Hispanic Studies

 

Professor:  Kushigian; Associate Professor:  Heredia; Assistant Professor:  González; Professor Graziano, chair

 

Overview of the Majors

 

The department offers two majors:  a disciplinary major in Hispanic Studies, which integrates language, literary, and cultural studies on Spain and Spanish America, and an interdisciplinary major in Latin American Studies, which combines language proficiency with a flexible interdepartmental curriculum.  Students may opt to combine Hispanic Studies and Latin American Studies as double majors.

With departmental permission granted in advance, one course taken at other institutions per semester, including study abroad programs, may be counted toward the major requirements.  A second course per semester may be counted, provided that it corresponds to Course 207, 250, or 251 at Connecticut College.  When the study away is done within a SATA program, a total of three courses may be counted toward the major or minor requirements.  Internship and service-learning opportunities, in New London and abroad, provide additional options for enhancing the major.

All courses at the 200 level and above are taught in Spanish unless otherwise indicated.

 

The Major in Hispanic Studies

 

The major consists of a minimum of nine courses taken in the Department of Hispanic Studies.  These must include Courses 207 and 208 (the core sequence in grammar, writing, and theory) and Courses 250 and 251 (the core sequence in Hispanic cultures).  Courses 250 and 251 may be taken out of sequence.  Following the fulfillment of these requirements, students may take any upper-division course in Hispanic Studies.  A minimum of five courses (distributed at student discretion among Iberian and Latin American offerings) is required for the major.  At least four of them must be in literary or cultural studies.  These must be at or above the 300 level, and at least one must be at the 400 level.  Students are strongly encouraged to study abroad.

 

Advisers:  L. González, F. Graziano, A. Heredia, J. Kushigian

 

The Major in Latin American Studies

 

This interdisciplinary major is offered and administered by the Department of Hispanic Studies and advised by the Council on Latin American Studies.  The major integrates the academic resources of all Connecticut College departments and programs that offer coursework on the region, and it endeavors to complement and enhance the understanding of Latin America gained through disciplinary instruction.  The core curriculum of the Latin American Studies major provides a solid foundation of knowledge on the region, a rigorous interdisciplinary methodology, and language proficiency in Spanish.  Flexibility in the major offers each student the opportunity to pursue a more specialized topic, region, or discipline of interest.  Students are encouraged to double major or minor in a discipline that supports the focus of their interdisciplinary major.  Students are strongly encouraged to study abroad.

                The Latin American Studies major consists of a minimum of nine courses taken in the Department of Hispanic Studies and in other Connecticut College departments and programs that offer courses on Latin America.  The requirements include:  1) Hispanic Studies 207; 2) a choice of one of the following:  Hispanic Studies 251, History 114 or 219; 3) one Social Science survey course on Latin America taken in any department; 4) four courses on Latin America, at or above the 200 level, taken in any department; and 5) two courses on Latin America in the Department of Hispanic Studies.  These must be at or above the 300 level, and at least one must be at the 400 level.

 

Advisers in Hispanic Studies:  F. Graziano, A. Heredia, J. Kushigian

 

Advisers in Related Fields:  L. Garofalo (History), R. Gay (Sociology), A. Hybel (Government), M. Lizarralde (Anthropology/Botany)

 

The Minor in Hispanic Studies

 

The minor consists of a minimum of six courses in the Department of Hispanic Studies at or above the 200 level.  These must include Courses 250 and 251.  Courses 250 and 251 may be taken out of sequence.

                With departmental permission granted in advance, one course per semester taken at another institution, including a study abroad program, may be counted toward the minor requirements.

 

The Minor in Latin American Studies

 

The minor consists of a minimum of six courses in the Department of Hispanic Studies at or above the 200 level.  These must include Hispanic Studies 251 or History 114, 216, or 219.

                With departmental permission granted in advance, one course per semester taken at another institution, including a study abroad program, may be counted toward the minor requirements.

