| ROMANCE LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES |
| FRENCH |
| Note: Text highlighted
in red indicates that a change
has been made to the course listing. The red
text indicates the current, updated information. |
| Placement in all language courses is determined
by previous course work at Hopkins
or by a Placement Examination. |
| 210.102 |
FRENCH ELEMENTS II (4.5) Beauvois Prereq: No previous knowledge of French and
Webcap score of 0-250 may
not be taken Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory.
Limit 17 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 Sec.
01 canceled |
Sec.
01
02
03
|
MTW
9
F 9:30-10:30
MTW 10 F 10:30-11:30
MTW 11 F 12 |
| 210.104 |
LEARNER
MANAGED SECTION OF FRENCH ELEMENTS (4.5) Beauvois Limit 12 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 and e-mail add to the course, but there
is less contact time and consequently less material is covered than
in the regular Elements course. This is a good course for those
who have some knowledge of French and need to review. Only highly
self-motivated students should attempt this course. No Satisfactory/
Unsatisfactory |
Sec. 01 |
MW 6-7:15pm |
| 210.202 (H) |
INTERMEDIATE FRENCH (3.5) Guillemard Prereq:
210.201 or between 320 and 420 on WEB-CAPE Lab Req'd.
Limit 17 per section Continuation
of 210.201, exclusively in French. Develops the four communication
skills through multimedia material. Extensive reading of Oscar
et la dame rose and projects on newspapers. WebCT-based |
Sec. 01
02
03
04 |
MTW 10
MTW 11
MTW 12
MTW 12 |
| 210.204 (H) |
ADVANCED
INTERMEDIATE FRENCH (3.5) Roos 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.
Sec.02
canceled 12/16/05 |
Sec. 01
02
03 |
MTW 9
MTW 10
MTW 11 |
| 210.205 (H) |
INTRODUCTION
TO PHONETICS (3) Beauvois Limit 12 Prereq: French Elements
or Perm. Req’d
This is a course designed
for intermediate - advanced students seeking to improve their pronunciation
in French. The course requires intensive oral practice, use of on
line sound files, and transcriptions with the International Phonetic
Alphabet (IPA). Attention to individual difficulties with pronunciation
is guaranteed. The course will also explore the different accents
of France and the Francophone
world. |
Sec. 01 |
T 2-4:20 |
| 210.206 (H) |
SCIENTIFIC
FRENCH (3) Giraud Limit 15 Prereq: At least one
semester of 210.301-302 210.203-204, or Perm.
Req’d. Introduction to the languages
of science, technology, and research in contemporary France. Emphasis
on technical terminology. The course will be conducted in French
and both oral and written participation will be required. This course
prepares students for the exam and eventual certificate offered
by the Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris. More advanced
students should register for 210.305. Course added 11/14/05 |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 9 |
| 210.302
(H)
(W) |
FRENCH CONVERSATION AND COMPOSITION II (3.5) Mobarek
Prereq: 210.301 or WEB -CAPE
score greater than 480 Lab Req'd.
Limit 12 per section This third-year
course is conducted exclusively in French. It is intended to bridge
the intermediate level and more advanced classes in French literature
and cultural studies. Over two semesters, students will be given
the opportunity to strengthen oral and aural skills through films,
audiotapes, class discussions, oral presentations and written skills
through the writing and correction of essays. The course will offer
students an individualized review of grammar based on the students'
written work. Students will be presented with a diversity of texts
from current newspaper articles covering different issues to poems
and literary texts. |
Sec. 01
02
03
04
05
06
07 |
MTW 9
MTW 10
MTW 10
MTW 11
MTW 11
MTW 12
MTW 12 |
| 210.305 (H) |
ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC FRENCH (3) Giraud Limit
15 Prereq: At
least one semester of 210.301-302 or Perm.
Req’d. This course prepares
students for the exam and eventual 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. |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 9 |
| 211.402 (H) |
LA FRANCE
CONTEMPORAINE II (3) Wuensch Limit 15 Prereq: 210.301-302
or 210.301 and Perm.
Req’d. 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. 01 |
TTh 1-2:20 |
| 212.202
(H)
(W) |
INTRODUCTION Á LA LITTÉRATURE
FRANÇAIS II (3) Russo/Roos Limit 25 per section Prereq:
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.
