The mission of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese is to promote quality teaching and research that integrate the languages, literatures, linguistics and cultures of the Spanish-and Portuguese-speaking worlds. The department shares its expertise with the university community, the city of Albuquerque and the state of New Mexico, and is especially committed to revitalizing the Spanish language in New Mexico and to studying the interactions between cultures in the Southwest.
Faculty and students work together in the classroom, in the community, and in study abroad to develop understanding, sensitive communication and critical thinking about our diverse and interconnected world. The Department prepares its students with the skills, knowledge, and values necessary to lead productive and fulfilling lives as citizens and life-long learners.
Literature courses in translation are not accepted for fulfillment of foreign language group requirements.
Work in the Language Learning Center is assigned in connection with the lower-division language courses and does not carry extra credit.
Language instruction courses develop grammar, vocabulary, the four language skills–listening, speaking, reading and writing–and culture.
Spanish courses SPAN 1210, 1220, 2210, and 2220 are designated for students who have a cultural connection to the Spanish language. This is a comprehensive program that is designed to accommodate students at all phases of learning: from true beginners to those who are more fluent and are polishing their skills. By drawing upon our connection to the language, we make the study of Spanish more relevant to SHL learners; this serves as a significant motivating factor in language learning. A placement evaluation is required before entering these classes.
This program is designed for students of Spanish whose native home language is not Spanish. A placement evaluation is required before entering these classes.
All UNM students who choose Spanish to fulfill their language requirement(s) must take a Spanish Placement Evaluation for placement at the appropriate level.
Continuing students who are following the sequence of Spanish language courses are not required to take the placement evaluation again, unless, a period of one year or more has passed between Spanish courses.
Continuing students are required to bring an advisement transcript to the first day of class to verify enrollment in the appropriate course.
When a student places into a higher‐level Spanish course, the student not only can advance faster, but also has the option to earn credit for the lower level courses by taking the Spanish language CLEP test. Students also have the option of challenging a course. If a student has earned a grade of "B" or better in a higher level course, he/she may, upon paying regular tuition for the lower level courses, receive credit for them.
Courses
PORT 1110.
Portuguese I [Elementary Portuguese I].
(3)
Designed for students with no previous exposure to Portuguese, this course develops basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. This is an introductory course aimed at teaching the student to communicate in Portuguese in everyday situations.
Credit for both this course and PORT 2110 may not be applied toward a degree program.
PORT 1120.
Portuguese II [Elementary Portuguese II].
(3)
A continuation of 1110, students will develop a broader foundation in skills gained during the first semester, including understanding, speaking, reading and writing Portuguese. Students will also gain more in-depth knowledge of Portuguese-speaking cultures.
Credit for both this course and PORT 2110 may not be applied toward a degree program.
PORT 2110.
Intensive Elementary Portuguese.
(6)
Intensive one-semester multimedia course designed for the Business Profession using authentic models of communication and cultural competencies in Portuguese as related to business.
Credit for both this course and PORT 1110 may not be applied toward a degree program.
Credit for both this course and PORT 1120 may not be applied toward a degree program.
Credit for both this course and PORT 2120 may not be applied toward a degree program.
PORT 2115.
Intensive Intermediate Portuguese.
(6)
An intensive one-semester intermediate multimedia course using authentic models of communication in Portuguese.
Credit for both this course and PORT 2120 may not be applied toward a degree program.
Prerequisite: 1120 or 2110.
PORT 2120.
Intensive Portuguese for Spanish Speakers.
(6)
An accelerated multimedia class designed for natives or advanced level Spanish speakers that uses authentic models of communication in Portuguese.
Credit for both this course and PORT 2110 may not be applied toward a degree program.
Credit for both this course and PORT 2115 may not be applied toward a degree program.
PORT 2130.
Intermediate Portuguese I.
(3)
Third-semester intermediate language course in which students further develop the skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking along with an examination of cultural aspects of the Portuguese-speaking world.
Prerequisite: 1120.
PORT 301.
Conversation and Pronunciation.
