Spanish (SPAN) |
101 Friendly, 541-346-4021
Romance Languages
College of Arts & Sciences
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8 - No cost for class textbook materials.
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Academic Deadlines
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Last day to: |
| September 25: |
Process a complete drop (100% refund, no W recorded) |
| October 1: |
Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| October 1: |
Process a complete drop (90% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| October 2: |
Process a complete withdrawal (90% refund, W recorded) |
| October 2: |
Withdraw from this course (100% refund, W recorded) |
| October 3: |
Add this course |
| October 3: |
Last day to change to or from audit |
| October 9: |
Process a complete withdrawal (75% refund, W recorded) |
| October 9: |
Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded) |
| October 16: |
Process a complete withdrawal (50% refund, W recorded) |
| October 16: |
Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded) |
| October 23: |
Process a complete withdrawal (25% refund, W recorded) |
| October 23: |
Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded) |
| November 13: |
Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded) |
| November 13: |
Change grading option for this course |
 | You can't drop your last class using the "Add/Drop" menu in DuckWeb. Go to the “Completely Withdraw from Term/University” link to begin the complete withdrawal process. If you need assistance with a complete drop or a complete withdrawal, please contact the Office of Academic Advising, 101 Oregon Hall, 541-346-3211 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday). If you are attempting to completely withdraw after business hours, and have difficulty, please contact the Office of Academic Advising the next business day. |
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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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