Department of Spanish
Dunton Tower 1419

The Department
  Chair of the Department:
      Ross Larson
  Departmental Supervisor of Graduate Studies:
      C.A. Marsden

The Department of Spanish offers a master's program, with specialization in
either Peninsular or Spanish-American literature, or a combination of both.

All requests for more information concerning the program should be addressed
to the departmental supervisor of graduate studies. The department will
supply reading lists for individual courses and for the general comprehensive
examination, and a brochure containing details of particular requirements and
other information related to Spanish studies at Carleton.

Master of Arts

 Admission Requirements

  The requirements for admission to the master's program are outlined in the
  general section of this calendar.

 Program Requirements

  The minimum program requirements for master's candidates are stated in the
  general section.

  The master's program may be undertaken in one of the following optional
  patterns:

  *   Three full courses (or the equivalent, not including 38.595), and a
      thesis equivalent to two full courses

  *   Five full courses (or the equivalent, not including 38.595)

  The department also requires all students to undertake general
  comprehensive examinations, and to complete a non-credit tutorial on
  bibliography and research methods.

  In certain circumstances, students wishing to study aspects of Hispanic
  literature not specific-ally offered by the department may enroll in
  Spanish 38.590 or 38.591: Directed Studies, if a specialist in the desired
  field is available.

  All courses taken by graduate students shall be chosen in consultation
  with the department. From time to time certain courses offered by other
  departments may be accepted as part of the master's program in Spanish,
  and special arrangements may occasionally be made to undertake part of the
  program at universities in Spanish-speaking countries.

  Ph.D. in Madrid for M.A. Graduates from Carleton

    Students who complete their M.A. in Spanish at Carleton University will be
    able to register in the Ph.D. program in Spanish literature at the
    Universidad Autonoma de Madrid under an exchange agreement between the two
    universities. Details of this program are available from the chair of the
    Department of Spanish and the director of Carleton International.

Selection of Courses

The following senior undergraduate courses are open to students in the
qualifying-year program and, with permission to students in the M.A. program.

  Spanish
      38.402  Theories of Literature
      38.415  Medieval Spanish Literature from the Origins through 1300
      38.416  Medieval Spanish Literature, 1300-1500
      38.420  Cervantes
      38.430  Modern Spanish Novel
      38.431  Contemporary Spanish Novel
      38.435  Modern Spanish Drama
      38.436  Contemporary Spanish Drama
      38.440  Modern Spanish Poetry
      38.441  Contemporary Spanish Poetry
      38.460  Twentieth-Century Spanish-American Novel I
      38.461  Twentieth-Century Spanish-American Novel II
      38.470  Twentieth-Century Spanish-American Poetry I
      38.471  Twentieth-Century Spanish-American Poetry II
      38.490  Seminar on a Special Topic
      38.491  Seminar on a Special Topic
      38.492  Special Studies

Graduate Courses

* Spanish 38.506F1
  History of the Spanish Language II
  Historical Grammar of the Spanish Language Synchronic and diachronic study
  of the phonetic, morphological, and syntactic structure of Spanish.
  José Jurado.

* Spanish 38.520W1
  Special Topic on Golden Age
  Topic for 1992-93: Góngora: Close textual reading of major and minor works
  of Góngora against a background of previous and current attitudes toward
  culteranismo and conceptismo.
  C.A. Marsden.

* Spanish 38.530F1
  Problems of Modern Spanish Literature
  Taught by a visiting professor from Madrid under the terms of the
  Madrid-Carleton Agreement. Topic to be announced.

* Spanish 38.560T2
  Aspects of Spanish-American Literature after 1888
  Topic for 1992-93: The Spanish-American Novel Since 1947.
  Analysis and interpretation of works by Asturias, Carpentier, Rulfo,
  Vargas Llosa, Fuentes, Cortázar, García Márquez, and others.
  Ross Larson.

* Spanish 38.570W1
  Special Problems in Spanish-American Literature
  Topic for 1992-93: The Prose and Poetry of Nicolás Guillén.
  An analysis of the prose writings and the poesía sintetizante of Cuba's
  national poet. Special emphasis will be given to the ethnicity factor, to
  literary aesthetics and to the new phase of literary Americanism that
  Guillén's humanism and his writings on racism, culture and revolution
  represent.
  R.L.Jackson.

* Spanish 38.590T2, S2
  Directed Studies

* Spanish 38.591F1, W1, S1
  Directed Studies

* Spanish 38.595F1, W1, S1
  Directed Readings
  Additional half courses, designed in particular for students requiring
  special assistance in preparing for comprehensive examinations.
  Students are required to be enrolled in this course at the time of taking
  the examination.

* Spanish 38.599F, W, S
  M.A. Thesis

Courses Not Offered in 1992-93

    38.505  History of the Spanish Language I
    38.515  Aspects of Medieval Literature
    38.525  Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature
    38.550  Aspects of Spanish-American Literature