M.A. in Hispanic Literatures : Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies : University of Minnesota

M.A. with an emphasis in Hispanic Literatures

There are 11 courses required for each MA: 8 courses from the core sequences in the major areas, 2 courses outside the program, and the required pedagogy seminar SpPt 5999. Students are expected to complete these courses in two years and to take the MA written and oral examinations in the Spring semester of their second year. For complete descriptions of courses, see the Graduate School Bulletin.

The courses for an MA degree with an emphasis in Hispanic Literature are distributed as follows:

4 of the core courses in Peninsular Literature to be chosen among the following: Span 5106, 5107, 5108, 5109, 5110, 5111.
4 of the core courses in Spanish-American Literature to be chosen among the following: Span 5525, 5526, 5527, 5528, 5529. Note: Students may petition the Graduate Studies Committee to replace any 5xxx core course with an appropriate seminar at the 8xxx level.
2 courses (minimum 6 credits) outside the program. While these courses may be from the other MA programs in the Department, students are strongly urged to take courses outside the Department in order to build towards the Graduate School's 18 credit Minor or Related Field requirement at the Ph.D. Level.
SpPt 5999: pedagogy course for new Teaching Assistants.

Core Courses

The following is a catalog of the courses which are identified as "core-courses," in each area of concentration. For complete descriptions, see the Graduate School Bulletin.

Peninsular Literature

5106: The Literature of the Reconquest and Feudal Spain

5107: The Literature of the Spanish Empire and its Decline

5108: Don Quixote

5109: The Crisis of the Old Regime: Spanish Literature of The Enlightenment
and Romanticism

5110: Discursive Formations at the Threshold of 20th-Century Spain

5111: Contemporary Spanish Literature

Spanish-American Literature

5525: Caribbean Literature: An Integral Approach

5526: Creole Consciousness and Mercantilist Culture (Colonial)

5527: National Literary Consciousness and Free Trade (19th Century)

5528: Popular Consciousness (1900-1950)

5529: National Affirmation and Transnationalization (1950-1970)

*Substitutions of other 5xxx or 8xxx level courses for core classes in the program may be made by petition to the Graduate Studies Committee.