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Spanish Reading & Composition

This course places major emphasis on the development of reading, writing and analytical skills while studying literary selections from Spain and Latin America. In this course the student has the Read More

Spanish Composition and Grammar

An intensive study of selected grammatical topics (ser-estar, preterite and imperfect, present subjunctive and commands); vocabulary; grammatical exercises and short compositions. Offered with an Honors section (080). In this course Read More

Miguel Martínez-Cabeza

Miguel Martínez-Cabeza is a visiting Professor of Spanish, whose area of interest is Literature, film, and pragmatics. He teaches courses in textual linguistics, culture and discourse, and postgraduate courses in Read More

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Latin America in Film

In this course students consolidate their knowledge of the Spanish Language and Latin American Culture by exploring Latin America through a selected number of outstanding films by award-winning Latin American Read More

Lovers and Heroes

This course explores the theme of love and heroism in Spanish culture, through its literary, dramatic and filmic manifestations. A special attention is given to the Don Juan theme, one Read More

Mystery and Fantasy

In this course students will read several outstanding short stories, to develop the ability to communicate their thoughts and ideas orally, read and write more proficiently, as well as learn Read More

Seminar: Topics in Spanish Literature: Don Quijote

“This course explores Don Quijote, the most famous literary masterpiece in Spanish literature. We will read the two parts of the work, focusing on how Don Quijote reacts to the Read More

Memory, Memoir and Metafiction in the Contemporary Spanish Novel

The contemporary Spanish novel is obsessed with Spain’s past. This course traces the development of the novel of memory from a fictional memoir published in 1942 to hybrid (semi-fictional) metafictional Read More

Resurrecting Mexico’s Dead

Death and resurrection have been major concerns throughout the history of Mexican culture, and these themes are as prevalent in Mexico today as ever before. In a range of manifestations Read More

Sugar, Salsa & Santería

This course explores Caribbean cultures through music, film, religion and other forms of expression. We will focus on diaspora, slavery, colonialism, and the formation of present-day postcolonial cultures, and examine Read More