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AP Spanish Literature
2007 Syllabus
Course Overview
This course provides and introduction to major movements and writers in Spanish-
speaking countries. The goal of the course is to teach college-bound students analytic
tools, which will enable them to read and write critically. The text chosen is Abriendo
puertas: Antología de la literatura en español, 2 vols. (Evanston, Ill.: MacDougal
Litell/Nextext, 2003) as primary text. All of the works included on the official AP
Spanish Literature reading list are included in the two volumes. The text also provides
social and cultural context to comprehend each piece. The questions at the end of each
selection require the students to engage in analytical thinking. There are also weekly
quizzes and essay questions, which emulate the questions on the AP Spanish Literature
examination. The course is conducted completely in Spanish.
Course Planner
First Semester Tomo I
Los cuentos del siglo XX
August 14 – Sep. 7 “Mi caballo mago” – Sabine Ulibarrí
“El hijo” – Horacio Quiroga
“No oyes ladrar a los perros” – Juan Rulfo
“ La siesta del martes” – García Márquez
Sep. 11 – Oct. 12 “Adiós, Cordera” – Leopoldo Alas (Clarín)
“Las medias rojas” – Emilia Pardo Bazán
“Las ataduras” – Carmen Martín Gaite
Los cuentos fantásticos del siglo XIX y del siglo XX
Oct. 16 – Dec. 1 “El alacrán de Fray Gómez” – Ricardo Palma
“El sur” – Jorge Luis Borges
“La muerte y la brújula” – Jorge Luis Borges
“Continuidad de los parques” – Julio Cortázar
“La noche boca arriba” – Julio Cortázar
“Chac Mool” – Carlos Fuentes
“Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes” –
Gabriel García Márquez
“El ahogado más hermoso del mundo” –
Gabriel García Márquez
“Dos palabras” – Isabel Allende
AP Spanish Literature
2007 Syllabus
La poesía: el romance
Dec. 4 - 15 Introducción a la poesía -El romance
Dec. 18 – 22 Repaso y examen Final
Segundo Semestre Tomo I
La poesía: el romance
January 9-16 Los romances
January 18 – 22 Romancero gitano – Escribir un romance and presentar a
clase
La poesía: el soneto y el renacimiento
January 23 – Feb. 1 Soneto XXIII – Garcilaso de la Vega
Soneto CLXVI – Luis de Góngora y Argote
Haráclito crisitano: Salmo XVII –
Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas
“En perseguirme, Mundo, ¿qué interesas? –
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Poesía romántica y modernista
Feb. 5 – 22 “En una tempestad” – José María Heredia
“Canción del pirata” – José de Espronceda
Rimas IV, XI, LIII – Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
“Dos patrias” y Versos sencillos, I – José Martí
“A Roosevelt” – Rubén Darío
“Canción de otoño en primavera, “ “Lo fatal” –
Rubén Darío
La poesía feminista
Feb. 26 – March 1 “Hombres necios que acusáis” – Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
“Tú me quieres blanca,” “Peso ancestral” –
Alfonsina Stormi
“A Julia Burgos” – Julia de Burgos
“Autorretrato” – Rosario Castellanos
AP Spanish Literature
2007 Syllabus
La poesía lírica del siglo XX
March 5 – 9 “He andado muchos caminos,” “Caminante, son tus
huellas,” “La primavera besaba” – Antonio Machado
Poema 15, “Oda a la alcachofa,” “Walking around” – Pablo
Neruda
“Balada de los dos abuelos,” “Sensemayá” – Nicolás
Guillén
Tomo II
La poesía dramática
March 12 – 22 “El Burlador de Sevilla” – Triso de Molina
El teatro del siglo XX
March 26 – April 12 “La casa de Bernarda Alba” – Federico García Lorca
“El delantal blanco” – Sergio Vodanovic
La prosa peninsular desde el Medioveo hasta el siglo XX
April 16 – May 10 “El Conde Lucanor” – Don Juan Manuel Infante de
Castilla
“El lazarillo de Tormes” – Anónimo
“Naufragios” – Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
“El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha” Primera
parte, capítulos I, II, III, IV, V y VIII – Miguel de
Cervantes y Saavedra
“Vuelva usted mañana” – Mariano José de Larra
“San Manuel Bueno, mártir” – Miguel de Unamuno
May 14 – 17 Review
May 21 – 25 Final Projects: Students are assigned different authors each
for research and presentation to class.
May 31 Final exam
AP Spanish Literature
2007 Syllabus
Teaching Strategies
Text: Abriendo puertas, 2 vols. Evanston, Ill.: Mc Dougal Little, Inc./Nextext, 2003
The teacher introduces each author using the information in the student text and in the
teachers’ edition: “Antes de leer,” as well as other sources. The author is placed in the
appropriate historical and geographical settings using video-clips, Power Point
presentations and lectures. Students are to read the selections on their own and come to
class ready to participate in class discussion. Questions at the end of the section are
assigned as homework. Sometimes the class discussions are conducted in small groups
first and then the entire class. Homework questions are also discussed in class. As the
year progresses, students learn basic vocabulary of critical terms to use in discussions and
essays. Students are also required to write a file card per author or per work, if there are
multiple works by the same author. The card contains basic information about the
author/work. Students review these cards before the final exams and the AP Spanish
Literature Exam. Our school has a modified block schedule. Mondays are traditional and
we have block schedule the rest of the week.
Student Evaluation
There are weekly quizzes and essays. Topics are provided in the Abriendo Puertas
curriculum. Students must demonstrate proper usage of literary terms in their essays.
Students write an original “romance” based on one of the short stories of their choice.
These poems go through many revisions, and the final product is read to class as a Power
Point presentation. There is also a final research project. Students are assigned a different
author each to research and present to the class orally. There is a final exam at the end of
each semester. These tests follow the same format as the AP Spanish Literature Exam,
except that they write two essays only. One of the essays requires analyzing a poem that
they have not seen before.
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