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Fall 2025: Spanish Major Course Descriptions <\/strong>
All courses are taught in Spanish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spanish 250: Family and Gender Roles in Spain: 1900 to Present<\/strong>
GE: FOL-S & WRI \/ OLE CORE: WLC & WAC
Prof. Marit Hanson, T 9:35 \u2013 11:00, Th 9:30 \u2013 10:50
Prerequisite: Spanish 232 or placement in Spanish 250 or 251<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this course, you\u2019ll explore Spain\u2019s \u201crevoluci\u00f3n familiar\u201d \u2013 dramatic changes in family structures and gender roles, the rights of women and members of the LGBTQ+ community, and relationships between generations. While some of these changes may seem to parallel those that have occurred in other countries (including the U.S.), the way they came about in Spain is unique. Together we\u2019ll examine the history of families and gender roles from the early 1900s to the present day through a variety of \u201ccultural texts\u201d \u2013 informational texts about trends in society at large (from videos to official documents) as well as narratives that capture the human experiences of individuals and families: both stories of the lives of real people and a historical novel that creatively portrays a society in transition. In the process, we will work on developing our academic language skills in Spanish, especially through writing with the use of textual evidence. The course includes participation in three out-of-class conversation groups. Offered Fall and Spring.
Key course materials: Novel, Historia de una maestra <\/em>(Josefina R. Aldecoa); films and videos, packet of readings from a variety of sources.
Spanish 250 or 251 is required for the Spanish major (only one of the two courses can count for the major).
Note: Spanish 250 (equivalent to Spanish 251) is the first course in the Spanish major but is open to any student who has completed Spanish 232 or placed into the 250-level. 250-level courses cannot be repeated, and students cannot count both 250 and 251 for the Spanish major. Either Spanish 250 or 251 counts as the prerequisite for 270-level courses and above.<\/em>
Spanish 250 or 251 is required for the Latin American Studies major.
Counts Toward Majors: Gender & Sexuality Studies, Latin American Studies, Performance, Political Science, and Women\u2019s and Gender Studies
Counts Toward Concentrations: Family Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, International Relations,  Management Studies, and Women\u2019s and Gender Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanish 251: Gender and Race in Latin America    <\/strong>
GE: FOL-S & WRI \/ OLE CORE: WLC &WAC        
Prof. Jonathan O\u2019Conner, Section A, MWF 1150 – 1245
Prof. Mariana Reyes-Pay\u00e1n, Section B, MWF 12:55 \u2013 1:50
Prerequisite: Spanish 232 or placement in Spanish 250 or 251<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This course focuses on gender and race in Latin America and explores gender roles, femicide, intersectionality, activism, and Latin America\u2019s deep-rooted history of activism and resistance to oppression. To capture a wide range of experiences and voices, we work with short stories, articles, podcasts, films, songs, and poems from across Latin America. We include objective sources that focus on providing information, as well as subjective sources that narrate human experiences\u2014people\u2019s stories. In the process, we also work on developing our academic language skills in Spanish, especially through writing with the use of textual evidence. Includes participation in 3 out-of-class conversation groups.
Spanish 250 or 251 is required for the Spanish major (only one of the two courses can count for the major).
Note: Spanish 250 (equivalent to Spanish 251) is the first course in the Spanish major but is open to any student who has completed Spanish 232 or placed into the 250-level. 250-level courses cannot be repeated, and students cannot count both 250 and 251 for the Spanish major. Either Spanish 250 or 251 counts as the prerequisite for 270-level courses and above.<\/em>
Spanish 250 or 251 is required for the Latin American Studies major.
