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LANGUAGE COURSES
Intensive Elementary Portuguese
V87.0010 Open to students with no previous training in Portuguese and no knowledge of Spanish and to others on assignment by placement test. 6 points.
Intermediate Portuguese, Level I
V87.0003 Prerequisite: V87.0010, placement, or permission of the director of undergraduate studies. Continuation of V87.0010. 4 points.
Intermediate Portuguese, Level II
V87.0004 Prerequisite: V87.0003, placement, or permission of the director of undergraduate studies. Continuation of V87.0003. 4 points.
V87.0010, V87.0003, and V87.0004 are oriented toward achieving oral proficiency and are taught in the native language. The elementary level stresses the structures and patterns that permit meaningful communication and encourages spontaneous and practical proficiency outside the classroom. The intermediate-level course aims to promote fluency in speaking as well as proficiency in reading and writing. Includes readings and discussions on contemporary Portuguese and Brazilian texts.
Intensive Elementary Portuguese for Spanish Speakers
V87.0011 Prerequisite: native or near-native fluency in Spanish. 4 points.
Accelerated introduction to spoken and written Portuguese.
Intensive Intermediate Portuguese for Spanish Speakers
V87.0021 Prerequisite: V87.0011. Continuation of V87.0011. 4 points.
LANGUAGE AND CIVILIZATION COURSES CONDUCTED IN PORTUGUESE
Modern Brazilian Fiction
V87.0821 Prerequisite: V87.0004, V87.0021, or permission of the director of undergraduate studies. When conducted in English, this course is numbered V87.0820. Given every other year. 4 points.
Introduction to the fiction of 19th- and 20th-century Brazil. Studies the development of a national literature within the broad context of cultural and literary history.
The Brazilian Short Story
V87.0830 Prerequisite: V87.0004, V87.0021, or permission of director of undergraduate studies. Given every other year. 4 points.
Examines formal aspects of the Brazilian short story while developing skills in written and spoken Portuguese. Authors include Machado de Assis, Mário de Andrade, João Guimarães Rosa, MuriloGiven. Rubião, Clarice Lispector, Lygia Fagundes Telles, Dalton Trevisan, and Rubem Fonseca.
Readings in Portuguese Literature
V87.0811 Prerequisite: V87.0004, V87.0021, or permission of the director of undergraduate studies. Given every other year. 4 points.
Introduction to the evolution of Portuguese literature through representative works from the Middle Ages to the present. Genres studied include poetry, fiction, and didactic prose.
Topics in Brazilian Literature and Culture
V87.0850 Prerequisite: V87.0004, V87.0021, or permission of the director of undergraduate studies. Given every semester. 4 points.
Sample topics include Brazilian women writers, national identity in the Brazilian novel, interrogation of the lyrical subject in Brazilian poetry, and Machado de Assis.
Independent Study
V87.0997, 0998 Prerequisite: permission of the department. Open only to majors. Available every semester. 2 or 4 points per term.
COURSES CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH
The following courses are open to all undergraduates.
Modern Brazilian Fiction
V87.0820 Formerly Fiction in Translation: Modern Brazil. Given every other year. 4 points.
See Modern Brazilian Fiction, V87.0821, above.
Topics in Brazilian Literature and Culture
V87.0851 Given every semester. 4 points.
See Topics in Brazilian Literature and Culture, V87.0850, above.
Courses—Spanish
LANGUAGE COURSES
Placement in Spanish language courses: The placement of students in Spanish language and literature courses is explained under “Placement Examinations” in the Academic Policies section of this bulletin. In order to enroll in a Spanish language course, students must have taken the SAT II in Spanish Language or the Placement Examination administered by the University. Students from a Spanish-speaking background who wish to study the language may not enroll in Spanish for Beginners (V95.0001 and V95.0002) or Intermediate Spanish (V95.0003, V95.0003A and V95.0004), but must take Advanced Spanish for Spanish Speakers, V95.0111 (see below for description). Fulfillment of the MAP language requirement—a student fulfills the foreign language requirement in Spanish by completing any one of the following courses of study:
A series of 4-point courses (V95.0001, V95.0002, V95.0003, and V95.0004); or V95.0001, V95.0002, V95.0003A, and V95.0004 [see below for descriptions of the two tracks]), for a total of 16 points.
