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COURSES IN ENGLISH 

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COURSES IN ENGLISH 

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SPRING 2024 (see PDF)

COURSES IN ENGLISH

HUS 201 Hispanic Visual Cultures 
3 credits. SBC: ARTS; DIV. TUTH 04:00-05:20PM. LGT ENGR LAB 102. Fernando Loffredo

HUS 254 Latin America Today 
3 credits. SBC: DIV; GLO; HUM. TUTH 04:00-05:20PM. JAVITS LECTR 111. Monica Panigassi Vicentini

HUS 272 Science Tech Enviro in LatinAm
3 credits. SBC: CER; STAS. TUTH 10:00-11:20AM. JAVITS LECTR 109. Sally Scott-Sab

PORTUGUESE

POR 112 Elementary Portuguese II
4 credits. SBC: LANG. TUTH 11:30-01:20PM FREY HALL 326. Monica Panigassi Vicentin
Prerequisite: C or better in POR 111 or instructor consent

SPANISH (see all courses in PDF)

SPN 111 Elementary Spanish I. See schedules in PDF
4 credits.

SPN 112 Elementary Spanish II.  See schedules in PDF
4 credits. SBC:LANG.
Prerequisite: C or better in SPN 111 or placement into 112 (LVL2).

SPN 211  Intermediate Spanish I
3 credits. SBC: GLO; LANG.TUTH 11:30-12:50PM LGT ENGR LAB 154 TBA
Prerequisite: SPN 112 or placement into 211 (LVL3).

SPN 212 Intermediate Spanish II 
Prerequisite: SPN 211 or placement into 212(LVL4). 
LEC 01 TR 03:30-04:50PM FREY HALL 216 TBA
Note: Offered as SPN 212 and SPN 594

3 credits. SBC: GLO; HUM; LANG. TUTH 11:30-12:50PM SOCBEHAV SCI N310 TBA
Prerequisite: SPN 211 or placement into 212(LVL4). See

Intermediate Spanish II Credit(s): 3 SBC: GLO; HUM; LANG

SPN 214 Intermediate Medical Spanish I 
3 Credits. SBC: DIV; LANG. MW 02:30-03:50PM. FREY HALL 316 Elena Davidiak
Prerequisite: SPN 112 or placement into 211 (LVL3).

SPN 310 Span Gram & Comp Hisp-Am Bkgrd
3 credit. SBC: DIV; HFA+; LANG.MW 02:30-03:50PM FREY HALL 328 TBA
Prerequisite: fluency in Spanish equivalent to SPN 212

SPN 311 Spanish Conversatn & Compositn
3 credits. SBC: DIV; HFA+; LANG.MW 02:30-03:50PM CHEMISTRY 126. Victoriano Roncero-Lopez
Prerequisite: SPN 212 or placement into 311 (LVL5).

SPN 312 Intro to Literary Studies
3 credits: 3 SBC: HFA+; SPK. TUTH 01:00-02:20PM. FREY HALL 226 Fernando Loffredo
Pre- or corequisite: SPN 310 or SPN 311

SPN 321  Adv Spanish Grammar & Compostn
3 credits. SBC: CER; HFA+; WRTD. TUTH 11:30-12:50PM EARTH&SPACE 183 Daniela Flesler
Prerequisite: SPN 310 or SPN 311

SPN 386 Lat Am Literature/Culture III
3 credits. SBC: DIV; GLO; HFA+.TUTH 02:30-03:50PM. CHEMISTRY 128 TBA
Prerequisites: SPN 312

SPN 389 Spanish Literature/Culture III
3 credits. SBC: DIV; GLO; HFA+. MW 02:30-03:50PM.PHYSICS P129.Kathleen Vernon
Prerequisites: SPN 312

SPN 415/510 Hispanic Cultures in Contact 
3 credits. SBC: ESI; HFA+. MW 05:30-06:50PM. PSYCHOLOGY A 146. Kathleen Vernon
Prerequisite: SPN 384 or SPN 385 or SPN 386 or SPN 387 or SPN 388 or SPN 389

TOPIC:  Children’s and Adolescent (YA) Literature in Spanish

An introduction to the study of children’s and adolescent literature and media created in Spanish, with works drawn from across Latin America, Spain, and the Latinx US. We will read and analyze texts that address a broad range of ages, from picture books for non-readers to chapter books and longer YA novels as well as comics/graphic novels and films. Primary readings will be supplemented by critical articles and book chapters that treat general concepts and methods in the field of children’s literature or offer different approaches and critical frameworks for studying individual works. We will also discuss the selection and use of children’s and adolescent literature in the classroom and the home, making a point to address the focus on children’s and adolescent literature and media in a deeply polarized world. 

