SPAN 5350 – Golden Age with Ricardo Padrón

Mo 3:30-6:00PM in New CAB 036

This course provides a graduate-level introduction to the canonical literature of early modern Spain ca. 1520-1680. Critical readings of narrative (the picaresque novel, Cervantes), lyric (Italianate poetry from Garcilaso to Quevedo), and dramatic texts (primarily the comedia) will constitute the core of the course, although some attention will be paid to literary and cultural history, as well as questions of critical method. The course is intended for M.A, students and Distinguished Majors in Spanish, but any graduate student is welcome, as long as he or she has the necessary language competency.

SPAN 7220 – History of the Language with Omar Veláquez-Mendoza

TuTh 2:00-3:15PM in New CAB 395

This course traces the historical development of the Spanish language (mainly) from its origins as a spoken Latin variety to the present. Topics include: The relationship between language change and language variation; the Indo-European language family; Romanization of the Iberian Peninsula; Classical vs. 'Vulgar' Latin; Spanish among the Romance varieties; Visigothic and Arab influence on the Spanish language; Latin and Medieval Spanish word order; Latin/Romance Diglossia in the High Middle Ages; Koineization in Medieval Spanish; Renaissance and Colonial Spanish. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. No previous coursework in linguistics required. Conducted in Spanish. Fulfills the historical requirement for the M.A. program.

SPAN 7850 – Themes and Genres "Storms in Lit of the Americas" with Charlotte Rogers

Section 001 – Tu 3:30-6:00PM in New CAB 283 with Charlotte Rogers

“Savage Storms in Narratives from the Americas”

This course takes an eco-critical approach to literature by examining how hurricanes in the Americas shape the societies and stories that lie in their paths. Tropical storms have long given rise to tales of wonder and fear from the Caribbean islands and coastal Central America to Mexico and New Orleans. We will read works by authors who reinvent storms in literary works as major climactic and climatic events.  The broader goal of the course is to consider how human activities aggravate or ameliorate the effects of storms on peoples of the Americas, from Katrina to Cuba.  By examining storytelling about storms, we can better envision our future amid rising ocean temperatures and the increasing frequency and intensity of tropical weather events.

Section 002 – This section has been cancelled and will not be offered during the Fall 2017 term.

SPAN 8210 – Teaching Foreign Languages with Emily Scida

TuTh 11:00-12:15PM in New CAB 287

Please direct inquiries to the instructor.

SPAN 8560 –Seminars: Spanish America Modern Period "Borges and Theory" with Gustavo Pellón

Tu 3:30-6:00PM in New CAB 283

Este curso se propone estudiar la obra de Jorge Luis Borges con énfasis en sus cuentos, sin excluir algunos ensayos y poemas.   El curso examinará la obra de Borges desde la perspectiva de la literatura comparada y a Borges como lector y escritor de literatura mundial.  En particular, prestaremos atención al interés de Borges en la teoría literaria y al interés de la teoría literaria por la obra de Borges.

Lecturas:

Ficciones (1944)

El Aleph (1949)

El informe de Brodie (1970)

Poesía completa.

Textos en Collab.

KICH 1020 – Introduction to Maya K’iché II on TuTh 4:00-5:15PM in Clemons Library 320 with M. Esther Poveda Moreno

The second part of a year-long sequence that introduces students to Maya K’iche’, this course focuses on three main areas: K’iche’ language, Maya linguistics, and Maya culture. The language and linguistics elements of the course will allow students to learn and understand complex relationships – the relationship of sound to syntax, of language to literature – in an entirely new cultural context and content area, building from their knowledge of K’iche’ I to expand and enrich their studies. Students will thus learn how to apply their work in other classes, especially linguistics, anthropology, Spanish, and Latin American studies, to a new body of content, recognizing how their study of other languages, literary forms, and issues in global development can enhance their study of K’iche’, and how to communicate those insights through the target language.

KICH 2020 – Intermediate Maya K’iché II on TuTh 2:00-3:15PM in in Clemons Library 320 with M. Esther Poveda Moreno

As the Maya K'iche' capstone course in the Duke-UVa-Vanderbilt consortium for the teaching of less commonly taught languages, this class asks students to apply their introductory study of grammar to original research with primary and secondary sources, print and oral alike. Having studied the difference between colonial-era and contemporary orthographies in KICH 2010, students will now work with primary sources and different translations of K’iche’ texts; for example, they might compare Dennis Tedlock’s translation of the Popol Vuh with and Allen Christenson’s more recent work, or they might choose to write their final essay on the work of contemporary poet Sam Colop. By collaborating with the Vanderbilt-based instructor of K’iche’, students will identify a research topic that reflects their larger academic and professional interests, learning how to integrate their work in other classes, especially linguistics, anthropology, comparative literature, Spanish, and Latin American studies, to their study of K’iche’. This capstone course will also ask that they recognize how their study of other languages, literary forms, and issues in global development can enhance their study of K’iche’, and how to communicate those insights through the target language.

SPAN 5300 – Middle Ages and Early Renaissance with E. Michael Gerli

Th 3:30-6:00PM in New Cabell 411

The course will deal with the “canonical” works of the Iberian Middle Ages and the early, early modern period. It will seek to provide an overview of current thinking regarding their nature and origin, while at the same time seeking to interrogate many of the prevailing assumptions and received ideas of Spanish literary historiography and, indeed, literary history itself. Works and topics to be addressed are: literacy and orality; manuscript culture and textual transmission; the medieval Iberian lyric in its Pan-European context plus its problematic connection to Arabic muwashshaat (i.e., the kharjas); the Castilian epic, especially the Poema de Mio Cid, in relation to the Romance epic in general; clerical poetry and the rise of literacy (Berceo, the so-called mester de clerecía, and the Libro de buen amor); the institutional rise and uses of vernacular prose (Alfonso X and the discourses of cultural authority: historiography, law, and science); the advent of imaginative prose and the class interests of the aristocracy (Don Juan Manuel and El conde Lucanor); medieval quest, sentimental, and etiological romances (Libro del cavallero Zifar, Cárcel de Amor); and, finally, humanistic comedy (Celestina) and courtly culture.

Course Requirements: Two papers (10-15 pp. each).

SPAN 7840 – Spanish-American Fiction with María-Inés Lagos

Th 3:30-6:00PM in New Cabell Hall 038

This course will present a panorama of contemporary Spanish American literature’s main trends through the study of novellas published between 1935 and the present. These texts raise issues related to literature and writing, as well as gender and family relations, the interaction between individual subjects and society, evoke political and social conditions, and follow the various literary developments of their era. Authors include María Luisa Bombal (La última niebla), Juan Carlos Onetti (El pozo), Julio Cortázar (El perseguidor), Felisberto Hernández (Las hortensias), Carlos Fuentes (Aura), Clarice Lispector (La hora de la estrella) Gabriel García Márquez (Crónica de una muerte anunciada), Elena Poniatowska (Querido Diego), Mario Vargas Llosa (Los cachorros), Luisa Valenzuela (“Cuarta versión” and “Cambio de armas”), Diamela Eltit (Los vigilantes), Senel Paz (El lobo, el bosque y el hombre nuevo), Antonio Skármeta (No pasó nada), César Aira (Cómo me hice monja), Mario Bellatin (Salón de belleza), Horacio Castellanos Moya (Insensatez) among others. We will also watch some films on related topics and read theoretical essays. Class participation, critique and presentation of an article, research paper and peer review of a classmate’s paper.

SPAN 7850 – Themes and Genres “Larra's World” with David Gies

We 3:30-6:00PM in New Cabell Hall 283

This class, taught in Spanish, will be a doctoral seminar focused on the complete works (articles) of Mariano José de Larra (1809-1837), Spain's best-known nineteenth-century journalist. We will read all of his published articles, which cover wide areas of costumbrismo and social commentary, political satire, theatrical criticism, and personal revelation. Students will use the Crítica edition (ed. Alejandro Pérez Vidal) and will access all of the rest of the articles in Collab. Supplementary readings, weekly presentations, and a final paper.

SPAN 8540 –Seminars: Modern Spanish Literature “Lorca, Dalí, Buñuel” with Andrew Anderson

Tu 3:30-6:00PM in New Cabell 064

This seminar will be concerned primarily with the decade 1920-30 when Federico García Lorca, Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel became close friends.  We will study a range of cultural activities, literary texts, paintings, films, etc. whose immediate context is provided by these friendships.  Starting with the Residencia de Estudiantes as the primary locus of these encounters, we will consider student activities at the “Resi” (e.g. production of Don Juan Tenorio), the literary avant-garde, Lorca’s literary output most influenced by Dalí and Buñuel (e.g. “Oda a Salvador Dalí”, Poemas en prosa), Lorca’s drawings, Lorca’s lectures, Dalí’s cubist and surrealist paintings, Dalí’s poems and prose poems, Buñuel’s plays, poems and prose poems, Buñuel and Dalí’s early films (Un chien andalou, L’Âge d’or), and much more.  Seminar participation and end-of-semester research paper.

