Colloquial Spanish of Latin America

A combined text that meets the needs of second-year intermediate courses in Spanish. Part I reviews Spanish grammar, in Spanish, with oral and written exercises and brief cultural readings. Part II offers five complete stories and one play by Hispanic authors from Latin America, the U.S., and Spain. The program addresses the problem of both ``anglo'' and ``hispanic'' students.

LOVE In The Taming of the Shrew, Katharina learns to love Petruchio only after she has learnt to be an obedient wife. Romeo and Juliet’s love is destined to end in tragedy. In Twelfth Night, love is romantic but also painful, while in Othello love turns into jealousy. And in the final story, Antony and Cleopatra’s passionate love has tragic consequences. Dossiers: The Life of William Shakespeare Courtship and Marriage in Elizabethan Times

Seminar paper del año 2003 en eltema Romanística - Español, literatura, cultura general, Nota: 2,0, Universität zu Köln (Romanisches seminar), Materia: Spanische Lyrik der Reinaissance, 7 Citas bibliográficas, Idioma: Español, Resumen: La imitación de renombrados autores es practicamente tan antigua como la literatura misma, desde que existen los primeros textos se han orientado las nuevas generaciones en su ejemplo tratando de compararse con modelos históricos y buscando a través de ello la superación y el reconocimiento personal. Los justificativos para dicha imitación se...

Drawing on authentic cultural materials ranging from thought-provoking artwork to classic literature and short contemporary films, Retratos: Arte y sociedad en Latinoamérica y España offers a fresh and inspired approach to the teaching of advanced Spanish Composition. In each of the eight thematically-organized chapters, these primary source materials are used to illustrate—to provide a “portrait” of—a historically or culturally important figure in the Hispanic world. These first-hand introductions to such personalities offer students rich opportunities to explore cultural...