Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature Commons^™

Spanish Language Representation In Illinois Media, Kathleen Zeman, Christina Isabelli, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.

Violence In Religious Imagery: Representations Of The Virgin Mary In Alfonso X'S Las Cantigas De Santa María, Elizabeth White, Carolyn Nadeau, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.

Newsletter Spring 2011, Hispanic Studies, Illinois Wesleyan University

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Modelos Masculinos Y Violencia En Sanctuary Y Crónica De Una Muerte Anunciada, Cesar Valverde

Scholarship

This essay analyzes how two novels, William Faulkner’s Sanctuary and Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold, present masculine models that juxtapose power and violence during times of social crisis. Both novels present violent masculinities that overcome peaceful masculinities, in conflicts that result in murders and rapes; but rather than acuse the individuals responsible for the violent acts, the texts point out the social mechanisms that inexorably move the authors of the crimes. In both works we also see violence against women and resulting public deaths of men wrongly accused, which happen due to an inability to adapt to …

El Departamento De Hispanic Studies, 1999-2010, Hispanic Studies, Illinois Wesleyan University

Events

This is a montage of photographs with people who made the first ten years of Hispanic Studies at IWU possible.

Hispanic Studies At Illinois Wesleyan: 1999-2010, Hispanic Studies, Illinois Wesleyan University

Events

This is a timeline commemorating the first ten years of Hispanic Studies at IWU.

Acquisition Of Spanish Gender Agreement In Two Learning Contexts: Study Abroad And At Home., Christina Isabelli

Scholarship

The goal of this study is to describe the acquisition rate for gender acquisition in Spanish and to show whether individual variability and language contact may affect this rate. The participants were intermediate second language Spanish (first language English) learners in the study abroad and at-home contexts over a 4-month period. The participants received grammaticality judgment tests coded for morphological class of the modified noun as well as attributive and predicative adjectives. Data were also collected on social behavior and language contact in Spanish and English in order to explain data outcome. The findings suggest that no difference exists between …

Newsletter Spring 2010, Hispanic Studies, Illinois Wesleyan University

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Newsletter Spring 2009, Hispanic Studies, Illinois Wesleyan University

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Ames Library Research Award Essay: Las Bibliotecas PúBlicas Y La Comunidad Latina, Rachel Miller, 2009

Ames Library Awards

This essay chronicles the "research journey" I undertook to complete the final project for my class "Spanish for Social Justice." The final project follows the essay.

Newsletter Fall 2008, Hispanic Studies, Illinois Wesleyan University

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Review Text, Carolyn A. Nadeau

Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Health Perceptions Of Low-Income, Immigrant Spanish-Speaking Latinas In The United States., Donna Hartweg, Christina Isabelli

Scholarship

The health outcomes and health practices of immigrant Latinas tend to decrease with acculturation to U.S. culture. The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate health perceptions of first- and second generation, low-income, Spanish-speaking women from Mexico and Central America to learn their views of health and also to identify any differences between subcultures. This investigation was the first phase of a larger study to understand the relationship of physical activity to health, as Latinas define it. Seven focus groups were conducted in Spanish with women, ages 25 to 64, by country of origin. Fifteen themes emerged, with more …

My Right Breast And Other Poems, Carmela Ferradans

Scholarship

A collection of original poetry about the author's experience with cancer.

Study Abroad Social Networks, Motivation And Attitudes: Implications For Second Language Acquisition., Christina Isabelli

Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Asynchronous Computer Mediated Communication On Enhancing Cultural Awareness, Elizabeth Zeiss, Christina Isabelli

Scholarship

This study investigates the effect of CMC participation on language learners’ willingness to learn more about the target culture through study abroad. Also, it seeks to discern whether CMCactivities improve language learners’ self-perception that they have learned more about the target culture. An experimental group of 23 U.S. university students engaged in CMC with Mexican university students with a control group of 38 students from the U.S. university. We administered a questionnaire grouped thematically around seven topics. The data suggest that CMC may have a more positive effect on the acquisition of cultural awareness of students that engage in CMC …

