GERMAN AND ROMANCE LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES

FRENCH

PLEASE NOTE:
Placement in all French language courses is determined either by Webcape (computerized exam to be taken online or during Orientation at the Language Lab) or by completion of a previous class at Hopkins. Contact Claude Guillemard (claude@jhu.edu) for any placement questions.

210.101

FRENCH ELEMENTS (4.5) Wvenschy/Guillemard Beauvois  Lab Req'd.  Prereq: No previous knowledge of French and Webcap score of 0-250   Limit 15 per section   The Elements, or beginning, French program provides a multi-faceted approach to teaching language and culture to the novice French student. From the first day, the students are "immersed" in a linguistically rich environment with French as the primary language of the classroom. The emphasis of the course is an aural-oral proficiency without neglecting the other basic skills of grammar structure, phonetics, reading, and writing. Year course; must complete both semesters successfully in order to receive credit

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02

03

MTW 9,
F 12

MTW 10,
F 12

MTW 11,
F 12

210.103

LEARNER MANAGED SECTION OF FRENCH ELEMENTS (4.5)Wvenschy/Guillemard Beauvois Limit 12    Lab Req'd    Year course; must complete both semesters successfully in order to receive credit   Prereq: No previous knowledge of French or Webcape score of 0-250     This course is designed for students with scheduling conflicts. Special section meets two times a week for 1 and 1/4 hours. On-line materials are designed for 1 and 1/2 more hours a week required for the course. It must be noted that there is less classroom contact time in this course, and therefore this course is recommended for those who have some knowledge of French and need a review of the language. Only highly self-motivated students should attempt this course.
No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

Sec. 01

MW 6-7:15pm

210.201 (H)

INTERMEDIATE FRENCH (3.5) Guillemard    Limit 15 per section Prereq: 210.102, 210.104 or Webcape 280-380   Lab Req'd.   Taught in French, this course develops the four communication skills through multimedia material. Movies and readings from French-speaking destinations and extensive study of Manon des Sources. WebCT-based.

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02
03
04

MTW 10

MTW 11
MTW 11
MTW 12

210.203 (H)

ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE FRENCH (3.5) Roos  Limit 15 per section   Prereq: "A" in 210.102 or 210.104 or between 380 and 450 on Webcape   Lab Req'd.   Credit will not be given if you have previously taken 210.201-202   Conducted entirely in French    A two-semester intermediate course offering a systematic review of language structures, conducted exclusively in French. Prereq: grade of A in 210.101-102, or appropriate score on Webcape exam. Credit will not be given if previously enrolled in 210.201-202 or the equivalent. This course is for students who can express themselves more fluently in both their written and oral work and can analyze more difficult texts than in Intermediate French. Students will study authentic texts, including film “text”, and focus on their written and oral skills.

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02
03

MTW 9

MTW 10
MTW 11

210.206 (H)

SCIENTIFIC FRENCH (3) Cook-Gailloud Beauvois 
Limit 15 Prereq: 210.202 or 210.204 or Perm. Req’d   This course prepares students for the exam and the certificate offered by the Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris. The course is conducted in French; both oral and written participation is required.
Taught with 210.305

Sec. 01

MTW 10

210.301 (H) (W)

CONVERSATION ET COMPOSITION FRANÇAISE (3.5) Mobarek    Limit 12 per section Prereq: 210.202 or 210.204 or 450 or greater on Webcape and supplementary test (Contact Prof. Guillemard at claude@jhu.edu)   Lab Req’d   This is third-year language course intended to bridge the intermediate level and more advanced levels in French literature and cultural studies. Over two semesters, students will be given the opportunity to continue strengthening their linguistic skills.  This course will offer students an individualized review of grammar based on the students¹ written work. Students will be presented with a diversity of texts from current newspaper articles covering key national and international issues to a diversity of literary texts.
Conducted in French.

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MTW 9

MTW 10

MTW 10

MTW 11

MTW 11

MTW 12

MTW 12

210.305 (H)

ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC FRENCH (3) Cook-Gailloud Beauvois    Limit 15   Prereq: 210.302 or Perm. Req’d   This course prepares students for the exam and the certificate offered by the Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris. Students in the advanced section will have an additional project to accomplish for credit. The course is conducted in French; both oral and written participation is required.
Taught with 210.306

Sec. 01

MTW 10

210.501
(W)

FRENCH INDEPENDENT STUDY - LANGUAGE Guillemard Beauvois  Perm. Req’d

211.340 (H)   

TOPICS IN FRENCH CINEMA: REGARDS SUR L’ENFANCE (3) Cook-Gailloud Beauvois  Limit 15     This course will explore different topics in French cinema. This semester the course will focus on childhood as depicted in French film. The emphasis of the course will be discussion and analyses of film sequences in class. Additional homework assignments will involve vocabulary and grammar study and an independent project.  Requirements for this course include completion of Conversation and Composition, or equivalent score on the Webcape placement test.

Sec. 01

Th 1-3:30

211.401 (H)

LA FRANCE CONTEMPORAINE I (3) Cook-Gailloud   Limit 15 18 Prereq: 210.301-302 or 210.301 and instructor’s consent This class is divided into two semesters: the first offers a general survey of contemporary French society, politics and culture as it examines social unrest in the suburbs, immigration problems, international relations, the European Union, the job market, education, sports, gastronomy, art, literature, music. Engaging activities such as debates, individual or group presentations, class discussions on current topics in French news and films will contribute to promoting cultural awareness of the French as a nation. During the second semester, we will explore with greater depth selected topics from la France contemporaine I while attempting to define the specific traits which define the French as a nation (for instance their humor, social manners, appreciation of haute couture, passion for cuisine and wine, use of slang, fondness for comics such as Tintin and Astérix et Obélix). Our discussion will include a more general consideration on which criteria form cultural myths and nationhood. Contemporary French culture and society studied through newspapers, French broadcast news, videos, and directed readings. During the first semester students study general trends in French society; during the second semester they concentrate on French youth and family. Oral presentation and independent research are required. Sec. 02 added 9/12/07

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02

MTW 12

MTW 9

212.201 (H)
(W)

INTRODUCTION À LA LITTÉRATURE FRANÇAISE I (3) Roos/Neefs    Limit 20 per section   Readings and discussion of texts of various genres from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. The two semesters may be taken in either order. This sequence is a pre­requisite to all further literature courses. Students may co-register with an upper-level course during their second semester. Prerequisites: both semesters of 210.301-302 or at least one semester of 210.301-302 with a grade of A and written permission of the instructor. Note: 210.301-302 are prerequisites for all undergraduate courses with higher numbers.

