SPAN 403 - Directed Individual Study

Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.

Prerequisites: At least nine credits of 300-level Spanish and permission of the department head. Taught in Spanish. Nature and content of course to be determined by students’ needs and by instructors acquainted with their earlier preparation and performance. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.

Winter 2015 topic:

SPAN 403-01: Directed Independent Study: Antonio Machado: Campos de Castilla (3). The course will examine the evolution of the poetry of Antonio Machado as evidenced in his book, Campos de Castilla. It will focus on three major aspects of the content of the book: the attempt to create a contemporary ballad in Tierras de Alvargonzález, Machado´s expression of personal grief in the cycle of poems dedicated to his deceased wife, and Machado´s political and moral vision of the Spain of his time. Work will include the oral and written analyses of individual poems as well as the preparation of appropriate digital materials. The course will meet six hours per week for six weeks. Boetsch