I had a class like that in college. I did take a Spanish literature class, so of course it was supposed to be like that. But I also took a regular Spanish speaking class, as a modern language class was a requirement for our studies. But in that class, even though it was supposed to be teaching us how to speak Spanish, all he was doing was making us read Spanish literature. That teacher was annoying also, pretentious and full of himself. The other one, from the real Spanish literature class, was a very nice person and down to earth.