Note: A placement exam will be required when you arrive on site.

Intermediate

This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of two semesters (or three quarters) of college-level Spanish. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

Advanced

This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of four semesters (or six quarters) of college-level Spanish. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

FALL STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Objective

A study of Spanish poetry from the 19th and 20th centuries, the romanticism and modernism from the readings, and analysis and commentary of poems from the most prestigious authors. Aside from the presentation of the characteristics of the poetry overview, special attention will be placed on the comprehension of the texts, the analysis of the theme, poetical appeal as it relates to the significance of the journey of the author.

Program

Poetic Overview of the Spanish romanticism. Chronology, characteristics, themes and most prestigious authors.
Lecture and commentary of lesser known poems by José de Espronceda.
Lecture and commentary of the Rimas by Bécquer.
Overview of modern poetry. Symbolism and Parnassianism. Most prestigious authors.
Poetic contributions of Rubén Darío.
The poetic trajectory of Antonio Machado from Soledades to Campos de Castilla.
Lecture and analysis of the works of Juan Ramón Jiménez: From modernism to the nude poetry.

WINTER STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Objective

A study of Spanish poetry from the XX century through reading, the analysis and commentary of a poem from each of the most prestigious authors of the period. Modernism, from the 27 generation, and poems from the medium of the century. Special attention will be placed on the comprehension of the texts, analysis of its theme, and its poetic appeal that gives the significance to the trajectory of the author.

Program

General Overview of Spanish poetry from the XX century: from modernism to the 27 generation. Periods, characteristics and authors.
Generation 27 and vanguard.
Lecture and commentary of the poems by Pedro Salinas (Presarios y La voz a ti debida y Largo lamento) and Jorge Guillen (Cántico).
Lecture and Commentary of the poems by Federico García Lorca (Canciones, Romancero Gitano, Poeta en Nueva York) and Rafael Alberti (Marinero en tierra).
Lecture and commentary of the works of other prestigious poets of the XX century: Blas de Otero (Ancia) and José Hierro (Antología poética)