Spanish Courses - 1999-2000

100–Pre-Elementary Spanish. This course is intended for students with no previous Romance Language experience, who have never studied Spanish before. A systematic introduction to grammar, pronunciation and the differences between Spanish and English structures. Prerequisite: No prior Spanish. (January half-block.) 1/2 unit – K. Bizzarro.

101–Elementary Spanish. Grammar, with tapes, reading and oral practice. Daily laboratory. 2 units – K. Bizzarro, Department.

103, 104–Review of Elementary Spanish. A lower-level maintenance course for students who plan to continue their study of Spanish. A systematic review of grammar with supervised conversation practice. 1/4 unit each – Department.

201–Intermediate Spanish. Review of fundamentals of Spanish oral grammar and study of additional grammatical patterns. Written and oral composition. Lectures and discussion periods on topics of Hispanic culture. Daily laboratory. Prerequisite: 101 or equivalent. 2 units – K. Bizzarro, S. Bizzarro, Daniels, Lomas, O’Connor.

203, 204–Oral Review of Intermediate Spanish. An upper-level maintenance course for students who plan to continue their study of Spanish. A systematic review of grammar with supervised conversation practice. 1/4 unit each – Department.

209–Spanish Theater Workshop. Participation in performance and production of a Spanish-language play, presented in Spanish. Rehearsal time 6–8 weeks. 1/4 unit – Department.

300–Mexico Semester: Intensive Grammar Review. This 10 day course serves as an introduction to our revised Mexico Program. Besides the intensive Spanish grammar review, the course is beneficial to students because it will provide them with a much needed three days orientation in Baca, to be followed by supervised travel in Mexico for the final week. Prerequisite: Spanish 201 or 305 and acceptance in the Mexico Program. Students must complete the full semester program in order to receive credit. 1/2 unit – Bizzarro.

305–Composition and Oral Practice. Advanced composition and conversation practice through the study of Hispanic literary and cultural texts. Limited to 15 students. Prerequisite: 201 or equivalent. 1 unit – Bizzarro, Daniels, Lomas, Lyle, O’Connor.

306–Introduction to Literary Analysis. Continues the acquisition of the Spanish language and trains students in the most important methods of critical analysis through readings in different genres. Prerequisite: 305 or equivalent. 1 unit – S. Bizzarro, Daniels, Lomas, O’Connor, Topete.

307–Hispanic Culture. The study of Hispanic societies and their cultural productions, such as film, art, music, language and literature. Prerequisite: 305 or equivalent. 1 unit – Lomas, O’Connor.

311–Spanish Theater Workshop. Students will study several Hispanic plays and produce one play in Spanish under faculty supervision. All acting, sets and costumes will be the responsibility of the students and the play will be performed for the department and romance language students at the conclusion of the course. Prerequisite: 201. 1 unit – Department.

312–Oral Practice and Composition in Mexico. Advanced composition and conversation through the study of literary and cultural texts. Emphasis on Contemporary Mexico. Taught in Mexico. Prerequisite: 201 or equivalent. (Meets the Alternative Perspectives: B requirement.) 1 unit – Topete.

324–Hispanic American Literature. A survey of Hispanic American literature beginning with the pre-Colombian (Inca, Maya and Aztec), and continuing with the Chronicles of the Spanish Conquest, the Baroque and Neoclassical periods and the romantic period which led to independence. Realism and Gaucho literature will also be included. Prerequisite: 306 or consent of instructor. (Meets the Alternative Perspectives: B requirement.) (Also listed as North American Studies 324.) (Offered alternate years, not offered 1999–2000.) 1 unit – S. Bizzarro.

325–Modern Hispanic American Literature. Hispanic American poetry of the late 19th, early 20th centuries. Most of the course is devoted to Modernism and post-Modernism 1880–1920). Prerequisite: 306 or consent of instructor. (Offered alternate years, not offered 1999–2000.) 1 unit – S. Bizzarro.

