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Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature
Florida Atlantic University
SPW 3012 Introduction to Peninsular Spanish Literature (3 credits)
Fall / Spring
Pre-requisites: SPN 3400 or SPN 3343 (with min C) or permission of instructor
This course is part of the Core Literature and Civilization courses required for a Spanish major
Class Location
Instructor’s Name
Office hours:
Class time
Office: CU 2xx
Tel. (561) 297-xxx
e-mail: @fau.edu
COURSE DESCRIPTION: SPW 3012 is designed to assist students in developing critical reading, writing,
and thinking skills through close reading and analysis of prose, poetry, essay, and drama selected from
Peninsular Spanish literary texts.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
 Learn about the development of Peninsular Spanish literature within its historical and cultural context
 Become familiar with the various literary movements
 Distinguish the basic characteristics of the various literary genres
 Acquire critical, theoretical, and technical vocabulary needed to analyze literary texts
 Develop analytical abilities necessary for undertaking the research and writing of a literary essay
 Refine the use of the Modern Language Association (MLA) style
 Enhance linguistic skills when expressing yourself in formal, academic Spanish
REQUIRED TEXTS:
Virgillo, Carmelo, L. Teresa Valdivieso, and Edward H. Friedman, eds. Aproximaciones al estudio de la
literatura hispánica. 7th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2012.
Blackwell, Frieda H. and Paul E. Larson. Guía básica de la crítica literaria y el trabajo de investigación.
Boston: Thomson Heinle, 2007.
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: The MLA, 2009.
Blackwell, Frieda H., and Paul E. Larson. Guía básica de la crítica literaria y el trabajo de investigación.
Boston: Heinle, 2007.
RECOMMENDED:
Foster, David William, Daniel Altamiranda, and Carmen de Urioste, eds. The Writer's Reference Guide to
Spanish. Austin: U of Texas P, 1999.
A good monolingual dictionary (such as the one online from the RAE) http://www.rae.es/rae.html
A good bilingual dictionary (Oxford, Collins, Vox)
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COURSE EVALUATION: (Majors need to pass this course with a grade of “C” or better)
Participation/Attendance
15%
Essays (4)
40%
Exams (3)
30%
Final exam
15%
PARTICIPATION and ATTENDANCE: It is important to attend class in order to participate actively in all of
our discussions. Students must carefully prepare the readings before coming to class. Excessive absences (more
than two without excuse) or arriving late or leaving early and/or the refusal to participate in class will result in a
lower grade. No make-ups, unless you have documented your absence.
There is NO make-up for participation, with the exception of the following, for which you will be awarded full
participation for the day by providing proper documentation:
 University-recognized religious holy days*
 Doctor’s visits
 Jury duty and other court-related appearances
 Prior approved and properly documented
University-sponsored activities that demand your
 Death in the family
presence
*For religious holy days, students must speak with me prior to missing class in order to receive participation
points. Notifications after the religious holy day will not be accepted.
ESSAYS: These will be 4-5 pages long. Written in Spanish and revised by you (double spaced, 1” margins,
Times New Roman 12, and respecting the most recent guidelines of the MLA Handbook. Each essay should
have an introductory paragraph, the analysis of the literary text, and a conclusion. These essays will be graded
based on our rubric which take into account if there is a thesis statement, the logical development of your idea,
the critical content, the expression and correct use of grammar and spelling. You must turn in the essay on the
due date at the beginning of class. No email work will be accepted. LATE WORK: I will accept work up to a
week late, but 5 points will be taken off per day late (including if you are “just printing it” after class).
The first essay will be reviewed by the profesor and returned to you for corrections and with a tentative/guiding
grade. Please review and resubmit in a week’s time. The first draft is 3 % of the 10% for that essay.
MLA EXCERCISE: To be turned in together with the second essay. The Student will provide a Works
Consulted page with 8 bibliographic entries of at least three different kinds (a book, a book chapter, and a peerreviewed article in a scholarly journal). No reviews, dissertations, websites, blogs. This exercise will consitute
2% of the grade for that second essay.
EXAMS: Will assess how well the student uses literary terms, critical and theoretical concepts as well as
situating the text(s) within a historical period and a literary movement. No make-ups unless there is a
documented excuse.
INCOMPLETES: Grades of Incomplete are reserved for students who are passing the course but have not
completed all the required work because of exceptional circumstances.
Academic Honor Code & Honors Statement
Students at Florida Atlantic University are expected to maintain the highest ethical standards. Academic
dishonesty, including cheating and plagiarism, is considered a serious breach of these ethical standards, because
it interferes with the University mission to provide a high quality education in which no student enjoys an unfair
advantage over any other. Academic dishonesty is also destructive of the University community, which is
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grounded in a system of mutual trust and places high value on personal integrity and individual responsibility.
