Professor: Agosin (Chair), Gascón-Vera, Roses Visiting Professor: Pizarro Associate Professor: Vega Visiting Associate Professor: Dupláa Assistant Professor: Hall, Orellana-Myermann, Syverson-Stork, Ramos, Webster Lecturer: Renjilian-Burgy
Courses are normally conducted in Spanish; oral expression is stressed. The department reserves the right to place new students in the courses for which they seem best prepared regardless of the number of units they have offered for admission. Courses 101-102 and 201-202 are counted toward the degree but not toward the major. Qualified juniors are encouraged to spend a semester or a year in a Spanish-speaking country, either with Wellesley's PRESHCO program of in Córdoba, Spain, or another approved program. See p. 72. To be eligible for study in Córdoba for one or two semesters in Wellesley's "Programa de Estudios Hispánicos en Córdoba" (PRESHCO), a student must be enrolled in 241 or higher level language or literature course the previous semester.
For Credit PEAC 259 (1)(B2) Peace and Conflict Resolution. Topic for 1996-97: Women, Citizenship, and Justice: Human Rights in Latin America
Students who begin with 101-102 [100] in college and who wish to major should consult the chair in the second semester of their first year. A minimum of 8 units must be presented for the Spanish major and must include: 241 [201] or 242 [202]; and at least two 300 level units, including a seminar during the senior year. The major should ordinarily include an overview of early Spanish literature (252) [206], early Spanish American literature (251) [205], and 302. Upon approval from the department, up to four courses taken during study abroad in Spain or Latin America may be counted toward the major. The goals of a comprehensive program are: (a) oral and written linguistic proficiency, (b) ability to interpret literary texts and (c) a general understanding of the evolution of Hispanic culture. For students interested in an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Latin America, also available is the structured individual major in Latin American Studies, which allows students to choose from a list of courses in seven different departments, including Spanish. Majors devise their own programs in consultation with the Directors of Latin American Studies. See p. 198.
Students interested in obtaining certification to teach Spanish or English as a Second Language in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts should consult Ms. Renjilian-Burgy and Ms. Beatty of the Department of Education.
SPAN 101-102 (12)(A) Elementary Spanish Introduction to spoken and written Spanish; stress on interactive approach. Extensive and varied drills. Oral presentations. Cultural readings and recordings. Language laboratory exercises. Three periods. No credit will be given for this course unless both semesters are completed satisfactorily. Open to all students who do not present Spanish for admission. The Staff
SPAN 201-202 (12)(A) Intermediate Spanish Intensive review of all language skills and introduction to the art, literature and cultures of Spain and Latin America. Emphasis on oral and written expression and critical analysis. Language laboratory exercises. Three periods. No credit will be given for this course unless both semesters are completed satisfactorily. Prerequisite: two admission units in Spanish or 101-102. The Staff
SPAN 241 (1)(2)(A) Oral and Written Communication Practice in oral and written expression at the advanced level. Through frequent oral presentations, essays, readings on Hispanic cultures, and the study of audio and videotapes, students develop the ability to use idiomatic Spanish comfortably in various situations. Students will also work in Spanish with Internet resources, CD-ROMs and Hypertext. Two periods per week. Prerequisite: 201-202 or four admission units or by permission of the instructor. The Staff
SPAN 242 (1)(2)(A) Linguistic and Literary Skills A course to serve as a transition between language study and literary analysis; speaking and writing organized around interpretations of different genres by modern Hispanic authors; creative writing; oral presentations on current events relating to Spain and Latin America; a review, at the advanced level, of selected problems in Spanish structure. Two periods. Open to students presenting three admission units or permission of the instructor. Ms. Renjilian-Burgy and Staff
