Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Prerequisite(s): student is required to take Spanish placement examination. An introduction to the sound system and grammar of Spanish, with attention to the development of the four skills: understanding, speaking, reading, and writing. Classes conducted in Spanish insofar as possible. Audio-lingual and computer-based learning materials are available in the language laboratory.

SPN 002. Elementary Spanish. (4)

Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 001 or equivalent. An introduction to the sound system and grammar of Spanish, with attention to the development of the four skills: understanding, speaking, reading, and writing. Classes conducted in Spanish insofar as possible. Audio-lingual and computer-based learning materials are available in the language laboratory.

SPN 003. Elementary Spanish. (4)

Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 002 or equivalent. An introduction to the sound system and grammar of Spanish, with attention to the development of the four skills: understanding, speaking, reading, and writing. Classes conducted in Spanish insofar as possible. Audio-lingual and computer-based learning materials are available in the language laboratory.

SPN 004-SPN 005-SPN 006. Intermediate Spanish. (4-4-4)

Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 003 or equivalent for SPN 004, SPN 004 or equivalent for SPN 005, SPN 005 or equivalent for SPN 006. A comprehensive review of the basic grammatical structures of Spanish; vocabulary building; development of conversation and composition skills; readings of literary and social interest. Classes conducted in Spanish.

SPN 025A-SPN 025B-SPN 025C. Conversation. (2-2-2)

Lecture, three hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 006 or equivalent. A course in beginning conversation stressing the acquisition of an active control of Spanish. Oral comprehension and verbal communication will be emphasized.

SPN 027A-SPN 027B. Intermediate Oral and Written Composition. (2-2)

Discussion, two hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 006 or consent of Chair of Hispanic Studies Department. The acquisition of an active command of Spanish, with emphasis on various writing skills.

SPN 090. Special Studies. (1-3)

To be taken with the consent of the Chair of the Department as a means of meeting special curricular problems. Course is repeatable.

Lecture, three hours; extra writing, three hours. Prerequisite(s): for SPN 101A: SPN 006; for SPN 101B: SPN 101A. A series intended for nonnative speakers to practice speaking and writing in Spanish, and to review basic grammar. Strong emphasis on composition and editing. Class is conducted in Spanish. Native speakers without knowledge of college-level grammar should take SPN 109A. Credit is awarded for only one of SPN 101A or SPN 109A and only one of SPN 101B or SPN 109B.

SPN 102A. Introduction to Spanish Culture and Civilization. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 006. Introduction to Spanish culture and civilization from the Roman times to the present. Readings cover history, art, architecture, literatures, and other aspects of culture and civilization. Provides background for courses on the literature of Spain. Course is taught in Spanish. Credit is awarded for only one of EUR 117A-EUR 117B-EUR 117C or SPN 102A.

SPN 102B. Introduction to Latin American Culture and Civilization. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 006. Introduction to Latin American culture and civilization from pre-Columbian times to the present. Emphasis is on the period from postcolonial independence to the present. Readings cover history, art, architecture, literatures, and other aspects of culture and civilization. Provides background for courses on the literature of Latin America. Course is taught in Spanish. Credit is awarded for only one of LNST 118A-LNST 118B or SPN 102B.

SPN 105. The Phonology of the Spanish Language. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): LING 020, SPN 101A-SPN 101B or SPN 109A-SPN 109B. A descriptive and normative analysis of the phonological system of the Spanish language, with attention given to the phonetic characteristics of contemporary peninsular and Hispano American Spanish.

SPN 106A-SPN 106B. Structure of the Spanish Language. (4-4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): for SPN 106A: SPN 105; for SPN 106B: SPN 106A. An introduction to descriptive and applied techniques in the phonology, morphology, morphophonemics, and syntax of the Spanish language as found in Spain and Spanish America.

SPN 108. Hispanic Dialectology. (4)

Lecture, three hours; consultation, one hour. Prerequisite(s): SPN 106B. Provides an overview of the dialects of Spanish, with an emphasis on those of Spanish America. Students apply the principles of dialectology to field work and conduct linguistic analyses of the speech of selected geographic areas.

SPN 109A-SPN 109B. Spanish for the Native Speaker. (4-4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): for SPN 109A: a sufficiently high test score on the Spanish placement examination, as determined by the Hispanic Studies faculty; for SPN 109B: SPN 109A. Designed for the native speaker with little or no experience with Spanish grammar and composition. Emphasis is on basic grammar, written accents, orthography, and composition. The class is conducted in Spanish. Credit is awarded for only one of SPN 101A or SPN 109A and only one of SPN 101B or SPN 109B.