Two 6-point courses (V95.0010 and V95.0020 [see below for provisions]) for a total of 12 points.
One of the following combinations of 4- and 6-point courses: V95.0001, V95.0002, and V95.0020; V95.0010, V95.0003, and V95.0004; or V95.0010, V95.0003, and V95.0004 (see below for further explanation).
V95.0111.
Admission to courses beyond Intermediate Spanish: Students who have completed Intermediate Spanish I and II (V95.0003 and V95.0004 or V95.0003A and V95.0004) or Intensive Intermediate Spanish (V95.0020) must take Advanced Grammar and Composition (V95.0100) as a preparation for upper-level courses.
Spanish for Beginners, Level I
V95.0001 Open to students with no previous training in Spanish and to others on assignment by placement test. 4 points.
Beginning course designed to teach the elements of Spanish grammar and language structure through a primarily oral approach. Emphasis is on building vocabulary and language patterns to encourage spontaneous language use in and out of the classroom.
Spanish for Beginners, Level II
V95.0002 Prerequisite V95.0001 or placement. Continuation of V95.0001. 4 points.
After completing V95.0002 or V95.0010 (see below), students who wish to continue studying Spanish at an intermediate level must take a qualifying exam. Students who pass the exam may enroll in V95.0003, which is preparation for V95.0004. Students with high scores on the qualifying exam may instead enroll in V95.0003A, an accelerated version of V95.0003, which similarly prepares them for V95.0004. Alternately, students who complete V95.0002 or V95.0010 and pass the qualifying exam with high scores may enroll in V95.0020, a 6-credit intensive intermediate course that is the equivalent Intermediate Spanish I and II. Completion of either V95.0020 or V95.0004 satisfies the MAP foreign language requirement.
Intermediate Spanish, Level I
V95.0003 Prerequisite: V95.0002 or V95.0010 or placement. 4 points.
Review of grammar, language structure, and culture, concentrating on fluency and accuracy through listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities. After completion of this course, students take V95.0004 in fulfillment of the MAP foreign language requirement.
Intermediate Spanish, Level I-A
V95.0003A Prerequisite: V95.0002 or V95.0010 or placement. Designed for students who earn a high passing grade on the qualifying exam administered upon completion of V95.0002. 4 points.
Accelerated course. Reviews the principal elements of Spanish language structure and culture, concentrating on fluency and accuracy through listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities. After completion of this course, students take V95.0004 in fulfillment of the MAP foreign language requirement.
Intermediate Spanish, Level II
V95.0004 Prerequisite: V95.0003 or V95.0003A, or placement. 4 points.
Continuation of V95.0003 or V95.0003A. Readings and discussions of contemporary Hispanic texts and review of the main grammatical concepts of Spanish. Completion of this course fulfills the MAP foreign language requirement.
Elementary Spanish (Intensive)
V95.0010 Open to students with some previous training in Spanish (one year of high school Spanish or the equivalent) and to others on assignment by placement exam or in consultation with the director of the Spanish language program. After completing this course, students who wish to continue studying Spanish must take a qualifying examination. Students who pass the examination may go into V95.0003, which is preparation for V95.0004. Students with high scores on the qualifying exam may enroll in V95.0003A (an accelerated version of V95.0003 which similarly prepares them for V95.0004) or in V95.0020. Completion of either V95.0020 and V95.0004 fulfills the MAP requirement. 6 points.
This is a one-semester intensive course that covers the equivalent of one year of elementary Spanish (V95.0001 and V95.0002).
