FRENCH

 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   Limit 17 per section   Prereq: 210.101 or Webcape score below 340   May not be taken Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory       
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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03

MTWF 9

MTW 10, F 10:30-11:30

MTWF 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: 210.101 or Webcape score below 340.  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

210.202 (H)

INTERMEDIATE FRENCH (3.5) Guillemard   Limit 15 per section    Prereq: 210.201 or 210.203 or Webcape score between 320 and 420   Lab Req’d. Continuation of 210.201, Develops the four communication skills through multimedia material. Extensive reading of Oscar et La dame rose and projects on newspapers. WebCT-based.
Taught exclusively in French. 

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04

MTW 10
MTW 11
MTW 12
MTW 12

210.204 (H)

ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE FRENCH  (3.5) Roos Limit 17 per section   Prereq: 210.201 or 210.203 or Webcape score between 420 and 480   Credit will not be given if previously enrolled in 210.201-202 or the equivalent A two-semester intermediate course offering a systematic review of language structures, conducted exclusively in French. 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. 01 canceled 01/29/07

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02
03

MTW   9
MTW 10
MTW 11

210.205 (H)

INTRODUCTION TO PHONETICS (3) Beauvois     Limit 12 Prereq: 210.201 or equivalent  This course is designed for intermediate – advanced students seeking to improve their pronunciation in French.  The focus of the course is improvement through awareness of the sounds of standard spoken French, through extensive monitored practice, and through phonetic transcription (the International Phonetic Alphabet). The course will address the particular challenges facing adult speakers of English who are learning French for the first time and assumes no previous instruction in Phonetics.  Students will explore the different accents of French through film, audiocassette, CD’s and personal recordings.  The textbook for the course is Facile à dire:  Les Sons du français.

Sec. 01

T 2-4:30

210.302 (H)
(W)

FRENCH CONVERSATION AND COMPOSITION II  (3.5) Mobarek   Limit 12 per section  Prereq: 210.301 or Webcape and Supplementary test (Contact Prof.
Guillemard at claude@jhu.edu)
Lab Req’d.   This is a 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 students’ 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.  Taught in French.

Sec. 07 canceled 11/20/06

Sec. 03 canceled 11/27/06
Sec. 07 reinstated 11/27/06

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MTW   9
MTW 10
MTW 10
MTW 11
MTW 11
MTW 12
MTW 12

210.304 314 (H)

BUSINESS FRENCH (3) Beauvois Limit 15   Prereq: 210.301-302 This course covers the fundamentals of the business world in the French language.  It is a two-semester course in which students study commercial and economic vocabulary, trade and business practices in the public and private sectors.  Students take the exam for the Chambre de Commerce  et d'Industrie  de Paris certificate at the end of the spring semester.  Only the second semester counts as credit for the major. 

Sec. 01

MTW 11

210.502

FRENCH INDEPENDENT STUDY - LANGUAGE

211.314 (H)

(W)

PENSÉE POLITIQUE FRANÇAISE (3) Sullerot Limit 20 Prereq: 210.301-302 À partir de l’idée de liberté, on restituera le développement historique du vocabulaire politique contemporain en prenant une vue d’ensemble de la pensée politique française au travers de textes philosophiques, littéraires et historiques.  Taught in French.

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02

M 2-4 MW 11

M 2-4

211.402 (H)

LA FRANCE CONTEMPORAINE II (3) Cook-Gailloud 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

MTW 1

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

212.319 (H)

LITERATURE CONFRONTS SCIENCE: ZOLA (3) AndersonLimit 15  Zola worked with the theories of heredity of his time in the Rougon-Macquart novels. But he also attempted to use his understanding of biology and thermodynamics to reform the theory of the novel in general. This course will examine these two different effects of science on literature and will try to see what leads an author to undertake such a project.

Sec. 01

T 3-5

212.409 (H)
(W)

SADE: PHILOSOPHIE AND LITTERATURE (3) Mobarek Limit 15 Prereq: 210.301 or Perm. Req’d Erotisme, politique, morale et philosophie dans l’oeuvre de Sade.

