Professor: A. Robert Lauer
The University of Oklahoma
Department of Modern Languages Literatures, and Linguistics (MLLL) 
780 Van Vleet Oval, Room 206 
Norman, Oklahoma 73019-2032 / USA 
Instructor’s Office: Kaufman Hall, Room 131.  Office Hours: MWF: 12:00-12:30 PM, 1:30-2:00 PM, and by appt. 
               Telephones: (405) 325-5845 (office) (405) 325-6181 (dept.); e-mail: arlauer@ou.edu
SPAN 4163.  Sect. 002.  Survey of Spanish Literature - Cnt.  Spring 2009
Meeting Place: Kaufman Hall (KH), Room 138.  Meeting Times: MWF: 12:30-1:20 PM 


J. M. López Mezquita
"The Infanta Isabel and the Marquesa of Nájera Leaving a Bullfight at the Old Plaza Madrileña" (ca. 1900)
Museo Municipal de Madrid
Syllabus:
1st week (19-23 January): FIRST EVALUATION BEGINS:
  M.  19 January:     Day 0: MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY.  NO CLASSES. 
  W.  21 January:     DAY 1:  Introduction to the course:  Mapa de España; Real Genealogía desde 1700. 
  F.    23 January:    Day 2: SIGLO XVIII: Benito Jerónimo Feijoo, Cartas eruditas, 3-14.  MLA 1-29. 
2nd week (26-30 January): 
  M.  26 January:     Day 3: José Cadalso, Cartas marruecas, 15-19.   MLA 29-58. 
  W.  28 January:     Day 4:  Drama del XVIII: Leandro Fernández de Moratín, La comedia nueva o El café, 20-29;I.i-v.  MLA 58-117. 
  F.   30 January:     Day 5:   Moratín, La comedia nueva o El café, 29-37; I.vi-II.vi. MLA 117-146. 
3rd week (2 February-6 February): 
  M.    2 February:     Day 6:   Moratín, La comedia nueva o El café, 37-42;II.vii-ix. MLA 146-175. 
  W.    4 February:     Day 7:  SIGLO XIX: El Romanticismo: Ángel de Saavedra, Duque de Rivas, Poesía varia, 45-54.  MLA 175-204. 
  F.     6 February:    Day 8: Mariano José de Larra, «La nochebuena de 1836», 55-60. MLA 204-233. 
4th week (9-13 February): 
  M.    9 February:   Day  9: José Espronceda, Poesía varia, 61-72.   MLA 233-262. 
  W.  11 February:   Day 10: José Zorrilla, Don Juan Tenorio, 72-85;1.I.i-1.I.xi.  MLA 262-291. 
  F.    13 February:  Day 11: José Zorrilla, Don Juan Tenorio, 85-96;1.I.xii-1.II.ii.  MLA 291-321. FIRST COMPOSITION IS DUE ON MON., 16 FEB. General Instructions. click link to invoke it. 
 


Here are the topics for your first composition for SPAN 4163 (choose one only):

Please use MLA guidelines AND peruse and print if necessary my General Instructions (in my e-syllabus): <http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/L/A-Robert.R.Lauer-1/SPAN4153GenInst.html>. 
 

FIRST EVALUATION ENDS.


