courses of instruction - Lafayette College

FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
HISPANIC LITERATURE AND
CIVILIZATION SURVEYS
General prerequisite: Spanish 211, equiv
alent, or permission of instructor.
303. Spanish Civilization and Culture.
An interdisciplinary exploration of the Ibe
rian Peninsula's civilizations and cultures
as reflected in its history, literature, peo
ples, politics, and arts. Topics range from
Spanish Unification in 1492 through the
rise and fall of Spain as an imperial power.
Class / conferences / library / laboratory.
Mr. Donnell
304 Spanish American Civilization and
Culture. An interdisciplinary exploration of
Spanish America's civilizations and cultures
from the Colonial period through the early
twentieth century, as reflected in its history,
literature, peoples, politics, and arts. Class/
conferences/library/laboratory. Staff
310. Survey of Spanish Literature I. An
introduction to the literature of Spain from
the Middle Ages through the seventeenth
century, from the story of the Cid through
the myth of Don Juan. Class /conferenc
es/library/laboratory. Mr. Donnell
311. Survey of Spanish Literature II. An
introduction to the literature of Spain from
the eighteenth century to the present, from
the Enlightenment through the post-Civil
War Era. The course examines how au
thors such as Larra, Castro, Pardo Bazan,
Galdos, and Machado responded to the
challenges posed by the shifting realities
of their times. Class/conferences/library
/laboratory. Ms. Geoffrion-Vinci
313. Contemporary Spain. An interdisci
plinary study that examines the evolution
of Spanish society from the nineteenth to
the twentieth century. Topics include
Spain's problematic transition from feu
dalism to modernity, the rise of regional
ism and its impact on national identity,
and literary creativity and censorship in a
nation vaulting between reactionary and
democratic political forces. Class/confer
ences/library. Ms. Geoffrion-Vinci
120
314. Contemporary Spanish America and
Hispanics in the U.S. An interdisciplinary
study of current cultural and political
trends in Spanish America with emphasis
on national and continental identities, polit
ical responses to development, the vitality
of popular culture and the arts, and the
growing importance of Hispanics in the
United States. Class/conferences/library/
laboratory assignments. Mr. Jordan
317. Survey of Spanish American Liter
ature I. An introduction to the literature
of Spanish America, from the sixteenth to
the early twentieth century, emphasizing
the literary response to the peoples and
places of the New World, the transforma
tion of Spain's literary legacy, the rise of
national traditions after Independence,
and the modernistas' answer to regional
ism. Class/conferences/library/labor
atory. Staff
318. Survey of Spanish American Liter
ature II. An introduction to the literature
of Spanish America, from the early twen
tieth century to the present day. Among
the issues addressed are the literature of
social protest and reform, artistic experi
mentation in contemporary poetry and
narrative fiction, and the rise of the novel
in the second half of the twentieth centu
ry. Class /conferences/library /laboratory.
Mr. Jordan
HISPANIC LITERATURE AND
CIVILIZATION SEMINARS
General prerequisite for the following 400-
level courses: one course at the 300 level.
421. Seminar in the Literature and Cul
ture of the New World. An in-depth study
of the influence of Colonial literature in
both the formation of a Latin American
identity and the development of contempo
rary Latin American writing. Texts by the
explorers, missionaries, and conquistadores
in the New World (including Columbus,
Friar Bartolome de las Casas, Hernan
Cortes), and the subsequent generations of
"American-born" writers (such as "The
Inca" Garcilaso de la Vega). Prerequisite: