TimeDaysLocationInstructorGERCreditOPUS Class NumberSyllabus (Tentative)
11:45am-12:35pm
MWF
Callaway Center S101
Anderson, Brittany. HALW. 412730 TBA.

January 13, 2010- April 26, 2010

Catalog Description: Every semester. A survey course in Spanish and Spanish American culture from the Middle Ages and Pre-Columbian periods to the seventeenth century.

Semester Details:

Content: This course engages in an in-depth study of Spanish and Colonial Spanish American culture(s) from the tenth through the seventeenth century.  Among the topics included are: Islamic Spain, the Spanish Reconquista, the Inquisition, the Origins of the Spanish Language, Sephardic Culture in Spain, the Pilgrimage Route to Santiago, Picaresque Literature, Golden Age Spanish Drama, pre-Columbian civilizations, the Conquest of the New World, and the establishment of colonial rule in Spanish America.

Texts: Tirso de Molina,  El burlador de Sevilla, Ana Caro, Valor, agravio y mujer, and other selection of primary and secondary texts.

Particulars: Required for the Major. The final grade is based on a final paper (8-10 pp.), one oral presentation, two exams, short daily assignments and class participation.

The schedule of courses on O.P.U.S. is the official listing of courses, including days and times they meet and the General Education Requirements they satisfy. Students should use course descriptions as general guidelines. Course requirements, grading details, book lists, and syllabi are subject to change.