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. |
Sec. 01
02 |
ThF 10:30-12
MTW 12 |
| 212.376
(H)
(W) |
LES GRANDS TEXTES DE LA PHILOSOPHIE FRANCAISE
(3) Pouradier Prereq: 210.302
or Perm. Req’d Cours d’introduction. Etude des
grands textes
philosophiques de Descartes à
Foucault. |
Sec. 01 |
MW 11 |
| 212.415
(H) |
DUMAS AND VERNE: THE SPIRIT OF A NEW AGE (3) Anderson
Alexandre Dumas’ ‘industrial’
production of the historical novel and Jules Verne’s invention of
the novels of technology embodied opposing modes of the 19th century’s
post-Revolutionary optimism. This course investigates the sources
of these new genres and their cultural impact. Titles to include
the Trois Mousquetaires cycle, Le
comte de Monte-cristo,
L’île mystérieuse, le Sphinx des
glaces, Michel Strogoff… |
Sec. 01 |
Th 3-5 |
| 212.425
(H)
(W) |
20TH CENTURY JEWISH FICTION IN FRANCE (3) Abecassis This course
will examine the fictional and autobiographical works of Albert
Cohen, Irène Nemirovsky, Romain Gary, Georges Perec and
Patrick Mondiano. Course discussions
will be thematically centered on the historical and aesthetic contexts
for these representative works, which include Judaism and French/European
identities, modernist aesthetic of the novel and the centrality
of auto-fictions in the works of these authors.
Cross-listed with Jewish Studies |
Sec. 01 |
F 1-3 |
| 212.430
(H)
(W) |
SENIOR
SEMINAR (3) Neefs For French majors in their senior year only
An in-depth and closely
supervised initiation to research and thinking, oral and written
expression, which leads to the composition of a senior thesis in
French. |
Sec. 01 |
W 3-5 |
| 212.502 |
FRENCH INDEPENDENT STUDY |
|
|
| SPANISH |
| 210.111 |
SPANISH ELEMENTS I (3.5) Weingarten Limit 17 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). In order to receive
credit for Spanish 111, Spanish 112 must also be completed with
a passing grade. May not be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory. |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 10 |
| 210.112 |
SPANISH
ELEMENTS II (3.5)
Weingarten Limit 17 per section 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 is offered only online. May
not be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory. |
Sec. 01
02
03
04
05
06
07 |
On-Line
MTW 9
MTW 10
MTW 11
MTW 11
MTW 12
MTW 12 |
| 210.211 (H) |
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I (3.5) Gonzalez
Miranda-Aldaco Limit 17 per section 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). May not be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory. |
Sec. 01
02
03
04 |
MTW 9
MTW 10
MTW 11
MTW 12 |
| 210.212 (H) |
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II (3.5) Miranda-Aldaco
Gonzalez Prereq: 210.227 or appropriate S-Cape 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).
May not be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory. |
Sec. 01
02
03
04
05 |
MTW 9
MTW 10
MTW 11
MTW 11
MTW 12 |
| 210.311 (H)
(W) |
ADVANCED SPANISH I (3) Encinas Limit 15 per section Prereq: 210.212 or 210.213 or appropriate Web cape
score 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). May not be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory. |
Sec. 01
02
03
04 |
MTW 9
MTW 10
MTW 11
MTW 12 |
| 210.312 (H) |
ADVANCED SPANISH II (3) Encinas Limit 15 per section Prereq:
210.311 or appropriate Web cape score 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. May not be
taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory.
Sec. 01 canceled 11/03/05 |
Sec.
01
02
03 |
MTW 9
MTW 11
MTW 12 |
| 210.313
(H) |
MEDICAL
SPANISH (3)
Encinas Limit 22 15
per section Prereq: 210.326 or 210.311 or
Perm. Req'd. 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. May not be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory. |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 11 |
| 210.314
(H) |
BUSINESS
SPANISH (3)
Sanchez Limit 15 Prereq: 210.326 or 210.311
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. May not be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory. |
Sec. 01 |
MT 12 |
| 210.316
(H) |
CONVERSATIONAL
SPANISH (3)
Encinas Sanchez-Serrano Limit 15 Prereq: 210.311 or
appropriate WEB-CAPE score. 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.
