XII. Course Descriptions
Spanish Studies
School of Languages and Literatures
All courses are conducted in Spanish (reading , writing and speaking), and literary texts are, at all levels, studied in the
original language.
| SPAN*2000 Spanish Language I F,W (3-1) [0.50] |
| This is a course designed to develop proficiency in reading, writing, understanding and speaking Spanish including conversation,
grammar and language laboratory practice.
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| Prerequisite(s): |
Grade 12 (4U) Spanish or SPAN*1110 (or equivalent)
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| SPAN*2040 Spanish Civilization F (3-0) [0.50] |
| An examination of the historical and cultural events that provided the background for the development of modern Spain, as
well as a visual survey of Spanish culture.
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| Prerequisite(s): |
SPAN*1110 or 4U Spanish
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| Restriction(s): |
Instructor consent required. |
| SPAN*2990 Hispanic Literary Studies W (3-0) [0.50] |
| An introduction to literary studies in Spanish. The course focuses on critical terminology and methods through a selection
of prose, poetry and drama from Spain and Spanish America.
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| Prerequisite(s): |
SPAN*1110 or 4U Spanish
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| Restriction(s): |
Instructor consent required. |
| SPAN*3080 Spanish American Culture W (3-0) [0.50] |
| A survey through selected readings, class discussion and audio-visual materials of the Spanish American countries, their histories,
society, institutions and culture.
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| Prerequisite(s): |
SPAN*1110 or 4U Spanish
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| Restriction(s): |
Instructor consent required. |
| SPAN*3110 Spanish Literature F (3-0) [0.50] |
| This course will study the works of prominent 20th-century poets in the context of the artistic environment of Europe as reflected
in the theatre, art and film of the first two decades of the 20th century. Focus will be on poets including: Garcia Lorca,
Vicente Aleixandre, Gerardo Diego; painters Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso, and film director Luis Buñuel. (Offered in even-numbered
years.)
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| Prerequisite(s): |
SPAN*2990 |
| Restriction(s): |
Instructor consent required. |
| SPAN*3120 Post-Civil War Literature and Film W (3-0) [0.50] |
| This course examines contemporary Spanish Literature and film from a socio-political perspective. It will focus on the following
topics: the impact on narrative and theatre of socio-cultural upheavals in the aftermath of the civil war; the role in the
aesthetics of both film and literature of the Franco dictatorship and censorship in particular; the importance of post-Franco
liberalization on women's creative work. (Offered in odd-numbered years.)
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| Prerequisite(s): |
SPAN*2990 |
| Restriction(s): |
Instructor consent required. |
| SPAN*3160 Contemporary Latin American Fiction W (3-0) [0.50] |
| This course will examine why and how the leading figures, such as Borges, Cortazar, Garcia Marquez, Carpentier and Isabel
Allende, have "made" history, not only in the way they have recreated the Latin American historical reality, but also in the
way they have reformed the Hispanic literature. (Offered in odd-numbered years.)
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| Prerequisite(s): |
SPAN*2990 |
| Restriction(s): |
HUMN*3160 |
| SPAN*3170 Spanish Drama: Women, Virtue, Honour F (3-0) [0.50] |
| This topic-oriented course will study the code of Honour in major Golden Age dramas and twentieth-century plays. Playwrights
and plays to be studied may include: Lope de Vega’s Fuenteovejuna, Calderon’s Life is a Dream, Tirso de Molina’s Don Juan,
The House of Bernardo Alba, Jerma, and Blood Wedding by Garcia Lorca. These texts will also be studied for their influence
on world literature. (Offered in even-numbered years.)
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| Prerequisite(s): |
SPAN*2990 |
| Restriction(s): |
HUMN*3170 |
| SPAN*3180 Cuento/Journalism Spanish American W (3-0) [0.50] |
| Most Latin American writers started their careers as journalists, and short stories by Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar,
Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Elena Poniatowska, Luisa Valenzuela, and Isabel Allende were published in daily newspapers. One of
the results of the close link between journalism and fiction is a deep sense of social responsibility in modern non-representational
literature. This course will study twentieth-century Latin American short stories for their artistic merits, and for their
other links to journalistic discourse. (Offered in even-numbered years.)
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| Prerequisite(s): |
SPAN*2990 |
| Restriction(s): |
Instructor consent required. |
| SPAN*3300 Modern Spanish American Prose F (3-0) [0.50] |
| A study, through selected texts, of the most important aspects of Spanish American Prose up to 1940. Authors studied may include
Maria Luisa Bombal, Horacio Quiroga, Jorge Icaza, Romulo Gallegos and Ricardo Guiraldes. The course will emphasize themes
such as rural life, the role of native peoples, and changing attitudes to concepts such as national identity, urbanization
and literary technique. (Offered in odd-numbered years.)
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| Prerequisite(s): |
SPAN*2990 |
| Restriction(s): |
Instructor consent required. |
| SPAN*3320 Spanish American Fiction Since 1990 W (3-0) [0.50] |
| This course provides a detailed study of fiction to emerge from Spanish America since 1990, concentrating on themes such as
immigration, the breakdown of traditional cultural identities, responses to neo-liberal ideology and the influence of globalization
and popular culture on literary production. (Offered in even-numbered years.)
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| Prerequisite(s): |
SPAN*2990 |
| SPAN*3530 Business Spanish W (3-0) [0.50] |
| A detailed study of the Spanish language as it is currently used in adminstration and business. It will cover areas such as
administrative correspondence, reports, employment, business communication and advertising.
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| Prerequisite(s): |
SPAN*3500 |
| SPAN*3800 Directed Readings in Spanish Studies U (3-0) [0.50] |
| A reading course in Spanish or Spanish American literature designed according to the previous studies and the interests of
the individual student. Normally, students will not be permitted to take more than two courses in the Directed Readings sequence.
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| Prerequisite(s): |
1.00 credits in Spanish literature at the 3000 level |
| Restriction(s): |
Instructor consent required. |
| SPAN*3810 Directed Readings in Spanish Studies U (3-0) [0.50] |
| A reading course in Spanish or Spanish American literature designed according to the previous studies and the interests of
the individual student. Normally, students will not be permitted to take more than two courses in the Directed Readings sequence.
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| Prerequisite(s): |
1.00 credits in Spanish literature at the 3000 level |
| Restriction(s): |
Instructor consent required. |
| SPAN*3820 Directed Readings in Spanish Studies U (3-0) [0.50] |
| A reading course in Spanish or Spanish American literature designed according to the previous studies and the interests of
the individual student. Normally, students will not be permitted to take more than two courses in the Directed Readings sequence.
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| Prerequisite(s): |
1.00 credits in Spanish literature at the 3000 level |
| Restriction(s): |
Instructor consent required. |
| SPAN*4200 Spanish American Sociolinguistics F (3-0) [0.50] |
| This course will study language variation in Latin American Spanish in its social context. Major topics include theoretical
and practical concepts of linguistic variation, linguistic change, standard, prescriptive versus non-prestigious varieties,
bilingualism, diglossia, language attitude, code-switching, language planning, conversation analysis and language shift. (Offered
in odd-numbered years.)
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| Prerequisite(s): |
SPAN*2010, LING*1000 |
