Fall 2016

Courses Offered:
Summer 2016
May 3-June 17, 2016
TWF 9:00-12:20 A01
Professor Daniela Lorenzi
This summer immerse yourself in the basics of Italian language and culture – without
leaving home! In this course you will learn the fundamentals of Italian grammar and,
by the end, will have a solid grounding in the language and a basic reading
knowledge of Italian (with the aid of a dictionary). Three hours a day of instruction
and practice affords a unique opportunity to concentrate on its acquisition and
application – all in an enjoyable, supportive group environment.
Summer 2016
3 credits
If you know a little Spanish or none at all, Spanish 149
(equivalent to SPAN 100A and B) is the course for you.
Learn essential vocabulary and the basics of Spanish
grammar in a friendly and encouraging environment.
Time will also be dedicated each afternoon to activities
related to Spanish and Latin American history and
culture (music, art, literature, and film, etc.).
May 5 – June 30 MWR 6:00 -8:50
Professor: Alicia Ulysses
July 4 – August 19 TWF 1:00 – 4:20
Professor: Chrissie Forster
Students considering registering should do so as soon
as possible to ensure confirmation of the course.
Summer courses are characterized by small class sizes
and increased individual attention, but the minimum
enrollment must be met before the course start date
in order to avoid cancellation. Successful participants
will be eligible to register in 2nd year level Spanish
courses in the fall term.
Summer 2016
Online
Professor Silvia Colas Cardona
Barcelona, a city of around
1.5 million inhabitants, is
visited by more than seven
million tourists a year.
The international attention
received by the city in recent
decades, particularly since
hosting the 1992 Olympic
Games,has had a profound influence on the construction of the Barcelonian urban
space, often more directed towards fulfilling the preconceived expectations of the
visitors than to satisfy the needs of its inhabitants/citizens. In this course, we will
use film to explore this cultural construction of what Manuel Delgado calls a “TopModel City”, inspired by the foreign gaze, and exemplified by the ultimate postcard
construction of this city: Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona. We will also
address the vision of the other Barcelona by Mexican director Alejandro Iñárritu in
his film Biutiful, the one that exists only steps away but remains invisible.
(Prerequisite: Minimum second-year standing.) (NOTES: May be taken more than once for
credit in different topics to a maximum of 3 units.)
Immerse yourself in Italian culture through various courses in
language and literature.
Fall 2016
TWF 9:30-10:20 A01
11:30-12:20 A02
1:30-2:20 A03
Professor Estelle Kurier/TBA
This introductory Italian class will acquaint students
with the pronunciation and structure of the Italian
language, as well as some cultural aspects.
Spring 2017
TWF 11:30-12:20 A01
TBA
Italian 100B will build
on skills acquired in
100A.
Language knowledge
will be developed
and deepened by inclass practice,
reading, music,
projects, and fun
cultural activities!
Spring 2017
TWF 12:30-1:20
Professor Beatriz de Alba Koch
What men and women left an enduring mark in Hispanic and Italian culture? How are
they represented in literature and the arts? This course focuses on a limited selection of
early modern key political, artistic and/or literary figures such as Moctezuma, Christopher
Columbus, Hernán Cortés, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Artemisia Gentileschi, Saint Teresa and
Sor Juana. (NOTE: Credit will be granted for only one of 150, 209, SPAN 150)
Instructor: Beatriz de Alba-Koch; Time: TWF 12:30-1:30
Fall 2016
TWF 9:30-10:20 A01
Professor Marina Bettaglio
This course builds on first year Italian and introduces
students to Italian cultural production in the form of short
readings, movies, and songs.
Spring 2017
TWF 9:30-10:20 A01
Professor: TBA
Sign up for Italian 250B and have
fun reading, writing, and speaking
in Italian. You will improve your
existing skills and learn even
more!
You worked hard in your previous
Italian courses, and now you will
continue to apply what you have
learned and prepare for a trip to
Italy - maybe even a Certificate, a
Minor, or a Major in Italian at
UVic!