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02

ThF 10:30-12

MTW 12

212.316 (H)

THE 18TH CENTURY THEATER (3)  Anderson Limit 15 Prereq: 212.201  The development of the drama bourgeois and the theater criticism of the French Enlightenment. Authors to be studied include Racine, Le Sage, Marivaux, Voltaire, Diderot, and Beaumarchais.

Sec. 01

M 3-5

212.402 (H)

LE ROI ARTUR, LE SAINT GRAAL ET LES CHEVALIERS (3)  Nichols  Limit 20  Qui est le roi Artur et pourquoi la légende du saint graal s’est-elle évoluée autour de sa cour ? D’où vient l’idée d’une chevalerie consacrée à la quête du saint graal ? Pourquoi la France au 12e siècle est-elle devenu le berceau de ce mythe perdurable ? Et, enfin, pourquoi cette légende a-t-elle exercé une fascination continue sur l’imagination moderne ? En lisant de romans de Chrétien de Troyes et d’autres auteurs médiévaux, ce cours tâchera de répondre à de telles questions. On examinera, pour terminer, quelques traitements cinématographiques contemporains de thème.

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T 1-3

212.408 (H)

LOVE, POETRY, EROTICISM (3)  Jeanneret  Limit 20 The course will develop two approaches to the theme of love, one historical, one theoretical. The historical approach will enable us to understand significant changes in social behaviour and ethics. Using the theoretical approach, we will explore the limits of what is tolerated in the expression of erotic desire. Texts studied will be borrowed from a variety of French poets, from the Renaissance to Romanticism.
Course conducted in French.
Cross-listed with Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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W 3-5pm

212.501

FRENCH INDEPENDENT STUDY - LITERATURE Staff

GERMAN

210.161

GERMAN ELEMENTS I (4.5) Mifflin   Limit 18 per section   An introduction to the German language and a developement of speaking, writing, reading & listening skills.  Culture of the German-language countries is also incorporated into the curriculum. Lab req’d.  Both semesters must be completed with passing grades to receive credit. Cannot be taken Satisfactory/unsatisfactory.Students should choose their section based on the MTW schedule.  Conflicts arising from the Th/Fr hour will be resolved w/ instructor

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03

04

MTW 9, Th 9:30

MTW 10,
Th 10:30

MTW 11, F 12

MTW 12, F 1

210.163

ELEMENTARY YIDDISH I (4.5) Caplan   Limit 17 Year-long course. Includes the four language skills--reading, writing, listening, and speaking--and introduces students to Yiddish culture through text, song, and film. Emphasis is placed both on the acquisition of Yiddish as a tool for the study of Yiddish literature and Ashkenazic history and culture, and on the active use of the language in oral and written communication. Both semesters must be taken with a passing grade to receive credit. Cross-listed with Jewish StudiesCourse canceled 9/19/07

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MTW 9

210.261 (H)

INTERMEDIATE GERMAN I (3.5) Wheeler Limit 16 per section   Prereq: 210.161-162 or placement exam A review and expansion of all aspects of the German language.  Course focuses on all four skills with a special emphasis on reading texts, writing and editing, and speaking conversationally as well as more formally in presentations.  Taught in German.

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02

03

MTW 10

MTW 11

MTW 12

210.263 (H)

INTERMEDIATE YIDDISH I (3) Caplan  Limit 15 Prereq: 210.164 or equivalent; or 2 years of German and Perm. Req’d  This course will focus on understanding the Yiddish language as a key to understanding the culture of Yiddish-speaking Jews.  Emphasis will be placed on reading literary texts and historical documents.  These primary sources will be used as a springboard for work on the other language skills: writing, listening, and speaking. Cross-listed with Jewish Studies

Sec. 01

MTW 11

210.361 (H)
(W)

ADVANCED GERMAN CONVERSATION AND COMPOSITION (3) Mifflin    Limit 15 per section   Prereq: 210.262 and Perm. Req’d   This is a writing intensive course aimed at the refinement of grammatical use and modes of expression.  The topic of the semester is Gemany after World War II up until the eve of reunification in 1990 to include reconstruction after the war, Wirtschaftswunder, 68 Generation and everyday life in the former East Germany.  Several films of the period and one full-length novel are incorporated into the curriculum.  Special emphasis is on the development of self-editing skills in writing.  Taught in German.

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02

MTW 11

MTW 12

210.363 (H)

BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL GERMAN (3) Wheeler   Limit 15  Prereq: 210.261-262   Course is designed to familiarize students with the vocabulary and standards for doing business in Germany.  Taking a cultural approach, students read texts and engage in discussion that elucidate the works of business, commerce & industry in Germany, the world’s third largest economy.  Emphasis is placed on vocabulary expansion and writing as it relates to business.  Taught in German.

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MTW  10

210.462 (H)

INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE (3) Domenghino Limit 10   Prereq: 210.361-362   This course is designed to introduce students to the analysis literary and cultural topics.  A variety of 20th century texts and visual media will form the basis for discussion of literature and cultural phenomena specific to the time period.  This semester will focus on the European capitals of Zurich, Vienna, and Berlin, thereby offering a “European” perspective on literary, cultural, and political events after 1900.  Continuities between and differences amongst the three German speaking countries will be investigated. Attention is given to improving student writing.  Readings, discussion, and written assignments in German.

