SPAN 148 CM -Special Topics in Spanish

Institution: Claremont McKenna

Description: This is a special topics course: the description changes with each offering. Prerequisite - Spanish 101/102 or higher or instructor approval. The topic for Fall 2019 will be: Center versus Periphery? The Literatures and Cultures of Contemporary Spain This course explores the concept of “Spanishness” in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, as Spain attempts to juggle its disparate identities and write itself out of its marginalized status within the European context. Our examination of a country still wary of its nationalist past will focus on the literature and culture of Spain’s core, Madrid, and the “peripheral” autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Basque Country, and Andalusia. Drawing upon a variety of media, we will consider the extent to which Spain, as declared in the recently-retracted new lyrics of its national anthem, speaks “with a distinct voice and a single heart.” Prerequisite: Spanish 101 or higher, or permission of instructor.

Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

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