Programs

The University of Massachusetts Amherst 2008 Summer Program in Salamanca, Spain, July 1-July 31, is subdivided into three different Programs:

• Program A – Intermediate or Advanced Language Program
  
  
• Program B – Advanced Undergraduate Program
  
  
• Program C – Graduate Program
  

PROGRAM A

INTENSIVE UNDERGRADUATE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE PROGRAMS
(9 Credits – choose either the Intermediate or the Advanced Program)

INTERMEDIATE PROGRAM (choose both courses)

• Spanish 296A, INTERMEDIATE SPANISH, 6 credits. Systematic review of Spanish grammar; reading of literary and non-literary materials; reinforcement of speaking, listening and writing skills.
  Instructors: Colegio Hispano Continental staff.
  
  
• Spanish 296B, INTERMEDIATE CONVERSATION AND COMPOSITION, 3 credits. Practice of conversational skills using selected topics; basic principles of writing in Spanish.
  Instructors: Colegio Hispano Continental staff.

ADVANCED PROGRAM (choose 396A (required) and either 396B or 396C):

• Spanish 396A, ADVANCED SPANISH, 6 credits. Review of Spanish Grammar with emphasis on problem areas; reading of literary and non-literary materials; practice in writing, speaking and listening.
  Instructors: Colegio Hispano Continental staff
  
  
• Spanish 396B, ADVANCED CONVERSATION AND COMPOSITION, 3 credits. Directed free conversation; practice of written composition in Spanish.
  Instructors: Colegio Hispano Continental staff
  
  
• Spanish 396C, SPANISH CULTURE, 3 credits. Spanish art within a historical context. Instructional visits to historical and artistic monuments in Salamanca are an integral part of the course.
  Instructors: Colegio Hispano Continental staff

LEVEL: determined by test taken in Salamanca for Intermediate and Advanced Language Programs

REQUIREMENTS: A minimum of one or two semesters of Spanish for the Intermediate Language Program and three or more semesters of Spanish for the Advanced Language Program ; grade point average in Spanish of 2.5 on a scale of 4.

TEXTBOOKS: All textbooks for the Intermediate and Advanced Language Program will be available in Salamanca (approximate cost for textbook(s) is 20 euros)

PROGRAMS B AND C

ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE PROGRAMS*
IN LITERATURE, LINGUISTICS AND CULTURE
(Students can take two courses for 6 credits and may audit** a third course)

• Spanish 497A, Early Modern Spanish Culture, 3 credits
  This course is a survey of Spanish political, social, religious and cultural institutions during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The course examines particular events, issues, problems and cultural processes that have shaped Spanish identity and the nation. A variety of texts from different fields will be used in the course.
  
  Instructor: Colegio Hispano Continental staff
  
  
• Spanish 497B, Contemporary Spanish Culture, 3 credits
  A study of modern Spain in its political, social, religious and cultural aspects. We will review different events, problems and cultural processes that have occurred in Spain and which have formed the identity of Spain in the last hundred years. We will use different texts and audiovisual materials throughout the course.
  
  Instructor: Imelda Cuesta Ortiz, Colegio Hispano Continental
  
  
• Spanish 497C, Spanish for Teachers (Fundamental Problems of Spanish Grammar Students), 3 credits
  Course focuses on areas of Spanish syntax and morphology that are problematic for students of Spanish as a second language. Methodological approaches to teaching these areas.
  
  Instructor: María Auxiliadora Vicente Hernández, Colegio Hispano Continental
  
  
• Spanish 497D, Introduction to Medieval and Golden Age Spanish Literature and Culture, 3 credits
  A survey of Medieval and Golden Age Spanish literature and culture through a study of the most representative authors and works of each period and aesthetic movements. The course will focus on the social and cultural contexts of the periods being studied. Representative poetry, narrative, drama will be examined.
  
  Instructor: Colegio Hispano Continental staff
  
  
• Spanish 497E, Introduction to Contemporary Spanish American Literature and Culture, 3 credits
  Introduction to the literature of Spanish America from the end of the 19th century to the present. Emphasis on literary currents and their relation to history and culture of the period. Representative poetry, narrative, drama will be examined.
  
