Spanish (SPAN)
38 courses in the 1969–70 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
SPAN 190 Intermediate Spanish
For students with some knowledge of Spanish. The language laboratory will be used regularly. Prerequisite: Spanish I IO or Grade 13 Spanish. Four lectures. Conducted largely in Spanish.
Spanish Civilization
SPAN 210 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: Spanishl 90.
SPAN 275 The Enlightenment in Spanish Literature
A_ study of the works of Luzdn, Feijoo, Jovellanos, and Cadalso.
276* Drama of the Nineteenth Century
A study in the development of the drama from the Duque de Rivas to Echegaray.
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.
296* Galdés
Intensive study of the novels and the theatrical works of Galdés.
SPAN 315 Spanish Lyrics from Garcilaso to Gongora
Conceptism and Culteranism.
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.
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.
SPAN 385 Survey of Spanish American Poetry
A study of the major poets from Lo 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.
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.
Department of Classics and Romance Languages
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
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.
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.
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)
SPAN 601 History of the French Language
SPAN 602 Mediaeval French Literature
SPAN 603 Literature of the Renaissance in France
SPAN 604 Reading Course in approved topics
SPAN 606 Classical Tragedy in Seventeenth Century France
SPAN 607 Comedy at the time of Moliere
SPAN 608 The Theatre in Eighteenth Century France
SPAN 610 Romanticism in Ninteenth Century French Literature
SPAN 611 Realism and Naturalism in the Nineteenth Century French Novel
SPAN 612 Voltaire and the Age of Enlightenment
SPAN 616 Pierre Bayle
SPAN 617 Rousseau and Romanticism
SPAN 618 Diderot
SPAN 619 Classical and neoclassical French poetry
SPAN 620 Twentieth Century French Literature
SPAN 625 The Literature of French Canada
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.)