5th week (16-20 February): SECOND EVALUATION BEGINS:
  M.  16 February:  Day 12: José Zorrilla, Don Juan Tenorio, 97-108;1.II.ii-1.II.x. 
  W.  18 February:  Day 13: José Zorrilla, Don Juan Tenorio, 108-21;1.II.xi-1.III.ix. 
  F.   20 February:  Day 14: José Zorrilla, Don Juan Tenorio, 121-33;1.IV.i-1.IV.viii. 
6th week (23-27 February): 
  M.  23 February:  Day 15: José Zorrilla, Don Juan Tenorio, 133-45;1.IV.ix-2.I.ii. 
  W.  25 February:  Day 16: José Zorrilla, Don Juan Tenorio, 145-57;2.I.iii-2.II.ii. 
  F.   27 February:  Day 17: José Zorrilla, Don Juan Tenorio, 157-65;2.II.iii-2.III.iv; review. 
7th week (2 March-6 March): 
   M.    2 March: Day 18: Gustavo Adolfo Bécqer, Poesía varia, 165-70. 
 *W.    4 March: Day 19: Bécquer, «El rayo de luna», 170-76. 
 *F.     6 March:     Day 20: Rosalía de Castro, 176-80 
8th week (9-13 March) 
 *M.   9 March:     Day 21: Juan Valera, Pepita Jiménez, 180-90. 
   W.  11 March:     Day 22: Emilia Pardo Bazán, «La cana», 233-38.  [Enlace a «Clarín»]. Realismo & naturalismo. 
   F.   13 March:     Day 23: Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, La bodega, 244-52.  Grandes pensadores del siglo XIX.  SECOND COMPOSITION IS DUE ON 23 MARCH.   General Instructions. click link to invoke it. 
 
 


Here is the topic for your second composition for SPAN 4163:

Have a Works Cited (Obras citadas) section. 

For the second composition, peruse the General Instructions again <http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/L/A-Robert.R.Lauer-1/SPAN4153GenInst.html>, as well as the MLA book. 
 

SECOND EVALUATION ENDS.


Sat., 14 March 2009 - Sun., 22 March 2009: SPRING VACATION.  NO CLASSES.


9th week (23-27 March): THIRD EVALUATION BEGINS:
  M.  23 March: Day 24: Benito Pérez Galdós,Doña Perfecta, 191-98. 
  W.  25 March: Day 25: Benito Pérez Galdós, Doña Perfecta, 198-202. 
  F.   27 March: Day 26: Benito Pérez Galdós, Doña Perfecta, 202-208. 

10th week (30 March-3 April) 
  M.  30 March: Day 27: Benito Pérez Galdós, Doña Perfecta, 208-18. 
  W.    1 April:   Day 28: Benito Pérez Galdós, Doña Perfecta, 218-27. 
  F.      3 April:  Day 29: Benito Pérez Galdós, Doña Perfecta,  227-33.. 
11th week (6-10 April) 
  M.    6 April: Day 30: Film: Doña Perfecta. 
  W.    8 April: Day 31: Film: Doña Perfecta. 
  F.    10 April: Day 32: Film: Doña Perfecta.  Final del siglo XIX en España.
12th week (13-17 April) 
  M.  13 April: Day 33:  Trial of Doña Perfecta (group work) 
  W.  15 April: Day 34:  SIGLO XX (A): Miguel de Unamuno,San Manuel Bueno, Mártir, 254-66. Filósofos y movimientos filosóficos (XIX & XX). 

  F.   17 April: Day 35:  M. de Unamuno, San Manuel Bueno, Mártir, 267-77. Movimientos literarios & artísticos del siglo XX.  THIRD COMPOSITION IS DUE ON 20 APRIL.   General Instructions. click link to invoke it. 
 



Here are the topics for your third composition for SPAN 4163:
  1. «Doña Perfecta: ¿opresora o heroína?».
  2. «Pepe Rey: ¿héroe o rebelde?».
This time try to make a case (as a lawyer might) for each of the categories.  In other words, be like a defender (a defense lawyer [defensor]) first, and then like a prosecutor (fiscal).  Then, after weighing the evidence for one or the other category, take a firm stand for only one of the categories suggested (the one that you would find more convincing).  It makes no difference to me what category you choose.  What matters is that you make an honest good case for one category (oppressor or rebel) and then for the other (hero, heroine) before you take a stand.  The final stand you take will be based on what side you yourself find more persuasive.  In other words, you will be engaging in highly critical thinking at the level of writing.  Phrases to use would be: "On the one hand . . ." («Por un lado, . . . ») and "On the other hand . . . " («Por otro lado . . .»).  You will need to quote from the text to give strength to your testimony.  The film version we are watching might change whatever point of view you might have at this point.  That too, besides the text itself, might be a good "testimony."  In fact, in the Works Cited section of your paper (Obras citadas), you might want to list the film as a source.  All the information about this film should be found in The Internet Movie Database (IMDb): <http://www.imdb.com/>.   Here is the direct link to the movie we are watching: <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042413/>.

