Academic Representatives:
Professor Antonio Candau
Guilford House 309, Ext. 8976
E-mail: axc102@case.edu
Professor M. Gabriela Copertari
Office: Guilford 216, Ext. 4324
E-mail: mgc6@case.edu
Professor Jacqueline Nanfito
Guilford House 308, Ext. 5264
E-mail: jcn@case.edu
Major (for B.A.) Hours: 30-32
Students who begin the major at the 200-level:
SPAN 201 and 202; eight 300-level Spanish courses; two of these may be replaced by related courses as defined below.
Students who begin the major at the 300-level:
Ten 300-level courses taught in Spanish; two of these may be replaced by related courses as defined below.
Related courses are those outside Spanish offerings which are closely related to Spanish or Latin American culture: Art History, Classics, History, Philosophy, Political Science as well as other language and literature courses. Courses other than SPAN must be approved in advance by the major advisor.
Minor Hours: 15-19
Students who begin Spanish at the introductory level:
SPAN 101, 102, 201, 202 and one 300-level course
Students who begin Spanish at the 200-level or higher:
Five courses at the 200 and 300-levels approved by the advisor.
NOTE: Study abroad is highly recommended for all majors, as is additional work in world literature and/or in another language. Information on study abroad opportunities may be obtained from the academic representatives listed above, from the main office of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (103 Guilford House), and from the Office of Undergraduate Studies
(Sears 357).
Humanities Sequence (for B.S. based on
Engineering Core) : Hours: 9-12
Depending on previous study in Spanish, students may develop sequences in consultation with the advisor along the following lines:
A. Students with no high school preparation in Spanish: SPAN 101, 102, 201
B. Students with the equivalent of one year of college Spanish: SPAN 201, 202, and one 300-level course
C. Students with the equivalent of two years of college Spanish: Three 300-level courses
SPANISH Teacher Licensure Option - Multi-age
Licensure, Spanish
A. Completion of required courses in Spanish
For information, contact a department representative
B. Completion of required Education courses
NOTE: For more information about licensure programs, see Professor Phil Safford, advisor for the Case/John Carroll University Joint Program in Teacher Licensure.
Honors
The Departmental Honors Program is for especially talented and dedicated majors. A registration form for students electing to do Honors in Modern Languages and Literatures is available in the departmental office. Students who qualify receive their degrees "with Honors in Modern Languages and Literatures." Requirements for the Honors Program in Modern Languages and Literatures are:
* having a grade point average of at least 3.5 in the major;
*an honors thesis (six semester hours, SPAN 397 and SPAN 398, beyond the 30 - 32 hours required for the major);
*The thesis, devoted to the investigation of a literary, linguistic, or cultural topic, must be written in the target language, should be directed by a regular professor, must be read and approved by two readers and will be accepted for honors only if it achieves a grade of B or better.
Spanish Course Descriptions
Undergraduate
SPAN 101. Elementary Spanish I (4)
(Credit for SPAN 101 only upon completion of SPAN
102.) Introductory course. Students achieve control
of the sound system and basic sentence structures of
spoken and written Spanish. Students must attend
the Language Resource Center in addition to class
meetings.
SPAN 102. Elementary Spanish II (4)
Continuation of SPAN 101, emphasizing conversational
skills. Prereq: SPAN 101.
SPAN 201. Intermediate Spanish I (4)
Intensive review of grammar and usage through readings,
discussions, and other activities. Prereq: SPAN
102 or equivalent.
SPAN 202. Intermediate Spanish II (4)
Continues grammar review of SPAN 201. Students
will study texts and cultural documents which focus on
contemporary life in Hispanic countries. Prereq: SPAN
201 or equivalent.
SPAN 285. The Hispanophone World (3)
A survey of the imaginative literatures in a variety
of genres from the Spanish-speaking world, including
texts authored by Hispanics living in the United
States. The selections will help students gain a greater
understanding and appreciation of the impact and
adaptation of Spanish language and culture among
widely diverse populations of the world over the past
centuries. Counts towards Spanish major as related
course. No knowledge of Spanish required. Cross-listed
as WLIT 285.
SPAN 310. Advanced Composition and Reading (3)
Designed to facilitate the transition between lower and
upper division courses in Spanish, and focus upon the
simultaneous development of the reading and writing
skills expected of students in all advanced Spanish
courses. Prereq: SPAN 202.
SPAN 311. Advanced Spanish Conversation (3)
Engages students in conversation so that they develop
oral proficiency. Short essays and newspaper articles
dealing with everyday activities, socio-cultural roles
and experiences, and self-awareness and life goals
discussed; some literary materials discussed. Prereq:
SPAN 202.
SPAN 314. Practice of Translation (3)
Students learn necessary skills and techniques for
solving linguistic problems in translation. Texts with
a variety of contents, including articles from current
press, will be translated from English into Spanish and
occasionally from Spanish into English. Prereq: SPAN
202.