SPAN 243 (1)(A) Spanish for Spanish-Speakers Review of spoken and written Spanish for native and near-native speakers who are already conversant in Spanish, but who have not engaged in extensive formal language study. Readings will be taken primarily from Latino writers and texts dealing with Latino experiences in the U.S. Emphasis will be placed on revision of written work, and syntactical and grammatical analysis. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Mr. Webster and Mr. Vega
SPAN 245 (1)(A)(MR) Texts of Desire: Latino/a Writing and Performance Analysis of selected written and performance texts by Latina/o artists, with particular focus on the intersection by Latina/o artists, with particular focus on the intersection of categories of race/ethnicity and sexuality. Areas of focus include the construction of Latino literary canon; bilingual/bicultural literature; essentialist/constructionist debates and literary analysis; Latinas and the creation of Third World Feminism; and cultural theories of desire. Authors, performance artists and film-makers include Luis Alfaro, Gloria Anzaldúa, Reinaldo Arenas, Ana Castillo, Sandra Cisneros, Arturo Islas, Cherríe Moraga, Miguel Muñoz, Marcia Ochoa, Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Richard Rodríguez, Ela Troyano and Alma Villanueva. Taught in English. Reading knowledge of Spanish helpful. Open to all students. Mr. Vega
SPAN 251 (A)(MR) Freedom and Repression in Latin American Literature NOT OFFERED IN 1996-97. An introduction to the literature of the Latin American countries with special focus on the tension between literary expression and the limiting forces of authoritarianism. The constant struggle between the writer and society and the outcome of that struggle will be examined and discussed. Close reading of poetry, chronicles, essay and drama. El Inca Garcilaso, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Rubén Darío, Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz. Prerequisite: 241 or 242 or by permission of the instructor. Mr. Webster
SPAN 252 (A)(MR) Christians, Jews, and Moors: The Spirit of Spain in its Literature NOT OFFERED IN 1996-97. Intensive study of writers and masterpieces that establish Spanish identity and create the traditions that Spain has given to the world: Poema del Cid, Maimónides, Ben Sahl de Sevilla, La Celestina, Lazarillo de Tormes, Garcilaso, Fray Luis de León, Cervantes, Lope de Vega, San Juan de la Cruz, Calderón. Prerequisite: same as for 251. Ms. Gascón-Vera and Mr. Vega
SPAN 253 (A)(MR) The Latin American Short Story NOT OFFERED IN 1996-97. In-depth analysis of realistic and fantastic short stories of contemporary Latin America, including Horacio Quiroga, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, Manuel Rojas, María Luisa Bombal, Juan Rulfo, Gabriel García Márquez, and Elena Poniatowska. Special emphasis on the emergence of women as characters and as authors. Prerequisite: same as for 251. Ms. Roses
SPAN 254 (1)(A) Censorship and Creativity in Spain (1936-1987) A study of the struggle for self-expression in Franco's Spain and the transition from dictatorship to democracy. Special attention will be devoted to the literature of the Civil War and exile. Authors include Merce Rodoreda, Camilo J. Cela, and Eduardo Mendoza. Prerequisite: same as for 251. Mr. Ramos
SPAN 255 (A)(MR) Chicano Literature: From the Chronicles to the Present NOT OFFERED IN 1996-97. A survey of the major works of Chicano literature in the United States in the context of the Hispanic and American literary traditions. A study of the chronicles from Cabeza de Vaca to Padre Junípero Serra and nineteenth-century musical forms such as corridos. A critical analysis of the themes and styles of the contemporary renaissance in the light of each author's literary values: Luis Valdez, Rodolfo Anaya, Gloria Anzaldúa, Cherríe Moraga, Sandra Cisneros and others. Prerequisite: same as for 251. Mr. Vega
SPAN 256 (A) Nineteenth-Century Spanish Society as Seen by the Novelist NOT OFFERED IN 1996-97. The masters of nineteenth-century peninsular prose studied through such classic novels as Pepita Jiménez by Juan Valera, Miau by Pérez Galdós, Los pazos de Ulloa by the Countess Pardo Bazán and La Barraca by Blasco Ibáñez. Discussions. Student interpretation. Prerequisite: same as for 251. TBA
