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SPAN 3910 is also offered in Fall 2024
SPAN 3910 is also offered in Spring 2024
SPAN 3910 is also offered in Spring 2023
SPAN 3910 is also offered in Fall 2022
SPAN 3910 is also offered in Spring 2022
Fall 2024 | SPAN 3910 Section 001: Topics in Spanish Peninsular Literature -- Women's work in the premodern (33308)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 9 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Span 3104W or Span 3104V or Tldo 3104W or Argn 3104W or Span 3105W or Tldo 3105W or Span 3105V
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (0 of 0 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In this course, we will explore specific themes or issues, from different time periods, as they are reflected in Spanish peninsular literature. The focused study of the class topic will be framed within a broader exploration of larger historical, political and cultural movements and trends. Through the study of the diverse topics explored in different classes, students will gain an appreciation for the diversity of cultures in Spain and the plurality of possible critical approaches to literary texts. Students will develop the skills and vocabulary to engage in a critical practice of textual analysis. Topics vary and are specified in the class schedule. Prereq: SPAN 3104W or SPAN 3104V or TLDO 3104W or ARGN 3104W or SPAN 3105W or TLDO 3105W or SPAN 3105V or VENZ 3512 or instructor consent.
- Class Notes:
- I want to examine how women of all social levels, from the enslaved to the noble, have long functioned in both the public and private sphere as essential workers, supporting not only children, spouses, and themselves, but also contributing to local and regional economies. We will look at real examples of women who served as soldiers, money-lenders, medical practitioners, artisans and more, as well as how such women were remembered and imagined in fictional and documentary sources.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33308/1249
Spring 2024 | SPAN 3910 Section 001: Topics in Spanish Peninsular Literature -- Women's work in the premodern (67431)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 9 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Span 3104W or Span 3104V or Tldo 3104W or Argn 3104W or Span 3105W or Tldo 3105W or Span 3105V
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankBurton Hall 125
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (20 of 20 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In this course, we will explore specific themes or issues, from different time periods, as they are reflected in Spanish peninsular literature. The focused study of the class topic will be framed within a broader exploration of larger historical, political and cultural movements and trends. Through the study of the diverse topics explored in different classes, students will gain an appreciation for the diversity of cultures in Spain and the plurality of possible critical approaches to literary texts. Students will develop the skills and vocabulary to engage in a critical practice of textual analysis. Topics vary and are specified in the class schedule. Prereq: SPAN 3104W or SPAN 3104V or TLDO 3104W or ARGN 3104W or SPAN 3105W or TLDO 3105W or SPAN 3105V or VENZ 3512 or instructor consent.
- Class Notes:
- I want to examine how women of all social levels, from the enslaved to the noble, have long functioned in both the public and private sphere as essential workers, supporting not only children, spouses, and themselves, but also contributing to local and regional economies. We will look at real examples of women who served as soldiers, money-lenders, medical practitioners, artisans and more, as well as how such women were remembered and imagined in fictional and documentary sources.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67431/1243
Spring 2023 | SPAN 3910 Section 001: Topics in Spanish Peninsular Literature -- The Lit and Politics of Spain's Far Right '78-'22 (67954)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 9 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Span 3104W or Span 3104V or Tldo 3104W or Argn 3104W or Span 3105W or Tldo 3105W or Span 3105V
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 123
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (9 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Focus on central theme related to important groups of writers, literary movements, trends, critical approaches, methods. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: SPAN 3104W or SPAN 3104V or TLDO 3104W or ARGN 3104W or SPAN 3105W or TLDO 3105W or SPAN 3105V or VENZ 3512 or instr consent
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67954/1233
Fall 2022 | SPAN 3910 Section 001: Topics in Spanish Peninsular Literature -- Graphic Novels in Contemporary Spain (33552)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 9 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Span 3104W or Span 3104V or Tldo 3104W or Argn 3104W or Span 3105W or Tldo 3105W or Span 3105V
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankTate Laboratory of Physics 120
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (17 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Focus on central theme related to important groups of writers, literary movements, trends, critical approaches, methods. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: SPAN 3104W or SPAN 3104V or TLDO 3104W or ARGN 3104W or SPAN 3105W or TLDO 3105W or SPAN 3105V or VENZ 3512 or instr consent
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33552/1229