Sec. 01

TW 3-4:30

210.561

INDEPENDENT STUDY-LANGUAGE  Wheeler/Mifflin

213.252 (H)

WHAT IS A UNIVERSITY? (3)  Tobias  Limit 20 Freshman Only  Although the first European universities date back to the ninth century, the idea of a modern research institution is of fairly recent provenance. In this course we will some of the most important works from the 18th and 19th centuries that provided the theoretical framework for institutions like Johns Hopkins and the U of Chicago. A consistent concern of the course will be the relation of the university to the state and education to moral edification and civic duty.  Cross-listed with History and Humanities Center

Sec. 01

W 3-5

213.320 (H)

FREEDOM AND CRITIQUE: LUTHER, KANT, AND HEGEL (3) Feldman  Limit 15 Freedom, selfhood and critique have been central concepts in the development of modern thought. This course offers an introduction to these important themes of modern thought by way of close readings of short texts by Luther, Kant and Hegel. The course will follow points of theoretical continuity and discontinuity between these authors--e.g. how does Kant's theorization of obligation relate to Luther and the 'inner man'? How does Hegel conceive of history in contrast to Kant? We will also look at the significance of these authors in the work of Marx, Benjamin, Adorno, Arendt and Foucault, and in each case we will consider the impact these authors have had on the conceptualization of freedom, selfhood and critique for twentieth-century European and North American marxism, feminism, psychoanalysis and ethical theory. Course added 5/04/07 Course canceled 6/21/07

Sec. 01

M 3-5

213.333 (H) (W)

TRANSFORMATION IN MODERN JEWISH LITERATURE (3) Caplan  Limit 15  This course will be an advanced-undergraduate, writing-intensive examination of the theme of transformation as a defining metaphor for the Jewish encounter with modernity, from Reb Nakhman of Breslov at the beginning of the 19th century to Tony Kushner at the end of the 20th. Among the topics we will consider are the means by which Jewish authors adapt modern literary forms such as the novel, the short story, and the drama to the needs of Jews at a recurring moment of historical and political transition; we will also consider the negotiation between fantasy and realism as a means of representing the interaction of local tradition with global modernity. An additional consideration of the question of language will inform our discussion of works written in Yiddish, Hebrew, German, Russian, and English. These issues will be juxtaposed against historical developments such as the gradual industrialization of Eastern Europe, political anti-Semitism, immigration, Zionism and other nationalist movements, warfare, the Holocaust, and changing notions of gender and family roles. All readings and discussions conducted in English. Cross-listed with Jewish Studies

Sec. 01

TW 1-2:30

213.335 (H)
(W)

TECHNOLOGY AND SEXUALITY IN BERLIN (3) Kolarov  Limit 15  This class will focus on the transition from the literary and artistic concern with transience and finitude to the uncanny presence of eternity NOW that defined the development of techno-sexuality in the modern media.  The city of Berlin is the playground on which this transformation takes place and will make a regular appearance in the materials we will engage.
Cross-listed with Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies & Film & Media Studies

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Scrn.

M 1-3
Th 7-9pm

213.344 (H)

THE LIFE OF THE SENSES: SENSATION AND EMOTION BEFORE MODERNITY (3) Largier  Limit 15 An investigation into the understanding and the rhetoric of sensation and emotion in pre-reformation cultures. Readings include Medieval and Early Modern texts from the courtly tradition (Parzival, Tristan, courtly poetry) and from religious traditions (Lives of Saints, 'autobiographical' narratives). The course materials will include images and manuscript illustrations as well. All texts are available both in English and in German. Discussions in English. Course added 4/30/07 Course canceled 6/21/07

Sec. 01

Th 1-3

213.366 (H)

LITERATURE AND POLITICS (3) Schestag Limit 20 Since Plato’s Republic (a text recalling the ancient struggle between poetry and philosophy, and proposing to exclude the poets from the polis) the relation between literature and politics has never been simple. This course will focus on a series of extreme tensions between literature and politics in the German speaking world between 1750 and 1945. We will discuss some of the major poetic and philosophical texts dealing with the relation between language, literature, society and politics in that time period. Authors to include: Winckelmann, Hegel, Marx, Heine, von Hofmannsthal, Kafka, Benjamin, Brecht, Arendt, Musil and Celan.  Reading and discussion in English. Course added 6/29/07

Sec. 01

Th 12-2

213.377 337 (H)

MERMAIDS AND WATER SPRITES (3) Pahl   Prereq: 091.301-302 or 210.361-362 or Perm. Req’d   Many stories have been told about different kinds of water people. What kind of fascination does life in the water hold? What is so interesting about these hybrid creatures­men with webs between their fingers, women with fishtails? What is lost when these amphibians settle on land for good? We will read literary texts from different periods to pursue these questions. Readings and discussion in German Cross-listed with Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Sec. 01

Th 3-5pm
Plus one additional TA hour M 7

213.501

INDEPENDENT STUDY-LITERATURE  Campe/Pahl

213.509

GERMAN HONORS PROGRAM  Staff

ITALIAN

Final placement in all Italian language courses will be determined by an Italian Placement exam, or be the previous completion of an Italian class at Hopkins. See the Italian Language Coordinator to arrange for the taking of the exam.

210.151

ITALIAN ELEMENTS (4) Zannirato 
Limit 18 15 per section     Year course; must complete both semesters for credit. The aim of the course is to provide the student with the basic skills in reading, writing, and speaking the language through the use of grammatical texts, elementary readings, videos, and electronic didactic materials. All classes are conducted in Italian; oral participation is encouraged from the beginning.
No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

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02

03

04

05

MTW 9

MTW 10

MTW 11

MTW 12

MTW 12

210.251 (H)

INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN (3.5) Zannirato   Limit 15 per section    Prereq: 210.151-152 or placement exam  Lab Req'd.    Intensive review of grammatical and syntactical structures; improvement of reading and composition skills through the use of contemporary texts, reinforcement of the student's knowledge of the language through oral and written presentations on predetermined subjects. All classes are conducted in Italian. Class participation is essential. No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

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02

03

04

MTW 10

MTW 11

MTW 12

MTW 12

210.351 (H)
(W)

ADVANCED ITALIAN COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION (3.5) Zannirato
Limit 12 per section   Prereq: 210.251-252 or placement exam     This third-year level course presents a systematic introduction to a variety of contemporary cultural topics, emphasizing role-playing, vocabulary building, and style and clarity in writing. Texts drawn from different media (newspapers, magazines, and literary work), and ample use of audio-visual and electronic materials will stress everyday spoken Italian. No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

Sec. 01

02

03

MTW 11

MTW 12

MTW 10

211.221 (H)

ITALIAN MATTERS ITALIAN MANNERS (3) Forni  Limit 20 This is an introductory course to Italian culture relying on a tradition of books of conduct including the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and today.

