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General Course Info

Se leerá y se hablará sobre la novela, "Cuentos Cortos 2 " con el fin de alcanzar los siguientes objetivos:

• Desarrollar la comprensión de los varios tiempos verbales, además de mejorar su uso de expresiones idiomáticas

• Ampliar su campo de entendimiento de vocabulario que se encuentra en la novela

• Continuar avanzando su habilidad de expresarse al nivel superior

More Info On Book

This is an all new version of the popular PARALLEL TEXT series, containing eight pieces of contemporary fiction in the original Spanish and in English translation. Including stories by Ana María Matute, Jorge Onetti, Carlos Fuentes, y Julio Cortazarthis volume gives a fascinating insight into Spanish and Latin American culture and literature as well as providing an invaluable educational tool.

Indice de contenido

Introduction

• THE MAN WHO REPENTED Ana Maria Matute (1925– ) translated by Philomena Ulyatt
• AFTER THE PROCESSION Jorge Edwards (1913– ) translated by Hardie St. Martin
• AMALIA (from Conversacion en la catedral) Mario Vargas Llosa (1936– ) translated by Hardie St. Martin
• THE THUNDERBOX Jorge Onetti (1931– ) translated by Gudie Lawaetz
• THE COST OF LIVING Carlos Fuentes (1928– ) translated by Alison Austin
• CAPITAN DESCALZO Norberto Fuentes (1943– ) translated by Vicky Ortiz
• SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE Norberto Fuentes (1943– ) translated by Vicky Ortiz
• BALTHAZAR'S MARVELLOUS AFTERNOON Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1928– ) translated by J.S. Bernstein
• THE DISUSED DOOR Julio Cortazar (1914–84) translated by Philomena Ulyatt

Prerequisites

Admittance to this course requires demonstration of proficiency of levels 1, 2, 3, and 4 concepts. Student must have successfully completed the level 4 course, or must demonstrate advanced level Spanish profiency.

If you feel that you may qualify to take this course, please call us at 408 207 3075, or email us at info@spanishahora.com

Special Note

Because Cuentos cortos consists of separate stories, each session will be a discussion of a new story or stories. Such class structure may be conducive to those students who may have to miss a session.

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Materials (To top)

Novela

Pricing(To top)

$290* (Includes book) / $275 for alumni *

*minimum requirement of 4 students for class to take place

In Class Instruction (To top)

Activities include lecture and group activities.

Registered students can pick up their novel two weeks prior to commencement of class. The first two chapters should be read by the first class.

Class Times and Meetings  (To top)

(8 weeks, 2 hours per session)

Class will take a place if there is a minimum of 5 students enrolled.

Outside Class Activities (To top)

• Reading of novel
• Completion of homework exercises (written and oral)