| HISP 101 |
| Elementary Spanish I |
| This course is designed for students with no previous experience in the language. It focuses on communicative skills of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Also stresses student participation in skills development. Includes high frequency vocabulary, common phrases, cultural aspects, and basic constructions in the present. Students with 3 or more years of pre-college Spanish study will not be allowed to enroll in this course. Any request for exceptions should be addressed to the coordinator of Hispanic Studies. (Also offered under the Latin American and Caribbean studies concentration of the International Studies Program.) (HUM) |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| HISP 102 |
| Elementary Spanish II |
Continuation of Hispanic Studies 101. This course is designed for students with 1-2 years of high school experience in the language. It focuses on communicative skills of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Also stresses student participation in skills development Includes high frequency vocabulary, common phrases, cultural aspects, and basic constructions in the past. (Also offered under the Latin American and Caribbean studies concentration of the International Studies Program.) (HUM)
Prerequisite: C- or better in Hispanic 101 or equivalent. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| HISP 103 |
| Intensive Beginning Spanish |
| Designed to develop a basic ability to read, write, understand, and speak Spanish. Stress will be placed on the acquisition of basic structures, narrating in the present, past, and future, vocabulary acquisition, introduction to the subjunctive. Acquiring familiarity with the geography and culture of the Spanish-speaking world will also be emphasized. Generally for students with minimal or no previous experience studying Spanish. This intensive course combines covers the material from both HISP 101 and 102. Students who have completed HISP 101 or 102, or the equivalent, are not eligible for this course. Any request for exceptions should be addressed to the coordinator of Hispanic Studies (GLB2) |
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2.00 units, Lecture
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| HISP 201 |
| Intermediate Spanish I |
Continuation of Hispanic Studies 102. This course is designed for students with 2-3 years of high school experience in the language. It focuses on communicative skills of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Also stresses student participation in skills development. Includes high frequency vocabulary, common phrases, cultural aspects, and intermediate constructions in the past and subjunctive. Students will work with written texts and other media materials, and produce a variety of written and oral work. (Also offered under the Latin American and Caribbean studies concentration of the International Studies Program.) (HUM)
Prerequisite: C- or better in Hispanic Studies 102 or equivalent. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| HISP 202 |
| Intermediate Spanish II |
Continuation of Hispanic Studies 201. This course is designed for students with 3-4 years of high school experience in the language. It focuses on communicative skills of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Also stresses student participation in skills development Includes high frequency vocabulary, common phrases, cultural aspects, and intermediate to advanced constructions in the past, subjunctive, future and hypothetical. Students will work with written texts and other media materials, and produce a variety of written and oral work. (Also offered under the Latin American and Caribbean studies concentration of the International Studies Program.) (GLB2)
Prerequisite: C- or better in Hispanic Studies 201 or equivalent. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| HISP 215 |
| Creative Writing in Spanish |
This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of writing short fiction in Spanish. Students will examine methods of constructing narrative tension, fictional climaxes, ambiguity, character sketches, portrayals of social class, different kinds of autobiographies, dialogues, monologues, and landscape, interior and object descriptions. This course will enhance students' knowledge of Spanish language by focusing on the writing skills necessary to do so. Students will be encouraged to develop a personal style. They will be introduced to different fictional styles and will analyze vocabulary and narrative techniques of masters of the short fiction such as Ribeyro, Lispector, Borges, Cervantes or Valle-Inclán among others. Students will share and comment on each other's work in workshops and will be required to produce a final short fiction piece. (GLB2)
Prerequisite: C- or better in Hispanic Studies 202 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 221 |
| Advanced Grammar and Composition |
Emphasis on composition work in conjunction with a review of grammar, especially of the more difficult and subtle aspects, together with a consideration of stylistics. The writings of selected modern Hispanic authors will serve as models. Generally for students with 5+ years or equivalent of high school Spanish. (Also offered under the Latin American and Caribbean studies concentration of the International Studies Program.) (GLB2)