SPAN 257 (A)(MR) The Word and the Song: Contemporary Latin American Poetry NOT OFFERED IN 1996-97. A study of the major twentieth-century poets of Latin America, focusing on literary movements and aesthetic representation. Poets to be examined include Vicente Huidobro, Gabriela Mistral, Octavio Paz and César Vallejo Prerequisite: same as for 251. Ms. Agosin
SPAN 259 (A)(MR) Women Writers of Latin America NOT OFFERED IN 1996-97. An exploration of the aesthetic, social and cultural representation of twentieth-century Latin American women writers. Emphasis will be placed on the relationship between literary production and social reality, the role of the writer in shaping national identities, the emergence of a shared feminist consciousness, and the process of self-representation as part of an historical movement. Authors to be read include María Luisa Bombal, Delmira Agustini, Rosario Castellanos, Luisa Valenzuela, Nancy Morejón, Elena Poniatowska, and Diamela Eltit. Ms. Agosin
SPAN 260 (2)(A) Women Writers of Spain, 1970 to the Present A selection of readings -- novels, poetry, essays, theater -- by Spanish women writers of the 1970s and 1980s. Carmen Martín Gaite, Rosa Montero, Esther Tusquets, Adelaida García-Morales, Cristina Fernández-Cubas. A close study of the development of their feminist consciousness and their response to the changing world around them. Prerequisite: same as for 251. Ms. Gascón-Vera
SPAN 261 (2)(A)(MR) Mexico: Literature, Art, Rebellion An exploration of twentieth-century Mexican culture from the Revolution of 1910 to the Chiapas rebellion of New Year's Day 1994. A comparison of the novel of the Revolution (Mariano Azuela, Martáin Luis Guzmán) and the Indian-centered novel (Rosario Castellanos) with works by Juan Rulfo and Carlos Fuentes. Discussion of documentary and testimonial narratives that emerge from student rebellion and changing social and artistic consciousness. In order to examine how word and image combine into a single cognitive experience, readings will be amplified by visual works, some inspired by social themes and others oriented toward portraiture, abstraction, and photography. Prerequisite: same as for 251. Ms. Hall
SPAN 263 (A)(MR) Latin American Literature: Fantasy and Revolution NOT OFFERED IN 1996-97. The interrelation between sociopolitical and aesthetic issues in the discourse of contemporary Latin American writers, including Carlos Fuentes, Manuel Puig, Octavio Paz, Isabel Allende, and Juan Rulfo. Special attention will be given to the imaginative vision of Gabriel García Márquez. In English. Open to all students. Ms. Roses
SPAN 265 (2)(A)(MR) Introduction to Latin American Cinema This course will explore the history of Latin American cinema, spanning three decades from the early 1960s to the present. Different forms of cinematic expression will be explored: narrative film, the documentary, the cinema of exile, and others. Issues of national culture and identity, as well as cultural exchanges of films between Latin America and abroad will be addressed. In addition to the films themselves, students will be required to read selected works on film criticism and several texts which have been converted into films. Films to be analyzed include those of María Luisa Bemberg, Fernando Solanas, Jorge Silva, and Raúl Ruiz. Prerequisite: same as for 251. Ms. Agosin
SPAN 266 Centuries at their End: Spain in 1898 and 1998 An examination of late 19th- and 20th-century historical events and cultural/artistic production. Employing contemporary notions of globalization and cultural hybridity, students will examine Spanish culture and thought during two decisive periods. For the 19th century, topics include Antoni Gaudí, Pablo Picasso, Concepción Arenal, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Miguel de Unamuno, Ramón María del Valle Inclán, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Manuel Machado and early Spanish cinema; and for the 20th century, Pedro Almodovar, Javier Marías, Rosa Montero, Montserrat Roig, Javier Mariscal, and Rafael Moneo. Prerequisite: same as for 251. Ms. Dupláa
SPAN 267 (A)(MR) The Writer and Human Rights in Latin America NOT OFFERED IN 1996-97. The role of the Latin American writer as witness and voice for the persecuted. Through key works of poetry and prose from the seventies to the present, we will explore the ways in which literature depicts issues such as: censorship and self-censorship; the writer as journalist; disappearances; exile; testimonial writing; gender and human rights; and testimonial narratives. The works of Benedetti, Timmerman, Alegría, and others will be studied. Prerequisite: same as for 251. Ms. Agosin