SPAN 1020 – Elementary Spanish

Please check SIS for sections, dates, times, locations, and instructors.

Prerequisites:  Passing grade in SPAN 1010. SPAN 1020 is for true beginners only. Students with prior experience with Spanish in high school must take the UVA Spanish placement exam. Students may not self-place in a language course. All students will submit proof of placement by January 19 (MWF sections) and January 23 (TuTh sections).

Elementary Spanish (SPAN 1020) is a four-credit introductory level hybrid course for true beginners designed to provide a thorough foundation in all the language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This is a technology-enhanced language course in which students will complete online activities on Connect on Tuesdays and Thursdays instead of attending class all five days of the week.  Students should expect an average of 1-2 hours of online homework 5 days a week, plus an extra hour of work that substitutes for class time each on Tuesday/ Thursday. This is a flipped class, which means that students will learn grammar and vocabulary at home, and class time will be devoted to meaningful, authentic, and interactive practice. Class is conducted in Spanish only.

SPAN 1060 – Accelerated Elementary Spanish

Please check SIS for sections, dates, times, locations, and instructors.

Prerequisites: Placement score of 420-510 on the SAT II Exam or a score of 0-325 on the UVA Placement Exam. Students may not self-place in a language course. All students will submit proof of placement by January 19 (MWF sections) and January 23 (TuTh sections).

Accelerated Elementary Spanish a four-credit accelerated introductory level hybrid course designed to provide a thorough foundation in all the language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This is a technology-enhanced language course in which students will complete online activities with Connect on Tuesdays and Thursdays instead of attending class all five days of the week.  Students should expect an average of 1-2 hours of online homework 5 days a week, plus an extra hour of work that substitutes for class time each on Tuesday/ Thursday. This is a flipped class, which means that students will learn grammar and vocabulary at home, and class time will be devoted to meaningful, authentic, and interactive practice. Class is conducted in Spanish only.

SPAN 2010 – Intermediate Spanish 

Please check SIS for sections, dates, times, locations, and instructors.

Prerequisites: SPAN 1020, SPAN 1060, or SAT II score of 520-590, or Placement Test score of 326-409. Students may not self-place in a language course.  All students will submit proof of placement by January 19 (MWF sections) and January 23 (TuTh sections).

Intermediate Spanish is a three-credit intermediate level course, the third course in a four-course sequence, which fulfills the language requirement.  The goal of this course is to bridge the gap between elementary and advanced levels in the further development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. This is a flipped class, which means that students will learn grammar and vocabulary at home, and class time will be devoted to meaningful, authentic, and interactive practice. Class is conducted in Spanish only.

SPAN 2020 – Advanced Intermediate Spanish 

Please check SIS for sections, dates, times, locations, and instructors.

Prerequisites: Spanish 2010, SAT II Test score of 600-640, or UVA Placement Test score of 410-535. Students may not self-place in a language course. All students will submit proof of placement by January 19 (MWF sections) and January 23 (TuTh sections).

Advanced Intermediate Spanish is a three credit intermediate level course, the fourth course in a four-course sequence which fulfills the language requirement. The goal of this course is to bridge the gap between elementary and advanced levels in the further development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. This is a flipped class, which means that students will learn grammar and vocabulary at home, and class time will be devoted to meaningful, authentic, and interactive practice. Class is conducted in Spanish only.

SPAN 3000 – Phonetics with Omar Velázquez-Mendoza

TuTh 12:30-1:45PM in New CAB 207

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 or equivalent.

Spanish Phonetics provides an introduction to the sound system of both Peninsular and Latin American Spanish. Class discussions will focus on how the sounds of Spanish are produced from an articulatory point of view, and how these sounds are organized and represented in the linguistic competence of their speakers. When appropriate, comparisons will be made between Spanish and English or Spanish and other (Romance and non-Romance) languages. This course seeks to improve the student’s pronunciation. Conducted in Spanish.

SPAN 3010 – Grammar and Composition I 

Please check SIS for sections, dates, times, locations, and instructors.

Prerequisite: SPAN 2020 (or equivalent); or UVA placement test score of 536-650; or AP score of 4; or SAT II score of 641-700; or IB Spanish (High) score of 7.

[From Course Catalog] This course seeks to develop advanced literacy in Spanish through extensive reading, writing, analysis, and discussion of authentic literary texts and videos. Emphasis is placed on how grammatical forms codify meaning and how grammar and meaning interact to construct the language and textual structure expected in the following academic genres: the critical review, the persuasive essay, and the research paper.

SPAN 3020 – Grammar and Composition II 

Please check SIS for sections, dates, times, locations, and instructors.

Prerequisites: SPAN 2020 (or equivalent) AND either of the following: a UVA placement test score of 651+; an AP score of 5; an SAT II score of 701-800; an IB Spanish A1 or A2 score of 5, 6 or 7.

[From Course Catalog] This course seeks to develop advanced literacy in Spanish through extensive reading, writing, analysis, and discussion of authentic literary texts and videos. Emphasis is placed on how grammatical forms codify meaning and how grammar and meaning interact to construct the language and textual structure expected in the following academic genres: the comparative essay, the argumentative essay, and the research paper.

SPAN 3030 – Cultural Conversations

Please check SIS for sections, dates, times, locations, and instructors.

Prerequisite: SPAN3010 or the equivalent level of Spanish, in which case students will need to speak with the instructor ahead of time for permission to take the course.

[From Course Catalog] Conversation course devoted to different aspects of Spanish, Spanish American, or Latino culture. Student-led discussion of materials ranging from films and music videos to radio programs, newspapers, and the Internet.    

SPAN 3032 – Conversation Cinema – Spain with David Gies

TuTh 12:30-1:45PM in New Cabell Hall 303

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement.

Oral interview with Professor Gies (dtg@virginia.edu) required for admission. This course uses current Spanish film as a basis for conversation; fluency, comprehension, grammar, accuracy, improvement in vocabulary, and pronunciation will be tracked (grade based on improvement).  Closed to native/heritage speakers and students who have had a conversation class.  Daily activities, vocabulary quizzes, one written paper, oral final exam. 

SPAN 3040 – Business Spanish 

Please check SIS for sections, dates, times, locations, and instructors.

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 or departmental placement

Please direct inquiries to the instructor.

SPAN 3050 – Spanish for Medical Professionals with Alicia Lopez Operé

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 or departmental placement

[From Course Catalog] This course is designed for students planning to work in the health care field and who want to develop fundamental written and oral skills and vocabulary for the assessment of Spanish speaking patients in a variety of settings. Students will gain familiarity with non-technical and semi-technical functional vocabulary, along with idiomatic expressions and situational phrases that are used in medical Spanish.

• Section 001  TuTh 9:30-10:45AM in New Cabell Hall 068  
• Section 002  TuTh 11:00AM-12:15PM in Nau Hall 187   

SPAN 3300 – Texts and Interpretation 

Please check SIS for sections, dates, times, locations, and instructors.

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 or departmental placement. (Note: SPAN 3300 or instructor permission is prerequisite for any course in Spanish literature or culture with a number above SPAN 3300.)

In this course we will be covering a variety of basic approaches to literary texts that enable us to analyze and understand them better. The course will be organized on the basis of literary genre (narrative, theater, poetry, etc.), with a portion of the semester dedicated to each. Short texts in Spanish for readings will be drawn from both Spanish and Latin American literature, and from a range of time periods.

SPAN 3400 – Survey of Spanish Literature I (Middle Ages to 1700) with Ricardo Padrón

MoWeFr 2:00-2:50PM in New Cabell Hall 338

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 and 3300, or departmental placement

This course covers the history of Spanish literature from its medieval origins through the year 1700, covering such indispensable classics as the Poema de Mío Çid, Don Quixote, the poetry of Garcilaso de la Vega, the theater of Calderón, and others. We will spend some time on the historical and cultural context of each of these texts, but emphasis will fall upon reading and understanding the texts themselves. Pre-Requisite: SPAN 3300, Texts & Interpretations, or departmental placement.

SPAN 3430 – Survey of Latin American Literature II (1900 to Present)

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 and 3300, or departmental placement.