Basic Spanish for Spanish Speakers
V95.0011 Prerequisite: permission of the director of Spanish language programs. Given every semester. 4 points.
Intermediate Spanish (Intensive)
V95.0020 Prerequisite: V95.0010, V95.0002, with passing grade on qualifying examination, or in consultation with the director of the Spanish language program. 6 points.
Promotes proficiency in reading and writing as well as oral performance. V95.0020 is an intensive intermediate course that covers the equivalent of one year of intermediate Spanish (V95.0003 and V95.0004) in one semester.
ADVANCED LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION AND INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDIES
The courses in this section are all conducted in Spanish.
Advanced Grammar and Composition
V95.0100 Prerequisite: V95.0004, V95.0004A, V95.0020, or permission of the director of the Spanish language program. Given every semester. 4 points.
Advanced Spanish Conversation
V95.0101 Prerequisite: V95.0100 or permission of the director of undergraduate studies. Given every semester. 4 points.
Intensive course in spoken Spanish, designed to give the student fluency in the use of idiomatic, everyday language as well as a comprehensive, practical vocabulary. For nonnative speakers only.
Techniques of Translation
V95.0110 Prerequisite: V95.0100 or permission of the director of undergraduate studies. Given every fall.4 points.
Theory and practice of translation through comparison of Spanish and English grammar, syntax, and style.
Advanced Spanish for Spanish-Speaking Students
V95.0111 Prerequisite: permission of the director of undergraduate studies. Given every semester. 4 points.
For native and quasi-native speakers of Spanish whose formal training in the language has been incomplete or otherwise irregular.
Advanced Translation Workshop
V95.0214 Prerequisite: V95.0110 or permission of the director of undergraduate studies. Given every spring. 4 points.
Advanced work in the translation of literary texts.
Critical Approaches: Reading, Writing, and Textual Analysis
V95.0200 Formerly Contemporary Hispanic Readings, V95.0035. Prerequisite: V95.0100 or equivalent. Given every semester. 4 points.
Introduction to literary analysis through close readings of texts from the early to modern periods of peninsular Spanish and Spanish American literatures. Engages students in the practice of textual explication, provides basic critical skills, and encourages reflection on literature as a system.
Introduction to Spanish Culture
V95.0261 Formerly Spanish Civilization Past and Present. Prerequisite: V95.0200 or equivalent or permission of the director of undergraduate studies. When conducted in English, this course is numbered V95.0262. Given every fall. 4 points.
Drawing on literature, film, visual arts, music, and mass media, the course explores the culture of Spain, placing special emphasis on the present time. Works by Cervantes, Velázquez, Unamuno, Gaudí, Picasso, Buñuel, Dalí, García Lorca, Rodoreda, Riera, Tusquets, Carlos Saura, Almodóvar, Millás, Bigas Luna, and Bolláin, among others.
Introduction to Latin American Cultures
V95.0762 Formerly Development of Latin American Culture. Prerequisite: V95.0200 or equivalent or permission of the director of undergraduate studies. When conducted in English, this course is numbered V95.0760. Given every fall. 4 points.
Drawing on literature, film, visual arts, music, and mass media, the course explores the diverse cultures, histories, and politics of Latin American countries from the pre-Hispanic period to the present, placing special emphasis on contemporary Latin America.
Readings in Spanish American Literature
V95.0211 Formerly Masterpieces of Spanish American Literature. Prerequisite: V95.0200 or permission of the director of undergraduate studies. Given every semester. 4 points.
Survey course that traces the development of Spanish American literature from the colonial period to the present. Representative works of various genres are examined in their cultural and historical contexts. Readings include selections from pre-Hispanic texts, Columbus, Cortés, Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sarmiento, Bello, Carpentier, Borges, Rulfo, García Márquez, Cortázar, Allende, and others.
Readings in Spanish Literature
V95.0215 Formerly Masterpieces of Spanish Literature. Prerequisite: V95.0200 or permission of the director of undergraduate studies. Given every semester. 4 points.
