Superior

Prior to enrolling in courses at this language level, students must have completed or tested out of a minimum of 2 upper-division college-level Spanish courses at their home university in the U.S.

PROGRAM

1. First fiction prose in Spanish. 14th and 15th centuries.
The knightly adventure.
The sentimental adventure.
La Celestina
2. Fictional prose of the Golden Age.
Pastoral fiction.
The picaresque novel.
The prose of Cervantes
3. Fiction in the 18th century.
Satirical-fictional prose.
4. From late Romanticism to nineteenth century Realism.
The “historical” novel.
The social novel.
“Costumbrismo” or “realismo”.
Naturalism?
5. The 20th century: From the diversity of the pre-war period to the multiple realism of the post-war era and the free combinations of the end of the millennium.

SEMINARS

An important part of the course will be the project on the texts done in student groups. The readings will be established when said groups are configured.