Courses

Aspects of Spanish and Latin American cinema: historical, cultural, aesthetic, political, technical, etc. From semester to semester the course may deal either with certain tendencies and periods or with individual directors. Lectures will be in English; films will be shown in the original language with subtitles. May be repeated once for credit provided the topic is different. May be applied to the Spanish major once. Spanish majors will submit written work in Spanish.

This course will deal with the nonliterary aspects of Hispanic culture, such as music, the visual and performing arts, and the history of ideas. The specific topics to be considered will vary from semester to semester and from section to section, and will be announced in advance. Readings and class discussions will be conducted in English.

This course will deal with the nonliterary aspects of Hispanic culture, such as music, the visual and performing arts, and the history of ideas. The specific topics to be considered will vary from semester to semester and from section to section, and will be announced in advance. Readings and class discussions will be conducted in English.

Exploration of the development of Hispanic film over the past half century, focusing on the ways that films address changing sociopolitical conditions. Students will study the terminology associated with film criticism, will learn to make more informed aesthetic judgments, and will train their critical faculties in a way that will help them better understand all forms of visual media -including plastic arts, television, and advertising.

Introduction to Hispanic-Jewish fiction and critical material (Latin American, Brazilian and Spanish, Sephardic and Ashkenazic). Students will learn to read, discuss and write about texts in fulfillment of the norms of literature as a discipline, including techniques of close reading. stylistic analysis of formal features and literary genres and periods. Students will learn to read novels, short stories, plays and diaries and analyze literary and cultural models that seek to define identity.

An overview of the culture and, particularly, the literary production of Latinos in the United States. The course will focus on selected works--fiction, poetry, drama, etc.--that reflect the complex cultural and linguistic realities of the Hispanic experience in this country.

Intensive reading and discussion of literary, cultural, theoretical, and critical texts and student research and writing centered around a specific topic in Hispanic literature. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

HIST AM PED

Principles of language change. There are several writing assignments in this course.

Designed to examine the historical, philosophical, and sociological foundations of American education. Attention will be paid to comparative analysis of past and contemporary historical, philosophical, and sociological factors that continue to influence and shape education decision making. Theoretical analysis of major educational ideas and practices in the United States will be explored.