Survey course that traces the development of Spanish literature from the Middle Ages to the present. Representative works of various genres are examined in their cultural and historical contexts. Readings include selections from Hispano-Arabic and Hispano-Hebrew poetry, El Cid, El Libro de Buen Amor, Don Quijote, La vida es sueño, as well as works by Galdós, Clarín, Unamuno, García Lorca, Goytisolo, Carmen Martín Gaite, and others.
ADVANCED COURSES IN LITERATURE AND CULTURE
The prerequisite for all of these courses is V95.0200 or permission of the director of undergraduate studies.
Chronicles and Travel Literature of the Colonial World
V95.0273 Formerly Travelers and Travel Literature in the Spanish Renaissance. See under section heading for prerequisite. Given every other year. 4 points.
Chronicles of the encounter between Spain and nonEuropean cultures. Diaries and memoirs of explorers and travelers such as Columbus, Bernal Díaz, el Inca Garcilaso, and Cabeza de Vaca.
Pre-Hispanic Literature: The World of the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas
V95.0370 See under section heading for prerequisite. Given every other year. 4 points.
Texts from the Aztec, Inca, and Maya civilizations as expressions of their society, religion, and relationship with nature, as well as reflections of a highly developed aesthetic sensibility.
Cervantes
V95.0371 Formerly Cervantes and Don Quijote. See under section heading for prerequisite. Given every other year. 4 points.
Close readings of the principal prose works, particularly Don Quijote and/or the Novelas ejemplares, supplemented by critical and historical readings. Special attention paid to questions of madness and desire, authorship, the seductions and the dangers of reading, the status of representation, the relation between history and truth, the Inquisition, Spanish imperialism, the New World, the Morisco expulsion, etc.
Theatre and Poetry of the Spanish Golden Age
V95.0421 Formerly Spanish Theatre of the Golden Age. See under section heading for prerequisite. Given every other year. 4 points.
Selected texts from 16th- and 17th-century Spain (traditionally considered a “Golden Age” of art and literature), read in the context of Counter-Reformation culture and Spain’s changing place in early-modern Europe. Authors include Garcilaso, Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Calderón de la Barca, Quevedo, and Góngora. The course may be taught with a focus on theatre or poetry or both.
Forms of the Picaresque in Spain and Spanish America
V95.0438 Formerly the Picaresque Way of Life. See under section heading for prerequisite. Given every other year. 4 points.
Examines novels in which the protagonist-narrator is a rogue and social outcast who, in telling his life story, reveals not only his own character but that of society as a whole. Includes the anonymous Lazarillo de Tormes and works by Cervantes, Quevedo, Cela, Lizardi, José Rubén Romero, and Roberto Payró.
Women’s Writing in Spain/Latin America
V95.0640 See under section heading for prerequisites. Given every other year. 4 points.
Feminist critical perspectives on a selection of fiction, essays, and poetry written by women. May include works by María de Zayas, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, Rosalía de Castro, Delmira Agustini, Ana María Matute, Alejandra Pizarnik, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Carmen Martín Gaite, Ana María Bombal, Isabel Allende, Laura Esquivel, Diamela Eltit, Ana Lydia Vega, and others.
Modern Hispanic Cities
V95.0650 See under section heading for prerequisites. Given in summer. 4 points.
Using an interdisciplinary, multimedia, and comparative approach, the course examines various cities in the Spanish speaking world, and their physical, spatial, literary, musical, and imaginary constructions. Cities covered may include Mexico City, Havana, Lima, Buenos Aires, San Juan, Madrid, Barcelona, and New York.
Fictions of Power in Spain and Latin America
V95.0732 Formerly Literature and Social Change in Latin America. See under section heading for prerequisite. Given every other year. 4 points.
Details about the texts, authors, and films covered in any particular semester may be found on the department’s Web page and in course descriptions available in the department.