(3)
Practice of spoken Portuguese with an introduction to the phonetic systems and with comparisons to Spanish pronunciation. Discussions of topics from Portuguese-speaking world.
Prerequisite: 2115 or 2120.
PORT 311 [311 / 511].
Culture and Composition.
(3)
Students develop their vocabulary and improve their writing skills through the study of readings, films and music from the Portuguese-speaking world and through practice writing compositions.
Prerequisite: 2115 or 2120.
PORT 312 / 512.
Culture and Conversation.
(3)
Students improve skills in oral communication, including pronunciation and intonation, through the study and performance of dramatic scenes, and the filming and editing of those scenes.
Prerequisite: 2115 or 2120.
PORT 414 / 514.
Topics in Luso-Brazilian Literature and Culture.
(3, no limit Δ)
An advanced language course emphasizing interdisciplinary themes in Luso-Brazilian literature and culture.
Prerequisite: 311 or 312.
PORT 416 / 516.
Brazilian Cinema.
(3)
Survey of Brazilian cinema concentrating on the Cinema Novo movements of the 1950s and 1960s. Cinema is presented as an expression of national identity and is understood in relationship to literature and other cultural expressions.
PORT 417 / 517.
Popular Brazilian Music.
(3)
Survey of Brazilian popular music from 1950 to 2000 concentrating on contemporary sounds from the cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo as well as new music from Brazil’s other regions.
Prerequisite: 311 or 312.
PORT 421 / 521.
Brazilian Theater.
(3)
A survey of 19th- and 20th-century drama by Brazil’s best known playwrights. Includes the study of plays and their performances, key moments and individuals in theater history and foreign influences.
Prerequisite: 311 or 312.
PORT 457 / 557.
Encounters with the New World I.
(3)
Thematic study of history, culture, and literature based on key moments and movements in Brazil from 16th to 19th centuries.
Prerequisite: 311 or 312.
PORT 458 / 558.
Encounters with the New World II.
(3)
Thematic study of the history, culture, and literature based on key moments and movements in Brazil during 20th and 21st centuries.
Prerequisite: 311 or 312.
PORT *461.
Topics in Brazilian Literature.
(3, no limit Δ)
Individual authors, genres and periods of Brazilian Literature.
Prerequisite: 311 or 312.
PORT 497.
Undergraduate Problems.
(1-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Restriction: permission of instructor.
PORT 498.
Reading and Research for Honors.
(3)
Work under direction of faculty to conduct research in preparation for writing honors thesis.
Restriction: juniors and seniors approved by Honors Committee.
PORT 499.
Honors Essay or Teaching.
(3)
Write essay or teach undergraduate course under the direction of a faculty member.
Restriction: juniors and seniors approved by Honors Committee.
PORT 512 / 312.
Culture and Conversation.
(3)
Students improve skills in oral communication, including pronunciation and intonation, through the study and performance of dramatic scenes, and the filming and editing of those scenes.
PORT 514 / 414.
Topics in Luso-Brazilian Literature and Culture.
(3, no limit Δ)
An advanced language course emphasizing interdisciplinary themes in Luso-Brazilian literature and culture.
PORT 516 / 416.
Brazilian Cinema.
(3)
Survey of Brazilian cinema concentrating on the Cinema Novo movements of the 1950s and 1960s. Cinema is presented as an expression of national identity and is understood in relationship to literature and other cultural expressions.
PORT 517 / 417.
Popular Brazilian Music.
(3)
Survey of Brazilian popular music from 1950 to 2000 concentrating on contemporary sounds from the cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo as well as new music from Brazil’s other regions.
PORT 521 / 421.
Brazilian Theater.
(3)
A survey of 19th- and 20th-century drama by Brazil’s best known playwrights. Includes the study of plays and their performances, key moments and individuals in theater history and foreign influences.
PORT 551.
Graduate Problems.
(1-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Restriction: permission of instructor.
PORT 557 / 457.
Encounters with the New World I.
(3)
Thematic study of history, culture, and literature based on key moments and movements in Brazil from 16th to 19th centuries.
