Hispanophone Literature and History

Course Overview

This course is designed as a continuation of Advanced Spanish II. This class is divided into two sections: History and Literature. In the History section, the students will study the different groups that conquered and lived in the Iberian Peninsula and will track how the Spanish language arrived in the Americas during the colonization period. This will help the students to understand the origin of the Spanish language, its evolution, and how some words in English share the same Latin roots. Students will be exposed to different Spanish dialects from the Iberian Peninsula, Latin America, and the United States and will understand some phonological variations. The Literature section will feature exposure to some canonical readings through an introductory timeline, which will take students from the Spanish conquest in the New World through different literary movements such as Baroque, Modernism, New Novel, and Boom. Students will engage in class discussions about different interpretations and analyses after reading poetry, short stories, and excerpts from various novels such as Don Quixote.