Basic subjects for first year first degree Hispanic studies (course group defined by Institute of Iberian and Ibero-American Studies)

• Seminar - 45 hours

The classes are a basic course in which students learn about the European conditions during the 15th and 16th centuries and the course and consequences of geographical discoveries and conquests organized by the Spanish and Portuguese crowns, as well as the process of forming a new colonial realm in America and its functioning until the end of the 18th century.

• Seminar - 45 hours

• Seminar - 45 hours

Classes “History of Pre-Columbian America” are a basic course in the field of archaeology and history of the pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica and South America.

During the seminar, students get to know the history of cultures of pre-Hispanic America on selected examples. Particular emphasis is placed on the Inca, Aztec and Maya cultures, but the program also includes other cultural areas of pre-Hispanic America.

Classes are conducted in a stationary form. In case of a sudden introduction of new pandemic restrictions related to Covid-19, classes will be held online. The classes are distributed over at least 12 meetings. Each of them is divided into two parts: an introductory lecture is presented during the first 45 minutes; during the second, 90-minute part of the course, a didactic discussion is held. The classes end with an exam.

• Seminar - 30 hours

• Seminar - 30 hours

The aim of the copurse is to acquant the pasticipants with the history of Spain from the Antiquity till the end of the reign of the Catholic Monarchs, Isabella of Castille and Ferdinand of Aragon. The history of the Iberian Peninsula is presented from the perspective of the people and the societies living there; the course seeks to stress the influence of the historical events and processes on the development of the Spanish national culture. An active participation of the students is required: presentations on particular subjects, discussion over literature, various quizzes and tasks. Not only historical, but also cultural issues will be addressed, and shown in their specific context.

• Seminar - 15 hours

• Seminar - 15 hours

The course addresses such issues as: definitions of natural language as system and as means of communication; relevant features of natural language; the distinction between the system and its use; functions of language and of utterances; selected issues of pragmatics.

• Seminar - 30 hours

• Seminar - 30 hours

Literary Studies in Spanish Speaking Countries I is a compulsory subject for first-cycle students at the Institute of Iberian and Ibero-American Studies. Its main objective is to familiarize students with the main concepts in the field of poetics of narrative texts (and literary theory), with the analysis of narrative texts in the context of literary studies in Spanish-speaking countries and with Spanish-language terminology related to literary criticism.

• Classes - 150 hours

• Classes - 150 hours

The program implemented in class is elaborated in order to help students develop the most important language skills. Within this framework, there should be acquired a wide scope of skills in communication, grammar, oral speech and written language. An important aspect of learning is also shaping the phonological sensitivity of course participants and contributing to the increase of their knowledge about the culture of the Spanish language area.

The high degree of correctness required in philological studies and the need to relate acquired language skills to the academic context of their further use, implies that the first year student develops his ability to understand such texts and statements in Spanish, whose style, subject matter and level of complexity require the receiver to shape her/his linguistic sensibility.

• Seminar - 30 hours

The aim of the course is to present the general knowledge about the art of Spain and Latin America. Importantly, the course demonstrates the interconnections between the Spanish and Latin American art, as well as some undeniable difference between them.

• Seminar - 30 hours

• Seminar - 30 hours

Spanish literature 1 is an obligatory course for the first year students of the BA studies. It offers an introduction to the contemporary Spanish narrative and includes reading and discussion of selected Spanish novelists, with particular attention to the dramatic cultural, social and political changes brought by the Transition period from dictatorship to the democratic regime, as well as to diverse memory politics /poetics and encoded gender issues; conducted in Polish.