Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Humanities Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: FRESHMAN SEMINAR: THE MODERN HISPANIC ESSAY READINGS ***** Readings (in English translation) from major modern Spanish and Spanish-American essayists, including Miguel de Unamuno, Jose Ortega y Gassset, Maria Zambrano, Jose Marti, Jose Enrique Rodo, Alfonso Reyes, Victoria Ocampos, Gabriela Mistral, Jorge Luis Borges, and Octavio Paz. Close reading and appreciation of essays will be the focus of discussion, presentations, and short interpretive papers. Taught in English. ***** Open to first-year students only, except by permission of the instructor. ***** Also offered as SPAN 152 *****