2008 Graduate Course Descriptions
Six-week session
Schedules, texts, and staffing are subject to change
Course registration materials will be emailed by May 10
GRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
SPAN 6501 Advanced Language for Mastery
Armstrong, González, Nunley [coordinator], Wiseman
This course utilizes an integrated approach to bridging the gap between intermediate and advanced levels of language, with particular emphasis on the development of formal speaking and writing. Review of grammar and development of vocabulary are linked to proficiency functions (e.g., narrating, describing, explaining, analyzing, hypothesizing, and defending opinions) in both speech and writing. Authentic cultural readings of diverse types and sources and authentic video segments serve as a context for linguistic practice in the classroom. This course meets two hours a day. (1 unit)
Required texts : 1) Concha Moreno. Temas de gramática, nivel superior (Madrid, Sociedad General Española de Librería, 2001); 2) Waldo Pérez Cino, Manual práctico de usos y dudas del español (Madrid, Editorial Verbum, 2002).
SPAN 6502 Advanced Spanish Language
Bordón [coordinator], Fernández Isla, Jurado Torresquesana
The fundamental objectives of this review grammar course are the following: 1) review the uses of indicative verb forms, in particular in the past; 2) clarify uses of the subjunctive; 3) study various types of subordinate clauses, focusing on the use of indicative and subjunctive; 4) review the use of ser and estar, with special attention to idiomatic use; 5) differentiate between personal pronouns, with particular attention to the use of se forms —impersonal, indeterminacy, passivity, intensifications, etc. Grades will be based on three exams, additional graded assignments, and class participation. (l unit).
Required text : Selena Millares, Método de español para extranjeros: Nivel Superior, (Madrid, Edinumen, 1999).
SP 6505 Advanced Spanish Writing
Fernández Isla, Invernizzi, Murphy [coordinator], Reyes-Torres
The course aims at developing students’ academic writing skills through the understanding of key concepts of discourse analysis such as reference, cohesion, and coherence. A variety of text types will be analyzed in class. Rhetorical devices such as argumentation, hypothesis, and exposition will be presented and practiced through writing tasks, with group work integrated into the course. Special attention will be given to the articulation of class activities with the requirements of other courses at the same level. (1 unit).
Required texts: 1) Montolío, Estrella (coord). Manual Práctico de Escritura Académica, Volumen II. Editorial Ariel. Barcelona: 2002. ISBN: 84-344-2868-7; 2) Material in course pack form to be purchased at Middlebury.
Recommended texts: 1) Diccionario de la lengua española (Madrid: Real Academia Española, 2 vols.); 2) All students must also have a standard Spanish-English Dictionary (recommended: Oxford).
SPAN 6607 Verb Tenses within the Indicative Mood
: Evolution and Nuances of Meaning
Moreno de Alba
In this course we will explore the values and meanings (temporal, aspect, and modal) of the verb forms or tenses of the indicative mood. We will discuss the general rules governing tense use, studying the oppositions that are set up at the level of paradigm or general system, within the Spanish language (habitual present, historical present, “future” present, for example, or the distinctions between various past tenses). In addition, wherever possible we will ascertain the particular systematic values that some verb forms acquire, in particular dialects or varieties of Spanish—for example, in American Spanish versus European Spanish. (1 unit)
Required texts: Material in course pack form, to be purchased at the Middlebury bookstore, selected from José G. Moreno de Alba, Valores de las formas verbales en el español de México, 2nd. ed.
SPAN 6609 Values and Uses of the Subjunctive in Spanish
Cabrera
The subjunctive mood constitutes one of the basic topics of Spanish grammar and is one of the most important problems in the acquisition of Spanish as a second language. This course focuses on the study of how, when, and why the subjunctive is used in Spanish. In addition, it will also pay attention to other issues such as the values and uses of the subjunctive in independent and subordinated sentences, and how theses values and uses can be explained by teachers of Spanish in their classes. The course will have not only a theoretical dimension but also a practical orientation, with exercises designed to improve the comprehension of subjunctive in Spanish. (1 unit)
Required text: Materials in electronic form.