Quote from the text(s) used and have a Works Cited (Obras citadas) section . 

For the third composition, peruse the General Instructions again <http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/L/A-Robert.R.Lauer-1/SPAN4153GenInst.html>, as well as the MLA book. 

THIRD EVALUATION ENDS.


13th week (20-24 April): FOURTH EVALUATION BEGINS:
  M.  20 April: Day 36: Siglo XX (B): Ramón María del Valle-Inclán, Jardín umbrío: «Rosarito», 277-88. 
  W.  22 April: Day 37: Pío Baroja,  Camino de perfección, 288-301.  [Enlace a Azorín] 
  F.   24 April: Day 38: Pío Baroja, Camino de perfección; Juventud, egolatría,  301-309.  [Enlace a Ortega y Gasset]. 
14th week (27 April-1 May):
  M.  27 April: Day 39: Salvador de Madariaga, Ingleses, franceses, españoles, 342-46; 349-51. 
  W.  29 April: Day 40: Antonio Machado, 319?21; Federico García Lorca, poesía varia, 371-82. 
  F.     1 May:  Day 41: Ramón Sender, «La fotografía de aniversario», 386-98. 
15th week (4 May-8 May) 
  M.    4 May:  Day 42: Carmen Laforet, «El aguinaldo», 416-22 
  W.    6 May:  Day 43: Miguel Delibes, «En una noche así», 422-27. 
  F.     8 May:  Day 44: Ana María Matute, «Pecado de omisión», 427-30.  Enlace a ¡Adiós! General Instructions. click link to invoke it. 
 
 
 


Here are the topics for your fourth composition for SPAN 4163 (choose only one of the possible options):
  1. San Manuel Bueno, Mártir es una novela corta de Miguel de Unamuno que versa sobre un sacerdote que no tiene fe en Dios pero que hace obras buenas («cristianas»).  ¿Es un hombre auténticamente cristiano (aunque no lo sea) o un hipócrita?  Antes de contestar de una forma u otra, compare las siguientes citas bíblicas: 1) Efesios 2:8-9: «Porque por gracia ustedes han sido salvados mediante la fe; esto no procede de ustedes, sino que es el regalo de Dios, no por obras, para que nadie se jacte». 2) Santiago 2:26: «Pues como el cuerpo sin el espíritu está muerto, así también la fe sin obras está muerta».
  2. «Rosarito (del cuento «Rosarito», de Ramón María del Valle-Inclán) se le aparece en un sueño a su abuelita, la condesa de Cela, y le explica cómo murió.  ¿Qué le diría Rosarito a su abuelita?  Tome el punto de vista de Rosarito». 
  3. «Fernando Ossorio (de Camino de perfección de Pío Baroja): ¿Pesimista, optimista o realista?» 
For the fourth composition, peruse the General Instructions again <http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/L/A-Robert.R.Lauer-1/SPAN4153GenInst.html>, as well as the MLA book. 

Final examination: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM - Monday, 11 May 2009.  FOURTH EVALUATION ENDS.  FOURTH COMPOSITION IS DUE TODAY, 11 MAY.

SAMPLES OF TESTS, FILMS, SLIDES, AND INFORMATION ABOUT "TRIALS"
Enlaces  a otros autores: 
Jiménez, Salinas, Guillén, Diego, Alonso, Cernuda, Aleixandre, Alberti, Ayala, Panero, Hernández, Marías, Hidalgo, Blas de Otero, Cela, Gironella, Santos, Gaite, Marsé, Ferlosio, Goytisolo, Peri Rossi, Moix, Mendicutti, Montero, Lucía Etxebarría, El teatro español del siglo XX.  El cine español.

