Conducted in Spanish. A survey course, conducted in Spanish, considers the general development of Peninsular literature from the earliest times to the present. 61 Spanish Literature before 1700 A comprehensive survey, conducted in Spanish, studies the origins and development of Spanish prose, poetry, and drama from the Middle Ages up through the Siglo de Oro. A study, conducted in Spanish, of the evolution of Spanish prose, poetry and drama from the close of the Golden Age through 19th century realism and romanticism. This course, conducted in Spanish, involves reading, analysis, and discussion of selected, representative works of 20th Century Peninsular Spanish poetry, prose, and drama.
Works are viewed in literary context but critical assessment of individual texts is stressed.
Although emphasis is placed on the texts themselves, an attempt is made to delineate the socio-historical and literary contexts wherein they originated. Conducted in Spanish. Spanish-American Literature A study, conducted in Spanish, of the major patterns of thematic and formal development in the literature of Spanish America, concentrating on the individual study of selected texts written between 1900 and 1950. Conducted in Spanish. This course, conducted in Spanish, traces the development of the Hispanic short story from its beginning to the present.