SPA 420 Applied Spanish Linguistics. (3) S
Application of linguistic principles to the acquisition, analysis, and teaching of Spanish. Prerequisite: FLA 400 or any other introductory linguistics course. General Studies: L2.
SPA 421 Spanish in the Southwest. (3) F
Analysis of Southwest spoken and written Spanish as compared to standard Spanish. Designed for students preparing for bilingual-bicultural work. Prerequisite: SPA 314 or 316 or instructor approval. General Studies: L2/SB, C.
SPA 425 Spanish Literature. (3) F, S
Survey of Spanish literature from its beginning to 1700. Prerequisite: SPA 325.
General Studies: HU.
SPA 426 Spanish Literature. (3) F, S
Survey of Spanish literature from 1700 to the present. Prerequisite: SPA 325.
General Studies: HU.
SPA 427 Spanish-American Literature. (3) F, S
Survey of major works, figures, and movements from Colonial period to 1880. Prerequisite: SPA 325. General Studies: L2.
SPA 428 Spanish-American Literature. (3) F, S
Survey of major works, figures, and movements from 1880 to the present. Prerequisite: SPA 325.
SPA 429 Mexican Literature. (3) N
Selected readings from pre-Columbian writers/poets (e.g., Macuilxóchitl) through the novel of the Revolution to the present. Prerequisite: SPA 325.
SPA 434 Drama of the Golden Age. (3) S
Dramatic works of Lope de Vega, Calderón de la Barca, and their contemporaries. Prerequisite: SPA 325.
SPA 435 Cervantes––Don Quijote. (3) F
Don Quijote and the development of the novel. Prerequisite: SPA 325.
SPA 454 19th-Century Spanish-American Narrative. (3) F
Principal works in the novel, short story, narrative fiction, and narrative (Gauchesque) poetry. Prerequisite: SPA 325.
SPA 456 20th-Century Spanish-American Fiction. (3) S
Major works and movements. Prerequisite: SPA 325.
SPA 464 Mexican American Literature. (3) F
Representative literature in Spanish and English by Mexican Americans, emphasizing sociocultural as well as literary values. Prerequisite: SPA 325. General Studies: HU.
SPA 471 Civilization of the Spanish Southwest. (3) S
The political, intellectual, social, economic, and artistic development of the Spanish-speaking people of the Southwest. Prerequisite: SPA 314 or 316 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU.
SPA 472 Spanish-American Civilization. (3) F
Growth of the institutions and cultures of Spanish-American people. Prerequisite: SPA 314 or 316 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU, G/H.
SPA 473 Spanish Civilization. (3) S
Political, intellectual, social, economic, and artistic development of the Spanish nation from its origin to the present. Prerequisite: SPA 314 or 316 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU/SB, G.
SPA 485 Mexican American Short Story. (3) N
Critical study of contemporary short stories by Mexican American authors, with emphasis on their Spanish-language writings. Prerequisite: SPA 325 or instructor approval.
SPA 486 Mexican American Novel. (3) N
Social and literary contexts of representative novelists, emphasizing their Spanish-language writings. Prerequisite: SPA 325 or instructor approval.
SPA 487 Mexican American Drama. (3) N
Representative dramatic works, with emphasis on the history and development of this genre from its regional origins to the present. Prerequisite: SPA 325 or instructor approval.
SPA 500 Bibliography and Research Methods. (3) F
Required of all graduate students.
SPA 536 Generation of 1898. (3) N
Works of Unamuno, Baroja, Azorín, and their contemporaries, studied against the ideological background of the turn of century in Spain. Prerequisite: SPA 325.
SPA 540 History of the Spanish Language. (3) S
Linguistic development of the Spanish language from the epoch of Vulgar Latin to the present day.
SPA 541 Spanish Language in America. (3) F
The major dialects of Spanish in the Americas, and their historical, social, and cultural development. Prerequisite: SPA 540 or instructor approval.
SPA 542 Studies in the Spanish of the Southwest. (3) S
Examination of bilingualism and the social and regional dialects of Spanish in the Southwest. Prerequisite: FLA 400 or equivalent.
