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Go to: Division of Literature and Languages
Faculty
Iliana Alcántar
Mexican literary and cultural studies; contemporary Latin American literature and cinema; gender, trauma, and postmodern studies.
Diego Alonso
Nineteenth- and twentieth-century Latin American literature. On sabbatical 2024-25.
Elizabeth Drumm
Twentieth- and twenty-first-century Spanish literature, modern European and Hispanic drama.
Ariadna García-Bryce
Early modern Spanish literature and culture.
Christian Kroll
Twentieth- and twenty-first-century Latin American narrative and culture; critical, political and spatial theory; critical posthumanism.
Mónica López Lerma
Contemporary Spanish film and literature, film theory, law and humanities.
Curriculum
The Spanish department offers a balanced program leading to a major in Spanish language and culture, literature, and film from the Spanish speaking world. First-, second-, and third-year Spanish language classes focus on speaking, reading, writing, and grammar, as well as cultural context. All courses are conducted in Spanish. In the second year, emphasis on composition increases, and readings are drawn from a variety of genres. The third-year classes focus on certain problem areas of Spanish language in concert with an investigation of selected topics in Spanish and Spanish American culture. Primary readings in the literature courses are in the original language. The objective in the upper-division courses is an informed and accurate reading of literary texts, films and other cultural media, grounded in considerations of their artistic, historical, and sociocultural contexts, as well as questions relating to relevant literary, critical, and political theory.
Students who major in Spanish are encouraged to select courses from a variety of periods in both Peninsular and Latin American literature and to enhance their studies with appropriate coursework in other areas, such as other literatures, humanities, history, art, and linguistics. They should also consult with the department to explore options for studying in a Spanish-speaking country.
For majors and nonmajors alike, the Spanish House provides an additional opportunity to practice and learn Spanish in an everyday setting.
Placement
Students who have studied Spanish before coming to Reed and who wish to enroll in Spanish courses should take the Spanish placement examination given every year during orientation week.
Nonmajors
Students majoring in other departments in the Division of Literature and Languages may fulfill the divisional requirement with any of the third- or fourth-year literature courses.
Study Abroad
Majors in Spanish are encouraged to spend time in a Spanish-speaking country. Reed has options for study abroad in Chile (Santiago), Cuba (Havana), Argentina (Buenos Aires), Mexico (Mérida and Monterrey), and Spain (Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, Córdoba, and Logroño). These programs are not limited to Spanish majors. The department also helps students select study-abroad programs in other parts of Latin America and in Spain on an individual basis. See International Programs for more information.
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