UCSB 2009-2010 Catalog Course Search
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| SPAN 1 - Elementary Spanish |
| (4) STAFF |
| Beginning Spanish establishing fundamental auditory and oral skills, with secondary practice in reading and writing; pronunciation, intensive oral practice in short natural dialogs and drills; present tense (regular, stem-changing, and irregular verbs); "ser" and "estar"; object pronouns. Includes laboratory work. |
| SPAN 1SS - Intensive Elementary Spanish |
| (4) STAFF |
| Beginning course in Spanish establishing auditory and oral skills, with secondary practice in reading and writing Spanish. Pronunciation, intensiveoral practice, dialogs, drills. |
| SPAN 2 - Elementary Spanish |
| (4) STAFF |
| Continues activities commenced with Spanish 1. |
| SPAN 2SS - Intensive Elementary Spanish |
| (4) STAFF |
| Continues activities of Spanish 1SS with increased communication and reading skills. Major grammatical structures studied include commands, complex sentences, subjunctive versus indicative, present and imperfect subjunctive, preterite and imperfect, reflexive introduction to reading skills. |
| SPAN 3 - Elementary Spanish |
| (4) STAFF |
| Completes the basic study of the elements of the language. |
| SPAN 3SS - Intensive Elementary Spanish |
| (4) STAFF |
| Completes the basic study of the elements of the language. Taught during summer session. |
| SPAN 4 - Intermediate Spanish |
| (4) STAFF |
| Begins review of basic grammar and syntax. |
| SPAN 4SS - Intensive Intermediate Spanish |
| (4) STAFF |
| Begins review of basic grammar and syntax, designed to develop the four fundamental skills: understanding, speaking, reading, writing. Course conducted in Spanish with emphasis on vocabulary building and use of Spanish in practical situations. Refinement of reading skills. |
| SPAN 5 - Intermediate Spanish |
| (4) STAFF |
| Continues the review of basic grammar and syntax. Course conducted in Spanish. |
| SPAN 5SS - Intensive Intermediate Spanish |
| (4) STAFF |
| Continues the review of basic grammar and syntax begun in Spanish 4, developing the fundamental skills. More vocabulary and practical situations. A play and other supplementary materials are read for discussion and for increasing vocabulary. |
| SPAN 6 - Intermediate Spanish |
| (4) STAFF |
| An intensive course designed to develop students' skills in reading, oral, and written expression by reading and discussing Hispanic texts, and writing compositions on related topics. |
| SPAN 6SS - Intensive Intermediate Spanish |
| (4) STAFF |
| An intensive course designed to develop students' skills in reading as wellas oral and written expression by reading and discussing Hispanic texts andwriting compositions on related topics. |
| SPAN 8A - Spanish Conversation |
| (2) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 5 or 5SS, or A.P. score >= 3, or Spanish placement exam = 6. |
| Conversational practice through which the student learns idioms, conversational courtesies of the language, etc., and improves facility in speaking and understanding the spoken language. |
| SPAN 8B - Spanish Conversation |
| (2) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 5 or 5SS, or A.P. score >= 3, or Spanish placement exam = 6. |
| Conversational practice through which the student learns idioms, conversational courtesies of the language, etc., and improves facility in speaking and understanding the spoken language. |
| SPAN 16A - Spanish for Heritage Speakers |
| (4) STAFF |
| Addresses on a university level the needs and strengths of students with Spanish speaking background but no formal language training in Spanish speaking countries. Emphasizes skill in composition, advanced reading comprehension, standard versus vernacular usages, cross language interference, etc. |
| SPAN 16B - Spanish for Heritage Speakers |
| (4) STAFF |
| Addresses on university level the needs and strengths of students with Spanish speaking background but no formal language training in Spanish speaking countries. Emphasizes skill in composition, advanced reading comprehension, standard versus vernacular usages, cross language interferences, etc. |
| SPAN 25 - Advanced Grammar and Composition |
| (4) STAFF |
| Spanish 6 or 6SS, or an AP score >=4, or Spanish placement exam = 6. |
| Intensive course taught in Spanish designed to reinforce students' comprehension and ability to express themselves in Spanish, both orally and in writing, and to develop the students' vocabularies and awareness of syntactical structures in the language. |
| SPAN 30 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature |
| (4) STAFF |
| Hispanic literature in relation to literary problems in general. Such topics as: the functions of literature, literary periods, movements and trends. The analysis and interpretation of texts. |
| SPAN 100 - Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics |
| (4) Perissinotto, Raposo, Miglio, |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 16A or 16B or 25 (may be taken concurrently). |
| Introduction to linguistic theories, methods, and problems as applied to Spanish. Taught in Spanish with Spanish examples. |
| SPAN 101 - American Spanish |
| (4) Perissinotto |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 100. |
| Geographical, social, and stylistic distribution of phonemic, morphosyntactic, and lexical features in Spanish as spoken in Latin America. |
| SPAN 102A - Advanced Grammar and Composition |
| (4) McGovern |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 6. |
| The study of the finer points of spanish grammar and syntax. Stress is placed on written practice of the language. |
| SPAN 102B - Advanced Grammar and Composition |
| (4) McGovern |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 6. |
| The study of the finer points of spanish grammar and syntax. Stress is placed on written practice of the language. |
| SPAN 102L - Introduction to Hispanic Literary Studies |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 16A or 16B or 25 or equivalent language proficiency. |