 

Courses

 

Hispanic Language, Literature and Culture

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  101, 102  ELEMENTARY SPANISH  Development of language skills through the communicative approach.  Emphasis on vocabulary building, oral proficiency, listening comprehension, reading and writing skills.  Audio, video and computer-based programs enhance learning process.

                Enrollment limited to 20 students.  Offered annually.  Staff

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  103  INTERMEDIATE SPANISH  -  INTRODUCTION TO HISPANIC ART  Computer-based course designed as an overview of major works of art and architecture from Spain and Latin America through a fast-paced grammar and vocabulary review.  The course emphasizes common problems of Spanish grammar for English speakers.  Practice in reading and writing, with emphasis on communicative skills.

                Prerequisite:  Course 102 or a qualifying score on the Department's placement exam.  Enrollment limited to 20 students.  Offered annually.  J. Kushigian, Staff

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  121  ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE SPANISH LANGUAGE REVIEW  A proficiency- oriented review of selected topics of Spanish grammar with primary emphasis on achieving functional ability in speaking, reading and writing in Spanish.  Extensive laboratory work will supplement grammar review with audio and video tapes as well as computer-based assignments.

                Prerequisite:  Course 103 or a qualifying score on the Department's placement exam.  Enrollment limited to 20 students.  Offered annually.  Staff

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  122  ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE SPANISH READING AND CONVERSATION  Further development of linguistic skills in Spanish, with emphasis on reading of a variety of selections from periodicals and short selections of literature.  Appropriate oral practice, written assignments and a variety of laboratory tasks, along with use of Spanish-language films.

                Prerequisite:  Course 121 or a qualifying score on the Department's placement exam.  Enrollment limited to 20 students.  Offered annually.  Staff

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  207  ADVANCED GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION  Language and writing skills are refined to prepare students for upper-division coursework in Hispanic Studies.  Literary and cultural readings, thematic discussions, and interactive computer exercises serve as the basis for grammar review, conversation, and diverse writing assignments.

                Prerequisite:  Course 122 or a qualifying score on the Department's placement exam.  Enrollment limited to 20 students.  Offered annually.  Staff

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  208  INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY & CULTURAL ANALYSIS  An introduction to the methods and theories used in upper-division analyses of literary and cultural representations.  Skills in writing research papers in Spanish are also developed.  Readings include a selection of texts by representative Hispanic authors in five genres:  poetry, short story, novel, drama, and essay.  Basic theoretical concepts and strategies of analysis are also applied to such texts as testimony, myth, journalism, painting, advertising, film, song lyrics, and chronicles.

                Prerequisite:  Course 207 or permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 20 students.  Offered annually second semester.  This course satisfies General Education Area 4.  Staff

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  220  INtroduction to latin american studies  Through readings, lectures, discussion, and film, this course surveys essential topics in Latin American studies.  Included are poverty, migration and emigration, dictatorship, revolution, religion, race, and popular cultures, among other topics.  Methods in interdisciplinary research are also introduced.  The course is taught in English.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors, or with permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 40 students.  F. Graziano

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  224  LATINO WRITERS IN THE U.S.  Various works of poetry, prose, and drama by contemporary authors of Hispanic background living and writing in the United States.  Particular attention will be given to the relationship between history, identity, and language in their works.

                Prerequisite:  Course 207 or permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 20 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 4.  Staff

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  230  BUSINESS SPANISH FOR GLOBAL COMMUNICATION  Introduction to principles of management, finance, and marketing in international business with a focus on Spain, Latin America, and the Hispanic community in the U.S.  A cultural study that examines linguistic, technological, and psychological approaches to the marketplace.  Emphasis on the practical and communicative, including web page design.