PORT 558 / 458.
Encounters with the New World II.
(3)
Thematic study of the history, culture, and literature based on key moments and movements in Brazil during 20th and 21st centuries.
PORT 570.
Seminar in Luso-Brazilian Literature and Culture.
(3, no limit Δ)
Examines works of literature and/or culture and the scholarship written about them from a national or comparative framework.
PORT 599.
Master's Thesis.
(1-6, no limit Δ)
Offered on a CR/NC basis only.
SPAN 1110.
Spanish I.
(3)
Designed for students with little exposure to Spanish, this course develops basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills and basic intercultural competence in interpretive, interpersonal and presentational modes of communication at the Novice Level of proficiency based on ACTFL guidelines. During this course, students perform better and stronger in the Novice-Mid level while some abilities emerge in the Novice High range. This is an introductory course aimed at helping the student to communicate in Spanish in everyday familiar situations via recognition and production of practiced or memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences. (L)
Meets University of New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 6: Second Language.
SPAN 1120.
Spanish II.
(3)
Designed for students with some degree of exposure to Spanish in high school and/or at home, this course continues to develop basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills and basic intercultural competence in interpretive, interpersonal and presentational modes of communication at the Novice High Level of proficiency based on ACTFL guidelines, although a few abilities may emerge in the Intermediate Low Level. Students in this course communicate in Spanish in familiar topics using a variety of words, phrases, simple sentences and questions that have been highly practiced and memorized. (L)
Meets University of New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 6: Second Language.
SPAN 1125.
Conversational Spanish I.
(1)
This third-semester Spanish course emphasizes oral communication, idiomatic usage and the development of vocabulary, with a review of basic syntax.
Offered on a CR/NC basis only.
Pre- or corequisite: 1110 or 1120 or 1210 or 1220.
SPAN 1210.
Spanish for Heritage Learners I.
(3)
This is a beginning-level Spanish course designed for students who have a cultural connection to the Spanish language. Some students have had very little exposure to the language and enter the class to develop beginning-level skills. Other students may have grown up hearing the heritage language in the community and may understand some Spanish and speak at a basic level as a result. The objective is to draw upon the connection to the heritage language as a source of motivation and engagement for our learning communities. At the same time, we build upon the language base that students may already have as a result of their heritage learner experience in order to develop new proficiencies in Spanish and reactivate the Spanish that students have learned previously. By the end of this course, students will be able to describe their home, campus surroundings and common activities including cultural traditions. At the same time, students gain cultural competency and develop a critical understanding of their linguistic and cultural background. (L)
SPAN 1220.
Spanish for Heritage Learners II.
(3)
A second semester class designed for students who have developed some basic Spanish proficiency from previous classes and/or from community experiences. This course provides students with the opportunity to develop their proficiency in the four language skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing). Class activities are designed to strengthen oral communication skills (speaking and listening) through a variety of group activities. By the end of the course students will be able to understand and produce narrations of past events in oral and written Spanish. In order to foster a desire to revitalize and maintain the Spanish language in the US context we attempt to raise students’ critical awareness of what it means to be part of a specific speech community. (L)
Meets University of New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 6: Second Language.
SPAN 1996.
Topics.
(1-6, no limit Δ)
SPAN 200.
Intermediate Spanish Abroad.
(3)
Intensive language study with emphasis on culture in an immersion situation. Tied to the University of New Mexico programs in Spain and Spanish America. (L)
SPAN 2110.
Spanish III.
(3)
This course is based on the integration of learning outcomes across interpretive, interpersonal and presentational modes of communication at the Novice High Level of proficiency based on ACTFL guidelines. Students accomplish real-world communicative tasks in culturally appropriate ways as they gain familiarity with the target culture(s). This is an intermediate course aimed at helping the student to communicate in Spanish on familiar topics about self, others and everyday life at the same time that they recognize and handle short social interactions in interactions in everyday situations by asking and answering a variety of questions. (L)
Meets University of New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 6: Second Language.
SPAN 2120.