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M 1-3

214.390 (H)

MACHIAVELLI IN CONTEXT (3) Celenza  Limit 20 This seminar course will offer students the chance to read most of Machiavelli’s major works in English translation.  In addition, Machiavelli will be examined both in the context out of which he emerged – the Latinate Italian humanism of the fifteenth century – and in the context in which he carried out his daily activities – the bustling day to day world of Florentine politics.  A separate section will be offered for students with adequate reading knowledge of Italian, in which we will read Machiavelli’s Prince in Italian, in a new, definitive critical edition.

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T 2-5pm

214.479 (H)

THE DIVINE COMEDY: AN INTENSIVE READING (3)  Stephens   Limit 20   A reading and discussion of Dante's masterpiece, in its entirety, in English translation.  Concentration on its structure and relation to the most pressing issues of Dante's time, and its ongoing relevance to our own concerns.  Italian majors and minors will read and discuss selected passages in Italian, and write their papers in Italian.

Sec. 01

ThF 10:30-12

214.561

ITALIAN INDEPENDENT STUDY  Staff  

PORTUGUESE

Final placement in all Portuguese language courses will be determined by a Portuguese Placement exam to be taken during orientation week and in the Department office at other times, or be the previous completion of a Portuguese class at Hopkins. See the Portuguese Language Coordinator to arrange for the taking of the exam.

210.177 

PORTUGUESE ELEMENTS (3.5)
Bensabat-Ott   Limit 20   This course introduces students to the basic skills in read­ing, writing, and speaking the Portuguese language. Basic texts, music, and folklore are used to acquaint students with Portugal and Brazil, as well as the cultural influences of Africa on Brazilian society. Students are encouraged to speak from the very beginning of the course, and class participation is a must. All classes are conducted in Por­tuguese. Language lab is required. Both semesters must be completed with passing grades to receive credit.  No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory  

Sec. 01

MWF 11

210.277 (H)

INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCED PORTUGUESE (3.5) Bensabat-Ott  Limit 20    Prereq: 210.177-178 or Placement Exam More advanced training in the skills of the language through short stories, poetry, and miscellaneous readings from Brazil, Portugal, and Portuguese-speaking Africa that reflect the mix of cultures at work in contemporary Lusophone world. Throughout the course emphasis is placed on vocabulary building, ease, and fluency in the language. All classes are conducted in Portuguese. Lan­guage lab is required. Both semesters must be completed with passing grades to receive credit. No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

Sec. 01

MWF 10

210.391 (H)
(W)

PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE & LITERATURE (3.5) Bensabat-Ott Limit 20  Prereq: 210.277-278 or Placement Exam This third year Advanced Portuguese course focuses on reading, writing and oral expression.  Under the supervision of the instructor, students will read one or two complete works by major Brazilian, Portuguese, and/or Afro-Portuguese writers each semester, followed by intensive writing and oral discussion on the topics covered.  Grammar will be reviewed as necessary.

Sec. 01

MWF 12

SPANISH

Final placement in all Spanish language courses will be determined by a Spanish Placement exam to be taken during orientation week and in the Department office at other times, or be the previous completion of a Spanish class at Hopkins. See the Spanish Language Coordinator to arrange for the taking of the exam.

210.111

SPANISH ELEMENTS I (4) Weingarten Year course   Must complete both semesters successfully in order to receive credit   Lab Req'd.   Limit 24 (Sec. 01); Limit 17 per section (Secs. 02-06)     Development of the four basic language skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking. Extensive use of an online component delivered via WebCT, sustained class participation, and three hourly exams (no midterm and no final). Section 01 (Fall semesters) is offered totally online. In order to receive credit for Spanish 111, Spanish 112 must also be completed with a passing grade.
No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

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02

03

04

05

06

Online

MTW 9

MTW 10

MTW 11

MTW 12

MTW 1

210.112

SPANISH ELEMENTS II (4) Weingarten   Prereq: 210.111 or placement exam     Lab Req’d. Limit 17 per section  Continuation of Spanish Elements I.  Further development of the four basic language skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking. Extensive use of an online component delivered via WebCT , sustained class participation, and three hourly exams (no midterm and no final).  Section 01 (Spring semesters) is offered totally online.  No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

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02

03

04

MTW 9

MTW 10

MTW 11

MTW 12

210.211 (H)

INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I (4) I. Gonzalez Miranda-Aldaco   Prereq: 210.111-112 or appropriate Placement Exam (S-Cape)   Limit 24 (Sec. 01); Limit 17 per section (Secs. 02-06)   Continues building on the four essential skills for communication presented in Spanish Elements courses. Extensive use of an online component delivered via WebCT, sustained class participation, and three hourly exams (no midterm and no final).  No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

Sec. 01

02

03

04

05

06

Online

MTW 9

MTW 10

MTW 11

MTW 12

MTW 1

210.212 (H)

INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II (4) I. Gonzalez   Prereq: 210.211 or appropriate Webcape score Limit 17 per section   Continues building on the four essential skills for communication presented in Spanish Elements courses and in Intermediate Spanish I. Extensive use of an online component delivered via WebCT, sustained class participation, and three hourly exams (no midterm and no final).  No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

Sec. 01

02

03

04

MTW 9

MTW 10

MTW 11

MTW 12

210.213 (H)

ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE SPANISH (4) (3.5) I. Gonzalez  Limit 17 per section Prereq: Appropriate S-Cape score Continues building on the foundation of the four essential skills for communication that was laid in introductory courses taken outside of JHU.  Extensive use of an online component delivered via WebCT, sustained class participation, and three hourly exams (no midterm and no final). No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

Sec. 01

02

MTW 10

MTW 12

210.311 (H)

ADVANCED SPANISH I (3) Garcia-Augustin/Sanchez
Prereqs: 210.212 or 210.213 or appropriate Webcape score   Limit 15 per section   Advanced Spanish I is designed to improve the four skills: Reading, writing, listening and speaking, essential for communication. This third-year course aims to improve the students' reading and writing skills by focusing on various types of texts. Students will also engage in more formal levels of written communication. This course also focuses on refinement of grammar. Students are exposed to a deeper understanding of the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. Extensive use of an online component delivered via WebCT, sustained class participation, and three hourly exams (no midterm and no final).  No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory
Sec. 05 canceled 9/10/07

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02

03

04

05

06

MTW 9

MTW 10

MTW 11

MTW 12

MTW 12

MTW 1

210.312 (H)

