SPAN 313-314: Spanish Conversation & Culture

Spanish Conversation and Culture provides students with a deeper understanding of the history, culture, and literature of the Spanish-speaking world. A guided reading of Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote (in translation) forms the heart of the course and gives students familiarity with the keystone work of Spanish literature, as well as a nuanced understanding of the Hispanophone world during its formative “golden age.” This reading is supplemented by the study of current events and selected historical episodes from Central and South America.