Specification points
College Board AP Spanish Literature and Culture spanish-literature-and-culture
146 points in 15 topics, with College Board's codes and titles.
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U1 La época medieval
U2 El siglo XVI
U3 El siglo XVII
U4 La literatura romántica, realista y naturalista
U5 La Generación del 98 y el Modernismo
U6 Teatro y poesía del siglo XX
- U6.1 La casa de Bernarda Alba, Federico García Lorca
- U6.2 El hombre que se convirtió en perro, Osvaldo Dragún
- U6.3 “Prendimiento de Antoñito el Camborio en el camino de Sevilla”, García Lorca
- U6.4 “Walking around”, Pablo Neruda
- U6.5 “Balada de los dos abuelos”, Nicolás Guillén
- U6.6 “Mujer negra”, Nancy Morejón
- U6.7 “A Julia de Burgos”, Julia de Burgos
- U6.8 “Peso ancestral”, Alfonsina Storni
U7 El Boom latinoamericano
- U7.1 “Borges y yo”, Jorge Luis Borges
- U7.2 “El Sur”, Jorge Luis Borges
- U7.3 “No oyes ladrar los perros”, Juan Rulfo
- U7.4 “Chac Mool”, Carlos Fuentes
- U7.5 “La noche boca arriba”, Julio Cortázar
- U7.6 “La siesta del martes”, Gabriel García Márquez
- U7.7 “El ahogado más hermoso del mundo”, Gabriel García Márquez
- U7.8 “Dos palabras”, Isabel Allende
U8 Escritores contemporáneos de Estados Unidos y España
1 Analysis
- 1.A Reading or listening to and understanding literary texts
- 1.A.i Paraphrasing a literary text
- 1.A.ii Summarising the plot of a literary text
- 1.A.iii Explaining literary texts with supporting details
- 1.B Identifying the theme of a text
- 1.C Identifying literary elements, voices and stylistic features
- 1.C.i Identifying rhetorical figures
- 1.C.ii Identifying points of view
- 1.C.iii Describing stylistic features such as structure, setting and style
- 1.C.iv Distinguishing between voices to show differences in meaning
- 1.C.v Distinguishing voices from the author's perspective
- 1.C.vi Distinguishing stylistic features to show differences in meaning
- 1.D Identifying perspective, attitude or tone
- 1.E Explaining the function of rhetorical, structural and stylistic features
- 1.E.i Explaining the significance of points of view
- 1.E.ii Relating a text's structure to its content
- 1.F Explaining implied meanings and inferences
- 1.G Explaining perspective, attitude or tone
- 1.H Explaining how a theme develops in a text
- 1.I Connecting themes or ideas to characters
2 Cultural Context and Connections
- 2.A Identifying cultural products, practices and perspectives
- 2.A.i Identifying cultural products in texts and visuals
- 2.A.ii Identifying cultural practices in texts and visuals
- 2.A.iii Identifying cultural perspectives in texts and visuals
- 2.B Relating cultural products and practices to perspectives
- 2.B.i How products or practices relate to perspectives in texts
- 2.B.ii How cultural beliefs and attitudes shape interpretation
- 2.B.iii The role of cultural stereotypes in texts
- 2.B.iv Literary movements and cultural perspectives
- 2.C Relating texts to genres, periods, movements and techniques
- 2.C.i Identifying features of a literary genre
- 2.C.ii Identifying features of literary periods, movements and contexts
- 2.C.iii Structural or rhetorical features shared within a period or genre
- 2.C.iv How content and style relate to genre, period or movement
- 2.C.v How a text is characteristic of its genre, period or movement
- 2.C.vi Identifying the literary movement a text belongs to
- 2.C.vii How literary movements reflect their cultural and historical context
- 2.D Placing textual language and register in historical and social context
- 2.D.i Identifying formal and informal language
- 2.D.ii Language registers reflecting social relationships
- 2.D.iii Linguistic features typical of a text's time and place
- 2.D.iv Linguistic change and historical or geopolitical context
- 2.D.v Comparing language and register across different contexts
- 2.E Relating texts to their literary, historical and sociocultural contexts
- 2.E.i Identifying related information from other disciplines
- 2.E.ii How a text's content relates to its contexts
- 2.E.iii The relationship between a literary text and its contexts
- 2.E.iv Behaviours and attitudes in texts reflecting their contexts
- 2.F Relating texts to contemporary global issues
- 2.F.i Identifying themes relevant to contemporary society
- 2.F.ii Themes in literary texts and contemporary or global issues
- 2.G How a text reflects or challenges majority or minority culture
- 2.G.i Distinguishing arguments from opinions
- 2.G.ii How personal beliefs and opinions affect interpretation
- 2.G.iii Connecting primary and secondary texts
3 Comparing Literary Texts
- 3.A Structural or stylistic similarities and differences in two texts
- 3.A.i Comparing rhetorical figures
- 3.A.ii Comparing points of view
- 3.A.iii Comparing stylistic features
- 3.A.iv Structural features in texts related by period, genre or theme
- 3.A.v Effect of rhetorical features in related texts
- 3.B Comparing cultural products, practices or perspectives in two texts
- 3.B.i Comparing points of view in texts with the student's own culture
- 3.B.ii Comparing cultural representations with the student's own literary culture
- 3.C Identifying thematic connections between texts
- 3.D Comparing how a theme develops in two texts
- 3.E Comparing how two texts represent historical events
- 3.F Comparing points of view in two texts
4 Comparing Texts and Art
- 4.A Relating texts to other media from the target cultures
- 4.A.i Identifying themes and features of artistic representations
- 4.A.ii Shared themes between an artwork and a literary text
- 4.B Placing texts within the target culture's literary and artistic heritage
- 4.B.i Significance of shared themes between an artwork and a text
- 4.C How a theme develops in a work of art
5 Argumentation
6 Language and Conventions
7 Literary Discussions and Presentations
- 7.A Oral discussion of texts and contexts (not assessed)
- 7.B Written discussion of texts and contexts (not assessed)
- 7.C Oral presentations on course content (not assessed)
- 7.D Sharing literary texts in and beyond class (not assessed)
- 7.E Sharing literature and culture with wider communities (not assessed)
- 7.F Comprehensible pronunciation in speaking (not assessed)
- 7.G Self-monitoring spoken and written language (not assessed)