Course added 11/03/05 |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 10 |
| 210.411 (H)
(W) |
CURSO DE TRADUCCIÓN PARA LAS
PROFESIONES (3)
Sanchez Limit 12 Prereq:
210.333 or 329 or 335 or 313 or 314
or 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.
May not be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory. |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 10 |
| 210.412
(H) |
SPANISH
LANGUAGE INTERNSHIP (3) Sanchez Limit
12 Prereq: 210.345 or 411 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. May not be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory. |
Sec. 01 |
MW 1 |
| 210.413 (H)
(W) |
CURSO DE PERFECCIONAMIENTO (3) Sanchez Limit 12 Prereq: Webcape score beyond Adv. Spanish
II (210.312) or Adv. Spanish II (210.312) plus one of the
following: 210.313, 210.314, or 210.315. This course is designed
for students who, having attained an advanced level of proficiency,
wish to master Spanish grammar as well as oral and written expression.
The course seeks to acquaint the students with a wider range of
idiomatic expression and usages than they have previously managed.
May not be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory. |
Sec. 01 |
MT 11 |
| 211.290 (H) |
MODERN SPANISH CULTURE (3) Sanchez-Serrano/Encinas This course will explore the fundamental traits of Spanish culture
as it has developed in the 20th to the 21st centuries (although
the first weeks will serve as a general overview of the historical
development of Spain).
Class time will focus on discussion of different texts, movies,
songs, pictures, and paintings, considering their relation to the
specific historical, political, and social contexts. The active
participation of students in debates and discussions is fundamental.
In addition, students will be expected to make oral presentations
on assigned topics. |
Sec. 01 |
M 12, T 2-4 |
| 212.231
(H)
(W) |
INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH
LITERATURE (3) DeLeon
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. |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 10 |
| 212.336
(H) |
DON QUIJOTE (3) Sieber
Limit 10 Prereq: 210.311 A
close reading and discussion primarily in Spanish of Cervantes’
masterpiece, with concentration on its major themes and contributions
to the formation of the modern novel. |
Sec. 01 |
T 2-4 |
| 212.344
(H)
(W) |
CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN
NOVEL AND SHORT STORY (3) Castro-Klaren Limit 30
18 An examination of the span of the Latin American narrative
after Modernismo.
Cross-listed with Latin American Studies |
Sec. 01 |
T 12-2 |
| 212.348
(H) |
LITERATURE OF THE CUBAN
REVOLUTION (3) Hatfield Limit 17 15 Prereq: Intermediate Spanish
(210.212) or Perm. Req’d A study of
the major writers of the Cuban Revolution from 1959 to the present,
with emphasis on the development of Cuban historical reality and
the way in which this reality led to the Revolution of 1959.
Cross-listed with Latin American Studies
Dean’s Teaching Fellowship Course |
Sec. 01 |
Th 1-3 |
| 212.349
(H) |
CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN
JEWISH WRITERS (3) Kurlat-Ares
Limit 25 This is designed as an introductory
course to Jewish culture and literature in Latin
America from 1910 to the present. Latin American Jewish intellectuals
struggle with several questions: what is Jewish and what is Latin
American when writers combine both terms with a hyphen? What does
"Latin American- Jewish" literature mean? How does it
address issues of nationalism, identity, and legitimacy? What are
the political implications of posing such questions? Writers have
come to diverse solutions to these problems. The course will consider
these questions from the perspective of the immigrant and the post-immigrant
experience; ethnic and cultural identity; the place of gender; and
the relationship of Jewish-Latin American literatur e with canon
formation and nation building discourse.
Cross-listed with Latin
American and Jewish Studies |
Sec. 01 |
M
1-3 ThF 12:30-2 |
| 212.467
(H) |
MEXICO EN SU LITERATURA (3) González Limit 20 Recommended: Advanced Spanish I (210.311) Estudio del México
contemporaneo en su
literatura, música, pintura y cine. Clase dictada enteramente en español.
