S498  Readings for Honors (3 credits)      Literature
By Authorization Only
Prerequisite:  S331 and S332 or equivalent

This course is for majors who are doing Honors in Spanish.  This
S498, section 4554, meets with S417, Hispanic Poetry.  If you are
leaning toward literature for your background on your honors thesis,
you may want to consider taking this S498 course.

S498 #4554 AUTH 1:00-2:15P TR BH315 Professor Juan Carlos Conde

Contact Karla Allgood in BH 844 for authorization.

See course description for S417, Hispanic Poetry below.

S417  Hispanic Poetry  (3 credits)           LITERATURE
Prerequisite:  S331 and S332 or equivalent

This course proposes a study of major aspects, movements and
directions of Hispanic poetry from the Middle Ages to the present.
In this section we are going to explore a precise topic: how the
canon of peninsular poetry is built from the Middle Ages to the 20th
century. The course, then, will be a critical survey of the
highlights of the Spanish poetic canon, which will be twofolded:
first and mainly, we will examine and analyze the texts themselves,
emphasizing the study of their textual construction and of their
cultural and historical contextualization; secondly, we are going to
elaborate some remarks on the way in which the Spanish poetic canon
is built, and on which principles.

The final grade will be based on a midterm and a final exam, on a
number of small papers, and on a final larger paper. Active and
explicit class participation will count decisively toward the final
grade.

The course will be taught in Spanish.