Spring 2022 | SPAN 3910 Section 001: Topics in Spanish Peninsular Literature -- Fantastic Female Fictions (68194)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 9 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Span 3104W or Span 3104V or Tldo 3104W or Argn 3104W or Span 3105W or Tldo 3105W or Span 3105V
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 6
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Focus on central theme related to important groups of writers, literary movements, trends, critical approaches, methods. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: SPAN 3104W or SPAN 3104V or TLDO 3104W or ARGN 3104W or SPAN 3105W or TLDO 3105W or SPAN 3105V or VENZ 3512 or instr consent
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68194/1223
Spring 2018 | SPAN 3910 Section 001: Topics in Spanish Peninsular Literature -- Literature and History in Post-Franco Spain (69696)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankKolthoff Hall 140
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (19 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Focus on central theme related to important groups of writers, literary movements, trends, critical approaches, methods. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 3015, [3104W or TLDO 3104 or VENZ 3104 or instr consent]
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69696/1183
Fall 2017 | SPAN 3910 Section 001: Topics in Spanish Peninsular Literature -- Contemporary Spanish Literature (17773)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 4
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Focus on central theme related to important groups of writers, literary movements, trends, critical approaches, methods. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 3015, [3104W or TLDO 3104 or VENZ 3104 or instr consent]
- Class Notes:
- If you cannot register please put your name on the waitlist. The Department requires students meet the prerequisites required of the course which is Span 3015W AND Span 3104W.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17773/1179
Spring 2017 | SPAN 3910 Section 001: Topics in Spanish Peninsular Literature -- Race and Religion in Medieval Iberia (65096)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 123
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Focus on central theme related to important groups of writers, literary movements, trends, critical approaches, methods. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 3015, [3104W or TLDO 3104 or VENZ 3104 or instr consent]
- Class Notes:
- Any remaining seats will be open to DECLARED & PROCESSED MINORS beginning...tba.
- Class Description:
- Medieval Technology Las ideas innovadoras en su mayoria no tienen sus origenes en las ciencias sino en los campos creativos (la literatura imaginativa y los artes por ejemplo). En esta clase examinaremos como autores antiguos han imaginado nuevas tecnologias y a que usos han puesto la ciencia en su ficcion. En clase exploraremos que se consideraba una ciencia en la Edad Media y que esperaban los hombres de estas ciencias--como, por ejemplo, un conocimiento de Dios y del mundo creado. Pero tambien examinaremos como en su ficcion varios autores incluyeron tecnologias inventadas (como los robots, las computadoras y maquinas voladoras) como extensiones de los poderes humanos. Leeremos una seleccion de obras ibericas como las de Ramon Llull y El caballero Cifar y Don Quijote y obras anteriores que las influyeron.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65096/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 November 2010
Fall 2016 | SPAN 3910 Section 001: Topics in Spanish Peninsular Literature (31798)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Focus on central theme related to important groups of writers, literary movements, trends, critical approaches, methods. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 3015, [3104W or TLDO 3104 or VENZ 3104 or instr consent]
- Class Notes:
- TOPIC TITLE for FALL 2016: "The Ethics of Life in Modern and Contemporary Spain," Remaining major only seats will become available to declared and processed Span minors on 5/6/16.. The Department requires students meet the prerequisites required of the course which is Span 3015W AND Span 3104W.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/31798/1169
Spring 2016 | SPAN 3910 Section 001: Topics in Spanish Peninsular Literature -- Cervantes, Don Quijote, and the Power of Fiction (55398)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 317
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Focus on central theme related to important groups of writers, literary movements, trends, critical approaches, methods. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 3015, [3104W or TLDO 3104 or VENZ 3104 or instr consent]
- Class Notes:
- Topic for Spring 2016: Cervantes, DON QUIJOTE, and the Power of Fiction Course Description: http://z.umn.edu/cgspr2016 Any remaining seats will be open to DECLARED & PROCESSED MINORS beginning Dec. 4. The Department requires students meet the prerequisites required of the course which is Span 3015W AND Span 3104W.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55398/1163
Fall 2015 | SPAN 3910 Section 001: Topics in Spanish Peninsular Literature -- Fantastic Sci Fi Stories by Contemp Span Women (27412)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Focus on central theme related to important groups of writers, literary movements, trends, critical approaches, methods. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 3015, [3104W or TLDO 3104 or VENZ 3104 or instr consent]
- Class Notes:
- Remaining major only seats will become available to Span minors on 4/4/2015. The Department requires students meet the prerequisites required of the course which is Span 3015 AND Span 3104W.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/27412/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 May 2015
