36 courses in the 1978–79 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
(Department of Classics and Romance Languages)
Associate Professor and Chairman of the Department J.R. Dugan
Spanish Faculty
Professor
J.C. McKegney, BA (Western), MA (Oregon), PhD (Washington), Diploma (Santander)
Associate Professor C. M. Fernandez, Lic en Arq (Madrid), MA (Tulane), D Lit et Phil Universitas Complutensis (Madrid)
Assistant Professor B. Thalman, BA (DePauw), MA, PhD (Ohio State)
Course Descriptions Classics and Romance Languages Italian/Spanish
Lecturers
L. Bigford, BA, MA (Toronto) S. Harrison, BA (Oxford), MA (Toronto), MA (Oxford)
For students with no previous knowledge of Spanish. 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.
A continuation of Spanish 101
Prereq: Span 101 or consent of Division.
Intensive oral and aural training with particular emphasis on comprehension and speaking. Intended for students with no knowledge of Spanish. Limited to a maximum of 20 students.
Elementary course, taught in English, designed for rapid and adequate reading knowledge of Spanish. Basic elements of sentence structure. Reading passages from academic and other fields are studied according to personal interest. Not for spoken Spanish.
A continuation and completion of the work begun in Spanish 115..
Prereq: Span115
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intermediate Spanish
For students with some knowledge of Spanish. Seeks to reinforce the language, both oral and written, through selections from literary works and grammar review. Language laboratory also used to increase understanding and speaking skills.
Prereq: Span 101/102 or Grade 11 or 12 Spanish
For students with some knowledge of Spanish. Includes oral and written work, review of grammar and an introduction to Hispanic civilization and culture. Prereq: Grade 13 Spanish, or consent of Division.
. t Students wishing to enrol will be required to take the Spanish Language Placement Test administered by the division at the beginning of the Fall term. This test is designed to assist the student in finding the language
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course level best suited to his/her needs. The Division reserves the right to refuse admission to any of its language courses on any level to a student who has, in the Division's view, attained a level of competence either inferior or superior to the levels of competence outlined in each course description.
A continuation of Spanish 191
Prereq: Span191 or consent of Division
A continuation of Spanish 193.
Prereq: Span 193 or consent of Division.
Spanish and Spanish American Civilization. A study in English of the highlights of the culture and history of Spain and her former overseas possessions, from the Altamira cave painters to the post-Franco era. Includes a survey of Aztec, Maya and Inca cultures.
No knowledge of Spanish required.
Listed without a description.
Intensive language study based on literary texts, including grammar, syntax, structure. Essay writing, speeches, discussion.
Prereq: Span 191/192, 193/194, or permission of Division
A continuation of Spanish 251 Prereq: Span 251
A brief survey of Peninsular Spanish literature from the Poéma de Mio Cid to the present.
Prereq: Span 191/192 or 193/194
tRequired of all majors and honours students. Prereq. to all 3rd-and 4th-year courses.
A survey of literary trends and most significant works from the Conquest to the present.
Prereq: Span 191/192
+ Required of all majors and honours students. Prereq to all 3rd-and 4th-year courses.
Course Descriptions 259 Classics and Romance Languages Spanish
Selected stories from outstanding writers in Spain, primarily of the 20th century.
Selected stories from outstanding writers in Spanish America of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Listed without a description.
A study of short selections from Amadis de Gaula, the Diana of Montemayor, Lazarillo de Tormes, and Guzman de Alfarache, which will provide a background for Don Quixote in the second half of the course.
+ Required of all majors and honours students.
Astudy of the Peninsular novel including the picaresque, Don Quixote, 19th-century realistic novel, Generation of 1898, and the post-Spanish Civil War.
Taught in English
+ No Spanish Credit for major and honours students. It is not acceptable as fulfilling the A(ii) requirements, but Satisfies A (iii) requirements.
A study of some of the novels and short stories of the outstanding writers of South America: Borges, Garcia Marquez, Fuentes, Rulfo, Cortazar, Vargas Llosa, Asturias. .
Taught in English.
+ No Spanish Credit for majors and honours students. It is not acceptable as fulfilling the A(ii) requirements, but satisfies A(iii) requirements.
Astudy of the most important dramatists and poets of the romantic literature of the 19th century, including Rivas, Zorrilla, Espronceda, and Becquer.
Costumbrismo, romanticism, realism and naturalism in the Peninsular novel of the past.century, including Alarcon, Valera, Pereda, and Pardo Bazan.
Listed without a description.
Writing of essays and discussion based on selected themes or topics relating to Spain or Spanish America. Prereq: Span 251/252
A continuation of Span361
Prereq: Span 351
Listed without a description.
Not offered in 1978–79.
A critical study of Spanish American prose from the Cortés letters to the works of Sarmiento.
A critical study of masterpieces in prose from Sarmiento to the present.
Listed without a description.
Introduction to the origins and development of the Spanish language, with emphasis on phonology and morphology.
Analysis of texts from the 11th to the end of the 15th century, including the Poema de Mio Cid, El libro de buen amor and La Celestina.
By arrangement with the Division, an individual student orasmall 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..
Course Descriptions Classics and Romance Languages Spanish
The works of selected novelists from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, principally from the 20th century.
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Selected readings in Peninsular and/or Spanish American literature from the origins to the present day. List distributed on student's declaration of honours programme. Tested by the whole Division at the end of the 4th year.
Required of all honours students.
By arrangement, Medieval Spanish will be taught in alternate years at Wilfrid Laurier University. Please check Cross-Registration procedures.
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Dance Group
Assistant Professor, Chairman of Dance Group; - Associate Dean, Faculty of Human Kinetics and Leisure Studies
W.N. Widmeyer, BA (Western Ontario), BPE (McMaster), MA (California), PhD (Illinois)
Dean, Faculty of Human Kinetics and Leisure Studies G.S. Kenyon, BPE (UBC), MS (Indiana), PhD (NYU)
Professor N.J. Ashton, BSc (McGill), MS (Michigan)
Assistant Professor
R. Priddle, BPHE (Toronto), MSc (Springfield), MA (Waterloo)
J. Officer, ARAD (Adv and ATC) (London)
Lecturers
R. Ryman, BA (York), MA (York)
D. Taplin, BA (Bennington)
Z. Wolofsky, BSc (McGill), MSc (Simon Fraser)
Instructor D. King
Course Descriptions