SPAN 150 A New Hispanic Canon: Great Works in Translation (taught in English) 

This course will explore some of the great works that have been written in Spanish across a wide range of historical periods, national traditions, and genres. The course, taught in English, will provide an introduction to these important texts for students whose command of Spanish is not – yet! – sufficient to read them in the original Spanish. Students will be responsible for reading closely and critically all assigned materials, engaging in a serious and open-minded discussion of those materials, and helping to generate the questions that will guide our discussions. Students will develop critical skills to analyze the assigned readings in their historical, social, political and cultural context; we will also consider issues of translation as a literary and cultural practice. Last, but certainly not least, I hope that the course will encourage students to embrace their own reading process and create lifelong reading habits.