ADVANCED SPANISH II (3) Garcia-Augustin/Sanchez  Prereq: 210.311 or appropriate S-Cape score   Limit 15 per section    This third-year course aims at improving the students' oral skills by focusing on the use of standard, spoken Spanish with an emphasis on colloquial and idiomatic expressions. Students will also engage in more formal levels of communication by discussing assigned literary and non-literary topics. They will increase their listening skills through movies and other listening comprehension exercises. The course will also focus on vocabulary acquisition.  No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

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02

03

04

MTW 9

MTW 10

MTW 11

MTW 12

210.313 (H)

MEDICAL SPANISH (3) Sanchez Limit 22   Prereqs: 210.311 or appropriate S-Cape score   Students will increase their vocabulary and practice grammar structures closely related to the medical and health administration professions.  All language skills are equally emphasized. Highly recommended to students in any of the health-related majors. There will be an intensive on-line component. No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

Sec. 02 added 9/04/07

Sec. 01

02

MTW 12

MTW 1

210.314 (H)

BUSINESS SPANISH (3) Sanchez
Limit 15   Prereqs: 210.311 or appropriate S-Cape score   Students will increase their vocabulary and practice grammar structures closely related to trade and business practices in the public and private sectors.  All language skills are equally emphasized.  Highly recommended to students majoring in Business and International Relations. There will be an intensive on-line component. 
No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

Sec. 01

MTW 10

210.316 (H)

CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH (3) Garcia-Augustin/Sanchez   Limit 15   Prereqs: 210.311 or Webcape score above 650     This course is designed for students who have attained an advanced level of proficiency in Spanish 210.312 and wish to improve their oral skills by focusing on the use of standard, spoken Spanish with an emphasis on colloquial and idiomatic expressions. Students are exposed to a deeper understanding of the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world through movies and other listening comprehension exercises. The course will mainly focus on conversation and vocabulary acquisition.

Sec. 01

MTW 10

210.411 (H)
(W)

SPANISH TRANSLATION FOR THE PROFESSIONS (3) Sanchez/ Gonzalez Limit 15  Prereqs: 210.313, 210.314, or 210.315   Students will leans the basics of translation theory and be presented with the tools needed (specialized dictionaries, web resources, etc) for the translation of literature, business, medical, legal, technological, political, and journalistic texts from Spanish to English and English to Spanish.  No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

Sec. 01

MTW 12

210.412
(W)

SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERNSHIP (3) Sanchez   Limit 12   Prereq: 210.411 The Spanish Language Internship involves a specially designed project related to student’s minor concentration. Provides an opportunity to use Spanish language in real world contexts. May be related to current employment context or developed in agencies or organizations that complement student’s research and experimental background while contributing to the improvement of language proficiency.
No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

Sec. 01

MW 1

215.231 (H)
(W)

INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH LITERATURE (3)  Garcia Limit 15 A writing intensive course designed in order to (1) continue to develop the student’s linguistic proficiency through the careful reading of a wide-range of literary texts written in Spanish; (2) help the student develop and refine the skills and terms required for advanced studies in literature; and (3) provide the student with an overview of Spanish and Spanish-American literary history. Although the course focuses on texts written in Spanish, students who go on to study literature in other languages will benefit from the critical skills developed in this course.  This course is required for the Major in Spanish. Cross-listed with Latin American Studies

Sec. 01

MTW 10

215.347 (H)

20TH CENTURY LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE (3) Castro-Klaren    Limit 30   A survey of the major prose writing in Latin American in the 20th Century. Cross-listed with Latin American Studies Course canceled 6/21/07

Sec. 01

T 1-3

215.395 (H)

COLONIALISM IN LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE (3) Ebacher  Limit 20  Primary texts from the Spanish chronicles of conquest and the testimony of Indigenous peoples. Issues such as acculturation, identity formation, resistance, culture clash, responses to Christianity, and new cultural modalities. Emphasis on postcolonial theoretical perspectives. Taught in Spanish. Course added 7/23/07

Sec.01

Th 2-4 F 1-3

215.454

MEDIEVAL AND CONTEMPORARY LITERATURES AND CULTURES FACE-OFF (3) Gonzalez/Altschul   Limit 10  Course will be open to undergraduates with instructor consent   See 215.750 for description

Sec.01

T 1-3

215.456 (H)

GAUCHOS, NEGROS, GITANOS (3) Gonzalez   Limit 30   Prereq: Advanced Spanish or permission of instructor    Study of the music and literature inspired by three groups of great liminal influence in the cultural and political affairs of their respective nations. Gauchos (Argentina), Afro Hispanics (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo), Gitanos (Spain). Attention given to popular and learned myths and stereotypes and the history of efforts to establish self-identity. Conducted in Spanish. Cross-listed with Latin American Studies

Sec. 01

M 3-5pm

215.525 (H)

SPANISH- INDEPENDENT STUDY Staff

UNDERGRADUATE CROSS-LISTINGS

300.352 (H)
(W)

PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL PARADOXES IN FRENCH LITERATURE AND FILM (1930-1970) (3) Geroulanos   Limit 35 
Cross-listed with Film and Media Studies and the Humanities Center

Lec.

Scrn.

T 7-10pm

W 5-8pm

300.337 (H)

THINKING FILMS (3) Marrati   Limit 35 25   This course examines how films deal with and renew philosophical ways of thinking about reality, perception, ethical choices, identity, personal and historical memory.
Cross-listed with Philosophy, Anthropology, the Humanities Center, Political Science, and Film and Media Studies

Sec. 01

T 4-6pm, W 7-9pm

360.133 (H)
(W)
             

GREAT BOOKS: WESTERN TRADITION OR THE HUMANITIES: A TRADITION OF CLASSICS (3) Egginton/Patton/Talle/Valládares  
Limit 20 per section
Open to all Undergraduates
Cross-listed with Classics, the Humanities Center, Interdepartmental, and Music

Sec. 01

02

03

04

ThF 10:30-12

ThF 10:30-12

ThF 10:30-12

ThF 10:30-12

360.371 (S)(W)

RELIGION AND SENSUALITY IN THE INDO-EUROPEAN IMAGINATION (3) Singh Limit 15 Are orgies immoral? Is God a sensual being? We study aspects of three distinct but overlapping cultures, Ancient Greece, India and the United States to understand different conceptions of human and divine sensuality, and the interplay of masculine, feminine and androgynous principles in religion and philosophy. Readings include Foucault, Pierre Hadot, Nietzsche, Weber, Gandhi, Thoreau, Emerson, as well as segments on Greek and Hindu myth, and the HBO television show 'Sex and the City'. Cross-listed with Anthropology, Classics, Interdepartmental & Study of Women, Gender, & Sexuality  Course added 6/07/07

Lec.