SPA 543 Structure of Spanish. (3) S
Analysis and discussion, within the framework of contemporary linguistic theories, of selected problems in Spanish morphology, syntax, and semantics. Prerequisite: FLA 400 or equivalent.
SPA 545 Concepts of Literary Criticism. (3) S
Aims and methods of modern literary scholarship. Discussion of major theories of literary analysis.
SPA 555 Spanish-American Modernism. (3) N
Principal works and figures of literary Modernism, 1880–1920, with emphasis on international literary context of the movement. Prerequisite: SPA 325.
SPA 557 Contemporary Spanish-American Poetry. (3) N
Major works and problems in contemporary poetry and poetics, with emphasis on Paz, Parra, Cardenal, and new poetry since 1960. Prerequisite: SPA 325.
SPA 560 Medieval Spanish Literature. (3) N
Major figures and works of the Middle Ages in Spain.
SPA 561 Golden Age Spanish Prose Fiction. (3) N
Major figures and works of the 16th and 17th centuries, with emphasis on the picaresque novel.
SPA 562 Golden Age Spanish Poetry. (3) N
Major figures and works of the 16th and 17th centuries, with emphasis on lyric poetry.
SPA 563 Spanish Romanticism. (3) N
Principal figures and works of the Spanish Romanticism, with emphasis on international literary context of the movement.
SPA 564 19th-Century Spanish Prose Fiction. (3) N
Principal figures and works of Realism in the 19th-century novel, with emphasis on Galdós.
SPA 565 20th-Century Spanish Drama. (3) N
Principal figures and works of Spanish dramatic literature from the Generation of 1898 to the present.
SPA 566 Generation of 1927. (3) N
Major poets of the Generation of 1927, with emphasis on works of Lorca, Guillén, Salinas, and Aleixandre.
SPA 567 Contemporary Spanish Novel. (3) N
Major works of post-Civil War Spanish fiction.
SPA 568 Cervantes. (3) N
An extensive analysis of the prose and theater of Cervantes as a key figure of the Spanish Golden Age. Lecture, seminar.
SPA 570 Indigenous Literatures of Spanish America. (3) N
The indigenous literary traditions, with emphasis on Nahuatl, Mayan, and Quechua literatures through readings in Spanish translations.
SPA 571 Colonial Spanish-American Literature. (3) N
The major figures and works from Conquest to Independence.
SPA 572 Spanish-American Drama. (3) N
Major contributions of Spanish-American drama, with emphasis on contemporary dramatists.
SPA 573 Spanish-American Essay. (3) N
Major works of the essay, within the framework of intellectual history and literary movements.
SPA 574 Spanish-American Vanguard Poetry. (3) N
Examination of poetic developments, 1920–1940, with emphasis on Huidobro, Vallejo, Neruda, and the international context of their works.
SPA 575 Contemporary Spanish-American Novel. (3) N
Principal novels of the Nueva Narrativa Hispanoamericana, within the context of contemporary theories of the narrative.
SPA 576 Contemporary Spanish-American Short Story. (3) N
Principal short stories of the Nueva Narrativa Hispanoamericana, within the context of contemporary theories of the narrative.
SPA 577 Regional Spanish-American Literature. (3) N
The figures and works of major national (Peru, Argentina, Chile, and Mexico) and regional (Caribbean) literatures. Topics offered on a rotating basis. May be repeated for different topics.
SPA 578 Novel of the Mexican Revolution. (3) N
Representative works and authors of this genre (Guzmán, Azuela, Urquizo, Muñoz, and Romero), including related or peripheral offshoots in indigenous novels.
SPA 581 Latin American Popular Culture. (3) N
Studies in selected topics of Latin American popular culture, with emphasis on appropriate academic models for the critical analysis of these materials.
SPA 582 Studies in Latin American Film. (3) N
Examination of the role of film in contemporary Latin American culture; films viewed and analyzed as casebook examples. Seminar.
SPA 591 Seminar. (3) N
Spanish and Spanish-American literary, cultural, and linguistic topics.
SPA 691 Figures and Works Seminar. (3) N
Topics may be selected from Spanish and Spanish American literatures.
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