Graduate Course Descriptions

The following directory lists the graduate courses which the University expects to offer, although the University in no way guarantees that all such courses will be offered in any given academic year, and reserves the right to alter the list if conditions warrant. Click on the links below for a list of courses in that subject area. You may then click “View Classes” to see scheduled classes for individual courses.

5320. Independent Study

1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 12 credits.

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

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5323. Concepts of Literary Criticism

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

A practical approach to the theories and methods of literary criticism with particular reference to Hispanic literature.

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5325. Cervantes Studies

3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Don Quixote I and II and the critical corpus. The Novelas Ejemplares, Entremeses and other works.

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5334. Modern Spanish-American Poetry

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Selected poets and movements in Spanish America from the late nineteenth century to the present.

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5335. The Theatre in Spanish America

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The works of selected dramatists, with emphasis on the modern period.

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5336. Colonial Latin American Literature

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Study of particular aspects of colonial literary production: religious and secular historiography; humanist thought in the colonies, poetry, and society; literature and the Baroque city; political and scientific thought.

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5350. The Essay in Spanish America

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The Spanish-American essay as a literary genre and a vehicle of ideas. Reading in the works of the chief essayists of the Spanish-American nations.

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5356. Twentieth-Century Novel and Essay

3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 12 credits.

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Selected works either of authors from 1895 to 1936, or of authors from 1936 to the present.

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5359. Special Topics in Early Modern Spanish Literature

3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The novel, the short story, and other prose genres in the early modern period.

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6339. Seminar on Sixteenth or Seventeenth Century Studies

3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Open topics.

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6402. Studies in Spanish-American Literature

3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

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6403. Studies in Spanish Literature

3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

May be repeated for up to nine credits with a change of topic.

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6404. Special Topics in Nineteenth-Century Spanish-American Literature and Cultural Production

3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Nineteenth century Spanish-American cultural production from Independence to the end of the nineteenth century. Emphasis on the interaction of literature and social thought, on the relations between literature and other forms of art, or on the role of artistic and intellectual practices in shaping the new nations.

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6405. Special Topics in Twentieth-Century Spanish-American Literature and Cultural Production

3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Twentieth century Spanish-American cultural production. Emphasis on the interaction of artistic practices and social thought, or on the relations between literature, other forms of art, and social or political movements.

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6407. Special Topics in Modern Spanish Cultural Production

3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Spanish culture from the Enlightenment to the present. Emphasis on the interaction of art and social thought, on the relations between art and the media, or on the role of intellectual practices in shaping or challenging notions of gender, ethnic, and national identity.

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6408. Special Topics in Nineteenth Century Spanish Literature

3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Nineteenth century Spanish literature. Emphasis on the interaction of literature and social thought or the relations between literature and other forms of art.

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6416. Theoretical Debates and the Hispanic Tradition

3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Aspects of methodology, theory, and history relevant to the study of cultural production in Hispanic societies.

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