Spanish (SPAN)

SPAN 100W Introduction to Spanish (WLU)

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SPAN 101 Introduction to Spanish 1

This course is for students with no previous knowledge of Spanish. The basic elements of Spanish grammar will be studied, with emphasis on group and individual oral practice. Focus will be given to the development of skills in listening/comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Multimedia exercises accompany each chapter of the textbook. Students will be expected to use them in the multimedia language centre and at home. [Note: SPAN 101 is not open to students with native, near-native, or similar advanced ability.]

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SPAN 101W Intro to Spanish 1 (WLU)

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SPAN 102 Introduction to Spanish 2

This course is a continuation of SPAN 101, with emphasis being placed on more advanced elements of Spanish grammar and the spoken language. Students will be provided with a range of opportunities to gain practical insights into the customs and cultural contexts of the contemporary Spanish-speaking world. [Note: SPAN 102 is not open to students with native, near-native, or similar advanced ability.]

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SPAN 102W Introduction to Spanish 2 (WLU)

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SPAN 150 Welcome to Latin America

Discover the vibrant diversity of Latin American cultures and societies from their genesis in conquest and colonization through to independence, and the post-colonial quest for identity and self-determination. [Note: Taught in English.]

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SPAN 201A Intermediate Spanish 1

This course develops intermediate skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. The primary goals are to build communicative competence and enhance social and cultural awareness of the Spanish-speaking world.

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SPAN 201B Intermediate Spanish 2

The course continues development of intermediate skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. The primary goals of the course are the further enhancement of communicative competence, and social and cultural awareness. Particular attention is placed on the use of the subjunctive mood.

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SPAN 201W Intermediate Spanish 1 (WLU)

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SPAN 202W Intermediate Spanish II (WLU)

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SPAN 210 Spanish Conversation

Practice makes perfect! In this course, students will continue to develop and hone their Spanish speaking and listening skills through discussions of current topics in Spanish-speaking countries. [Note: This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be taken a total of three times.]

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SPAN 217 First Nations, Native Americans, Pueblos Originarios

This course will introduce and expose students to the Indigenous civilizations that embody the Americas. Students will look at the cosmogonies, histories, and cultures of Indigenous peoples from pre-Columbian times to the 20th century. They will analyze Latin America's Pueblos Originarios' perspectives on conquest, colonization, and independence, and compare such perspectives to those of First Nations and Native Americans. Through their study of colonial, social, economic, and political relations, students will examine how the meanings of these categories changed over time and how Indigenous peoples have contributed to the ethnically diverse regional societies that continue to characterize Latin America today. [Note: Taught in English.]

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SPAN 220W Topics in Spanish Culture(WLU)

This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to explore and develop their knowledge of Spanish culture. The course will offer a wide-ranging survey of cultural topics. It will take a broad view of the country by covering aspects of daily life, history, and social, economic and political changes. [Note: Taught in English. Only offered at WLU.]

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SPAN 223W Introduction to Spanish Literature (WLU)

This course will study some of the most significant texts from medieval time to the 18th century. Special emphasis is placed on textual analysis. [Note: Only offered at WLU.]

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SPAN 234 Parallel Revolutions in a Nascent Continent

This course provides a broad foundation to the varied and complex geographical, ethnic, social, and historical forces that have shaped contemporary Latin American nations from the early 19th-century independence period to current affairs. Students will be introduced to the diverse regions of the continent: Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Bolivarian republics, and the Southern Cone. Students will analyze and discuss nation-building factors such as European-African-Asian-New World interactions, ethnic mixtures, military takeovers, revolutions, U.S. interventions in the region, and migratory experiences. Discussions will also be aimed at contrasting and comparing the contemporary and diverse cultural manifestations of the peoples living in Latin America and the cultural transformation of Latin Americans who have emigrated to other parts of the world, as well as the perceptions of Latin Americans in other cultures. [Note: Taught in English.]

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SPAN 260W Hispanic Cultural Representations (WLU)

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SPAN 266W Approaches to Literary Text (WLU)

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SPAN 267W Intellectual History of Spain and Latin America (WLU)

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SPAN 288W Study Abroad (WLU)

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SPAN 290 Approaches to Translation

This course introduces students to translation studies through the examination of different approaches to the discipline, along with practical experience. Students review the grammar of the Spanish and English languages within particular contexts as the basis for translation practices. The course also enhances students' lexical and semantic knowledge of the Spanish language through an experiential component in the community. [Note: Formerly SPAN 450.]

