Spanish Courses
Courses
Critical Approaches to Hispanic Literature (3-0) Examination of historical and contemporary literary analysis, techniques, and theories and their application to Spanish-language prose, poetry, theather, and essays. Required of all MA candidates.
Department: Spanish
3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
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3 Lecture Hours
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Independent Study (0-0-3) Subject to be determined in consultation with the graduate advisor. Prerequisite: Department approval.
Department: Spanish
3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
0 Lecture Hours
3 Other Hours
Special Topics (3-0) Examination of a particular area of Hispanic languages or literature. May be repeated once for credit as topics change. Prerequisite: Department approval.
Department: Spanish
3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
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The Hispanic Essay (3-0) The development and influence of the essany in the Hispanic world. Included in the readings are both Peninsular and Latin American writers.
Department: Spanish
3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
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3 Lecture Hours
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This course is designed to prepare students to carry out research at the graduate level. The course is designed to prepare students to write a research paper in Spanish that may lead to publication at a later time. The class will focus on academic writing and as such will emphasize fundamentals of composition, argument, critical thought, and research methods.
Department: Spanish
3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
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3 Lecture Hours
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Nineteenth Century Spanish American Literature (3-0) Study of major Spanish-American works of the nineteenth century exclusive of Modernism; notably, Neoclassic and Romantic poetry, Romantic and Realist narrative, and Gauchesque poetry.
Department: Spanish
3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
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Premodernist and Modernist Poetry (3-0) Readings in the works of major Spanish poets of the nineteenth and early twentieth century, with special attention placed upon Ruben Dario and his school.
Department: Spanish
3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
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3 Lecture Hours
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Postmodernist and Contemporary Poetry (3-0) Readings in the works of major Spanish-American poets from approximately 1910 to the present.
Department: Spanish
3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
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3 Lecture Hours
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Spanish American Short Story (3-0) Development of the short story form in Spanish America from its origin in the nineteenth century to the present.
Department: Spanish
3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
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3 Lecture Hours
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Twentieth Century Spanish American Novel (3-0) Readings from selected works of contemporary Spanish-American novelists.
Department: Spanish
3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
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The course focuses on narratives related to various borders and centers primarily on the Mexico-US border. Keywords: Northern Mexican Literature
Department: Spanish
3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
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Spanish Literature to 1500 (3-0) A study of the most representative works of medieval and early renaissance Spain, including El Cid, Las Cantigas de Santa Maria, El Libro de Buen Amor/El Conde Lucanor, El Romancero and La Celestina.
Department: Spanish
3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
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Golden Age Drama (3-0) Readings in major works of Spain's classical theater, by authors such as Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Calderon de La Barca.
Department: Spanish
3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
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Cervantes (3-0) A thorough reading and substantial analysis of El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha, plus two or three of the novelas ejemplares.
Department: Spanish
3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
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Twentieth Century Spanish Literature (3-0) Readings in the works of modern Spanish literature, with emphais on poetry and/or narrative prose fiction written after the generation of 1898 to the present.
Department: Spanish
3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
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This course offers an exploration of the rich world of Latin American and Spanish cinema. It will look to film as a point of entry into cultures, geographies, and aesthetic conversations in Spain and Latin America, including Brazil. May be repeated once for credit as topics change.
Department: Spanish
3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
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Spanish Historical Linguistics (3-0) A study of the origins of Spanish as a reflex of Latin and as a Romance language. Reading of texts of historical interest. Attention to the nature of linguistic change. Examination and use of standard research tools.
Department: Spanish
3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
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Bilingualism (3-0) A study of the formal and sociolinguistic dimensions of bilingualism. Attention to aspects of languages planning and linguistics as a contributing factor in the devising of public policy.
Department: Spanish
3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
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Seminar in Hispanic Literary Research (3-0) Advanced work on a topic of research in Hispanic literature culminating in a paper and a final open oral and/or written examination. For non-thesis option students only.
Department: Spanish
3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
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Thesis (0-0-3) Initial work on the thesis.
Department: Spanish
3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
0 Lecture Hours
3 Other Hours