Latino Literature in the United States
V95.0755 Formerly the Hispanic Experience in the United States. See under section heading for prerequisite. Given every spring. 4 points.
Focuses on the growing body of literature written by Latinos in recent years. Explores Latino cultural identity through analysis of narrative and poetic works.
Before the Law: Order and Tales of Crime
V95.0763 See under section heading for prerequisites. Given every other year. 4 points.
Examines the ways in which fictions about the law and the definition of crime have been constructed in Latin American literature and culture. Focusing on films and fictional texts, the course explores questions of political power, of the definition of truth, and of the role of rationality in modern society.
Literature and Film of the Cuban Revolution
V95.0795 See under section heading for prerequisites. Given every other year. 4 points.
Critical readings of speeches, essays, novels, and films from and about the 1959 Cuban Revolution. Texts by Castro, Guevara, Barnet, Fernández Retamar, Padilla, Cabrera Infante, Desnoes, and Arenas and films by Kalamazov, Gutiérrez Alea, and Almendros.
Topics in Spanish American Literature and Culture
V95.0550 Formerly Topics in Latin American Literature. See under section heading for prerequisite. When conducted in English, this course is numbered V95.0551. Given every semester. 4 points.
Sample topics include literature of the fantastic, history and fiction in Spanish America, literature of the neo-baroque, cultural relations between Spain and Spanish America, literature and ethnicity, and construction of gender in Spanish American literature.
Topics in Peninsular Spanish Literature and Culture
V95.0950 Formerly Topics in Hispanic Culture. See under section heading for prerequisite. When conducted in English, this course is numbered V95.0951. Given every semester. 4 points.
Sample topics include the medieval epic, Spanish mysticism, theory and literary practice in the Spanish baroque, Spanish romanticism, contemporary Spanish poetry, Spanish postmodernism, and contemporary Spanish culture.
Internship
V95.0980, 0981 Prerequisite: permission of the director of undergraduate studies. Open only to majors. Available every semester. 2 or 4 points per term.
Course credit for internship projects in approved businesses, schools, social service agencies, and cultural or governmental offices. Supervised by the director of undergraduate studies. Interested students should apply to the department early in the semester before they wish to begin their internship.
Independent Study
V95.0997, 0998 Prerequisite: permission of the director of undergraduate studies. Open only to majors. Available every semester. 2 or 4 points per term.
Research and reading project carried out under the supervision of a faculty sponsor. Interested students should arrange for faculty sponsorship and permission of the director of undergraduate studies during the semester prior to the project.
COURSES CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH
The following courses are open to all undergraduates. With the prior consent of the director of undergraduate studies, Spanish majors may receive credit for up to two Spanish courses conducted in English, provided their written work for the course (papers, exams, etc.) is completed in Spanish.
Introduction to Spanish Culture
V95.0262 Formerly Spanish Civilization Past and Present. Given every spring. 4 points.
See Literature, Culture, and the Arts in Spain, V95.0261, above.
Introduction to Latin American Cultures
V95.0760 Formerly Development of Latin American Culture. May be used toward the literature in translation minor. Given every spring. 4 points.
See Introduction to Latin American Cultures, V95.0762, above.
Topics in Spanish American Literature and Culture
V95.0551 Formerly Topics in Latin American Literature. 4 points.
See Topics in Peninsular Spanish Literature and Culture, V95.0550, above.
Topics in Peninsular Spanish Literature and Culture
V95.0951 Formerly Topics in Hispanic Culture. 4 points.
See Topics in Spanish American Literature and Culture, V95.0950, above.
GRADUATE COURSES OPEN TO UNDERGRADUATES
1000-level courses in the Graduate School of Arts and Science are open to seniors who have a B (3.0) average in three full courses (12 points) of advanced work in Spanish. If these courses are offered toward the completion of requirements for the baccalaureate degree, no advanced credit is allowed for them in the graduate school. Before registering for these courses, students must obtain the permission of the director of undergraduate studies.
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