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Spanish (SPAN)
101 Friendly, 541-346-4021
Romance Languages
College of Arts & Sciences
8 - No cost for class textbook materials.
Course Data
  SPAN 344   Hispanic Cul Lit IV >1 >GP >IC 4.00 cr.
Introduces students to a variety of texts written in the Hispanic world in their literary, artistic, and historical contexts, from the 20th century into the 21st.
Grading Options: Optional; see degree guide or catalog for degree requirements
See CRN for CommentsPrereqs/Comments: Prereq: two from SPAN 301, SPAN 303, SPAN 305, SPAN 308.
Course Materials
 
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  14805 cancelled -     tba !8
Academic Deadlines
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September 24:   Process a complete drop (100% refund, no W recorded)
September 30:   Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded)
September 30:   Process a complete drop (90% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded)
October 1:   Process a complete withdrawal (90% refund, W recorded)
October 1:   Withdraw from this course (100% refund, W recorded)
October 2:   Add this course
October 2:   Last day to change to or from audit
October 8:   Process a complete withdrawal (75% refund, W recorded)
October 8:   Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded)
October 15:   Process a complete withdrawal (50% refund, W recorded)
October 15:   Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded)
October 22:   Process a complete withdrawal (25% refund, W recorded)
October 22:   Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded)
November 12:   Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded)
November 12:   Change grading option for this course
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Expanded Course Description
This course introduces students of Spanish to key 20th- and 21st-century literary texts as well as other forms of cultural production such as film, music and visual arts from Latin America and Spain. Students are challenged to develop advanced reading comprehension skills, explore the intersections between cultural production and social formations and interpret the ways in which these literary texts elucidate the complex socio-historical contexts in which they emerge. Students will:

  • Identify and explain key cultural problems of the Hispanic world in the 20th and 21st century
  • Compare and contrast regional and socio-cultural differences, as well as hemispheric tendencies, in Latin American and Spanish literary production
  • Situate assigned literary texts and other types of cultural production in the context of the historical events, social movements and aesthetic currents that influence them, and in contrast to other literary and cultural periods
  • Distinguish the ways in which literary texts and other forms of cultural production thematize social conflict relating to gender, sexuality, class, race, ethnicity, language and other cultural differences
  • Identify the ways in which the formal elements in a given literary text (such as genre, figurative language and point of view) point us toward appropriate or useful interpretations
  • Write logical, convincing critical argument as response to a critical question, using evidence from primary literary and historical documents as well as secondary essays by modern scholars
  • Demonstrate continued improvement in written and spoken expression in Spanish, with increased attention to accuracy and fluency

    Spanish 344, along with other courses in the Hispanic Cultures through Literature series, fulfill the arts and letters group requirement. They cover broad historical periods, geographic areas, and genres of aesthetic production, provide students with an overview of how literary texts and other forms of cultural production thematize social issues relating to gender, sexuality, class, race, ethnicity, language and other cultural differences. Students also focus on the study of how formal elements of literary production (genre, figurative language, point of view, etc.) point us toward appropriate or useful interpretations. These courses also continue to develop students’ abilities to write logical, convincing arguments as response to a critical question, using evidence from primary literary and historical documents as well as secondary essays by modern scholars.

    Spanish 344, along with other courses in the Hispanic Cultures through Literature series, also fulfill the multicultural group requirement. Their Transatlantic orientation obliges students to compare and contrast regional and socio-cultural differences, as well as hemispheric tendencies, in Latin American and Spanish literary production.

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