37 courses in the 1981–82 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Department of Spanish
Assistant Professor and Chairman of the Department 8. Thalman, BA (DePauw), MA, PhD (Ohio State)
Professor J.C. McKegney, BA (W.Ont.), MA (Oregon), PhD (Washington), Diploma (Santander)
Associate Professor C. M. Fernandez, Lic en Arq (Madrid), MA (Tulane), D Lit et Phil Universitas Complutensis (Madrid)
Lecturer L. Bigford, BA, MA (Toronto)
Adjunct Faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University
Professors
N. H. Tayler, President of Wilfrid Laurier, BA, MA, PhD (Toronto)
A. A. Borras, BA (Kentucky), MA (indiana), PhD (Pennsylvania State)
Associate Professor J. V. Solanas, MA, PAD (Valencia)
Professor Emeritus T. Laurence Dawson, BA, MA, PhD (Toronto)
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. (WLU 101/151-40)
Cannot be taken concurrently with Span 111.
A continuation of Spanish 101.
Prereq: Span 101 or consent of Department. (WLU 102/152-04)
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.
(WLU 111/161-40).
Cannot be taken concurrently with Span 101.
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 13 Spanish.
(WLU 121/171-30)
A continuation of Spanish 201A.
Prereq: Span 201A or consent of Department (WLU 122/1 72-03)
Development of Spanish Civilization and culture from the earliest times to the present. This course will be taught in English.
(WLU 203/253-30)
A continuation of Spanish 203.
Readings of major authors and study of the main literary trends from the middle ages to the eighteénth century.
Prereq: Span 102 or 201A/201B
(WLU 205/255-30)
A continuation of Span 205 from the eighteenth century to the present.
Prereq: Span 205.
(WLU 206/256-03)
A survey in English of the history of the former Spanish possessions in American, from the earliest times to the present, with emphasis on pre- Columbian cultures in Mexico and the Andean area. Several lectures on the role of women in Spanish America. No knowledge of Spanish required.
(WLU 223/273-30)
A survey in English of the art, literature and music of Spanish America, with emphasis on pre-Columbian and modern Mexican art. No knowledge of Spanish required.
(WLU 235/283-03)
Course Descriptions 473 Spanish ‘
A survey of literary trends and most significant works from the Conquest to the nineteenth century. Prereq: Span 102 or 201A/201B.
(WLU 208/258-30)
A continuation of Span 227.
Prereq: Span 227.
(WLU 209/259-03)
Intensive language study based on literary texts, including vocabulary, grammar and syntax. Essay writing, speeches, discussion.
Prereq: Span 201A/201B or consent of the Department.
(WLU 211/261-30)
A continuation of Span 251A. Prereq: Span 251A
(WLU 212/262-03)
Selected stories fram outstanding writers in Spain, primarily of the twentieth century.
Prereq: Span 201A/201B.
(WLU 204/254-30)
Selected stories from outstanding writers in Spanish America of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Prereq: Span 201A/201B.
(WLU 214/264-03)
Drama: preliminary study of Moratin’s Neo-Classical drama. Readings of selected plays by Duque de Rivas, Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch, Garcia Gutiérrez and José Zorrilla. Poetry: The search for selfhood in the romantic man, -as expressed in the poems of Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Rosalia de Castro and other poets.
Prereq: Span 206.
(WLU 304/354-20)
Study of the fundamental narrative techniques and idelogy in some of the most representative novels of Emilia Pardo Bazan, Benito Pérez Galdés, and Vicente Blasco Ibafiez. Other realist novelists will also be discussed within the context of European positivism and the psychological schools of the period.
No prerequisite
(WLU 305/355-02)
A workshop-type course designed to develop advanced oral-aural skills, consecutive translation and composition. Written and oral translation af journalistic material. Frequent class presentations are required of students.
Prereq: Span 351A/351B.
