Summer Session C, 2005
TR 10:00 am-12:20 pm
121 Dodd
/ Professor John Dagenais
5334 Rolfe Hall
T.A. Gabriela Capraroiu
2131 Rolfe Hall
Tel. 310 206 5582
Office Hours: T 9:00 am – 10:00 am
T.A. Claudia Mesa
2131 Rolfe Hall
Tel. 310 206 5582
Office Hours: R 12:30 am – 1:30 pm
COURSE MATERIALS:
An online version of this syllabus is available at:
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/santiago/students/m42-summer.htm
Lecture Notes will be made available via the internet. The Username, Password and Domain Name for accessing lecture notes and the online syllabus will be given out the first week of class.
Please note carefully: the online lecture notes are for the use of students registered in this section only. Please do not share photocopies of this material or the username and password which provide access to the notes with students or faculty who are not registered in this section in Summer Session C. Unauthorized distribution of this material or disclosure of the password to others may result in disciplinary action.
RECOMMENDED TEXT:
Crow, John. Spain: The Root and the Flower New York : Harper & Row, 1963.
(Available at Ackerman Union Textbook Store).
EVALUATION and REQUIREMENTS
30% Quizzes
30% Midterm Exam
50% Final Exam
Final Exam: Thursday, Sept. 15, during regular class period (please note date of exam carefully and drop the course if you have plans to leave campus early; no alternate dates for the exam will be offered for any reason).
SYLLABUS
August 9:
· Recommended reading: R&F, Chapter 1
· Introduction: Geography and Prehistory of the Iberian Peninsula
August 11:
· Recommended reading: R&F, Chapter 2
· Roman Hispania. The Visigoths and the Coming of Islam
· St. James and the Beginnings of the Reconquest
Webpage: Saint James the Greater Please read the information on Saint James found on the main page of Professor Dagenais' "Camino de Santiago" website. Follow the link at the bottom of the main page (photo of a stone cross) to page titled "Leyendas de Santiago" and investigate the legends associated with Saint James. See also Clavijo
August 16:
· Recommended reading: R&F, Chapter 3
· The Birth of the Iberian Romance Languages
· Al-Andalus. The Jews in Al-Andalus and in Christian Spain
August 18:
· Recommended reading: R&F, Chapter. 4
· Christian Kingdoms of Medieval Spain: Aragon and Portugal
· Quiz 1
August 23:
· Recommended reading: R&F, Chapter 5 & 6
· The Rise of Castile (and Gothic Architecture)
· The Spanish Inquisition
August 25:
· 1492
· Midterm Review
August 30:
MIDTERM
September 1:
· Recommended reading: R&F, Chapter 7
· The Castilian and Portuguese Imperial Expansion
· Imperial Spain in the 16th Century
September 6:
· Recommended reading: R&F, Chapters 9 & 10
· Imperial Spain in the 17th Century
· The Decline of Imperial Spain; The Spanish 18th Century
September 8:
· Recommended reading: R&F Chapters 11, 12 & 13
· The Nineteenth Century
· 1898-1936
· Quiz 2
September 13:
· Recommended reading: R&F, Chapters 14, 15 & 16
· The Franco Era: 1936-1974
· 1975-2005
· Summary and Review
September 15:
FINAL EXAM