2010-2011 - Sweet Briar College

modern languages and literaturesSweet Briar CollegeAmerican writers such as Poniatowska, Mastretta,Esquivel, and Allende and the testimonial worksof Rigoberta Menchu (Guatemala) and DomitilaBarrios (Bolivia). We will discuss their interpretationsof historical, social, and political eventsand the significance of the emergence of womenas successful authors in Latin America. Offeredalternate years. May be counted as an auxiliarycourse for the minor in gender studies. V.2, V.5.SPAN 349 (3)–Realism, Naturalism, andRegeneration: Spanish Literature 1850-1914Prerequisite: SPAN 222. An examination of thePeninsular novel, theater, and poetry from thepoint of view of the underlying social, historical,and theoretical influences of the time. Authorsstudied may include Galdós, Pardo Bazán,Clarín, Unamuno, Machado, Valle-Inclán, andothers. Offered alternate years. V.2.SPAN 353 (3)–The Novel and Short Storyin Contemporary SpainPrerequisite: SPAN 222. An analysis of theSpanish narrative since 1914. The impact ofpsychology, philosophy, and literary theories onliterature will be discussed. Authors may includeGómez de la Serna, Sender, Chacel, Cela, Juanand Luis Goytisolo, Benet, Roig, Tusquets, andothers. Offered alternate years. III.W, V.2.SPAN 357 (3)–Poetry and the Theater inContemporary SpainPrerequisite: SPAN 222. A study of Spanishpoetry and theater since 1914. Emphasis will beplaced on critical readings of the texts. Authorsmay include Salinas, Benavente, García Lorca,Cernuda, Buero Vallejo, Arrabal, Blas de Otero,and others. Offered alternate years. III.W, V.2.SPAN 361 (1, 2, or 3)–Special StudyPrerequisites: 100-level SPAN course and permissionof the instructor. The study of an intermediatelevel topic by an individual student orby a small group of students under the immediatesupervision of a faculty member.SPAN 377 (1, 2, or 3)–InternshipPrerequisites: Three credits in SPAN and permissionof the instructor, department chair,and dean. This course is graded P/CR/NC only.SPAN 382 (3)–The Latin American NovelPrerequisite: SPAN 222. A study of the LatinAmerican novel with an emphasis on major twentieth-centuryauthors and literary trends. Writersstudied may include Bombal, Rulfo, Fuentes,Garcia-Marquez, Allende and Argueta, among others.Offered alternate years. III.W, V.2.SPAN 384 (3)–The Latin American ShortStory and EssayPrerequisite: SPAN 222. A study of the majorwriters and themes of the Latin American shortstory and essay (cultural, political and socialcommentary). Writers studied may includePalma, Echeverria, Marti, Quiroga, Borges,Donoso, Cortazar and Valenzuela, among others.Offered alternate years. V.2.SPAN 386 (3)–Latin American TheatrePrerequisite: SPAN 222. A study of LatinAmerican theatre with an emphasis on historicaltrends and social and political themes and contexts.Offered alternate years. V.2.SPAN 388 (3)–Latin American PoetryPrerequisite: SPAN 222. A study of LatinAmerican poetry from the colonial periodthrough Romanticism and Modernism to thepresent. Poets studied may include Sor JuanaInes de la Cruz, Heredia, Dario, Mistral, Vallejo,Guillen, Neruda, Paz and Cardenal, among others.Offered alternate years. III.W, V.2.SPAN 452 (3)–Senior SeminarPrerequisite: Required of all seniors majoringin Spanish. Open, with permission of thedepartment, to other qualified students. Anexamination of different critical approaches thatmay be taken in dealing with literary texts. Thisis the senior exercise in Spanish. III.O, III.W.SPAN 461 (1, 2, or 3)–Independent StudyPrerequisites: One 100-level SPAN course, one200-level SPAN course, and permission of theinstructor. Pursuit of an upper level researchproject determined in advance by the student inconsultation with a faculty member who will actas the sponsor.160­