  Instructor: Profesora María Hernández Bóveda, Colegio Hispano Continental
  
  
• Spanish 697A, Presentaciones y representaciones de la inmigración en España, 3 credits
  This course explores the different ways in which immigration is presented and represented in Spanish culture and social life. The course starts with an overview of current approaches to concepts such as racism, neo-racism, xenophobia, etc., and continues with the study of films, music, and writings devoted to this topic.
  
  Instructor: Raquel Medina, Aston University, Great Britain.
  
  
• Spanish 697B, Narrativa española reciente y música popular (especialmente el rock), 3 credits
  Este curso lee y analiza una serie de textos (y una película) que describen la España contemporánea y hacen referencias a diferentes formas de la música popular. El contrapunto entre literatura, cine y música será el foco de nuestro estudio. Los textos que consideraremos son los siguientes, en el orden en que se leerán: José Ángel Mañas, Historias del Kronen (1995), Almudena Grandes, Modelos de mujer (1996), Ray Loriga, Tokio ya no nos quiere (1999), Javier Cercas, Soldados de Salamina (2001), y Juan José Millás, Dos mujeres en Praga (2002). La película que analizaremos es El otro lado de la cama (2002). Los alumnos deberán escribir comentarios breves sobre la lectura antes de cada clase, hacer una presentación oral y presentar un ensayo final.
  
  Instructor: Randolph Pope, University of Virginia
  
  
• Spanish 697C, Spanish Globalization: Ideological and Linguistic Consequences, 3 credits
  Spanish is a global language in every sense of the word. The journey to achieve this status began before the New World became part of the empire (1492). This course presents the trajectory of the Castilian dialect to a standard language through a sociolinguistic lens: "a language is a dialect with an army and a navy". This course deals with the history of the Castilian dialect in its acquisition of "an army" and "a navy" in the Iberian Peninsula, its journey through the World with that army and navy and its linguistics consequences. In other words, we will be dealing with Spanish and the colonization of the New World and its current status in the world.
  
  Instructor: Mercedes Niño-Murcia, University of Iowa, 3 credits
  
  
• Spanish 697D, Escritoras hispanoamericanas del siglo XX, 3 credits
  Este curso presenta textos narrativos, poéticos y dramáticos de algunas escritoras hispanoamericanas del siglo XX organizándolas bajo los siguientes ejes temáticos: la denuncia del autoritarismo, la reflexión sobre el deseo, la sexualidad y el cuerpo femenino, la maternidad y la dinámica del poder en las relaciones entre los sexos y su efecto en la subjetividad femenina. La lectura y discusión de los textos estarán organizadas bajo estos cuatro ejes. Antes de cada discusión , se hará una introducción sobre las autoras y sobre su contexto histórico-social.
  
  Instructor: Cynthia Vich, Fordham University
  
• Spanish 697E, Spanish for Teachers/Fundamental Problems of Spanish Grammar, 3 credits
  
  En este curso se hará un estudio de las principales dificultades gramaticales del español. Trabajaremos con ejercicios prácticos, textos literarios, situaciones reales de conversación incluidas variedades sociodialectales. También se analizarán los problemas más comunes con los que los profesores de español se encuentran en sus aulas buscando los recursos necesarios para resolverlos.
  
  Instructor: María Marcos Escribano, Hispano Continental

*Students in the Undergraduate Advanced Program must have completed at least three credits beyond intermediate Spanish at the college level (or equivalent). Students in the Graduate Program must have completed a four-year college program and have advanced proficiency in Spanish. Graduate students will be required to do work beyond that required of undergraduates.

**Any student who chooses to audit a course is expected to fulfill all requirements of the course as outlined by the individual professor. No exceptions to this rule.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst Summer Program in Salamanca is associated with the Colegio Hispano Continental, a private institution that specializes in teaching Spanish Language, Linguistics and Culture and Literature of the Hispanic world to foreign students. The Program attracts faculty and students from all over the United States. Among its visiting faculty this year there will be specialists in Linguistics, in Culture, and in Peninsular and Latin-American Literature from Europe and the USA.

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