Counts Toward Majors: Gender & Sexuality Studies, Latin American Studies, Performance, Political Science, and Women\u2019s and Gender Studies
Counts Toward Concentrations: Gender and Sexuality Studies, International Relations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanish 271 \u2013 The Cultures of Spain<\/strong>
\u201cHuman Rights and the Quality of Life in Spain\u201d<\/strong>
Prof. Le\u00f3n Narv\u00e1ez, MWF 11:50 \u2013 12:45<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Periodic examples of genocide in Europe and elsewhere may lead to the conclusion that human beings never change.  Some may believe that there is no hope for humanity, no possibility that people will treat each other better over time.  Yet there are examples that give us hope.  Spain is one of those examples.   In this course we will explore the affirmation of human rights in Spain over time in spite of long periods of repression and periods of extreme tension between liberal and authoritarian tendencies about what people are allowed to do and to say. How will we approach this topic?  We will learn about historical periods in Spain and discuss them in terms of what were the rights of the people of the time and their apparent quality of life.  Were people allowed to express their cultural identity, their sexual orientation, their political and social views, and to exercise influence without violence  over public policy?   What were the efforts made to ensure their personal safety and personal development?  What were their economic rights and access to healthcare, education, etc.? With regard to these questions, we will focus on the 20th century up to today. We will read historical summaries and more, including two novels that reflect the changing milieu for human rights and personal development in Spain, one set in the Spain of the dictator Francisco Franco and the other in the democracy of our time.  Through the experiences of the two central characters, both women, we will explore how a change in the rights of the individual and the nature of the state may result in greater possibilities in life for ordinary citizens and we will consider their responses to those possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Texts:
Nada (Carmen Laforet)
Esos cielos (Bernardo Atxaga)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adem\u00e1s, se leer\u00e1n res\u00famenes de aspectos de la historia de Espa\u00f1a con un enfoque en los siglos
XX y XXI.
Counts as a 270-level elective for the Spanish major<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanish 275: Exploring Hispanic Literature<\/strong>
Topic: <\/strong> Intertextualidades Masculinas en la Literatura Latinoamericana<\/strong>
-con un enfoque caribe\u00f1o<\/strong>
GE: ALS-L \/ OLE CORE: CRE
Prof. Kristina Medina-Vilari\u00f1o, T 120 \u2013 2:45, Th 2:15 \u2013 3:35
Prerequisite: Spanish 250 or Spanish 251<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El cantante puertorrique\u00f1o de trap, Bad Bunny, se present\u00f3 en febrero del 2020 en el Tonight Show vestido con falda. La imagen impresa en su camisa llevaba un reclamo de que \u201cmataron a Alexa [,] no a un hombre con falda.\u201d<\/a> Alexa fue una mujer transg\u00e9nero asesinada en un violento crimen de odio en Puerto Rico que a\u00fan queda sin resolver. Este violento incidente se convirti\u00f3 en un punto de referencia crucial en la sociedad moderna puertorrique\u00f1a, y criticaba las representaciones del g\u00e9nero o la sexualidad de Alexa publicadas en los medios masivos de comunicaci\u00f3n en PR. Las masas de fans<\/em> aplaud\u00edan el acto de Bad Bunny, en persona y online<\/em>, incluyendo algunos escritores y artistas activistas LGBTQ+. Sin embargo, en mayo del 2021, un sector del senado en el Capitolio de Puerto Rico, defend\u00eda la legalidad de las terapias de conversi\u00f3n. Estas \u00faltimas han sido reconocidas como \u201ctortura\u201d por muchos sectores sociales que defienden los derechos humanos, y ven las terapias de conversi\u00f3n sexual como una  pr\u00e1ctica violenta de homofobia y transfobia. 
Este contraste refleja el choque de distintas ideolog\u00edas que operan entre las comunidades caribe\u00f1as m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de Puerto Rico y alcanzan a sus di\u00e1sporas. Mientras que el contrato social de gran parte de lo\/a\/e s j\u00f3venes caribe\u00f1os en el 2024 pareciera ser la aceptaci\u00f3n de una mayor libertad sexual y el rechazo de cualquier binario de g\u00e9nero, la realidad diaria nos recuerda que las expectativas culturales no han cambiado del todo. 
Este curso explora el concepto de la masculinidad en el caribe latinoamericano a trav\u00e9s de la literatura, el cine y la cultura popular. Analizaremos textos literarios, incluyendo poes\u00eda, novela, cr\u00f3nica y ensayo. Los estudiantes explorar\u00e1n la relaci\u00f3n entre intertexto, cultura, raza, pol\u00edtica y masculinidad dentro de movimientos sociales y pol\u00edticos, con un \u00e9nfasis en el discurso literario anticolonialista.  Algunas secciones de los textos incluidos en esta clase contienen un lenguaje sexual gr\u00e1fico.
Al final del semestre los estudiantes crear\u00e1n un proyecto digital comparativo, enfocado en el tema del curso y sus respectivas profesiones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanish 276: Spanish as a First and Second Language      <\/strong>
Prof. Kris Cropsey, MWF 12:55 \u2013 1:50     
Prerequisite: Spanish 250 or 251<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bfDe qu\u00e9 se trata Espa\u00f1ol 276? En este curso estudiaremos diferentes aspectos relacionados al uso y adquisici\u00f3n de la lengua espa\u00f1ola en contextos transnacionales y transculturales. En  particular, usaremos una aproximaci\u00f3n cr\u00edtica para  estudiar el espa\u00f1ol de los Estados Unidos, en Hispanoam\u00e9rica y en Espa\u00f1a. Durante el  curso haremos particular hincapi\u00e9 en los procesos de adquisici\u00f3n del espa\u00f1ol como  primera y segunda lengua en cuanto ata\u00f1e a los hablantes del ingl\u00e9s como primera lengua  y a los hablantes de herencia del espa\u00f1ol en los Estados Unidos.