ThF 1-2:30

GRADUATE COURSES

FRENCH

210.610

METHODS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING Beauvois Limit 30  Required for all in-coming teaching assistants in the Dept. of RL&L, this course will focus on an overview of the tenets of second language acquisition (SLA) and the research which informs current teaching practice. Students will study the state of the L2L profession past and present, and will look at different methods and techniques for effective second language teaching and learning. The basis of the course is a balance between the practical and the theoretical. Course canceled 5/07/07

Sec. 01

Th 11-1

212.638

LITERATURE AND POLITICS I: EQUALITY Anderson Limit 12    Writing about equality during the French Revolution: In this seminar we will be looking at three categories of readings: those dealing with theoretical questions, those dealing with places and events, and those which explicitly address the literary and aesthetic issues of writing about the Revolution.

Sec. 01

M 1-3

212.690

WHAT ABOUT AESTHETICS? Cohn
Limit 12   During the 20th century, artists, historians of art and philosophers tried to deny the meaning and even the relevance of aesthetics. Modernity developed in counteraction with aesthetics. How and why did this happen?  Today we are witnessing a new rise of interest in aesthetics for ethical and social reasons.  Pleasure, disgust, compassion, surprise, the whole aesthetical system could become the basis of an ethical new deal.  Emotions, feelings, empathy are studied by neuro- and cognitive sciences and are given a second conceptual life. Reading books, watching movies, hearing music, looking at paintings etc could help us to live together, deepen our experience and contribute to educate us as human beings.  What is aesthetics, what does an aesthetical point of view mean?  Do we need aesthetics to understand and/or analyze works of art? Can works of art contribute to our self-improvement?  To explore these issues, we shall study in this seminar two decisive periods, crossing the French and the German development of aesthetics :
1)the birth of aesthetics in the 18th century
2)its key point at the end of the 19th century

Sec. 01

ThF 3-5pm

Sec. 01

Th 10:30-12

212.706

THE INVENTION OF THE GRAIL LEGEND: IDENTITY AND LANGUAGE OF ROMANCE Nichols   Limit 15 Since the 19th century, the legend of the Holy Grail, Arthur, Merlin, and the knights of the Round Table have conveyed both the past and present of what we mean by “medieval.” The Grail has come to define the hope of romance, and its darker, destructive facets, an ambivalence perfectly captured by Henry James's novel The Golden Bowl.  So pervasive has the Grail become in Western culture, that we have all but forgotten that this legend was “invented” in 1200 by a French cleric. He wanted to  claim a crucial relic of Christ's Passion for France.  The Grail is that object, although,  as Umberto Eco's Baudolino ironically notes, a relic invented by romance, for its own ends. The Grail thus becomes a symbol of romance's ability to “make history,” to create “fictional truth.” By studying Grail romances of Chrétien de Troyes, Robert de Boron, Malory and others, the seminar will pose the question of what is romance and how it came to define French history and identity. It will also ask how something so quintessentially French, came to be universalized, its French origins largely forgotten.

POLITICAL THEOLOGY AND LITERATURE IN FRANCE, 1150-1450 Origins, identity and language recur obsessively as themes of philosophical and religious commentary in early medieval thought. This is hardly surprising given the close link between theology and philosophy during the High Middle Ages (and beyond). Less obvious, however, is the influence and role of theo-political matters in the invention of vernacular historiography, epic, romance and lesser-known genres of allegorical literature. The seminar will examine the emergence of political theology in selected Latin and vernacular texts by Petrus Helias, Grosseteste, Wace, Robert de Boron, Villehardouin, Rutebeuf, Jean de Meun, Jean d’Arras, Christine de Pizan and François Villon.

Sec. 01

W 1-3

212.728

PHILOSOPHER EN LITTERATURE Noudelmann   Limit 12 Course will meet Sept 17 through Nov 7 Depuis 1945 les relations entre littérature et philosophie ont pris un tour nouveau, l'après-guerre modifiant leurs répartitions discursives et politiques. L'écriture de Sartre a dès lors bouleversé les rapports entre concept et métaphore, entre vérité et fiction, entre spéculation et imagination. Le séminaire suivra ces articulations et leur contestation à travers les écrits de philosophes sur la littérature jusqu'à nos jours. Il abordera la question des genres (poésie et philosophie, philosophies du théâtre), les raisons du choix des écrivains commentés, la concurrence entre théorie littéraire et philosophie de la littérature, l'histoire des conflits disciplinaires. Il analysera la modification des régimes de discours (les polémiques liées à la "littérarisation" de la philosophie ou à la conceptualisation anhistorique de la littérature) et tentera d'évaluer les effets de ces débats aujourd'hui, dans la reformulation d'une pensée de la littérature.
Corpus : Badiou, Bourdieu, Deguy, Deleuze, Derrida, Foucault, Kristeva, Lacoue-Labarthe, Lyotard, Macherey, Milner, Nancy, Rancière, Sartre

Sec. 01

MW 3-5
F 1-3

212.737

LITERATURE AND HISTORY 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY  Neefs   Limit 12   Literature belongs to History. But does Literature tell something about History and how?  The seminar will examine the main theories dealing with the relationship between Literature and History since the 19th Century. The seminar will give a close reading of a few highly significant works by Balzac, Flaubert, Hugo, Claude Simon, Georges Perec.

Sec. 01

T 3-5pm

212.753

REPRESENTATIONS OF AMERICA IN 16TH CENTURY FRANCE Jeanneret Limit 12     The responses of French writers and scholars to the progressive discovery of America through the XVIth century reveal a great deal about the Renaissance worldview and the period’s epistemology. How is radical novelty handled? What sets of values are applied to Indians? What theological, moral and anthropological issues are at stake? Authors studied will include Ronsard and Montaigne as well as travellers such as Jacques Cartier, André Thevet and Jean de Léry.  Course conducted in French.

