Undergraduate Courses Fall 2000
LIN 3041 Introductory Linguistics
for Foreign Language Majors
Trinch, TTh 12:30-1:45
Description: This course is
designed to give foreign language majors a scientific
view of language from a linguistic perspective. We
will survey the field of linguistics and its subcomponents
of phonetics, phonology, morphology and syntax in
such a way will provide students with the tools and
techniques necessary for describing linguistic data.
This scientific knowledge of language should guide
students in discovering popular mythology and linguistic
prejudice regarding non-standard varieties of a language
in general. The course is designed to bring about
among the students an appreciation of the wealth of
subconscious knowledge that all human beings acquire
and thus possess to be able to speak and comprehend
their native languages. The course is taught in English
and may count toward the major in Russian and Spanish.
Course requirements include
a group project on the description of some unfamiliar
language, a midterm and final exam as well as several
quizzes and short writing assignments.
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SPN 3201 Reading and Conversation
Various sections.
Description: This course
focuses on reading and discussion in Spanish of short
literary works and/or cultural passages. In
addition, the course also has a strong conversational
component with emphasis on vocabulary building so
that the student will be able to discuss certain topics
in conversation. (prerequisite: SPN 2240 or equivalent;
may be taken before or concurrently with SPN 3310;
not open to native speakers)
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SPN 3310 Spanish Grammar
and Composition
Various sections.
Description: Primarily
a grammar review. Supplemented with readings
and compositions. (prerequisite: SPN 2240 or SPN 3201
or concurrent enrollment)
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SPN 3311 Spanish Grammar
and Composition
Various sections.
Description: Primarily
a writing and composition course, with some stylistic
analysis. (prerequisite: SPN 3310)
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SPN 4520 Spanish-American
Culture and Civilization
Galeano, MWF 10:10-11
Description: An advanced presentation
of the culture and civilization of Spanish-America
presented through textual readings and supplemented
with film and other graphic or audio materials. (prerequisite:
SPW 3101, 3130, or 3770)
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SPN 4700 Spanish Phonetics
Wyatt, TTh 9:40-10:45
Description: Training in the
production of acceptable speech sounds in Spanish
and a knowledge of when to use those sounds (allophonic
distribution). The class meets both in the classroom
and in the language laboratory. The nonnative
speaker can profit most from this course. (prerequisite:
SPN 3311 or equivalent)
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SPN 4930-01 Language and
Culture in Business
Campus Web page: http://campus.fsu.edu/courses/SPN4930-01.fa00/
Description: This course is
the first part of a two part sequence aim at raising
student awareness in international business and finance,
and better prepare them to meet the challenge of our
global economy and international cooperation. The
course has been designed for students at the intermediate
level of Spanish who wish to familiarize themselves
with the context, protocol, styles of correspondence
and vocabulary necessary to do business in the Spanish-speaking
world. Knowledge of fundamental Spanish grammar and
vocabulary on which to build oral and written competence
to achieve communication in the Spanish business world
is assumed. The material is presented by themes, which
a particular aspect of business articulated in a cultural
context for writing and conversation activities.
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SPN 4930-02 Spanish in Society:
The sites and sounds of language
Trinch, TTh 9:30-10:45
Description: This course provides
students with a cultural and linguistic awareness
of the Spanish language in the various and numerous
societies where it is spoken. Students will receive
a broad view of the varieties of contemporary Spanish
as it is spoken in America, Asia, Africa and Europe.
The course will focus on dialectical differences,
bilingualism, bilingual education, prestige and non-prestige
forms of speaking, and Spanish as a dominant language
vs. Spanish as a non-dominant language. Issues of
gender, race, ethnicity and power will figure prominently
in our critical analysis of language movements and
language policy (e.g. the rights of minorities, the
use of foreign language in the public sphere, inter-
and intra-group language attitudes and bilingual education)
as these issues relate to the Spanish-speaking world.
We will also explore the use of Spanish in situations
where it is in contact with other languages by examining
code-switching, language maintenance and language
loss.
Readings: Carmen Silva-Corvalán,
Spanish in four continents: Studies in language
and bilingualism; John Gumperz, El significado
de la diversidad lingüística y cultural; photocopies.
Evaluation: group research project;
midterm exam; individual research project; class participation;
other assignments.
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SPW 3100 Survey of Spanish
Literature I
Dangler, MWF 10:10-11
Description: This course
provides students with an introduction to the cultures,
literatures, and critical issues of medieval and early
modern Iberia, spanning from about the eleventh century
to 1700. Readings, discussion, and a variety
of class activities are designed to permit students
to acquire reading and interpretive skills critical
for the writing of papers, and for oral presentations.
(prerequisite: SPN 3310 and SPN 3201 or equivalent)
Readings: Antología de autores
españoles antiguos y modernos. Tomo 1. Ed.
Antonio Sánchez-Romeralo y Fernando Ibarra; photocopies.
Evaluation: In-class participation;
Web activities; homework; three exams; one final,
eight-page research paper.
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SPW 3101 Survey of Spanish
Literature II
Cappuccio, MWF 11:15-12:05
Description: A survey
of Spain's literary works from Romanticism to the
present. (prerequisite: SPN 3310 and SPN 3201 or equivalent)
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SPW 3130 Survey of Spanish-American
Literature
Poey, MWF 9:05-9:55
Description: Representative
selections of Spanish-American authors from "discovery"
to the present. (prerequisite: SPN 3310 and SPN 3201
or equivalent)
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SPW 4190 Argentine Performance
and Culture (1970-2000)
Graham-Jones, MWF 11:15-12:05
Description: In this overview
of Argentinean performance and culture of the past
thirty years, we will read not only dramatic works
but also study the plays' sociohistorical, literary,
biographical, and cultural contexts. The historical
core of the course will be the military dictatorship
of 1976-1983, during which it is estimated that 30,000
people "disappeared" and tens of thousands
more were exiled. We will study Argentinean
cultural life prior to the 1976 coup and the nation's
cultural responses to dictatorship. We will
examine the linked phenomena of censorship and self-censorship,
and study cases of both internal and external exile.
We will see the impact that the 1982 Malvinas/Falklands
War with Great Britain had on the nation's return
to democracy. (prerequisite: SPW 3100, or equivalent).
Readings and related activities:
Nunca más; Rodolfo Walsh; Jacobo Timmerman;
Alicia Portnoy; La historia oficial (film);
Tiempo de revancha (film); Juan Gelman; Juan
González; Luisa Valenzuela; Enrique Medina; Ana María
Shúa; tangos; Teatro Abierto; Villa villa.
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SPW 4200 Masterpieces of
Early Spanish Literature
Darst, MWF 1:25-2:15
Description: This course explores
the major works and themes of early Spanish literature.
(prerequisites: SPW 3100 and SPW 3101, or equivalents)
Readings: Spanish ballads; "Coplas
por la muerte de su padre;" Celestina
(selections); Lazarillo de Tormes; poetry of
Garcilaso de la Vega, Fray Luis de Leon and San Juan
de la Cruz; Don Quijote de la Mancha (selections);
El burlador de Sevilla; El Caballero de
Olmedo; reading packet from Modern Copy.
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SPW 4202 Masterpieces of
Spanish-American Literature
Fernández, TTh 12:30-1:45
Description: Works of outstanding
Spanish-American authors from the origins to the present.
(prerequisite: one SPW 3000 level course or equivalent)
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