Tentative reading list:
\u2022 Packet of journal articles and book chapters (available through the Bookstore)
\u2022 Mi mundo adorado <\/em>by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor (available through the Bookstore)
\u2022 Materiales para SPAN 276 (course handouts available through the Bookstore)
This course is required for the Spanish major. Spanish 276 cannot be repeated.<\/em>
Counts Toward Majors: Latin American Studies, Race and Ethnic Studies, Spanish
Counts Toward Concentrations: Applied Linguistic Studies, Latin American Studies, Race and Ethnic <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanish 312:<\/strong> Voices Of The Spanish-Speaking World<\/strong>
Topic:\u00a0 Music And Politics In Latin America<\/strong>
OLE CORE: WIM
Prof. Kristina Medina-Vilari\u00f1o, T 9:35 \u2013 11:00, TH 9:30 \u2013 10:50
Prerequisite: Spanish 250 or Spanish 251 and one 270-level course<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Counts toward Performance, Political Science, Spanish, and Gender and Sexuality Studies majors. Also counts toward International Relations, and Gender and Sexuality Studies concentrations and Latin American Studies.
Over the last three decades reguet\u00f3n, bachata, and salsa songs have been in the top-ten music charts of radio stations as representatives of \u201clatino music\u201d in the United States. These genres have become cultural symbols of a Latin American festive essence, but their popularity renders invisible a more rich cultural tradition told by political expressions of Latin American music. In this course we will explore the connections between music, history, politics, and culture in Latin America. This course will examine genres such as “la Nueva Canci\u00f3n”, corridos, rock, tango, reggae, and danza, to determine the role that musicians have played in larger social narratives. We will also discuss El hombre del acorde\u00f3n<\/em>, a novel by Marcio Veloz Maggiolo\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanish 399: Seminar in Spanish Studies<\/strong>
GE: WRI & WIM
Food Studies in Latin America: Oppression, Resistance, and Creativity
Prof. Ariel Strichartz, MWF, 10:45 \u2013 11:40<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you think of the kitchen as a space associated with servitude and tedious tasks, or as a site of creative freedom? What is the connection between the kitchen (and the domestic sphere it represents) and the public sphere thought to exist beyond its reach? Why has society traditionally discounted as menial the work of a female cook in a domestic kitchen, while praising as an elevated art form that of a male chef? How might culinary acts such as cooking, feeding, and eating perpetuate, destabilize, or invert systems of power? In acts such as eating when one element or body is subsumed within another, which can be said to have more power?
In this course, we will explore these questions as we analyze the many representations of \u201cfood spaces\u201d such as kitchens and dining rooms and the acts of cooking, feeding, and eating in works from Mexico, Cuba, and Argentina. In addition to the novel, short stories, plays, and film that will make up our daily diet, we\u2019ll have occasional servings of readings from a variety of fields, including philosophy, anthropology, and theology, intended to enrich our perspectives on food and to help us think through the broader questions posed above.
Tentative primary works include the novel Como agua para chocolate (Laura Esquivel, Mexico); the plays El gordo y el flaco (Virgilio Pi\u00f1era, Cuba); Cocinar el amor (Hugo Salcedo, Mexico); Puesta en claro (Griselda Gambaro, Argentina); and Carne (Eduardo Rovner, Argentina); and the stories \u201cLecci\u00f3n de cocina\u201d (Rosario Castellanos, Mexico); \u201cAlta cocina\u201d (Amparo D\u00e1vila, Mexico); \u201cLa carne\u201d and \u201cLa cena\u201d (Virgilio Pi\u00f1era, Cuba)
In addition to analyzing the textual representation of all things culinary, we\u2019ll also explore the interdisciplinary field of food studies and its relevance for understanding Latin America today. Throughout the semester, students will carry out an individual project within food studies related to one of their academic areas of study or interest (biology; political science; anthropology; economics; pre-health professions; etc.) and within a Latin American context; this project may also be related to an aspect of food activism in Latin America.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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