Spring 2015 | SPAN 3910 Section 001: Topics in Spanish Peninsular Literature -- Confronting Past: Writing History/Post-FrancoSpain (56110)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery MediumTopics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 04/05/2015Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 10504/06/2015 - 04/09/2015Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 11604/10/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 105
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Focus on central theme related to important groups of writers, literary movements, trends, critical approaches, methods. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 3015, [3104W or TLDO 3104 or VENZ 3104 or instr consent]
- Class Notes:
- Any remaining seats will be open to DECLARED & PROCESSED MINORS beginning Dec. 5. The Department requires students meet the prerequisites required of the course which is Span 3015 AND Span 3104.
- Class Description:
- TOPIC TITLE for SPRING 2015 with Ofelia Ferran: Confronting the Past: The Writing of History in Post-Franco Spain. DESCRIPTION: This course will examine how the past of civil war and dictatorship, and its legacies in the present, is represented in various literary texts published in Spain since the end of the Franco regime in 1975. We will look at how these texts deal with uncomfortable aspects of the past from different angles, and how they are all part of a larger social movement that recognizes the need to confront a past of violence and repression that has not been adequately dealt with.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/56110/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2014
Spring 2014 | SPAN 3910 Section 001: Topics in Spanish Peninsular Literature -- Baroque Lit/Theater/Art-Spain/Lat Am (61367)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 317
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Focus on central theme related to important groups of writers, literary movements, trends, critical approaches, methods. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Any remaining seats will be open to Minors beginning Dec. 6. The Department requires students meet the prerequisites required of the course which is Span 3015 AND Span 3104.
- Class Description:
- SPRING 2014 with Prof. Spadaccini Topic: Containment and/or Freedom: Baroque Literature, Theater, and Art (Spain and Colonial Latin America): Between Containment and Freedom This course examines certain aspects of Baroque Literature, Theater, and Art in Early Modern Spain and Colonial Latin America, especially the manner in which they may be seen as reaffirming and/or contesting tradition and orthodoxies. We shall analyze and discuss texts from a variety of genres (poems, plays, aphorisms, novellas, and letters) by Cervantes, Calderon, Gongora, Gracian, Maria de Zayas, Espinosa Medrano [Lunarejo] and Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, and shall also discuss Spanish and Latin American art and architecture, especially Diego Velazquez? ?Las Meninas?; the art of ?el indio? Jose Kondori; and the work Brazilian mulatto architect Aleijandrinho. As we consider questions of containment and freedom-- or major and minor (deconstructive) strategies-- in approaching baroque literature, theater, and art, we will also keep in mind that some of the ?texts? in questions highlight formal experimentation and, through it, the representation of a world marked by the hybrid, the impure, or the disjunctive. Evaluation of the course will be effected through class discussion, written exams in the form of essays, and participation in end-of-semester colloquia. The students? knowledge and critical thinking skills will be tested through several methods, including, a series of four short essays: one written as a take-home, mid-semester examination; a second prepared for presentation at the end-of-semester colloquia; and two other short essays written as a take-home final examination. Ongoing assessment of student participation in class discussion, evaluation of student essays, and performance at end-of-semester colloquia are meant to measure critical thinking skills and absorption of materials related to the course.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
40% Final Exam
15% In-class Presentations
15% Class Participation Other Grading Information: 30%-A mid-semester take-home examination ( two essays ) 40%-A take-home final examination (two essays ) --Each essay should be five pages in length (double-spaced) --Questions for exams provided approximately two weeks prior to due date - Exam Format:
- Essays
- Workload:
- Other Workload: Readings: The list of short texts to be analyzed in class will be supplemented by a brief list of articles dealing with issues of context as well as critical approaches to literature, theater, and art.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/61367/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 October 2013
Fall 2013 | SPAN 3910 Section 001: Topics in Spanish Peninsular Literature -- The Ethics of Bullfighting (22679)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Meets With:
- GLOS 3900 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankAppleby Hall 11
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Focus on a central theme related to important groups of writers, literary movements, trends, critical approaches, and methods. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Remaining major only seats will become available to Span minors on 5/3/2013. The Department requires students meet the prerequisites required of the course which is Span 3015 AND Span 3104W.
