SPA 220
Caribbean Literature in Spanish (Formerly: Spanish-Afro-Caribbean
Literature, Spa. 123)
A study of the most representative Spanish-Afro-Caribbean writers,
such as Luis Llorens Torres, Luís Pales Matos, Nicolás Guillen and
Emilio Ballagas.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 221
Medieval Literature I
The principal developments of the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth
centuries.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 222
Medieval Literature II
The principle developments of the fourteenth, and the fifteenth
century as far as La Celestina.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 223
Golden Age Prose
A study of the various novelistic types and the didactic writing of
the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 224
The Spanish Ballad, Yesterday and Today
An in-depth study of the development of Spanish balladry from the
Middle Ages to the twentieth century.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 225
Golden Age Drama I
Outstanding comedias of the “Ciclo de Lope de Vega”, including
works by Lope, Tirso, Guillén de Castro, Alarcón and Mira de
Amescua.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 226
Golden Age Drama II
Outstanding comedias of the “Ciclo de Calderón”, including works by
Calderón, Rojas, Zorrilla and Moreto.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 227
Golden Age Poetry
Emphasis on Garcilaso, Fray Luis, San Juan, Lope, Góngora and
Quevedo.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 228
Eighteenth Century Spanish Literature
A study of Spanish letters during the neoclassical period with a
reading of representative authors.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 229
Spanish-American Colonial Literature
A study of Spanish-American letters from its beginning to the
period of Independence.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 230
Nineteenth Century Spanish-American Literature
A study of the principal literary developments of the period, with
an analysis of representative authors.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 231
Romanticism in Spain
A study ofthe romantic movement in Nineteenth Century Spanish
literature.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 232
Gaucho Literature
A study of the creole literature of the River Plate Region from its
gaucho beginnings to recent nativistic tendencies.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 234
Spanish-American Poetry
The principal developments of the genre in Spanish America with a
study of representative authors.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 235
The Spanish Theater from Benavente to the Present (Formerly: the
Spanish Theater: 1850 to the Present, I.)
Representative dramatists of the period will be studied.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA236
Twentieth Century Spanish-America Theater to the Present (Formerly:
Twentieth Century Spanish and Spanish American Theater)
A study of the general trends and most representative authors in
the Spanish-American theater from 1900 to the present day.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 237
Spanish-American Modernism
Representative writers of the period will be studied.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 238
Women Writers from Spain (Formerly: Spanish 135)
A study of the most representative women writers from the time of
Santa Teresa to the contemporary period.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 239
Women writers from Spanish America (Formerly: Spanish 136)
A study of the most representative women writers from the time of
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz to the present.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 240
The Literature of Revolution in Spanish America
A study of selected works of drama, poetry and prose, as examples
of protest against the social, economic or political order, with
emphasis on the contemporary scene.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 243
The Spanish-American Short Story
The origin and development of the genre in Spanish America with a
study of representative authors.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 245
Spanish-American Literature of the Enlightenment (Formerly:
Hispanic Literature of the Enlightenment)
Main literary currents in Spain and Spanish America from 1750 to
the period of Independence with representative authors
studied.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 248
Indian Theme in Spanish-American Literature
A study of the Indian theme in Spanish-American literature as
reflected in representative authors and works.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 249
The Spanish-American Novel from Fernandez de Lizardi to the 1960’s
(Formerly: The Spanish-American Novel from Fernandez de Lizardi to
García Márquez)
A study of the most representative literary figures in the
development of this genre.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 250
The Spanish-American Novel from the 1960’s Onward
A study of the most representative present day novelists.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 252
Cervantes
An in-depth study of the life and works of Cervantes, exclusive of
Don Quijote.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 253; 254
Don Quijote, I, II
A study in depth of Cervantes’ masterpiece.
Two semesters
3 credits
SPA 255
La Celestina
An in-depth study of this masterpiece of the Spanish
Renaissance.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 260
The Picaresque Novel
An in-depth study of selected Spanish picaresque novels.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 265
Quevedo
A study of the principal works of the author.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 266
Galdós
A study of the most representative works of Benito Pérez
Galdós.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 270
Spanish Poetry of the Twentieth Century (Formerly: Spanish
Poetry-1850 to the Present, I)
A study of representative poets from the middle of the Nineteenth
century to the present.
Two Semesters
3 credits
SPA 272
Main Figures in Spanish Mysticism
A study of the spiritual writers of the Golden Age.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 277
Unamuno
A study of the most representative works of Miguel de
Unamuno.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 279
Federico García Lorca
A study of the most representative works of Federico García
Lorca.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 283
The Spanish Novel of the Nineteenth Century (Formerly: The Spanish
Novel-1850 to the Present, I)
A study of romanticism, realism and naturalism. In Spain.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 284
The Spanish Novel of the Generation of 1898 (Formerly: The Spanish
Novel-1850 to the Present, II)
A study of representative novels and authors of the Generation of
98’s: Baroja, “Azorín”, Valle Inclán and others.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 285
The Spanish Novel from the Civil War to 1970
A study of representative novels and authors of the period from
Camilo Jose Cela to Luis Martin-Santos.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 286
Literature of Manners and Customs in Spanish
Main currents in the literature of manners and customs in Spain
form Larra to the Generation of ’98.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 287
Ortega y Gasset and other Twentieth Century Spanish Essayists
(Formerly: The Twentieth Century Spanish Essay)
A study of representative essayists of the twentieth century.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 288
The Essay and Literary Criticism in Spanish America
A study of representative literary figures in the development of
this genre.
One Semester
3 credits
SPA 290
Literature of the Mexican Revolution
A study of major literary figures in the development of this theme
in the national
culture.
One Semester
3 credits