| Spanish 16A or 16B or 25 (may be taken concurrently). |
| Analysis and interpretation of literary texts. Conceptual tools of traditional and contemporary currents of literary criticism will be applied to a wide selection of texts that shall encompass all established literary genres. |
| SPAN 103 - Spanish Pronunciation |
| (4) Perissinotto |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 100. |
| Intensive, patterned, pronunciation drills and exercises in sound discrimination, aimed at familiarizing the student with the mechanics of speech production. |
| SPAN 105 - Advanced Translation |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 16A or 16B or 25 (may be taken concurrently). |
| Oral and written translations to and from target language, allowing students to translate and interpret texts from different fields with accuracy as regards to grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and style. Theoretical points will be explained within contexts studied. |
| SPAN 107 - Languages in Contact |
| (4) Perissinotto, Raposo |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 100. |
| The social and historical contexts of the contact between Spanish and Latin, Italian, French, Aztec, Quechua, English, Portuguese, etc. causes and mechanisms that result in interference and borrowing on the phonic, grammatical, and lexical levels. |
| SPAN 109 - Spanish in the United States: The Language and Its Speakers |
| (4) Perissinotto, Marques-Pascual |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Study of Spanish used in United States by native and immigrant groups: Mexicans, Chicanos, Cubans, Puerto Ricans and others in Spanish-speaking enclaves.Ffocus on language and social and cultural manifestations arising in contact between linguistically different groups. Taught in English. |
| SPAN 110A - Spanish Literature from the Beginning to the Present |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Medieval Spanish literature. |
| SPAN 110B - Spanish Literature from the Beginning to the Present |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Golden age literature. |
| SPAN 110C - Spanish Literature from the Beginning to the Present |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Spanish literature. |
| SPAN 110D - Spanish Literature from the Beginning to the Present |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Twentieth-century Spanish literature. |
| SPAN 111A - Spanish-American Literature from the Beginning to the Present |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Colonial Spanish-American literature. |
| SPAN 111B - Spanish-American Literature from the Beginning to the Present |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Nineteenth-century Spanish-American literature. |
| SPAN 111C - Spanish-American Literature from the Beginning to the Present |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Twentieth-century Spanish-American literature. |
| SPAN 112A - Non-Castilian Literatures of Spain |
| (4) Staff |
| Introduction to Spain’s medieval linguistic and cultural diversity through literary works written in such languages as Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, Mozarabic, Occitan, Catalan-Valencian, Galician-Portuguese and Galician. Texts read in Spanish or English translation. |
| SPAN 112B - Non-Castilian Literatures of Spain |
| (4) Staff |
| Introduction to Spain’s linguistic and cultural diversity in modern and contemporary times through literary works written in Asturian, Basque, Catalan and Galician. Texts read in Spanish translation. |
| SPAN 113 - An Introduction to Linguistic Variation in Modern Spanish |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 100. |
| After a presentation of traditional and contemporary approaches to dialect variation, the course compares a set of different Spanish dialects from Spain and America in order to observe both common trends and diversity factors. The interrelations between regional dialects and other kinds of linguistic varieties are studied, especially social dialects and dialects in contact with other languages. |
| SPAN 114A - The Spanish Language: A Linguistic Approach |
| (4) Perissinotto, Raposo, Miglio, |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 100. |
| Study of the systematic aspects of language structure which make communication possible. Each quarter deals with a different aspect of the Spanish system, as follows: phonetics and phonemics. |
| SPAN 114B - The Spanish Language: A Linguistic Approach |
| (4) Perissinotto, Raposo, Miglio, |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 100. |
| Study of the systematic aspects of language structure which make communication possible. Each quarter deals with a different aspect of the Spanish system, as follows: morphology and syntax. |
| SPAN 114C - The Spanish Language: A Linguistic Approach |
| (4) Perissinotto, Raposo, Miglio, |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 100. |
| Study of the systematic aspects of language structure which make communication possible. Each quarter deals with a different aspect of the Spanish system, as follows: semantics. |
| SPAN 115B - Masterpieces of Spanish Literature (in English Translation) |
| (4) Avalle-Arce, Bermudez |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Readings in English translation and discussion of representative works from the middle ages to the end of the sixteenth century, and from the seventeenth century to the end of the twentieth. |
| SPAN 116 - Juan Ruiz: The Book of Good Love (in English Translation) |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Reading and interpretation of the fourteenth-century Spanish masterpiece in English translation. A study of The Book of Good Love in the context of other great works of the period, such as The Decameron and The Canterbury Tales. |
| SPAN 119A - Spanish Institutions and Culture |
| (4) Checa |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 16A or 16B or 25 (may be taken concurrently). |