• Section 001  TuTh 12:30-1:45PM in New Cabell Hall 383 with María-Inés Lagos

Este curso ofrecerá una visión panorámica de las principales corrientes literarias hispanoamericanas desde fines del siglo XIX hasta el presente. Al analizar y estudiar las obras tendremos en cuenta no solo la tradición literaria sino también el contexto socio histórico necesario para entender el trasfondo cultural al que se refieren las obras. Leeremos cuentos, ensayos, poemas y una novela corta, y utilizaremos materiales audiovisuales  sobre temas relacionados con las obras o el periodo estudiados. La clase estará dedicada al análisis de los textos, de los materiales audiovisuales asignados y a aprender de las circunstancias históricas, sociales y culturales de las que emergen las obras literarias. Es muy importante preparar las lecturas antes de la clase. La responsabilidad de participar en las discusiones de clase depende del estudiante. Quizzes, 2 pruebas, ensayos y tareas.  

Advertencia importante: este es un curso interactivo en el que los estudiantes deben leer los textos asignados para cada clase y participar en las actividades. Habrá un quiz al comienzo de cada clase. 

Textos:

Huellas de las literaturas hispanoamericanas. Second Edition. J. F. Garganigo, editor. Este libro se puede comprar por internet y habrá un ejemplar en la reserva de Clemons (3 horas).  

No pasó nada, novela corta de Antonio Skármeta.

• Section 002  MoWeFr 12:00-12:50PM in New Cabell Hall 338 with Charlotte Rogers

This course is a survey of Modern Spanish American literature to introduce students to major authors, works, and literary movements of Spanish America from 1900 to the present. Students will read poetry, essays and short prose selections as well as a novel. Class participation and attendance, papers, exams and other assignments.

SPAN 4040 – Translation from Spanish to English 

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Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 and 3300, or departmental placement

Please direct inquiries to the instructor.

SPAN 4203 – Structure of Spanish with Joel Rini

MoWe 2:00-3:15PM in New Cabell Hall 332

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 (or equivalent) and SPAN 3000; or SPAN 3010 (or equivalent) and 3200

This is an advanced introduction to the study of the fundamental structures of the grammatical system of the Spanish language. The course will analyze present-day structures of the language as well as the linguistic processes and changes involved in the development of those structures. Prior coursework in linguistics is expected.

SPAN 4210 – History of the Spanish Language II with Omar Velázquez-Mendoza 

TuTh 2:00-3:15PM in New Cabell Hall 207

Prerequisite:  SPAN 3010 (or equivalent) and SPAN 3000; or SPAN 3010 (or equivalent) and 3200

This course traces the historical development of the Spanish language from its origins as a spoken Latin variety to the present. Topics include: The relationship between language change and language variation; the Indo-European language family; Romanization of the Iberian Peninsula; Classical vs. 'Vulgar' Latin; Visigothic and Arab influence on the Spanish language; expected and unexpected outcomes of nasalization; Latin and Medieval Spanish word order; Golden Age and Judeo-Spanish; Colonial Spanish. Conducted in Spanish.

SPAN 4401 – Spanish Literature of the Golden Age with E. Michael Gerli

TuTh 12:30-1:45PM in New Cabell Hall 332

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300 and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement

(Note: Spanish majors who are prohibited from taking survey of literature courses may use this class as a substitute for the survey of Spanish literature requirement -- SPAN 3400 or 3410.)

Readings from representative literary genres of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: poetry, theater, prose narrative. The class is taught from the perspective of the `history of ideas' and emphasizes the role of the Spanish cultural, political, and religious environment of the period in adapting the major ideas of European Thought to a Hispanic context. Emphasis will also be given to theoretical literary aspects of the works we read, particularly the positioning and definition of the human subject in the texts.

SPAN 4402 – Don Quixote with Ricardo Padrón

MoWeFr 12:00-12:50AM in New Cabell Hall 191

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300 and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement

(Note: Spanish majors who are prohibited from taking survey of literature courses may use this class as a substitute for the survey of Spanish literature requirement -- SPAN 3400 or 3410.)

In this class, we will read Cervantes’s masterpiece almost in its entirety, in Spanish. We will try to figure out whether the protagonist is a hero, a fool, or a criminal.  We will see what the novel has to say about Spanish imperialism, the Renaissance, and the Reformation.  We will explore its concerns with pacifism, the role of women in society, and philosophical skepticism.  We will learn how the novel plays with us in many ways, including some that seem almost postmodern.  And we will discover what it has to say to us today about truth, authenticity, identity, love, friendship, and many other things that matter deeply.

SPAN 4500 – Special Topics Literature Seminars with Anne-Garland Mahler and Charlotte Rogers

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement

• Section 001 "Afro-Latinidad"  TuTh 2:00-3:15PM in New Cabell Hall 303 with Anne-Garland Mahler

(Note: Spanish majors who are prohibited from taking survey of literature courses may use this class as a substitute for the survey of Latin American literature requirement -- SPAN 3420 or 3430.)

This course is a survey of the history and literature of the African diaspora in Latin America from the Caribbean, Mexico, and the Río de la Plata to the “Latin American” cities of New York and Miami. From the earliest days of Spanish colonization to fighting in the wars of independence to forging global political and cultural networks from the early cold war to present-day, African-descended peoples have had an undeniably central role in defining Latin America’s history and its present. Yet Afro-Latin American experiences and literatures are often made invisible in mainstream media and scholarship. In this course, we will engage a wide array of texts and films on the experiences of peoples of African descent in Latin America, ranging from narratives about black conquistadors to testimonies of runaway slaves to Afro-Latin@ contributions to the origins of hip-hop in the United States. The primary objectives of this course are to expose students to both texts produced by and about Afro-Latin Americans and to the social and historical context in which those texts were produced, as well as to assist students in further developing their critical writing and speaking skills in Spanish.

• Section 002 "Dictatorship in Latin Am Literature"  MoWeFr 12:00-12:50PM in Gibson Hall 141 with Charlotte Rogers

(Note: Spanish majors who are prohibited from taking survey of literature courses may use this class as a substitute for the survey of Latin American literature requirement -- SPAN 3430.)

This course examines the representation of dictatorship in twentieth-century literature from Latin America.  Themes to be explored include the relationship between the dictator and the writer and the notions of authorship, authority, and authoritarianism.  The class will also examine the figure of the dictator within the context of Latin American caudillismo, machismo, and authorial strategies of resistance.

SPAN 4520 – Special Topics Culture & Civilization Seminar: “The World of Cervantes” with Ricardo Padrón  

MoWeFr 1:00-1:50PM in Nau Hall 242

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 and 3300 and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement

This course covers the history and culture of Spain during its so-called “Golden Age,” from 1492 through 1700.  We will discuss the rise and fall of the Spanish empire, the nature and role of the Inquisition, the rise of modern subjectivity, the creation of a proto-national identity, the fortunes of women, Muslims, and Jews, and other topics. Our readings will include history, art history, and period literature.

SPAN 4530 – Special Topics Language Seminars with Emily Scida and Melissa Frost

• Section 001 “Second Language Acquisition”  TuTh 11:00-12:15PM in New Cabell Hall 315 with Emily Scida

  Prerequisites: SPAN 3010; AND SPAN 3000 or SPAN 3200 or another course in Linguistics.

How do people learn a second language (L2)?  How are first language acquisition and second language acquisition different?  Why are some learners more successful than others in learning a second language?  How do we measure “success” in second language acquisition?  How do we define “competence”?  I invite you to join me in the exploration of these and other exciting questions.  Together we will discover the processes and mechanisms that drive language acquisition by studying how various disciplines have contributed to the major theories and ideas informing the field of Second Language Acquisition.

• Section 003 “Spanish to English Translation II” TuTh 2:00-3:15PM in New Cabell Hall 395 with Melissa Frost

Please direct inquiries to the instructor.

Span 4700 – Spanish Culture and Civilization with Fernando Operé

MoWe 2:00-3:15PM in Maury Hall 115

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 and 3300 and one of the following: SPAN 3400, 3410, 3420 or 3430 or departmental consent.

This course deals with Spain in the 20th and 21st centuries.  It will begin with the most important political events since 1900 (end of the Monarchy of Alfonso XIII, the 2nd Republic, Spanish Civil War, Franco Dictatorship), up to the present political events of modern Spain ruled by a parliament under a monarchy, and integrated into the European Community.  Special emphasis will be put in understanding Spain in its complexity, social composition and decomposition, fiestas, and the main social changes of the Spanish society after the death of Franco in 1975 (immigration, nationalism).  Part of the course will be dedicated to the study of the Spanish artistic movements and its most relevant contemporary representatives in the field of music (flamenco and popular), painting (Dalí, Picasso, Sorolla), architecture (Gaudí, Calatrava), dance.