Cross-listed with Latin
American Studies |
Sec. 01 |
W 12-2 |
| 212.468
(H) |
RECONQUEST AND CRUSADE
(3) Altschul Limit 20 In 1096 Christianity
embarked on the first of a series of Crusades to recapture the “Holy Land” from Muslim rule. Yet closer to home, most of the Iberian
Peninsula had been under Muslim rule since 711. Through the standpoint
of literature, this course will discuss the ideologies of Christian
territorial expansion in Muslim Spain during the crusading era.
Readings include Gonzalo
de Berceo, the poems of Alfonso XI, Fernán
González, and the Infantes de Lara. |
Sec. 01 |
M 3-5 |
| 212.526
|
SPANISH INDEPENDENT STUDY |
Sec. 01 |
TBA |
| ITALIAN |
| 210.152 |
ITALIAN ELEMENTS (3.5) Zannirato Limit 17 per section
Prereq:
210.151 or Perm. Req'd. no previous knowledge of the language.
Students develop five basic skills: oral production, oral
comprehension, written production, written comprehension and spoken
interaction. Both semesters must be completed with passing grades
to receive credits. May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory.
Secs.
05 & 06 added 01/06/06 |
Sec. 01
02
03
04
05
06 |
MTW 9
MTW 10
MTW 11
MTW 12
MTW
10
MTW
11 |
| 210.252
(H) |
INTERMEDIATE
ITALIAN II (3.5) Zannirato Limit 15 per section
Prereq: 210.251 or Perm. Req’d. Course provides further development of students' language
skills through intensive listening, speaking, reading, writing and
interaction activities and an in-depth review of grammar. The course
is conducted entirely in Italian. |
Sec. 01
02
03 |
MTW 10
MTW 11
MTW 12 |
| 210.352
(H)
(W) |
ADVANCED
ITALIAN CONVERSATION AND COMPOSITION (3.5) Zannirato
Limit 15 Perm. Req’d. Prereq:
210.251-252 or equivalent. Course presents a systematic introduction to a variety of
contemporary cultural topics, emphasizing role-playing, vocabulary
building, style and clarity in writing. Texts drawn from different
media and ample use of audio-visual and electronic materials will
stress everyday spoken Italian. The course is conducted entirely
in Italian. |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 12 |
| 212.251
(H)
(W) |
SURVEY OF ITALIAN LITERATURE
(3) Staff An overview of the key
texts of the Italian literary canon from the Middle Ages to the
present. Taught in Italian |
Sec. 01 |
ThF 10:30-12 |
| 212.347
(H) |
FEMINISM IN POST WAR ITALY:
THE MALE AND FEMALE PERSPECTIVES (3) Mirshak Limit 15 Students will analyze the diverse
ways in which male and female writers approach feminist theories
in their fiction, using the case study of two Italian authors and
their postwar works. Extra hour per week taught in Italian and all work submitted in
Italian to receive Italian credit.
Cross-listed with Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality
Dean’s Teaching Fellowship Course |
Sec. 01 |
MW
TW 2-3:30
|
| 212.359
(H) |
THREE RENAISSANCE BOOKS
OF CONDUCT (3) Forni A reading of Erasmus, Castiglione and Della Casa on conduct. |
Sec. 01 |
M 1-3 |
| 212.374
(H) |
ITALIAN IDENTITY: THE
AUTOBIOGRAPHY (3) Stephens Prereq: Intermediate Italian
or Perm. Req’d Being Italian has meant different things in different
historical periods. This course examines autobiographies, both
real and fictional, from the present time to that of Dante, working
backward in time. Entirely in Italian. |
Sec. 01 |
ThF 9-10:30 |
| 212.562 |
ITALIAN INDEPENDENT STUDY |
|
|
| PORTUGUESE |
| 210.178 |
PORTUGUESE ELEMENTS (3.5) Bensabat-Ott Prereq: 210.177 Perm. Req’d.
This course introduces the student
to the basic skills in reading, writing, and speaking the Portuguese
language. Basic texts, films, and folklore are used to acquaint
students with Brazil
and Portugal,
as well as the cultural influences of Africa and Asia
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. |
Sec. 01 |
MWF 11 |
| 210.278 (H) |
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED PORTUGUESE (3.5)
Bensabat-Ott Prereq: 210.277, Perm. Req’d. More advanced training in the skills of the language through
short stories, plays, 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. Al classes are conducted in Portuguese.