Sec. 01

MW 11

212.430 (H)
(W)

SENIOR SEMINAR (3) Nichols Delacampagne  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

212.435 (H)
             

SAVAGES, WOMEN AND ECCENTRICS: THE INVENTION OF SOCIETY IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FRANCE (3) Russo   Limit 15This course will focus on the Enlightenment taste for social experiment: from the clash with the primitive other, to the creation of utopian sexualities, to devising new and perilous methods of education, novelists, playwrights and philosophers seek to develop new conceptions of the social bond through odd encounters and the invention of a new human being. Texts by Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, Marivaux, Sade, Mercier and others. In French.

Sec. 01

Th 3-5

212.502

FRENCH INDEPENDENT STUDY  -- LITERATURE

GERMAN

210.162

ELEMENTARY GERMAN II (4.5) Mifflin Limit 18 per sectionPrereq: 091.101 or equiv. Continuation to the introduction to the German language and a development of reading, speaking, writing, and listening skills through the use of basic texts and communicative language activities. Language lab is required. Both semesters must be completed with passing grades to receive credit. May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis
Sec. 01 canceled 12/18/06

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MTW 12,
F 1

 210.164

ELEMENTARY YIDDISH II (4.5) B. CaplanLimit 15 Prereq: 091.103 or equivalent
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.
May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis

Sec. 01

MTW 9

210.262 (H)

INTERMEDIATE GERMAN II (3.5) Wheeler Limit 16 per section Prereq: 091.201 or equivalent This course is designed to continue the four skills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) approach to learning German. Readings and discussions are topically based and expanded upon through audio-visual materials. Students will also review and deepen their understanding of the grammatical concepts of German.  Language lab is required. Taught in German

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02
03

MTW 10
MTW 11
MTW 12

210.361 (H) (W)

ADVANCED GERMAN CONVERSATION & COMPOSITION I: CULTURE AND POLITICS IN POSTWAR GERMANY (3) Mifflin Limit 15 Prereq: 091.201-202 (Intermediate German I & II) or equiv. Course focuses on the political and societal developments in Germany from 1945 to 1989. Topics include postwar redevelopment, Cold War, Berlin Wall, student protest movement and life in East Germany. Readings include literary and journalistic texts, augmented by several films and a full length novel. Includes portfolio approach to writing, review and expansion of grammar and vocabulary for the advanced level. Taught in German. Course added 12/18/06

Sec. 01

M 4
TW 3

210.362 (H)
(W)

ADVANCED GERMAN CONVERSATION & COMPOSITION II: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN ISSUES (3) Mifflin Limit 15 per section Prereq: 091.301 or equivalent Topically, this course focuses on contemporary issues such as national identity, multiculturalism, and the effects of globalization. Pertinent historical and cultural developments of the 19th and 20th centuries are highlighted to help students understand contemporary German society. Readings include literary and journalistic texts. Emphasis on style and clarity in both written and oral expression. Review of advanced grammar. Taught in German

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02

MTW 11
MTW 12

210.461 (H)

INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY GENRE & STYLISTICS (3) Wheeler Limit 15 Prereq; 091.301-302 or equivalent Introduction to major literary periods and genres in German literature. Course will provide a background for further literary study. Students will develop critical, interpretive reading skills through the analysis of genre-specific language, as well as improve written and spoken German. Taught in German

Sec. 01

MTW 10

211.211 (H)

INTRODUCTION TO YIDDISH CULTURE (3) B. Caplan Limit 18 This course will explore a thousand years of European Jewish culture through its vernacular, Yiddish. Topics covered will demonstrate the geographical, intellectual, and artistic breadth of this culture, and will include the history of the Yiddish language, selections of pre- modern and modern Yiddish literature, folklore, the press, film, theater, and song.  All readings will be in English.
Cross-listed with Jewish Studies

Sec. 01

MTW 12

213.255 (H)

