Department of Spanish and Portuguese
The University of Texas at Austin
Spanish 328: Spanish Civilization
Professor Madeline Sutherland-Meier Fall 2009
Office: Benedict Hall 4.134 Unique Numbers: 48120, 48125, 48130, 48135
Phone: 232-4513 Lecture: MWF 10 - 11 UTC 3.110
E-mail: madelinesm@austin.utexas.edu Section Meetings: F 12-1 OR 1-2
Office Hours: Wednesdays 2:00 - 3:30, Unique # of my section _________________
Thursdays 2:30 – 4:0 and by appointment My section meets at ____ in ____________
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Spanish Civilization provides an overview of the geography, history, art, architecture, music, and literature of Spain.
Prerequisite: SPN 612 or SPN 312L.
Course Schedule
August 26 Organizational Meeting
Introduction to the course, review syllabus, hand out map exercise for Friday,
see Rick Steve’s Europe: The Majesty of Madrid
August 28 The Geography of Spain
Read Kattán-Ibarra, Chapter 1
Review map exercise
Discussion Sections will meet.
August 31 From the Earliest Inhabitants to the Romans
Kattán-Ibarra, Chapter 2: 19-30
Homework #1: Temas p. 35 #2
September 2 From the Earliest Inhabitants to the Romans
Continue discussion of Kattán-Ibarra
Homework #2: Cuestionario p. 34 “La cultura en la España romana”
September 4 The Visigoths
Kattán-Ibarra, Chapter 2: 30-32, Romances del Rey Rodrigo (Blackboard)
Homework #3: Cuestionario pp. 34-35 “La cultura en el reino visigodo”
September 7 Labor Day Holiday
September 9 Islamic Spain
Kattán-Ibarra, Chapter 3: 39-49
Homework #4: Cuestionario pp. 60-61 “La España musulmana” 1, 2, 5, 7, 9
September 11 Islamic Spain
Continue discussion of reading in Kattán-Ibarra
Begin Cities of Light
Homework #5: Cuestionario p. 61 “La cultura en la España musulmana” 1, 3, 6, 7, 8,
Discussion Sections: Finish Cities of Light
September 14 Islamic Spain
Romances fronterizos (Blackboard)
September 16 The Christian Kingdoms and the Reconquest
Kattán-Ibarra, Chapter 3: 49-55, Marín, “El desarrollo de los reinos
cristianos” (Blackboard)
Homework #6: Questions on romances (posted on Blackboard)
September 18 Wrap up and review for Exam #1
September 21 Exam #1
September 23 Medieval Society and Culture
Kattán-Ibarra, Chapter 3: 55-59
Homework #7: Cuestionario p. 61 “Los reinos cristianos” 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7
September 25 Medieval Society and Culture
Selections from Poema de Mío Cid (Blackboard)
Homework #8: Cuestionario pp. 61-62 “La cultura en los reinos cristianos”
September 28 Medieval Music
Jarchas, Cantigas de amigo, Romances, Cantigas de Santa María (handout)
Homework #9: Questions on Poema de Mío Cid (posted on Blackboard)
September 30 1492: Ferdinand and Isabella, The Conquest of Granada
Marín, “La época de los Reyes Católicos” (Blackboard)
Homework #10: Práctica p. 64 #5
October 2 1492: The Expulsion of the Jews
Jackson, Selection from The Making of Medieval Spain, Edict of Expulsion (both on Blackboard)
Homework #11: Práctica p. 64 #6
Discussion Sections: See Timeline: The Conquest of Granada
October 5 1492: The Voyage of Columbus
Kattán-Ibarra, Chapter 4: 67-70
Selections from Columbus's Diario de abordo (Blackboard)
Homework #12: Cuestionario p. 91 “Cristobal Colón” 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
October 7 The Age of Empire: Carlos V and Felipe II
Kattán-Ibarra, Chapter 5: 97-105,
Homework #13: Práctica p. 125 #3
October 9 El Greco
Selections from Lazarillo de Tormes (Blackboard) for discussion section
Kattán-Ibarra Chapter 5: 105-08
October 12 Sixteenth-Century Architecture: The Plateresque, El Escorial Homework #14: Questions on Lazarillo (posted on Blackboard)
October 14 Review for Exam #2
October 16 Exam #2
Discussion sections will not meet.
