PENN SUMMER - University of Pennsylvania

sPan 226 950 TBa regueiro
Spanish Culture and Civilization
Fulfills Cross-Cultural Analysis Course / Prerequisite(s): 2 years college Spanish
or equivalent / Taught in Spanish
A general introduction to the study of Spanish culture. This course
is designed to help students understand the historical foundations of
contemporary Spanish society, its values and its institutions. The focus
is on the principal events of Spanish history and the development of
political and social institutions from the Middle Ages to the present,
with special emphasis on the major artistic and literary milestones
that have marked the Spanish cultural legacy. Through this historical
overview, students will also refine their knowledge of the physical
and cultural geography of Spain.
sPan 227 950 TBa lopez
Contemporary Spain (from 1868 to the Present)
Fulfills Cross-Cultural Analysis Course / Prerequisite(s): 2 years college Spanish
or equivalent / Taught in Spanish
In this course we study the main events, periods and policies that
formed contemporary Spain. In the first half of the course we will
study the historical conditions, including a review of the constitutional
monarchy (1875–1923) and its dissolution in Primo’s dictatorship
(1923–1931), followed by the second Republic and the Spanish Civil
War (1936–1939). At this stage we will pay special attention to the
international pressures that resulted in the defeat of the Republic followed
by the advent of Franco’s dictatorship. The second part of the
course concentrates on the study of Franco’s regime (1939–1975)
and the transition to democracy (1979) as well as the consolidation
of the monarchy and Spain’s integration into Europe.
sPan 326 950 TBa staff
Spanish Culture and Civilization
Fulfills Cross-Cultural Analysis Course / Prerequisite(s): SPAN 219 at Penn or
equivalent / Taught in Spanish
A general introduction to the study of Spanish culture. This course
is designed to help students understand the historical foundations of
contemporary Spanish society, its values and its institutions. The focus
is on the principal events of Spanish history and the development of
political and social institutions from the Middle Ages to the present,
with special emphasis on the major artistic and literary milestones
that have marked the Spanish cultural legacy. Through this historical
overview, students will also refine their knowledge of the physical
and cultural geography of Spain.
sPan 327 950 TBa lopez
Contemporary Spain (from 1868 to the Present)
Fulfills Cross-Cultural Analysis Course / Prerequisite(s): SPAN 219 at Penn or
equivalent / Taught in Spanish
In this course we study the main events, periods and policies that
formed contemporary Spain. In the first half of the course we will
study the historical conditions, including a review of the constitutional
monarchy (1875–1923) and its dissolution in Primo’s dictatorship
(1923–1931), followed by the second Republic and the Spanish Civil
War (1936–1939). At this stage we will pay special attention to the
international pressures that resulted in the defeat of the Republic followed
by the advent of Franco’s dictatorship. The second part of the
course concentrates on the study of Franco’s regime (1939–1975)
and the transition to democracy (1979) as well as the consolidation of
the monarchy and Spain’s integration into Europe.
LPs online Courses
This courses are delivered in a fully online format in order to allow
more flexibility for LPS students. Class sessions are offered through a
course website and include live lectures and interactive discussions
through both direct messaging and voice over internet. Between classes,
the learning experience is extended through assignments, threaded discussions
and office hours. For additional information, please visit www.
sas.upenn.edu/lps/online.
Students registering for LPS Online courses are charged a $60 online
course fee.
Summer Session i
MAY 24–JULY 2, 2010
hiSTorY
hIsT 201 936 MW 6:00pm–8:30pm rabberman
History of Human Sexuality in the Pre-Modern
West
Men and boys in same-sex relationships in Ancient Greece; prostitutes
and actors in Imperial Rome; love potions in Hellenistic Egypt; adulterers
in medieval England; young betrothed couples in Renaissance
Italy; accused witches in Reformation Germany—historians of
sexuality developed their understanding of sexuality in Premodern
Europe through these examples. In this research seminar, we will
discover how these historians deciphered primary sources, including
course cases, literature, art, religious texts, and popular media, to
address the following questions: Are sexual identities constructed by
different cultures, rather than simply being determined biologically?
What influence do social, economic, and political conditions have on
societies’ definition of sexual roles? How have these societies used
sexual norms to mark “natural” practices from “deviant” ones, and
how are these norms connected to societies’ power structures? This
class fulfills the major’s historical research requirement; students will
write a 20–25 page research paper based on their critical analysis of
primary sources in translation, and will be led through this process by
sequenced writing assignments.
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