SPN 110. Introduction to Literary Criticism and Analysis. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 101A-SPN 101B or SPN 109A-SPN 109B. An introduction to the methods and techniques of literary analysis. Practice in textual explication, with regular writing assignments.

SPN 111 (E-Z). Hispanic Literature in Translation. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Reading and discussion of works of major Spanish and Spanish American writers. Topic will vary from quarter to quarter. F. Latin American Literature and Film; M. Masterpieces in Spanish American Modernism; Q. Don Quijote; R. The Theatre of the Spanish Golden Age; T. Latin American Theatre in Translation; W. Women in Latin American Literature. No knowledge of Spanish required. May be counted toward the Spanish major with consent of instructor.

SPN 120A-SPN 120B-SPN 120C. Masterpieces of Hispanic Literature. (4-4-4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 110. Reading and analysis of major texts of Latin American and Spanish literature. 120A: Short texts of modern authors from Spain and Latin America. 120B: Major texts of authors from Spain. 120C: Major texts of authors from Latin America.

SPN 121 (E-Z). Hispanic Thought: Major Essayists. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 110. A study of major essayists, with emphasis on the modern period. E. Three Twentieth-Century Latin American Essayists.

SPN 140 (E-Z). Renaissance and Baroque Literatures. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 110. A concentrated study of a genre, movement, author, or outstanding work of Spanish literature of the sixteenth or seventeenth century. E. Renaissance and Baroque Literature; H. La Celestina; J. Golden Age of Poetry; P. La Novela Picaresca; T. Spanish Theatre of the Golden Age.

SPN 141. Cervantes. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 110. An overview of Cervantes' texts within their time and place; discussion of his importance in the development of the novel; and close reading of Don Quixote.

SPN 142. Continuities of the Spanish Golden Age in Modern Latin America. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 110. Introduces the relationship of key golden age and Spanish colonial texts to modern Latin American narrative and essay. Explores questions of literary genealogy as well as issues of cultural identity and the reclamation of history.

SPN 150 (E-Z). Studies in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Literature. (4)

Lecture, three hours; consultation, one hour. Prerequisite(s): SPN 110. A concentrated study of a genre, movement, author, or outstanding work of this period. Topics vary each time course is offered. E. The Spanish Essay; F. Naturalism in Spanish Prose; G. Nineteenth-Century Literature.

SPN 155. The Generation of 1898. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 110. A study of the major writers constituting the generation emerging from the national conflict produced in Spain as a consequence of the defeat in the Spanish American War. Readings and discussion of essays, fiction, and poetry of writers such as Unamuno, Baroja, Valle-Inclán, Antonio Machado, Azorín, and Benavente.

SPN 160 (E-Z). Studies in Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 110. A concentrated study of a genre, period, author, or outstanding work of twentieth-century Spanish literature. E. Spanish Poetry; N. Contemporary Novel in Spain; T. Contemporary Theatre in Spain.

SPN 163. Spanish Poetry of the Twentieth Century. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 110. A study of the major poets of the twentieth century, from the Generation of 1898 to the postwar period. All reading and writing is in Spanish.

SPN 170 (E-Z). Studies in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature. (4)

Lecture, three hours; outside research, three hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 110. A concentrated study of a genre, movement, author, or outstanding work of Latin American literature. E. Short Story; F. Censorship, Self-Censorship, Anti-Censorship; L. Nineteenth-Century Latin American Novel; M. Twentieth-Century Latin American Novel; N. Mexican Novel; P. Poetry; R. Voyages through Latin America: A Cultural and Literary Vision; T. Spanish American Theatre.

SPN 180A. Survey of Spanish Literature, Middle Ages-1699. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 110; concurrent or previous enrollment in SPN 120A or SPN 120B. Survey of literary movements and trends and major writers of medieval and Golden Age Spanish literature. Covers writers such as Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Quevedo, and Góngora.

SPN 180B. Survey of Spanish Literature, 1700-Present. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 110; concurrent or previous enrollment in SPN 120A or SPN 120B. Survey of literary movements and trends and major writers of eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century Spanish literature. Readings in fiction, poetry, drama, and essay. Covers writers such as Moratín, Bécquer, Galdós, Larra, Azorín, and García Lorca.

SPN 181A. Survey of Spanish American Literature, 1492-1899. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 110; concurrent or previous enrollment in SPN 120A or SPN 120C. Survey of literary movements and trends and major Spanish American writers of the colonial period and the nineteenth century. Readings in fiction, poetry, drama, and essay. Covers writers such as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Echeverría, Sarmiento, Martí, and Darío.