| Study of the development of the Spanish nation, with special focus on key social and political institutions, the arts and major currents of thought. |
| SPAN 119B - Spanish Institutions and Culture |
| (4) Checa |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 16A or 16B or 25 (may be taken concurrently). |
| Study of the development of the Spanish nations, with focus on key social and political institutions, the arts, and major currents of thought. |
| SPAN 120A - Contemporary Spanish-American Fiction (in English Translation) |
| (4) Levine, McCracken |
| Reading and discussion of novels and short stories by Borges, Carpentier, Cortazar, Garcia Marquez, Vargas Ilosa, and others. |
| SPAN 120B - Contemporary Spanish-American Fiction (in English Translation) |
| (4) STAFF |
| Reading and discussion of representative works of contemporary Mexican author, including Yanez, Rulfo, Fuentes, and others. |
| SPAN 121 - Language and History in the Hispanic World |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 100. |
| The different languages spoken in the Hispanic world: their origins, development, convergence, divergence, and diffusion in relation to historical processes. |
| SPAN 122A - Medieval Dpanish Literature |
| (4) Sharrer, Avalle-Arce, Cortijo |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| A detailed survey of the main trends in Spanish literature to 1500. |
| SPAN 122B - Medieval Spanish Literature |
| (4) Sharrer, Avalle-Arce, Cortijo |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| A detailed survey of the main trends in Spanish literature to 1500. |
| SPAN 123A - Hispanic Balladry |
| (4) Sharrer, Cortijo |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| History of the Spanish ballad; Hispanic balladry in Spanish America, the United States, and among the Shepardic Jews. |
| SPAN 125 - Introduction to Romance Linguistics |
| (4) Raposo, Perissinotto |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Illustrates principles of comparative-historical linguistic analysis by examining Romance languages (French, Portuguese, etc.) for similarities and differences, and tracing their evolution from Vulgar Latin. |
| SPAN 126 - Spanish Cinema |
| (4) Checa, Fuentes |
| Study in English of Spanish films of the past forty years both as an art medium and as a document of a changing society. Special attention paid to the work of the new generation of directors. When applicable, the relationship between a literary work and its film adaptation will be studied. |
| SPAN 128 - Creative Writing |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 16A or 16B or 25 (may be taken concurrently). |
| Designed primarily for students who are inclined to write fictional prose and/or poetry in Spanish. |
| SPAN 129 - Typology of Iberian Languages |
| (4) Staff |
| A comparison through structural analysis of the different languages from the Iberian peninsula: Basque, Catalan-Valencian, Galician, Spanish, Portuguese, Asturian, Aragonese, etc. Topics include what these languages share, what is different in their phonology/morphology/syntax/vocabulary, as well as their social and cultural history, and their present status within mostly bilingual communities. |
| SPAN 130 - The Fantastic and Its Development in Spanish-American Short Story |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: A minimum grade of "C" in Spanish 102L. |
| Exploration of the multiple manifestations of the Fantastic in Spanish American short story from its origin, linked to nineteenth-century sensationalistic journalism, up to neofantastic mode appearing circa 1950, with its more epistpomological goals. |
| SPAN 131 - Spanish Golden Age Poetry I |
| (4) Checa, Avalle-Arce |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Lyric poetry of the sixteenth century: Garcilaso, Luis de Leon, San Juan de La Cruz, and others. |
| SPAN 132 - Spanish Golden Age Poetry II |
| (4) Checa, Avalle-Arce |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Spanish lyric poetry of the seventeenth century. Major trends and authors. Close readings of Lope de Vega, Gongora, Quevedo and other poets. |
| SPAN 132A - Spanish Golden Age Poetry II |
| (4) Checa, Avalle-Arce |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Spanish lyric poetry of the seventeenth century. Major trends and authors. Close readings of Lope de Vega, Gongora, Quevedo and other poets. |
| SPAN 133 - Travel Literature in Spanish America From the Colonial Period to the Present |
| (4) Castillo, Poot-Herrera |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 16A or 16B or 25 (may be taken concurrently). |
| Examination of travelogues, memoirs, and historical accounts from colonial to modern Latin American literature. Focus on the development of travel narratives as a life experience and as an epistemological exploration, and travel both as a notion and a literary form. |
| SPAN 135 - Survey of Chicano Literature |
| (4) Lomeli |
| The course encompasses a general overview of all genres (poetry, novel, theater, short story and essay) of Chicano literature. A people's socio-historical experiences are examined to understand ethnicity, creativity, and world view. |
| SPAN 136 - Modern Mexican Literature |
| (4) Lomeli, Poot-Herrera |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Study of texts explaining the development of Mexican culture and literature. Topic and writers: modernism (from Gutierrez Najera to Tablada); the novel of the Mexican revolution (Azuela); and the modern essay (Alfonso Reyes and Octavio Paz). |
| SPAN 137A - Golden Age Drama |
| (4) Checa, Cortijo, Cabranes-Grant |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| The classic comedia, by Lope, Tirso, Alarcon, Calderon, and other dramatists. |
| SPAN 137B - Golden Age Drama |
| (4) Checa, Cortijo, Cabranes-Grant |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| The classic comedia, by Lope, Tirso, Alarcon, Calderon, and other dramatists. |
| SPAN 138 - Contemporary Mexican Literature |