Prerequisite: C- or better in Hispanic Studies 202 or equivalent. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| HISP 222 |
| Portuguese for Spanish Speakers |
An introductory language course designed for students with any prior knowledge of a Romance Language (Spanish, Italian, French, Catalan). Along with the fundamental communication skills—understanding, speaking, reading and writing—the course will focus on those features of Portuguese that are most difficult for Romance Languages speakers: pronunciation, idioms and grammatical structures particular to Portuguese. Students will be introduced to the cultures of the Portuguese-speaking world through readings and authentic materials, including films, music and videotapes. (GLB2)
Prerequisite: the equivalent of two semesters of study of any Romance Language (Spanish, French, Italian, Catalan) |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 224 |
| Spanish for Heritage Students |
| A comprehensive course for bilingual students who demonstrate spoken ability in Spanish but whose formal education has been in English. The course will cover all basic language skills while targeting the particular needs of bilingual students, including accentuation, homonyms, and usage of complex sentence structure. Special emphasis will be placed on reading and writing. Permission of the instructor is required. Prepares students for Hispanic Studies 221 or more advanced Hispanic studies course. (Also offered under the Latin American and Caribbean studies concentration of the International Studies Program.) (GLB2) |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| HISP 226 |
| Iberian and Latin American Film and Conversation |
In this course students will analyze landmarks of Spanish/Latin American cinema in terms of social, historical, and cultural questions they raise, as well as in terms of ideological, aesthetic, and cinematographic movements to which they belong. The discussion of films will be conducted in Spanish and will provide an academic forum for the exchange of ideas, interpretations, and critique. Heritage speakers, students who have studied in a Spanish speaking country, or students who have taken a course at a higher level (Hispanic Studies 261 or above) are not eligible to enroll. (GLB2)
Prerequisite: C- or better in Hispanic Studies 202 or equivalent. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| HISP 229 |
| Desert Fantasies |
| Deserts comprise approximately one-third of the Earth's surface and take shape in enormous scorching and freezing lands. This courses proposes a study of Latin American literary traditions through an analysis of deserts like Sonora, Patagonia, Atacama, and Antarctica. We will explore images of these particular territories in connection to urgent themes such as global warming, waste, migration, and the effects of feverish developmentalism, always trying to answer a key question: how can humans inhabit the inhospitable? By connecting foreign cultural traditions with contemporary issues very relevant to our planet today, this course hopes to engage with discourses of ecocriticism, visual culture, literary studies, and intellectual history. (GLB2) |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 240 |
| Turbulent Tropics. Brazil and Portuguese Language |
This course is an introduction to the languages and literatures of the Lusophone world Weekly discussions will focus on literary and filmic production from Brazil but will also include other Portuguese-speaking regions of the globe such as Portugal, Macau, Mozambique, Angola, East Timor, and Cape Verde. Half of the class will be language-instruction, both addressed to beginners and advanced students of the language. Readings will be in Spanish and Portuguese. (GLB2)
Prerequisite: C- or better in Hispanic Studies 202 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 241 |
| Cultural Ecologies: Nature, Coloniality, and Environmentalism |
| This course explores ecological discourses and cultural representations of
nature across diverse Latin American/Latinx geographies through various
cultural archives (literature, films, photographs, podcasts). Understanding
ecologies as spaces of cultural formation, this course deeply engages with
topics on environmental humanities such as Extractivism, Capitalism,
Environmentalism, and Colonialism. Through an analysis of the political
agendas of environmental activists, as well as indigenous and non-indigenous
social movements, this course aims to identify how our cultural identities
index specific ecologies. The readings, discussions, and compositions that
make up this course will help participants to identify how discursive
ecologies inform current interpretations of environmentalism and climate
crisis. (HUM) |
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0.50 units, Seminar
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| HISP 245 |
| Latin American Film |
In this course students will analyze landmarks of Latin American cinema in terms of social, historical, and cultural questions they raise, as well as in terms of ideological, aesthetic, and cinematographic movements to which they belong. The discussion of films will be conducted in English and will provide an academic forum for the exchange of ideas, interpretations, and critique. Students who wish to receive credit towards a Hispanic Studies major must complete all written work in Spanish. (GLB2)