SPN 181B. Survey of Spanish American Literature, 1900-Present. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 110; concurrent or previous enrollment in SPN 120A or SPN 120C. Survey of literary movements and trends and major Spanish American writers of the twentieth century. Readings in fiction, poetry, drama, and essay. Covers writers such as Azuela, Vallejo, Huidobro, García Márquez, Fuentes, Paz, Buenaventura, and Elena Poniatowska.

SPN 188 (E-Z). Interdisciplinary Studies: Latin America. (4)

Seminar, three hours; outside research, three hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 110. Reading, research, and discussion on particular Latin American problems that lend themselves to interdisciplinary analysis.

SPN 190. Special Studies. (1-5)

Individual study, three to fifteen hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 110; consent of Department Chair. Individual study, directed by a faculty member, to meet special curricular needs. Course is repeatable.

SPN 192. Tutorial Activities. (2)

Activity, six hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 110; senior standing; consent of Department Chair. Under faculty supervision, students conduct discussion sections of elementary Spanish courses. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC). Course is repeatable to a maximum of 6 units.

SPN 199H. Senior Honors Research. (1-5)

Lecture, three hours; outside research, three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing. An introduction to the historical and theoretical evolution of Spanish linguistics as a scholarly discipline. Major topics will include perennial problems, schools, and history of linguistics.

SPN 207. History of the Spanish Language. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing; SPN 105, SPN 106A-SPN 106B, or equivalents. The development of the Spanish language from its origins to modern times.

SPN 208. Linguistic Approaches to Literature. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing. Presentation and discussion of semantics, speech acts, and speech genres, and discourse analyses in the framework of contemporary linguistic studies. Topics of inquiry include speech act theory, fiction and nonfiction discourse, pragmatics, syntax, frames of reference, and narrative tenses. Other linguistic levels (i.e., phonology, morphology) are also discussed.

SPN 209. Ethnolinguistic Analysis of Afro-Latin American Culture. (4)

Lecture, two hours; discussion, one hour; term paper, three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing. Historical analysis of the Atlantic slave trade. Examines the formation of creole languages in Latin America and their impact on contemporary Latin American languages and culture.

SPN 220. Criticism and Critical Documentation. (4)

Lecture, three hours; consultation, one hour. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing. Strategies of reading and analysis from formalism and new criticism through structuralism, deconstruction, and new historicism, with attention to Anglo-American contributions and the humanistic heritage; practice in MLA documentation. Required for the Ph.D.

SPN 225A-SPN 225B-SPN 225C. A History of Spanish Literature. (4-4-4)

Lecture, three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing. A systematic study of the major works of Spanish literature from the middle ages to the contemporary period.

SPN 226A-SPN 226B-SPN 226C. A History of Spanish American Literature. (4-4-4)

Lecture, three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing. A systematic study of the major works of Spanish American literature from the colonial period to the present.

SPN 251. Seminar in the Literature of the Middle Ages and Early Renaissance. (4)

Seminar, three hours; consultation, one hour. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing. Intensive study of selected topics in Spanish literature through the fifteenth century. Topics may vary. May be repeated for credit.

SPN 253. Seminar in Spanish Linguistics. (4)

Seminar, three hours; outside research, three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing; SPN 207. An in-depth study of a selected problem of synchronic or diachronic Spanish linguistics which has developed in areas such as phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Course is repeatable to a maximum of 12 units.

SPN 257. Seminar in Hispanic Civilization. (4)

Seminar, three hours; outside research, three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing and the appropriate course from EUR 117A-EUR 117B-EUR 117C or LNST 118A-LNST 118B. Intensive study of special topics in Hispanic civilization. Topics vary. Course is repeatable to a maximum of 12 units.

SPN 258 (E-Z). Genres of Hispanic Literature. (4)

Seminar, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing. Close reading, analysis, and discussion of the major Hispanic texts, plays, and poems. E. Hispanic Literature and the Art of Poetry.

SPN 261 (E-Z). Studies in Golden Age Literature. (4)

Seminar, three hours; consultation, one hour. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing. Intensive study of topics in Spanish literature of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. G. The Spanish Comedia; I. Spain and the Western Tradition.

SPN 262. Seminar in Don Quijote. (4)

Seminar, three hours; outside research, three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing. Critical and theoretical perspectives on Cervantes' masterpiece; assumes prior close reading of the text. Emphasis on narratology and genre, pointing toward a deconstructive/reconstructive reading.

SPN 264. Seminar in Spanish Literature of the Nineteenth Century. (4)

Seminar, three hours; consultation, one hour. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing. Study of a genre, movement, or outstanding author of this period. Topics may vary. May be repeated for credit.

SPN 269 (E-Z). Studies in Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature. (4) F

Seminar, three hours; consultation, one hour. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing. Study of authors, movements, or genres from the Generation of '98 to the present. F. Spanish Poetry: The Avant-Garde and the Generation of '27.