VOICES: FROM THE ROMANTIC TEXT TO GRAMMOPHONE AND TELEPHONE (3) Campe Limit 15 Artificial production and reproduction of the human voice is an age-old desire. We will follow the development from the 'Speaking Machine' in Romanticism to the invention of grammophone and telephone in literary stories, essays and documentary material.  Discussion will probe into the theory of modern media and the philosophy of the voice. Readings include Schiller, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Jules Verne, Cocteau, Proust, Kafka, Wellershof, Nicholson Baker.  Readings in German and English. Reading Hour in German for majors/minors. Cross-listed with Film & Media Studies and the Humanities Center

Sec. 01

Rdg Hr English

Rdg Hr German

T 1-3

TBA

TBA

213.331 (H)

DETECTIVE FICTION IN ITS NASCENCE (3) Tobias/Wessels   Limit 15   Prereq: 091.301-302     The detective novel has roots in German Romanticism. Kleist and E.T.A. Hoffmann wrote novellas concerning historical crimes and mysteries from the past. We will read several 18th and 19th century mysteries as well as contemporary essays on the detective genre. Readings and discussion in German

Sec. 01

W 3-5 MTh 6pm

213.347 (H)

CREATURE FEATURE (3) KolarovLimit 15  We will study the emblematic signatures of the creature between text and film. Direct hits like Creature of the Black Lagoon, King Kong, Godzilla, and Faust I serve as raw data, whereas campy works like Faust II, Shelley’s Frankenstein, and Huysmans’ La-Bas frame the creature in more livable contexts. A few of Freud’s famous cases along with other examples from German literature provide the map for the course experiment and a container for the toxic legacies of the creature.
Cross listed with Film and Media Studies and English

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Scr.

M  1-3
Th 7-9pm

213.351 (H)

JEWISHNESS & THE IDEA OF MODERNITY (3) GoldLimit 15 How is it possible to understand the phenomenon of modernity through the figure of "Jewishness" and Jews?  How have modernity and Enlightenment been defined as either a fundamentally "Jewish" undertaking in nature or antithetical to Jewishness, particularly Judaism? Taking this problem as its point of departure, this course considers the ways in which modernity has been associated with Jewish identity. In addition to examining how Jewishness has been associated with cosmopolitanism and liberal values, we will also read philosophers who have described Judaism as a religion whose emphasis upon law is opposed to the modern emphasis upon individualism.  We will also take into account how the problematic relationship between Judaism and modernity has been articulated in relation to such late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century phenomena as psychoanalysis, Marxism, literary Modernism, and Zionism. Finally, this course poses the following question:  Can anti-Semitism be under stood as a form of resentment against modern values?
Cross-listed with Jewish Studies

Sec. 01

MTh 3-4:30

213.365 (H)

CONTEMPORARY ISRAELI FICTION (3)  Abecassis Limit 15 Not eligible for major or minor German credit A close study of representative Israeli prose in English translation. Beginning with Amos Oz’ A Tale of Love and Darkness in connection with S.Y. Agnon’s In the Prime of her Life, the thematic cornerstones of the course, we will study a number of Israeli authors such as A.B. Yehoshua, Aharon Applefeld, Savyon Leibrecht and Orly Castel-Bloom. This course strongly emphasizes the literary and psychodynamic nature of these works within the historical context of twentieth-century Jewish experience and the history of Israel.
Cross listed with Jewish Studies Course canceled 12/14/06

Sec. 01

Th 1-3

213.408 (H)