Prerequisite: C- or better in Hispanic Studies 202 or equivalent. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 249 |
| Multi-cultural Cities of the Mediterranean |
In today's Europe, states generally seek to engender the highest possible degree of cultural and linguistic uniformity within their borders. Many people thus presume that these societies have always been organized upon this principle. However, the history of the Mediterranean basin tells a very different story. There, until quite recently, the cultures of important cities like Trieste, Barcelona, Istanbul, Alexandria, Tunis, Thessaloniki, Gibraltar and Livorno were characterized by a profoundly multicultural and multilingual ethos. In this class, we will study the histories of these “polyglot cities” and retrace the ethnic and commercial networks that often bound them together. We will also explore the forces that eventually undermined their long-standing diversity and webs of interconnectedness in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (GLB2)
Prerequisite: C- or better in Hispanic Studies 202 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 251 |
| Spain and the Art of the Journey |
| Is there a difference between a tour and a journey? Or between a hike and a pilgrimage? Many people believe so, and that the difference lies in the traveler’s openness to internal transformations. Spain has long been a land of travelers that, in more recent times, has also become a magnet for visitors from around world. Why has it inspired so many people go “on the move”? In this class, we will explore this rich history of comings and goings, and the ways filmmakers and writers have portrayed the mysteries of travel over time, with an eye toward helping our internal sojourner challenge the often facile “truths” of its neighbor the tourist. Taught in English (HISP credit available if written work done in Spanish). (GLB2) |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 252 |
| Archive Fevers |
| Why do we keep some things and throw away others? How do museums, libraries, or Netflix lists organize our artistic categories? How does our social media activity shape our online profile, and to a larger extent, our identity? At a time when popular gurus like Marie Kondo encourage us to declutter and get rid of everything; but also when photographers like Martin Parr beg us to stop taking pictures and do art with the ones we have, we are compelled to rethink the relationship between archive and memory. This course proposes a conversation about the archive: its purposes, its history, as well as its cultural representations, but above all, its constantly shifting nature. (GLB2) |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 253 |
| Barcelona and its Communities of Culture |
| If there is one thing upon which virtually all analysts of both Barcelona and Catalonia agree it is that they have an unusually active and fertile "associative" culture. People there spend inordinate amounts of time in voluntary civic organizations whose general purpose is the making of one form or another of culture. There are also some of a more official standing, such as the Barcelona Football Club that, owing to the historically precarious nature of political sovereignty in the region, have been imbued by the citizenry with an unusually high degree of civic importance. In this class, which is built around numerous field visits, we will explore the unique and fascinating contemporary history of Catalonia's many, and much beloved, communities of culture. (GLB2) |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 261 |
| Iberian Culture I (Middle Ages to the 19th Century) |
The course is designed to provide a broad understanding of the primary cultural dynamics of the Iberian Peninsula from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. We will pay special attention to the more important cultural developments during this crucial era of Spanish history. (GLB2)
Prerequisite: C- or better in Hispanic Studies 221, or permission of instructor. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| HISP 262 |
| Iberian Culture II (The 20th Century) |
This course introduces students to the set of cultural problems that have shaped Spain’s contemporary development. It will do so through the study of novels, films, and historical narrative. Special emphasis given to the cultural history of the Franco years (1939-1975) and the country’s more recent transition to democracy (1975-1992). (GLB2)
Prerequisite: C- or better in Hispanic Studies 221, or permission of instructor. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| HISP 263 |
| Latin American Culture I (Pre-Columbian Era to Enlightenment) |
This course examines the history, societies, and cultures of the various regions that today are known as Latin America. The course moves from the major pre-Columbian civilizations, through the first encounter between Europe and these peoples, the subsequent conquest and colonization, and the first manifestations of the desire for independence. The course will concentrate specifically on how the peoples of these various regions and periods explored their social and political concerns through art, literature, and music. (Also offered under the Latin American and Caribbean studies concentration of the International Studies Program.) (GLB2)