Spanish IV.
(3)
This course is based on the integration of learning outcomes across interpretive, interpersonal and presentational modes of communication at the Intermediate High Level of proficiency based on ACTFL guidelines. Students accomplish real-world communicative tasks in culturally appropriate ways as they gain familiarity with the target culture(s). This is an intermediate course aimed at helping the student to communicate in Spanish on familiar topics about self, others and everyday life at the same time that they recognize and handle short social interactions in interactions in everyday situations by asking and answering a variety of questions. (L)
Meets University of New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 6: Second Language.
SPAN 2125.
Conversational Spanish II.
(3)
A conversational Spanish course designed for the "intermediate" level student. The course provides intensive conversation practice and a review of selected grammar items. It emphasizes vocabulary expansion and enhancement. (L)
Pre- or corequisite: 2110 or 2120 or 2210 or 2220.
SPAN 2210.
Spanish for Heritage Learners III.
(3)
A third semester course designed for students who have been raised in a Spanish-speaking environment and speak, or understand, some Spanish as a result of hearing it in the home, and in the community by family, friends, and neighbors. Students in this course will continue to develop their ability to narrate events in the past and will be able to describe hypothetical situations. Students will also develop their ability to express wishes, desires, and necessities. This course will help the student build confidence in their Spanish abilities and expand the language use in the areas of writing, reading, oral production and listening comprehension. In order to foster a desire to revitalize and maintain the Spanish language we attempt to raise students’ critical awareness of wider issues facing Spanish speakers in the US context. (L)
SPAN 2220.
Spanish for Heritage Learners IV.
(3)
A fourth-semester course designed for students who have been raised in a Spanish-speaking environment and speak, or understand, Spanish as a result of having heard it in the home and in the community. It is also for students with a cultural connection to heritage language speech communities or who have achieved proficiency from study in previous courses. This course will help the student build confidence in their Spanish abilities and expand the language use in the areas of writing, reading, oral production and listening comprehension. In addition to scaffolding skills that students already have, in this class they will expand their ability to describe abstract and hypothetical situations. Students will write essays, reaction papers, and creative pieces. Students will also examine formal and informal contexts of language use in speaking and writing. By studying the cultural and historical background shared by students as part of the program, students will develop an increased critical awareness of Spanish language speech communities. (L)
Meets University of New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 6: Second Language.
SPAN 2420.
Introduction to Medical Spanish.
(3)
This class has been designed specifically for those entering or already practicing in the medical field. The purpose of the class is to have each student become compliant with the Spanish language federal requirement in order to function better at the bedside with Spanish-speaking patients with little or no English abilities.
Meets University of New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 6: Second Language.
SPAN 2996.
Topics.
(1-6, no limit Δ)
SPAN 301.
Topics in Hispanic Culture and Language.
(3, no limit Δ)
Taught in Spanish (required for major study). Emphasis on oral and written expression based on a theme or language related topics (literature, culture, civilization, translation, commercial, etc.) (L)
SPAN 302.
Developing Spanish Writing Skills.
(3)
Taught in Spanish (required for major study). Emphasis on developing Spanish written expression. (L)
SPAN 305.
Medical Spanish and Public Health.
(3)
Students continue developing language skills through a comprehensive introduction to the field of medical Spanish terminology, heath communication and public health; conducting medical encounters in Spanish through a portfolio of clinical cases.
Prerequisite: 2120 or 2220 or 2420.
SPAN 306.
Health and Healing in Hispanic Literature.
(3)
Introduction to literary and textual analysis from perspectives of health, illness, and medicine. Students develop the practice of close reading of literary and cultural texts and improve attention, representation, and affiliation in human relationships.
Credit for both this course and SPAN 307 may not be applied toward a degree program.
Prerequisite: 301.
Pre- or corequisite: 302.
SPAN 307.
Introduction to Hispanic Literature.
(3)
Examination of selected Spanish and Spanish-American literary texts representing old and new literary currents. Special attention will be given to stylistics and the analysis of style and literary language. (LT)
Credit for both this course and SPAN 306 may not be applied toward a degree program.
