This course provides a comprehensive
study of contemporary Spanish American poetry from
1910 to the present. Works of individual poets will
be analyzed and balanced within the context of significant
artistic and literary movements such as the avant-garde,
surrealism, poesía "impura", poesía
mulata, “poesía pura,” "poesía
comprometida" and "antipoesía".
The course will address the following questions:
What changes have occurred in Latin American Poetry?
What changes in content have occurred?
What changes in style?
Who has initiated these changes?
What is the foundational role of these poets?
What influences have Modernist and Postmodernist
Western Cultural trends had on Latin American poetry
throughout the Twentieth century?
These questions will be addressed along with an examination
of the practice, reception and role of poetry in contemporary
societies. This course and all related activities
will be conducted in Spanish.
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SPW5405
Medieval and Renaissance Literature: "Approaches
to the Medieval Canon"
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Prof.
Maria Willstedt
Office: Diffenbaugh 308
Phone: 644-1197
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This is an introductory
seminar to Spain’s
medieval literary canon: what it is, its history,
and its relation to the rest of the Hispanic
canon. The course is divided into a theoretical
and a practical component. In the first part
we will study the main historiographical approaches
to the medieval literature (i.e. its place
and function in the history of literature).
We will also survey the ways in which different
literary theories have viewed the medieval
canon over time. In the second part we will
read three major medieval texts: the
Cantar de mío Cid, the Libro
de buen amor, and La Celestina,
in combination with a selection of variously
oriented critical commentaries on them.
The
main purpose of the seminar is to give the
students a good overview of the field of Spanish
medieval literature, both from a conceptual
and a practical perspective. Particular attention
is therefore also devoted to the role that
various notions of the culturally complex
Spanish Middle Ages (Christian, Muslim, Jewish)
and their texts have played over the centuries
in the shaping of the Hispanic imagination,
be it political or literary.
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SPW 4481-01 / SPW 5486-01
Contemporary Spanish Women Writers
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Prof. Brenda Cappuccio
Office: Diffenbaugh 316A
Phone: 4-8193
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course is designed to introduce you to the
works of 20th-century Spanish women writers
and the critical attention they have received.
We will focus primarily on novels and
short stories but will also include a couple
of poets, all the while focusing on the mother-daughter
theme. In our exploration of both sides of
this relationship we will use a variety of
critical perspectives and tools.
We will also take into consideration
the social and political events of the period
and their effect on women in Spain, the mother-daughter relationship,
and the writers included in the course.
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SPN 5060
Spanish for Reading Knowledge
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Prof. Julia M. Sullivan
Office: Diffenbaugh 325
Phone: 4-8199
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course will prepare graduate students to take
the Graduate Reading Knowledge exam in Spanish
(SPN 5069). This class is practically oriented
and emphasis is placed upon the reading of
documents in Spanish and its translation in
English. Recognition and identification of
verb forms will be emphasized as well as certain
word endings, pronouns, etc. This will help
the student with the learning process. By
the end of the semester students should be
able comprehend Spanish texts and to translate
documents with the help of a dictionary.
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