SPAN 1-50 Introduction to Spanish
Intensive drill in the fundamentals of grammar and composition. The language laboratory will be used regularly. Five lectures. Conducted largely in Spanish.
Spanish (SPAN)
34 courses in the 1968–69 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
SPAN 100 Intermediate Spanish
For students with some knowledge of Spanish. The language laboratory will be used regularly.
Prerequisite: Spanish 1-50 or Grade XIII Spanish.
Four lectures. Conducted largely in Spanish.
SPAN 210 Spanish Civilization
A study in English of the main historical and cultural currents in Spain and Spanish America. Three lectures.
SPAN 250 Composition and Conversation
Selections from representative works of major Spanish authors. Oral practice and composition.
Prerequisite: Spanish 100
Three lectures. (Conducted in Spanish).
Department of Classics and Romance Languages
SPAN 275 The Enlightenment in Spanish Literature
A study of the works of Luzdn, Feijoo, Jovellanos, and Cadalso. Three lectures. (Conducted in Spanish).
SPAN 276 Drama of the Nineteenth Century
A study in the development of the drama from the Duque de Rivas to Echegaray. Three lectures. (Conducted in Spanish).
SPAN 295 The Novel of the Nineteenth Century
A study of the literary currents of the past century such as the costumbrista movement, realism and naturalism. Three lectures. (Conducted in Spanish).
SPAN 296 Galdés
Intensive study of the novels and the theatrical works of Galdds. (Conducted in Spanish) Three lectures.
SPAN 315 Spanish Lyrics from Garcilaso to Géngora
Conceptism and Culteranism.
SPAN 316 The Theatre of the Golden Age
Dramatic theory and practice. The innovations of Lope.
325*, The Prose of the Golden Age. A study of the Quijote and other major works of Cervantes..
SPAN 326 The Picaresque Novel
Intensive study of the major picaresque novels from Lazarillo de Tormes to La Picara Justina.
SPAN 350 Advanced Composition and Conversation
Writing of essays based on critical! examination of selected plays and novels; discussion, in Spanish, of these works. Prerequisite: Spanish 250.
Two lectures.
SPAN 385 Survey of Spanish American Poetry
A study of the major poets from La Araucana to the beginning of the Modernista movement.
SPAN 386 Modern Spanish American Poetry
A study of Spanish American poetry from the Modernista movement to the present.
SPAN 395 Spanish American Prose
A critical study of Spanish American prose works from the Cortés letters to the works of Sarmiento.
SPAN 396 Spanish American Prose
A critical study of masterpieces in prose from Sarmiento to the present.
SPAN 415 The Prose of the Generation of ’98
A study of philosophical essays from Ganivet to Zubiri.
SPAN 416 Drama and Poetry of the Generation of ’98
A general view of Spanish poetry and drama from Antonio Machado to Juan Ramén Jiménez.
SPAN 425 Twentieth Century Movements in Spanish Poetry
A study of poetical works from Garcia Lorca to Rafael Alberti.
SPAN 426 Contemporary Spanish Novel
The development of Spanish fiction from Cela to Sender.
SPAN 450 Senior Spanish Composition and Conversation
This course will provide intensive practice in spoken Spanish on the advanced level.
Two lectures.
SPAN 440 Mediaeval Spanish Literature and Linguistics
Readings in texts from the beginning to the end of the fifteenth century. The jarchas, Gonzalo de Berceo, Libro de Buen Amor, Romancero, and La Celestina.
Two lectures.
SPAN 495 The Novel in Mexico
Principal stress will be placed on novels dealing with the Mexican Revolution.
Graduate Courses
All graduate courses with the exception of the Thesis are one-term courses.
SPAN 600 Literary Criticism in French (Problems and Methods)
601 History of the French Language
602 Mediaeval French Literature
SPAN 603 Literature of the Renaissance in France
604 Reading Course in approved topics
SPAN 606 Classical Tragedy in Seventeenth Century France
607 Comedy at the time of Moliere
SPAN 608 The Theatre in Eighteenth Century France
609 Rousseau or Diderot
SPAN 610 Romanticism in Nineteenth Century French Literature
SPAN 611 Realism and Naturalism in the Nineteenth Century French Novel
SPAN 612 Voltaire and the Age of Enlightenment
SPAN 620 Twentieth Century French Literature
625 The Literature of French Canada
Department of Classics and Romance Languages
SPAN 626 Gongorismo and its antecedents in Spanish Literature
SPAN 627 The indianista novel in Spanish America
SPAN 650 Supervised Reading in Selected areas of French Literature.
(Not to be counted toward completion of M.A. course requirements.)
699 Thesis.