SPN 445 Topics Span Lit Mid Ages-Pres. #THE NEW LITERA 
3 credit. SBC: ESI; HFA+. MW 04:00-05:20PM. CHEMISTRY 126 Victoriano Roncero-Lopez
Prerequisite: SPN 384 or SPN 385 or SPN 386 or SPN 387 or SPN 388 or SPN 389

TOPIC: La nueva literatura de España

En los siglos XVI y XVII se produjo en Europa una revolución cultural que estableció las bases de la cultura europea desde ese momento hasta nuestra época; así surgieron nuevas concepciones del hombre, de la sociedad, de la política, de la economía y de las Bellas Artes. Como consecuencia de esta revolución, la literatura y el teatro conocieron importantes avances. Sin duda, el hecho fundamental fue el nacimiento de la novela moderna, que se produjo hacia 1552 cuando se publicó Lazarillo de Tormes; también se produjo un cambio trascendental en el teatro, aunque esta innovación se retrasó hasta finales del siglo XVI y principios del XVII con la creación del teatro nacional por parte de Lope de Vega, con nuevas concepciones de la tragedia y de la comedia. Por último, a principios del siglo XVI, con la obra poética de Garcilaso de la Vega asistimos a una nueva poesía, entroncada con la cultura clásica y la italiana, pero con una adaptación a la idiosincrasia de la cultura española. Durante el semestre analizaremos textos de estas disciplinas para comprender mejor cómo reflejaron los cambios sociales que se estaban produciendo en la Europa moderna.

SPN 465 Topics in Hispanic Linguistic. #SPANISH AS HER
3 credits. SBC: HFA+.TU 04:00-06:50PM. HUMANITIES 3020. Lilia Ruiz-Debbe
Prerequisite: SPN 393 or LIN 101 or HUL 324

TOPIC: Current Issues for Spanish Heritage Speakers and Second Language Learners in formal classroom settings.

This course will focus on the Spanish Heritage Speaker and the L2 learner, specifically on the cognitive and linguistic processes that determine the route of acquisition, rate of acquisition, cross-linguistic influences, and the interlanguage variability.  

 

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FALL 2023  

HUS 201:  Hispanic Visual Cultures
3 Credits. SBC: ARTS; DIV. TUTH 02:30-03:50PM in HUM 1006 Prof. Fernando Loffredo

HUS 255: Modern Spain
3 Credits. SBC: GLO; HUM. TUTH 10:00-11:20AM MELVILLE N3063 Prof. Daniela Flesler

HUS 272:  Science Tech Enviro in LatinAm 
3 Credits. SBC: CER; STAS. MW 02:30-03:50PM SB UNION 103-02 . Prof. Javier Uriarte

PORTUGUESE

SPANISH

SPN 111 and SPN 112: Elementary Spanish I and II [See full schedules]

SPN 211: Intermediate Spanish I. SBC: GLO, LANG. TUTH 11:30-12:50PM. 

SPN 212: Intermediate Spanish II . SBC: GLO HUM LANG. TUTH 04:00-05:20PM.

SPN 215: Intermed. Medical Spanish II Credit(s): 3 SBC: LANG
Prerequisite: SPN 211 or SPN 213 or SPN 214 or Placement Test
96678 LEC 01 MW 05:30-06:20PM 28-AUG-2023 21-DEC-2023 HUMANITIES 3020 Elena Davidiak

SPN 310: S3 Span Gram & Comp Hisp-Am Bkgrd 
Credit(s): 3 SBC: DIV; HFA+; LANG. Prereq: fluency in Spanish equivalent to SPN 212
88689 LEC 02 MW 02:30-03:50PM 28-AUG-2023 21-DEC-2023 EARTH&SPACE 181 TBA

SPN 311: S3 Spanish Conversatn & Compositn Credit(s): 3 SBC: DIV; HFA+; LANG
Prerequisite: SPN 212 or placement into 311 (LVL5). See https://llrc.stonybrook.edu/placement-exams for more information.
MW 02:30-03:50PM 28-AUG-2023 21-DEC-2023 MELVILLE LBR N3085 Kathleen Vernon

SPN 312: G&3 Intro toLiterary Studies 
Credit(s): 3 SBC: HFA+; SPK. Pre- or corequisite: SPN 310 or SPN 311
TUTH 11:30-12:50PM. MELVILLE LBR N3063 Daniela Flesler

SPN 321: S3 Adv Spanish Grammar & Compostn 
Credit(s): 3 SBC: CER; HFA+; WRTD. Prerequisite: SPN 310 or SPN 311
TUTH 01:00-02:20PM . FREY HALL 205 Prof. Aurelie Vialette

