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HUM 199Y1
First Year Seminar 52S
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 40.
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 for Beginners 26L, 52T
Introduction to the Spanish language for beginning students; overview of basic grammatical structures, development of
vocabulary and oral and written expression.
Exclusion: OAC/Grade 12 U Spanish or equivalent knowledge of Spanish
SPA220Y1
Intermediate Spanish 52L, 26T
Intermediate Spanish for non-natives. Intensive grammar review of the structures of Spanish integrated with an introduction to
reading authentic Spanish material, with practice designed to build vocabulary and to improve oral and written expression.
Exclusion:SPA319Y1
Prerequisite: OAC/Grade 12 U Spanish/SPA100Y1
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: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1 and Placement Examination for the Guadalajara Program
SPA258H1
Introduction to Hispanic 26L
Literary Studies
Introduction to university literary studies in Spanish. Critical terminology and methods. Representative selections of modern
Spanish and Spanish American prose, poetry, and drama. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: OAC/Grade 12 U Spanish/SPA100Y1
Co-requisite: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
SPA259H1
Introduction to Hispanic Cultural Studies 26L
Forms of cultural expression in Spain, Latin America and Spanish-speaking North America, with study of representative media,
including literature, journalism, film, visual art, and the urban environment. Introduction to methods of cultural analysis. (Offered
in alternate years).
Prerequisite: SPA100Y1
Co-requisite: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
SPA281Y0
Art and Politics in Contemporary Mexico 75L
Art and culture since the period of the Mexican Revolution, studied in the context of political and social developments. Lectures
and readings in English. Field trips around the city of Guadalajara are offered as part of the course. (Offered only in
Guadalajara)
SPA299Y1
Research Opportunity Program
Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See page 43 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: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1and Placement Examination for the Guadalajara Program
SPA319Y1
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: SPA100Y1, SPA220Y1, SPA320Y1
SPA320Y1
Advanced Spanish 52L, 26T
Advanced Spanish for non-natives. Selective review of grammar with emphasis on the complex sentence; intensive practice in
written and oral expression to improve proficiency.
Exclusion: SPA319Y1
Prerequisite: SPA220Y1
SPA321H1
Spanish Phonetics and Pronunciation 26L
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.
Prerequisite: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
SPA322H1
Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics 26L
The basic concepts and analytic tools of linguistics applied to the study of Spanish, with a focus on the Spanish phonological,
morphological, and syntactic systems. Theoretical discussion and practical exercises in analytic techniques.(offered in alternate
years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
Recommended preparation: SPA321H1
SPA323H1
Business Spanish 26L
(formerly SPA323Y1)
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. (Offered in alternate years)
Exclusion: SPA323Y1
Prerequisite: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
SPA325H1
Catalan Language and Culture 26L
Study of Catalan language through an overview of grammatical structures and exercises in proficiency skills, complemented
by readings in Catalan history and society to attain interdisciplinary cultural literacy . Analysis of works by Llull, March,
d'Ors, Gaudi, Rodoreda, and others. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y1/PRT220Y1 or an equivalent course in French or Italian
Exclusion: SPA225Y1
SPA 341H1
Modernist Movements in Spain 26L
Literary and artistic movements in Spain from 1890 to 1940, with special
attention to the convergence and mutual mediation of
politics and art. Materials to be studied include novels, poetry, the
urban environment, graphic art, literary journals and
manifestos, and some early Hispanic film. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
Recommended Preparation: SPA258H1/SPA259H1
SPA345H1
Spanish Cinema 26L
Analysis of the development of Spanish Cinema within its social and political contexts. Directors studied include Bu¤uel,
Bardem, Erice, Saura, Almod˘var and Bigas Luna. (Offered in alternate years).
