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ILAC 201: Modern Spanish Theater

Survey of Spanish theater from 19th- to 21st-centuries.
Terms: Win | Units: 3-5
Instructors: Surwillo, L. (PI)

ILAC 205: Medieval Iberia: Eight Centuries of Contact Between Christians, Muslims, and Jews (HISTORY 311K)

The course will approach medieval Iberia on the basis of fresh knowledge. An enduring cliché identifies medieval Iberia with contemporary Spain. Medieval Iberia consisted of several kingdoms: Al-Andalus, Portugal, Navarre, Castile, and the Crown of Aragon, itself a coalition of sovereignties including Catalonia, Aragon, Valencia, and Mallorca, each with its own laws, institutions and currencies. Moreover, medieval Iberia was neither a stage of permanent religious war --the Reconquista-- nor a haven of peace and tolerance among the three great religions that coexisted in the peninsula: Christians, Muslims and Jews. The historical reality is always more complex than the myths and platitudes that prevail in popularizing views of the past. And though the myths will be examined, as well as major historiographical disputes, the objective of the course is to study the interaction between the various Iberian societies, from conflict (conquest, colonization, destruction, captivity, slavery, forced conversion, persecution of dissidents) to coexistence. Instructor: Antoni Furió.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5

ILAC 207E: Renaissance Pastoralisms

Major works of Iberian pastoral lyric poetry and narrative fiction.nWhat made this classical mode so popular during the Renaissance andnbeyond? What are its essential characteristics? What does it tell usnabout early modern theories of humanity's relation to nature? Was itnmerely a form of erotic escapism or is something darker and morentroubling lurking between its lines? What can it teach us today aboutnnature, eros, ethics, death, and love? Authors include: Theocritus;nVirgil; Sannazaro; Garcilaso de la Vega; Montemayor; Ribeiro; Camões;nand Cervantes. Readings in English, Portuguese, and Spanish.nDiscussion in English.

ILAC 210: Queer Almodovar (FEMST 210)

Focus on the representation of non-normative sexualities and genders in films by Pedro Almodóvar, one of the most recognizable auteur directors in Europe today. Analysis of his hybrid and eclectic visual style complemented by critical and theoretical readings in queer studies. Taught in English.
Last offered: Spring 2013 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, WAY-EDP

ILAC 216: Comparative Cities: Travel Literature as Urban Experience in Catalan Culture

Comparative reflection on travel literature, focused on some major Western cities, taking as a starting point the reflections on travel by some of the most prominent Catalan writers in the 20th century. Catalan travel literature, whether autobiographical or in essay form, is often related to literary journalism and exile. The foremost Catalan authors take notice of cities like Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Venice, Buenos Aires and New York, at historically decisive times: the two World Wars, the rise of fascism in Italy, Spain and Germany, the Cold War, the emergence of the United States as a world power. In this sense, travel writers offer a double comparative vantage point: on the one hand, between their own literature and that of other European travel writers; on the other hand, between Barcelona and some of the greatest cities in the world. These contrasts, perceived through the literary lens, help us understand the cosmopolitanism and modernity of Catalan culture. Taught in Spanish; all readings available both in Catalan and Spanish, some readings also available in english.
Last offered: Autumn 2014

ILAC 218: Anticlericalism in the Iberian Novel of the 19th Century

The rapid social and cultural changes in which 19th-century novelists wrote; the anti-clerical stance as marker of society's attempts to modernize. Why were monks and priests reviled by many Spanish novelists? How and why did they re-write Spanish history around these figures? What was the role of the church and religious men in modern society? Questions of individualism, property, and labor in novels by major Iberian prose realists. In Spanish.
Last offered: Spring 2013

ILAC 219: Lusophone Africa

Focus on representative authors and works of modern Lusophone African literature (the literatures of Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé e Príncipe) as well as relevant work in post-colonial theory. Students may take the course in English (3 units) or in English and Portuguese (5 units). Students who choose to take the course for five units must attend the Friday Portuguese discussion section.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3-5

ILAC 223: The Generation of 1898 and Beyond

Preference for graduate students, majors are welcome. Course will focus on six major authors (Unamuno, Baroja, A. Machado, J. R. Jiménez, Valle-Inclán, García Lorca) and representative works, written between 1898 and 1930, dealing with an historical period of crisis and transition, and displaying major aesthetic innovations in both poetry and theater. Fundamental themes include the decline of feudal Galicia, the Spanish-Amrican War of 1898, the emergence and social activism of new social forces, and the struggle for and betrayal of democracy, expressed through the various genres of the novel, poetry, and theater. Major works of Antonio Machado, Juan Ramón Jiménez, and Federico García Lorca will be examined, with special emphasis on the historical context of the first three decades of the 20th century and their contributions to the development of 20th century Spanish lyric poetry. Taught in either English or Spanish, depending on course enrollment.
Last offered: Winter 2013

ILAC 224: Literature Inspired by the Spanish Republic and the Spanish Civil War

This course will deal with the significance of the Spanish Civil War in Iberian, European, and world history, through the literary works (poetry, theater, and novel) of major Spanish and Latin American writers. The war is anticipated in the poetry of Antonio Machado and in the theater of Garcia Lorca, dealt with directly in the poetry of Alberti and Hernandez, of Neruda (Chile), Vallejo (Peru), and N. Guillen (Cuba), and treated in the aftermath during the Franco dictatorship in the novels of Cela and Sender. Taught in English.
Last offered: Spring 2015

ILAC 235: Critique of Technology (STS 200L)

Informed citizens living in today's world, and especially in Silicon Valley, should be able to formulate their own, articulate positions about the role of technology in culture. The course gives students the tools to do so. Against the trend towards the thoughtless celebration of all things technological, we will engage in critique in the two senses of the term: as careful study of the cultural implications of technology and as balanced, argumentative criticism. Can technology make life more meaningful, society more fair, people smarter, and the world smaller? Selections by fiction writers, philosophers and thinkers (such as Heidegger and Beller), as well as recent popular works of social commentary, such as You are not a Gadget, The Shallows, 24/7, and Present Shock.
Terms: Win | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
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