UNSW Handbook Course - Spanish as a World Language

Spanish as a World Language - SPAN3345


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: Spanish and Latin American Studies (School of Languages and Linguistics)
	Course Outline: http://legacy.handbook.unsw.edu.au
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: 36 units of credit
	Fee Band: 1 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Examines the cultural contexts of the evolution of what today is called Spanish. Investigates and discusses the two themes of orthodoxy and syncretism commencing with the multicultural nature of the Iberian peninsula prior to the rise of Castellano, the dialect spoken in a small kingdom in central Spain, to be a national and a world language. Explores the spread of the language to the Americas, Africa, and Asia in the contexts of conquest, wealth accumulation, and Christianisation.

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