Prerequisite: 301.
Pre- or corequisite: 302.
SPAN 329.
Topics in Health and Culture in the Hispanic World.
(3, may be repeated three times Δ)
Special topics related to cultural expressions of health and illness, health care communication and intercultural competence in Spanish-speaking and Hispanic contexts.
Prerequisite: 302 and 305 and (306 or 307).
SPAN **350.
Introduction to the Sound Patterns of Spanish.
(3)
Students will learn fundamental concepts related to the sound patterns of Spanish, such as Phonetics, Phonology, Laboratory Phonology, and Sociophonetics and will receive hands on training in a laboratory setting. (LPM)
SPAN 351.
Introduction to Spanish Linguistics.
(3)
An introduction to the phonology, morphology, syntax and dialectology of the Spanish language. (LPM)
Prerequisite: 302.
SPAN **352.
Spanish Grammar in Society.
(3)
Analysis of Spanish grammatical structures and the current and historical sociopolitical factors that shape how we use them. (LPM)
Pre- or corequisite: 302.
SPAN 370.
Survey of Chicano Literature.
(3)
Study of the major genres of Chicano literature (novel, short story, essay, poetry and drama), with emphasis on post-1960s literature. (SH)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN 371.
Spanish of the Southwest.
(3)
Attention to formal aspects of the Spanish of the Southwest as well as to historical and social factors affecting its status. (LPM)
Prerequisite: **350 or 351.
SPAN 375.
Southwestern Hispanic Folklore.
(3)
Folkways of Spanish-speaking people of American Southwest: language, customs, beliefs, music, folk sayings.
Prerequisite: 301.
Pre- or corequisite: 302.
SPAN **411.
Survey of Spanish Peninsular Literature I.
(3)
A survey of Spanish literature from the 11th to the 17th century. (PL)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN **412.
Survey of Spanish Peninsular Literature II.
(3)
A survey of Spanish literature from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. (PL)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN *423.
Cervantes: The Quijote.
(3)
Detailed analysis of the Quijote and treatment of its place in world literature. (PL)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN **429.
Topics in Spanish Peninsular Culture and Literature.
(3, no limit Δ)
Topics will deal with individual authors, genres or periods. (PL)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN **430.
Spanish American Short Story.
(3)
Spanish American short story from 19th century to contemporary period. Intensive development and discussion of theoretical bibliography. (SA)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN **431.
Spanish American Literature Survey I.
(3)
A historical survey of the literary canon in Spanish America from Colonial times through 19th-century Romanticism. (SA)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN **432.
Spanish American Literature Survey II.
(3)
Continuation of **431. A survey of the literary canon in Spanish America from Modernismo through contemporary times. (SA)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN **433.
Modern Spanish American Poetry.
(3)
A survey course covering Spanish American poetry from Modernism to the present. (SA)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN **435.
Modern Spanish American Fiction.
(3)
Study of narrative tendencies in Spanish American fiction between 1915 and 1940, including regionalismo, indigenismo, crítica social, urbanismo, existencialismo and meta-escritura. (SA)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN *438.
Mexican Literature.
(3)
Study of readings in Mexican literature emphasizing Mexico’s contribution to Hispanic American literature from pre-Colombian to contemporary times. Examination of diverse genres in Mexico’s literature. (SA)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN **439.
Topics in Spanish American Culture and Literature.
(3, no limit Δ)
Topics will deal with individual authors, genres or periods. (SA)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN 445 / 545.
The Sound Patterns of Spanish.
(3)
Students will gain a strong understanding about the sound patterns in different Spanish varieties, how the patterns are represented in the mind, how to describe them and carry out acoustic analyses. (LPM)
Prerequisite: **350 or 351 or LING 301 or LING 302 or LING 303 or LING 304 or SHS *303.
SPAN 449.
Topics in Hispanic Linguistics.
(3, no limit Δ)
Deals with different areas, approaches and issues. (LPM)
Prerequisite: **350 or 351.
SPAN 461.
