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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.

This course analyzes both the poetry and narrative works of key feminine authors in Spanish literature, from the 19th century to the modern day. The course objective is that through the aforementioned works, the students arrive at an understanding of the social and historical reality of the time in which the literature was written, extending past its purely literary worth.

COURSE CONTENT:
TOPIC 1. WOMEN IN SPAIN AND AS REFLECTED IN LITERATURE
1.1. Women in Spanish society throughout history
1.2. Literary movements

TOPIC 2. FEMININE LITERATURE IN THE 19TH CENTURY
2.1. Literary figures during the reign of Isabel II: Fernán Caballero, Concepción Arenal
2.2. Romanticism: Rosalía de Castro, Carolina Coronado.
2.3. Naturalism: Emilia Pardo Bazán

TOPIC 3. THE GENERATION OF '27
3.1. Historical and literary relevance of the Generation of '27
3.2. Ernestina de Champourcín
3.3. Concha Méndez
3.4. María Teresa León

TOPIC 4. POSTWAR NARRATIVE
4.1. Female perspectives under Franco: submission or rebelliousness?
4.2. Carmen Laforet
4.3. Pilar Paz Pasamar
4.4. Carmen Martin Gaite
4.5. Gloria Fuertes

TOPIC 5. NEW VOICES AND THEIR INFLUENCE
5.1. Social and literary influence of women in the Spain of today
5.2. Rosa Montero
5.3. Lucía Etxebarría