HISP-C 492 Readings in Catalan for Graduate Students (3 credits)

Variable Title: Making Barcelona: Architecture & Urban Space in Modern Catalan Literature

#12322 9:30A-10:45A TR GA 0009 Prof. Edgar Illas

Note: Above course is combined with HISP-X 491 and HISP-C 619.

This course will study the cultural and social meaning of architecture in Catalonia from the nineteenth century until the present day, focusing especially on the urban development of modern Barcelona. Catalonia’s politics of space constitute a fascinating mixture of splendid architecture (Gaudí is only one example among many others) and nation-building policies that sometimes have expressed and sometimes have repressed the class struggles that traverse Catalonia’s modern history. In short, the course will examine the historical evolution of Catalonia’s politics of space. We will also study the manifestation of these politics in various literary works. Finally, the course will include a series of more general texts on urban theory that will allow us to understand the context of Catalonia and Barcelona vis-à-vis Spain, Europe, and globalization.

The course will be taught in Catalan. Prerequisite: C105 or previous knowledge of Catalan.

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HISP-C 619 Topics in Catalan Studies (3 credits)

Variable Title: Making Barcelona: Architecture & Urban Space in Modern Catalan Literature

#30736 9:30A-10: 45A TR GA 0009 Prof. Edgar Illas

Note: Above course is combined with HISP-X 491 and HISP-C 492

This course will study the cultural and social meaning of architecture in Catalonia from the nineteenth century until the present day, focusing especially on the urban development of modern Barcelona. Catalonia’s politics of space constitute a fascinating mixture of splendid architecture (Gaudí is only one example among many others) and nation-building policies that sometimes have expressed and sometimes have repressed the class struggles that traverse Catalonia’s modern history. In short, the course will examine the historical evolution of Catalonia’s politics of space. We will also study the manifestation of these politics in various literary works. Finally, the course will include a series of more general texts on urban theory that will allow us to understand the context of Catalonia and Barcelona vis-à-vis Spain, Europe, and globalization.

The course will be taught in Catalan. Prerequisite: C105 or previous knowledge of Catalan.

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HISP-P 491 Elementary Portuguese for Graduate Students (3 credits)

For students from secondary school placed into the second semester of first year study or those with a strong background in Spanish or another Romance Language. Content of P100 and P150 covered at an accelerated pace. Credit not given for both P135 and P150. This course can count for the Spanish major 300/400 level elective.

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HISP-P 491 #12670 9:05A - 9:55A MTWR BH 241 STAFF

Note: This class meets with HISP-P 135.

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HISP-P 492 Reading Portuguese for Graduate Students (3 credits)

#6183 11:15A-12:05P MWF JH A105

Note: Above class is combined with HISP-P 317.

Note: Above class is for graduate students only.

An advanced course on Portuguese composition and grammar, designed to refine students’ knowledge of several language skills. Emphasis on writing, with special attention to syntax and vocabulary development and usage. Students will write compositions, increasing in length and complexity as the semester progresses.

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HISP-P 501 Literatures of the Portuguese speaking-World 2 (3 credits)

#30741 1:00P-2:15P TR SY 003 Prof. Luciana Namorato

Note: Above class is combined with HISP-P 401 and HISP-P 498.

Note: Above class is for graduate students only.

This is the second part of a two-semester survey of the literatures of Portugal, Brazil, and Portuguese-speaking Africa from the late 19th century to present day. This course is cross-cultural and comparative in nature focusing on how diverse authors—all writing in Portuguese—but from different geographic regions responded to the historical and social challenges of their times. We will read a variety of genres (prose, poetry, theater) and cover the major literary movements from realism, modernism, to social realism and contemporary feminist and post-modernist writing. The course is taught in Portuguese, and students are not required to have taken the first part of the survey.

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HISP-P 510 Brazilian Cinema (3 credits)

#30760 2:30P-3:45P TR SY 003 Prof. Luciana Namorato

Note: Above class is combined with HISP-P 410 and HISP-P 498.

A survey of Brazilian cinema from the early 20th century to present day. The course will give special attention to representative filmmakers and their works, beginning with Mário Peixoto’s Limite (1930), which is regarded as one of the masterpieces of silent cinema. Other subjects to be explored include the chanchada, or Hollywood-style musical comedies of the 1940s and 1950s, the Vera Cruz Studio of the 1950s, and the New Cinema of the 1960s and 1970s. The course will tend to focus on more recent films that have appeared since the country’s return to democracy in the mid-1980s, after more than 20 years of military dictatorship. Topics to be discussed during the semester include the chanchada and its re-evaluation as a distinctly Brazilian genre; the “aesthetics of hunger” and the theoretical writings of filmmaker Glauber Rocha; and film adaptation. The course is taught in English. Films are in Portuguese with English subtitles. Students who are taking the course for credit in Portuguese will be required to read materials and write their exams and research paper in the language.