SPAN 269 (2)(A)(MR) Caribbean Literature and Culture An introduction to the major literary, historical and artistic traditions of the Caribbean. Attention will focus on the Spanish-speaking island countries: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico. Authors will include Juan Bosch, Lydia Cabrera, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Julia de Burgos, Alejo Carpentier, Nicolás Guillén, René Márquez, Luis Palés Matos, Pedro Juan Soto. Prerequisite: same as for 251. Ms. Renjilian-Burgy
SPAN 271 (1)(A)(MR) Intersecting Currents: Afro-Hispanic and Indigenous Writers in Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature A close reading of selected texts that illustrate the intersection of African, Spanish and Indigenous oral and literary traditions. Genres include autobiographies, novels and poetry. Individual authors to be studied include Domitila Barrios, Rigoberta Menchú, Esteban Montejo, López de Albújar, Nancy Morejón and Tato Laviera. Topics include the relationship between identities and aesthetics, the marginal and the canonical, literature and the affirmation of the nation-state, and the uses of contemporary race and gender theory in literary analysis. Prerequisite: same as for 251. Mr. Webster
SPAN 272 Spanish Civilization and Culture An examination of Spain's multicultural civilization and history, from the prehistoric cave paintings of Altamira to the artistic "movida" of post-Franco Spain. Literary, historical, artistic and anthropological readings will inform our understanding of recurrent themes in Spanish national ideology and culture: Spain as a nexus between Christian, Jewish and Islamic thought; regionalism, nationalism and internationalism; religion and class; long-term economic consequences of global empire; dictatorship and democracy; and the creation and questioning of national identity. Prerequisite: same as for 251. Mr. Ramos
SPAN 273 Latin American Civilization An introduction to the multiple elements constituting Latin American Culture. An examination of the principal characteristics of Spanish colonialism and Creole nationalism will inform our general understanding of Latin American culture today. Readings and class discussions will cover such topics as the military and spiritual conquest, the Indian and African contributions, the emergence of criollo and mestizo discourses, and gender and race relations. Readings will include the works of contemporary Latin American writers, film-makers and historians. Ms. Pizarro
SPAN 275 The Making of Modern Latin American Culture An examination of the principal characteristics of the search for identity and independence of the emerging Latin American nations as expressed in literary, historical, and anthropological writing. We will examine the experience of each of four distinct regions: Mexico and Central America, the Caribbean, the Andean countires, and the Southern Cone. Readings will include the works of contemporary Latin America writers, film-makers and historians. Special attention will be given to the relationship between social issues and the evolution of literary form. The Staff
SPAN 287 Women in the Americas: Empowering Diversity This course will analyze the ways in which women of the Americas have performed acts of justice and human rights. Through literary, historical, anthropological and political readings, we will examine critical issues such as the struggle for social justice in Latin America and the United States; immigration; domestic violence and reproductive rights. Ms. Agosin
SPAN 300 (A) Honor, Monarchy and Religion in the Golden Age Drama NOT OFFERED IN 1996-97. The characteristics of the Spanish drama of the Golden Age. Analysis of ideals of love, honor, and religion as revealed in drama. Representative masterpieces of Lope de Vega, Cervantes and Ruíz de Alarcón, Tirso de Molina, Calderón. Offered in alternation with 302. Open to students who have taken two Grade II units including one unit in literature. Ms. Gascón-Vera
SPAN 302 (1)(A) Cervantes A close reading of the Quixote with particular emphasis on Cervantes' invention of the novel form: creation of character, comic genius, hero versus anti-hero, levels of reality and fantasy, history versus fiction. Prerequisite: same as for 300. Ms. Syverson-Stork