SPN 270 (E-Z). Latin American Literature. (4)

Seminar, three hours; consultation, one hour. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing. Study of the main authors and schools in Latin American literature. K. The Mexican Novel; O. The Modern Novel in Colombia; Q. The Postmodern Novel in Latin America (1968-Present); T. Latin American Theatre: Sixteenth through Twentieth Centuries; Y. The Latin American Avant-Garde. Segments are repeatable.

SPN 272. Seminar in the Literature of a Specific Latin American Country. (4)

Seminar, three hours; consultation, one hour. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing. The in depth study of the most important literary achievements of a single country such as Mexico, Argentina, Chile, or Peru, varying each time the course is offered. May be repeated for credit.

SPN 275. Seminar in Literary Criticism. (4)

Seminar, three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing.

SPN 276. The "Negative Sublime" in the Americas. (4)

Seminar, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing. Examines texts of paranoia, cognitive dissonance, and cultural anxiety within their specific North and South American contexts. Explores issues of personal and national identity and of family romance as well as the satirical genre in historical perspective. Includes relevant theory.

SPN 290. Directed Studies. (1-6)

Prerequisite(s): graduate standing. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC). Course is repeatable.

SPN 291. Individual Studies in Coordinated Areas. (1-6)

Variable hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing. A program of studies designed to advise and assist candidates who are preparing for examinations. Open to M.A. and Ph.D. candidates. Does not count toward the unit requirement for the M.A. To be graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC). Course is repeatable.

SPN 292. Concurrent Analytical Studies. (2)

Research, six hours. Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor; concurrent enrollment in SPN 100-series course. To be taken on an individual basis. Student will complete a graduate paper based on research related to the SPN 100-series course. May be repeated with different topic. SPN 101A-SPN 101B, SPN 105, SPN 106-SPN 106B, SPN 120A-SPN 120B-SPN 120C may not be used for SPN 292.

SPN 299. Research for Thesis or Dissertation. (1-12)

Prerequisite(s): graduate standing. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC). Course is repeatable.

Seminar, two hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing. Theories of language and language acquisition which underlie modern methods of Spanish language teaching at the college level. Practical experience in grading, test construction, lesson planning, teaching techniques, effective aspects of teaching, and creativity in teaching. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC). Course is repeatable.

SPN 302. Teaching Practicum. (1-4)

Practicum, four to eight hours; discussion, one hour. Prerequisite(s): LTLG 301 or equivalent; graduate standing; employment as Teaching Assistant or Associate. Supervised teaching in lower-division courses. Required of all teaching assistants in Spanish. Fulfills teaching portion of Ph.D. requirement. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC). May be repeated.

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Prerequisite(s): none for PORT 001; PORT 001 or equivalent for PORT 002; PORT 002 or equivalent for PORT 003. An introduction to the basic skills of speaking, reading, and writing Brazilian Portuguese.

PORT 004. Intermediate Portuguese. (4)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Prerequisite(s): PORT 003 or equivalent. A continuation of the development of the basic skills of speaking, reading, and writing Brazilian Portuguese.

PORT 090. Special Studies. (1-3)

To be taken with the consent of the Chair of the Department as a means of meeting special curricular problems. Course is repeatable.

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): SPN 101A or equivalent. An introduction to Brazilian Portuguese grammar structured for those possessing knowledge of Spanish. Emphasis is on comparing and contrasting grammatical constructions. Examples are taken from Brazilian literature.

PORT 162 (E-Z). Survey in Brazilian Fiction. (4)

Lecture, three hours; consultation, one hour. Prerequisite(s): PORT 004 or consent of instructor. Reading and analysis of selected works of major Brazilian prose writers. Topics may vary each time course is offered. E. Jorge Amado and Machado de Assis; F. Graciliano Ramos, Rego, Queiroz, Azevedo, Amado; G. Verissimo, Amado. Course to be taught in the original language.

PORT 190. Special Studies. (1-5)

Variable hours. Prerequisite(s): consent of chair of the department. Course is repeatable.

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing. A survey of Brazilian literature from the colonial period to present, including chronicles, poetry, the short story, and the novel. Selected works from the several historical literary periods are read and analyzed. All readings and lectures are done in Portuguese; class discussion and examinations may be done in Portuguese, Spanish, or English.

PORT 202. The Brazilian Novel. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing. Reading and discussion of selected Brazilian novels from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with emphasis on the most important authors (e.g., Joaquin Manuel de Macedo, Aluísio Azevedo, Machado de Assis). Reading and lectures are in Portuguese; class discussion is in Portuguese, Spanish, or English.