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AP Spanish Literature and Culture
Description: AP Spanish Literature is equivalent to a college level introductory survey course of
literature written in Spanish. Students continue to develop their interpretive, interpersonal, and
presentational skills in the Spanish language as well as critical reading and analytical writing as
they explore short stories, novels, plays, essays, and poetry from Spain, Latin America, and U.S.
Hispanic authors along with other non-required texts.
Skills for Success: The most important skills for AP Spanish Literature and Culture are reading,
writing and critical thinking/interpretation. Attendance is vital for success. You must read every
assignment, and we have 38 works to cover, dating from the Middle Ages to present day writers.
The writing assignments in this course are varied but include writing to understand, writing to
explain, and writing to evaluate. All critical writing asks that you evaluate the effectiveness of a
literary piece, but being an effective evaluation requires you to understand and explain. You will
write critical papers of varying lengths critiquing poetry, short prose fiction, and drama. Each
paper will use specific and well-chosen evidence to communicate an argument about poems,
drama, and fiction. These critical essays are based on close textual analysis of structure, style,
and social/historical values.
Academic Suitability: Students should have completed AP Spanish Language and Culture or
received a recommendation from Sra. Jarrel after having taken Honors Spanish for Native
Speakers III.
Out of Class Commitments: Most of what is learned in the course is accomplished with
intensive work in the class. Attendance is vital. Outside work includes reading and writing
assignments, studying for quizzes and exams, and finishing work not completed during class
time.
Summer Work: El Conde Lucanor, by Don Juan Manuel
Contact: Cristina.Jarrel@gcpsk12.org
