Maricopa Community Colleges  SPH150   19966-99999 

Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 6-25-96

SPH150  1996 Fall – 2010 Fall

LEC  3.0 Credit(s)  3.0 Period(s)  3.0 Load  Acad

Peninsular Spanish Literature in Translation

Representative works of peninsula Spanish literature from early times to the present in English translation. Knowledge of Spanish not required.

Prerequisites: None.

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

 

SPH150  1996 Fall – 2010 Fall

Peninsular Spanish Literature in Translation

 

1.

Read and analyze selected representative works of peninsular Spanish literature. (I-X)

2.

Describe and name, with examples, the stages in the development of peninsular Spanish literature from the first epic poem to the literary production of the twentieth century. (I-X)

3.

Integrate the history of Spain with the literature produced during each century, from the eleventh century AD to the twentieth century. (I-X)

4.

List the major elements of the literature of each century. (I- X)

5.

Outline the major elements of each literary genre: prose (novel and short story), drama, and poetry. (I-X)

6.

Detail and integrate the elements of character analysis, structure, language, and style that join to form a literary work. (I-X)

7.

Write, in clear and concise language, short analyses of the literature read, paying attention to character development, structure, language usage, and style. (I-X)

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MCCCD Official Course Outline:

 

SPH150  1996 Fall – 2010 Fall

Peninsular Spanish Literature in Translation

 

I. Backgrounds of Spanish literature

A. Romans

B. Visigoths

C. Arabs

D. Jews

II. Early Middle Ages

A. Lyric poetry

B. Epic poem

C. Drama

III. Thirteenth century

A. Narrative poetry

B. Mester de clerecia

C. Alfonso X

D. Prose

IV. Fourteenth century

A. Don Juan Manuel

B. Juan Ruiz, Arcipreste de Hita

C. Other prose and verse contributions

D. The novel of chivalry

V. Fifteenth century and the Renaissance

A. Lyric and narrative poetry

B. The novel

C. Beginnings of the theater

D. Historical prose

VI. Golden Age: the sixteenth century

A. Traditional and Renaissance poetry

B. Flowering of the theater

C. Rise of the novel

D. The Mystics

VII. Golden Age: the sixteenth century

A. Cervantes

B. The "Comedia"

C. Baroque prose and poetry

D. Literary decline

VIII. Eighteenth century

A. Neoclassicism and the Enlightenment

B. Prose, poetry, and the theater

C. Pre-romanticism

IX. Nineteenth century

A. Romanticism

B. Realism

C. Naturalism

X. Twentieth century

A. The generation of 1898

B. Between the wars: 1918-1936

C. After the Civil War to the present

 

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