Recommended texts: 1)Mª Ángeles Sastre: El subjuntivo en español. Salamanca, Colegio de España, 1997 (ISBN 84-8640-873-3); 2) Inmaculada Molina, Practica tu español: El subjuntivo. Madrid: SGEL, 2006 (ISBN 84-9778-246-1);
SPAN 6614 The Spanish Language in America
Moreno de Alba
This course will study the most important aspects of the Spanish language as it is spoken on the American continent, with the aid of literature, history and, above all, linguistics. Departing from some reflections on the influence of the Andaluz and the Amerindian languages on the development of the Spanish language in the Americas, the course will address the main phonetic, grammatical, and lexical features of the Spanish language as employed on this continent. Current trends will be studied to investigate both the unity and the variety displayed in the Spanish used on this side of the Atlantic. (1 unit).
Required text : 1) J.G. Moreno de Alba, Introducción al español americano. Madrid: Arco Libros, S.L. (ISBN 978-84-7635-696-8); 2) Material in course pack form to be purchased at the Middlebury bookstore.
SPAN 6615 History of Written Spanish
Cabrera
This course will study the history of Spanish language through texts, from Medieval Ages through the present. By the end of the summer, students will be able to read texts of any period, understanding their linguistic differences in order to identify in which historic moment each was written. The objectives of this course are: a) to improve students’ capacity for reading literary texts of any period based on the knowledge of their linguistic features; and b) to study from a historic perspective many aspects of the modern Spanish language (orthography, grammar, varieties of Spanish, etc). All these topics can be most useful to understand linguistics problems that are generally taught in classes of Spanish as a second language (1 unit)
Required text : Material in course pack form to be purchased at Middlebury.
Recommended text: R. Cano Aguilar: El español a través de los tiempos. Madrid, Arco-Libros,1988 (ISBN 84-7635-044-9).
SPAN 6616 Studies in Bilingualism
Simounet
This is an introductory course to the study of bilingualism and language contact in the world, with special emphasis on the situation in Spanish-speaking countries. Reading and classroom discussion revolve around problems of definition, the bilingual brain, the linguistic behaviors of bilinguals, the social dynamics and consequences of language contact, social and ethnolinguistic identity, the socio-psychological motivations for language use, the linguistic outcomes of grammars in contact, second language acquisition and language policies in the educational systems of today’s world. (1 unit)
Required text: Myers-Scotton, Carol. Multiple Voices: An Introduction to Bilingualism. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2006. ISBN 0-631-21937-4
SPAN 6704
Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Simounet
This is an introductory course to the study of the social aspects of language, that is, the intersection of language and society. Classroom discussion focuses on language variation and the different factors such as sex, socio-economic class, age and others that impinge on the sounds, grammar and vocabulary of various languages. Special attention is given to studies carried out in the social context of Spanish-speaking communities. The readings also include an analysis of interaction discourse and conversation, linguistic attitudes, culture and cognition. The course ends with a look at languages in contact and the application of sociolinguistic theory to the teaching of languages. (1 unit)
Required text : Francisco Moreno Fernández, Principios de sociolingüística y sociología del lenguaje, 2nd edition . Barcelona: Ariel, 2005 (ISBN 84-344-8264-9).
SPAN 6710 Spanish Phonetics and Phonology for English Speakers
Jurado Torresquesana
The primary objective of this course is the theoretical and applied study of the Spanish phonetic system, as well as an exploration of the pedagogy of this topic in the second-language classroom. Each student should begin with knowledge of the basic phonetic system, and the primary differences between Spanish and English phonetic systems. Throughout the course, we will combine theoretical explanations with practical reinforcement, with this latter aspect being a fundamental part of each class. Class participation and integration with class dynamics are expected from each student. Students will give two oral presentations of 10 minutes each, on a topic related to the course. These presentations should demonstrate assimilation of new habits of Spanish pronunciation, and should also stimulate the desire to know more about these topics among the classmates. The course can be taken as credit for pedagogy or for linguistics, depending on the student’s choice of final project. (1 unit)
This course is cross-listed with Professional Preparation.
Required texts : 1) Maximiano Cortés, Didáctica de la prosodia del español: la acentuación y la entonación. Edinumen (ISBN 84-95986-01-9); 2) T. Navarro Tomás, Manual de pronunciación española. Publicaciones de la R.F.E. (ISBN 84-00-03462-7); 3) Quilis and Fernández, Curso de fonética y fonología españolas para estudiantes angloamericanos. C.S.I.C (ISBN 84-00-04144-5); 4) Material in course pack form to be purchased at Middlebury.
CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION
S PAN 6627 MusArt: Tradition Meets Avant-Garde
Alvarez Díaz, Gonzalez Barrio
Inspiration and creativity hold hands in the marriage of Music and Art in the first third of Spain’s 20th Century. In this class we will study the artistic and musical languages at the turn of the Century, impregnated by nationalisms that are transformed and re-invented to reach the highest level of the period’s artistic currents. We will start with Picasso and Falla; we will then continue with a discussion of their friends, collaborators and inspiring figures of the period; and finally we will explore Dalí’s Surrealism, making a stop in the musical and artistic inspiration of the Generación del 27. Through texts, musical selections and interpretations of artistic masterpieces, we will analyze the influences on these universal artists as well as the relationships between them and, therefore, we will understand the process of creation of the new language which lies at the center of the avant-garde and expression of Spain’s 20th Century. (1 unit)
No music or art background necessary in order to take this course.
Required texts : Material in course pack form to be purchased at Middlebury.
SPAN 6632 Trans-Atlantic History of the Spanish Empire
de la Guardia
One of the most complex and suggestive periods of modern history is found in the traumatic encounter between the Iberian Kingdom of Castile and the Americas. In this course, we will study the dramatic transformation of those two worlds in a theater known to us today as “the Spanish Atlantic World”. We will study that period by reading texts by American and Spanish writers from the 16th through the 18th centuries. The readings will include selections from John H.Elliott, Imperios del mundo atlántico: España y Gran Bretaña en América ( Madrid:Taurus, 2006); Richard L. Kagan and Geoffrey Parker (eds.), España, Europa y el Mundo Atlántico (Madrid: Marcial Pons, 2001); Miguel León Portilla, Códices: los antiguos libros del Nuevo Mundo (Mexico: Aguilar, 2003). (1 unit)
Required text: Material available on course site on Segue.
SPAN 6649 Music of the Caribbean
Lugo
After a brief introduction to general aspects of the music of Latin America, this course will focus on the music of the Caribbean, specifically as it reflects the African heritage. We will look at countries such as Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Panama, and Venezuela among others, with a particular focus on delineating those cultural aspects that help to establish our “tropicality”. (l unit)
Required text: Material in course pack form, to be purchased upon arrival at Middlebury.
SPAN 6669 From Poetry to Music
Lugo
This course will focus on how poetry is used by composers, and transformed into musical expression. We will discuss the concepts of rhythm, melodic contour, coloring, dynamics, and phrasing as they are used musically to respect the essence of the spoken language. In many cases we will examine how the same poetic text may be set and viewed by different composers. Among the poets to be studied are: Machado, Lorca, Bécquer, N. Guillén, Benaros, and Mistral, depending upon the availability of recorded music and other sources. Students do not need to have musical abilities or background for this class; rather, the class focuses on how to listen to poetry with different ears. (1 unit).
Required text: Material in course pack form, to be purchased upon arrival at Middlebury.
SPAN 6673 Spanish Civil War
Maldonado Gago
One of the most tragic and decisive events of Spain's contemporary history was its Civil War, between 1936 and 1939. This course will consider the circumstances that led to the civil unrest, and the short-term and long-term consequences of the war; in addition, we will try to delve into the complex and contradictory situations which Spain had to endure once it had been fractured socially, culturally, and ideologically, as well as the international context of the period preceding World War II. The course will incorporate cinematic documentary, as well as a selection of diverse historical texts, journalism from foreign newspapers of the period, and a selection of web-based readings of recognized historiographic merit.
Required text : 1) Julián Casanova, República y Guerra Civil. Barcelona: Crítica/Marcial Pons, 2007; 2) Material in electronic form, to be made available to students upon arrival.
SPAN 6733 Negotiating Silence: History of Women in Spain and Latin America
de la Guardia
On closer inspection of historical works, one of the most surprising facts is the silence about certain social groups. In history, there are many groups that for reasons of gender, class or ethnic background are not visible in historiographic discussions. In this course we will examine the process of construction of gender identity at various stages of history, and the perception that women have had of their own situation. We will also try to analyze the political, social, and legal discussions which made possible the perception of women’s inequality as repressive, and eventually, the emergence of feminism in Spain and Latin America. Readings will be excerpted from the following: Elena Beltrán y Virginia Maquieira (eds.), Feminismos: Debates teóricos contemporáneos (Madrid: Alianza editorial, 2001); Anna Caballé (dir.), La vida escrita por las mujeres: La pluma como espada: Del romanticismo al modernismo (Madrid: Círculo de Lectores, 2003); Rosa María Capel (coord.), Mujeres para la historia: Figuras destacadas del primer feminismo ( Madrid: Cátedra, 2005); Isabel Morant (dir.), Historia de las mujeres en España y América Latina (Madrid: Cátedra, 2005).