                Prerequisite:  Course 207 or permission of the instructor.  Staff

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  250, 251  HISPANIC CULTURES  A two-semester survey of Hispanic civilizations and cultures in Spain, Latin America, and the United States.  Lectures by Hispanic Studies faculty and visiting scholars, interdisciplinary readings, feature films and documentaries, introduction to print and internet resources in Spanish, varying class formats and instruction sites, and a service-learning component.

                Prerequisite:  Courses 207 and 208 must be taken prior to or concurrently with the 250, 251 sequence.  Hispanic Cultures is the prerequisite to most courses in the upper division and should therefore be completed as early as possible in one's studies.  For Course 250 the enrollment is limited to 20 students; for Course 251 the enrollment is unlimited.  Offered annually.  Both courses satisfy General Education Area 4.  L. González, F. Graziano

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  301  MASTERPIECES OF EARLY SPANISH LITERATURE  The origins of Spanish poetry, prose and theater, including a study of the historical and cultural background of the period.  Texts from the first five centuries of the history of Iberian cultures will be examined in relation to such concepts as anonymity/authorship, popular culture, "convivencia" and genre.

                Prerequisite:  Course 250 or permission of the instructor.  Staff

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  302  CERVANTES  A close reading of Don Quijote de la Mancha and other major works by Miguel de Cervantes in relation to their historical and artistic contexts.  A variety of critical approaches, including the "theory of the novel" as applied to Cervantes' narrative innovations.

                Prerequisite:  Course 250 or permission of the instructor.  Staff

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  303  HEROES AND HEROINES IN THE SPANISH GOLDEN AGE  Knights and rogues, ideals and outcasts are the pivotal figures of 16th-century Spanish prose.  The course will examine narrative discourse up to the time of Don Quixote from this perspective.  Readings include Amadís de Gaula, Lazarillo de Tormes, La Diana and El Abencerraje with additional selections from representative historical and didactic prose of the period.

                Prerequisite:  Course 250 or permission of the instructor.  Staff

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  304  DESIRE, VIOLENCE, AND JUSTICE IN GOLDEN AGE POETRY AND THEATER  A comparative thematic approach to works of Spanish Golden Age poetry and drama.  Aspects of social, religious and political life highlighted as background to works by Garcilaso de la Vega, Fray Luis de León, San Juan de la Cruz, Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Calderón de la Barca, Quevedo and Góngora.

                Prerequisite:  Course 250 or permission of the instructor.  Staff

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  305  OLD WORLD/NEW WORLD:  TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN EARLY LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE  A survey of major authors, movements and themes from the Era of Discovery through the Romantic Period.  Texts by such writers as Colón, Cortés, El Inca Garcilaso, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Concolorcorvo, and Fray Servando Teresa de Mier.

                Prerequisite:  Courses 250 and 251 or permission of the instructor.  J. Kushigian

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  306  MYTH, FOLKLORE AND LEGENDS OF SPANISH AMERICA  An interdisciplinary approach to traditions, beliefs, customs, cosmologies, rites, ceremonies, tales, and superstitions as reflected in the literature of Spanish America.  This course explores how myths, legends, and folklore are retold in the essays, poetry and theater of the works of authors including Neruda, Castellanos, Berman, Paz, Borges, and Menchú.

                Prerequisite:  Course 251 or permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  J. Kushigian

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  307  KINGS, CRIMINALS, PROSTITUTES, AND SAINTS:  LIFE IN EARLY SPAIN  An introduction to everyday life in early modern Spain.  Focus on representation of social classes and groups, including royalty, inquisitors, beggars, thieves, visionary nuns, witches, and others.  Texts include fragments from literary works as well as film, paintings, and readings in cultural studies.

                Prerequisite:  Course 250 or permission of the instructor.  Staff

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  308  CONTEMPORARY HISPANIC DETECTIVE FICTION  The rise of the "whodunit" in contemporary Hispanic narrative and its contrast with classical detective fiction as a context for understanding contemporary Spanish and Latin American culture.  Pertinent theoretical implications and the social and political factors that have contributed to the genre's evolution and success will be introduced.