| (4) Lomeli, Poot-Herrera |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Continued study of major trends in Mexican literature as evidenced in selected works of the following authors: the poetry of Lopez Velarde and Octavio Paz; the contemporaneos (Torres Bodet, Villaurrutia, Pellicer); and contemporary fiction (Yanez, Rulfo, Arreola, and Fuentes). |
| SPAN 139 - U.S. Latino Literature |
| (4) McCracken |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| A comparative study of the literature and culture of the diverse Latino populations of the United States, including Chicano, Puerto Rican, Cuban-American, Dominican-American, and other U.S. Latino groups. Writers, genres, and periods vary from quarter to quarter, emphasizing salient examples of fiction, poetry, drama, the essay, film or art. |
| SPAN 140A - Cervantes: Don Quijote |
| (4) Avalle-Arce, Checa |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Reading and discussion of the first and second parts of Don Quixote. |
| SPAN 140B - Cervantes: Don Quijote |
| (4) Avalle-Arce, Checa |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Reading and discussion of the first and second parts of Don Quixote. |
| SPAN 141 - Cervantes: Other Works |
| (4) Avalle-Arce, Checa |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Reading from the minor works of Cervantes: Novelas Ejemplares, Comedias, Entremeses. |
| SPAN 142A - Don Quixote (in English Translation) |
| (4) Avalle-Arce |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Reading, examination, and discussion (all in English) of the first part of Cervantes' masterpiece and its reflections on world literature. |
| SPAN 142B - Don Quixote (in English Translation) |
| (4) Avalle-Arce |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Reading, examination, and discussion (all in English) of the first part of Cervantes' masterpiece and its reflections on world literature. |
| SPAN 144 - Typology of Languages Spoken in the Iberian Peninsula |
| (4) Marques-Pascual, Miglio, |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 100 |
| Advanced knowledge of Spanish, knowledge of another language of the Iberian peninsula. |
| Comparative study of the structural characteristics of all languages of the Iberian Peninsula (both the Romance languages - Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Spanish - and Basque). Analysis of similarities and differences in their phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. |
| SPAN 147 - Business Spanish |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 16A or 16B or 25 or equivalent language proficiency. |
| Real-life situations in the workplace will present students with the appropriate vocabulary for business environments. Students learn to write formal documents, how to express themselves orally, and to assess the business environment of different Spanish-speaking countries from a cultural perspective. |
| SPAN 148 - Indianismo y Abolicionismo en la Novela Latinoamericana del siglo XIX |
| (4) Castillo |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Problematizes the representation of the other (the African and/or Native American) in a group of XIX-Century Latin American narratives in which cultural hybridity and racial mixing become fundamental but contentious concepts vis-a-vis the nation building agenda fostered by the hegemonic Creole class. |
| SPAN 150 - Eighteenth-Century Spanish Culture |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 16A or 16B or 25 (may be taken concurrently). |
| Literature, social history, artistic, and intellectual developments, all essential for a full understanding of subsequent events in both Spain and Spanish America. |
| SPAN 151A - Catalan Language and Culture |
| (4) Sharrer |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Catalan for advanced students. An intensive course for students with no previous study of Catalan. |
| SPAN 151B - Catalan Language and Culture |
| (4) Sharrer |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 151A. |
| Continues activities commenced with Spanish 151A. |
| SPAN 152 - Readings in Catalan |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 6 or equivalent |
| Readings in Catalan. Selected readings in Catalan prose and poetry. |
| SPAN 153 - Basque Studies |
| (4) Avalle-Arce |
| Spanish Basque Culture, the Basque language, its uniqueness, the geography of the Basque country (Euskalerria), its history, its literature in Basque and in Spanish. |
| SPAN 154A - Basque Language and Culture |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| An intensive course for students with no previous study of the Basque language. |
| SPAN 154B - Basque Language and Culture |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 154A. |
| Continues activities commenced in Spanish 154A. |
| SPAN 156 - Introduction to Galician Studies |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| The uniqueness of the culture and language of Galicia, its history, ethnography, folklore, and literature, in Galician and Spanish. |
| SPAN 157A - Galician Language and Culture |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: upper-division standing. |
| An intensive course for students with no previous study of the Galician language. |
| SPAN 157B - Galician Language and Culture |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 157A |
| An intensive course for students with no previous study of the Galician language; builds on Spanish 157A. |
| SPAN 158 - Exploring Minor Theatrical Genres: Analysis, Writing, and Staging |
| (4) Cabranes-Grant |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Familiarizes students with a usually understudied field, the "minor" genres of drama during the Golden Age. Combines theory with praxis by asking the students to write and stage their own "minor" texts as a final project for the class. Performances are open to the general public. |
| SPAN 159A - The Theatrical Experience: Drama and Performance in Hispanic America |