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SPAN 301A Spanish in Context 1

This course promotes students' oral and written abilities, as well as their critical understanding of Latin American history and culture. Course components include: written and oral/aural practice of Spanish through oral reports, class discussions and debates on assigned topics, short literary works, and films. It offers a review of more advanced grammatical structures with the aim of achieving greater accuracy.

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SPAN 301B Spanish in Context 2

This course further develops the development of critical understanding of Latin American history and culture. Course components include: assigned readings in a variety of genres, critical cultural analysis, in-class discussions, written essays, and the viewing of films.

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SPAN 301W Composition and Conversation I (WLU)

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SPAN 302W Composition and Conversation II (WLU)

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SPAN 303W Business Spanish 1 (WLU)

Intensive study of the Spanish language for business, emphasizing vocabulary development, grammar and syntax. The focus is on the strengthening of written and verbal (both oral and aural) communication skills using diverse multimedia resources. Newspapers, magazines and business documents will be studied. [Note: Only offered at WLU.]

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SPAN 304W Business Spanish II (WLU)

A continuation of SPAN 261. [Note: Only offered at WLU.]

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SPAN 324W A Journey Through Multicultural Spain (WLU)

Introduction to the cultures of Spain-Basque, Catalan and Galician - with emphasis on their contemporary works translated into Spanish. Through the readings students will get a glimpse of the multicultural nature of Spain and will learn about the contemporary trends that define the cultures of the Basque country, Catalonia and Galicia. Samples of contemporary music, cinema and art will also be introduced. [Note: Only offered at WLU.]

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SPAN 325W Spanish Art, Music and Media (WLU)

Taught at Wilfrid Laurier University. Refer to WLU calendar for details.

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SPAN 326 Theatre of the Golden Age: Dames, Divas, and Dandies

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with works by outstanding playwrights from Spain's Renaissance and Baroque periods. Students will look at the construction of character, the interplay between the sexes, and the struggle for justice. [Taught in English.]

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SPAN 327W Quixotic Adventures: Knights, Damsels and Windmills (WLU)

A general introduction to literature in its historical and cultural background. A special study through the close analysis of representative works. Emphasis will be given to the study of Don Quijote. [Note: Only offered at WLU.]

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SPAN 328W Contemporary Hispanic Theatre (WLU)

This course is a survey of the most representative contemporary theatre produced in the Americas and in the Spanish Peninsula. The course will study text and production, and will analyze as well their adaptation to other media such as cinema and dance.

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SPAN 329 Lights, Camera, Action! Film Production in Spain and Latin America

This course explores how Spanish and Latin American films address the intersection of class, gender, and ethnicity, and the construction of regional, national, and cultural identities. [Note: This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be taken a total of three times.]

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SPAN 335W Spanish and Latin American Cinema (WLU)

The objective of this course is to provide students with the background to analyse and understand the rapid evolution/regression of Spanish and Latin American cultures in the 20th century. The movies presented will be studied in their socio-historical context. A reading list based on a selection of pertinent literature on the course topics will provide the necessary background to understand the content of the films. [Note: Taught in English. Only offered at WLU.]

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SPAN 344 Special Topics in Hispanic Studies

Special topics in Hispanic studies, as announced by the department. [Note: This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be completed a total of three times.]

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SPAN 345 Directed Studies

Study in a limited field under tutorial guidance. [Note: This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be completed a total of three times.]

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SPAN 387 Gender, Power, and Representations in Latin America

This course analyzes women's cultural production in Latin America. Examining the construction and the representation of gender/sex differences, the course explores the power relations inherent in these representations, while also examining how gender roles and expectations are linked to representations of class, race, sexuality, age, nationality, and ability. [Note: Taught in English.]

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SPAN 390 Introduction to Spanish Business Translation

This course is designed for students enrolled in their third year of the General or Honours program in Spanish. A strong command of Spanish and English is required. Intense concentration of the Spanish language through oral and written work will focus on business-oriented fundamentals of communication such as letter writing, as well as the translation of primary source materials such as newspapers and business documents.

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SPAN 395 Cultural Dimensions in English/Spanish Literary Translation

This course focuses on the actual practice of translating literature, not only as the transformation of textual expressions, but also as a process of cultural interpretation. Besides reinforcing vocabulary and grammar, students will also review and research notions of different literary genres (poetry, narrative, and theatre), and solidify their knowledge of cultural studies.