SPAN 315. Latin American Cultural Conflicts (3)
Evolution of Latin American socioeconomic characteristics
and artistic production up to the present. Class
discussions of diverse literary works, social research essays,
and testimonials focus on conflicting elements in
class structures, ethnicity, and urban modernization as
well as family ethos, religious trends, cultural identity,
and educational problems. Prereq: SPAN 202.
SPAN 316. Studies in Civilization (3)
Major historical, intellectual, and artistic influences
that have shaped the evolution of Spanish civilization.
Prereq: SPAN 202.
SPAN 317. Contemporary Latin American Culture
(3)
An intensive study of Latin American culture and
civilization through the examination of its arts:
literature, music, film, painting, photography, popular
art. Designed to bring together the various strands of
Latin American realities, emphasis is placed on the
predominant view among Latin American intellectuals
that artists and intellectuals have the power and the
obligation to modify society. Prereq: SPAN 202.
SPAN 318. Contemporary Spanish Culture (3)
Study of several key historical moments and several
key aspects in contemporary Spain: Spanish civil war,
Franco’s dictatorship, and democratic Spain; ruralurban
differences, industrialization and migratory
movements; nationalism and terrorism; foreign immigration
and tourism, the cultural renaissance and the
cultural wars in Madrid and Barcelona. Feature films
and literary texts will illustrate the issues under study.
Prereq: SPAN 202.
SPAN 320. Introduction to Readings in Spanish
Literature (3)
Introduction to major literary movements and outstanding
works of Spanish literature. Prereq: SPAN
202.
SPAN 322. Latin American Short Story (3)
The history and development of the Latin American
short story from the nineteenth century to the present.
Intertextuality, rise of the Nuevo Cuento, and major
characteristics of the works. Male and female authors.
Prereq: SPAN 320.
SPAN 326. The Fantastic in Latin American Prose
(3)
Introduction to a distinctive trend in contemporary
Latin American literature, the prose portrayal of the
“fantastic,” a new narrative mode in Latin America.
Critical examination of selected texts reveals new
concepts of space and time and an increasing complexity
of structure and style, one which juxtaposes and
analyzes fantasy and reality. Prereq: SPAN 320.
SPAN 331. Spanish Golden Age Literature (3)
Through close reading and discussion of representative
texts, we will study different examples of Spanish and
Latin American writing from the Middle Ages, Renaissance
and Baroque periods. We will stress connections
between Spain and Latin America, as well as cultural
and literary topics of special relevance for contemporary
Hispanic cultures. Prereq: SPAN 320.
SPAN 333. Contemporary Caribbean Literature (3)
In addition to developing a general familiarity with
the literature and history of this region, students will
acquire an awareness of the interrelation of national
identity, memory, and language in the texts produced
by contemporary Caribbean authors, and of the
cultural hybridity characteristic of this production. The
themes treated by these authors include colonialism
and postcolonialism, cultural and religious syncretism,
and sexual politics. Prereq: SPAN 320.
SPAN 336. Chicana/o Literature (3)
An introduction to Chicana/o literature written after
1943. Literary history, clarification of linguistic terminology,
and an examination of the cultural components
of each work. Readings, discussions, and lectures in
Spanish. Prereq: SPAN 320.
SPAN 339. Latin American Poetic Revolt (3)
Introduction to most important poets in contemporary
Latin America, a region home to a significant
number of eminent poets, including Nobel Laureates
from Chile, Gabriela Mistral and Pablo Neruda. The
course focuses on detailed textual analysis of pivotal
works, combined with historical-literary perspective, so
students gain insight into the diverse styles and tendencies
that reflect the tumultuous history of poetry’s
development in a relentless search for a Latin American
cultural identity. Prereq: SPAN 320.
SPAN 340. Contemporary Latin-American Narrative
(3)
Students explore the most significant narrative techniques
since 1945 in Latin American fiction: Borges,
Cortazar, Garcia Marquez, Vargas Llosa, Isabel Allende.
Prereq: SPAN 320.
SPAN 342. Latin American Feminist Voices (3)
Examination of the awakening of feminine and feminist
consciousness in the literary production of Latin
American women writers, particularly from the 1920s
to the present. Close attention paid to the dominant
themes of love and dependency; imagination as evasion;
alienation and rebellion; sexuality and power; the
search for identity and the self-preservation of subjectivity. Readings include prose, poetry, and dramatic
texts of female Latin American writers contributing to
the emerging of feminist ideologies and the mapping
of feminist identities. Prereq: SPAN 320.
SPAN 343. The New Drama in Latin America (3)
Representative works of contemporary Latin American
drama. Critical examination of selected dramatic works
of twentieth-century Latin America provides students
insight into the nature of drama and into the structural
and stylistic strategies utilized by Latin American
dramatists to create the “new theater,” one which is
closely related to Latin American political history.