SPAN 303 (A) Creative Writing in Spanish NOT OFFERED IN 1996-97. This course will explore the craft of writing poetry and short stories in Spanish. Attention will be given to the study of the aesthetics as well as craft in lyrical works and short narratives. Emphasis will be placed on discussion of student work, focusing on basic skills and grammatical knowledge involved in creative writing in a foreign language. Readings from Latin America's most distinguished authors will be assigned. Prerequisite: same as for 300. Ms. Agosin
SPAN 305 (1)(A)(MR) Seminar. Hispanic Literature of the United States A study of U.S. Hispanic writers of the Southwest and East Coast from the Spanish colonial period to the present. Political, social, racial and intellectual contexts of their times and shared inheritance will be explored. Consideration of the literary origins and methods of their craft. Authors may include: Cabeza de Vaca, Gaspar de Villagrá, José Villarreal, Lorna Dee Cervantes, José Martí, Uva Clavijo, Ana Velilla, Pedro Juan Soto, Miguel Algarín, Edward Rivera. Open to senior majors or by permission of the instructor. Ms. Renjilian-Burgy
SPAN 311 (A)(MR) Seminar. The Literary World of Gabriel García Márquez and the Post-Boom NOT OFFERED IN 1996-97. An in-depth study of the literary career of Gabriel García Márquez, from his beginnings as a newspaper reporter in his native Colombia to his emergence as a major novelist and short story writer. Emphasis on his achievements as a Latin American writer and a universal and cosmopolitan figure. Works to be read include: El coronel no tiene quién le escriba, La mala hora, La hojarasca, Cien años de soledad, El otoño del patriarca and Crónica de una muerte anunciada. Prerequisite: same as for 300. Open to senior majors or with permission of the instructor. Ms. Roses
SPAN 315 (1)(A)(MR) Seminar. Luis Buñuel and the Search for Freedom and Morality Students will read the scripts and view the films most representative of alternative possibilities of freedom expressed by Luis Buñuel. The course will focus on the moral issues posed in his films and will start with a revision of the historical motivations of the Buñuel perspective: Marxism, Freudianism and Surrealism as depicted in selected films of Buñuel, from his first An Andalusian Dog (1928) to his last That Obscure Object of Desire (1977). Open to senior majors or with permission of the instructor. Ms. Gascón-Vera
SPAN 317 (A)(MR) Seminar. The New World in Its Literature: Conquest and Counter-Conquest NOT OFFERED IN 1996-97. Exploration of five major figures of Spanish America: Columbus, Las Casas, Sahagún, El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Readings from some of their most significant texts and related modern texts. Topics include the emergence of Latin America, politics and "barbarism," the first fight for human rights, Aztec and Inca thought, and the defense of women's right to knowledge. Open to senior majors or with permission of the instructor. Mr. Webster
SPAN 318 (A) Seminar. Love and Desire in Spain's Early Literature NOT OFFERED IN 1996-97. Medieval Spain, at a nexus between the Christian, Jewish and Islamic cultures, witnessed a flowering of literature dealing with the nature and depiction of love. This course will examine works from all three traditions, stressing the uses of symbolic language and metaphor in the linguistic representation of physical desire. Texts will include Ibn Hazm, The Dove's Neck-Ring; the poetry of Yehuda Ha-Levi and Ben Sahl of Seville; the Mozarabic "kharjas"; the Galician "cantigas d'amigo"; the Catalan lyrics of Ausias March; Diego de San Pedro, Cárcel de Amor; and Fernando de Rojas, La Celestina. Open to senior majors or with permission of the instructor. Mr. Vega
SPAN 324 (2)(A) Seminar. Avant-Garde and Modernity in Spain Using a wide variety of literary texts, paintings, and cinema, this course will explore various forms of Modernity in Spain. Emphasis will be placed on the connections between the Spanish and mainstream European Avant-Garde: main figures will include Federico García Lorca, Ramón de la Serna, Vicente Huidobro, Rafael Alberti, Luis Buñuel, Guillermo de Torre, Salvador Dalí and Pablo Picasso. Open to senior majors or with permission of the instructor. Mr. Ramos
SPAN 350 (1)(2) Research or Individual Study Open by permission of the instructor to seniors who have taken two Grade III units in the department.
SPAN 360 (1)(2) Senior Thesis Research By permission of department. See p. 73, Honors.
SPAN 370 (1) (2) Senior Thesis Prerequisite: 360.
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