Span 4704 – Islamic Iberia with E. Michael Gerli  [Course CANCELLED]

This course has been CANCELLED and will NOT be offered in Spring 2018.

Span 4710 – Latin American Culture and Civilization with Fernando Operé

MoWe 3:30-4:45PM in New Cabell Hall 207

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement

This course intends to acquaint the student with the history and culture of two important countries in Latin America: Argentina and Mexico. We will start with pre-Columbian cultures, and the historical evolution from colonial times, the Independent period up to the present. Half of the course will be dedicated to study cultural and social topics: identity; race and ethnicity; city and countryside; artistic and music production; food and cuisine; fluctuations in the economy; religion and its many manifestations; and violence and resistance among others. The methodology is the consistent comparison of these two countries in the most important faces of their history and development.

PORT 2120 – Intermediate Intensive Portuguese with Lilian Feitosa

Prerequisite: Completion of FREN 2020 or SPAN 2020, or instructor permission.

• Section 001 MoWeFr 11:00-11:50AM in New Cabell Hall 291
• Section 002 MoWeFr 12:00-12:50PM in New Cabell Hall 211
• Section 003 MoWeFr 1:00-1:50PM in New Cabell Hall 211

[From Course Catalog] Introduces speaking, understanding, reading and writing Portuguese, especially as used in Brazil. Five class hours and one laboratory hour. Followed by PORT 2120. 

POTR 4559 – New Course: Contemporary Brazilian Cinema with Eli Carter

MoWe 3:30-4:45PM in New Cabell Hall 056

The objective of this class is to provide a general overview of film production in Brazil since 1990. We will screen and discuss a variety of documentary and feature-length fiction films. Each of the films falls into at least one of five thematic categories: 1) the urban city 2) the underdeveloped countryside 3) identity 4) politics and 5) consumption. With these broader themes in mind, we will pay special attention to the films’ respective portrayals of violence, race, class, and sexuality, particularly as they unfold in a context increasingly marked by globalization and neoliberalism.

ITAL 1020 – Elementary Italian II

Please check SIS for sections, dates, times, locations, and instructors.

Elementary Italian II is the second class in the four-course sequence that is necessary to complete the foreign language requirement. In this course, students will learn to narrate in all tenses of the indicative, express opinions, make hypotheses, and give orders. They will improve their writing skills by producing a number of original texts, including blog posts, essays, and articles. Students will also develop their ability to understand spoken Italian by listening to songs, commercials, and movie clips, and they will read and study song lyrics, newspaper headlines, poems, and some short stories. Students of Elementary Italian II will also have many occasions to learn more about life in contemporary Italy as they study the country’s language.

60% of this course will take place face to face during regularly scheduled class meetings on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, while 40% of the work must be completed online both through the Connect website and the students’ personal e-Portfolios.

ITAL 2020 – Intermediate Italian II

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ITAL 2020 Intermediate Italian II is the fourth class in the four-course sequence which fulfills the language requirement. In this course, students will further develop their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills as well as deepen their cultural literacy in Italian. You will accomplish these goals with the guidance of your instructor, through review of grammar, short readings, compositions, and listening and speaking activities. Students will also have the opportunity to listen to songs, comment on works of art, watch commercials and short films, read and write newspaper articles, analyze how the Italian language reflects the movement towards gender parity, and meet natives of Italy in your quest to become more confident and competent users of the Italian language.

Much like learning to play a sport or a musical instrument, studying a foreign language requires constant practice. Therefore, all course activities will be conducted in Italian.

ITAL 2030 – Intermediate Italian for Professionals with Sandro Puiatti

MoWeFr 1:00-1:50AM in New Cabell Hall 027

Intermediate Italian II for Professionals is the fourth class in the four-course sequence which fulfills the language requirement. In this course, students will further develop their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills as well as deepen their cultural literacy in Italian. You will accomplish these goals with the guidance of your instructor, through review of grammar, short readings, compositions, and listening and speaking activities. Students will also have the opportunity to understand and appreciate Italian cultural practices in professional and commercial contexts, and to learn the specific listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills that are necessary in a professional environment.

This is a flipped class, which means that students will learn grammar and vocabulary at home, and class time will be devoted to meaningful, authentic, and interactive practice relative to real-world scenarios. Much like learning to play a sport or a musical instrument, studying a foreign language requires constant practice. Therefore, all course activities will be conducted in Italian.

ITAL 3020 – Advanced Italian II with Enrico Cesaretti

MoWeFr 12:00-12:50PM in Nau Hall 242

Prerequisite: ITAL 2020

ITAL 3020 - This course focuses on a selective review of Italian grammar and especially aims at boosting students' language skills. Emphasis will be on conversation, composition and vocabulary enrichment. 

ITAL 3720 – Novella (Italian Short Narrative) with Enrico Cesaretti

MoWeFr 11:00-11:50AM in Nau Hall 242

The main objective of this course is to introduce students to the long-standing and flexible genre of the Italian "novella" (short story) and to assess its continuous efficacy as a medium able to synthetically address a wide range of aesthetic, ethical, political and social-environmental issues. The course also aims at boosting students’ language skills and, therefore, requires extensive reading, discussing and writing in Italian.

ITTR 2260 – Dante in Translation with Deborah Parker

MoWe 2:00-3:15PM in New Cabell Hall 042

T.S. Eliot wrote that “Dante and Shakespeare divide the world between them. There is no third.” We’ll pursue this bold statement through a close reading of the Inferno, the most intricate account of the afterlife ever written. This course will examine what makes this brilliant poem one of the acclaimed classics of western culture. We will explore the organization of Hell, its inhabitants, the nature of evil, Dante’s exile, and the rich tradition of visual material the poem has inspired from manuscript illustrations to Botticelli to more recent artists such as Gustave Doré and William Blake. Lectures will draw on The World of Dante (www.worldofdante.org) a multimedia site that offers a wide range of digital materials related to the Comedy.

ITTR 3680 (Cross-listed with WGS 3680) – Eve's Sinful Bite: Foodscapes in Women's Writing Culture and Society with Francesca Calamita

MoWeFr 11:00-11:50AM in Dell 2 101

This course explores how Italian women writers have represented food in their short stories, novels and autobiographies in dialogue with the culture and society from late nineteenth century to the present. Looking how cooking and serving meals to others, while denying themselves the pleasure of eating, are depicted in Italian women’s writing helps us understand the role food and food-related-activities have played, and still play, in women’s lives. These lectures will offer a close reading of the symbolic meaning of food in narrative and the way it intersects with Italian women’s socio-cultural history and the feminist movement, addressing issues of gender, identity and politics of the body.

ITTR 3960 – Mafiosi vs. Goodfellas: Organized Crime on Film in Italy & the USA with Sarah Annunziato

MoWeFr 1:00-1:50PM in Gibson Hall 141

Whether called “the mob,” “the Mafia,” “Camorra,” “’Ndrangheta,” or “Cosa Nostra,” organized crime has fascinated filmmakers in both Italy and the United States for decades.  But, how does each country’s cinematic tradition typically portray this phenomenon and its effects on law, politics, and the individual? Do the differing origins of organized crime in both nations influence the ways in which filmmakers depict it? How much do real-life law enforcement officials and mobsters influence films about organized crime in both countries?  How does audience reaction affect the portrayal? What effect do mob films have on the southern question in Italy, or on the perpetuation of stereotypes in the U.S.A.?

This course will examine these questions through a close-reading of films from both Italy and the United States. During the semester, students will become conversant with basic aspects of film theory and analysis, study the origins of organized crime in each nation, discuss the effects of this type of crime on Italy and the Italian diaspora in America, and examine the similarities and differences in the cinematic representations of this phenomenon in both countries.

KICH 1010 – Introduction to Maya K’iche’ I  with Maria Esther Poveda Moreno

TuTh 4:00-5:15PM in Clemons Library 320

KICH 2010 – Intermediate Maya K’iche’ I  with Maria Esther Poveda Moreno

TuTh 2:00-3:15PM in Clemons Library 320  

SPAN 1010 – Elementary Spanish

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No previous formal instruction in Spanish, or an SAT II score less than 410. SPAN 1010 is for true beginners only. Students with prior experience with Spanish must take the UVA Spanish placement exam. Students may not self-place in a language course. All students will submit proof of placement by (August 31, 2018).

Elementary Spanish is a four-credit introductory level hybrid course for true beginners designed to provide a thorough foundation in all the language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This is a technology-enhanced language course in which students will complete online activities on Connect on Tuesdays and Thursdays instead of attending class all five days of the week.  Students should expect an average of 1-2 hours of online homework 5 days a week, plus an extra hour of work that substitutes for class time each on Tuesday/ Thursday. This is a flipped class, which means that students will learn grammar and vocabulary at home, and class time will be devoted to meaningful, authentic, and interactive practice. Class is conducted in Spanish only.