Fall 2016
TWF 11:30-12:20
Prof. M. Bettaglio
Italian 350 will continue to build
on the skills acquired in Italian
100 & 250 levels. Focus will be
on reading, listening, speaking,
writing, and translation skills.
Spring 2017
R 2:30-5:20
Dr. Marina Bettaglio
Are you looking for a tasty course?
Italian 305 is a cultural studies course
centering on the role of food in
Italian culture. It explores the rich
culinary tradition of Italy and its
diversity throughout history. It shows
how food is a key cultural component
of Italian society and how the Slow
Food Movement reflects
contemporary concerns about food
production and consumption.
Note: This is not a cooking course.
Fall 2016
M/R 10:00-11:20
Professor Joseph Grossi
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was a
cultural juggernaut, the father of the
Renaissance, the creator of modernity,
even the inventor of romantic love. Or
maybe he was none of those things, but
just one of the shrewdest selfpromoters of 14th-century Italy, or
indeed of any time or place. Through the
poems of his Canzoniere and selections
from his prose, Italian 472B will confront
Petrarch in his many roles as love poet,
scholar, political commentator, recluse,
moralist, philosopher, iconoclast,
celebrity and egomaniac. We'll read
Petrarch's works in English translation
but also savour excerpts in the original
Italian and Latin.
Grammar
Literature
Special Topics
400 Level Courses
2016/2017
SPAN 100A Beginners’ Spanish I
SPAN 100B Beginners’ Spanish II
The first year of Spanish language is taught in two regular terms as
Spanish 100A and Spanish 100B. Each course is offered in both the Fall
and Spring Terms with regular 50 minute-classes three times a week.
At the end of Spanish 100A, the student will be able to write and read
short sentences using the present tense.
By the end of Spanish 100B, the student will be able to write a short
composition, and to read and understand basic Spanish using the past
tense and the subjunctive, for example.
These two courses are the backbone of Spanish grammar for subsequent
learning of the language.
Fall 2016
SPAN 100A
A01 – TWF 9:30 -10:20 – Alicia Ulysses
A02 – TWF 9:30 -10:20 – Rosa Stewart
A03 – TWF 10:30 -11:20 – Rosa Stewart
A04 – TWF 10:30 -11:20 – Chrissie Forster
A05 – TWF 11:30 -12:20 – Alicia Ulysses
A06 – TWF 12:30 -1:20 – Alicia Ulysses
A07 – TWF 1:30 -2:20 – Chrissie Forster
SPAN 100B
A01 – TWF 12:30 – 1:20 – Chrissie Forster
Spring 2017
SPAN 100A
A01 – TWF 9:30 -10:20 – Alicia Ulysses
A02 – TWF 11:30 -12:20 – Dan Russek
SPAN 100B
A01 – TWF 9:30 -10:20 – Rosa Stewart
A02 – TWF 10:30 -11:20 – Rosa Stewart
A03 – TWF 11:30 -12:20 – Alicia Ulysses
A04 – TWF 12:20 -1:20 – Rosa Stewart
A05 – TWF 1:30 -2:20 – Alicia Ulysses
Fall 2016
TWF 10:30-12:30
Professor Gabriela McBee
Spanish 149 is a fast paced
beginners’ language course
(SPAN100A + B). We start by
acquiring basic vocabulary
and learning simple
grammatical structures and
verb conjugations. We then
build on that foundation by
adding more advanced grammar
and increasing familiarity with important language concepts. The objective is
that at the end you will have a basic command of written and oral Spanish.
With successful completion of SPAN149 you are ready to take second year
Spanish courses.
Spring 2017
TWF 10:30-12:20
Professor Chrissie Forster
This course is designed to give the
student a thorough review of the
grammatical concepts presented in
Spanish 100A, 100B, & 149 and to expand
them to a degree appropriate to the
intermediate level. Emphasis will be
placed on practice in composition,
translation and conversation. Time will
also be dedicated each afternoon to
activities related to Spanish and Latin
American history and culture (music, art,
literature, and film, etc.).