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SPAN 400 Memory, Human Rights, and Reconciliation

We remember the past to understand the present and imagine the future. With a focus on Latin America and Spain this course examines how the diverse forms of cultural production help develop our shared understanding of past violations of human rights to demand justice, build resilience, and develop tolerance. [Note: Taught in English.]

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SPAN 401W Advanced Communication Strategies (WLU)

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SPAN 405W Re-Thinking the Female Body in Hispanic Art and Literature (WLU)

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SPAN 410 Visual Culture in the Contemporary Hispanic World

This course explores the expressive avenues opened up by the confluence of verbal and visual representation in contemporary Hispanic cultural production. Through a close analysis of representative visual and literary works from Latin America and Spain covering a variety of genres and media, including poetry, novel, short story, theatre, painting, photography, and film, the many ways in which words and images interact with each other and make meaning will be examined. [Note: Taught in English.]

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SPAN 430 Unruly Women in Early Modern Hispanic Culture

This course will examine works by and about women in early modern Hispanic culture (16th and 17th centuries), with particular attention to engagements with and subversions of patriarchal culture in theatre, prose, and poetry. Authors to be discussed may include, among others, Santa Teresa de Avila, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Maria de Zayas, and Ana Caro. [Note: Taught in English.]

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SPAN 436W Reading Across the Genre Divide (WLU)

Taught in Spanish. This seminar course focuses on works by major writers in Spanish. Through this course, students will form intertextual bridges over the genre divide that will encourage literary comparisons underlining the significance of each one. At the same time, the course will analyze critical works of the texts studied.

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SPAN 438W Special Topics (WLU)

This course focuses on a specific topic or question in Hispanic studies. [Note: Offered only at WLU.]

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SPAN 446W Love in Medieval Spanish Literature (WLU)

An introduction to medieval Spanish poetry and prose, focusing on an exploration of the theme of love in various works of the period. The historical context within which these texts were produced will be examined and the various methods of literary analysis applied to them by successive generations will be considered. [Note: Only offered at WLU.]

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SPAN 451W Stylistics and Professional Writing(WLU)

This course will develop writing skills in Spanish by exploring various stylistic procedures of writing. It will focus on a number of features essential in effective writing to help students develop the organizational skills and linguistic abilities needed to communicate successfully. Special attention is given to the role of stylistics in creative writing, journal writing, magazine pieces, and advertising. [Note: Only offered at WLU.]

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SPAN 461W Hispanic Linguistics

This course explores several branches of linguistics in the Spanish language. The first part of the course is an introduction to linguistics as a cognitive study in which special emphasis is placed on language acquisition and the mental processes of language. The second part of the course is dedicated to the study of sounds (phonetics and phonology), the formation of words (morphology), sentence structure (syntax), and speech variation (dialectology).

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SPAN 465W Social Documentary in the Hispanic World (WLU)

Both in Latin America and in Spain, there is a rich and lengthy tradition of authors crossing over the shadowy boundaries which separate the field of journalism and that of literature. This course will study the processes and methods of this particular variety of genre transfer, by analyzing classic and recent works from the second part of the 20th century by celebrated Hispanic writers.

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SPAN 466W Subversive Narratives in the Hispanic World (WLU)

This course will look into Hispanic narratives of the XIX, XX, and XXI centuries whose purpose was to defy the political, ideological, social and aesthetic status quo prevalent in the majority of Spanish-speaking countries. The course will explore texts with alleged universal implications produced not only within the field of literature, but also oratorical and journalistic pieces, proclamations, speeches, films by writers, intellectuals, political and social activists and leaders of the Hispanic world. Lectures will be combined with discussion sessions.

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SPAN 467W Directed Studies (WLU)

By special arrangement, students can follow a course of study under direct supervision. [Note: Only offered at WLU.]

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SPAN 490 Advanced Translation

This course is designed for students enrolled in the third and fourth year of the General or Honours program in Spanish. Fluency in both Spanish and English is required. The objective of this course is to refine translation techniques in order to enable the student to provide accurate and idiomatic translations of English texts in Spanish and vice versa.

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SPAN 498W Literary Adaptation in Hispanic Cinema

Literary adaptations are usually considered to be secondary forms of the original. This course explores original literary works and their cinematic adaptation. In the process, the possibilities and limitations found in the process of adaptation will be analysed. Students will explore issues relevant to each medium as well as larger questions related to adaptation, style, translation and interpretation.

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