- Class Description:
- The Ancient Roman geographer Strabo once compared the shape of Iberia to a stretched out bull's hide. From this point on, the image of the bull and the practice of bullfighting have played a prominent role in Spanish culture and national identity. This course analyzes the cultural legacy of bullfighting, its relation to the public spectacle of violence, and the uneasy distinction between the human and the animal. We will explore, through literature, cinema, and visual art, the contradiction between bullfighting as both a cultural patrimony and an unethical treatment of animals.
- Grading:
- 15% Midterm Exam
45% Reports/Papers
20% Attendance
10% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
65% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
25 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/22679/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 April 2013
Spring 2013 | SPAN 3910 Section 001: Topics in Spanish Peninsular Literature -- Cervantes and Culture of Crisis of Baroque Spain (56931)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 317
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Focus on a central theme related to important groups of writers, literary movements, trends, critical approaches, and methods. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- Any remaining seats will be open to Minors beginning Dec. 7. The Department requires students meet the prerequisites required of the course which is Span 3015 AND Span 3104.
- Class Description:
- Topic: Cervantes, the Power of Language, and the Contestation of Authority This course focuses on the experimental writing of Miguel de Cervantes, highlighting the kinds of deconstructive strategies used to contest well-known literary, social, political, and cultural practices and beliefs. Those features might be said to have contributed to the extraordinary currency of his work among multiple generations of readers, from the early 1600s to contemporary times. Toward this end, we shall analyze and discuss his great novel DON QUIJOTE, as well as PEDRO DE URDEMALAS (a three-act play) and EL RETABLO DE LAS MARAVILLAS (a brilliant, one-act comic interlude or entremes). In discussing DON QUIJOTE we shall keep in mind that Cervantes is a creator of fictions, a consummate practitioner of the language of relativity and ambiguity whose work provides a space for reflection on both the process of writing stories and on the re-writing or interpretation of the same through the intervention of readers who participate in the construction of meaning. Regarding his plays, one can say that they are also marked by a high degree of self-reflexivity, as they lay bare the illusion-making devices of the theater at a time when the public stage had been monopolized by a conservative "culture industry" through the comedia nueva (which tended to reinforce social myths) and religious plays (autosacramentales) whose function was to both entertain the audience and solidify the teachings of the post-Tridentine Church. This course will provide Spanish undergraduate majors and minors with an opportunity to read and discuss the work of a great writer who continues to have extraordinary currency in many of our contemporary debates about cultural issues. Required Reading: -- DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA, 2 vols. Ed. Tom Lathrop. Newark, Deleware; Juan de la Cuesta, 1998. (This reasonably priced edition has been prepared and annotated for American undergraduates). -- Annotated editions (with good introductions) of PEDRO DE URDEMALAS and EL RETABLO DE LAS MARAVILLAS -- Introductions to above-mentioned editions, plus 5-6 critical/ theoretical essays selected by the instructor.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
40% Final Exam
15% In-class Presentations
15% Class Participation Other Grading Information: 30%-A mid-semester take-home examination ( two essays ) 40%-A take-home final examination (two essays ) --Each essay should be five pages in length (double-spaced) --Questions for exams provided approximately two weeks prior to due date - Exam Format:
- Essays
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
40% Discussion
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 50-60 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/56931/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 May 2011
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