| (4) Cabranes-Grant |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Presents an overview of the history of the theater in Hispanic America, from the Mayas to the twentieth century. Authors include: Gomez de Avellaneda, Alejandro Tapia, Florencia Sanchez, Rodolfo Usigli, Roberto Arlt, Jose Antonio Ramos, Rene Marques, and Luis Rafael Sanchez. |
| SPAN 159B - The Theatrical Experience: Drama and Performance in Hispanic America |
| (4) Cabranes-Grant |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Presents an overview of the history of the theater in Hispanic America, from the Mayas to the twentieth century. Authors include: Gomez de Avellaneda, Alejandro Tapia, Florencia Sanchez, Rodolfo Usigli, Roberto Arlt, Jose Antonio Ramos, Rene Marques, and Luis Rafael Sanchez. |
| SPAN 162 - Spanish-American Romanticism |
| (4) Castillo |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Reevaluation of main trends of Spanish-America romanticism as evidenced in representative poets and prose writers. Traces the reception and transfiguration of continental romantic topoi and questions the assumption that the Spanish-American romantic aesthetic is essentially derivative and non-original vis-a-vis its continental counterparts. |
| SPAN 167 - Realism and Naturalism in Spanish-American Fiction |
| (4) Castillo |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Reading of the main novels and short fiction in late nineteenth-century Spanish America. Realism and naturalism are studied as counterparts of modernism: modernism advocates the science of beauty, realism and naturalism defend the beauty of science, attempting a discourse that is both scientifically and aesthetically sound. |
| SPAN 168 - Posmodernismo |
| (4) Castillo |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L with a minimum grade of C. |
| Study of the Spanish and Spanish-American Postmodernistas, exploring the link between the culture of modernity and the emergence of a colloquial, prosaic, but lyrical discourse in late nineteenth and twentieth century Spanish and Spanish-American poetry. |
| SPAN 169 - Literature and Cultural Identity in the Spanish Caribbean |
| (4) Castillo, Cabranes-Grant |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Survey of Spanish Caribbean literature from the standpoint of interaction of culture and race. It traces the counterpoint among the diverse ethnic groups that populate the Caribbean and the manner in which the discourse ofthe oppressor and the oppressed intertwine. |
| SPAN 170 - The Generations of 1898 and 1927 |
| (4) Fuentes, Bermudez |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Readings of such authors as Unamuno, Baroja, Azorin, Valle-Inclan, Antonio Machado, Ortega, Gomez de la Serna, Guillen, Garcia Lorca, and others, analyzed in their historical and social context. |
| SPAN 172 - Lorca |
| (4) Bermudez |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Major poems and plays of Federico Garcia Lorca, including such works as Romancero Gitano, Poeta en Nueva York, Bodas de Sangre, Yerma, La Casa de Bernarda Alba. |
| SPAN 174 - The Hispanic Novel and Cinema |
| (4) Fuentes, Cabranes-Grant |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Study of three or four Hispanic novels vis-a-vis their film versions, permitting analysis of narrative in both genres, using existing films and videos based on masterpieces of Hispanic literature. Taught in Spanish. |
| SPAN 175 - Contemporary Spanish Literature |
| (4) Fuentes, Bermudez |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Spanish literature since the Civil War a study of the main trends of post-war Spanish novel, theatre, and poetry, in their historical and socialcontext. |
| SPAN 176 - Contemporary Spanish Culture |
| (4) Fuentes, Bermudez |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 16A or 16B or 25 (may be taken concurrently). |
| A survey of the political, religious, social, and philosophical issues in twentieth-century Spanish life and letters. |
| SPAN 177 - Spanish-American Thought |
| (4) Castillo |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 16A or 16B or 25 or equivalent language proficiency. |
| Leading social, institutional, intellectual, and artistic trends from the sixteenth century to the present. |
| SPAN 178 - Mexican Culture |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 16A or 16B or 25 or equivalent language proficiency. |
| Social, institutional, intellectual, and artistic trends in the developmentof modern Mexico. |
| SPAN 179 - The Chicano Novel |
| (4) Lomeli, McCracken |
| Reading, analysis and critique of the contemporary Chicano novel as it pertains to the Chicano experience. |
| SPAN 181 - Hispanic Poetry: 1900 to 1945 (in English Translation) |
| (4) Bermudez |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Reading and discussion of twentieth-century Spanish and Spanish-American poets and trends in their socio-historical context. |
| SPAN 183 - Selected Authors and Topics in Hispanic Literature |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Topic or author chosen by faculty member. |
| SPAN 184 - Borges and the Contemporary Spanish-American Short Story |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| The course will deal with Borges' short stories as pioneers of Spanish-American modern trends in narrative literature, and may include works from authors such as Onetti, Fuentes, Garcia Marquez, etc. |
| SPAN 185 - The Spanish-American Nueva Novela |
| (4) Levine, Lomeli, Poot-Herrera |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Readings of such authors as Borges, Rulfo Fuentes, Vargas Llosa, Garcia Marquez, Donoso. Emphasis put on the innovative structure and language brought to Hispanic literature by the so-called Nueva Novela. |
| SPAN 186 - Selected Topics in Hispanic Linguistics |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 100. |
| Topics for the course reflect the research interests of faculty members. |
| SPAN 187A - Modern Hispanic Frama |
