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SPA Spanish Studies Courses

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HUM199Y1
First Year Seminar 52T

Undergraduate seminar that focuses on specific ideas, questions, phenomena or controversies, taught by a regular Faculty member deeply engaged in the discipline. Open only to newly admitted first year students. It may serve as a breadth requirement course; see page 44.


NOTES
1. The Department reserves the right to place students in the language course best suited to their linguistic preparation.
2. Students with an adequate knowledge of Spanish may be required to substitute another Spanish literature or culture course for the language course at any level.


SPA100Y1
Spanish Language for Beginners 26L, 26P, 26T

A comprehensive introduction to Spanish, including grammatical structures, oral practice and communication in small groups, and selected readings.
Exclusion: OAC Spanish or equivalent knowledge of Spanish


SPA220Y1
Composition and Oral Practice II 52L, 26T

A comprehensive grammar review, development of reading and writing skills, and oral practice and communication in small groups for the intermediate student.
Exclusion: SPA319H
Prerequisite: OAC Spanish/SPA100Y


SPA250H1
Spanish Culture and Civilization (formerly SPA250Y) 13L, 13T

The political, social, literary, and artistic history of Spain. The intention is to trace, chronologically, patterns and events which assist the student in understanding the conditions that prevail in 20th-century Spain. Lectures and readings in English. (Offered in alternate years)


SPA254H0
Mexican Culture 50L

Survey of Mexican culture and society, with attention to central issues in history, politics, education, and popular tradition, and important thinkers of twentieth-century Mexico: Paz, Fuentes, and others. (Offered only in Guadalajara)
Prerequisite: SPA319H/320Y and Placement Examination for the Guadalajara Program


SPA257H1
The Spanish Civil War and Hispanic Literature

(formerly SPA357H) 26L
The impact of the Civil War on Hispanic writers who were participants and on others who grew up during and after the conflict. Some reference to non-Hispanic writers. (Offered in alternate years)
Co-requisite: SPA220Y/319H
Recommended preparation: SPA258H


SPA258H1
Introduction to Hispanic Literary Studies 26L, 13T

Introduction to university literary studies in Spanish. Critical terminology and methods. Representative selections of modern Spanish and Spanish American prose, poetry, and drama.
Prerequisite: OAC Spanish/SPA100Y
Co-requisite: SPA220Y/319H


SPA299Y1
Research Opportunity Program


Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See page 44 for details.


SPA317H0
Language Practice 50L

Communication practice in small groups, with an emphasis on skills in speaking, listening, and writing. Selective review of grammatical structures and active vocabulary. (Offered only in Guadalajara)
Prerequisite: SPA319H/320Y and Placement Examination for the Guadalajara Program


SPA319H1
Spanish for Bilingual and Native Speakers 26L

Survey of the mechanics of writing and basic grammar for fluent speakers of Spanish with limited or no exposure to written Spanish; English/Spanish spelling differences, written and spoken registers of Spanish, basic aspects of the grammatical system.
Exclusion: SPA100Y, 220Y, 320Y


SPA320Y1
Composition and Oral Practice III 52L, 26T

Study of selected grammatical features and questions of usage with intensive practice in written and oral Spanish.
Exclusion: SPA319H


SPA321H1
Spanish Phonetics and Pronunciation 26L, 13T

An introduction to articulatory phonetics, Spanish sound patterns, phonetics, phonology; the basic concepts of phonetic description and transcription; the study of Spanish vowel and consonant systems, stress and intonation. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y/319H


SPA323H1
Business Spanish (formerly SPA323Y) 39P

Practical uses of spoken and written Spanish for business contexts. This course builds on grammar and vocabulary knowledge already acquired at the intermediate level, and is directed primarily at students pursuing a second major in Ibero-American Studies or European Studies.
Prerequisite: SPA220Y


SPA380H1
Spanish American Literature: From Conquest to Independence 26L

Literary currents of the colonial period and the 19th century prior to Modernism: the growth of cultural self-expression. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y/319H
Recommended preparation: SPA258H


SPA381H1
Spanish-American Literature from Independence to 1916 26L

Selections from the poetry, short story, novel and essay genres of the period studied to illustrate the role of literature in the pluridisciplinary effort to achieve independence in Spanish America. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y/319H
Recommended preparation: SPA258H


SPA382H1
Spanish American Women in Art, Film, and Literature 26L

Study of different creative expressions by women in Spanish America from the colonial period to the present; analysis of selected works of visual art, film, essays, poetry, and fiction.
Prerequisite: SPA220Y/319H
Recommended preparation: SPA258H


SPA385H1
Literature and Social Change in Spanish America 26L

Modern literature in its critical relation to social conditions. Emphasis on socio-historical context, ideologies of the period and writers' views of their social responsibility as a framework for literary analysis (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y/319H
Recommended preparation: SPA258H


SPA387H0
Contemporary Mexican Literature 50L

Social change and literary innovation in Mexican literature since the 1950s; analysis of selections from AgustRn Y Prerequisite: SPA220H/319H and Placement Examination for the Guadalajara Program


SPA398H0/399Y0
Independent Experiential Study Project


An instructor-supervised group project in an off-campus setting. See page 44 for details.