THE LITERATURE OF BLACKS AND JEWS IN THE 20TH CENTURY (3) M. CaplanLimit 10 This course will be a seminar comparing representative narratives and poetry by African, Caribbean, and African-American authors of the past 100 years, together with European and American Jewish authors writing in Yiddish, Hebrew, and English. This comparison will examine the paradoxically central role played by minority, “marginal” groups in the creation of modern literature and the articulation of the modern experience. Among the topics to be considered in this course will be the question of whether minority literatures require a distinct interpretive strategy from “mainstream” literary traditions; the problem of political discrimination and the question of identity politics in the creation, and interpretation, of literature; the commonalities of historical experience between Black and Jewish peoples; and the challenge of multiculturalism in modern society. Authors discussed will include, among others, Sholem Aleichem, Charles Chesnutt, Sh. Ansky, Jean Toomer, Sh. Y. Agnon, Amos Tutuola, Bernard Malamud, Caryl Phillips, and Anna Deavere Smith. All readings and discussions conducted in English; enrollment open to graduate and advanced undergraduate students.
Cross-listed with Jewish Studies and Africana Studies

Sec. 01

W 1-3

213.410 (H)
(W)

MODERNISM AND THE METROPOLIS (3) M. Caplan Limit 15 Prereq: Prior knowledge of literary study  This course will be an advanced-undergraduate, writing-intensive examination of the theme of urban space in literature (poetry, drama, fiction) from Europe, Africa, and the United States, spanning the mid-19th century until the mid-20th century, and drawing from English, French, German, Hebrew, and Yiddish sources. Among the topics we will consider are the role of mobility and urbanization in creating modern culture, the dislocations and juxtapositions that constitute urban culture, and the aesthetic role of modernist literature in reflecting the kaleidoscopic experience of the city through techniques such as free verse, multi-media theatre, and stream-of-consciousness narration. Authors discussed will include, among others, Charles Baudelaire, T. S. Eliot, Moyshe-Leyb Halpern, Allen Ginsburg, Bertolt Brecht, Knut Hamsun, Dovid Bergelson, Sh. Y. Agnon, André Breton, Chinua Achebe, and John Kennedy Toole.   All readings and discussions conducted in English.
Cross-listed with Jewish Studies

Sec. 01

ThF 10:30-12

360.233 (H)

FEMINIST AND QUEER THEORY (3) Pahl   Limit 25
Cross-listed with Interdepartmental and Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Sec. 01

T 3-5

213.502

INDEPENDENT STUDY - GERMAN

213.510

GERMAN HONORS PROGRAM Staff

 ITALIAN

210.152

ITALIAN ELEMENTS (3.5) Zannirato   Limit 17 per section   Prereq: Prereq: 210.151 or Perm. Req'd. Students develop five basic skills: oral production, oral comprehension, written production, written comprehension and spoken interaction. All classes are conducted in Italian; oral participation is encouraged from the beginning.
May not be taken  Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory.

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MTW   9

MTW 10

MTW 11

MTW 12

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

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MTW 10

MTW 11

MTW 12

MTW 9

210.352 (H)
(W)
             

ADVANCED ITALIAN CONVERSATION AND COMPOSITION (3.5) Zannirato   Limit 12 per section   Prereq: 210.351 or Perm. Req’d.  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.

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02

MTW   9

MTW 12

214.251 (H)
(W)

SURVEY OF ITALIAN LITERATURE (3) Ghisas   Limit 15An 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

214.366 (H)
            

LITERATURE & ETHICS (3) Forni  Limit 15This course focuses on the moral implications of the acts of reading and writing literature. Aristotle, Horace, Dante, Boccaccio, and Freud are among the featured authors.

Sec. 01

M 1-3

214.380 (H)
            

ITALIAN SHORT FICTION (3) Stephens   Limit 15We will read major examples of the Italian short story and novella, beginning with contemporary writers and working backward through several centuries of Italian fiction to build vocabulary and knowledge of Italian cultural and literary history.  Important questions include the formation of the Italian state, the politics of gender, social class and regional identity, and dialect versus "official" Italian or lingua.  Taught entirely in Italian.