| (4) Fuentes, Cabranes-Grant |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Representative dramatists of Spain such as Unamuno, Valle-Inclan, Garcia Lorca, Buero Vallejo, and others. |
| SPAN 187B - Modern Hispanic Drama |
| (4) Fuentes, Cabranes-Grant |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| Representative Spanish-American dramatists such as Carballido, Solorzano, Wolff, Cuzzani, Marquez, and others. |
| SPAN 188 - Modernismo |
| (4) Castillo, Bemudez |
| Prerequisites: A minimum grade of "C" in Spanish 102L. |
| Introduction to the poetry and prose of Hispanic Modernismo. Major writers and their most representative works: Marti, Dario, Rodo, Lugones. Lyric poetry, short story, novel, the essay, and other forms are studied. |
| SPAN 189 - Vanguard Poetry in Spanish America |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| A survey of the poetry of the Spanish-American avant-guarde focusing on its three main tendencies: colloquial or antipoetic poetry, existentially or politically committed poetry, and self-referential, narcissistic poetry. |
| SPAN 190 - Borges and His Precursors |
| (4) Levine |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| This course focuses on Borges the Reader, and traces in particular his affinities with North American and European literatures. |
| SPAN 194 - Spanish American Women's Writing |
| (4) Bermudez, Poot-Herrera |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 102L (may be taken concurrently). |
| An introduction to nineteenth- and twentieth-century Spanish American women's writings. Themes may include women's participation in the formationof national literatures, their engagement with a tradition of women's writing, and issues of authorship and authority. |
| SPAN 195 - Senior Honors Independent Research |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish or Portuguese majors only. |
| The student will engage in research lead ing to a paper of considerable depth and complexity on a topic dealing with the literature and/or languageof Spain and Spanish America. |
| SPAN 196 - Internship |
| (2-3) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; Spanish or Portuguese majors only; consent of department. |
| This course enables students to obtain credit for Spanish or Portuguese related internship experience. The course is graded P/NP and must be taken in conjunction with Spanish 199, for which a written project related to the internship experience must be completed. |
| SPAN 199 - Independent Studies in Spanish |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; completion of two upper-division courses in Spanisconsent of department. |
| Independent studies in selected subjects not covered by course offerings. |
| SPAN 200 - Studies in Synchronic Linguistics |
| (4) Perissinotto, Raposo |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| In-depth study on particular subjects in the field of the phonological, syntactic, or semantic component, or the lexicon, as applied to modern Spanish. |
| SPAN 200SS - Linguistic Analysis |
| (4) STAFF |
| Study of the phonological and syntactic structure of modern Spanish for students with a functional command of the language; emphasis placed on developing ability to analyze grammatical structures and phonetic principles related to the learning and teaching of Spanish. |
| SPAN 201SS - Writing Strategies and Approaches |
| (4) STAFF |
| Development of writing skills through writing original compositions. Reading and discussion of selected masterpieces to acquaint the student with a variety of styles. Further grammar review. |
| SPAN 202SS - Advanced Language Practicum |
| (4) STAFF |
| Students enrolled in this course and who posses superior communicative ability will participate in performance projects such as zarzuelas, plays, poetry, recitals, etc., and will design, write, and publish a weekly Newsletter (Boletin) unter the supervision of a faculty member. |
| SPAN 203A - Morphology and Syntax I |
| (4) Perissinotto. Raposo |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| An in-depth study of Spanish and Portuguese synchronic morphology and syntax, both at a descriptive and at a theoretical level. The focus is on morphology, morpho-syntactic processes and single clausal syntactic phenomena. |
| SPAN 203SS - Spanish Peninsular Texts (1700-present) |
| (4) STAFF |
| A close reading of selected modern and contemporary texts in prose and poetry, that will be set in their historical contexts and carefully analyzed so as to bring out their meaning(s) or intention(s). |
| SPAN 206SS - The Sound Structure of Spanish |
| (4) STAFF |
| A study of the articulatory features of the sounds of Spanish, with particular attention to dialect variation and to applying phonetic principles to the learning and teaching of Spanish. Emphasis on the production and recognition of various sound patterns. |
| SPAN 209 - Dialectology |
| (4) Perissinotto, Raposo |
| A study of Spanish as it developed and is now spoken in the various parts of Spain and Spanish America, with the distinguishing features of each. Thereasons for the distinctive phonomena: Morphological, phonological, syntactic, lexigraphic. Indigenous Substrata and historical influences (e.g., Anglicisms from the United States) in their formation. Use of texts of different periods. |
| SPAN 210A - Survey of Spanish Literature for Portuguese Graduate Students |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Portuguese. |
| Medieval Spanish Literature. |
| SPAN 210B - Survey of Spanish literature for Portuguese graduate students |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Portuguese. |
| Golden Age Literature. |
| SPAN 210C - Survey of Spanish Literature for Portuguese Students |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Portuguese. |
| Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature. |
| SPAN 210D - Spanish Literature for Portuguese Graduate Students |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Portuguese. |
| Twentieth-century literature. |
