38 courses in the 1983–84 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.
B. Thalman, BA (DePauw), MA; PhD (Ohio State)
Associate Professor
C.M. Fernandez, Lic en Arq (Madrid), MA (Tulane), D Lit et Phil Universitas Complutensis (Madrid)
Assistant Professor E. Barén, BA, MA PhD (Montreal)
Participating Adjunct Faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University
Professors
N.H. Tayler, President and Vice
Chancellor Emeritus, Wilfrid Laurier, BA, MA PhD (Toronto)
A.A. Borras, BA (Kentucky), MA (indiana), PhD (Pennsylvania State)
Assistant Professor M. Ratcliffe, BA, MA (Carleton), PhD (Toronto)
Course Descriptions
Courses not offered in the current academic year are listed at the end of this section.
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.
Cannot be taken concurrently with SPAN 111.
_ (WLU 107/151-40).
A continuation of SPAN 101. Prereq: SPAN 10% 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.
Cannot be taken concurrently with SPAN 101.
(WLU 111/161-40)
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 102 or consent of Department.
(WLU 121/171-30)
A continuation of Spanish 201A. Prereq: SPAN 201A or consent of Department.
(WLU 122/172-03)
Development of Spanish Civilization and culture from the earliest times to the present. This course will be taught in English.
(WLU 203/253-30)
Readings of major authors and study of the main literary trends from the middle ages to the eighteenth century.
Prereq: SPAN 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 of the geography and history of Spanish America from pre- Columbian times to the present. Taught in English.
(WLU 223/273-30).
A survey of the art, music and literature of Spanish America from pre- Columbian times to the present. Taught in English.
(WLU 233/283-03)
A survey of literary trends and most significant works from the conquest to the nineteenth century. -
Prereq: SPAN 2018.
(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, discussion.
Prereq: SPAN 201B or consent of the Department..
(WLU 211/261-30)
Acontinuation of SPAN 251A. Prereq: SPAN 251A
(WLU 212/262-03)
Selected stories from outstanding writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Spanish America.
(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: SFAN 206.
(WLU 304/354-20)
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Spanish
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 Ibanez. Other realist novelists will atso be discussed within the context of European positivism and the psychological schools of the period. (WLU 305/355-02}
A workshop-type course designed to develop advanced oral-aural skills; consecutive transiation and composition. Written and oral translation of journalistic material. Frequent class presentations are required of students.
Prereq: SPAN 351A/351B.
(WLU 311-461-22)
Poetry.
An in-depth analysis of the works of Lopez-Rubio, Casona, Mihura, J.R. Jimé- nez, 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.
(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, Hertera, Géngora, Lope and Quevedo. Prereq: SPAN 206.
(WLU 326/476-20)
A literary analysis of Don Quijote. Prereq: SPAN 206.
(WLU 327/477-02)
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.
(WLU 319/469-20)
Acritical study of masterpieces in prose from Sarmiento to the present.
Prereq: SPAN 227.
(WLU 308/358-20)
By special arrangements, an individual student or a smail group of students wil! follow a course of study under the supervision of a faculty member.
(WLU 317/467-02)
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Writing of essays and discussion based on selected themes or topics relating to Spain or Spanish America.
Prereq: SPAN 2518.
(WLU 301/351-20)
Acontinuation of SPAN 351A.
Prereq: SPAN 351A.
(WLU 302/352-02)
A study of selected works by women from the Baroque to the twentieth century with focus on their literary quality’ and the varying positions of women from early times to the present.
(WLU 320/370-20).
Origins and development from pre-Roman substratae through vulgar Latin to old Spanish and thence to modern Spanish. Basic sound and grammatical changes as well as word order and vocabulary.
Prereq: SPAN 351A
(WLU 312/462-20).
This course will trace the development of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. From Lopez y Fuentes, Mariano Azuela and Agustin Yanez.
Prereq: SPAN 227
(WLU 328/478-20).
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