SPAN 1060 – Accelerated Elementary Spanish

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Prerequisites: Placement score of 420-510 on the SAT II Exam or a score of 0-325 on the UVA Placement Exam. Students may not self-place in a language course. All students will submit proof of placement by (August 31, 2018).

Accelerated Elementary Spanish a four-credit accelerated introductory level hybrid course designed to provide a thorough foundation in all the language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This is a technology-enhanced language course in which students will complete online activities with Connect on Tuesdays and Thursdays instead of attending class all five days of the week.  Students should expect an average of 1-2 hours of online homework 5 days a week, plus an extra hour of work that substitutes for class time each on Tuesday/ Thursday. This is a flipped class, which means that students will learn grammar and vocabulary at home, and class time will be devoted to meaningful, authentic, and interactive practice. Class is conducted in Spanish only.

SPAN 2010 – Intermediate Spanish 

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Prerequisites: SPAN 1020, SPAN 1060, or SAT II score of 520-590, or Placement Test score of 326-409. Students may not self-place in a language course.  All students will submit proof of placement by (August 30, 2018 for TuTh Courses and August 31, 2018 for MWF Courses).

Intermediate Spanish is a three-credit intermediate level course, the third course in a four-course sequence, which fulfills the language requirement.  The goal of this course is to bridge the gap between elementary and advanced levels in the further development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. This is a flipped class, which means that students will learn grammar and vocabulary at home, and class time will be devoted to meaningful, authentic, and interactive practice. Class is conducted in Spanish only.

SPAN 2020 – Advanced Intermediate Spanish 

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Prerequisites: Spanish 2010, SAT II Test score of 600-640, or UVA Placement Test score of 410-535. Students may not self-place in a language course. All students will submit proof of placement by (August 30, 2018 for TuTh Courses and August 31, 2018 for MWF Courses).

Advanced Intermediate Spanish is a three credit intermediate level course, the fourth course in a four-course sequence which fulfills the language requirement. The goal of this course is to bridge the gap between elementary and advanced levels in the further development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. This is a flipped class, which means that students will learn grammar and vocabulary at home, and class time will be devoted to meaningful, authentic, and interactive practice. Class is conducted in Spanish only.

SPAN 3000 – Phonetics with Omar Velázquez-Mendoza

MoWe 3:30-4:45PM in New CAB 207

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 or equivalent.

Spanish Phonetics provides an introduction to the sound system of both Peninsular and Latin American Spanish. Class discussions focus on how the sounds of Spanish are produced from an articulatory point of view, and how these sounds are organized and represented in the linguistic competence of their speakers. When appropriate, comparisons will be made between Spanish and English or Spanish and other (Romance and non-Romance) languages. This course seeks to improve the student's pronunciation.

SPAN 3010 – Grammar and Composition I 

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Prerequisite: SPAN 2020 (or equivalent); or UVA placement test score of 536-650; or AP score of 4; or SAT II score of 641-700; or IB Spanish (High) score of 7.

This course seeks to develop advanced literacy in Spanish through extensive reading, writing, analysis, and discussion of authentic literary texts and videos. Emphasis is placed on how grammatical forms codify meaning and how grammar and meaning interact to construct the language and textual structure expected in the following academic genres: the critical review, the persuasive essay, and the research paper.

SPAN 3020 – Grammar and Composition II 

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Prerequisites: SPAN 2020 (or equivalent) AND either of the following: a UVA placement test score of 651+; an AP score of 5; an SAT II score of 701-800; an IB Spanish A1 or A2 score of 5, 6 or 7.

This course seeks to develop advanced literacy in Spanish through extensive reading, writing, analysis, and discussion of authentic literary texts and videos. Emphasis is placed on how grammatical forms codify meaning and how grammar and meaning interact to construct the language and textual structure expected in the following academic genres: the comparative essay, the argumentative essay, and the research paper.

SPAN 3030 – Cultural Conversations

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Prerequisite: SPAN3010 or the equivalent level of Spanish, in which case students will need to speak with the instructor ahead of time for permission to take the course.

Conversation course devoted to different aspects of Spanish, Spanish American, or Latino culture. Student-led discussion of materials ranging from films and music videos to radio programs, newspapers, and the Internet.   

SPAN 3040 – Business Spanish with Paula Sprague 

• Section 001  MoWeFr 10:00-10:50PM in New CAB 191 
• Section 002  MoWeFr 11:00-11:50PM in New CAB 191

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 or departmental placement

Please direct inquiries to the instructor.

SPAN 3050 – Spanish for Medical Professionals with Alicia Lopez Operé

• Section 001  TuTh 11:00-12:15PM in Minor Hall 130  
• Section 002  TuTh 9:30-10:45AM in Minor Hall 130  

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 or departmental placement

This course is designed for students planning to work in the health care field and who want to develop fundamental written and oral skills and vocabulary for the assessment of Spanish speaking patients in a variety of settings. Students will gain familiarity with non-technical and semi-technical functional vocabulary, along with idiomatic expressions and situational phrases that are used in medical Spanish.

SPAN 3200 – Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics 

MoWeFr 10:00-10:50AM in Gibson Hall 242

Prerequisite:  SPAN 3010 (or equivalent)

Please direct inquiries to instructor.

SPAN 3300 – Texts and Interpretation 

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Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 or departmental placement. (Note: SPAN 3300 or instructor permission is prerequisite for any course in Spanish literature or culture with a number above SPAN 3300.)

In this course we will be covering a variety of basic approaches to literary texts that enable us to analyze and understand them better. The course will be organized on the basis of literary genre (narrative, theater, poetry, etc.), with a portion of the semester dedicated to each. Short texts in Spanish for readings will be drawn from both Spanish and Latin American literature, and from a range of time periods.

SPAN 3400 – Survey of Spanish Literature l (Middle Ages to 1700) with E. Michael Gerli

MoWe 12:00-1:15PM in New CAB 395

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 and 3300, or departmental placement.

El curso comprende una  introducción a la literatura castellana de la Edad Media, el renacimiento, y el barroco hasta 1680. Las obras se estudiarán en su contexto histórico-cultural. Además de intentar de estimular un aprecio por algunas obras maestras de estos períodos, el curso intentará dar a conocer el marco histórico-intelectual de varios aspectos de la cultura peninsular.

SPAN 3410 – Survey of Spanish Literature l (Middle Ages to 1700) with Anthony Pasero-O'Malley

MoWeFr 2:00-2:50PM in New CAB 291

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 and 3300, or departmental placement.

This class introduces students of Spanish to foundational and representative texts from the 1700s through to the twenty-first century. Texts and authors are drawn from the various genres of poetry, prose, and drama, and will be explored alongside both the relevant literary movements and cultural and historical events with which they engage.

SPAN 3420 – Survey of Latin American Literature I (Colonial to 1900) with Fernando Operé

MoWe 3:30-4:45PM in New CAB 332

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 and 3300, or departmental placement.

This is a survey course of Latin American Literature to introduce students to the major authors, and literary movements of Latin American literature from the discovery in 1492 up to 1900.  Students will read and discuss selections of works from accounts of the conquest, colonial period and 19th century, studying its historical and literary importance. Some authors include: Columbus, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, José María de Heredia, Esteban Echeverría, Ricardo Palma, José Martí y Rubén Dario among others.

SPAN 3430 – Survey of Latin American Literature II (1900 to Present) with Anne Garland Mahler and Gustavo Pellón

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 and 3300, or departmental placement.

• Section 001 – TuTh 12:30-1:45PM in New CAB 032 with Anne Garland Mahler

Spanish 3430 provides students with a survey of Latin American literature and the context in which it has developed from 1900 to the present. Students will leave this course with a general understanding of the region’s major literary trends, including their social and political dimensions. “Literature,” in this course, refers to literary texts (novels, stories, essays, poems), as well as visual art, films, and song lyrics. Throughout the course, we will consider the following questions: How has Latin America’s cultural production shaped and been shaped by its cultures, peoples, and historical events? How do the consciousness, memory, and imagination expressed within the region’s literature both reflect and create the region’s realities? And perhaps most importantly, who has (and has not) had access to Latin America’s literature and how has that shaped the way the region has represented itself through both the written word and image?

• Section 003 –  MoWeFr 11:00-11:50AM in New CAB 338 with Gustavo Pellón

Spanish 3300 Texts and Interpretation es un requisito para este curso. Si eres Spanish major y estás en tu cuarto año no debes estar en un curso panorámico. Hay algunas excepciones. En caso de duda habla conmigo.