Sec. 01

Th 1-3

212.803

FRENCH PROPOSAL PREPARATION

GERMAN

210.661

READING AND TRANSLATING GERMAN FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES I  Mifflin Clark
Graduate students only   Limit 15  This course is designed for graduate students in other departments who wish to gain a reading knowledge of the German language. This semester assumes no knowledge of German and covers the grammatical principles of the language.

Sec. 01

MW 9

213.648

THE MULTI LINGUAL CULTURE OF WEIMAR-ERA BERLIN Caplan A.  Limit 12  This course will be a graduate-level seminar examining Berlin in the interwar era as a multilingual metropolis and center of global modernism. Juxtaposing German-language authors such as Walter Benjamin, Bertolt Brecht, Alfred Döblin, and Joseph Roth with expatriate figures such as Christopher Isherwood, Vladimir Nabokov, Dovid Bergelson, and Sh. Y. Agnon, we will consider the significance of urban space in the conceptualization of literary modernism; the role of the refugee in defining urban literary culture; the applicability of German aesthetic movements such as Expressionism or Neue Sachlichkeit to other “national” literatures active in Berlin; and the notion of Berlin as a meeting point for several trends within European modernism. To what extent can one consider Weimar-Era Berlin to be “the capital of the 20th century”?  All readings and discussions conducted in English.Cross-listed with Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Jewish Studies

Sec. 01

M 3-5pm

213.651

AHNUNG UND WIEDERHOLUNG (PREMONITION AND REPETITION) Pahl   Limit 12  This course explores the intersection of alternative epistemologies with alternative conceptions of time. We will focus on the 19th century. Readings will include Tieck, Hegel, and Kierkegaard. Reading knowledge of German required. Course added 9/19/07

Sec. 01

W 3-5pm

213.657

FRIEDRICH HOLDERLIN Pahl Limit 12  Reading some of Hölderlin’s major works (Hyperion, Empedokles, poems, theoretical texts) we will discuss their complex relation to German Idealism as well as their increased reception in the 20th century. Reading knowledge of German required. Course canceled 9/19/07

Sec. 01

W 3-5pm

213.658

HEIDEGGER, LANGUAGE AND WORLD Feldman  Limit 15   This course will examine the relationship between language and world in the work of Martin Heidegger. We will begin with the question of being and its inextricability from Heidegger's inquiries into language and human dwelling, focusing in particular on the notion of truth as it pertains to disclosure and freedom, in contrast to a notion of truth based on correctness. The course will also consider how Heidegger's analysis of tools and equipment in Being and Time may be seen as central to his entire corpus. We will then investigate how, for Heidegger, poetry is conceived as a mode of human dwelling, and what his essay on the artwork adds to this conception. Finally, we will examine responses to Heidegger's work by scholars including Hannah Arendt, Jacques Derrida, Giorgio Agamben and others.
Course added 5/04/07 Course canceled 6/21/07

Sec. 01

F 1-3

213.663

WELCOME AND GOODBYE IN GERMAN LITERATURE Schestag  Limit 20  Greeting seems to be the least questionable linguistic gesture in our daily relations to each other. It marks the beginning and the end of any encounter. Yet, this inconspicuous linguistic gesture encapsulates a critical moment not only in the encounter of a human being with another (and with animals, things, gods and ghosts as well), but also in the encounter with language itself, which has to be welcomed as the medium for the possibility of greeting in general. In order to welcome or to say good-bye to somebody, one has to welcome the word as if it were able to welcome (and to say good-bye to) itself. Whenever we greet somebody or something, we have to presuppose – without being able to prove it – the word’s capacity to greet, that is, to name and to address: the gesture of greeting oscillates between hostility, hospitality and indifference towards the deictic power of language. – This seminar will discuss the ambiguity of greeting in Kleist’s comedy Amphitryon; in a scene of Büchner’s Dantons Tod (with a commentary by Paul Celan); in poems by Goethe [Willkommen und Abschied] and Wilhelm Müller [Gute Nacht] (including settings by Franz Schubert), Schiller [Sängers Abschied], Mörike [Lebewohl, Nimmersatte Liebe, Lied vom Winde] , Eichendorff [Abschied und Wiedersehen, Abschied], Keller [Geistergruß], Hölderlin [Andenken] and Brecht [An die Nachgeborenen]; as well as an early etching by Paul Klee [Zwei Männer, einander in höherer Stellung vermutend, begegnen sich]. Course added 6/29/07

Sec. 01

Th 3-5pm

213.671

THE BILDUNGS ROMAN AND ITS CRITIQUE Tobias  Limit 12     Departing from Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre and Wieland’s Geschichte des Agathon, this course will consider how the Bildungsroman was both conceived and critique in the 18th and 19th centuries in texts by Blankenburg, Morgenstern, Schlegel, Hegel and Dilthey. Course canceled 3/30/07

Sec. 01

T 3-5pm

213.672

LITERATURE OF TERROR, TERROR OF LITERATURE Tobias  Limit 12   We will investigate competing notions of justice and jurisdiction in Kleist's novella "Michael Kohlhaas." A key concern of the course will be who has the authority to determine the law and to authorize violence to maintain it. Readings available in German and English translation.
Course added 3/30/07

Sec. 01

T 3-5pm

213.707

MYSTICISM AND MODERNITY: ECKHART AND HIS REFLECTIONS IN MODERN THOUGHT (3) Largier  Limit 15   Based on the interpretation of key texts by Meister Eckhart, we will discuss modern readings of his texts and the impact he had on modern concepts of subjectivity (from Hegel to Musil, Heidegger, Celan, Ingeborg Bachmann, Klossowski, and Derrida). All texts are available both in English and in German. Discussions in English. Course added 4/30/07 Course canceled 6/21/07

Sec. 01

M 1-3

213.800

INDEPENDENT STUDY
Sect 01 – Campe
Sect 02 – Tobias
Sect 03 – Pahl
Sect 04 – Caplan

Sec. 01 canceled 01/09/08

Sec. 01

TBA

213.812

DIRECTED DISSERTATION RESEARCH 
Sect 01 – Campe
Sect 02 – Tobias
Sect 03 – Pahl
Sect 04 – Caplan

Sec. 01 canceled 01/09/08

Sec. 01

TBA

ITALIAN

210.652

CORSO INTENSIVO DI PERFEZIONAMENTO  Zannirato  Limit 8  Prereq: Undergrads 210.352 or equivalent and interview with program director/Grads GTA language diagnostic score     This course is designed to help students attain very high levels in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Intensive use will be made of sight translation, written translation, paraphrasing, active reading, memory training and text analysis techniques.  The course seeks to acquaint the students with a wider range of idiomatic expression and usages than they have previously managed, and to help them convey finer shades of meaning while consistently maintain grammatical control of complex language. Course canceled 4/24/07

Sec. 01

W 3-5pm

214.665

LETTURA ITALIANA III Forni    Limit 12  This is a basic course presenting the Italian literature of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.

