Department of Spanish

Dunton Tower 1419
Telephone: 520-2109

The Department

Chair of the Department: F.J. Hernández

Departmental Supervisor of Graduate Studies: Ross Larson

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 University.

Master of Arts

Admission Requirements

The requirements for admission to the master's program are outlined in the General Regulations section of this Calendar.

Program Requirements

The minimum program requirements for master's candidates are stated in the General Regulations section of this Calendar.

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

• 3.0 credits (or the equivalent, not including 38.595), and a thesis equivalent to 2.0 credits
• 5.0 credits (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 specifically offered by the Department may enrol 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.

International Programs for M.A. Graduates from Carleton: Madrid, Buenos Aires

Under the terms of two exchange agreements, stu dents who successfully complete the M.A. in Spanish at Carleton University may register in the Ph.D. program in Spanish literature at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid or the Ph.D. program in Hispanic literature at the Universidad de Buenos Aires.^s

Students who have completed a B.A. at Carleton may also register in master's level courses at the Universidad de Buenos Aires.

Details of these programs 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 38.515W1
  Special Topic on Medieval Literature
  Topic for 1996-97: The Medieval Spanish Epic
  A study of the medieval Spanish epic poems and narratives. The cycle of works related to the figure of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, the Cid, will be the main topic of study.
  F.J. Hernández.
• Spanish 38.520F1
  Special Topic on Golden Age
  Topic for 1996-97: 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 38.560W1
  Aspects of Spanish-American Literature after 1888
  Topic for 1996-97: Games and Play in Spanish- American Fiction
  A study of the function of lexical and conceptual play, interior duplication of mythological and literary models, allegories, parodies, enigmas, doubles and other ludic devices in self-conscious Spanish-American narratives.
  Ross Larson.
• Spanish 38.570F1
  Special Problems in Spanish-American Literature II
  Topic for 1996-97: Literature by Writers of African Descent
  The development of literary blackness in Spanish America, with a focus on major black authors in order to determine their racial, social, and literary significance.
  R.L. Jackson.
• Spanish 38.570W1
  Special Problems in Spanish-American Literature
  Topic for 1996-97: The Generation of Dramatists of 1954 in Chile and Argentina
  A study of the generational theory (Ortega and Marías) and application of the theory to the twentieth-century Chilean and Argentinian dramatists Díaz, Wolff, Dragún, and Gambaro.
  P.J. Roster
• 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 1996-97

• 38.505 History of the Spanish Language I
• 38.506 History of the Spanish Language II
• 38.525 Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature
• 38.550 Aspects of Spanish-American Literature before 1888