Do you like reading? Is Spanish your favourite language? If the answer is yes, join this reading group. Over six monthly meetings read and discuss different short stories. This gives you the opportunity to practise Spanish and discuss the work in a relaxed atmosphere. You will discuss the stories in small groups to gain confidence. You will have the necessary skills if you have completed 'Spanish 2 or 3' or equivalent.

Short stories to be read in advance of the class, some of which are available online for free, others will need to be purchased. Questions will be provided three weeks in advance to give you the opportunity to prepare. Class discussion and the tutor will help with vocabulary and expression. The short stories for discussion are: (1) 'Modesta Gómez', Rosario Castellanos, https://ciudadseva.com/texto/modesta-gomez/ (9 October), (2) 'La tortuga gigante' and “Las medias de los flamencos”, Horacio Quiroga, Horacio Quiroga, sus mejores cuentos, Neón Ediciones, 2016 (6 November) or:https://www.ingenieria.unam.mx/dcsyhfi/material_didactico/Literatura_Hispanoamericana_Contemporanea/Autores_Q/QUIROGA/tortuga.pdf and https://blog.cuatrogatos.org/docs/ficcion/ficcion_14.pdf (3) 'El hombre muerto' and “La gama ciega”, Horacio Quiroga, Horacio Quiroga, sus mejores cuentos, Neón Ediciones, 2016, or https://www.ingenieria.unam.mx/dcsyhfi/material_didactico/Literatura_Hispanoamericana_Contemporanea/Autores_Q/QUIROGA/hombre.pdf and https://www.ingenieria.unam.mx/dcsyhfi/material_didactico/Literatura_Hispanoamericana_Contemporanea/Autores_Q/QUIROGA/GAMA.pdf (4 December) (4) 'Hola, soledad', Ese día cayó en domingo, Sergio Ramírez, 2022 (22 January) (5) 'El mercado viejo', Ese día cayó en domingo, Sergio Ramírez, 2022 (19 February) (6) 'La primera vez que me vi…', Elena Garro, Andamos huyendo, Lola, 1980 or https://www.literatura.us/elena/vez.html (19 March)