Sec. 01

T 1-3

214.677

UMBERTO ECO’S POST-MODERN MIDDLE AGES Stephens   Limit 12  Since the 1960's, Umberto Eco has been at the forefront of European critical theory, and since 1980, one of the best-known European novelists.  "The Name> of the Rose" and "Foucault's Pendulum" revitalized "theory-rich" historical fiction in Europe and North America.  Course will explore the relation of Eco's fiction to his most characteristic contributions in literary and cultural theory.

Sec. 01

W 1-3

214.693

PLATONISM IN THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE Celenza    Limit 15  This course will offer students a foundation for understanding the Platonic revival in fifteenth-century Italy.  Transmission of sources, translation, cultural mediation, and pre-modern styles of philosophizing will all come under discussion.  We will read a mixture of primary and secondary sources. 

Sec. 01

Th 3-5pm

214.721

18TH CENTURY ITALIAN AUTOBIOGRAPHY  ZattiLimit 12  Class will only meet for 4 weeks  Notions of autobiography since Jean-Jacques Rousseau as a perspective onto eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century autobiographies (Vittorio Alfieri, Carlo Goldoni, Giambattista Vico and selections from Giacomo Leopardi's
Zibaldone). Readings and discussion will be in Italian. 

Sec. 01

T 3-5pm, Th 1-3 F 1-5pm

214.861

ITALIAN INDEPENDENT STUDY
Sect 01 – Stephens
Sect 02 – Forni
Sect 03 – Celenza

214.862

ITALIAN DISSERTATION RESEARCH
Sect 01 – Stephens
Sect 02 – Forni
Sect 03 – Celenza

214.863

ITALIAN PROPOSAL PREPARATION

SPANISH

215.631

CALDERÓN DE LA BARCA: GOLDEN AGE DRAMA Kupper   Limit 20  In this course we will discuss two dramas by Calderón, the auto sacramental "El divino Orfeo" (second version, 1663) and the comedia "El médico de su honra" (1635). Classes will focus on a close reading of these texts. In addition we will consider such general problems related to Golden Age literature as the relation to humanism, the function of the references to theology and dogma, the status of allegory, and the prominence of quasi-archaic patriarchal structures. This course will be open to graduate students and to advanced undergraduates with prior approval from the instructor.

Sec.01

TF 3-5pm

215.715

ROMANTICISM Egginton   Limit 12 
In this course we will examine the literary and cultural discourse of the early nineteenth century in Europe and specifically Spain, focusing on the literary aesthetic movement known as Romanticism. As Romanticism was an international and intercultural movement, our approach will necessarily involve a comparative analysis of romantic writing. In addition, although mostly centered on the romantic form of expression par excellence, namely poetry, the course will delve into other media of romantic expression, specifically other literary forms like drama and the essay, as well as musical forms such as opera. In particular, the influence of Spanish romantic works of literature on the Italian opera will be discussed.

Sec.01

Th 1-3

215.747

BORGES IN THEORY Castro-Klaren Limit 12   An in-depth reading of Borges major work & its relation to critical theory. Cross-listed with Latin American Studies Course canceled 6/21/07

Sec.01

Th 3-5pm

215.750

MEDIEVAL AND CONTEMPORARY LITERATURES AND CULTURES FACE-OFF Gonzalez/Altschul   Limit 12  Course will be open to undergraduates with instructor consent     Taking into account comparative studies in medieval and modern literatures and theory, this seminar examines ways in which these temporally distant and apparently incommensurable cultural productions reflect on and dialogue with one another. Classes will discuss modern works and selections from medieval texts including Tirante el blanco and Amadís de Gaula face-to-face with Alejo Carpentier’s Los pasos perdidos; Cárcel de amor and El collar de la paloma with Gabriel García Márquez’s El amor en los tiempos del cólera, and Siete infantes de Lara and Poema del Cid with Crónica de una muerte anunciada. Additional texts include El amor y otros demonios (García Márquez), El beso de la mujer araña (Manuel Puig), Eric y Enide (Manuel Vázquez Montalbán), and El señor de los últimos días (Homero Aridjis). Theory includes psychoanalysis, the location of medievalism in the development of contemporary critical theory, and studies on spatialization and temporality.

Sec.01

T 1-3

215.760

AUTHORITY AND NOBILITY IN 15TH CENTURY CASTILE  Sieber/Altschul  Limit 12  This seminar will begin with a discussion of the 1400s as a threshold in European intellectual and literary history. Classes will consider authorship, print history, nobility in a converso society and, in particular, we will examine differing perspectives on the beginnings of the ‘sense of history’ as a marker of European modernity. Along these lines, this seminar will explore writings of aristocratic and court poets as well as historiographical works that traverse the 15th century and include, among others, Juan de Mena, Gómez Manrique, Marqués of Santillana, Fernán Pérez de Guzmán, and Fernando del Pulgar.

Sec.01

W 3-5pm

215.826

SPANISH INDEPENDENT STUDY
Sect 01 – E. Gonzalez / Sect 02 – Castro-Klaren / Sect 03 - Sieber / Sect 04 – Egginton
Sec. 02 canceled 11/29/07

215.827

SPANISH DISSERTATION RESEARCH
Sect 01 – E. Gonzalez
Sect 02 – Castro-Klaren
Sect 03 – Sieber
Sect 04 – Egginton

215.828

SPANISH PROPOSAL PREPARATION

GRADUATE CROSS-LISTINGS

300.637

HISTORY AND EVENT Marrati   
Cross-listed with Philosophy, Anthropology, the Humanities Center, Political Science, and History

Sec. 01

M 5-8pm

300.670
 (W)

THE SECULAR LIVES OF GRACE  deVries 
Cross-listed with Philosophy, the Humanities Center, Anthropology, and Political Science

Sec. 01

Th 1-4pm