| SPAN 211A - Survey of Spanish-American Literature for Portuguese Graduate Students |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Portuguese. |
| Students will write an extensive paper and be responsible for additional readings to enrich their preparation and ready them for their Ph.D. examinations. Colonial Spanish-American literature. |
| SPAN 211B - Survey of Spanish-American Literature for Portuguese Graduate Students |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Portuguese. |
| Students will write an extensive paper and be responsible for additional readings to enrich their preparation and ready them for their Ph.D. examinations. Nineteenth-century Spanish-American literature. |
| SPAN 211C - Survey of Spanish-American Literature for Portuguese Graduate Students |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Portuguese. |
| Students will write an extensive paper and be responsible for additional readings to enrich their preparation and ready them for their Ph.D. examinations. Twentieth-century literature. |
| SPAN 212 - Approaches and Methods for Research in Hispanic Literature and Linguistics |
| (4) Perissinotto, Sharrer, Raposo |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Approaches and methods for research in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian literature and linguistics. Study of main bibliographic resource with particular emphasis on computer-aided research and resulting in the production of a substantive on a field of graduate research. |
| SPAN 213 - Theory of Literary Criticism |
| (4) STAFF |
| Analysis and application of methods of current literary theory and criticism in relation to principal texts in Spanish and Spanish American literature. Techniques of literary scholarship. |
| SPAN 215 - Women Authors of the Spanish Language |
| (4) Bermudez, Poot-Herrera |
| An examination of women's strategies of self-figuration, traditions of female expression, women's relationship to authorship and authority, and the relationship of Spanish-language writing to contemporary feminist criticism. |
| SPAN 216SS - Special Topics in Language and Literature |
| (4) STAFF |
| Studies in subjects of current interest in Spanish and/or Spanish American language and literature, and/or USA literature and language written in Spanish. |
| SPAN 217 - Rhetorical Theory of Literature (From the Antiquity to the Twentieth Century) |
| (4) Cortijo |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| A study of literary theory (rhetoric and poetics) from Aristotle to the twentieth century, with special emphasis on Spanish Golden Age theoretical approaches to the literary phenomena. |
| SPAN 217SS - Mexican Culture |
| (4) STAFF |
| A study of the major historical and cultural events that explain modern Mexico. Pre-Columbian cultures, the Colonial Period, Independence, Benito Juarez, and Porfirio Diaz, the Mexican Revolution, the Contemporary Scene. |
| SPAN 218 - Individual Hispanic Authors and Special Topics |
| (4) STAFF |
| Intensive study of the work of an individual Hispanic author, to be chosen by the instructor. |
| SPAN 221A - History of Spanish and Portuguese Languages |
| (4) Perissinotto, Raposo |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 121. |
| Selected topics in historical phonology in light of recent scholarship. |
| SPAN 222A - Studies in Medieval Peninsular Literature |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 122A or concurrent attendance. |
| Selected topic studied in the light of recent scholarship. Students will write an extensive paper and be responsible for additional readings to enrich their preparation and ready them for their M.A. and Ph.D. examinations. |
| SPAN 222B - Studies in Medieval Peninsular Literature |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 122B (may be taken concurrently). |
| Selected topic studied in the light of recent scholarship. Students will write an extensive paper and be responsible for additional readings to enrich their preparation and ready them for their M.A. and Ph.D. examinations. |
| SPAN 230F - Studies in Spanish Literature of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries |
| (4) Checa, Avalle-Arce |
| Study courses will be taught under general title, with following divisions:Moralists and Satirists. |
| SPAN 240A - Studies on Cervantes |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 140A-B (may be taken concurrently). |
| Selected topics studied in the light of recent scholarship. Students will write an extensive paper and be responsible for additional readings to enrich their preparation and ready them for their M.A. and Ph.D. examinations. |
| SPAN 240B - Studies on Cervantes |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 140A-B (may be taken concurrently). |
| Selected topics studies in the light of recent scholarship. Students will write an extensive paper and be responsible for additional readings to enrich their preparation and ready them for their M.A. and Ph.D. examinations. |
| SPAN 245 - Studies in Spanish-American Colonial Literature |
| (4) Avalle-Arce, Poot-Herrera |
| Selected topics from the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. |
| SPAN 260 - Studies in Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature |
| (4) Checa, Fuentes, Cabranes-Grant |
| Seminars covering selected authors, theses, or genres from the period in question. |
| SPAN 275 - Spanish Literature Since the Civil War |
| (4) Fuentes, Bermudez |
| Spanish literature since the Civil War. Spanish literature from 1939 to thepresent; theatre, poetry, novel. |
| SPAN 283 - El Modernismo |
| (4) Castillo |
| The influence of Ruben Dario and his followers on the prose and poetry of Spanish America and Spain: 1888 to 1920. |
| SPAN 285 - Studies in Twentieth-Century Spanish-American Fiction |
| (4) STAFF |
| Seminar in selected authors of twentieth-century Spanish-American novel. |
| SPAN 287 - Literature and Culture of the Postmodern Americas |
