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Robert Lima


COURSES

Hispanic Literature and Civilization

Spanish 120 - Intermediate Readings in Hispanic Literature.

Spanish 130 - Iberian Civilization and Culture (An undergraduate course I created and teach at least once a year).

Spanish 297H- Spanish Culture and Civilization in its European Context (An undergraduate Honors course I created).

Spanish 353 - Masterpieces of Spanish Literature I (An undergraduate survey of early Spanish literature through the Golden Age).

Spanish 354 - Masterpieces of Spanish Literature II (An undergraduate survey of 18th-century through contemporary Spanish literature).

Spanish 459 - The Generation of 1898 (An upper-level undergraduate course).

Spanish 483 - Nineteenth Century Drama (An upper-level undergraduate course on the major plays of Neo-Classicism, Romanticism and Realism).

Spanish 485 - Twentieth Century Drama (An upper-level undergraduate course on the major plays of 20th-century Spain).

Spanish 497 - Senior Seminar (A seminar in which I have taught the plays of individual authors, the writings of the "Generación de 1898," the Commedia dell'Arte, and directed plays in Spanish).

Spanish 497H - Honors Seminar (Occult Lore in Western Drama).

Spanish 544 - Romanticism: Drama, Poetry, Prose (A graduate-level course).

Spanish 554 - Poetry and Drama of the Generation of 1898 (A graduate-level course).

Spanish 555 - Prose Writings of the Generation of 1898 (A graduate-level course).

Spanish 588 - Seminar (A graduate-level seminar in which I have taught the works of Borges, García Lorca, Valle-Inclán, Casona, and themes such as Occultism in Spanish Drama).

Comparative Literature

Comp. Literature 120 - Literature of the Occult (An undergraduate-level course I created and taught yearly from 1968 through 1988).

Comp. Literature 486 - Tragedy (An upper-level undergraduate and graduate course).

Comp. Literature 487 - Comedy (An upper-level undergraduate and graduate course).

Comp. Literature 488 - Modern European Drama (An upper-level undergraduate and graduate course).

Comp. Literature 588 - Twentieth Century Drama (A graduate-level course).

Humanities

Humanities I and II - World-wide philosophical, religious, scientific and creative ideas (Two undergraduate-level courses).

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