Spanish Writing Workshop.
(3, no limit Δ)
Advanced writing skills in Spanish, considering audience, genre, process, lexical and linguistic structures for narration and argumentation. Focus varies: academic or creative genres, print or digital media. May be repeated for credit as topic changes.
SPAN **479.
Topics in Southwest Folklore-Literature.
(3, no limit Δ)
Study of literary genres and periods, including Chicano theater, Hispanic New Mexican literature, Chicano writers, poetry, folk music, orality in folk and Chicano narrative. (SH)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN **481.
El Arte de la Escritura.
(3, may be repeated four times Δ )
Topics explore a particular genre, period, writer, region, and/or literary movement. Topics vary.
Prerequisite: 306 or 307.
SPAN **482.
Topics in Cultural Geographies in the Spanish-Speaking World.
(3, may be repeated four times Δ)
Topics explore relationships between space, place, and cultural expression. How does cultural expression fix, reinforce or deconstruct socio-symbolic spaces such as kingdom, nation, favela, or prison? What meanings are shaped by conquest, migration or globalization?
Prerequisite: 306 or 307.
SPAN **483.
Topics in Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender.
(3, may be repeated four times Δ)
Topics examine the construction, representation, and contestation of identity, considering race, ethnicity, class, gender and/or their intersection. Focus may be on representation, performance or the emergence of new subjectivities.
Prerequisite: 306 or 307.
SPAN **484.
Topics in Social Justice, Rights, and Insurgency.
(3, may be repeated four times Δ)
Topics study intersections between the humanities and political processes, including regime shift, insurgency, and social movements. Literature, film, and performance are examined as spaces of decolonization and contestation of state, nation and hegemonic groups.
Prerequisite: 306 or 307.
SPAN 497.
Undergraduate Problems.
(1-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Restriction: permission of instructor.
SPAN 498.
Reading and Research for Honors.
(3)
Open to juniors and seniors approved by Honors Committee.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
SPAN 499.
Honors Essay.
(3)
Open only to seniors enrolled for departmental honors.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
SPAN 502.
Proseminar: Research and Critical Methodology.
(3)
Introduction to fundamentals of literary analysis: defining a research question; gaining access to resources; selecting approaches to texts; citing bibliographic data according to current MLA guidelines. (LT)
SPAN 504.
Seminar in Ibero-American Studies.
(3, no limit Δ)
(Also offered as LTAM 504)
(SA)
SPAN 515.
Spanish Medieval Paleography.
(3)
Methodology required to produce an edition–everything from locating an editable text to actually producing the edition. Main emphasis is on deciphering gothic script (13th–17th centuries) and resolving textual problems.
SPAN 519.
Medieval Literature.
(3)
A survey of major Spanish masterpieces from the Jarchas to the Celestina. (PL)
SPAN 520.
Seminar in the Spanish Peninsular Picaresque Novel.
(3)
The study of Lazarillo de Tormes, Guzmán de Alfarache, El buscón and other 17th-century picaresque novels. (PL)
SPAN 522.
Seminar in Spanish Peninsular Poetry.
(3, no limit Δ)
Courses ranging from post-Romanticism (Becquer, Castro), the “Generation of ‘98” (Machado, Unamuno), Jiménez’s “pure poetry,” the fusion of tradition and avant-garde aesthetics in the “Generation of ‘27,” to the post-war poets and more recent tendencies. (PL)
SPAN 526.
Seminar in Twentieth-Century Spanish Peninsular Theater.
(3)
Modern and contemporary drama of Spain from Benavente to the present. Close study of the works of major playwrights and trends in dramatic criticism and theatrical production. Readings in theater theory. (PL)
SPAN 529.
Spanish Peninsular Post-War Novel.
(3)
The resurgence of the novel following the repressive Civil and post-Civil War years (1936–1939). Includes the introduction of tremendismo (Cela, Laforet), neo-realist novels, experimental ones and the initial boom of women writers (Martín Gaite and Tusquets). (PL)
SPAN 541.
Approaches to Language Teaching Methodology.
