2006-08 Course Descriptions - Catalog - University of Oklahoma

Spanish (SPAN)The Uni ver sity of Oklahoma 2006-2008 Gen eral Cat a logG4093 Survey of Spanish-American Literature I. Prerequisite: 3853. Astudy of representative works from the colonial period to 1888. (F)G4103 Survey of Spanish-American Literature II. Prerequisite: 3853. Astudy of representative works from 1888 to the present. (Sp)G4153 Survey of Spanish Literature to 1700. Prerequisite: 3853. A studyof representative works from the beginning to the Neo-Classic period. (F)G4163 Survey of Spanish Literature (Continued). Prerequisite: 3853. Astudy of representative works from 1700 to the present. (Sp)4183 Senior Capstone. Prerequisite: 3853, Spanish major and seniorstanding. Synthesis of Hispanic contributions to world literature andculture. (F, Sp) [V]G4313 Spanish Civilization. Prerequisite: 3423, History 2613 or 2623.Spanish cultural heritage from the beginnings to the present day. (Sp)4323 Latin American Civilization and Culture. Prerequisite: 3423, andHistory 2613 or 2623. Latin American cultural heritage from thebeginnings to the present day. (F)4990 Independent Study. 1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: three courses ingeneral area to be studied; permission of instructor and department. Maybe repeated; maximum credit six hours. Contracted independent study fortopic not currently offered in regularly scheduled courses. Independent studymay include library and/or laboratory research and field projects. (F, Sp, Su)The prerequisite for courses numbered 5000 or over is 25 hours ofSpanish. Other specific prerequisites are so indicated.G5113 Traditional Novel in Spanish America: Romanticism to theVanguard. Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission of instructor.Beginning with the earliest forms of long prose, the course treats theRomantic novel, the Naturalistic novel, the Novel of the Land, and theIndianist novel. Representative texts of each mode will provide a thoroughgrounding in the characteristics of the different forms of prose. (Irreg.)G5203 Prose Fiction of Cervantes-The Quijote. Prerequisite: graduatestanding or permission of instructor. Style, structure, content, andfundamental criticism of Cervantes’ masterpiece. (Irreg.)G5213 The New Novel in Spanish America. Prerequisite: graduatestanding or permission of instructor. Beginning with Vanguard fiction of thepost-Modernists, the course treats the explosion of experimental,prize-winning novels as they developed in Spanish America through thesixties. Representative texts will deal with the wide variety of long fictionduring the seminal years that saw political revolution echoed in literaryrevolution. (Irreg.)G5233 The Modernista Movement in Spanish-American Literature.Inspiration, influences and objectives; study of the principal writers. (Irreg.)G5333 Studies in Medieval Literature. Prerequisite: graduate standing orpermission of instructor. May be repeated once with change of content;maximum credit six hours. A study of the representative works and genresof the Middle Ages. (Irreg.)G5353 Renaissance and Baroque Drama. Prerequisite: graduate standingor permission of instructor. May be repeated once with change of content;maximum credit six hours. The theatre of the Spanish siglo de oro. Worksby Lope de Vega, Ruiz de Alarcón, Tirson de Molina, Calderón de la Barca,and others. Comedia theory and special topics such as kingship, honor,God. (Irreg.)G5413 The Spanish-American Novel of the Post-Boom. Prerequisite:graduate standing or permission of instructor. Beginning with novels thatare reactions to the new novel, often by the same novelists, the coursetreats the different forms that have characterized the novel in SpanishAmerica since the seventies. The novelists portray ordinary characterswhose quiet desperation and existential suffering is portrayed differentfrom the new novel. (Irreg.)G5423 The Spanish-American Essay. The main currents ofSpanish-American thought as they appear in the essay, from Simon Bolivarto the present. (Irreg.)G5433 Spanish-American Drama. Prerequisite: graduate standing orpermission of instructor. The study of the canonical works tracing thedevelopment of Spanish-American drama from colonial times to thepresent. (Irreg.)G5443 Post-Modernista Poetry in Spanish America. A survey ofSpanish-American poetry after World War I. (Irreg.)G5453 The Spanish-American Short Story. The development of the genrefrom colonial times to the