Sp 301 NYCCT Humanities Department / Foreign Languages

Sp 301 NYCCT Humanities Department / Foreign Languages

Sp 301
NYCCT
Humanities Department / Foreign Languages
Survey of Spanish Literature (SPA 3301)
Dr. R. Granados
Office location: A630
Phone: (718) 260-5947
E-mail: [email protected]
Office hours:
Required Material:
Paola Bianco y Antonio Sobejano-Morán: Introducción a la literature española.
(An Anthology of Spanish Literature.)
Newburyport, MA: Focus Publishing, 2009
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is a survey of Spanish literature, from the Middle Ages to the end of the eighteenth century.
It is conducted in Spanish. Students are assessed on readings, discussions and composition, and are
expected to develop tools of critical analysis as applied to prose and poetry.
COURSE OBJECTIVES / OUTCOMES:
Students will acquire a more sophisticated knowledge of the Spanish language through reading and
discussion of the assigned material. By making students familiar with the historical and cultural
background of the language, the course will train them, at the same time, in the critical examination of
literature.
Assessment: How much and how well the students learn will be assessed
on a daily basis based on class participation, which includes
discussion of reading assignments. The student should be able to
demonstrate the ability to understand and analyze the literature.
GRADING SYSTEM:
Midterm and Final Examinations………………. 60%
Tests…………………………………………….. 10%
Attendance / Class Participation ……………….. 30%
Attendance:
*Attendance is mandatory. No more than three absences are accepted during the semester. Unexcused
absences over the limit of three would eventually cause the final grade to be lowered possibly to WU.
*The student is responsible to do the assigned reading, to do the corresponding exercises before coming
to class. To receive the credit for class participation, the student must demonstrate a satisfactory home
preparation.
COURSE CALENDAR:
Week 1
Introducción. Origen y formación de la literature castellana.
Wk. 2
Prosa: Don Juan Manuel
Wk. 3
Poesía: El Romancero.
Wk. 4
Romancero (cont.)
TEST 1
Wk. 5
El siglo de oro. Renacimiento (S. XVI).
Poesía: Garcilaso de la Vega.
Wk. 6
Renacimiento (s.XVI), cont.
TEST 2
Wk. 7
Renacimiento: narrativa.
El lazarillo de Tormes.
Wk. 8
Renacimiento (s.XVI), cont.
Wk. 9
Discusión de El Abencerraje (anónimo).
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Wk. 10
Renacimiento (s. XVII): el Barroco.
Narrativa: Miguel de Cervantes.
Wk. 11
Cervantes (cont.)
Wk. 12
Poesía del Barroco: Luis de Góngora.
Wk. 13
Poesía del Barroco: Francisco de Quevedo.
Wk. 14
Neoclasicismo (siglo XVIII).
Juan Meléndez Valdés
Wk. 15
Review
FINAL EXAMINATION
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