Prerequisite: C- or better in Hispanic Studies 221, or permission of instructor. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| HISP 264 |
| Latin American Culture II (Independence to Present Day) |
This course focuses on the social, political, economic, and cultural development of the Latin American nations. Emphasis will be on to the construction of national identities during the 19th century as well as main historic-political events of the 20th century. Discussions will be based on readings, documentaries, and feature films. Latin American newspapers on the Internet are used to inform our debates of current events. (Also offered under the Latin American and Caribbean studies concentration of the International Studies Program.) (GLB2)
Prerequisite: C- or better in Hispanic Studies 221, or permission of instructor. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| HISP 270 |
| Introduction to Cultural Analysis |
This course serves as a transition to advanced courses in Spanish language, culture, and literature. Students will develop analytical skills through an intense exploration of cultural production in the Hispanic world and through an examination of diverse literary genres, film, and current events. The focus will be on improving the necessary linguistic and critical thinking skills that are the fundamental foundation for literary and cultural analysis in advanced Spanish study. (GLB)
Prerequisite: C- or better in Hispanic Studies 221 or 224, or permission of instructor. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| HISP 280 |
| Hispanic Hartford |
This course seeks to place Trinity students in active and informed dialogue with the Hartford region’s large and diverse set of Spanish-speaking communities. The course will help student recognize and analyze the distinct national histories (e.g. Peruvian, Puerto Rican, Chilean, Honduran, Cuban, Colombian, and Mexican) which have contributed to the Hispanic diaspora in the city and the entire northeastern region of the United States. Students will undertake field projects designed to look at the effects of transnational migration on urban culture, institution-building, and identity formation. (Also offered under the Latin American and Caribbean studies concentration of the International Studies Program.) (GLB2)
Prerequisite: C- or better in Hispanic Studies 221 or 224, or permission of instructor. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| HISP 290 |
| Studying in the Hispanic World Colloquium |
| This course is designed to provide students returning from study abroad in Barcelona, Buenos Aires, and other Spanish-speaking venues (summer, semester, or year-long programs) with a forum within which they can share, compare, and process analytically and historically the difficulties, conflicts, absences, and discoveries that they experienced in their time abroad. They will then be asked to investigate how these experiences have affected their view of the social and cultural norms of U.S. culture. (Prerequisite: Study abroad in an approved program in a Spanish-speaking country.) (GLB2) |
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0.50 units, Seminar
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| HISP 302 |
| Don Quixote: Ethics of Failure |
What if you discovered that to be successful you must fail over and over again, until you transform failure into personal ethics and a way of life? In this seminar we will read Cervantes's Don Quixote, considered the most influential and the best novel ever written, as a treatise on the ethical aspects of failure, as well as a manifesto on issues such as inequality, human rights, violence, power, and racial and gender discrimination. We will also examine Cervantes's historical period, the early-modern Spanish empire, as a way to uncover the roots of our contemporary world. Don Quixote is a book that will certainly change your life forever, as well as your ideas on society, politics, and the power of the individual. (HUM)
Prerequisite: HISP 260 or higher, 270 recommended |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 306 |
| Politics, Ethnic Identity and Culture in the Hispanic Caribbean: Literature, FIlm and Music |
Through the study of film, literary works, and music of the Hispanic Caribbean (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) the course explores major political concepts rooted in the struggles against slavery, racism and colonialism that have given the Caribbean its sense of identity. The course (conducted in Spanish) analyzes this region's artistic production from the early part of the twentieth century to the present helping students understand the cultural, social, and political challenges, setbacks, and triumphs of the Hispanic Caribbean connecting its complex realities with the experience of populations of Caribbean origin in Hartford, CT. The course explores how artists of this region are devising locally inspired solutions to bring to their nations the social justice and racial equality that have eluded them so far. (GLB2)
Prerequisite: C- or better in Hispanic Studies 270 or permission of instructor. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 307 |
| More than Just Neighbors: Spain and Italy from Early Modernity to the Present |