Prereq: SPAN 320.
SPAN 345. Hispanic Autobiographical Writing (3)
The course studies issues of self-representation through
the reading of autobiographical works from different
periods from Latin America, Spain, and the U.S., and
of theoretical works that address topics of first-person
narratives, autobiography, and sub-alternity. Prereq:
SPAN 320.
SPAN 350. Spanish Fiction (3)
Narrative masterpieces from Cervantes and the picaresque
(El Lazarillo) to the short stories and novels of
19th and 20th century authors. Prereq: SPAN 320.
SPAN 351. Hispanic Turn of the Century Literature
(3)
Cultural and political transitions between 19th and
20th Century, between Spain and Latin America, and
between literary models. Study of Spanish and Latin
American writers and their literary connections (Generation
of 1898, modernistas) in the context of colonial
conflicts and economic changes. Prereq: SPAN 320.
SPAN 353. Transatlantic Vanguard (3)
Presentation of transatlantic tendencies of the early
vanguard movements represented by poets from Spain,
Central and South America. Beginning with the advent
of Modernism in Latin America and Symbolism in
Spain, this course will trace the development of resulting
movements in the early twentieth century. Surrealism,
Creationism, Futurism, Ultraism and Dadaism
forged a vital link between poets and artists from the
Americas and their European counterparts. We will
focus on the similarities and differences between these “isms” while drawing conclusions about the uniqueness
of vanguard movements on both sides of the Atlantic.
Prereq: SPAN 320.
SPAN 360. Hispanic Self-Conscious Literature (3)
Since the Seventeenth Century, Hispanic literature
has revealed its fictional nature, commented on the
building of its fictional world, mirrored itself (fiction
within a fiction), and invited and compelled the reader
to participate in the work of art. The texts of the
course, selected from Peninsular and Latin-American
literatures, show the most relevant characteristics of
Contemporary self-conscious art and allow students to
become acquainted with some of the main concepts of
literary criticism today. Prereq: SPAN 320.
SPAN 370. Special Topics in Spanish (3)
This course is designed to respond to students’ and faculty
interest in specific themes or issues not otherwise
covered in the curriculum. Approaches, content, and
instructor will vary and this course may have a focus
that crosses generic, artistic, historical, disciplinary, and
geographical boundaries. The honing of analytical and
interpretative skills as well as the further development
of Spanish language skills also are integral objectives of
this course. The class is conducted in Spanish. Prereq:
SPAN 320 or equivalent.
SPAN 385. Hispanic Literature in Translation (3)
Critical analysis and appreciation of representative literary
masterpieces from Spain and Latin America, and
by Hispanics living in the U.S. Texts cover a variety of
genres and a range of literary periods, from works by
Cervantes to those of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The
course will examine the relationship between literature
and other forms of artistic production, as well as the
development of the Hispanic literary text within the
context of historical events and cultural production
of the period. Counts toward Spanish major only as
related course. No knowledge of Spanish required.
Cross-listed as WLIT 385.
SPAN 397. Honors Thesis I (3)
Intensive study of a literary, linguistic, or cultural
topic with a faculty member, leading to the writing of
a research paper in Spanish. Limited to senior majors.
Permit required. Prereq: Consent of department.
SPAN 398. Honors Thesis II (3)
Continuation of SPAN 397. Limited to senior majors.
Permit required. Prereq: SPAN 397 and consent of
department.
SPAN 399. Independent Study (1-3)
Prereq: Permission of department.
Graduate
SPAN 426. The Fantastic in Latin American Prose
(3)
(See SPAN 326.)
SPAN 430. Landmarks of Spanish Literature (3)
SPAN 431. Spanish Golden Age Literature (3)
(See SPAN 331.)
SPAN 433. Contemporary Caribbean Literature (3)
(See SPAN 333.)
SPAN 439. Latin American Poetic Revolt (3)
(See SPAN 339.)
SPAN 440. Contemporary Latin-American Narrative
(3)
(See SPAN 340.)
SPAN 442. Latin American Feminist Voices (3)
(See SPAN 342.)
SPAN 443. The New Drama in Latin American (3)
(See SPAN 343.)
SPAN 445. Hispanic Autobiographical Writing (3)
(See SPAN 345.)
SPAN 451. Hispanic Turn of the Century Literature
(3)
(See SPAN 351.)
SPAN 453. Transatlantic Vanguard (3)
(See SPAN 353.)
SPAN 460. Hispanic Self-Conscious Literature (3)
(See SPAN 460.)
SPAN 470. Special Topics in Spanish (3)
(See SPAN 370.)
SPAN 485. Hispanic Literature in Translation (3)
(See SPAN 385.) Prereq: Graduate standing. Crosslisted
as WLIT 485. For current course catalogue, click HERE
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