Students will have the opportunity to learn about and visit first hand these works of Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical and Contemporary styles. Students will select a work of art located in Salamanca for their research paper, and will understand the difference from seeing the artwork in books or slide form to physically standing in front of the piece. Students will read and discuss this text in terms of the experiences that they are having and the places they are visiting in Spain. We will examine these stories in great detail with an aim toward discovering fictional techniques which students will use in their own stories. The primary goal of this class, however, is not to analyze fiction but to write fiction.
Films are in Spanish with English subtitles.
This beginning course is an introduction to the speaking, reading, writing, and understanding of elementary Spanish. Elementary grammatical structures as used in the context of oral communication will be introduced and studied which will aid the student in developing effective, competent, and grammatically correct communication skills. This course also contains a cultural component that will introduce and develop the student's appreciation of Hispanic culture. The students will briefly review the essentials of grammar presented at the introductory level before proceeding to the use of more intermediate structures. The Moorish influence in Spain will also be addressed.