Spring 2027

Introduction to Hispanic Literatures

Introduction to Hispanic Literatures focuses on reading and analyzing literary works in Spanish, developing oral and written skills for literary discussion and applying methods to basic forms, genres, and short texts.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Steven Hutchinson

Summary

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Past student reviews · Steve Hutchinson

A student claimed that reading independently and attending discussion allowed one to get an easy A, advising against attending lectures.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Acquire knowledge of the main genres, authors and literary periods and movements in Hispanic literatures.

  • Learn and apply basic terminology and methods of literary analysis to written texts, both in isolation and in the context of the particular social, cultural, and historical milieus in which the texts were created.

  • Develop oral and written skills in Spanish, both in general terms and for the discussion of literature in particular.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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SPANISH 226 or concurrent enrollment, or SPANISH 311 or concurrent enrollment

SPANISH 224 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027

Past student reviews · Steve Hutchinson

Steven Hutchinson was described as a good professor who tended to get off topic and was hard to follow in lecture. One student found the online format boring and relied on the TA, while another found discussion sections more useful and eventually stopped attending lecture.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.59 GPA, 74.2% A/AB (n=93 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.60 GPA, 80.2% A/AB (n=81 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.69 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=78 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Past student reviews · Ivy Corfis

Ivy Corfis taught with passion, though one student found her lectures dry and boring. She required significant reading and administered quizzes, while providing practice tests that students were advised to complete. Another student noted that tests were easy because the class reviewed all test material in the session immediately preceding the exam.

IVY CORFIS is recorded teaching in Fall 2008, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JUAN EGEA is recorded teaching in Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Fall 2023, Spring 2025, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KSENIJA BILBIJA is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2011, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

STEVEN HUTCHINSON is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 1200
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 300
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 300
DIS 304Classroom Instruction0 / 300
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 300

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Steve Hutchinson

Students described Steven Hutchinson as knowledgeable but noted that his lectures were hard to follow or boring, leading some to rely more on discussion sections.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.51 GPA, 73.3% A/AB (n=86 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.66 GPA, 76.1% A/AB (n=88 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.69 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=78 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Steve Hutchinson

A student claimed that reading independently and attending discussion allowed one to get an easy A, advising against attending lectures.

Past student reviews · Steve Hutchinson

A student found Hutchinson's lectures off-topic and difficult to follow, eventually skipping them in favor of discussion sections where they gained more insight.

Topics

  • Main genres, authors, literary periods, and movements in Hispanic literatures.
  • Methods of analyzing basic literary forms, conventions, genres, and representative short texts in Spanish.
  • Social, cultural, and historical contexts of literary texts.

Skills

  • Apply basic terminology and methods of literary analysis to Spanish texts within their social, cultural, and historical contexts.
  • Develop oral and written communication skills in Spanish specifically for discussing literature.
  • Identify main genres, authors, literary periods, and movements in Hispanic literatures.

Grades

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Spring 2027 · Projected

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.12 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
SPANISH 224 · Spring 2027

Introduction to Hispanic Literatures

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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