Required text: Material in course pack form, to be purchased upon arrival at Middlebury.
SPAN 6737
Myth and Reality of Spanish National Identities
Maldonado Gago
This course will explore the combination of factors—historical, sociological, cultural, etc.—that have given rise, over time, to the senses of identity or belonging within the different Spanish collective nationalities: Spain as a national entity, the País Vasco, Cataluña and Galicia. Since History (and our way of telling it) mingles with mythical histories at the heart of these identity questions, the course will explore both of these interpretative arenas, as well as their limitations. (1 unit)
Required texts : 1) José Álvarez Junco, Mater Dolorosa (Madrid: Taurus, 2005); 2) material in electronic form, to be made available to students upon arrival.
SPAN 6740 Travelers in Latin America
Operé
In this course we will study diaries and accounts of travelers in Latin America since the first Europeans came in contact with the continent for the first time. What did they see? What did they want to see? How did the describe it? How much influence did their account have in the construction of continental imaginary? We will start with el Diario of Cristóbal Colón, the letters of Cortés from Tenochtitlan, the description by Cieza de León in Peru, the narration of Cabeza de Vaca in North America, Núñez de Pineda y Bascuñán in Chile, and some travelers in 18th and 19th Century: Humboldt, Darwin, Azara, and others. We will continue with some travelers in the 20th Century, among them the transformative trip of Ernesto Che Guevara through the continent before he joined the Cuban revolution, as recorded in Diarios de motocicleta. (1unit)
This course is cross-listed with Literature.
Required texts : 1) Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Las Américas (Random House, 2004); 2) Ernesto Che Guevara, Diarios de motocicleta: Notas de un viaje por América Latina (Buenos Aires: Planeta, 2005); 3) Fernando Operé, Historias de la frontera: el cautiverio en la América hispánica (Buenos Aires: FCE, 2001); 4) materials in course pack form to be purchased at Middlebury.
LITERATURE
SPAN 6560 Literary Analysis
Brown , Carreño, Layna, Little, Murphy, Ríos Sánchez [coordinator], Santí, Sefamí, Wolfenzon.
This course will introduce first-year graduate students to the techniques of literary analysis, critical thinking, reading, and interpreting Hispanic literary texts. It is divided into three segments, each of which is devoted to the analytic strategies pertinent to one major genre: narrative, poetry, and drama. Each student will write several papers and actively participate in class discussions. (1 unit)
NOTE: Advanced students of literature may substitute SPAN 6580, below.
Required texts: 1) Carmelo Virgillo, L. Teresa Valdivieso and Edward H. Friedman, Aproximaciones al estudio de la literatura hispánica. 6th ed. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007); 2) Ernesto Sábato. El túnel (Madrid: Cátedra).
Required
texts for Section E only (Wolfenzon): 1) Ariel Dorfman, La muerte y la doncella (New York: Siete Cuentos); 2) Rodolfo Usigli, El gesticulador (any edition), in addition to the above texts by Virgillo and Sábato.
Recommended text : Marchese, Angelo and Joaquín Forradillas, Diccionario de retórica, crítica y terminología literaria ( Barcelona: Ariel).
SPAN 6580 Literary Theory
Evangelista The aim of this course is to introduce students to the philosophical and theoretical movements that lay the foundation for literary criticism. These frameworks are an indispensable tool for understanding literary and cultural texts in depth. The theoretical dimension of each theory will be discussed and analyzed in class and illustrated with selected texts to further practical understanding of their complexities. The class will cover a wide range of theories produced during the 19th and 20th century, such as Marxism, psychoanalysis, structuralism and post structuralism, feminism and post- colonialism among others. For first-year graduate students with an advanced background in literature, this course may substitute for SPAN 6560. Also recommended for DML students and others who intend to continue literary or cultural study at the doctoral level. (1 unit)
Required texts: 1) Julie Rivkin and Ryan, Michael, Literary Theory: an anthology, 2nd ed. (Blackwell Publishing, 2004), ISBN: 978-1-4051-0696-2; 2) additional course materials to be provided in electronic form.
SPAN 6628 ¿Cómo se lee poesía?