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HISP-S 509 Spanish Phonology (3 credits)

#31178 PERM 2:30P-3:45P TR BH 107 Prof. Erik Willis

Note: Permission required. Contact HISP Graduate office at gradhisp@indiana.edu

This course examines the sound system of Spanish based on acoustic details and introduces theoretical models that account for the systems. Variation within Spanish and learners will also be discussed. The course delivery includes both lecture and student presentations of specific topics. Evaluation will be based on homework assignments, exams, presentations, and a final paper.

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HISP-S 611 Topics in Spanish Syntax (3 credits)

#31192 2:30P-3:45P MW BH 307 Prof. Patricia Matos Amaral

Note: Permission Required. Contact HISP Graduate office at gradhisp@indiana.edu

Variable Title: Syntactic & Semantic Change in Spanish

Course Description:

This course provides a graduate-level introduction to the study of syntactic and semantic change in Spanish. The first half of the course introduces theoretical background; we will review current perspectives on the study of syntactic and semantic change. We will consider theoretical questions like the following: how can we model the transition between stages in language change? How does language change inform our models of grammar and vice-versa? What is the role of reanalysis and analogy in language change? Which types of morpho-syntactic units do native speakers acquire and store? How can current methods to study variation provide insight into diachronic research? In the second half of the course we will discuss case studies of syntactic and semantic change in Spanish and critically consider different methodologies used in the analysis of the history of Spanish. In this part of the course students will have the opportunity to compare and evaluate the merits and shortcomings of different approaches to morpho-syntactic change in Spanish by focusing on particular phenomena that are classic topics in the syntax of this language, e.g. the origin of differential object marking, the creation of verbal periphrases, the formation of articles, the loss and creation of indefinite pronouns, and the cyclic (re)creation of adversative and concessive markers.

Assignments include regular homework assignments, the critical presentation of an article in class, a book review, and a final research paper.

Class Prerequisites:

A graduate-level introduction to Syntax (S511 or equivalent) is required. Some experience with sociolinguistics and/or historical linguistics will be helpful but is not required.

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HISP-S 712 Seminar: Themes in Spanish Linguistics

Variable Title: Language Contact: Issues and Approaches

#31217 PERM 11:15A-12:30P TR WH 204 Prof. J. Clancy Clements Note: Permission Required. Contact HISP Graduate office at gradhisp@indiana.edu

Description of the course

We consider three models of contact-induced language change: that proposed by Thomason and Kaufman (1988) and Thomason (2001), that proposed by Van Coetsem (1988, 1995), and the model advanced by Croft (2000) and Mufwene (2001), with a particular focus on the last one. With these models as a basis, we will study various language varieties that either exhibit traits attributable to contact with speakers of other languages or have emerged through contact among speakers of other languages. Among other things, we will examine different linguistic outcomes of language contact: borrowing, shift, immigrant speech, and pidgins and creoles, convergence, and long-standing bilingual contact situations.

Students are expected to complete various assignments and contribute actively in the class discussions. In addition, they are expected, within the first month, to have chosen a paper topic on a contact variety involving language contact and language change, and finish the study in the semester so that it can be submitted to a journal and/or to a conference. Each student will write an abstract for their paper, and turn in a 20-25-page study at the end of the semester. Each student will also be expected to give a formal presentation of their paper at the end of the course. Each student will also select and present one or more articles to be read throughout the semester.

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HISP-S 518 Spanish Medieval Literature (3 credits)

#31187 1:00P-2:15P MW BH 208 Prof. Ryan Giles

This course will offer both a survey of Spanish medieval literature and an in-depth reading of specific literary works, which will be examined in close connection with the historical and cultural contexts that produced them, and with the literary traditions, conventions and genres to which they belong. The aim of S518 is to develop in students the interpretative acumen and analytical skills that will enable them to comment cogently on Spanish medieval texts and on the worldview they reflect. The reading list will include Poema de mio Cid, Milagros de Nuestra Señora, El Conde Lucanor, Libro de buen amor, Cárcel de amor, La Celestina and a course packet containing shorter texts.

S518 will be taught in Spanish. Lectures will alternate with seminar-type classes. Close reading of each work, and familiarization with the fundamental criticism and bibliography of Spanish medieval literature will constitute the core of the course. Students will be evaluated on the basis of their participation in class discussions, preparation of critical readings, a final research paper and written examination.

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HISP-S 588 US Latino and/or Caribbean Literature (3 credits)

#31189 5:30P-6:45P TR LH 019 Prof. Anke Birkenmaier

In this course we study questions of intertextuality in Spanish Caribbean and Latino literature in relation to the rest of Latin America and the United States. We will focus on four areas of literary history where citation, pastiche and other forms of literary referencing figure prominently: Afro-Caribbean literature; Cuban literature of the Revolution and the Boom; women’s literature, and Latino migrant identities. We will read novels by Carpentier, Sarduy, Cabrera Infante and Cristina García as well as non-fictions by Arenas, Richard Rodriguez and Gloria Anzaldua, next to short stories and poems. Readings in theories of intertextuality (Kristeva, Genette, Bakhtin, Hutcheon) will accompany our discussions throughout.

