sangre (Catedra, 1990)
Spanish 149. Latin American Literature in Translation (4 units) [Taught in English]
Emily Frankel
TR 10:30-11:50A
2016 Haring Hall
CRN 91951
Course Description: Reading, lectures and discussions in English of works by Borges, Cortázar, Fuentes, Garcia Márquez, Paz and others.
Prerequisite: None.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, World Cultures and Writing Experience.
Format: Lecture/Discussion - 3 hours; Term Paper.
Textbooks:
- TBA
Spanish 151. Survey of Latin American Literature from 1900 to the Present (4 units)
Leopoldo Bernucci, Professor
TR 1:40-3:00P
168 Hoagland Hall
CRN 89838
Course Description: Latin American literature from 1900 to the present. Reading selections include fiction, poetry, drama, essays, and testimonio among others.
Prerequisite: Spanish 100/100S or 141/141S or 170/170S.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities and World Cultures.
Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Term Paper or Discussion - 1 hour.
Textbooks:
- TBA
Spanish 157. Cross-Border Fictions (4 units)
Robert Newcomb, Professor
TR 10:30-11:50A
168 Hoagland Hall
CRN 89839
Course Description: In recent decades, disruptive economic and political changes – which are often collectively described using the term “globalization” – have caused more and more of the world’s population to live between countries and across borders. Latin America, which as the product of European colonialism and has arguably always been globalized, has not been exempt from these changes. The increasingly multi-national, cross-border existence of Latin Americans has been reflected in a range of cultural productions, including literature. This course examines a series of 20th and early 21st century Latin American narratives (short stories, novellas, novels), plus a Spanish novel set partially in Puebla (Mexico), a California novel that moves between Woodland and Michoacán (Mexico), and a Portuguese novel partially set in Angola. Issues we will discuss include migration, travel, exile, hybrid identities, deportation, and colonialism and post-colonialism. While we will refer in the class to the U.S.-Mexico border – which here in California is certainly the most familiar to us – we will also examine borders and border crossing in other, primarily Latin American contexts. Class discussions will be in Spanish. Primary readings will mostly be in Spanish.
Prerequisite: Spanish 100/100S or 141/141S or 170/170S.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities and World Cultures.
Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Term Paper or Discussion - 1 hour.
Textbooks:
All readings will be available in PDF format. The following readings will be featured:
- Jorge Luís Borges, “El sur”
- Octavio Paz, “El pachuco y otros extremos”
- Gloria Anzaldúa, “The New Mestiza”
- Roberto Bolaño, Amuleto
- Josefina Aldecoa, Mujeres de negro
- Rosario Ferré, selection of short stories
- Dulce Maria Cardoso, The Return
- Maceo Montoya, The Deportation of Wopper Barraza
Spanish 170. Introduction to Latin American Culture (4 units)
Michael Lazzara, Professor
TR 12:10-1:30P
1283 Grove Hall
CRN 92018
Course Description: This course provides a general introduction to Latin American culture while presenting students with critical tools for analyzing a broad range of cultural texts, including short stories, poetry, essays, crónicas, political discourses, films, popular music and testimonies. Sample cultural texts from different periods will be analyzed—though emphasis will be placed on the post-1960s era—with an eye toward understanding their politics, aesthetics, ethics, and ideologies. This course will serve as a “gateway” to equip students with the tools needed to succeed in more advanced upper division Spanish courses. Topics to be considered may include: colonialism, the “idea” of Latin America, cultural heterogeneity, identity formations, social movements, violence and dictatorship, globalization, and neoliberalism. Students will practice oral and written skills extensively.
Prerequisite: Spanish 024/024S or 033.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, Visual Literacy, World Cultures and Writing Experience.
Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Term Paper.
Textbooks:
- A Course Reader
Spanish 172. Mexican Culture: Masculinidades Mexicanas (4 units)
Robert Irwin, Professor
TR 9:00-10:20A
2016 Haring Hall
CRN 91952
Course Description: Esta clase explora la problemática de las masculinidades mexicanas. Tomando como punto de partida el machismo, ideología emblemática del nacionalismo postrevolucionario, se interrogará tanto su persistencia ante las incursiones de los movimientos feministas y de la diversidad sexual, como sus inherentes inestabilidades y contradicciones. Se estudiará las masculinidades mexicanas a través del tiempo, empezando a finales del siglo XIX y siguiendo hasta la actualidad, tomando en cuenta diferentes arquetipos ampliamente difundidos, tales como el mujeriego, el charro, el norteño, el narco y el cholo – y también el joto, el chacal, la marimacha y la devoradora de hombres, vistos en grandes obras de la literatura, el cine y la música popular mexicanas.
Prerequisite: Spanish 024 or 033.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, Visual Literacy and World Cultures.
Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Term Paper.
Textbooks:
- TBA
Spanish 177. California and Latin America (4 units)
Robert Irwin, Professor
Lecture:
TR 1:40-3:00P
1301 Shrem Hall
| Section | Discussion Leader | Days / Time | Room | CRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Lizbeth de la Cruz | R 6:10-7:00P | 293 Kerr Hall | 89841 |
| 002 | Lizbeth de la Cruz | T 5:10-6:00P | 1120 Hart Hall | 89842 |
| 003 | John Guzman | R 6:10-7:00P | 251 Olson Hall | 89843 |
| 004 | John Guzman | R 5:10-6:00P | 192 Young Hall | 89844 |
Course Description: Este curso trata la historia de contacto cultural como consecuencia de migraciones, invasiones, colaboraciones, conflictos, acuerdos, intercambios, influencias, etc. entre Alta California (ahora el estado de California de Estados Unidos) y el resto de América Latina desde la época de la guerra de 1846-1848 hasta la actualidad, con un enfoque en las representaciones hechas en América Latina (tanto en México como en otros países del continente) de California, las representaciones hechas en California (especialmente desde la industria emblemática de la expresión cultural del estado, la del cine hollywoodense) de América Latina, y también las representaciones hechas de la California latinoamericana, la de los Californios, los mexicanos, los braceros, los pachucos, los pochos, los chicanos, los centroamericanos, los chilenos y los demás “latinos” que han vivido y que viven en el estado, y que de alguna manera le han hecho a California no sólo una región latinoamericana, sino uno de los centros principales productores de cultura latino-americana.
May be taken to fulfill requirement for majors in Chicano/Latino literature/culture (in lieu of SPA 117, 174 or 176) - or as an elective.
Prerequisite: Spanish 024/024S, or Spanish 033.
GE credit (New): American Cultures Governance & History and Domestic Diversity.
Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Term Paper or Discussion - 1 hour.
Textbooks:
- A Course Reader