SPA420H1
Advanced Composition

(formerly SPA420Y) 26L, 13T
A course intended to enhance the student's skill in essay writing with intensive practice in writing descriptive and argumentative essays in Spanish from outline to completion of final draft. Study of the development of the organizational aspects of essay writing and the sequence of ideas to develop a coherent essay.
Recommended preparation: SPA319H/320Y


SPA421H1
The Structure of Spanish 26L

Descriptive linguistics as applied to Spanish. A systematic description of the components of language and their realization in Spanish: phonology, morphology and syntax of the simple sentence. Emphasis on the interplay between form and function. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA319H/320Y, 321H or permission of department


SPA423Y1
Practical Translation 52L

Written and oral translation from English to Spanish and from Spanish to English, with texts drawn from fields such as literature, business, politics, and advertising. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA319H/320Y, 321H; SPA421H strongly recommended (or any other 300-level linguistics course)


SPA425H1
History of the Spanish Language 26L

The evolution of Spanish. The dialectalization of Hispano-Latin through inherent linguistic changes and influences from other languages and the development of Castilian into one of the world's most important languages. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y/319H, 321H; SPA421H strongly recommended


SPA438H1
Topics in Modern Spanish Literature 26S

A course on a specific topic in modern Spanish literature, designed for advanced students. Course content and instructor are established on a yearly basis.
Prerequisite: SPA220Y/319H


SPA450H1
Studies in Medieval Iberian Literature 26L

Medieval works studied in relation to literary and cultural traditions. Issues of genre, discourse, and ideology are scrutinized in various texts, including lyric, narrative, and moral and didactic writings. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y/319H
Recommended preparation: SPA258H


SPA452H1
Theatre and Representation in Golden Age Spain 26L

Study of theatre and the idea of representation, with reference to parallels in lyric poetry and visual art. Emphasis on the Spanish comedia as a genre, and on its interaction with other artistic forms in the Golden Age. (Offered in alternate years)
Exclusion: SPA350Y
Prerequisite: SPA220Y/319H
Recommended preparation: SPA258H, 320Y


SPA454H1
Cervantes and Golden Age Narrative 26L

Detailed study of Don Quixote as a foundational text in the European literary tradition, with attention to the conventions, genres, and literary techniques that inform the text. Parallel readings in romance, picaresque fiction, and the ballad tradition.
Exclusion: SPA350Y
Prerequisite: SPA220Y/319H
Recommended preparation: SPA258H, 320Y


SPA456H1
Topics in the Modern Hispanic Novel

(formerly SPA456Y) 26L
A comparative view of some of the major novelists from the Hispanic tradition in the 19th and 20th centuries. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y/319H
Recommended preparation: SPA258H


SPA466H1
Poetry and Society in Contemporary Spanish America 26L

A study of the different currents in 20th-century Spanish American verse with specific reference to their outstanding exponents. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y/319H
Recommended preparation: SPA258H


SPA468H1
Topics in Modern Spanish-American Literature 26S

A course on a specific topic in Spanish American literature, designed for advanced students. Course content and instructor are established on a yearly basis.
Prerequisite: SPA220Y/319H


SPA482H1
The 20th-Century Spanish American Novel 26L

The 20th-century Spanish American novel in historical and critical context. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y/319H
Recommended preparation: SPA258H


SPA484H1
Modern Spanish American Cuento 26L

Representative works from the short story genre in the 19th and 20th centuries, including Borges, Cortazar, Rulfo, and others. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y/319H
Recommended preparation: SPA258H


SPA488H1
New Narrative Fiction of Central America 50L

An introduction to narrative fiction of the 1960s and 1970s from Central America, through selected readings of novels and short stories by representative writers.
Prerequisite: SPA220Y/319H
Recommended preparation: SPA258H


SPA490H1/491H1
Independent Study

TBA
Individual study with a member of staff on a topic of common interest including readings, discussion and written assignments.
Prerequisite: SPA319H/320Y and written approval of the Undergraduate Coordinator


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