Este curso ofrece un panorama de la literatura hispanoamericana moderna. El curso tiene como meta exponer al estudiante a los autores, obras, y movimientos literarios principales de Hispanoamérica desde fines del siglo XIX a nuestros día. Vamos a leer poemas y selecciones breves de prosa en la antología Letras de Hispanomérica y además la novela Boquitas pintadas de Manuel Puig.

SPAN 4040 – Translation from Spanish to English 

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Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 and 3300, or departmental placement

Please direct inquiries to the instructor.

SPAN 4319 – Borges with Gustavo Pellón  

MoWeFr 12:00-12:50PM in New CAB 338

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement

Note: Spanish majors who are prohibited from taking survey of literature courses may use this class as a substitute for the survey of Latin American literature requirement (SPAN 3430).

Spanish 3300 Texts and Interpretation y uno de los cursos panorámicos (Span 3400, 3410, 3420, 3430-) son requisitos para este curso. 

Este curso se propone estudiar la obra de Jorge Luis Borges con énfasis en sus cuentos, sin excluir algunos ensayos y poemas.   El curso examinará la obra de Borges desde la perspectiva de la literatura comparada y a Borges como lector y escritor de literatura mundial. 

Lecturas:

Ficciones (1944)

El Aleph (1949)

El informe de Brodie (1970)

Poesía completa.

Textos en Collab.

SPAN 4413 – Modern Spanish Literature with Samuel Amago     

TuTh 2:00-3:15PM in New CAB 141

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement.

Note: Spanish majors who are prohibited from taking survey of literature courses may use this class as a substitute for the survey of Spanish literature requirement (SPAN 3410).

This advanced course for Spanish Majors offers a critical examination of current trends in Spanish narrative fiction and comics. We will read and discuss long-form narratives published in Spain from the 1990s to the present by some of the country’s most important storytellers.

Texts:

Laforet, Carmen. Nada (1945)

Rodoreda, Mercè. La plaza del Diamante (1960)

Montero, Rosa. La hija del caníbal (1997)

Roca, Paco. Surcos del azar (2013) [ISBN: 978-84-15685-36-4]

Rosa, Isaac. Aquí vivió (2016) [ISBN: 978-84-15594-74-1]

SPAN 4420 – Spanish Contemporary Poetry with Fernando Valverde, Distinguished Visiting Professor

TuTh 11:00-12:15AM in Gilmer Hall 225

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement.

The purpose of this course is to help the student read and understand poetry in Spanish. By approaching the works of relevant Spanish and Latin American poets from different perspectives, the student will become more familiar with poetry in Spanish. Part of the course is dedicated to introducing the student into the creative mood of literature. In order to do that, the students have to translate poetry from Spanish into English, and they are also encouraged to write some poetry or poetical prose in Spanish.

SPAN 4500 – Special Topics Literature Seminar: “Spanish Narrative & the Civil War” with Andrew Anderson

TuTh 2:00-3:15PM in Wilson Hall 214

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement

Note: Spanish majors who are prohibited from taking survey of literature courses may use this class as a substitute for the survey of Spanish literature requirement (SPAN 3410).

Primary texts will be Spanish novellas and novels that focus on different aspects of the Spanish Civil War: its causes, the experience of war, and the aftermath.  They will be drawn both from writers working in Spain and others in exile.  Objectives are an understanding of the historical events and an exploration of how these texts utilize a range of different narrative strategies adopted by novelists in the second half of the twentieth century.  We will also watch two movie adaptions of some of the texts.

SPAN 4510 – Special Topics Seminar: “21st-Century Spanish Theatre, Staging, and Performance” with Anthony Pasero-O'Malley

MoWeFr 12:00-12:50PM in Cocke Hall 115

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement

Note: Spanish majors who are prohibited from taking survey of literature courses may use this class as a substitute for the survey of Spanish literature requirement (SPAN 3410).

This course introduces a corpus of plays from Spain written after and including the year 2000 with the objective of promoting understanding and analysis of the current trends, issues, and concerns in Spanish theatre. The course examines the relationship of these plays to contemporary cultural, economic, and aesthetic developments while at the same time integrating theoretical and cultural texts as accompanying materials. Issues and topics examined throughout the semester include: the impact and perceptions of immigration, the role and influence of modern forms of technology in society, the reception and staging of historical events, and the complex nature of interpersonal and familial relationships. This course likewise incorporates the nature and conditions of theatrical staging and production in order to better understand the relationship and transition from page to stage.

SPAN 4520 – Special Topics Culture & Civ Seminar: “Spain, the Pacific and Asia, 1500-1700” with Ricardo Padrón

TuTh 11:00-12:15PM in New CAB 207

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement

Cristóbal Colón navegó hacia el oeste intentando llegar al Oriente, pero se topó con un Nuevo Mundo. Aunque muchos españoles se dedicaron a aprovechar las oportunidades presentadas por este descubrimiento, otros seguían interesados en hallar una ruta que atravesara o diera la vuelta al continente americano y así llegará a las Indias que Colón había querido alcanzar.  El esfuerzo culminó en la conquista de las Islas Filipinas en 1565-70, la cual dio lugar a una nueva fase imperialista orientada hacia la China, Japón, y otros sitios asiáticos. Este curso sirve como introducción a esta dimensión tan poco conocida del expansionismo español, usando textos de la época junto con fuentes secundarias modernas.  El tema nos permite reflexionar sobre las dimensiones globales de la cultura temprana moderna española

Pre-requisito: un curso “survey” en el program de español.  Este curso cuenta como un curso de cultura & civilización para los propósitos de la especialización en español.

SPAN 4530 – Spanish vis-à-vis Other Romance Languages with Omar Velázquez-Mendoza

MoWe 2:00-3:15PM in New CAB 207

Prerequisite: SPAN 3200 and 3010, or 3000 and 3010, or departmental placement.

Please direct inquiries to the instructor.

SPAN 4600 – Literature and Cinema

MoWeFr 9:00-9:50AM in Gibson Hall 242

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement.

Explores the relationship between literature and film as narrative arts, focusing on contemporary classics of the Spanish and Spanish-American novel and their cinematic adaptations.

SPAN 4700 – Spanish Culture and Civilization with Fernando Operé

MoWe 5:00-6:15PM in Cocke Hall 115

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement.

This course deals with Spain in the 20th and 21st centuries.  It will begin with the most important political events since 1900 (end of the Monarchy of Alfonso XIII, the 2nd Republic, Spanish Civil War, Franco Dictatorship), up to the present political events of modern Spain ruled by a parliament under a monarchy, and integrated into the European Community.  Special emphasis will be put in understanding Spain in its complexity, social composition and decomposition, fiestas, and the main social changes of the Spanish society after the death of Franco in 1975 (immigration, nationalism).  Part of the course will be dedicated to the study of the Spanish artistic movements and its most relevant contemporary representatives in the field of music (flamenco and popular), painting (Dalí, Picasso, Sorolla), architecture (Gaudí, Calatrava), dance.

SPAN 4711 – 1492 and the Aftermath with Ricardo Padrón

TuTh 2:00-3:15PM in Ruffner Hall 139

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement.

En este curso nos acercaremos a la historia del encuentro entre España y el Nuevo Mundo que empezó con el viaje de Cristóbal Colón en 1492 mediante los relatos de los participantes mismos, o de otro escritores del mismo período.  Nuestro propósito no será la mera reconstrucción de la realidad histórica a través de estos textos necesariamente parciales, sino el análisis de las maneras en que la cultura y la ideología inevitablemente dan forma y sentido al relato histórico.  Leeremos textos escritos por españoles junto con otros elaborados por mestizos.  

Pre-requisito: un curso “survey” en el program de español.  Este curso cuenta como un curso de cultura & civilización para los propósitos de la especialización en español.

SPAN 5650 – Realism and Generation of 1898 with Samuel Amago

We 3:30-6:00PM in New CAB 038

Graduate seminar on trends in modern Spanish narrative fiction from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth centuries, centering on key texts selected from the MA reading list. In addition to conducting a critical survey of the central narrative, aesthetic and cultural contexts from which these literary texts emerge, we will also discuss publishing and teaching in Modern Spanish Studies.

Course objectives:

The principal objective of this course is not to impart information to the student, but to develop his or her skills as a reader and critic of Spanish narrative fiction and to begin to explore strategies for success in the profession. Through their work this semester, students can expect to achieve:

1. a working knowledge of critical and theoretical tendencies in Modern Spanish Studies,

2. a more sophisticated grasp of the principles of literary analysis and key concepts of narrative and cultural theory,

3. an understanding of research methods and practice in Hispanic Studies.