Italy has existed as a nation-state for slightly less than 150 years. For many more years than this, however, the territory it currently occupies was divided into numerous principalities. For more than four centuries starting in in the early 1300s, a number of the more important of these principalities were controlled by monarchies located in today’s Spain. In this course, we will analyze the rich history of Hispanic-Italian coexistence, endeavoring first to discern some of the reasons why this important history is not better known, then examining the many channels of "cultural commerce" between the peoples of the Iberian and Italian Peninsulas in the early modern and contemporary periods, as well as in the context of today in today’s united Europe. (GLB2)
Prerequisite: HISP 260 or higher, 270 recommended |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 308 |
| Workers of the Word: Translation and World Literature in Latin America |
What makes a book a bestseller? Why do some languages get more translated than others? Is it that bad to get "lost in translation"? Translation is an intellectual as well a material practice. Every step in the translation process -from the selection of a source text, the development of a discursive strategy, or its circulation in different contexts-, is mediated by values, beliefs, and representations. Yet, all these are determined by the social and economic structure of the actors involved it, such as publishers, distributors, printers, reviewers, and readers. Drawing on scholarship in Book History, Translation Studies, and Comparative Literature, in this course we will study the geopolitics of the translation industry by looking at cases from Latin America. (Taught in Spanish) (GLB2)
Prerequisite: C- or better in Hispanic Studies 270 or permission of instructor. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 312 |
| Theater of Crisis: Politics, Violence & Memory in Spanish America |
This course offers an examination of the pervasive topic of violence and its relation to politics in contemporary Spanish American theatre from the second half of the twentieth century to the present. We will center our discussions on three controversial and debated issues: 1) The complex role of politics within the discourse of theatre, 2) the implications and repercussions of staging the violence experienced by the members of society, 3) and the victims' attempts to face their violent past by preserving memory. In this way Spanish American theatre bears witness, documents, and also poeticize the struggle for human rights in the region and the need to never forget. (GLB2)
Prerequisite: HISP 260 or higher, 270 recommended |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 317 |
| The Limits of Language: Convergence of the Arts in Latin American Literatures |
This seminar jump starts from Theodor Adorno's declaration that "in their contradiction, the arts merge into one another. [.] The arts converge only where each pursues its immanent principle in a pure way". This seminar pays homage to the innovation of Latin American writers who have merged other art forms into their literary expression to create referential texts. From José Juan Tablada's calligrams, to contemporary visual artists who are also writers (Verónica Gerber Bicecci and Daniela Bojórquez Vertiz), the objective of this course is to question the aesthetic impact of a text, where words end and the image begins. Theoretical readings from Adorno, Benjamin, Ludmer, Mignolo, and Giunta will guide the exploration of these convergences. (GLB2)
Prerequisite: C- or better in Hispanic Studies 270 or permission of instructor. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 318 |
| Conflicting Modernities: Gender, Class, and Revolution in Modern Spain (1812-1936) |
| During the so-called "long" 19th Century, Spain, like Western Europe as a whole, underwent a series of profound changes, from political, social, and industrial revolution to the challenging of its imperial hegemony; from the birth of nationalism and the modern nation state to that of modern mass-politics and mass-media; from mass-emigration to urban centers and across the Atlantic, to the entry of peasants and women into the industrial workforce. This course aims to explore and analyze these transformations through the careful reading of both popular and canonical literary and artistic sources, from Goya's contrasting visions of enlightenment during the Napoleonic Wars to the Avant-Garde authors, poets, and visual artists of the 1920's and 30's, including Federico García Lorca, Miguel Hernández, and Pablo Picasso. (GLB2) |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 319 |
| From Text to Stage: Performing Contemporary Latin American Theater |
The goal of this course is to transform the classroom into a theatrical space
where collaboration and teamwork are paramount to learning about art and
communication. We will examine a corpus of one-act plays from
contemporary Spanish America and will perform one of these short plays in
the target language. Beyond analyzing these texts from diverse perspectives
(that is, from sociopolitical or psychological angles) the journey from text to
stage will lead us to examine the intricacies and complexities of directing,
acting, learning about stage and costume design, about lighting, diction and
pronunciation, memorization, and publicity, among other theatrical aspects.
