SPAN 308 - Introduction to the Hispanic World I

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FA. This course introduces students to major developments of the Hispanic World from antiquity through the Enlightenment. Discussions center on the relationship of major literary and artistic works to economic, political, religious, and social developments in the Iberian Peninsula and the Castilian colonies in the Americas. This course, normally the first in a sequence of two, prepares students for advanced-topics courses and also satisfies the Humanities core category. An oral presentation and a research paper are required. Prerequisite: SPAN 301.