ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses teaching Spanish Golden Age literature and related culture as a humanities course in a college general education curriculum. Although English is the primary language, Spanish names and words abound, necessitating that students learn how to pronounce them and to understand their meaning. In this inquiry-based course, students explore and analyze literary texts using concepts from narrative theory as well as the consideration of historical and social contexts. Since the Spanish language is an inevitable part of the course, some material can be presented in a bilingual format, even to students with no previous study of this language. In keeping with the global course designator and expectations for required course work, teaching students to pronounce titles, character and place names, and other material in Spanish correctly provides them with a glimpse into this language along with the understanding that such basic pronunciation skills are essential for educated global citizens. Presenting Spanish in the context of a Golden Age course affords faculty with the opportunity to share the subject matter and the language of our discipline with a wider pool of students and to attract them to our programs.
