Masterpieces of the Hispanic Short Story: Teaching Prose in the Spanish Classroom

Course Description

The study of the Hispanic short story represents a fundamental aspect of the curriculum of any Spanish class. Reading and interpreting literature (prose) can present a challenge students at any level. In this course, participants will read and analyze short stories of the Spanish-speaking world across different historical periods, literary movements, and themes. In addition, this course will offer participants strategies and techniques for teaching the short story to students in the Pre-Advanced Placement classroom and in the Advanced Placement Spanish Language and Culture and Advanced Placement Spanish Literature and Culture classrooms. Special attention will be given to the literary analysis using literary figures as a way to explicate different themes in the works. Course participants will review the curricular underpinnings of the Advanced Placement course frameworks and gain a solid understanding as to how the short story allows enables writers to present the social and political issues of their time while developing their creative genius. Conducted in Spanish by Dr. Michael Orlando with some readings in English.

Course Delivery

Online weekly learning modules, collaborative discussion boards and instructor feedback.  This course is not self-paced. 

Students who matriculate into an Instructor-Facilitated course should adhere to the dates listed on the website. Final coursework should be submitted within one week after the course end date. Course extensions beyond one week are subject to a $50 fee.

What participants are saying about this course

I really enjoyed this class and found it to be the most intellectually challenging of any graduate courses I’ve taken. I really appreciated how much sharing between peers there was and the professor’s weekly audio summary of our key topics.

Required Textbook

There is no assigned textbook for this course. Instead, the instructor will post PDF readings and provide relevant web links for class participants in each week’s learning module folders.

About the Instructor

Dr. Michael Orlando, Instructor. Read more about Our Team page!

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