Fall 2016
TWF A01 9:30-10:20
AO2 10:30 -11:20
A03 12:30-1:20
Professor Silvia Colas Cardona
Expand your knowledge of the grammatical concepts and structures
presented in first-year Spanish. This course is designed to gradually
increase your writing, reading, speaking and listening skills while
exploring the cultures of the Hispanic World. Classes will be
conducted in Spanish, with English used only when necessary.
Spring 2017
TWF AO2 10:30 -11:20
Professor: Alicia Ulysses
A01 9:30-10:20
A03 12:30-1:20
Professor Silvia Colás Cardona
Expand and consolidate the skills you
acquired in SPAN 250A. We will
continue using Spanish as the language
of instruction, fostering the use of the
target language in the classroom.
Students who intend to do Major or
Honours work in Hispanic Studies
should take this course in the second
year; but it also may also be taken as
an elective.
SPAN 255
Communicating in Spanish
The objective of this
course is to give the
students an
opportunity to expand
communication skills.
We will use a variety
of materials, including
readings and video
clips, as a basis for
conversation and
writing practice.
Students will also do
presentations in pairs
and individually.
Fall 2016
TWF 1:30-2:20
Professor Rosa Stewart
Fall 2016/Spring 2017
TWF 9:30 -10:20
Professor Chrissie Forster
Spanish 350A is designed to give the student a thorough review of the
grammatical concepts presented in Spanish 250 and to expand them to a
degree appropriate to the advanced level. Emphasis will be placed on practice,
composition and translation. In Spanish 350B, we will complement the
grammar textbook with a selected literary work from Spain or Spanish America
(eg. Gabriel García Márquez: “La aventura de Miguel Littín, Clandestino en
Chile”), and dedicate every second Friday to conversation and cultural activities
related to the reading.
Spring 2017
Thursday 2:30 -5:30
Professor Chrissie Forster
The objective of this course is to offer the
student a panoramic vision of contemporary
Hispanic cinema. Participants will be
introduced to a variety of cinematic genres (eg.
Historical Drama, Comedy, Horror, Social
Realism and Documentary) representing four
main regions of filmmaking: Spain, North and
Central America, The Caribbean, and South
America.
The class is not meant to replace a course on
cinematography, history, art or political
science, but rather to complement other
disciplines by offering a cultural (and not
technical) analysis of the selected works.
Fall 2016
Tuesdays 2:30 – 5:30
Professor Alicia Ulysses
SPAN 205
A History of Violence:
The Mexican Drug Wars
from the 1970’s to
Present
Fall 2016
TWF 12:30-1:20
Professor Rosa Stewart
The objective of this course is to
give the student an overview of the
culture of Spain. Through the use of
readings, slides, music, art,
literature and film we will explore
the rich diversity and uniqueness of
Spain and her people. Students will
do short writing exercises on four
topics: music, food, art and film and
will do a final project that involves a
presentation as well. You will have a
chance to sample some Spanish
food, too!
Spring 2017
TWF 1:30-2:20
Professor Rosa Stewart
In this course we will learn about Mexican
culture through food. To help us in this
culinary cruise, we will read a variety of
materials: historical pieces, cookbook
entries and literary texts. We will also
examine a few well-known festivals and
the foods that are traditionally associated
with them. Moreover, some films in which
food plays an important character will be
viewed. The first part of the class will
focus on Mexico while the last two weeks
we will shift focus to “Tex-Mex” cuisine in
the US and Canada.
Spring 2017
TWF 1:30 -2:20
Professor Silvia Colás Cardona
This course will allow you to use the knowledge acquired in previous Spanish language
courses and apply it in a practical way to further develop your writing skills in Spanish. We
will explore different texts that will serve as examples for the written assignments, such
as narrations, descriptions and journalistic articles. We will also learn to incorporate
different linguistic elements such as humor or irony in the writing practices. The course is
designed to help you acquire progressively the writing skills necessary to write essays in
Spanish as you gear towards third and fourth-year courses, where essays written in
Spanish are part of the requirements.
