The Struggle for Modernity:
Survey of Spanish Literature II
(18th-21st C)
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o write in
Progressive
Spanish writers and intellectuals have consistently
felt out of place in
And yet, despite the frustration and
repression (or perhaps thanks to it), Spanish intellectuals managed to produce texts, images and, later, films
of astounding quality and innovation. This course—a general introduction
to modern Spanish literature, art, culture, and history—will study a selection
of outstanding Spanish
plays, novels, poems, and short stories from the late eighteenth century to the
present. Authors
studied include García Lorca, Sender, Bécquer, Moratín, Pérez Galdós, Rosalía
de Castro, Gómez de Avellaneda, Unamuno, Larra, García Morales, and others.
Conducted in Spanish. Enrollment limit: 20.
Hispanic
Studies 310
Spring
2005
The Struggle for Modernity:
Survey of Spanish Literature (18th-20th
Century)
Instructor
Sebastiaan Faber
404 Peters, x58189
Messages: mailbox in
301 Peters
Office hours: M
& W,
Email:
sebastiaan.faber@oberlin.edu
Class
meeting times
MWF
Texts:
·
Literatura
española: Una antología. Tomo 2:
De 1700 hasta la actualidad. Ed. David W. Foster. New York: Garland, 1995.
·
Unamuno, Miguel de. San Manuel Bueno, mártir.
·
Pérez Galdos, Benito. La novelas de Torquemada. Madrid: Alianza.
·
Texts on ERES, available through Blackboard.
Purpose
of the course
The aim of this course is
to familiarize students with the main writers and literary movements in
Course requirements:
·
Since a great
part of the class time will be taken up by group discussions, attendance to all class sessions is mandatory. Only
documented illness or family emergencies constitute excused absenses. Any unexcused absence over 3 will lower the
participation grade with 5 % (i.e.,
half a letter grade).
·
Active class
participation and group work.
·
Email and
Blackboard will be the preferred medium for announcements, questions, and
assignments; students are expected to check their mail every day.
·
Students are
expected to have read the assigned texts by the day indicated on the syllabus,
and be prepared to discuss the assignments. Typewritten response papers
based on the questions provided before most readings are handed in at the
beginning of each class.
·
Students are
expected to attend several out-of-class film and documentary showings (place
and time to be arranged). For those unable to attend the scheduled showings, all
videos and DVDs will be placed on reserve in the language lab or the library.
·
Four exams, the
last one of which will be given during finals week.
·
Two short midterm
papers (of 3 and 5 pages each), as well as a 6/7-page final paper.
Evaluation
The final class grade will be broken down as follows:
·
Attendance and
participation: 10%
·
Response papers:
15%
·
Four exams,
including the final: 40%
·
Two midterm
papers: 20%
·
Final paper: 15%
Regulations
·
This course is
covered by the
·
No late homework
will be accepted.
·
Make-ups for
quizzes and exams can only be arranged with the professor in person and previous to
the test date.
·
Students are
expected to be on time and to remain for the entire class. Unexcused tardiness
or early departure will be regarded as an absence. The student who misses any
part of the class is responsible for acquiring the information missed.