(WLU 311/461-22)
An in-depth analysis of the works of Lépez-Rubio, Casona, Mihura, J. R. Jiménez, Salinas, D. Alonso, Aleixandre, et al, with emphasis on the works of Buero, Sastre and Garcia Lorca.
Prereq: Span 206.
(WLU 324/474-20)
Influences on the novel and literary tendencies, with stress on Cela, Matute, Laforet, Angel de Lera and Carlos Rojas.
Prereq: Span 206.
(WLU 325/473-03)
A study of one verse drama each of Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, and Calderén de la Barca; also outstanding sonnets of the period by Garcilaso, Herrera, GOngora, Lope and Quevedo.
Prereq: Span 206.
(WLU 326/476-20)
A literary analysis of Don Quijote. Prereq: Span 206.
(WLU 327/477-02)
Course Descriptions Spanish
An overview of the historical essay in Spain: Ganivet, Maragal, Maeztu, Pidal, D’Ors, with special consideration of Madariaga, Unamuno and Ortega. Prereq: Span 206.
(WLU 316/466-02)
A study in depth of major poets and movements since Modernism.
Prereq: Span 227. (Offered in alternate years) (WLU 319/469-20)
A critical study of masterpieces in prose from Sarmiento to the present.
Prereq: Span 227. (Offered in alternate years) (WLU 308/358-20)
By special arrangements, an individual student or a smail group of students will follow a course of study under the supervision of a faculty member.
(WLU 317/467-20)
Writing of essays and discussion based on selected themes or topics relating to Spain or Spanish America.
Prereq: Span 251A/251B.
(WLU 301/351-22)
A continuation of Span 351A.
Prereq: Span 351A.
(WLU 302/352-20)
A study in depth of Spanish American thinkers from Sarmiento to the present.
Corequisite: Span 227. (Offered in alternate years) (WLU 306/356-02)
A study of the most important dramatists of continental Spanish America and the Spanishspeaking Caribbean.
Corequisite: Span 227. (Offered in alternate years) (WLU 309/359-20)
A study of the nature and role of women in modern Spanish American drama.
Prereq: Span 227. (Oftered in alternate years)
(WLU 307/357-02)
Introduction to the origins and development from pre-Roman substrata through vulgar Latin to old Spanish and thence to modern Spanish. Basic sound and grammatical changes along with word order and vocabulary.
Prereq: Span 351A/351B.
(WLU 312/462-20)
Close study of the Poema de Mio Cid, El libro de buen amor and La Celestina plus selections from other works through the 15th century.
Prereq: Span 205/206.
(WLU 318/468-02)
Principal stress will be placed on novels dealing with the Mexican Revolution.
Corequisite: Span 227.
(WLU 328/478-20)
A study in depth of the major novelists of Spanish America outside Mexico, with emphasis on the 20th century.
Prereq: Span 227.
(WLU 329/479-02)
Course Descriptions 475 Spanish Studies in Personality and Religion (SIPAR)
Studies in Personality and Religion (SIPAR)
Chairman & Director of the Programme: A. L. Evans, BA (Toronto), BD (Emmanuel), STM (McGill), DMin (Andover-Newton)
Members of the SIPAR Advisory Committee.
Professor: H. J. Faliding, BA, BSc, MA (Sydney), PhD (Australian National), FRCS
Associate Professors
D. M. Amoroso, BA, MA (Toronto), PhD (Waterloo)
J. M. Cornell, BA, MS, PhD (Washington)
F. C. Gérard, MA (College St. Dominique, France) BD, STM (McGill), PhD (Hartford Seminary Foundation)
J. R. Horne, BA, MA (W.Ont.), BTh (Huron), PhD (Columbia)
J. W. Miller, BA (Goshen), MA (NYU), BD (Princeton), ThD (Basel)
Assistant Professor R. D. Legge, BA (Transylvania), STB (Harvard), PhD (McMaster)
Core Course Descriptions