30 courses in the 1975–76 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Intensive drill in the fundamentals of grammar, comprehension and speaking. Some reading, translation and composition. The language laboratory is used as an integral part of the course.
3 hours in the classroom, 2 hours in the language laboratory
Fall term
A continuation of Spanish 101*.
3 hours in the classroom, 2 hours in the language laboratory.
Course Admission Requirement: Spanish 101* or permission of the Department
Winter term
For students with some knowledge of Spanish. Seeks to reinforce the language, both oral and written, through selections from literary works and grammar review. The language laboratory is also used to increase understanding and speaking skills.
Students wishing to enrol will be required to take the Spanish Language Placement Test administered by the Department at the beginning of the Fall term.t 3 hours in the classroom, 1 hour in the language laboratory Course Admission Requirement: Spanish 101* | 102* or Grade 13 Spanish.
Fall term
tThe Spanish Language Placement Test is designed to assist the student in finding the language course level best suited to his/her needs. The Department reserves the right to refuse admission to any of its language courses on any level to a student who has, in the Department’s view, attained a level of competence either inferior or superior to the levels of competence outlined in each course description.
Course Descriptions Classics and Romance Languages
' 192* Intermediate Spanish
A continuation of Spanish 191.
3 hours in the classroom, 1 hour in the language laboratory
Course Admission Requirement: Spanish 191* or permission of the Department
Winter term
A study in English of the main historical and cultural currents in Spain and Spanish America. No knowledge of Spanish is required.
3 hours
Year course
Intensive language study based on literary texts, including grammar, comprehesion, oral discussion and essay writing.
Course Admission Requirement: Spanish 191*-192* Fall term
A continuation of Spanish 251*.
Course Admission Requirement: Spanish 251*, Winter term
A brief survey of Peninsular Spanish literature since the Poema de Mio Cid.
Course Admission Requirement: Spanish 191*-192* Fall term
A survey of literary trends and most significant works from the Conquest to the present.
Course Admission Requirement: Spanish 191*-192* Winter term
Selected stories from outstanding writers of the 19th and 20th centuries in Spain.
Fall term
Selected stories from outstanding writers of the 19th and 20th centuries in Spanish America.
Winter term
A view of Spanish poetry, particularly the sonnet, from Garcilaso to Quevedo.
Fall term
Dramatic theory and practice from Lope de Vega to Calderén.
Winter term
An in-depth study of the Quijote. Fall term. Not offered in 1975-76
Intensive study of the major picaresque novels from Lazarilio de Tarmes to El Busc6n
Winter term. Not offered in 1975-76
An in-depth study of the peninsular novel, including the Picaresque, Don Quijote, the 19th-Century Realistic Novel, the Generation of 1898, and the Post-Civil War. ‘ Taught in English Fall term
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Note No Spanish Credit for majors and honours students.
It is not acceptable as fulfilling the A(ii) requirement.
Fall term
A study of the most important dramatists and poets of the Romantic literature of the 19th century.
Costurbrismo, romanticism, realism and naturalism in the peninsular novel of the past century.
Winter term
Study of Fortunata y Jacinta and two other representative novels of Pérez Galdés.
Winter term
_ Not offered in 1975-76
Writing of essays and discussion based on selected themes or topics relating to Spain or Spanish America. Formal grammar and translation are also included.
Course Admission Requirement: Spanish 251*-252* Fall term
A continuation of Spanish 351*.
Course Admission Requirement: Spanish 351* Winter term
A study of the texts of poets representing the major developments of colonial and nineteenth-century poetry.
Fall term
Course Descriptions 271 Classics and Romance Languages
A study in depth of major poets and movements since Modernismo.
Fall term
A critical study of Spanish American prose from the Cortés letters to the works of Sarmiento.
Fall term
A critical study of masterpieces in prose from Sarmiento to the present.
Winter term
A study of selected prose with emphasis on the novel and the philosophical essay.
Fall term. Not offered in 1975-76
Spanish poetry and drama from Antonio Machado to Juan Ramon Jiménez.
Winter term. Not offered in 1975-76
Readings in texts from the 11th century to the end of the 15th century, including all of the Cid, El libro de buen amor, and La Celestina. Some study of the evolution of the language.
Not offered in 1975-76
By arrangement with the Department, an individual student or a small group of students will follow a course of study under the supervision of a faculty member.
Principal stress will be placed on novels dealing with the Mexican Revolution.
Winter term
The works of selected novelists from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, principally from the 20th century.
Fall term
Note 1
By arrangement, 400-level courses in 20th-century Peninsular Literature and senior composition and conversation will be taught at Wilfrid Laurier University. Please check Cross-Registration procedures.