present. (Irreg.)G5513 Colonial Literature: The Encounter. Prerequisite: Graduatestanding or permission of instructor. The objective of this course is tofamiliarize students with early colonial Latin American discourse and itscultural/literary/historic context. Beginning with the letters of ChristopherColumbus, the course includes early chronicles and histories. (Irreg.)G5523 Colonial Literature: The Criollos. Prerequisite: Graduate standingor permission of instructor. This course familiarizes students with colonialLatin American discourse and its cultural/literary/historic context. Thecourse primarily focuses on writers raised in colonial Spanish Americaapproximately 100 years after the encounter. (Irreg.)G5603 Studies in Renaissance and Baroque Prose. Prerequisite: graduatestanding or permission of instructor. May be repeated once with change oftopic; maximum credit six hours. The study of representative narrative fromthe Spanish Golden Age, including the Picaresque, Pastoral, Sentimental,Chivalric, Mystical and Byzantine traditions. Works by Quevedo, Fray Luisde León, Cervantes, Jorge de Montemayor, Gracián, and others. (Irreg.)G5623 Studies in Renaissance and Baroque Poetry. Prerequisite:graduate standing or permission of instructor. May be repeated once withchange of content; maximum credit six hours. Poetry of Garcilaso, Boscan,Fray Luis de Leon, Fernando de Herrera, Luis de Gongora, FranciscoQuevedo, Lope de Vega, and others. Concepts of imitatio, cultismo,conceptismo, and the petrarchan and satirical traditions. (Irreg.)G5673 Studies in Eighteenth-Century Peninsular Literature. Prerequisite:graduate standing or permission of instructor. May be repeated once withchange of content; maximum credit six hours. A survey of the drama,poetry, and prose of representative writers of the Spanish eighteenthcentury. Authors include Feijoo, Jonellawos, Luzán, Moratin, Meléndez,Valdés, Cadalso and others. (Irreg.)G5683 Studies in Modern Peninsular Prose. Prerequisite: graduatestanding or permission of instructor. May be repeated once with change ofcontent; maximum credit six hours. Representative writings in thedevelopment of the nineteenth- and twentieth-century Spanish narrative.The essay, short story, and novel of the Romantic, Realist, Naturalist,Modernist, Vanguard, and post Civil War periods are some of the themes tobe covered. (Irreg.)G5693 Studies in Modern Peninsular Poetry. Prerequisite: graduatestanding or permission of instructor. May be repeated once with change ofcontent; maximum credit six hours. Representative poetry of modern Spain.Topics include the works of Romantic, Realist, and Modernist poetry: theGeneration of ‘98; the Generation of ‘27; and post Civil War poets.Representative poets include Espronceda, Bécquer, Machado, Jiménez,Lorca, Salinas, Guillén, Diego, Alberti, Aleixandre, Cernuda, and others. (Irreg.)G5713 History of the Spanish Language. Prerequisite: ten hours ofcollege Latin or equivalent. A study of the developments from Vulgar Latinuntil the present day. (Irreg.)G5723 Studies in Modern Peninsular Drama. Prerequisite: graduatestanding or permission of instructor. May be repeated once with change ofcontent; maximum credit six hours. Representative writers and works ofthe modern Spanish theater. Topics include Romanticism, Realism,Expressionism, theater of the absurd., and the Esperpento. Dramatic worksof Valle Inclán, Garcia Lorca, Buero Vallejo, Alfonso Sastre, and others willbe included. (Irreg.)G5910 Problems in Research. 2 to 4 hours. May be repeated with changeof content; maximum credit nine hours. An individual course of intensiveresearch with the area and problem to be determined by the student anddirecting instructor. (F, Sp, Su)G5930 Seminar in Spanish Literature. 1 to 3 hours. May be repeatedwith change of subject matter; maximum credit nine hours. (F, Sp)G5940 Seminar in Spanish-American Literature. 1 to 3 hours. May berepeated with change of subject matter; maximum credit nine hours. (F,Sp)G5980 Research for Master’s Thesis. Variable enrollment, two to ninehours; maximum credit applicable toward degree, four hours. (F, Sp)G5990 Independent Studies. 1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: graduatestanding, permission of instructor. May be repeated; maximum credit 12hours. Independent reading on one or more topics under the generaldirection of a faculty member. (F, Sp, Su)G6980 Research for Doctor’s Dissertation. 2 to 16 hours. (F, Sp)195 Course Descriptions