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.

Superior

This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of 2 upper-division college-level Spanish courses. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

OUTLINE:

1. Introduction:
• A brief look at the history of Spain
• Basic terminology medium

2. The Borbonic Restoration
• Alfonso XII. The triumph of the oligarchy: the Canovism
• The crisis of 98. The colonial disaster
• The height of the labor movement
• Regionalism and nationalism
• Two standards of thought: Krausism and Regenerationism
• Alfonso XIII
• The dictatorship of Primo de Rivera
• The end of the Restoration

3. The Second Spanish Republic
• Proclamation of the Second Republic and Provisional Government
• The Progressive Biennium (1931-1933). A new Constitution. The reforms.
• The Conservative Biennium (1933-1936).
• The victory of the popular party (1936).

4. The Spanish Civil War
• Causes
• The coup d'etat of 1936. “Rojos” y “Nacionales”
• Evolution of the war.
• The international reaction.
• Consequences

5. The Dictatorship of Franco
• A new political system
• First stage (1939-1950) Postwar period.
• Second stage (1950-1960) The international recognition.
• Third stage (1960-1973) The economic boom. The opposition of the regime.
• The death of Franco. The end of the dictatorship?

6. The Transition of the Democracy
• First phase: the reform period. Juan Carlos I, king and Adolfo Suárez, government president.
• Second phase: the elections
• Third phase: The Constitution

7. The Consolidated Democracy:
• Government of the PSOE
• Government of the PP
• Present-day Spain: Government of the PSOE

8. A Dignified Character: King Juan Carlos I

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

The literature used in each class varies; thus, none of the reading is mandatory. However, if a student wanted to expand his/her knowledge of the numerous works that cover the historical period that will be studied, may this list serve as a starting point:

MANUALS:
• MARTÍNEZ DE VELASCO, A.; SÁNCHEZ MANTERO, R.; MONTERO, F.: Manual de Historia de España. Siglo XIX. Madrid, Historia 16, 1990.
• TUSELL, J.: Manual de Historia de España. Siglo XX. Madrid, Historia 16, 1990.
• KATTÁN-IBARRA, J.: Perspectivas culturales de España. Illinois, National Textbook Company, 1995.
• BAJO ÁLVAREZ, F.; GIL PECHARROMÁN, J.: Historia de España. Madrid, SGEL, 1998.

SPECIFIC TOPICS:
-D. Mitchell: The Spanish Civil War. Granada Publishing. Londres, 1982
-José Antonio Biescas y Manuel Tuñón de Lara, España bajo la dictadura franquista (1939-1975), Editorial Labor, Barcelona, 1980.
-Elías Díaz, Socialismo en España: el partido y el Estado, Editorial Mezquita, Madrid, 1982.
-Gurutz Jáuregui Bereciartu, Ideología y estrategia política de ETA-análisis de su evolución entre 1959 y 1968, Siglo XXI Editores de España, Madrid, 1981.
-Javier Tusell, La oposición democrática al franquismo, Editorial Planeta, Barcelona, 1977.
-M.Aparicio, Introducción al sistema político y constitucional español. Ariel, Barcelona,1980.
-G. Jackson: La República española y la guerra civil. Grijalbo, Barcelona, 1976.
- Victoria Prego, Así se hizo la Transición, Editorial Planeta, 1995.
- Varios autores, Historia de la Democracia, Editorial El Mundo, 1995.
- Varios autores, Memoria de la Transición, Editorial El País, 1995.