Classes offered: Spring '95

21F701: Spanish I
Introduction to understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Spanish. Maximal use of fundamentals of grammar in active communication. Audio- and video-based language laboratory program coordinated with and supplementary to class work.
J.W. Harris
  1. MW / TR, 4-249 / 20C-122, 12:00-1:00

21F702: Spanish II
Increased practice in listening comprehension, reading, and group interaction.
E. Lilienfeld/M. Gonzalez-Aguilar
  1. MTR / W, 20C-122 / 14N-225, 9:00-10:00
  2. MTR / W, 20C-122 / 14N-225, 10:00-11:00
  3. MT / WR, 16-141 / 14N-313, 12:00-1:00

21F703: Spanish III
Aims at consolidation and expansion of skills in aural comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Uses short stories and other readings, Hispanic television programs, and interactive video to study issues of current interest in Hispanic culture.
D. Morgenstern
  1. MW / TR, 4-249 / 20C-122, 4:00-5:00

21F704: Spanish IV
Continued study of the language, literature, and culture of Spanish-speaking countries. Materials are from both Spain and Latin America and include feature-length films, a novel by García Márquez, a play by Lorca, a comic book by Quino, and readings on Spanish cultural history.
M. Gonzalez-Aguilar
  1. MT / WR, 16-142 / 14N-313, 9:00-10:00
  2. MT / WR, 16-142 / 14N-313, 10:00-11:00

21F710: Advanced Reading and Writing in Spanish
Students develop skills in reading and discussing various short texts. Provides extensive practice in composition, revision, and editing, as well as an advanced understanding of Spanish structures. Materials include various periods and genres from major Spanish and Spanish-American authors and reference text.
N. Wey-Gomez
  1. TR, 14N-225, 3:30-5:00

21F714: Spanish for Bilingual Students
Designed for students of Hispanic background brought up in the US. Expands oral and written grammar study and increases contact with standard Spanish; studies recent fiction and poetry as well as specific historical, social, economic, and political aspects of Mexican-American, PuertoRican, and Cuban cultures. Many of the nonliterary readings are in English; class discussions in Spanish.
D. Morgenstern
  1. M, 20C-122, 7:00-9:30

21F738: Literature and Social Conflict: Perspectives on Modern Spain
Considers how major literary texts illuminate principal issues in the evolution of modern Spanish society. Emphasizes the treatment of such major questions as the exile of liberals in 1820, the concept of progress, the place of religion, urbanization, rural conservatism and changing sex roles, and the Spanish Civil War. Authors studied include Pérez Galdós, Pardo Bazán, Unamuno, Ortega y Gasset, Salinas, Lorca, La Pasionaria, and Falcón.
M. Resnick
  1. F, 14N-225, 12:00-2:30

21F741: Golden Age Theatre: Order, Chaos, and Literatures in the Spanish Baroque
Includes plays by the major playwrights of the Spanish Baroque: Lope's Fuenteovejuna and La estrella de Sevilla, Cervantes' Entremeses, Tirso's El burlador de Sevilla, Alarcon's La verdad sospechosa, and Calderon's La vida es sueño, El alcalde de Zalamea, and El medico de su honra. Discusses implicit views on social order and chaos in Golden Age theater. Students stage and discuss key scenes in these plays.
N. Wey-Gomez
  1. TR, 14N-225, 1:00-2:30
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