                Prerequisite:  Course 250 or 251 or permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  Staff

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  309  LATIN AMERICA IN FILM  Feature films and documentaries from and about Latin America serve as the basis for lectures, discussions, and class projects.  The diverse topics explored through film include indigenous cultures, slavery, revolution, human rights, and a range of cultural and social issues.  The course also introduces strategies of film interpretation.

                Prerequisite:  Course 251 or permission of the instructor.  F. Graziano

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  310  LITERATURE OF THE HISPANIC CARIBBEAN  Works by major Hispanic Caribbean authors.  An integrated analysis of the socio-cultural contexts and traditions (indigenous, European, African) of this region.  The course notes the influential role of ethnicity, colonialism, gender, and socio-economic development in the formation and interpretation of texts from Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela.

                Prerequisite:  Course 251 or permission of the instructor.  A. Heredia

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  312  LITERATURE, CULTURE AND IDEAS IN CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICA  Latin American narrative prose of the contemporary period read in the context of its socio-political reality and linguistic structures.  Various genres and writers will be studied in comparative, aesthetic, ideological and historical contexts.  Texts to be examined include the works of authors such as:  García Márquez, Rulfo, Borges, Fuentes and Poniatowska.

                Prerequisite:  Course 251 or permission of the instructor.  J. Kushigan

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  313  MODERN PENINSULAR LITERATURE FROM 1700 TO PRESENT  This class is an introduction to Spanish Modern Literature from 1700 to present times.  We will study and analyze the most representative works (prose, lyric, and theater) informed by their historical and cultural backgrounds, paying attention to literary canonization and literary genres.  We will also examine the aesthetic value and ideology of these texts with the final aim of giving the student a solid preparation to study Spanish Modern Literature.

                Prerequisite:  Course 250 or permission of the instructor.  L. González

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  314  HISTORY OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE  A study of the development of the Spanish language from its Latin origins to contemporary usage and forms with particular regard for phonological, morphological, and semantic evolution.  The systematic study of linguistic change rules will be supported with brief examples from various literary texts.  It is expected that students taking this course will be ranked in the Intermediate Mid through Advanced range in speaking, reading, and writing Spanish.

                Prerequisite:  Course 207 or permission of the instructor.  Staff

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  316  RELIGION AND VIOLENCE IN LATIN AMERICA  Lectures, discussions, readings, films, and student projects explore the relation of religion and violence throughout the course of Latin American history.  The many themes and topics treated include human sacrifice, religious aspects of conquest, mortification and martyrdom, torture as ritualized violence, iconography of the crucified Christ, murder of nuns and priests, insurgency and counter-insurgency as holy war, persecution of Jews, and indigenous revolts.

                Prerequisite:  Course 251 or permission of the instructor.  F. Graziano

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  317  YOUTH IN SPANISH AMERICA  This interdisciplinary course focuses on children and teens in Spanish America, including the Hispanic United States.  Topics of study include street children, exploitation, drugs, gangs, child soldiers, prostitution, abuse and neglect, and the cultural, social, political, and economic factors that contribute to adverse situations for youth.

                Prerequisite:  Course 251 or permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  F. Graziano

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  319  CONTEMPORARY SPANISH CINEMA:  BEFORE AND AFTER ALMODÓVAR  An exploration of the evolution of Spanish cinema through comparative study of earlier and more recent films.  Following the early, politically committed films of Ladislao Vajda, Luis Buñuel, and Víctor Erice, recent Spanish directors such as Pedro Almodóvar, Alejandro Amenábar, and Iciar Bollaín have successfully transformed Spanish cinema, captivating a wide audience by representing modern society's struggles and dilemmas.

                Prerequisite:  Course 250 or permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  L. González

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  320  PROYECTO COMUNIDAD  This service-learning course offers the opportunity to apply Spanish language skills and to enhance cultural understanding while working in the Hispanic community of New London.  Six hours of service are required weekly.  The community aspects of the course are enhanced by seminar meetings, readings, oral presentations, and written assignments.