326–Contemporary Hispanic American Literature. Poetry, essay, short story and the novel in contemporary Hispanic American literature (1930–1980). Gabriela Mistral, Jorge Luis Borges, Pablo Neruda, José Emilio Pacheco, Carlos Fuentes, César Vallejo, Alejo Carpentier, Eduardo Mallea, Ernesto Sábato, Gabriel García Márquez and others. May vary from year to year. Prerequisite: 306 or consent of instructor. (Also listed as North American Studies 326.) (Meets the Alternative Perspectives: B requirement.) 1 unit – S. Bizzarro.

327–Golden Age Survey. An introduction to the fictional masterworks of the 16th and 17th centuries in Spain, including Lazarillo de Tormes, The Abencerraje, two short novels of Cervantes, and Maria de Zayas, Quevedo’s Buscón. Prerequisite: 306 or consent of instructor. (Offered alternate years; offered 1999–2000.) 1 unit – Department.

328–Don Quijote. Reading and discussion in Spanish of Cervantes’ novel as a literary and historical document. Prerequisite: 306 or consent of instructor. (Offered alternate years.) 1 unit – Daniels.

331–19th-Century Spanish Literature: Romanticism and Realism. Critical study of representative authors and works of both literary periods: Larra, Espronceda, Bécquer, Zorrilla, Galdós, Valera, “Clarín” and Alarcón. Prerequisite: 306 or consent of instructor. 1 unit – O’Connor.

333–20th-Century Spanish Literature: Contemporary Spanish Literature Before and After the Civil War. Critical study of authors and works of contemporary Spain: García Lorca, Guillén, Alberti, Miguel Hernández, Aleixandre, Blas de Otero, Cela, Laforet, Juan Goytisolo, Martín-Santos and Sender. Prerequisite: 306 or consent of instructor. (Offered alternate years.) 1 unit – O’Connor.

335–Mexican History and Literature Since the Revolution. Topics in 20th-century Mexican history and literature. The course is conducted on a proseminar basis. Prerequisite: 306 or consent of instructor. (Meets the Alternative Perspectives: B requirement.) (Also listed as History 335 and North American Studies 335.) 1 unit – S. Bizzarro.

338–Latina/o Literature in the United States. Comparative study of works of Chicano, Puerto Rican, and Cuban authors, as well as Latin American writers in exile in the United States, including political essays of Martí and Flores Magùn and the contemporary works of Hinojosa, Mohr, Laviera, Rivera, Alegrá, and Valenzuela. Prerequisite: 306 or consent of instructor. (Meets the Alternative Perspectives: B requirement.) (Also listed as American Ethnic Studies 337 and North American Studies 337.) 1 unit – Lomas.

339–Chicana/o Literature. Critical study of the literary production of authors of Mexican heritage in the United States from 1848 to the present, with emphasis on contemporary Chicano works including Rivera, Anaya, Valdez, El Teatro Campesino, Cisneros, Castillo, and Moraga. Prerequisite: 306 or consent of instructor. (Also listed as American-Ethnic Studies 339.) (Meets the Alternative Perspectives: B requirement.) 1 unit – Lomas.

409–Independent Reading. Senior majors only. Departmental consent. 1 unit – Department.

416–Topics in Hispanic Literature and Culture. Study of Hispanic authors, genres, literary periods or cultural trends not represented in the regular curriculum. The structure of the particular course is determined by the nature of the topic and the preference of the instructor. Prerequisite: 306 or consent of instructor. (Also listed as Comparative Literature 200.) 1999: Fiction in the Americas. 1 unit – Skarmeta.

431–Senior Seminar, 432–Senior Thesis. Methods of analysis and theories of literature. Reading and discussion of methodology and literary theory; training in research; selection of topic for senior thesis, research and presentation of work in progress. Intensive writing and supervised revision of senior thesis with oral defense. Prerequisite: One Spanish literature course. Students may receive separate grades for each block of this course, but must be enrolled in both blocks in order to receive credit. 2 units – Lomas.