Will focus on the literature of Spain beginning with the eighteenth century to the present. Masterworks from genres of drama, poetry, and prose will be read, discussed in Spanish and analyzed in written reports. A study of descriptive, applied, and contrastive linguistics. Reading materials from Spanish speaking countries will be included as a basis for conversation and composition. This course cannot be taken for credit by native Spanish speakers.
Emphasis is placed on extemporaneous speaking and conversation.
Reading materials from Spanish speaking countries will be included as a basis for conversation and composition. Study of the texts of Spanish-American writers from the Conquest to the present with emphasis given to the historical, cultural, and political factors which influenced their writing. Instruction is in Spanish. American poets, dramatists or novelists. An overview of the culture and civilization of Spain.