                Prerequisite:  Course 251 or permission of the department.  Enrollment limited to 20 students.  This course is not open to students who have received credit for Hispanic Studies 228.  F. Graziano

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  322  20th-CENTURY SPANISH LITERATURE:  SPAIN IN SEARCH OF ITS IDENTITY  A critical analysis of essay, narrative, theater, poetry, and film, with special focus on the artist's conception of Spain after the loss of its colonies in 1898, the impact of the Civil War of 1936-39, the restoration of democracy, and the new challenges of the 21st Century.  Representative works by Miguel de Unamuno, Antonio Machado, Ramón María de Valle-Inclán, Antonio Muñoz Molina, and Iciar Bollaín, among others.

                Prerequisite:  Course 250 or permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  L. González

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  324  HISPANICS IN THE U.S.  A historical and cultural survey of Hispanic peoples in the United States, including Mexican Americans in the Southwest, Cuban Americans in Florida, and Puerto Ricans and Dominicans in the Northeast.  The course endeavors to strengthen understanding of Hispanic contributions to the United States and to enhance cross cultural sensitivity by exploring such themes as immigration, marginality, ethnic identity, bicultural expression, and Hispanic cultural achievements.

                Prerequisite:  Course 251 or permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 20 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 7.  A. Heredia

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  325  FOREIGN LANGUAGE METHODOLOGY  Current research on the teaching of foreign languages in the U.S. and elsewhere, with techniques for fostering a communicative environment.  Based on practical and theoretical information, the course analyzes theory of foreign language pedagogy and provides opportunities for practical and creative activities, such as micro-teaching exercises and portfolio production.  This course will be particularly suited to those who are working toward teaching certification or planning graduate study in Spanish.

                Prerequisite:  Course 207 or 314 or permission of the instructor.  Staff

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  327  REVOLUTION AND COUNTER-REVOLUTION IN SPANISH AMERICA  This interdisciplinary course studies revolutions and military responses in Spanish America.  Case studies include Sendero Luminoso in Peru, the ″Dirty War″ in Argentina, the Zapatistas in Mexico, the FARC in Colombia, the FMLN in El Salvador, the Cuban Revolution, and the Sandinistas and Contras in Nicaragua.

Prerequisite:  Course 251 or permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 20 students.  F. Graziano

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  328  MADNESS AND CARNIVAL IN EARLY SPAIN  A study in cultural and social history, this course compares the history of the mentally ill and the asylum with its representation in literature, theater, and painting.  Authors studied include Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Velázquez, Foucault, and Bakhtin.  Medical writings and asylum records are also analyzed.  Themes include confinement of the mentally ill, power and carnivalesque subversion, insanity in royalty, and the relationship of madness to theatricality, sexuality, and religious practices.

                Prerequisite:  Course 250 or permission of the instructor.  Staff

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  329  CARIBBEAN COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S.:  THE CASE OF THE DOMINICAN DIASPORA  Literary and historical texts, visual arts, and performance art serve as vehicles for the analysis of such topics as cultural memory, immigration, trauma, and the formation of transnational identities.  This course examines the role of the U.S. in shaping notions of class and ethnicity in Haiti, Puerto Rico, and Cuba.

                Prerequisite:  Course 251 or permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 20 students.  A. Heredia

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  330  AFRO-HISPANIC LITERATURE  Introduction to new ways of thinking and experiencing the Spanish language; reading and analyzing works by Afro-Hispanic writers, men and women, from a variety of social classes and historical periods; and understanding identities of race, class, gender, and nationality as they are reflected upon and configured by the authors' works.  Meaningful comparisons and contrasts to other experiences of the African Diaspora.

