SPAN 490

Spring 2011 All Classes

All Classes

Credit: 0 TO 3 hours.

Directed reading course intended to develop an advanced student's interest in a special area of Hispanic linguistics or literature (author, genre, period, group of works, etc.). Topics to be chosen in consultation with an advisor. Only topics not covered in regular offerings will be considered.

No graduate credit. May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite: SPAN 252 for linguistics topics; and any two of SPAN 310, SPAN 312, SPAN 314, or SPAN 316 for literature topics.

SPAN 490 class schedule data for spring 2011
CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
10103
Independent Study
ARRANGED
n.a.
Location Pending
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/18/11-05/04/11
Special Approval:
Instructor Approval Required
40710
Lecture-Discussion
G4
3:00PM -4:20PM
MW
Foreign Languages Building
Beckman, E
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/18/11-05/04/11
Credit:
3 hours
Section Title:
Money and Crisis
Section Info:
Topic: "Money and Crisis" This course will examine how modern literary production, particularly the novel, has approached the topic of money in Europe and the Americas. We will approach texts from both thematic and formal standpoints, examining, for example, plots structured around monetary transactions and speculative ventures; we will also focus on the problems of representation inherent within both monetary and literary forms. Primary texts include works by Emile Zola, Frank Norris, Jorge Luis Borges and Juana Manuela Gorriti; secondary texts include works by Karl Marx, George Simmel, and Marc Shell, among others. Meets with CWL 441
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
55666
Lecture-Discussion
UG3
3:00PM -4:20PM
MW
Foreign Languages Building
Beckman, E
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/18/11-05/04/11
Credit:
3 hours
Section Title:
Money and Crisis
Section Info:
Topic: "Money and Crisis" This course will examine how modern literary production, particularly the novel, has approached the topic of money in Europe and the Americas. We will approach texts from both thematic and formal standpoints, examining, for example, plots structured around monetary transactions and speculative ventures; we will also focus on the problems of representation inherent within both monetary and literary forms. Primary texts include works by Emile Zola, Frank Norris, Jorge Luis Borges and Juana Manuela Gorriti; secondary texts include works by Karl Marx, George Simmel, and Marc Shell, among others. Meets with CWL 441
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
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