Spring 2017
M/R 10:00 -11:20
Professor Gregory Andrachuk
Villains and heroes, saints and thieves, explorers and
stay-at-homes, ‘conquistadors’ and indigenous peoples,
…all these and more are found in the history and
literature of Spain and new Spain.
Fall 2016
TWF 1:30 -2:30
Professor Beatriz de Alba Koch
Through major works of fiction and non-fiction we explore the
conquest and colonization of the New World, quotidian life in
Baroque cities, love and the search for the sublime.
Spring 2017
TWF 12:30 -1:20
Professor Dan Russek
An introduction to the works of major Spanish American
authors including short fiction, essays and poetry from 1900
to the present.
Spring 2017
TWF 10:30 -11:30
Professor Silvia Colás Cardona
During the sixties, the Spanish Government constructed an image of the country to
promote tourism, its most popular logo being Spain is different; this touristic image of
Spain still lingers. Our goal in this course will be to question and change this
perception by exploring Spain’s cultural and linguistic diversity.
Fall 2016
TWF 11:30 – 12:20
Professor Matthew Koch
Topics include Creole patriotism, the Enlightenment and Latin America, the
growth of antislavery sentiment and the emergence of Dessalines, Bolívar,
Hidalgo, and Morelos as leaders of independence movements. Explores the
destabilizing battles between conservatives and liberals in the newly created
nations focussing on Argentina, Colombia, México and Perú.
Spring 2017
TWF 12:30 -1:30
Professor M. Koch
The Mexican, Nicaraguan and Cuban revolutions, music and nationalism, the populism
of Getúlio Vargas and Eva Perón, changing attitudes towards Indigenous culture and
the struggle against racism in Brazil. Marxism from Mariátegui to "Che" Guevara, a
half-century of the Castro brothers and the long history of guerrilla warfare in
Colombia. How a region that produced Frida Kahlo and Tarsila do Amaral was slow to
accept an enhanced role for women in the public sphere.
Fall 2016
Thursday 2:30-5:30
Monday 2:30 -3:30 (t)
Professor Dan Russek
The course explores the most important themes, protagonists and contributions
of Mexican Cinema in the twentieth and twenty-first century.
Fall 2016
M/R 11:30 -1:00
Professor Dan Russek
The course offers a chronological survey of Argentine writer
Jorge Luis Borges’ most representative works in verse and
prose. It will involve an introduction to the life and works of
the most famous Latin American writer of the 20th Century.
Spring 2017
MR 11:30 – 12:50
Professor Gregory Andrachuk
Have you ever wondered where a certain Spanish word comes from? Why
Spanish speakers in different countries have different accents? Why a Mexican will use the
word alberca where a Spaniard would say piscina?
This course looks at the development of the Spanish language, that is Castilian, from its roots
in Latin, and at the influence of Arabic and other languages on Spanish. The course deals with
the use and development of language in general and of Spanish, Castilian in particular.
Spring 2017
MR 1:00 – 2:20
Professor: Pablo Restrepo-Gautier
Improve your Spanish while you learn to translate texts from a
variety of fields and get hands on experience translating and
subtitling movie and television scripts.
Fall 2016
Wednesday 2:30 -5:30
Friday (T) 2:30 -3:30
Professor Silvia Colás Cardona
This course has two different
components. On the one hand, we
will use recent Spanish and Latin
American films to foster
conversation in Spanish at an
advanced level. On the other
hand, we will focus on the further
development of your writing skills
through current social, economic
and political issues in Spain.
Spring 2017
Tuesday 2:30 -5:30
Professor Beatriz de Alba Koch
The goal of the course is twofold: to offer students a multidisciplinary
perspective on the topic of gender in Latin America, and to allow students the
opportunity to pursue a specific research interest relating to this topic. Here are
some of the questions the course or your research paper may answer: How have
women mobilized themselves in Latin America? Is there a Latin American
feminist perspective? How are masculinities played out in Latin America?