Intermediate Spanish II A course for students seeking to perfect their academic writing skills in Spanish. The course is also an introduction to literary analysis and critical writing and will include reading and oral discussion of literary texts. The course will also include a thorough review of grammar at a fairly advanced level. This course may be used to fulfill the foreign languages distribution requirement.

Indigenous peoples and social movements  in Bolivia Quechua and Aymara people of the Andes, and the indigenous nations from the  Lowlands have been key in grassroots movements in Bolivia in the 21st century. We will study  historical and present indigenous decolonial and environmental struggles, tackling issues of political representation and self-representation. We will look at indigenist literature and film, the Constitution of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, and indigenous journalism and  performance. The Bolivian case will be placed in context with other social movements in the region and the Global South.

An Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Literature This course in literature and advanced language is designed to introduce students to literary analysis and critical writing. The work will be based on the reading of a number of works in prose, drama, and poetry. Frequent short, critical essays will complement readings and provide students with practice in writing.

Beginning Spanish I This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of grammar and focuses on the development of four skills in Spanish: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Emphasis will be placed on active communication aimed at the development of oral and comprehension skills. This course is for students who have not previously studied Spanish. Students are expected to continue with SPAN 0102 and SPAN 0103 after successful completion of SPAN 0101.

Latin America in Paris/Paris in Latin  America Paris has been central in cultural exchanges with Latin America, as a model of an ideal city, a  rejected cipher of coloniality, and a place of encounters. Many Latin American intellectuals  and artists, such as Cesar Vallejo and Remedios Varo, lived and created in Paris. Tango  became an Argentinean national symbol after having been recognized in the Parisian night scene. In this course we will study phenomena such as these to understand the dynamics of translation and exchange of people and ideas, and their profound impact on both Latin America and Paris.

Irina Feldman

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I really enjoyed this class with Irina Feldman. She is super caring and understanding of how busy we are throughout the semester and very accommodating of students needs. She explains the material well and if you do with readings and participate in class you will definitely learn.

Irina is so kind and passionate about teaching. I loved taking her class and would definitely take another course with her. She is very receptive to students' needs, even canceling our midterm paper because we mentioned being stressed. 

If you're going to take this course, I recommend having a good amount of interest in the subject, because the class (obviously) spends a lot of time talking about Bolivia and indigenous people. At times I found it hard to place value on what we were learning since it seemed so niche. But the instructor is nice and accommodating, perhaps a little disorganized.