The students will experience firsthand the double nature of theater as they
participate in the transformation of a theatrical text to a performative act. (GLB2)
Completion of a HISP 200 level Spanish course or permission of instructor |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 320 |
| Afro-Spanish Colonial Legacies |
This course explores the Spanish colonial past in Africa, with emphasis on Equatorial Guinea -a colony of Spain until 1968-, the former Spanish Protectorate of Morocco, and present-day afro-descendant cultural production and representations of race in Spain. Our focus will be on the relationship between imperialism and culture in three moments: Spanish colonial discourse during General Franco's dictatorship; the emergence of post-independence African and Afro-Spanish literature; and current notions of racial identity and the impact of African immigration on 21st-century Spain. Using theoretical concepts from Cultural and Postcolonial Studies, the course will closely look at literature, film, documentary, and other visual cultural objects to question our map of the Spanish cultural landscape. (GLB2)
Prerequisite: HISP 260 or higher, 270 recommended |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 330 |
| From Revolution to Globalization in Mexican Literature and Culture |
A study of the development of contemporary Mexican literature and culture focusing on artistic productions of the 1910 Revolution and its aftermath. Changes in society, politics and culture, and their impact on literature and film, lead us to reflect on globalization and its effects on current cultural productions in Mexico. Topics to be examined include: narratives of the Mexican Revolution, the changing role of women in a postrevolutionary society, migration and displacement, the Tlatelolco crisis and its repercussions, economic upheavals and the implementation of NAFTA, neoliberalism and its impact on society and culture (feminicides), the fall of the PRI, and the narconovels, among others. (HUM)
Prerequisite: C- or better in Hispanic Studies 270 or permission of instructor. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 332 |
| Counter Narratives in Early Modern Spain |
This course will give an overview on the emergence of the Spanish Empire as a global power and its relentless effort to get rid of a problematic past of hybridization with Islamic and Jewish cultures. We will examine selected texts from the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries that problematize our ideas and assumptions about the historical context in which they were produced. Taught in Spanish.
Prerequisite: HISP 260 or higher, 270 recommended |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 334 |
| Exile, Displacement, Refuge: Migrations to and from Modern Spain (1492 to the Present) |
This course aims to critically discuss the human impact of the numerous sociopolitical exiles, ethnic cleansings, and mass-migrations that have left their mark both inside and outside of modern Spain over the last 500 years. The enduring legacies of these complex processes -intimately tied to histories of colonialism, genocide, and popular resistance to both- will be analyzed through the critical reading of primary and secondary texts, including works of fiction, visual art, photography, and first-hand testimonies of migrants, exiles, and forcibly displaced people of diverse ethnicities, social classes and political affiliations. (GLB2)
Prerequisite: HISP 260 or higher, 270 recommended |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 346 |
| Antarctica: Culture and Crisis |
| Although the Antarctic plateau is a center stage in global discussions of climate change, this desert has been somewhat overlooked in the Latin American cultural tradition; strangely though, given many South American countries' geographical proximity and long-standing claims over parts of its territory. This course recovers extraordinary sources such as the first photographs and images of the continent; the debates over polar sovereignty during the time of the Antarctic Treaty (1959); and the visual work of choreographers, feminist artists, and contemporary musicians from Latin America and beyond, to answer why such an exceptional desert that has become the epitome of inhospitality -a place devoid of native population, political autonomy, and of extreme weather conditions- has continuously conveyed both fantasies of timelessness and of a future of global warming. (GLB2) |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 348 |
| Islands and Spanish Colonial Violence across the Globe |
Islands are tokens of (colonial) desire. This course aims to explore the relationship between cultural production, geography, and the environment to understand the impact of Spanish imperialism in different islands and archipelagos-African, Caribbean, Atlantic, and Pacific. Using a comparative and intercultural approach that overlaps Environmental Humanities, Postcolonial, and Island Studies, we will examine and confront historic, modern, and contemporary literary texts, films, critical articles, contemporary art interventions, and maps, to think about neo-colonial legacies, displacement, sea-level rising, transoceanic imaginaries, indigenous ecopoetics, and the role of artists and writers as "artivists." Among others, authors may include C. Columbus, Lezama Lima, Unamuno, María Zambrano, Rita Indiana, Mayra Montero, E.J. Mota, and Ávila Laurel. (GLB2)