(3)
Study of approaches to language teaching methods. Focuses on the practical application of its results to the teaching of Spanish and Portuguese. Required of all Teaching Assistants in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. (LPM)
SPAN 545 / 445.
The Sound Patterns of Spanish.
(3)
Students will gain a strong understanding about the sound patterns in different Spanish varieties, how the patterns are represented in the mind, how to describe them and carry out acoustic analyses. (LPM)
Prerequisite: **350 or 351 or LING 301 or LING 302 or LING 303 or LING 304 or SHS *303.
SPAN 546.
Seminar in Hispanic Sociolinguistics.
(3, no limit Δ)
Linguistic variation in relation to internal, social, regional and situational factors. Topics include variation theory, language contact, language and gender, and language planning. The practical application of sociolinguistic approaches will be introduced. (LPM)
Prerequisite: 351 or LING 301.
SPAN 547.
Seminar in Southwest Spanish.
(3)
Research seminar covering all aspects of Chicano Spanish: linguistic structure, regional and social variation, bilingualism, maintenance and shift, English influence, etc. (LPM)
Prerequisite: 351 or LING 301.
SPAN 549.
Seminar in the Language of Spain or Spanish America.
(3, no limit Δ)
An advanced course providing students with the opportunity to develop expertise in linguistic analysis. A broad range of branches are covered, including sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, phonetics, mophosyntax, semantics and psycholinguisticis. (LPM)
Prerequisite: 351 or LING 301.
SPAN 551.
Graduate Problems.
(1-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Restriction: permission of instructor.
SPAN 578.
Topics in Southwest Hispanic Literature.
(3, no limit Δ)
Study of literary genres and periods, including Chicano theater, narrative, poetry, women’s writing, etc. (SH)
SPAN 579.
Topics in Southwest Culture and Folklore.
(3, no limit Δ)
Study of oral genres and folkways of Spanish-speaking people of the American Southwest and appropriate theoretical approaches. (SH)
SPAN 599.
Master's Thesis.
(1-6, no limit Δ)
Offered on a CR/NC basis only.
SPAN 601.
Literary Theory.
(3)
This course will offer either an overview of critical theory or an in-depth treatment of a critical school or individual theorist. (LT)
SPAN 629.
Seminar in Spanish Peninsular Literature.
(3, no limit Δ)
Topics may include, but are not limited to, Medieval Witchcraft, Golden Age Prose, Love and Death in Spanish Literature, 19th-Century Novel, Generation of 1898 Prose, Women in Literature and Film, Women Writers. (PL)
SPAN 639.
Seminar in Spanish American Literature.
(3, no limit Δ)
Topical seminars geared to doctoral students, emphasizing the literature of one country or region (e.g., Argentine novel), one genre (e.g., romantic poetry), the literary essay, essential or complete works of one author or trend (e.g., the dictator novel). (SA)
SPAN 681.
El Arte de la Escritura.
(3, may be repeated four times Δ)
Topics explore a particular genre, period, writer, region, and/or literary movement. Topics vary.
SPAN 682.
Topics in Cultural Geographies in the Spanish-Speaking World.
(3, may be repeated four times Δ)
Topics explore relationships between space, place, and cultural expression. How does cultural expression fix, reinforce or deconstruct socio-symbolic spaces such as kingdom, nation, favela, or prison? What meanings are shaped by conquest, migration or globalization?
SPAN 683.
Topics in Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender.
(3, may be repeated ten times Δ)
Topics examine the construction, representation, and contestation of identity, considering race, ethnicity, class, gender and/or their intersection. Focus may be on representation, performance or the emergence of new subjectivities.
SPAN 684.
Topics in Social Justice, Rights, and Insurgency.
(3, may be repeated four times Δ)
Topics study intersections between the humanities and political processes, including regime shift, insurgency, and social movements. Literature, film, and performance are examined as spaces of (de)colonization and contestation of the state, nation and hegemonic groups.
SPAN 699.
Dissertation.
(3-12, no limit Δ)
Offered on a CR/NC basis only.