Requirements: One presentation, two short papers, one final paper.

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HISP-S 688 Topics: U.S. Latino and/or Caribbean Literature (3 credits)

Variable Title: Revolution & the Cold War in Latino/a Literature

#30731 1:00P-2:15P TR WH 205 Prof. Deborah Cohn

Note: Above course is combined with AMST-G 751, ENG-L 635 and LATS-L 601

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S688: Revolution and the Cold War in Latino/a Literature (1959-present)

This course will examine the representation of the Cold War—including revolution, counterinsurgency, and dictatorship—and afterwards in Latin America in texts written by Latino/a authors. We will study the fervor associated with the success of the Cuban Revolution during these years as well as the violence and counterrevolutionary measures of the Spanish American states and U.S. Cold War policies (and interventions) alike in their efforts to stem the spread of Communism; we will also examine the legacy of the Cold War in Latin America and the U.S. in the years following the fall of the Soviet Union. Additionally, some of the works that we read will ask us to take a critical look at democracy as well, both in the abstract and through how it is implemented. Our discussions will examine the construction of the Latino/a as transnational subject, as well as his/her relationship with other minoritized subjects within the U.S. Accordingly, we will engage with questions of what constitutes Latino/a literature and authorship, and study how this body of literature is promoted and marketed. Authors read in this course include Daniel Alarcón, Junot Díaz, Ariel Dorfman, Carlos Eire, Cristina García, Stephanie Elizondo Griest, and Héctor Tobar.

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HISP-S 695 Graduate Colloquium (3 credits)

#31195 4:00P-6:30P W BH 321 (Lindley) Professor Olimpia Rosenthal

Variable Title: Theories of Hybridity & Mestizaje in Latin American Cultural Production

This course examines how theories of hybridity and mestizaje have shaped and continue to shape influential readings of Latin American cultural production. Beginning with the colonial period, the course considers how the figure of the mestizo—and later other castas—first emerged in legal discourse, literary texts, and visual culture. It further examines current debates in the field of colonial studies that revolve around notions of mestizaje, including disagreements about the analytical appropriateness of deploying the notion of race to think about the early colonial period, over recent studies on “la tercera raíz del mestizaje,” and regarding contending views on the (in)stability of the identitarian category of “mestizo.” The second half of the course traces the theories of hybridity and mestizaje that became central to postcolonial articulations of national and regional identity. Building from Joshua Lund’s assertion that the general theme of hybridity has become the “generic mark of Latin America’s geocultural singularity,” the course offers a critical examination of the development of these theories: starting with the notion of “la raza cósmica” (Vasconcelos), the myth of “democracia racial” (Freyre), and the concept “transculturación” (Ortiz), and subsequently outlining attempts to move away from the racial groundings of these theories to more cultural conceptualizations such as Rama’s development of the notion of “transculturación,” the concept of “hibridez” (García Canclini), and the notion of “heterogeneidad” (Cornejo Polar). Additionally, we will consider how these theories are in dialogue with what Doris Sommer has termed “foundational fictions,” as well as with other literary texts. The overall theoretical framework for the class is informed by critical race theory and, as such, we will also read major works of authors who have theorized the interrelations between notions of race, gender and reproductive sex (that is, mestizaje & hybridity’s very conditions of possibility). These authors include Michel Foucault, Ann Stoler, Robert Young, Abdul JanMohamed, and Robert Bernasconi.

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HISP-S 708 Seminar in Hispanic Studies (3 credits)

Variable Title: War and Literature in Spain

#31215 8:00A-9:15A TR GA 0009 Prof. Edgar Illas

Note: Permission required. E-mail the Graduate office at gradhisp@indiana.edu

In this seminar we will pursue two main tasks. First, we will study different literary narratives of war in Spain. Even though we will mainly focus on the modern and contemporary periods, we will also refer to the substrata of the Middle Ages, the conquest of America, and the formation of the Bourbon state. We will read various literary works (by authors such as Albert Sánchez-Piñol, Galdós, Cela, Ana María Matute, Juan Benet, and Isaac Rosa) on the War of Spanish Succession, the Carlist Wars, and the 1936-39 Civil War. Second, we will undertake a parallel task of reflecting on war as political form. To do so, we will examine various political theories (by Francisco de Vitoria, Carl von Clausewitz, Carl Schmitt, and Carlo Galli) to understand how war determines the constitution of power, society, and culture. The course will develop a central premise, namely that Spain has always been a contested project, traversed by war and antagonism. So be warned: our discussions will not be peaceful!

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