Spanish Spring 2015: Expanded Upper Division Course Descriptions

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Spanish 100: Principles of Hispanic Literature & Criticism (4 units)

Course Description: This course is an introduction to textual analysis with readings from Spanish and Spanish American literature and culture. The course will deal with basic genres: narrative, poetry, drama, and essay and will provide students with the opportunity to acquire the basic technical vocabulary of the Hispanic literary and cultural critic.

Prerequisite: Spanish 24, 24S or 33.

GE credit (Old): None.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, Oral Literacy, World Cultures and Writing Experience.

Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Extensive Writing or Discussion - 1 hour.

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Section 001.
Emilio Bejel, Professor
MW 12:10-1:30P
105 Olson
CRN 50197

Textbook:

• Carmelo Virgillo, Edward Friedman, and Teresa Valdivieso, Aproximaciones al Estudio de la Literatura Hispánica  (McGraw Hill, 2011)
   

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Section 002.
Miguel Garcia, Associate Instructor
MWF 9:00-9:50A
105 Olson
CRN 50198

Textbook:

• A Course Reader
   

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Spanish 110: Advanced Spanish Composition (4 units)
Tracy Quan, Associate Instructor

MWF 1:10-2:00P
1006 Giedt Hall
CRN 52744

Course Description: This course focuses on improving writing in Spanish. In addition to addressing the mechanics of clear writing (syntax and the structure of paragraphs and arguments), there will also be a thorough review of the Spanish grammatical system, including such important areas as narration in the past (preterite and imperfect), sequence of tenses, the uses of the subjunctive and conditional modes, and the rules of accentuation.

Prerequisite: Spanish 024 or Spanish 033.

GE credit (Old): None.
GE credit (New): Writing Experience.

Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Writing Assignments.

Textbook:

• Maria Canteli Dominicis, Repase y Escriba: Curso Avanzado de Gramática y Composición (7th Edition)  (Wiley, 2013)
   

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Spanish 113: Spanish Pronunciation (4 units)
Travis Bradley, Professor

MWF 1:10-2:00P
1130 Hart Hall
CRN 52745

Course Description: This course focuses on the phonetics and phonology of modern Spanish varieties. Students will explore in a systematic and formal manner the similarities and differences between the sound systems of Spanish and English, with attention given to dialectal differences that exist among major varieties of Spanish spoken around the world. The course is of particular interest to prospective teachers seeking to formalize their understanding of the Spanish and English sound systems in order to assist future students with issues of pronunciation.

Prerequisite: Linguistics 001 and Spanish 024 or 033.

GE credit (Old): Social Sciences.
GE credit (New): Social Sciences.

Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Term Paper.

Textbook:

• Jorge M. Guitart, Sonido y Sentido: Teoría y Práctica de la Pronunciación del Español con Audio CD  (Georgetown University Press, 2004)
   

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Spanish 115: History of the Spanish Language (4 units)
Robert Blake, Professor

Lecture:
TR 12:10-1:30P
223 Olson Hall

Course Description: This course examines the Spanish language from its roots in spoken Latin to modernity. There will be emphasis on the close relationship between historical events and language change, and the role that literature plays in language standardization. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 115S.

Prerequisite: Spanish 024, 024S or 033 and Linguistics 001 or consent of instructor (rjblake@ucdavis.edu).

GE credit (Old): Arts & Humanities or Social Sciences.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities or Social Sciences.

Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Extensive Writing or Discussion - 1 hour.

Textbook:

• David A. Pharies, Breve Historia de la Lengua Española: Spanish Edition  (University of Chicago Press, 2007)
   

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Spanish 116: Applied Spanish Linguistics (4 units)
Robert Blake, Professor

TR 3:10-4:30P
147 Olson Hall
CRN 50203

Course Description: In this course students will review both the most difficult structural properties of Spanish (e.g. aspect, mood, subordination, sequence of tenses) as well as the most promising methodological approaches to teaching Spanish.  The course will be informed by insights from the field of applied linguistics, including CALL, computer-assisted language learning, and pragmatics.  The material is appropriate for anyone in general wishing to deepen their linguistic knowledge of Spanish as well as for future language professionals who specifically seek a career in teaching Spanish at the secondary or post-secondary levels.

Prerequisite: Linguistics 001 and Spanish 024, 024S or 033, or consent of instructor (rjblake@ucdavis.edu).

GE credit (Old): Social Sciences.
GE credit (New): Social Sciences.

Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Extensive Writing or Discussion - 1 hour.

Textbook:

• Electronic materials to be distributed by instructor
   

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Spanish 123: Creative Writing in Spanish (4 units)
Francisco Alarcón, Lecturer

MWF 11:00-11:50A
1 Wellman Hall
CRN 52746

Course Description: This workshop course is an intensive writing of poetry or fiction in Spanish or in a bilingual (Spanish/English) format. Workshop will focus on the Chicano/Latino experience within the U.S. Students will write both in prescribed forms and in experimental forms of their own choosing. Offered in alternate years. The course will have the format of a seminar or literary workshop in which all participants will have the opportunity to critically comment on works presented by their peers in class. Poetry and narrative fiction will be the main literary genres covered during the quarter. Other genres like drama and autobiographical essays could also be reviewed following the particular interests of the participants. The class will be conducted in Spanish.