Prerequisite: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
Recommended Preparation: SPA258H1/SPA259H1
SPA352H1
Writing and Culture in Early Modern Spain 26L
Representative literary and cultural texts from the early modern period, studied in relation to the history and society of imperial
Spain. Discussion will centre on such issues as the formation of the state, urbanization, court culture, social order and disorder,
and cultural discourses of identity and difference. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
Recommended Preparation: SPA258H1/SPA259H1
SPA375H1
Latin American Cinema 26L
Latin American cinema within the framework of cultural studies, film theory, and film criticism. Analysis of representative films
from Argentina (Solanas, Puenzo), Brazil (Babenco, Camus, Salles), Cuba (Ichaso, Guti‚rrez Alea, Sol s), Mexico (Ripstein,
Cuar˘n, Gonz lez I¤ rritu), and Venezuela (Rom n Chalbaud). (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
Recommended preparation: SPA258H1/SPA259H1
SPA380H1
Colonial Literatures and Cultures 26L
Issues of gender, race, and identity in major texts from the colonial period, from the Conquest to the end of the eighteenth
century. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
Recommended preparation: SPA258H1
SPA381H1
Nation, Identity and Literary Modernism in Spanish-America 26L
Analysis of poetry, short stories, essays, and graphic art in the context of nation-building and the question of identity during the
nineteenth century. Modernismo studied as the first literary movement of Spanish American origin. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
Recommended preparation: SPA258H1
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. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
Recommended preparation: SPA258H1
SPA384H1
Avant-Garde Movements in Spanish America 26L
Study through representative works of major artistic and literary movements in 20th and 21st century Spanish America: avant-
garde poetry, theatre of the absurd, surrealist art, neo-realism, postmodernism. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
Recommended preparation: SPA258H1
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: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
Recommended preparation: SPA258H1
SPA387H0
Contemporary Mexican Literature 50L
Social change and literary innovation in Mexican literature since the 1950s; analysis of selections from Agustˇn, Juan Rulfo,
Carlos Fuentes, Fernando del Paso, Octavio Paz, Laura Esquivel, and others. (Offered only in Guadalajara)
Prerequisite: SPA220H1/SPA319Y1 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 43 for details.
SPA420H1
Advanced Grammar 26L
Linguistic analysis with the objective of improving students' command of Spanish grammar. Advanced review of traditional
grammatical topics, including the verbal and pronominal systems, and Spanish copulas and embedded clauses. This course
assumes familiarity with the grammatical terminology introduced in SPA220Y1.
Prerequisite: SPA319Y1/SPA320Y1
SPA421H1
The Structure of Spanish 26L
Study of Spanish morphology and syntax: syntactic categories in Spanish, the structure and interpretation of simple and
complex sentences. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA319Y1/SPA320Y1, SPA321H1 or permission of department
SPA422H1
Sociolinguistics of Spanish 26L
Study of linguistic variation across the Spanish-speaking world; central issues in phonological, morphological, and syntactic
variation, analyzed from a geographical as well as from a social point of view. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA321H1, SPA420H1 or permission of the department
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: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1, SPA321H1; SPA421H1 strongly recommended
SPA435H1
Fictions of Contemporary Spain 26L
Study of major currents in narrative fiction during the last twenty years, a period of return to democratic government, the
relaxing of censorship and the opening up of Spanish culture. Analysis of works from several generations of male and female
writers. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
Recommended preparation: SPA258H1
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: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
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: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
Recommended preparation: SPA352H1
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: SPA350Y1
Prerequisite: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
Recommended preparation: SPA320Y1, SPA352H1
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: SPA350Y1
Prerequisite: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
Recommended preparation: SPA329Y1, SPA352H1
SPA467H1
Topics in Spanish-American Culture 26L
A course on a specific topic in Spanish American culture, designed for advanced students. Course content and instructor are
established on a yearly basis.
Prerequisite: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
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: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
SPA471H1
The Historical Novel in Spanish America 26L
Issues of nationalism, historical awareness, and the rewriting of the past in Spanish American fiction, with detailed study of
representative texts. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
Recommended preparation: SPA258H1
SPA480H1
Theories of Culture in Latin America 26l
Theories of cultural identity and production, as articulated by Latin American thinkers since the Independence period. Issues
for study will include civilization and barbarity, cultural imperialism, the commodification and consumption of cultural icons,
museums, the mass media and national identity, processes of transculturation and cultural hybridity. (Offered in alternate
years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
Recommended Preparation: SPA258H1/SPA259H1
SPA482H1
20th-Century Spanish American Narrative 26L
Detailed study of the major movements in Spanish-American narrative, including magic realism, fantastic literature, women's
writing, and testimonial literature, through analysis of representative novels and short stories. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
Recommended preparation: SPA258H1
SPA486H1
Contemporary Caribbean Literatures and Identities 26L
Literature studied as a socio-political space for the articulation of new concepts of cultural identity; examination of cultural
change and aesthetic innovation in selected poetic, dramatic, and narrative texts from different national traditions (Cuba, the
Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico). (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
Recommended preparation: SPA258H1
SPA487H1
The Culture of Revolution 26L
Detailed study of key moments and texts in Spanish American culture from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focussing
on such topics as the creation of new nations, indigenismo, Caribbean anti-slavery literature, and the Mexican and Cuban
Revolutions. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y1/SPA319Y1
Recommended preparation: SPA258H1/SPA259H1
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:SPA319Y1/SPA320Y1 and written approval of the Undergraduate Coordinator
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