Intermediate Spanish I: The Fiction of Language

Augusto Monterroso’s microfiction, “Cuando despertó, el dinosaurio todavía seguía allí,” exemplifies the complexity of the Spanish language and grammar through a single sentence that can generate many interpretations. This course is designed to revise and emphasize the fundamental Spanish grammatical structures, using literary fiction as a frame to understand the craft of language and its richness. We will also pay special attention to oral communication, the use of new vocabulary, and writing formats to create a dynamic dialogue among grammar, literature, and culture to contextualize multiple meanings while increasing fluency in every aspect of language production. Intermediate I level.