Spanish Culinary History In Cervantes' "Bodas De Camacho", Carolyn A. Nadeau

Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Pasado Soterrado Y Ánima Reprimida En La Muñeca Reina Y Chac Mool, Cesar Valverde

Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Development Of Oral Communication Skills Abroad., Christina Isabelli

Scholarship

This study examines the impact of a semester study abroad experience in Argentina on the second language acquisition of three American university Spanish learners. The goal is to measure development of two aspects of oral communication skills: fluency and performance in the oral functions of narration, and description and supporting an opinion.

Carolyn Nadeau, Charlie Schlenker

Interviews for WGLT

Charlie Schlenker of WGLT interviews Professor of Hispanic Studies Carolyn Nadeau about her book, Women of the Prologue: Imitation, Myth, and Magic in Don Quixote. (requires RealPlayer)

Blood Mother/Milk Mother: Breastfeeding, The Family, And The State In Antonio De Guevara's Relox De Principes (Dial Of Princes), Carolyn A. Nadeau

Scholarship

No abstract provided.

De Seducción, Perfume Y Ropa Interior: Poesía Y Publicidad En La España Contemporánea, Carmela Ferradans

Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Articulaciones Urbanas En El Discurso Poetico De Fanny Rubio, Carmela Ferradans

Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Foreign Language Textbooks In The Classroom: Bridging The Gap Between Second Language Acquisition Theory And Pedagogy, Kristina Harlan '00

Honors Projects

Second language acquisition (SLA) research encompasses various theories of language learning in which the theoretical perspectives sometimes are not connected to SLA methods used by instructors in the classroom. This paper discusses several theories of SLA in an effort to better understand their connection to pedagogy. Foreign language (FL) pedagogy accounts for various methodological approaches the most common being Grammatical-Translation, Direct Method, Audiolingual, and Communicative. These distinctive methodologies have produced a variety of FL textbooks which focus on one or several methodologies.

The following research examines a selection oftextbooks in which the methodologies in beginning language learning are analyzed and …

Del Relato A La Pantalla: La Alteridad En Cabeza De Vaca, Cesar Valverde

Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Masculinidad Natural Y Masculinidad Autoconsciente En Don Segundo Sombra Y El Reino De Este Mundo, Cesar Valverde

Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Las Mujeres De Oro, Benjamin J. Nelson '99

Honors Projects

De un plato simple de bellotas durante una cena con algunos cabreros, el protagonista don Quijote se hace sentimental y filosfico y, a causa de esto, empieza a alabar poeticamente la Edad de Oro. Durante su discurso, este caballero pinta con sus palabras una utopia en que la humanidad vivia en armonia perfecta con la naturaleza fertil. Continuando con su descripci6n, comenta tambien sobre la relaci6n entre los hombres y las mujeres.

Nación Y Masculinidad En La Narrativa Decimonónica: El Caso De Sab Y Aves Sin Nido, Cesar Valverde

Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Modelos Masculinos En El Cautiverio Feliz: El Ideal Medieval Y El Presente Degradado, Cesar Valverde

Scholarship

No abstract provided.

La Seducción De La Mirada: Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Y Ana Rossetti, Carmela Ferradans

Scholarship

El presente artIculo es un estudio comparado de la poesIa de Manuel Vazquez Montalbdn (Barcelona, 1939) y Ana Rossetti (San Fernando, Cádiz, 1950) emprendido a través del concepto de la mirada, the gaze, que ambos poetas utilizan en textos que tienen como base distintas imagenes publicitarias. Los dos poetas rescatan el contenido erótico de los anuncios, vaciando los mensajes publicitarios de su dimension consumista, pero los resultados son diametralmente opuestos. La mirada que estructura los poemas de Vazquez Montalbdn analizados aquI confirma las posiciones tradicionales del sujeto-masculino, que mira y controla la imagen sin ser visto, y del objeto-femenino, que …