Prerequisite: Spanish 024 or 33, consent of instructor (fjalarcon@ucdavis.edu).

GE credit (Old): None.
GE credit (New): Writing Experience.

Format: Discussion - 4 hours.

Textbooks:

• Francisco X. Alarcón, Borderless Butterflies: Earth Haikus and Other Poems / Mariposas sin fronteras: Haikus terrenales y otros poemas  (Poetic Matrix Press, 2014)
• Carmelo Virgillo, Edward Friedman, and Teresa Valdivieso, Aproximaciones al Estudio de la Literatura Hispánica  (McGraw Hill, 2011)
• Jose Olivio Jimenez, Antología de la poesía hispanoamericana contemporánea 1914-1987 (Continental Book, Co., 2000)
   

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Spanish 133N: The Golden Age of Literature of Spain (4 units)
Charles Oriel, Professor

MWF 9:00-9:50A
207 Olson Hall
CRN 52747

Course Description: This course will focus on literary masterpieces from the Spanish Golden Age (16th and 17th centuries). Readings will include several short novels (the first picaresque novel, Lazarillo de Tormes, and several shorter novels by Miguel de Cervantes), poetry (Garcilaso de la Vega, Fray Luis de León, Góngora and Quevedo) and well-known dramas by Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina and Calderón de la Barca. We will try to consider all of these works within their historical, social, political and cultural contexts.

Prerequisite: Spanish 100, 100S, 141, 141S, 170 or 170S.

GE credit (Old): Arts & Humanities.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, Oral Literacy, World Cultures and Writing Experience.

Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Term Paper.

Textbook:

• Vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y adversidades, edited by Annette Grant Cash and James C. Murray  (Juan de la Cuesta, 2002)
• Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Four Stories from Cervantes' Novelas ejemplares, edited by Michael J. McGrath  (European Masterpieces, 2008)
• Tirso de Molina, El burlador de Sevila, edited by R. John McCaw  (European Masterpieces, 2003)
• Pedro Calderon de la Barca, La vida es sueño / Life is a Dream [2nd Edition], edited by Vincent Martin  (European Masterpieces, 2006)
• Anthology of Spanish Golden Age Poetry, edited by R. John McCaw and Kathleen Thornton Spinnenwebber  (European Masterpieces, 2007)
• Lope de Vega, Fuenteovejuna, edited by Matthew A. Wyszinski  (Juan de la Cuesta, 2003)
   

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Spanish 134B: Don Quijote II (4 units)
Charles Oriel, Lecturer

MWF 10:00-10:50A
1150 Hart Hall
CRN 50205

Course Description: This course will focus on the second part of Cervantes’s masterpiece, Don Quijote, published in 1615. Aside from studying Cervantes’s novelistic technique and its 17-century context, we will also consider how his novel has affected the subsequent development of more modern fiction, including such authors as Miguel de Unamuno, Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortázar.

Prerequisite: Spanish 134A.

GE credit (Old): Arts & Humanities.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, World Cultures and Writing Experience.

Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Term Paper.

Textbook:

• Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quijote [Legacy Edition], edited by Tom Lathrop  (European Masterpieces, 2012)
   

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Spanish 142: Witchcraft, Magic, and Secret Knowledge in Early Modern Spain (4 units)
John Slater, Professor

TR 10:30-11:50A
176 Chemistry Building
CRN 50208

Course Description: This course explores people’s fascination with unknown and uncommon powers during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.  We will read famous works by authors of the period about witches and secrets, as well as real-life cases of people who claimed to be able to control nature, prolong life, make love potions, and so on.  Finally, we’ll consider the ways in which interest in the occult influenced the development of scientific cultures.

Prerequisite: Spanish 100, 100S, 141, 141S, 170 or 170S.

GE credit (Old): Arts & Humanities.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, Oral Literacy, World Cultures and Writing Experience.

Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Term Paper.

Textbooks:

• Pedro Calderón de la Barca, El magico prodigioso  (European Masterpieces, 2003)
• Lope de Vega, El caballero de Olmedo  (European Masterpieces, 2004)
• Fernando de Rojas, La celestina  (European Masterpieces, 2003)
   

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Spanish 150N: Survey of Latin American Literature to 1900 (4 units)
Leopoldo Bernucci, Professor

MW 6:10-8:00P
147 Olson Hall
CRN 53615

Course Description: Spanish American literature from pre-Hispanic texts and the chronicles of the Conquest to Romanticism and Modernism. Reading selection includes history, fiction, poetry, drama, and essay.

Prerequisite: Spanish 100, 100S, 141, 141S, 170 or 170S.

GE credit (Old): Arts & Humanities.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities and World Cultures.

Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Term Paper or Discussion - 1 hour.

Textbook:

• Rachel Chang-Rodriguez and Malva E. Filer, Voces de Hispanoamérica [4th Edition]  (Cengage Learning, 2012)
   

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Spanish 151: Survey of Latin American Literature from 1900 to the Present (4 units)
Ana Peluffo, Professor

TR 9:00-10:20A
1130 Hart Hall
CRN 50211

Course Description: This course will provide an introduction to Latin American literature through the close reading of major writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Particular attention will be given to the social context of short stories, poems and other cultural artifacts from different geographical areas of Latin America.  Topics to be discussed include: tradition and modernity; civilization and barbarism; discourses of gender and ethnicity; literature and the emotions, and the relationship between text and image.

Prerequisite: Spanish 100, 100S, 141, 141S, 170 or 170S.

GE credit (Old): Arts & Humanities.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities and World Cultures.

Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Term Paper or Discussion - 1 hour.

Textbook:

• Rachel Chang-Rodriguez and Malva E. Filer, Voces de Hispanoamérica [4th Edition]  (Cengage Learning, 2012)
   

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Spanish 159 (2 separate sessions):

Session 01: "Ciencia y Política del Cuerpo Humano en América Latina" (4 units)
Emilio Bejel, Professor

MW 2:10-3:30P
106 Olson Hall
CRN 50212

Course Description: Este curso se centra en interpretaciones de ideas científicas modernas (darwinisno, medicina, etc.) sobre el cuerpo humano en la literatura y el cine latinoamericanos desde mediados del siglo XIX hasta el presente. Esto implica un estudio de las representaciones del cuerpo humano como escenarios de las luchas científico-políticas sobre raza, género, sexualidad e identidad nacional en América Latina. Todos los materiales estarán en Smartsite y los estudiantes no tienen que comprar ningún libro.

Prerequisite: Spanish 100, 100S, 141, 141S, 170 or 170S.

GE credit (Old): Arts & Humanities.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities and World Cultures.

Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Term Paper or Discussion - 1 hour.

Textbooks:

• All readings will be made available on SmartSite

 

Session 02: "Brazilian Literature in Translation: Beyond Soccer and Samba" (4 units)     IN ENGLISH
Robert Newcomb, Professor

TR 12:10-1:30P
106 Olson Hall
CRN 52748

Course Description: This course will introduce students to the literature of Brazil, Latin America’s largest country and a rising economic and political power. Through our reading of Brazilian novels and short stories from the early 20th century up to the present day, and our viewing of two important Brazilian films, we will trace the country’s historical evolution, its lingering problems, and its early 21st century “emergence” onto the world stage. Major themes to be discussed include: the legacy of Brazil’s colonial past and slavery; Brazilian national myths, heroes, and stereotypes; race and class relations; the representation of nature; violence and marginality. Class discussions and all readings will be in English. No knowledge of Portuguese required. Portuguese-speaking students should inform the professor at the beginning of the quarter.

Prerequisite: Spanish 100, 100S, 141, 141S, 170 or 170S.

GE credit (Old): Arts & Humanities.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities and World Cultures.

Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Term Paper or Discussion - 1 hour.

Textbooks:

• Machado de Assis, Dom Casmurro, translated by Helen Caldwell  (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009)
• Lima Barreto, The Sad End of Policarpo Quaresma, translated by Mark Carlyon  (Penguin Classics, 2015)
• Luiz Ruffato, There Were Many Horses, translated by Anthony Doyle  (AmazonCrossingEnglish, 2014)
   

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Spanish 177: California and Latin America (4 units)
Robert Irwin, Professor

Lecture
TR 1:40-3:00P
212 Veihmeyer Hall

Course Description: Este curso trata la historia de contacto cultural como consecuencia de migraciones, invasiones, colaboraciones, conflictos, acuerdos, intercambios, influencias, etc. entre Alta California (ahora el estado de California de Estados Unidos) y el resto de América Latina desde la época de la guerra de 1846-1848 hasta la actualidad, con un enfoque en las representaciones hechas en América Latina (tanto en México como en otros países del continente) de California, las representaciones hechas en California (especialmente desde la industria emblemática de la expresión cultural del estado, la del cine hollywoodense) de América Latina, y también las representaciones hechas de la California latinoamericana, la de los Californios, los mexicanos, los braceros, los pachucos, los pochos, los chicanos, los centroamericanos, los chilenos y los demás “latinos” que han vivido y que viven en el estado, y que de alguna manera le han hecho a California no sólo una región latinoamericana, sino uno de los centros principales productores de cultura latino-americana.

May be taken to fulfill requirement for majors in Chicano/Latino literature/culture (in lieu of SPA 117, 174 or 176) - or as an elective.

Prerequisite: Spanish 024, 024S, or 033.

GE credit (Old): None.
GE credit (New): American Cultures and Domestic Diversity.

Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Term Paper or Discussion - 1 hour.

Textbook:

• A Course Reader