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Antillean Literature - Comparative Literature In The Spanish Antilles, Cuba, Dominican Republic, And Puerto Rico, Mariana Romo-Carmona Oct 2019

Antillean Literature - Comparative Literature In The Spanish Antilles, Cuba, Dominican Republic, And Puerto Rico, Mariana Romo-Carmona

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This course will cover literature from Spanish Antilles and will be conducted in English. We will include a study of foundational texts in translation, from the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as contemporary works by Cuban, Dominican, and Puerto Rican authors.


Short Stories Of Latin America From Antilles To Southern Cone, Mariana Romo-Carmona Aug 2019

Short Stories Of Latin America From Antilles To Southern Cone, Mariana Romo-Carmona

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The study of the short story genre in Latin American literature. Literary currents in 20th century, from the Vanguards to The Boom, fiction of post dictatorships, exile, and entry into the 21st century.


Spa 302 The Hispanic Canon In The Long 19th Century, Juan Jesús Payán Apr 2019

Spa 302 The Hispanic Canon In The Long 19th Century, Juan Jesús Payán

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Overview of the main literary trends in the Hispanic World during the ‘Long 19th Century’ (1789-1914), from Neoclassicism to Latin American Modernism.


Spa 3190 Hispanic Culture, Juan Jesús Payán Apr 2019

Spa 3190 Hispanic Culture, Juan Jesús Payán

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The interdisciplinary study of a variety of practices and products (film, popular festivals, literary texts, music, art) of the Hispanic World.


Spa 2201hs Spanish For Heritage Speakers (Syllabus_Fall 2019), David Sánchez-Jiménez Apr 2019

Spa 2201hs Spanish For Heritage Speakers (Syllabus_Fall 2019), David Sánchez-Jiménez

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SPA 2201HS Spanish for Heritage Speakers is an intermediate course intended for students who were immersed in or exposed to the language while growing up, but who have received little or no formal instruction in Spanish. Strengthens students’ competence in the oral and written standard varieties of Spanish by building on their previous knowledge to expand their vocabulary, strengthen their command of grammar, and achieve more confidence and fluency in speaking and writing while learning about the diversity of the Hispanic cultures. The skills acquired in this course will help reinforce students’ bilingual abilities and cultural competence.