SPN 387 Intro to Spanish Lit/Culture I 
Credit(s): 3 SBC: GLO; HFA+. Prerequisites: SPN 312
TUTH 02:30-03:50PM . PHYSICS P122. Prof. Victoriano Roncero-Lopez

SPN 390: Comm Media Journal in Spanish 
Credit(s): 3 SBC: GLO; HFA+. Prereq: SPN 312 or permission of the instructor
MW 04:00-05:20PMPSYCHOLOGYA 144 . Prof. Paul Firbas

SPN 393 Intro to Hispanic Linguistics Credit(s): 3 SBC: SBS
Prerequisite: SPN 321. MW 02:30-03:50PM  HUM 1023 Prof. Elena Davidiak

SPN 405:  Issues in Hisp Cultural Stds. TOPIC RADICAL GOYA 
Credit(s): 3 SBC: ESI; HFA+. Prereq: SPN 384 or SPN 385 or SPN 386 or SPN 387 or SPN 388 or SPN 389
TH 04:00-06:50PM 2. Prof. Fernando Loffredo. Note: Offered as SPN 405 and SPN 523

This course explores the radicality of Francisco de Goya’s visual world. From being the most important painter at the court of the King of Spain, to witnessing a cruel war, to being a deft, exiled artist, Goya experienced extreme situations in his life that are reflected in his radical works of art and is a living testimony of how resilience in life can be translated into unrestrained creativity despite it all. His traumas are visualized in raving works such as the print series Los desastres de la guerra (The Disaster of War), or the Pinturas Negras (Black Paintings). Students will analyze 18th and 19th-century Spanish society and history through the lens of Goya’s art, which significantly shaped Modern Hispanic visual culture and cinema. This course is imagined, on the one hand, as a journey in the life of Goya in which we will navigate the dramatic historical events that were happening during his time, so that Goya’s visual world will be our History Book. On the other hand, cinema will be a significant part of this course. We will discuss the dialogue between Goya’s painting, prints, and drawings and film production, in order to explore how influential Goya’s radicality was and still is in Spanish and international cinematography. At least one visit to one of the New York City Museums that keeps Goya’s paintings of works on paper will be offered as an extracurricular activity and will allow us to see and discuss in person important masterpieces by the artist. 

SPN 410: Theory in Context. TOPIC PRISON REFOR 
Credit(s): 3 SBC: ESI; HFA+. Prereq: SPN 384 or SPN 385 or SPN 386 or SPN 387 or SPN 388 or SPN 389
TUTH 02:30-03:50PM FREY HALL 205. Prof. Aurelie Vialette

“Politics of Crime” examines, through critical analysis, the carceral system in the Iberian Peninsula. We will focus on what was called the “penitentiary question”, that is, the penitentiary reforms, looking particularly at how intellectual reformists envisioned the existence of the prison buildings within the cities and in the colonies, how they faced the treatment of prisoners inside the prisons themselves as well as their social reintegration on release. Particular attention will be given to the nineteenth century, but we will also look at the cultural representations of the criminal through literature and film and at the treatment of political prisoners during the Civil War (1936) and contemporary society. Finally, we will consider the issue of overseas prisons in the nineteenth century, especially in the Philippines.  We will study a variety of sources: archival documents (building plans, penal codes, etc.), literary texts, paintings, films, documentaries, and newspaper articles, among others.  Classes will include lectures, discussions, audio-visual material, and students presentations.

SPN 415: Hispanic Culturesin Contact. TOPIC LAT AM AND CAR
Credit(s): 3 SBC: ESI; HFA+. Prerequisite: SPN 384 or SPN 385 or SPN 386 or SPN 387 or SPN 388 or SPN 389
MW 04:00-05:20PM. MELVILLE LBR E4315. Prof. Sebastian Lopez Vergara
Note: Offered as SPN 415 and SPN 510

This course traces a genealogy of Latin American and Caribbean critical theory from the beginning of the 20^th century to the contemporary moment. It will focus on a corpus of authors who produce diverse and creative approaches to multiple modern problems related to processes of capital accumulation, colonialism, racialization, and gender and sexuality, both global and local. Initially, we will study the centrality of Marxist thought in contemporary social and cultural theory. However, the course emphasizes these authors’ critical appropriation and production of social theories and histories to analyze national and regional contexts. We will study different cultural, social, political, and economic conflicts in the Andes, the Caribbean, Mexico, and the Southern Cone, and we will establish relationships and dialogues between the authors who have produced theoretical and thematic fields on these conflicts. The course draws special attention to the question of land, exploitation, Indigenous and feminist politics, racial oppression and justice, and colonial dispossession, as well as different historical projects of social liberation.

 

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