Text:
  • Gibaldi, Joseph.  MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.  6th ed.  New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 2003.ISBN: 0-87352-986-3.
  • Ibarra, Fernando and Alberto Machado da Rosa, eds.  Antología de autores españoles.  Vol 2: Modernos.  New York: Macmillan, 1972.  ISBN: 0-02-359400-4. 


Recommended Dictionary:

  • Simon and Schuster's International Dictionary: English/Spanish.  Spanish/English.  2nd. Ed.  New York: Macmillan, 1997.  ISBN: 0-02-862013-5.
Course Description:
  • Analysis and discussion of significant literary selections by major Spanish writers from 1700 to the present.  Several films on masterpieces of Spanish literature will also be shown as additional learning tools. 
Grading practices:
  • Four quarterly (25% each) evaluations based on attendance (1=A; 2=B; 3=C; 4=D; 5=F),  class participation, individual presentations, written work (4 compositions [one per evaluation period] consisting of 3 pp. each), quizzes (if  needed), and group work (trial) activities.
Addenda: 
  • Students with disabilities:  Any student in this course who has a disability that may prevent him or her from fully demonstrating his or her abilities should contact me personally as soon as possible so we can discuss accomodations necessary to ensure full participation and facilitate your educational opportunities.
  • Academic misconduct:  Students should be aware that academic misconduct entails severe penalties and the resentment of honest students.  For your information, *Academic misconduct includes (a) cheating (using unauthorized materials, information, or study aids in any academic exercise), plagiarism, falsification of records, unauthorized possession of examinations, intimidation, and any and all other actions that may improperly effect the evaluation of a student's academic performance or achievement; (b) assisting others in any such act; or (c) attempts to engage in such acts. *Student Code Book, p. 21.  For any such act of misconduct charge must be made. If the charge is proven, the instructor assigns a predetermined grade penalty (maximum of F) and the Provost may take disciplinary action as severe as permanent expulsion.  For more detailed information, consult the Student Code Book. 

    •  

    For examination, compositions & presentations: 

    97-100  A+   (4.3)   Excellent 
     93-96   A     (4.0) 
     90-92   A-    (3.67) 
     87-89   B+   (3.33) 
     83-86   B     (3.00)  Good 
     80-82   B-    (2.67) 
     77-79   C+   (2.33) 
     73-76   C     (2.00)  Fair 
     70-72   C-    (1.67) 
     67-69   D+   (1.33) 
     63-66   D     (1.00)  Poor 
     60-62   D-    (0.67) 
       0-59   F      (0.00)  Fail 
     
    Grading Scales:
     

    For quizzes (10 pts.): 

      -1 pt.   = A 
      -2 pts. =  B 
      -3 pts. =  C 
      -4 pts. =  D 
      -5 pts. =  F 
     
     
     

    Attendance:

       A+  =  0 absences 
       A    =  1 absence 
       B    =  2 absences 
       C    =  3 absences 
       D    =  4 absences 
       F     =  5 or more 
    For class participation & Group Work Activities:

      A   (4)  =  maximum effort 
      B   (3)  =  good effort 
      C   (2)  =  average effort 
      D   (1)  =  minimun effort 
      F    (0)  =  no effort, absent 

    Homework & impromptu compositions:

      c   = credit  (work done well) 
      ½  = credit  (work done partially) 
      nc  = (work not done or not done well)

    NB: homework assignments become
    letter grades when they become cumulative,
    i.e., if a student completed 10 out of 10 
    homework assignments, s/he gets an A, 
    if 9, a B, if 8 a C, if 7 a D, etc.
    Extra credit is also possible (to be defined
    according to circumstances) 
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