Operé
This course is designed to familiarize students with poetry. How do we go about reading a poem? How do we feel the emotion, how can we understand its content, how can we penetrate its sometimes esoteric expression? Step by step, this course will develop techniques that allow us to read poetry in Spanish without the fear of being lost in the process. In this regard, we will study poetry not from the historical or critical point of view (schools, periods) but from its artistic essence. The first contact with the poem will be through intonation, considering that poetry has a fundamental oral component that is necessary to recognize. Yes, we will read poetry and memorize poems. From this first stage come other important elements such as rhythm and phonetic expressions. Once these elements have been established (once you read and feel the poem), the analysis will continue with the formal, rhetoric, and structural elements: theme, meaning, rhetoric and aesthetic mechanisms, intentionality, imagery and symbols. The relationship between the poets and their works, in a historical context, will be studied as the last stage of the analytical process. The final goal is to reach the level where poetry in Spanish can be a playful and enjoyable activity that surprises and delights us. (1 unit)
Required texts : 1) Delmiro Antas, Auxiliar para el comentario de textos literarios (Barcelona: Octaedro, 2005); 2) Selena Miralles, ed. Poetas de Hispanoamérica (Madrid: Clásicos Literarios, 1997); 3) Arturo Ramoneda ed., Antología poética de la Generación del 27 (Madrid: Castalia, 1990).
SPAN 6659 Argentine Literature
Evangelista The aim of this course is to establish an approach to Argentine literature by discussing the literary response to complex cultural and historical issues such as nation and identity formation, avant-garde, nationalism and cosmopolitism, populism and authoritarianism. Special attention will be placed on helping students focus on the larger framework of European and Latin American cultural trends, in order to gain a deeper understanding of the Argentine literary system. Major and less canonical authors will be studied: Sarmiento, Hernández, Borges, Arlt, Cortázar, Viñas, Walsh and Piglia, among others. (1 unit)
Required texts: 1) Martín Prieto, Breve historia de la literature argentina (Buenos Aires: Alfaguara/Taurus, 2006); 2) materials in electronic form to be provided upon arrival to Middlebury.
SPAN 6662 Don Quijote de la Mancha
Layna
Don Quijote is one of the most famous and widely read books in the whole world; therefore its capacity to generate critical literature seems to have no limits. Both the reading and the writing have undergone revisions that will inevitably transform the idea of literature and of the represented fiction. During the course we will focus on questions that belong to the critical canon, questions that will be discussed in the light of recent studies: the consideration that Don Quixote is the first modern novel; the fundamental idea that it breaks the inherited literary rules; its belonging to the category of playful and burlesque literature (carnival, parody of the classic paradigms, ironic critique of the ideological structure, mockery of its contemporaries, etc.) (1 unit)
Students are advised to read as much of the novel as possible before arriving to Middlebury.
Required text : Miguel de Cervantes, El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de La Mancha, ed. Luis Andrés Murillo (Madrid: Castalia), 2 vols.
SPAN 6667 Creative Writing
Cardona López
This course will combine the study of theoretical considerations on the creative writing process and the writing of the student's own work. The students will explore and use writing techniques in order to refine their skills to write prose fiction. This course will also be an opportunity to learn from the creative experiences and works of well-known Hispanic authors. In addition to the required texts, there will be other readings and material in electronic format. (1 unit)
Required texts: 1) Oscar de la Borbolla, Manual de creacion literaria (Mexico: Nueva Imagen); 2) Mempo Giardinelli, Asi se escribe un cuento (Mexico: Nueva Imagen).
SPAN 6689 Representative Writers of the Generation of 1898
Ríos-Sánchez
This course seeks to present the characteristic aspects of fin-de-siglo literature and explore the similarities and differences between the Generation of ’98 and Modernist movements. The course will focus on the following objectives: 1) to understand the connection between the literature and the cultural and artistic context of the Fin de Siglo; 2) to distinguish among the thematic and stylistic characteristics of the Generation of ’98 as well as their world-views; 3) to appreciate the individual style of each of those writers who considered themselves members of the Generation of ’98; 4) to develop a capacity for literary analysis and commentary of both fragmented and complete texts. (1 unit)
Required texts : 1) Pío Baroja, La busca (Madrid: Caro Raggio); 2) Antonio Machado, Campos de Castilla (Madrid: Cátedra); 3) Miguel de Unamuno, La Esfinge / La venda / Fedra (Madrid: Castalia); 4) Miguel de Unamuno, La tía Tula (Madrid: Cátedra); 5) Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Sonata de otoño. Sonata de invierno (Madrid: Espasa-Calpe); 6) Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Divinas palabras (Madrid: Espasa Calpe); 7) material in course pack form to be purchased at Middlebury.
