Seeing Spanish
S06
Sonia Perez Villanueva
Does the general reside in the particular? In this course, students will have the opportunity to discuss this question through the art of portraits in the shape of poetry, prose, theater, and painting. They will witness key moments of the Spanish civil war through the particular eye of artists and writers such as Picasso and Miguel Hernández, among others. Students will be asked to write critical essays on a weekly basis where they will relate individual portraits to a more general view of the world. They will develop narrative and descriptive styles in the shape of paragraphs where they will show an expansion of strategies for interpersonal discourse. Research skills will be developed for the presentation of a final project. High-intermediate level.