| (4) McCracken |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| A study of hybridity and postmodernity in the narrative cultural productionof Latinos in the Americas, focusing on the eroding but not yet effaced borders between various cultural and social spheres. Readings drawn from Latin American and U.S. Latino writers and theorists such as Garcia Canclini, Cortazar, Piglia, Puig, Cisneros, Alvarez, Morales. |
| SPAN 293 - Translation: Literary and Linguistics Approaches |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Analysis of literary texts from the perspective of translation; the theory and practice of translation from linguistic and literary perspectives. |
| SPAN 294A - Research Seminar in Spanish-American Literature |
| (4) STAFF |
| Primarily intended to train students in research techniques; background material and selection of topic. Completion of research paper, reporting regularly to class on progress of work. |
| SPAN 294B - Research Seminar in Spanish-American Literature |
| (4) STAFF |
| Primarily intended to train students in research techniques; background material, critical approach, and selection of topic. Completion of researchpaper, reporting regularly to class on progress of work. |
| SPAN 295A - Research Seminar in Spanish Literature |
| (4) STAFF |
| Primarily intended to train students in research techniques; background material, critical approach, and selection of topic. |
| SPAN 295B - Research Seminar in Spanish Literature |
| (4) STAFF |
| Completion of research paper, reporting regularly to class on progress of work. |
| SPAN 296A - Research Seminar in Spanish Linguistics |
| (4) STAFF |
| Primarily intended to train students in research techniques; background material and selection of topic. |
| SPAN 296B - Research Seminar in Spanish Linguistics |
| (4) STAFF |
| Completion of research paper reporting regularly to class on progress of work. |
| SPAN 297 - Studies in Circum-Atlantic Hispanic Drama and Literature |
| (4) Cabranes-Grant |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Analyzes cultural interactions between Spain and Latin America in a comparative setting, exploring the complex relations developed within the Hispanic world. Issues of colonialism, reception, intertextuality, exile, nationalism, and translocal identities. |
| SPAN 299 - Topics in Applied Linguistics |
| (4) Staff |
| May be repeated for credit |
| Specialized topics in the study of applied linguistics. |
| SPAN 500AS - Research Methods in Culture and Linguistics |
| (2-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: One quarter of coursework on M.A. in the Institute of Hispanic Languages anCulture. |
| During the second term, students develop research skills necessary to produce a research project to conform to Institute guidelines. Students meet individually and as a group with faculty to plan the research project in language, literature, or cultural history. |
| SPAN 500BS - Research Methods in Culture and Linguistics |
| (2-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Two quarters of coursework on M.A. in the Institute of Hispanic Languages aCulture. |
| During the third term, students complete monograph-length study on culture (including literature) or linguistics of the Hispanic world, present it orally, and submit it in printed form, according to Institute guidelines. |
| SPAN 590 - Spanish Teaching Methodology |
| (4) McGovern |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing and appointment as a teaching assistant or associate in Spanish. |
| Preparation of students to conduct intitial research in areas related to Applied Linguistics, and the application of both theoretical and practical considerations of the current literature on actual teaching. |
| SPAN 591 - Teaching Assistant Practicum |
| (4) McGovern |
| Supervised teaching of lower-division Spanish courses at UCSB. Participation in occasional workshops related to the field of teaching willbe required. |
| SPAN 592 - Teaching Associate Practicum |
| (4) McGovern |
| Supervised teaching of lower-division Spanish courses at UCSB. Participation in occasional workshops related to the field of teaching willbe required. |
| SPAN 594 - Special Topics |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| A special seminar on research subjects of current interest. |
| SPAN 595 - Directed Teaching of Literature/Linguistics |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Doctoral candidate with teaching assistant or associate instructor status. |
| Individual tutorial. Applicatio of research and theory to classroom practice in teaching of undergraduate literature or linguistics courses. The instructor of the literature or linguistics course will supervise the student as collaborator in the planning and teaching of it. |
| SPAN 596 - Directed Reading and Research |
| (2-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor; approval of department chair. |
| Individual tutorial. A written proposal for each tutorial must be approved by student's program adviser and by the department chair. The number of units which a student may take in this series depends on the nature of the program and consent of the adviser or the departmental graduate committee. |
| SPAN 597 - Individual Study for M.A. Comprehensive and Ph.D. Examinations |
| (2-8) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Individual study for M.A. comprehensive and Ph.D. examinations. Instructor study for M.A. comprehensive and Ph.D. examinations. Instructor should be student's major professor or chair of doctoral committee. |
| SPAN 598 - Master's Thesis Research and Preparation |
| (2-12) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor; approval of department chair. |
| Only for research underlying the thesis and writing of the thesis. |
| SPAN 599 - Ph.D. Dissertation Preparation |
| (2-12) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Ph.D. dissertation preparation. Only for research in preparing and writing of the dissertation. Instructor should be the chair of the student's doctoral committee. |