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SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE 297
III. Literature
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.
Prerequiste: 301 and Pre- or corequisite: 302.
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.
601. Literary Theory. (3)
(Also offered as PORT 601.) This course will offer either an
overview of critical theory or an in-depth treatment of a critical
school or individual theorist.
A. Peninsular Literature
324. Spanish Literature in Translation. (3)
Major Spanish (Peninsular) works in translation. Topics will
vary. Does not count for Spanish major or minor.
**411. Survey of Spanish Peninsular Literature I. [Survey
of Spanish Literature I.] (3)
A survey of Spanish literature from the 11th to the 17th
century.
Prerequisite: 302 and 307.
**412. Survey of Spanish Peninsular Literature II.
[Survey of Spanish Literature II.] (3)
A survey of Spanish literature from the 18th, 19th and 20th
centuries.
Prerequisite: 302 and 307.
*423. Cervantes: The Quijote. (3)
Detailed analysis of the Quijote and treatment of its place in
world literature.
Prerequisite: 302 and 307.
**429. Topics in Spanish Peninsular Culture and
Literature. [Topics in Spanish Culture and Literature.] (3,
no limit) ∆
Topics will deal with individual authors, genres or periods.
Prerequisite: 302 and 307.
*450. Spanish Mysticism. (3)
(Also offered as RELG 450.) A study of Teresa of Avila and
John of the Cross in the contexts of the Renaissance, mystical
theology, and the history and culture of Spain.
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.
519. Medieval Literature. (3)
A survey of major Spanish masterpieces from the Jarchas
to the Celestina.
520. Seminar in the Spanish Peninsular Picaresque
Novel. [Seminar in the Spanish Picaresque Novel.] (3)
The study of Lazarillo de Tormes, Guzmán de Alfarache, El
buscón and other 17th-century picaresque novels.
523. Renaissance and Baroque Poetry. (3)
A study of major Spanish poets of the 16th and 17th centuries.
525. The Spanish Comedia of the Golden Age. (3)
An exploration of the comedia and its theatrical and social
context, beginning with works by Lope de Vega and ending
with the school of Calderón. Includes a study of trends in literary
criticism and theater theory relative to the comedia.
526. Seminar in Twentieth-Century Spanish Peninsular
Theater. [Twentieth-Century Spanish 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.
529. Spanish Peninsular Post-War Novel. [Spanish 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).
629. Seminar in Spanish Peninsular Literature.
[Seminar in Spanish Literature.] (3, no limit) ∆
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.
B. Spanish American Literature
**430. Spanish American Short Story. (3)
Spanish American short story from 19th century to contemporary
period. Intensive development and discussion of
theoretical bibliography.
Prerequisite: 302 and 307.
**431. Spanish American Literature Survey I. (3)
A historical survey of the literary canon in Spanish America
from Colonial times through 19th-century Romanticism.
Prerequisite: 302 and 307.
**432. Spanish American Literature Survey II. (3)
Continuation of 431. A survey of the literary canon in Spanish
American from Modernismo through contemporary times.
Prerequisite: 302 and 307.
**433. Modern Spanish American Poetry. (3)
A survey course covering Spanish American poetry from
Modernism to the present.
Prerequisite: 302 and 307.
**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 metaescritura.
Prerequisite: 302 and 307.
*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.
Prerequisite: 302 and 307.
ARTS AND
SCIENCES
522. Seminar in Spanish Peninsular Poetry. [Seminar in
Spanish Poetry.] (3, no limit) ∆
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.
**439. Topics in Spanish American Culture and
Literature. (3) ∆
Topics will deal with individual authors, genres or periods.
May be repeated for credit, no limit.
Prerequisite: 302 and 307.
504. Seminar in Ibero-American Studies. (3, no limit) ∆
(Also offered as LTAM 504.)
UNM CATALOG 2006–2007 Symbols, page 611.