School of Languages, Literatures and Comparative Literary Studies:  Spanish


Dunton Tower 1419
Telephone: 520-2109

The School


Acting Director:
P.J Roster
Assistant Director (Spanish):
Ross Larson

Spanish offers a program of study leading to an M.A. degree, 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 assistant director (Spanish). Spanish 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 M.A. program may be undertaken in one of the following optional patterns:

The School 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 School 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 School. From time to time certain courses offered by other departments may be accepted as part of the M.A. 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.

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 assistant director (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

38.480 Spanish American Theatre I

38.481 Spanish American Theatre 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 1997-98: Romancing the History
    The oral romance epics and the writing of official historical accounts in thirteenth-century Castile.
    F.J. Hernández.
  • Spanish 38.520F1
    Special Topic on Golden Age Topic for 1997-98: 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 38.530W1
    Problems of Modern Spanish Literature Topic for 1997-98: Memory and Identity in the Contemporary Spanish Novel
    An examination of the tradition of autobiographical novel writing in Spain and its revival in the twentieth century.
    F.Veas.
  • Spanish 38.550F1
    Aspects of Spanish-American Literature before 1888
    Topic for 1997-98: Travel Writing in the Age of Conquest
    An examination of the conventions of travel writing as a form of observing and representing at the time of the exploration and conquest of Spanish America.
    J.L. Urbina.
  • 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 1997-98


    38.505 History of the Spanish Language I

    38.506 History of the Spanish Language II

    38.525 Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature

    38.560 Aspects of Spanish-American Literature after 1888

    38.570 Special Problems in Spanish-American Literature