Novels:

Caballero, Fernán. La gaviota (1849)

Alas “Clarín,” Leopoldo. La Regenta (1884-85)

Baroja, Pío. Camino de perfección (1901)

Unamuno, Miguel de. Niebla (1907)

Laforet, Carmen. Nada (1945)

Rodoreda, Mercè. La plaza del Diamante (1960)

SPAN 7220 – History of the Language with Joel Rini

TuTh 2:00-3:15PM in New CAB 594

Please direct inquiries to the instructor.

SPAN 7559 – New Course in Spanish "Spanish Poets & Poetry" with Fernando Valverde, Distinguished Visiting Professor

Tu 5:00-7:30PM in New CAB 183

An overview of contemporary poetry of the Spanish-speaking world – Spain, Spanish America, and Spanish writers in the US. Students. Engagement in close reading and discussion/interpretation of poems; students are also introduced to translation as a means of approaching poetry for gaining a deeper understanding of the vocabulary, syntax and images employed. Includes visits to class by poets.

SPAN 7850 – Themes and Genres “Don Quijote” with E. Michael Gerli

Mo 3:30-6:00PM in Wilson Hall 244

The course seeks to undertake a detailed reading of Don Quijote from a theoretical and historical perspective in order to explore its pivotal role in the development of the novel. Special consideration is given to Renaissance literary theory, particularly the commentaries on Aristotle's Poetics and the humanistic polemics on mimesis (imitation and the problem of the emulation of reality and truth in artifice), plus the history and reception of romance in Europe in the century prior to the publication of Don Quijote in 1605. Close attention is paid to the interaction of Renaissance literary theory and moral philosophy in Don Quijote. The course will also introduce the student to the notion of Humanism, while seeking to present the major research sources in Spanish literature. In addition to looking back at the theoretical foundations of Don Quijote, we will also address its subsequent impact upon the later European novel. We will, in short, deal with the problematic of the rise of the realist novel.

SPAN 8210 – Teaching Foreign Languages with Emily Scida

TuTh 11:00-12:15PM in New CAB 064

Please director inquiries to the instructor.

SPAN 8560 –Seminars: Spanish America Modern Period “The Black Radical Tradition in Latin America” with Anne Garland Mahler

Tu 3:30-6:00PM in Wilson Hall 238

This course will engage the extensive body of critical work and literature on black radicalism in the American hemisphere. From the Haitian Revolution, Aponte rebellion, and independence wars, to communist internationalism and Garveyism, to civil rights and Black Power, to the contemporary Black Lives Matter movements, the history of the American hemisphere is largely defined through its history of black radical thought and black activism. Yet in the proliferation of scholarship on these subjects, the contributions of Afro-Latin American activists and intellectuals are often elided. This course will thus focus on the tradition of black radicalism among Afro-Latin Americans, situating the interventions of these intellectuals within their hemispheric and global milieus. Primary texts for this course will range from poetry, memoir, novels, film, political ephemera, and hip hop. These texts will be accompanied by a substantial historical and critical scholarly bibliography.

Authors include:

George Reid Andrews, Amiri Baracka, Miguel Barnet, Devyn Spence Benson, Aimé Césaire, Walterio Carbonell, Alejandro de la Fuente, María de los Reyes Castillo Bueno, Daisy Rubiera Castillo and Inés María Martiatu, W.E.B. Du Bois, Jihan El Tahri, Frantz Fanon, Ada Ferrer, Juan Flores, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Glenda Gilmore, Nicolás Guillén, Frank Andre Guridy, C.L.R. James, Miriam Jiménez-Román, Sandalio Junco, Vera Kutzinski, William Luis, Antonio Maceo, Carlos Moore, Robin Moore, Regino Pedroso, Pedro Pietri, Gloria Rolando, Margaret Stevens, Michelle Ann Stephens, Roberto Zurbano Torres, Michel Rolph-Trouillot, Mark A. Sanders, among others.

PORT 1110 – Beginning Intensive Portuguese with Lilian Feitosa

• Section 001 MoWeFr 11:00-11:50AM in The Rotunda Room 150
• Section 002 MoWeFr 1:00-1:50PM in New CAB 115

Prerequisite: Completion of FREN 2020 or SPAN 2020, or instructor permission.

Introduces speaking, understanding, reading and writing Portuguese, especially as used in Brazil. Five class hours and one laboratory hour. Followed by PORT 2120. 

PORT 3010 – Advanced Grammar, Conversation and Composition with Lilian Feitosa

MoWeFr 12:00-12:50PM in The Rotunda Room 150

Studies advanced grammar through analysis of written and audiovisual texts; includes extensive practice in composition and topical conversation.

POTR 4260 (Cross-listed with MDST 4559) – Brazilian Media with Eli Carter

Mo 5:00-7:30PM in New CAB 183

The objective of this course is to examine the development of Brazilian television from its origins in 1950 to modern-day broadcast television, Pay TV, and Internet programming.  To this end, the course will focus on key policies and players—networks, screenwriters, directors, and independent production companies—formats, different modes of production, and financing mechanisms.  Much of the discussion and analysis will revolve around a selection of contemporary works that, in contrast to the traditionally dominant telenovela, have emerged as a result of Brazilian television’s slow transition out of the network era and into one characterized by an increase in viewing options.

POTR 7559 New Course in Portuguese Translation with Eli Carter

We 3:30-6:00PM New CAB 111

The objective of this course is to explore Brazilian audiovisual production from the 1950s to present-day film, broadcast television, Pay-TV, and Internet content. To this end, through the lens of important theoretical concepts and critical debates, the course will focus on key policies and players, formats, different modes of production, and financing mechanisms. Much of our discussion and analysis will revolve around a selection of contemporary works (from television and the Internet) that, in contrast to the traditionally dominant telenovela, have emerged as a result of Brazilian media’s slow transition out of the network era and into one characterized by technological advancements and increased viewing options. 

ITAL 1010 – Elementary Italian I

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Prerequisites:  No prior instruction in Italian. Students with previous experience in Italian must take the Italian placement exam (Date TBA). Students may not self-place in a language course.

Elementary Italian I is the first class in the four-course sequence that is necessary to complete the foreign language requirement. In this course, students will learn basic survival skills to assist them when they travel to Italy, however they will also learn to describe people and places, ask questions, narrate in the present and simple past tenses, as well as write short texts describing themselves, their families, and their impressions of Italy. Students will also develop their ability to understand spoken Italian by listening to songs, commercials, and movie clips, and they will begin reading advertisements, song lyrics, and some poems. Students of Elementary Italian will also have many occasions to learn more about life in contemporary Italy as they study the country’s language.

60% of this course will take place face to face during regularly scheduled class meetings on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, while 40% of the work must be completed online both through the Connect website and the students’ personal e-Portfolios. It is essential that students arrive to each class meeting having completed all of these assignments beforehand so that they may become more confident and competent speakers of Italian.

Much like learning to play a sport or a musical instrument, studying a foreign language requires constant practice. Therefore, all course activities will be conducted in Italian.

ITAL 2010 – Intermediate Italian I

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Prerequisites: Passing grade in ITAL 1020 or department permission. Students may not self-place in a language course. Students who did not complete ITAL 1020 are required to take the Italian placement exam (Date TBA). All students will submit proof of placement by (Date TBA).

ITAL 2010 Intermediate Italian I is the third class in the four-course sequence which fulfills the language requirement. Students will further develop their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills as well as deepen their cultural literacy in Italian. You will accomplish these goals with the guidance of your instructor, through review of grammar, short readings, compositions, and listening and speaking activities. Students will also have the opportunity to listen to songs, comment on works of art, watch commercials and short films, read newspaper articles, and meet natives of Italy in your quest to become more confident and competent users of the Italian language.

Much like learning to play a sport or a musical instrument, studying a foreign language requires constant practice. Therefore, all course activities will be conducted in Italian.

ITAL 3010 – Advanced Italian I with Sarah Annunziato

MoWeFr 11:00-11:50AM in Nau Hall 242

Prerequisite: ITAL 2020

This course seeks to develop advanced literacy in Spanish through extensive reading, writing, analysis, and discussion of authentic literary texts and videos. Emphasis is placed on how grammatical forms codify meaning and how grammar and meaning interact to construct the language and textual structure expected in the following academic genres: the critical review, the persuasive essay, and the research paper.