Language lab is required. |
Sec. 01 |
MWF 10 |
| 210.392 391
(H) |
ADVANCED PORTUGUESE: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
(3.5) Bensabat-Ott Prereq: 210.278 Perm. Req’d.
This third year 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 |
M
12-1:30, W 12 MWF 12 |
| 211.394 (H) |
BRAZILIAN CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION (3) Bensabat-Ott
This course examines the culture
and civilization of Brazil
in a manner intended to give students a panoramic experience of
the vastness and diversity of the world’s fifth largest country.
Using a multimedia approach, the course examines art, music, popular
culture, history, theater, literature, and cinema using classic
Brazilian motion pictures, articles from the popular press, videos,
and CDs, as well traditional texts. The course focuses on how indigenous,
African, Asian, and European cultural influences have interacted
to create the unique civilization that is
Brazil
today. Classes will be conducted in English, although students with
Portuguese language background will have the opportunity to read
materials in both English and Portuguese
Cross-listed with Latin
American Studies |
Sec. 01 |
M 2-4 |
| GRADUATE
COURSES |
| 212.685 |
RESEARCH METHODS Waterman Romance Language
or German Majors Only Seminar and lab in
the methods, resources, and systems of research for graduate students
of literature. |
Sec. 01 |
Th 10:30-12 |
| FRENCH |
| 210.601
|
FRENCH READING
AND TRANSLATION Puckett
Limit 20 Intensive study of French grammar
structure plus experience in reading and translating expository
prose. Students do independent work (vocabulary acquisition and
translation) in their particular field of study. Designed for graduate
students in other departments who need to complete a language requirement
in French. Open to undergraduates only with permission of the language
coordinator.
Course
canceled |
Sec. 01
|
MTW 10
|
| 212.606 |
MODES OF POETIC KNOWLEDGE IN THE MIDDLE AGES Nichols The
seminar will examine medieval innovations in knowledge, particularly
theories of vision and perspective, moral philosophy, and esthetics
as they were elaborated by thinkers like Roger Bacon, Grosseteste, Aquinus, Dante and
others. We will also study the impact of such knowledge on the development
and evolution of important literary works from the 12th to the 14th
centuries. |
Sec. 01 |
W 1-3 |
| 212.619 |
AESTHETICS OF FRENCH ENLIGHTENMENT Anderson
The development
of aesthetic theories in the French Enlightenment and their interplay
with the literary canon, especially for the theater and the novel. |
Sec. 01 |
Th 1-3 |
| 212.626 |
BAUDELAIRE, VERSE AND PROSE Neefs The seminar will
propose a close reading of Les Fleurs
du mal and Petits
poèmes en prose, stressing the esthetic
change involved between verse and prose, and questioning the conception
of prose as a modern art. We will also study critical and theoretical
texts by Baudelaire on literature, painting and other arts. A way
to examine the historical, political and esthetical meaning of what
Baudelaire called “modernity”. The seminar will be held in French. |
Sec. 01 |
T 1-3 |
| 212.662 |
WHY DOES THEORY MATTER TO LITERATURE? Russo A critical approach to the uses and abuses of theory in literary
studies. The purpose is to provide an introduction to a few of the
major theoretical schools and debates so as to open up a discussion
about the contested disciplinary identity of literary studies, and
their uneasy/fruitful relationship with philosophy, history, anthropology
and sociology. In English, reading knowledge of French desirable.
