Spring Quarter 2025

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For all courses not described here, please refer to the General Catalog course descriptions: https://catalog.ucdavis.edu/courses-subject-code/spa or https://catalog.ucdavis.edu/courses-subject-code/por/

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Spanish Graduate Courses

Spanish 205-Spanish Phonology- Travis Bradley
Wednesdays, 4:10-7:00 in Olson 109

Course Description: La fonología es el subcampo de la lingüística que intenta describir y explicar lo que sabemos acerca de cómo pronunciar, combinar e interpretar los sonidos de una lengua. Este seminario ofrece una introducción al sistema fónico del español contemporáneo desde la perspectiva de la fonología generativa, un modelo teórico que conceptualiza la competencia fonológica como si fuera un programa informático ejecutado por una computadora artificial. Revisaremos los avances tecnológicos del modelo generativo desde los marcos lineales de los años 1960 hasta los marcos no lineales de los 1980 que todavía se utilizan hoy en día. Haremos comparaciones teóricas y prácticas entre las variedades del español y con otras lenguas. Lxs estudiantes serán capaces de (1) identificar patrones fonéticos a partir de un conjunto de datos transcritos o grabados, (2) describir y analizar los patrones mediante el lenguaje formal de la teoría fonológica, (3) leer, comprender y criticar las propuestas analíticas de la literatura y (4) explorar un tema de investigación en la fonología de una o más variedades del español.

Prerequisite: Some prior experience in linguistics or Spanish linguistics is recommended.

Format: Seminar - 3 hours; Term Paper.

Required Textbook:
ISBN: 9781626160415 (1626160414)
Title: Fonología generativa contemporánea de la lengua española (2a edición)

SPA 230: On Fire and Under Water: Migration in the Anthropocene- Emily Vazquez Enriquez
Thursdays, 4:10-7:00, Sproul 622

Focusing on contemporary Latin American literature and film, this seminar examines the intersections of migration, climate change, natural disasters, and cultural representation in the context of the Anthropocene. Through the lens of ecological disruption—ranging from wildfires to flooding and drought—we will analyze how these phenomena impact human and nonhuman migration. Race relations will be a central factor in our discussions, as we examine how environmental degradation disproportionately affects marginalized communities. Students will investigate themes of displacement and ecological violence, considering how environmental factors shape experiences of migration in the communities of origin and destination.

SPA 274- Latin American Lit: Narrative-Representations of the Amazon- Leopoldo Bernucci
Mondays, 4:10-7:00, Sproul 622

The objective of this course is to explore and deepen the different meanings that the Amazon has: territory of the Amazons, paradise, green hell, the last frontier, the lungs of the world, the land of the last indigenous peoples, treasure of the illegal mining and logging industry, future breadbasket of the world, drug trafficking, etc. Through a series of literary texts (novels, short stories, essays, and historical accounts), students will have the opportunity to read, interpret and problematize the various fictional and historical representations that will be discussed in class. Our classes will revolve around the notions of history and fiction, civilization vs. barbarism (a dichotomy that has been appropriated by several Latin American writers since Romanticism), and neo-Colonialism. Texts to be read by the following writers: Euclides da Cunha (Brazil, 1866-1909), Horacio Quiroga (Uruguay, 1878-1937), José Eustasio Rivera (Colombia, 1888-1928) and Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru, 1936- )