Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Hispanic Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: FRESHMAN SEMINAR: THE HISPANIC ESSAY ***** Readings (in English translation) from major modern Spanish and Latin-American essayists, including Miguel de Unamuno, Jose Ortega y Gasset, Maria Zambrano, Jose Marti, Jose Enrique Rodo, Alfonso Reyes, Victoria Ocamopos, 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 FSEM 152. ***** Instructor(s): Kauffmann ***** Not offered 2004-2005.