| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to the course | |
| 2 | Lazarillo de Tormes | |
| 3 | Discuss: Lazarillo de Tormes | |
| 4 | Les Liaisons dangereuses | |
| 5 | Discuss: Les Liaisons dangereuses | |
| 6 | Discuss: Les Liaisons dangereuses | Work on first version of short essay |
| 7 | Discuss: Les Liaisons dangereuses | |
| 8 | Discuss film: Dangerous Liaisons | First version of first essay due |
| 9 |
Discuss film: Cruel Intentions Compare two movie versions | |
| 10 | Thérèse Raquin | Final version of first essay due |
| 11 | Discuss: Thérèse Raquin | |
| 12 | Finish: Thérèse Raquin | |
| 13 | Dom Casmurro | Work on second short essay |
| 14 |
Discuss: Doña Flor and Her Two Husbands Finish discussion of Dom Casmurro | |
| 15 | Death in Venice | Second short essay due |
| 16 | Discuss: Death in Venice | |
| 17 |
Discuss film: Death in Venice Finish discussion of Death in Venice | Presentation on film |
| 18 | Discuss: Kiss of the Spider Woman to Ch. 11 | Presentation on the dirty war of the 70s in Argentina |
| 19 | Finish discussion of Kiss, the novel | |
| 20 | Discuss film: Kiss of the Spider Woman | Third short essay due three days after Session 20 |
| 21 | Discuss: Short stories by Juan Rulfo | Guest lecturer: Joaquín Terrones |
| 22 |
Discuss: Chronicle of a Death Foretold Final discussion | Fourth essay due three days after Session 22 |