October 19 The Seventeeth Century: Felipe III, Felipe IV, Carlos II
The Golden Age
Kattán-Ibarra Chapter 5: 108-117
October 21 The Golden Age (continued)
Continue discussion of readings for October 19
Homework #15: Questions on Cervantes and Don Quijote (posted on
Blackboard)
October 23 Velázquez
Kattán-Ibarra Chapter 5: 118-120
Selections from Don Quijote (Blackboard) for discussion section
October 26 Spain in the New World
Kattán-Ibarra, Chapter 4: 70-81
Homework #16: Cuestionario p. 91 “Otros exploradores”
October 28 Spanish Exploration and Missions in the American Southwest
Las misiones de San Antonio and Spanish Colonial Missions (Blackboard)
Homework #17: The Missions (posted on Blackboard)
October 30 The Eighteenth Century
Kattán-Ibarra, Chapter 6: 127-138; poems by Iriarte (packet)
Homework #18: Cuestionario p. 151 “El advenimiento de los Borbones” 1-4
November 2 Goya and the Reign of Charles IV
Kattán-Ibarra, Chapter 6: 138-150
Homework #19: Cuestionario pp. 152-153 “La Ilustración y la creación artística” 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11
November 4 Continue Goya, review for Exam #3
November 6 Exam #3
November 9 The Nineteenth Century: Historical Overview
Kattán-Ibarra, Chapter 7: 157-170
Homework #20: Cuestionario pp. 180-181 “Fernando VII” 4, “Isabel II” 4,
“Seis años” 3, “Restauración” 4, “María Cristina” 1, 2
November 11 Nineteenth-Century Literature
Kattán-Ibarra, Chapter 7: 174-179; poems by Espronceda, Bécquer (Blackboard)
Homework #21: Cuestionario p. 182 “La cultura en el siglo XIX”
November 13 Nineteenth-Century Literature (continued)
Homework #22: Questions on poetry (posted on Blackboard)
November 16 The Twentieth Century: Historical Overview
Kattán-Ibarra, Chapter 8: 187-199
November 18 The Spanish Civil War
Kattán-Ibarra, Chapter 8: 199-203
Homework #23: Cuestionario p. 226 “Las dos Españas”
November 20 Picasso’s Guernica
Readings will be posted on Blackboard
Begin Simon Schama’s The Power of Art
Discussion Sections: Finish The Power of Art
November 23 Twentieth-Century Art and Literature
Kattán-Ibarra, Chapter 8: 206-212, 220-224; poems by Machado and Lorca
(Blackboard)
November 25 Recovering the History of the Civil War and the Franco Years
“Looking for Lorca” and “Lorca’s Bones” (Blackboard)
November 27 Thanksgiving Holiday
November 30 Spain Under Franco
Kattán-Ibarra, Chapter 8: 212-220
Homework #24: Cuestionario pp. 226-227 “El régimen de Franco”
December 2 Democratic Spain
Kattán-Ibarra, Chapter 9: 231-43
Homework #25: Cuestionario p. 254 “El régimen político español” 1-8
Course Instructor Survey
December 4 Review for final exam
Final Exam: December 15, 2009 9:00 am –12:00 noon
Textbook: Juan Kattán-Ibarra, Perspectivas culturales de España, Second edition
Readings as well as lecture notes and other materials will be posted on Blackboard.
Grading Criteria:
Three one-hour exams 45%
Comprehensive final exam 25%
Homework 10%
Attendance 10%
Discussion Section 10%
Plus-Minus grading will be used in this class.
Exams: Exams will be made up of brief identifications, short answers, matching, fill-in-the-blank and short essays. No exam grades will be dropped. The format of the final exam will be the same as that of the one-hour exams. Please note, the final exam is comprehensive --it takes in all course material.
Homework: The homework assignments will count for 10% of the final grade. Questions should be answered in complete sentences and in your own words. Homework is due in class on the date specified in the syllabus. Late work will not be accepted without a valid reason.
Attendance: Attendance will be taken at each class meeting. Absences for valid reasons (for example, illness, family emergency, religious holiday) will be excused.
Discussion Section: Students are expected to attend the weekly discussion sections, to come to section well-prepared and to participate in the discussion. If you are ill or for some other reason cannot make it to section, please call or e-mail your TA to let him/her know.
Make-Up Policy: If you cannot make it to class the day of an exam and have a valid reason (for example, illness, family emergency, religious holiday) then you may take a make-up. Please call or e-mail the professor or your TA if you are unable to come to class on an exam day.
Academic Dishonesty: Academic dishonesty--cheating, plagiarism, turning in work done by someone else--will not be tolerated and will result in a grade of zero for the test/assignment in question.
Students with Disabilities: am available to discuss any appropriate academic accommodations that might be necessary for this course. Before course accommodations are made, a student may be required to provide documentation to the Office of the Dean of Students--Services for Students with Disabilities.
About Blackboard: This course uses Blackboard. You are responsible for checking the Blackboard site regularly (once a day) for announcements, lecture notes, readings, etc.
SPN 328 Website: http://www.laits.utexas.edu/spn328/