                Prerequisite:  Course 251 or permission of the instructor.  A. Heredia

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  331  CONTESTING TRADITION:  GENDER, CLASS, AND ETHNICITY IN CONTEMPORARY SPANISH FICTION AND FILM  Through analysis of fiction and film by Almudena Grandes, Pedro Almodóvar, and Benito Zambrano among others, this course explores how Spanish culture contributed to the social environment that enabled the consolidation of progressive policies on gender, class, and immigration.

                Prerequisite:  Course 250.  Enrollment limited to 20 students.  L. González

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  332  BETWEEN ILLUSION AND REALITY:  MASTERWORKS OF SPANISH THEATER I  This course examines the process by which the Classical Spanish Drama was formed in sixteenth and seventeenth century Spain.  Representative works are analyzed as written texts and as performances.  Readings and films of performances include the works of Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, and Calderón de la Barca.

                Prerequisite:  Courses 207 and 208.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  Staff

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  336  ADVANCED spanish conversation  Development of conversational skills, including vocabulary enrichment, through intensive practice and oral presentations.  Readings and films provide the basis for class discussions.  Not open to native speakers of Spanish.

                Prerequisite:  Course 251.  Enrollment limited to 16 students.  F. Graziano

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  344f  CROSSING THE SEA:  TRANSATLANTIC DIALOGUE BETWEEN SPAIN AND THE AMERICAS (In Spanish)  This optional section of Hispanic Studies/History 344 will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental readings in Spanish.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.  Students electing Hispanic Studies/History 344f must concurrently enroll in Hispanic Studies/History 344.  This is the same course as History 344f.  L. González and L. Garofalo

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  433, 434  SPECIAL TOPICS

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  433A, 434A  GROWING UP IN LATIN AMERICA:  THE BILDUNGSROMAN IN LATIN AMERICAN NARRATIVE  An interpretation of Latin American reality through the diverse portraits of youthful development.  A study of the realities of coming of age in Latin America from Mexico to Chile, the confrontation with society and capitalist values and issues of gender, culture and class struggle.  Works to be examined include those by the following authors:  Isabel Allende, Carlos Fuentes, Elena Poniatowska and Mario Vargas Llosa.

                Prerequisite:  Course 251 or permission of the instructor.  J. Kushigian

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  433B, 434B  SHORT STORIES BY LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN AUTHORS  Authors include Luisa Valenzuela, Rosario Castellanos and Christina Peri Rossi.  Particular attention given to the manner in which these authors and others describe their struggle to assert themselves as women and as writers in Latin America, and how they deal with social, economic and political problems of 20th-century Latin America.

                Prerequisite:  Course 251 or permission of the instructor.  A. Heredia

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  433C, 434C  CONTEMPORARY SPANISH WOMEN WRITERS  Fiction by Spanish women during the 20th century, from those who started writing under Franco?s censorship to those writing in the new millennium.  Exploration of aesthetic innovations, with a special emphasis on socio-political and cultural issues:  gender and sexual marginality, responses to feminist literary theory, politics of a patriarchal society, and the portrayal of women in modern society.

                Prerequisite:  Course 250 or permission of the instructor.  L. González

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  433D, 434D  UNDOCUMENTED HISPANIC IMMIGRATION  A multidisciplinary exploration consisting of readings, lectures, discussion, film, guest presentations, and guided research projects conducted by students.  Topics include migration to the United States from all Latin American regions, with special focus on the Dominican Republic.

                Prerequisite:  Course 251.  Enrollment limited to 16 students.  F. Graziano

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  433E, 434E  religion, body, and gender in early modern SPAIN  Analysis of discursive and pictorial constructions of holiness and sinfulness, artistic endorsements or subversions of the official Christian rhetoric, the invention of the ″ideal woman,″ the practice of religion in ″popular″ culture, and the cult of the Virgin Mary.