Strongly recommended for first year graduate students. |
Sec. 01 |
F 1-3 |
| 212.707
|
TRUST AND TRUTH: ARTISTICAL VALUE AND AESTHETICAL PROPERTY Cohn The impact of photography, cinema and even television on the system
of Fine Arts as well as their social success lead to a question
on the veracity of art. The compassion that images produce and the
disgust they arouse beyond their historical value as documents,
take us back to their truth content. What can truth mean outside
the realm of propositions? Can we say that trust is the sensible
quality of truth? From an analysis of literary, plastic and musical
works, we shall wonder about the possibility of a morality of art
works. We shall confront this “ethical” view with the close of the
paradigm of art’s autonomy. Cross-listed with German Course canceled 01/23/06
|
Sec. 01
|
TF 3-5
|
| 212.801 |
FRENCH INDEPENDENT STUDY |
|
|
| 212.802 |
FRENCH DISSERTATION RESEARCH |
|
|
| 212.803 |
FRENCH PROPOSAL PREPARATION |
|
|
| SPANISH |
| 212.635 |
EARLY 17TH CENTURY SPANISH DRAMA: LOPE DE VEGA AND HIS
FOLLOWERS Sieber
Readings
in theory of the drama and various plays and their relationships
to the corrales will be the primary topic covered; analysis of
individual plays from the viewpoint of court theatre will also be
included. |
Sec. 01 |
W 2-4 |
| 212.642 |
THREE THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO THE LATIN AMERICAN NOVEL Castro-Klaren Choosing mainly from the 20th-century corpus of the Latin American
novel, this course will deal with theoretical approaches in narratology as well as theories that examine the discursive
relations between literature and history. |
Sec. 01 |
Th
1-3 W 4-6 |
| 212.714 |
PHILOSOPHICO-POLITICAL MARGINALITY: ZAMBRANO, BENJAMIN, WEIL, ARENDT
Moreiras This seminar will examine
the work of four prominent thinkers of the political outside mainstream
philosophical traditions in 20th-century Europe.
We will study their intersections and differences, as well as their
approaches to political theology. The emphasis will be on Zambrano,
as the least known of the four. We will read primary works and secondary
bibliography. |
Sec. 01 |
M 1-5 |
| 212.735 |
POST COLONIAL MEXICO
ACROSS THE BORDER Gonzalez Two main texts, Roberto Bolaño's novel
2666 and Samuel Huntington's Who Are We: The Challenge
to America's National Identity studied in interaction with a
broad set of online sources and websites involved with critical
issues across Mexico's border with the United States. |
Sec. 01 |
T
2-4 4-6pm |
| 212.826 |
SPANISH INDEPENDENT STUDY |
|
|
| 212.827 |
SPANISH DISSERTATION RESEARCH |
|
|
| 212.828 |
SPANISH PROPOSAL PREPARATION |
|
|
| ITALIAN |
| 212.669 |
BOCCACCIO II Forni A reading of
Boccacccio's Decameron
against the backdrop of his early works. |
Sec. 01 |
T
1-3 F 10:30-12:20 |
| 212.768 |
TASSO’S PROSE: THE DIALOGUES Stephens
Torquato Tasso was a poet, dramatist, and literary critic, but also
wrote over twenty philosophical dialogues. This course examines
several of his major dialogues in terms of their compositional strategies,
pertinence or consonance to his poetics, and contribution to Tasso's
self-fashioning as Counter-Reformation public intellectual. Solid
reading knowledge of Italian required. |
Sec. 01 |
Th W 3-5
|
| 212.861 |
ITALIAN INDEPENDENT STUDY |
|
|
| 212.862 |
ITALIAN DISSERTATION RESEARCH |
|
|
| 212.863 |
ITALIAN PROPOSAL PREPARATION |
|
|
| OTHER
LISTINGS |
| 360.219 (H,S) |
EXPLORING THE MUSEUM: HISTORY, THEORY,
AND PRACTICE Leslie/Rodini
Sec. 01: Limit 30 – 3 credits
Sec. 02: Limit 15 – 5 credits (requires lab)
Cross-listed with History,
History of Science & Technology, Near Eastern Studies, Interdepartmental,
and History of Art |
Sec. 01
02 |
MTW 2
MTW 2, F 1-5 |
| 090.300 (H) |
TEACHING A MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE (3)
Mifflin Limit 20
Cross-listed with German |
Sec. 01 |
TW 1-2:30 |
| 040.602 |
COMPARATIVE
HISTORICITIES: NATION, HISTORIOGRAPHY. MYTHIDEOLOGY Detienne
Cross-listed
with Anthropology, Classics, History, Humanities Center, and Philosophy |
Sec. 01 |
W 3-5 |