SPAN 6725 De un pájaro las dos alas: Cuban and Puerto Rican Narratives
Delgado Costa
Two West Indian islands—Cuba and Puerto Rico—are christened at the end of the 19th-century as de un pájaro las dos alas, but amidst the turmoil of the 20th-century, the two nations embark on different political and historical paths. This course samples the literary output of these “sister islands” through a series of narratives propelled by the celebration of the indigenous, the denunciation of slavery and poverty, the interrogation of language and culture, as well as the exploration of themes of solitude and existential anguish. Readings will consist of short stories and essays. The class will also view a couple of films. (1 unit)
Required text: Materials in electronic form, to be made available to students upon arrival.
SPAN 6740 Travelers in Latin America
Operé
This course is cross-listed with Culture; see Culture section for full course description.
SPAN 6764 The Spanish American Short Story of the Twentieth Century
Cardona López
This course will be focused on five major Spanish American short story writers of the twentieth century: Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Rulfo, Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez, and Augusto Monterroso. It will include an introduction to the main theoretical considerations that are fundamental to analyze and interpret a short story. The main part of this course will concentrate on the critical analysis of short stories written by the aforementioned authors. In addition to the required text, other readings and material will be supplied in electronic format. (1 unit)
Required texts : Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones (Madrid: Alianza); Juan Rulfo, El llano en llamas (Madrid: Cátedra); Julio Cortázar, Los relatos I: Ritos (Madrid: Alianza); Gabriel García Márquez, Los funerales de la mamá grande (Buenos Aires: Sudamericana); Augusto Monterroso, Cuentos (Madrid: Alianza).
SPAN 6766 Borges and the Borgesian
Faverón Patriau This course involves an examination of the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges’ work. This course will focus not only on Borges’ short stories, poems, essays, interviews, and cinematic adaptations, but also on the writers who had a particular influence on Borges’ work, as well as on Latin American, European, and American writers who were later influenced by the Argentinian master. An organizing concept for the course will be Borges’ idea that “a writer creates his own precursors.” His work modifies our conception of the past, as it will modify the future. (1 unit)
Required text : Material in electronic form to be made available to students upon arrival.
SPAN 6784 Race, Diaspora, Ghosts
Santí
How do the themes of race, exile and spectrality (the cultural production of ghosts) intersect? We will explore these issues in literary, film and theoretical texts from Spain and Spanish America, among them: Villaverde´s Cecilia Valdés, Borges´ short stories, Bombal's La última niebla, Rulfo´s Pedro Páramo, García´s The Aguero Sisters, Fuentes´ Aura , Marías´ Corazón tan blanco. We shall iscuss the relevant theories of Freud (particularly, the Uncanny), Marx, Ortiz, Derrida, and others , and will host a parallel film series. (1 unit)
Required texts: 1) Villaverde, Cirilo, Cecilia Valdes, ed. by Lamore, ISBN 8437610567; 2) Rulfo, Juan, Pedro Paramo, ISBN 8437604184; 3) Borges, J.L, Ficciones, ISBN 8420633127; 4) Marias, Javier, Corazon tan blanco, ISBN 8495501031; 5) Derrida, Jacques, Spectres of Marx, tr. Kamuf, ISBN 978-0415389570; 6) Garcia, Cristina, The Aguero Sisters, ISBN 978-0345406514; 7) Fuentes, Carlos, Aura, ISBN 9684111819; 8) Fuentes, Carlos, Una familia lejana, ISBN 9684110375; 9) Bombal, Maria L, La ultima niebla, ISBN 8432230553; 10) Morrison, Toni, Beloved, ISBN 978-1400033416
SPAN 6785 Technology and Identity in the Contemporary Latin American Novel
Brown
In this course we will examine the various narrative explorations of human identity as constructed with technologically mediated realities. We will use the cultural theories of Jesús Martín Barbero, Néstor García Canclini, Gilles Deleuze, and Donna Haraway, among others, to create a dialogue with novels by Adolfo Bioy Casares, Ricardo Piglia, Rafael Courtoisie, Eugenia Prado, Alberto Fuguet and Edmundo Paz Soldán. This dialogue will help us grapple with issues of dictatorship and neoliberalism, the formation of televisual culture, posthuman identity, gender, and the urban experience. (1 unit)
Required texts: 1) Adolfo Bioy Casares, La invención de Morel (New York: Penguin, 1996); 2) Rafael Courtoisie, Tajos (Madrid: Lengua de Trapo, 2000); 3) Alberto Fuguet, Por favor, rebobinar (Santiago: Alfaguara, 1999); 4) Edmundo Paz Soldán, Sueños digitales (La Paz: Alfaguara, 2000); 5) Ricardo Piglia, La ciudad ausente (Barcelona: Anagrama, 1992); 6) Eugenia Prado, Lóbulo (Santiago: Cuarto Propio, 1998).
