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Hispanic Studies book lists for level 1 & 2 courses 2010-11

Latin-America: a Cultural History

• Will Fowler, Latin America since 1780. 2nd edition: London: Arnold, 2008 ISBN 0340958731

For students with Higher or A level in Spanish or equivalent:

• Diego de Landa Los mayas de Yucatán Fondo de Cultura Económica. ISBN 8437504600

For students without a Higher or A level in Spanish or equivalent 

• Diego de Landa Yucatan Before and after the Conquest Dover Publications.1978

Spanish Language 1

• Ana Martínez-Lage, John R.Gutiérrez, Harry L. Rosser ¡Tú dirás! 4th Edition, 2007. 9781408033616
  (please note importance of buying correct edition)

SP1024/1524 Spanish Language 2 (same course runs both semesters. Combined total of students completing course last year was c. 150)

• Ana Martínez-Lage, John R.Gutiérrez, Harry L. Rosser ¡Tú dirás! 4th Edition, 2007. 9781408033616
  (please note importance of buying correct edition)

Spain: a Cultural History  (c. 65 students)

Booklist to be confirmed

Spanish Language 3

• Richard Pym & Mark Allinson, ¡Te Toca!, London: Arnold
• Oxford Spanish Dictionary (O.U.P.: Oxford, not the concise edition)

Spanish Language 4

• Richard Pym & Mark Allinson, ¡Te Toca!, London: Arnold
• Oxford Spanish Dictionary (O.U.P.: Oxford, not the concise edition)

Spanish Language 5

• Textbook information to be confirmed
• Oxford Spanish Dictionary (O.U.P.: Oxford, not the concise edition)

Latin America: Texts and Contexts

• Pablo Neruda: Las Alturas de Macchu Picchu, Farrar, Straus and Giroux [Bilingual edition]
• Julio Cortázar, Las armas secretas, Cátedra
• Gabriel García Márques, Cien años de soledad, Cátedra

Spain: Texts and Contexts

• Fernando de Rojas, La Celestina (Cátedra)
• Peter Bush (trans.), Fernando de Rojas, Celestina (Dedalus). (Note: students must buy the Spanish-language original; the translation is optional) 
• Pedro Calderón de la Barca, El médico de su honra (Castalia).
• Juan Goytisolo, Reivindicación del Conde Don Julián (Cátedra)
• Helen Lane, trans. Juan Goytisolo, Count Julian (Dalkey Archive Press) Note: students must buy the Spanish-language original; the translation is optional)

Hispanic Studies booklists for level 3 & 4 courses 2010-2011

SP30BC Advanced Translation Skills I: Spanish into English 

• Thinking Spanish Translation, Hayward L, Higgins I  Hervey, S. 2nd edition (London: Routledge, 2009). 978-0415481304 Nb: it is crucial that you buy the second edition (green cover) not the first edition (red and orange cover)
• A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish
  John Butt & Carmen Benjamin (London: Arnold, 2000 and subsequent  editions)
• EITHER Oxford Spanish Dictionary  OR Collins Spanish Dictionary  (NOT concise versions)
• A good monolingual dictionary (e.g. Clave Diccionario de uso del español actual)

SP3069 Level 3 Spanish Language

• A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish
  John Butt & Carmen Benjamin (London: Arnold, latest edition)
• Practising Spanish Grammar: a Workbook
  Christopher J Pountain and Teresa de Carlos (London: Arnold) latest edition  
• EITHER Oxford Spanish Dictionary  OR Collins Spanish Dictionary  (NOT concise versions)
• A good monolingual dictionary (e.g. Clave Diccionario de uso del español actual)

SP4003 Level 4 Spanish Language (c. 20 students)

• Álvarez Myriam, Ejercicios de escritura (Nivel superior), Madrid: Anaya, 2001

SP3/40AA Basque Arts

• Bernardo Atxaga, Obabakoak, any edition in Spanish
• Iban Zaldua, Mentiras, mentiras, mentiras, Lengua de trapo
• Mariasun Landa, La fiesta en la habitación de al lado, Erein

SP3/40MC Literature & Films of the Spanish Civil War (c. 20+ students)

• To be confirmed: information will be sent separately.  
  

SP3/45AA Film & Visual culture in Spain and Latin America (c. 20+ students)

• Adelaida García Morales, El sur, Anagrama

SP3/45SB The Golden State

• Kevin Starr California (A History) Modern Library 2007. ISBN-10: 081297753X

SP45FA Advanced Translation Skills into Spanish (c. 20 students last year) 

• A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish
  John Butt & Carmen Benjamin (London: Arnold, 2000 and subsequent  editions)
• EITHER Oxford Spanish Dictionary OR Collins Spanish Dictionary  (NOT concise version)

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