High Advanced

Prior to enrolling in courses at this language level, students must have completed or tested out of a minimum of five semesters (or seven quarters) of college-level Spanish at their home university in the U.S.

OBJECTIVE

This course is designed to give the student the most complete knowledge about the analysis of Spanish texts. The basic tools are studied in order to achieve the highest level of comprehension. Throughout the course the student will be introduced to the different types of discourse in the Spanish language: colloquial, journalistic, literary, administrative, judicial and political speech. The student will perform a series of assignments designed to explore the various structures of the Spanish language. Selected texts will be used to analyze the consequences of the different interpretations of the text.

FIRST SEMESTER [FALL]

1. Introduction; the text; text and context; types of text; methodologies used for textual commentary and analysis

2. Forms and meaning; rhetorical figures

3. Literary text (I): narrative text; the narrator; time, setting, and characters; the
reader

4. Literary text (II): the story; the novel

5. Literary text (III): dramatic literature; playwriting techniques; the drama; the tragedy; the comedy

SECOND SEMESTER [WINTER]

6. Literary text (IV): poetry; oral and folkloric traditions; cultured poetry

7. Journalistic text and its characteristics; communication styles; newS stories; reporting; columns; literaturization

8. Other types of texts (I): administrative, scientific, and judicial

9. Other types of texts (II): humor; publicity