SPANISH 080T - Words of Which History is Made: Translation Workshop on 20th-Century Spain

Semester: Fall

Year offered: 2026

Link: Course Website

Through close readings and translations centering on 20th-century Spanish history and society, students hone their linguistic, grammatical, and stylistic skills, and acquire the interpretive skills required to comprehend and analyze increasingly complex literary and cultural texts. Course materials include short stories, poems, newspaper articles, memoirs, travel journals and historical essays.

Daniel Aguirre Oteiza

daguirre@fas.harvard.edu

Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (Spanish)

Spanish Section Leader

Academic Degrees: A. B., Universidad de Salamanca; Diploma of Higher Studies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University Research Interests: Modern Spanish Literature and Culture (18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries); Spanish, Latin...