Harsh penalties are associated with academic dishonesty. For more information, see the Code of Academic
Integrity in the University Regulations at
http://www.fau.edu/regulations/chapter4/4.001_Code_of_Academic_Integrity.pdf
Students are expected to uphold the Academic Honor Code.
ALL assignments that you turn in to your instructor for a grade must be your own work. This means that the use
of translator programs, excessive help from tutors or anyone else on graded assignments constitutes academic
dishonesty. If your instructor suspects that an assignment completed outside of class is not entirely your own
work, your instructor has the right to ask you to redo that assignment in his or her presence during office hours.
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY ON ANY ASSIGNMENTS OR EXAMS IS GROUNDS FOR FAILURE IN
THE COURSE.
By remaining enrolled in this course past the end of Drop /Add, you are agreeing to:
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uphold The Academic Honor System of Florida Atlantic University, and
accept accountability for the course requirements, the course expectations, and the attendance policy
stated in this document.
attend the final exam which takes place as scheduled by the University.
For further information on plagiarism and how to avoid it (including proper documentation of sources), see
Section 2 of the MLA Handbook, 7th ed. (pp. 51-61).
92-100
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90-91 88-89
AB+
82-87
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GRADING SCALE
80-81 78-79 72-77 70-71 68-69 66-67
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C
CD+
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64- 65 0-63
DF
IMPORTANT DATES:
dd/mm: Last day at 5 p.m. to drop/add courses without consequences; courses are fee liable after this date.
$100 late registration fee after this date.
dd/mm-dd/mm: Grace period – Students responsible for payment of tuition & fees; no “W” for dropped
courses; drops noted on student records as “W” after this period.
dd/mm: Last day to do a complete withdrawal and receive a 25% tuition adjustment.
dd/mm: Last day to drop a course or withdraw without receiving an “F” in each course.
Important Dates: Go to the following link to the FAU academic calendar to find important dates
http://www.fau.edu/registrar/acadcal.php
Classroom etiquette policy:
Cell Phones and Electronic Devices
The use of cell phones and electronic devices is prohibited in class. All cell phones should be turned off before
the start of class (not set on “vibrate,” but turned OFF). If you have a medical or family emergency and need to
receive a call during class, you should inform your instructor before class. Students without authorization who
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use cell phones and electronic devices in class may be dismissed from class and counted as being absent for the
day. In order that the University may notify students of a campus-wide emergency, either the instructor’s, or a
designated student’s cell phone will be set to vibrate during class.
Student E‐Mail Policy
Effective August 1, 2004, FAU adopted the following policy:
“When contacting students via e‐mail, the University will use only the student’s FAU e‐mail address. This will
ensure that e‐mail messages from FAU administration and faculty can be sent to all students via a valid address.
E‐mail accounts are provided automatically for all students from the point of application to the University. The
account will be disabled one year post‐graduation or after three consecutive semesters of non‐enrollment.”
E-mailing Your Instructor
Please use your FAU account when e-mailing your instructor. If you use a personal e-mail account (e.g.,
hotmail, yahoo, g-mail, etc.) your instructor will not know whether the message is junk mail, and therefore, will
not respond. FAU e-mail is considered by the university to be official communication, and you should therefore
address your instructor appropriately (e.g., Dear Ms., Mr., Sr., etc.), sign your name, and use a respectful tone.
Instructors will not respond to e-mails that do not address them directly, and/or are not signed, and/or are not
sent from your official FAU e-mail address.
Americans with Disabilities Act
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), students who require special accommodation
due to a disability to properly execute coursework must register with the Office for Students with Disabilities
(OSD) – in Boca Raton, SU 133 (561-297-3880); in Davie, MOD 1 (954-236-1222); in Jupiter, SR 117 (561799-8585); or at the Treasure Coast, CO 128 (772-873-3305) – and follow all OSD procedures. Bring a letter to
your instructor from the OSD indicating that you need academic accommodations no later than the second week
of classes.
In accordance with the OSD’s rules and regulations, students must turn in an Exam Sign-Up Sheet at least one
week before the date on which each exam is scheduled. Please contact OSD for more information.
COURSE OUTLINE:
Week 1
Introducción al curso
Leer “La literatura como arte y fenómeno estético,” Aproximaciones pp. 2-8
Leer Guía pp. 1-12 y 63-64 + 72-73
Workshop at the Library (using the online databases, the Purdue Owl site, etc.)