                Prerequisite:  Course 207 and 208.  Enrollment limited to 20 students.  Staff

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  433F, 434F  CARNIVALESQUE IMAGINATION:  COMEDY AND LAUGHTER IN SPANISH LITERATURE AND FILM  An examination of ″carnival″ as a prevalent aesthetic form in Spanish culture from Francisco de Quevedo and R.M. del Valle Inclán to Pedro Almodóvar.  Emphasis on how comedy, parody, irony, the grotesque, and the inversion of class and gender roles have helped to subvert the traditional status quo in Spain, leading to a new way to understand its national identity.

                Prerequisite:  Course 250.  Enrollment limited to 16 students.  L. González

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  433H, 434H  THE LITERATURE OF EXTREMITY  A study of the psychological dimensions of selected works in Latin American short fiction and poetry.  Such topics as insanity, suicide, perversion, desperation, and alienation are explored in the works of Roberto Arlt, Felisberto Hernández, Alejandra Pizarnik, Juan Rulfo, Ernesto Sábato, and Pablo Palacio, among others.  Readings in psychoanalysis, clinical psychology, and existentialism are also included.

                Prerequisite:  Course 251 or permission of the instructor.  F. Graziano

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  493, 494  ADVANCED STUDY SEMINARS

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  493B, 494B  TRANSATLANTIC ORIENTALISMS  The diverse images that have come to be associated with the idea of the Orient and Orientalism in Spanish and Spanish American literatures.  Through detailed reading of some of the principal texts of the three Spanish cultural traditions (Christian, Arab and Jewish), we will examine the origin and proliferation of these images in Hispanic literary discourse.  The incorporation of the metaphors of the Orient into subsequent literature from the medieval period to the present, along with their expression and impact, will also be examined.

                Prerequisite:  Courses 250 and 251 or permission of the instructor.  Open to juniors and seniors.  J. Kushigian

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  493D, 494D  CULTURES OF VIOLENCE  Examination of the uses and interpretations of violence through case studies presented by the professor, students, and visiting scholars.  Included are analysis of conquest and indigenous response, the Argentine ?dirty war,? the Sendero Luminoso movement in Peru, revolution and counter-revolution in Central America, and self-directed violence (in suicide and in mysticism).  Historical and theoretical readings frame the inquiry and provide a basis for comparative analysis.

                Prerequisite:  Course 251 or permission of the instructor.  Open to juniors and seniors.  F. Graziano

 

In English

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  110  LINGUISTICS:  INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE AND MIND  This is the same course as German Studies/Linguistics/Slavic Studies 110.  Refer to the Linguistics listing for a course description.

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  216  CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE  Readings in translation of significant works by modern authors such as Jorge Luis Borges, Carlos Fuentes, Clarice Lispector, Mario Vargas Llosa and Gabriel García Márquez.  Discussions include the socio-political circumstances in which Latin American literature has evolved in the 20th century.

                This course does not count toward the major or minor.  This course satisfies General Education Area 4.  Staff

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  344  CROSSING THE SEA:  TRANSATLANTIC DIALOGUE BETWEEN SPAIN AND THE AMERICAS  An interdisciplinary exploration of the permanent, problematic, and enriching dialogue between Spain and the Americas.  This transatlantic interaction began in 1492, reached a breaking point with the 19th century revolutions, and continues to shape the conflicts of our global moment.  Through the analysis of historical texts, literary artifacts, and films, the course considers key issues such as conquest, slavery, modernity, post-colonialism, and immigration.  Sources include Las Casas, Carlos Fuentes, Bolívar, Martí, and Guillermo del Toro.  This is the same course as History 344.  Course 344 may include an optional section that will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental readings in Spanish.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and to freshmen with permission of the instructors.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  L. González and L. Garofalo

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  291, 292  INDIVIDUAL STUDY

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  391, 392  INDIVIDUAL STUDY

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  491, 492  INDIVIDUAL STUDY

 

HISPANIC STUDIES  497-498  HONORS STUDY