ITTR 3559 –  New Course: Italian in Translation “Narrating (Un-)sustainability: Ecocritical Explorations in Italy and the Mediterranean” with Enrico Cesaretti

TuTh 12:30-1:45PM in Nau Hall 242

This course focuses on the potential narratives have to convey messages that are relevant to our ethical and environmental awareness, and to stimulate critical strategies that encourage to imagine alternatives to existing systems of knowledge and distributions of power. As we shall expand the notion of ‘text’ to include all material formations (landscapes, bodies, matters), in the first half of this course, students will learn about the origins and general objectives of ecocriticism, and various approaches to the notion of sustainability. In the second section, taking the Italian/Mediterranean area as an interpretive, local key that may enlighten the situation of many other, global places, we shall travel up and down throughout the Italian peninsula, and encounter a selection of “material narratives” (i.e. the interlaced stories co-emerging simultaneously from places, literature, artworks, films and documentaries) which may contribute to shape our environmental consciousness, and affect our ethical attitude in the era of the Anthropocene.

ITTR 3559 (Cross-listed with WGS 3559) – New Course in Italian Translation “Italy on Screen: Sex, Gender and Racial Identities in the Global Context” with Francesca Calamita

MoWe 3:30-4:45PM in Nau Hall 142

This course considers representations of sex, gender and racial identities in Italian films, television, advertisements and other forms of visual culture. With a focus on the contemporary Italian context, students will explore issues of intersectionality from a global perspective. An intersectional feminist approach will frame class discussion, where, Italian society and its culture will be read through a perspective that emphasizes the interconnectedness between gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, disability, social class and immigration status, among other layers of identity. Lectures will offer a close reading of both critically acclaimed and more mainstream works, trying to answer the following question: what can Italian cinema, television and advertising tell us about diversity and inclusion in the worldwide context?

ITTR 4820 – Italian Pop Culture from the 1960s to the Present with Enrico Cesaretti

TuTh 11:00-12:15PM in Nau Hall 242

This course examines, from a cultural/historical perspective, the social, economic, and political transformations that took place in Italy during its recent history, from the post WWII “miracle years” of the industrial boom in the late 50s and 60s, until today’s struggles with the multifaceted dynamics of globalization. By discussing different cultural artifacts and media (film, literature, music, advertisements, comic books) in the period under consideration, together with a selection of relevant critical essays, we shall investigate not only how the (popular) arts reflected, supported, resisted and, in general, commented upon such transformations, but also their frequent dialogues and exchanges with American culture.

ITAL 1020 – Elementary Italian II

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Elementary Italian II is the second class in the four-course sequence that is necessary to complete the foreign language requirement. In this course, students will learn to narrate in all tenses of the indicative, express opinions, make hypotheses, and give orders. They will improve their writing skills by producing a number of original texts, including blog posts, essays, and articles. Students will also develop their ability to understand spoken Italian by listening to songs, commercials, and movie clips, and they will read and study song lyrics, newspaper headlines, poems, and some short stories. Students of Elementary Italian II will also have many occasions to learn more about life in contemporary Italy as they study the country’s language.

60% of this course will take place face to face during regularly scheduled class meetings on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, while 40% of the work must be completed online both through the Connect website and the students’ personal e-Portfolios.

Much like learning to play a sport or a musical instrument, studying a foreign language requires constant practice. Therefore, all course activities will be conducted in Italian.

ITAL 2020 – Intermediate Italian II

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ITAL 2020 Intermediate Italian II is the fourth class in the four-course sequence which fulfills the language requirement. In this course, students will further develop their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills as well as deepen their cultural literacy in Italian. You will accomplish these goals with the guidance of your instructor, through review of grammar, short readings, compositions, and listening and speaking activities. Students will also have the opportunity to listen to songs, comment on works of art, watch commercials and short films, read and write newspaper articles, analyze how the Italian language reflects the movement towards gender parity, and meet natives of Italy in your quest to become more confident and competent users of the Italian language.

Much like learning to play a sport or a musical instrument, studying a foreign language requires constant practice. Therefore, all course activities will be conducted in Italian.

ITAL 2030 – Intermediate Italian for Professionals with Francesca Calamita

MoWeFr 1:00-1:50AM in New Cabell Hall 383

Italian society is changing and Italian language dynamically reflects these fluctuations and vice versa. This is the fourth class in the four-course sequence that fulfills the language requirement with special modules on issues of diversity and inclusion applicable to the work context. Especially designed for students interested in Italian Studies and Communication, Politics, International Relationships, Women, Gender and Sexuality as well as Psychology, but not limited to these disciplines, this class offers the opportunity to learn how to use Italian language in work environments where interculturalism, crossculturalism and multiculturalism are required. Present-day films, TV series episodes and articles from Italian newspapers will help students to learn more about the Italian society of the new millennium and strengthen their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills at upper intermediate level. 

ITAL 3020 – Advanced Italian II with Enrico Cesaretti

MoWeFr 12:00-12:50PM in Wilson Hall 238

Prerequisite: ITAL 2020

ITAL 3020 - This course focuses on a selective review of Italian grammar and especially aims at boosting students' language skills. Emphasis will be on conversation, composition and vocabulary enrichment. 

ITAL 3720 – Novella (Italian Short Narrative) with Enrico Cesaretti

MoWeFr 11:00-11:50AM in Nau Hall 309

The main objective of this course is to introduce students to the long-standing and flexible genre of the Italian "novella" (short story) and to assess its continuous efficacy as a medium able to synthetically address a wide range of aesthetic, ethical, political and social-environmental issues. The course also aims at boosting students’ language skills and, therefore, requires extensive reading, discussing and writing in Italian.

ITTR 2260 – Dante in Translation with Deborah Parker

MoWe 3:30-4:45PM in New Cabell Hall 485

T.S. Eliot wrote that “Dante and Shakespeare divide the world between them. There is no third.” We’ll pursue this bold statement through a close reading of the Inferno, the most intricate account of the afterlife ever written. This course will examine what makes this brilliant poem one of the acclaimed classics of western culture. We will explore the organization of Hell, its inhabitants, the nature of evil, Dante’s exile, and the rich tradition of visual material the poem has inspired from manuscript illustrations to Botticelli to more recent artists such as Gustave Doré and William Blake. Lectures will draw on The World of Dante (www.worldofdante.org) a multimedia site, that offers a wide range of digital materials related to the Comedy.

ITTR 3559 New Course: Italian in Translation

• Section 001 Italian-American Cinema with Sarah Annunziato

MoWeFr 12:00-12:50PM in New Cabell Hall 485

Following the unification of Italy in 1861, immigrants from that nation began coming to the USA in record numbers. While they arrived in search of better lives, they often faced discrimination, disenfranchisement, and the challenges of assimilation. Through it all, their experiences have been documented on film by screenwriters and directors. In this course we will explore how cinema depicts the Italian-American experience from the end of the 19th-century to the present-day.

Students of this course will learn about immigration patterns from Italy to the United States, the main reasons that prompted many Italians to resettle in the USA, the response that these immigrants received in their new home, the rise of the mafia and the gangster stereotype, Italian Americans during World War II, Italian-Americans and race, the cinematic representation of the Italian American family, gender roles, controversy over “guido culture,” and the relationship between Italians and Italian Americans.

Films to include: Bitter Bread, Big Night, The Godfather Parts I and II, Mean Streets, Raging Bull, From Here to Eternity, Two Family House, Marty, Moonstruck, Household Saints, and Saturday Night Fever. Novel, Christ in Concrete, by Pietro di Donato.

• Section 002 (Cross-listed with ARTH 3559) – Michelangelo: The Artist, The Man, and His World with Deborah Parker

MoWe 2:00-3:15PM in New Cabell Hall 485

Michelangelo’s name conjures genius and a nearly superhuman achievement in the arts. Contemporaries elevated him as the supreme sculptor, painter and architect of the age. His work offers a window on a deeply personal vision and rich artistic culture. Michelangelo’s creativity extends to many media—sculpture, painting, architecture, and writing in poetry and prose. This course focuses on all these pursuits. The course is not only about the extraordinary achievements of this Renaissance luminary but the ways in which we can analyze and compare visual and written works. To this end we will examine closely the artist’s poems and letters, contemporary assessments of his artistic achievements, and critical articles on his work. This course is intended to enhance students’ skills in analyzing visual and literary artefacts. This skill is crucial in our media age which relies increasingly on visual messages and the interplay of text and image.

Throughout the course, we shall address topics such as how to represent the human figure, how to convey a story, how to show emotion, and how to represent space—still topics of contemporary interest and relevance. Additional subjects include the social and cultural worlds of Renaissance Florence and Rome, the effects of patronage on artistic production, Michelangelo’s use of classical models, and his relationships with fellow artists, friends, and rivals.