Prerequisite: HISP 260 or higher, 270 recommended |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 349 |
| Binging your Stories: Popular Media of Modern Spain, from Don Quixote to Money Heist |
This course is meant to provide an overview of some of the most important mass-market literary, dramatic, and audiovisual cultural products of modern Spain, from the seventeenth century to the present. From Cervantes' classic parody and rewriting of the popular chivalry novel and Lope de Vega's early reflections on popular 'style' and taste in the theater, to the popular episodic and serialized novels of the 19th Century, and the birth of the comic strip and modern TV serial (telenovela), this course is not only meant to familiarize students with some of the most iconic works of Spanish cultural canon, folklore, and 'pop,' it is also meant to engage them in critical discussions concerning their own relationships to the changing technologies of modern culture industries. (HUM)
Prerequisite: C- or better in Hispanic Studies 221, or permission of instructor. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 351 |
| Human Rights Literature in Latin America |
| Throughout its history Latin America has seen many human rights violations: from the colonial period, to the very present with the migration crises, and the political and economic instability of many countries. Nonetheless, through many of the region's efforts, its human rights procedures have established significant precedents around the world. This course explores how literature has become a tool for human rights advocacy in Latin America, as both to show the speaker's humanity and to reflect on a "narrative" that at times counter the "official stories" presented by nation states, and opposes the assumed Western overemphasis on history as a source of legitimacy. Students will recognize the many human rights violations in the region, analyze and reflect on its literary production. Course taught in Spanish. (GLB2) |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 353 |
| Narratives of Border Identity |
With an emphasis on close reading of literary and cinematic texts, this course will explore the construction of physical, imaginary, metaphorical, and ideological borders in narrative and films that engage the Mexico-U.S. border. In addition to literary texts, students will devote special attention to theoretical and critical frameworks in light of the intersections of identity politics and the effects of the possible delimiting borders within Mexico. (GLB2)
Prerequisite: HISP 260 or higher, 270 recommended |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 356 |
| (Counter)Imperial Subjects in Early Modern Spain:In Defense of Human Equality, Nature,Sustainability |
During the 16th and 17th centuries Spain was a Global Empire, which following an imperial logic of endless expansion, implemented policies that put human beings and nature under siege, causing an ecological and political crisis. In this course, we will scrutinize the strategies of resistance employed by imperial subjects through the exploration of a number of topics such as the emergence of an early-modern ecological consciousness, the early-modern boom of debates on equality (debates on the right to self-preservation, on the ways to fight poverty, monetary inflation, etc.) and the revolutionary side of early modern counter-heroes (the rogue, the mystic, the bandit, the pirate.) Materials include literature works, fragments of religious and political treatises, New World Chronicles, Inquisitorial records and visual and musical works. (GLB2)
Prerequisite: HISP 260 or higher, 270 recommended |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 399 |
| Independent Study |
| Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar’s Office, and the approval of the instructor and chairperson are required for enrollment. (HUM) |
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1.00 units min / 2.00 units max, Independent Study
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| HISP 401 |
| Senior Seminar |
Required for graduation with a major in Spanish (Plan A) or Plan B with Spanish as primary language. In this final exercise, students will engage theoretical and critical readings around a common theme related to the Spanish-speaking world and will write a 25-page analytical research paper on a specific topic related to the common theme. (WEB)
This course is open to seniors only. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| HISP 466 |
| Teaching Assistantship |
| Submission of the special registration form, available online, and the approval of the instructor are required for enrollment. Guidelines are available in the College Bulletin.
(0.5 - 1 course credit) |
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0.50 units min / 1.00 units max, Independent Study
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| HISP 497 |
| Senior Thesis |
| Submission of special registration form and the approval of the director are required for enrollment in this thesis course. (HUM) |
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1.00 units, Independent Study
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