SPAN 6789 Embodying the Text: 20th Century Spanish Theatre from a Performance Perspective
Herrero
Unlike other forms of writing, theatre is not fully alive until it is performed. In this course the student will literally embody the text in order to illuminate, deepen and expand his or her understanding of the theatrical form. We will be working with a cross-section of comedies, tragedies, social and political dramas of the 20th century Spanish canon. After contextualizing these plays in terms of history, genre, and themes, scenes will then be selected to be rehearsed and performed in class. In order to unleash “the actor within” we will be exploring performance techniques (script and character analysis, actions, objectives, staging, etc) from two seminal, contrasting works: Uta Hagen’s Stanislavski-based Respect for Acting and Anne Bogart’s movement-based Viewpoints. (1 unit)
Required texts : 1) Federico Garcia Lorca, Yerma (Coleccion Austral); 2) Miguel Mihura, tres sombreros de copa (Madrid: Catedra); 3) Antonio Buero Vallejo, En la ardiente oscuridad (Stockcero); 4) Antonio Buero Vallejo, Historia de una escalera (Edición 1989); 5) José Luis Alonso de Santos, Bajarse al moro (Letras Hispánicas). This class will also view films and utilize books on reserve, and electronic material will be available for students upon arrival.
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION FOR TEACHERS
SPAN 6695 Spanish L2 Teaching Methods
Davis
This course is an introduction to the basic principles of second language acquisition and their application in classroom settings. Topics covered include instructional techniques for developing the three language modes (presentational, interpretive, interpersonal), standards for foreign language learning (US and European frameworks), proficiency assessment, content-based instruction (CBI), techniques for addressing learner variables, and the role of culture in the L2 classroom. In addition to the theoretical readings and discussions, students will develop a portfolio of teaching materials ready for classroom use. (1 unit)
Required text: D. Koike and C. Klee, Ling ü ística aplicada: Adquisición del español como segunda lengua (Wiley).
SPAN 6710 Spanish Phonetics and Phonology for English Speakers
Jurado Torresquesana
This course is cross-listed with Linguistics; see Linguistics section for full course description.
SPAN 6788 Foreign Language Assessment
Barrette
Accurate information about foreign language learners’ abilities and performance informs teachers’ decisions about course content and instructional approaches, and gives learners important feedback as well. In this course, students will gain an understanding of the main issues contributing to valid assessment in the foreign language classroom through a review of relevant research. Students will learn about a range of assessment strategies for language (proficiency, reading, writing, listening, speaking, grammar, vocabulary) and content (culture) within the framework of the national Standards for Foreign Language Learning. Finally, students will apply the research and strategies studied to the critique and development of assessment instruments useful to their individual teaching circumstances. (1 unit)
Required texts: 1) A. Hughes, Testing for Language Teachers, 2nd ed. (New York: Cambridge, 2002); 2) E.W. Glisan, B. Adair-Hauck, K. Koda, S.P. Sandrock, and E. Swender, eds., ACTFL Integrated Performance Assessment (New York: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2003); 3) materials in electronic form to be made available upon arrival.
SPAN 6794 Teaching Technology
Barrette
Depending on how it is implemented, technology can enhance or detract from foreign language teaching and learning. Therefore, to ensure that technology will benefit learners, teachers must have sufficient knowledge about technology to make principled decisions about its use. In this course students will become familiar with a range of technologies that can be or are currently used to teach Spanish. Based on a review of research on technology-enhanced language learning, students will critically evaluate the capabilities, advantages, and disadvantages of those technologies for use in foreign language teaching and learning, and develop a plan for appropriately integrating technology into their own instructional approaches. (1 unit)
Required text : Materials in electronic form, to be available upon arrival.