Week 2
Introducción a la narrativa
Leer Aproximaciones: pp. 10-19
Práctica: 1b, 1c, 1f, 1h; 2a, 2b; 3a, 3b; 4a, 4c, 4d; 5; 6b, 6c; 7 (pp. 19-24)
Panorama histórico y categorías fundamentales: “El género,” “El Cid,” “La prosa renacentista,”
“Cervantes,” “La narrativa del barroco,” “La novella del “Siglo, “El espíritu liberal,” “El
realismo,” “Galdós,” “La Generación del 98,” “…la posguerra,” “El despotismo militar,” “La
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narrativa española contemporánea,” “La mujer hispánica,” “La mujer hispánica,” “La nueva
narrativa” pp. 24-40
Práctica: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 (pág. 40)
Guía general para el lector pág.41
Week 3
Don Juan Manuel: “Lo que sucedió a un mozo…” pp. 42-46
Leer Guía, pp. 13-38
Emilia Pardo Bazán: “Las medias rojas” pp. 50-53
Leer Guía, pp. 39-48
Entregar PRIMER ENSAYO sobre: Soledas Puértolas: “Historias sencillas” pp. 102-09
Week 4
Ana María Matute: “Pecado de omission” pp. 79-83
Miguel de Unamuno: San Manuel Bueno, mártir pp. 110-35
Week 5
Prueba 1: La narrativa
Introducción al drama
Leer Aproximaciones: pp. 251-65
Práctica: A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 para fragmento c; B1, B2, B3, B4 para c, d, e, f (pp. 265-73),
Week 6
Panorama histórico y categorías fundamentales: pp. 273-89; “El drama,” “La tragedia
grecolatina,” “EL teatro medieval,” “El…tipo religioso,” “El …secular,” “Juan del Encina,” “La
Celestina,” “Lope de Vega,” “Cervantes,” “Lope y Calderón,” “Los herederos…,” “El
romanticismo,” “Galdós,” “…gobierno franquista,” “…de las últimas décadas”
Práctica: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8,9, 11, 12 (pp. 289-90) y Guía general para el lector pp. 290-91
Cervantes: “El juez de los divorcios” pp. 292-99
Leer Guía pp. 70-72
García Lorca: La casa de Bernarda Alba pp. 335-47
Entregar SEGUNDO ENSAYO sobre: Paloma Pedrero: “Resguardo personal” pp. 327-35
Week 7
García Lorca: La casa de Bernarda Alba pp. 348-60
García Lorca: La casa de Bernarda Alba pp. 360-71
Week 8
PRUEBA 2: El drama
Introducción a la poesía
Leer Aproximaciones: pp. 138-51, El lenguaje literario pp. 148-54 y Práctica pp. 151-52
Práctica: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 aplicado a los poemas a, b, c (pp. 151-52)
Week 9
Leer Aproximaciones: pp. 152-58.
Práctica: A2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 (pág. 158)
B1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20 (pp. 159-60); C1 (pág. 160)
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Leer Aproximaciones: “La poesía,” “La épica medieval,” “El humanismo,” “EL Siglo de Oro,”
“Los grandes místicos,” “La lírica del barroco,” “La Ilustración,” “El romanticismo,” “La
Generación del 98,” “La lírica posmodernista,” “La Generación del 27,” La poesía española…,”
“…de los últimos años,” “La lírica…,” (pp. 160-72)
Guía general para el lector, pág. 173
Práctica: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 14, 16 (pp. 172-73)
Leer Guía pp. 64-70
Week 10
Garcilaso de la Vega: “Soneto IV” pp. 176-78
Santa Teresa de Jesús: “Nada te turbe” pp. 179-81
San Juan de la Cruz: “Noche obscura” pp. 181-83
Luis de Góngora: “Soneto CLXVI” pp. 184-85
Francisco de Quevedo: “Amante agradecido…” pp. 188-89
José de Espronceda: “Canción del pirate” pp. 192-94
Week 11
Bécquer: “Rima XI” pp. 198-99
Antonio Machado: “La saeta” pp. 211-12
Introducción al ensayo (pp. 374-80)
Práctica: 1a, 1c, 1d; 2b, 2e; 3e (pp.381-84)
Week 12
Entregar TERCER ENSAYO sobre: Lope de Vega: “Rimas sacras” pp. 186-87
PRUEBA 3: La poesía
Panorama histórico y categorías fundamentales: “El ensayo,” “Los Essais,” “Francis Bacon,”
“Finalidad,” “Oratoria,” (pp. 384-85); “El ensayo impersonal,” “La didáctica” “El ensayo
español,” “Las dos vertientes,” “..objetivo en la Península,” “..de tipo personal,” “Larra,”
“…Generación del 98,” “Menéndez y Pelayo,” “Ortega y Gasset,” “…de la posguerra,” “La
nueva ensayística” (pp.392-98)
Práctica: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 13, 14, 18 (pp. 399-400)
Guía general para el lector pág. 400
Week 13
Mariano José de Larra: “Vuelva usted mañana” pp. 401-11
Un ensayo corto de Ortega y Gasset
Evaluaciones del curso
Week 14
Un ensayo corto de María Zambrano
Selecciones de Unamuno y Del sentimiento trágico de la vida
Week 15
Week 16
Entregar CUARTO ENSAYO sobre Menéndez y Pelayo: pp. 94-101
EXAMEN FINAL (el ensayo)