Sec. 01

ThF 9-10:30

214.562

ITALIAN INDEPENDENT STUDY

PORTUGUESE

210.178

PORTUGUESE ELEMENTS (3.5) Bensabat-Ott Limit 25 Prereq: 210.177 or equivalent on placement test    This one-year course is conducted entirely in Portuguese. It introduces students to the basic language skills: reading, writing, listening, speaking. The focus of the course is on oral communication, however, with extensive training in written and listening skills. Language lab is required. Students must complete both semesters with passing grades to receive credit. May not be taken Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

Sec. 01

MWF 11

210.278 (H)

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED PORTUGUESE (3.5) Bensabat-Ott  Limit 25   Prereq: 210.277 or equivalent of placement test   This one-year course is conducted entirely in Portuguese.  Emphasis is placed on vocabulary building, ease and fluency in the language through the use of a multi-faceted approach.  Materials used immerse students with the cultures of Brazil, Portugal, and Portuguese-speaking Africa, and reflect the mix of cultures at work in contemporary Lusophone world.  Lab work required.  Both semesters must be completed with passing grades to receive credit. May not be taken Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

Sec. 01

MWF 10

210.392 (H)
(W)

ADVANCED PORTUGUESE: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (3.5) Bensabat-Ott Limit 25 Prereq: 210.391 or equivalent on placement test This third year 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. Lab work required. Taught entirely in Portuguese

Sec. 01

MWF 12

211.394 (H)

BRAZILIAN CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION Bensabat-Ott Limit 20 per section Register accordingly: Sec. 01: 3 credits (Course work in English) Sec. 02: 4 credits (Course work in Portuguese) This course is intended as an introduction to the culture and civilization of Brazil.  It is designed to provide students with basic information about Brazilian history, art, literature, popular culture, theater, cinema, and music.  The course will focus on how indigenous Asian, African, and European cultural influences have interacted to create the new and unique civilization that is Brazil today.  The course is taught in English, but ONE extra credit will be given to students who wish to do the course work in Portuguese.

Sec. 01

M 2-4

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 210.111, 210.112 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 Prereq: 210.111 or appropriate Placement Exam (S-Cape) score. 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 (Limit 24). May not be taken Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

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210.211 (H)

INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I (3.5) I.Gonzalez Limit 17 per section Prereq: 210.112 or appropriate Placement Exam (S-Cape) score. 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

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MTW   9
MTW 10
MTW 11
MTW 12

210.212 (H)

INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II (3.5) I. Gonzalez Limit 17 per section Prereq: 210.211 or appropriate S-Cape scoreContinues 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

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MTW 10
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MTW 1

210.311 (H) (W)

ADVANCED SPANISH I (3) Encinas Limit 15 per sectionPrereq: 210.212 or 210.213 or appropriate S-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 Note: As of the spring 2007 semester, this course no longer carries a writing intensive designation and may not be taken for writing intensive credit.

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210.312 (H)

ADVANCED SPANISH II (3) EncinasLimit 15 per section210.311 or appropriate S-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

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02
03
04

MTW   9
MTW 11
MTW 12
MTW 12

210.313 (H)

MEDICAL SPANISH (3) Sanchez/ I. Gonzalez   Limit 15  Prereq: 210.326 or 210.311 or  appropriate S-Cape scoreStudents 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 1

210.315 (H)

LEGAL SPANISH (3) Sanchez   Limit 15   Prereq: 210.311 or appropriate S-Cape scoreStudents will increase their vocabulary and practice grammar structures closely related to judicial services.  All language skills are equally emphasized.  Highly recommended for students interested in a career in Law, Business and International Relations. There will be an intensive on-line component. May not be taken Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

Sec. 01

MTW 12

210.316 (H)

CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH (3) Encinas   Limit 15 Prereq: 210.311 or appropriate S-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. This course is highly recommended for students going to JHU study abroad programs. May not be taken Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Sec. 01

MTW 10

210.317 (H)

(W)

ADVANCED SPANISH COMPOSITION (3) Encinas   Limit 12   Prereq: 210.312 or appropriate S-Cape scoreThis third-year course aims at improving the students' reading and writing skills by focusing on various types of texts. Students will also engage in more formal levels of written communication on both literary and non-literary topics. The course also focuses on refinement of grammar. May not be taken Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory Course canceled 1/18/07

Sec. 01

MTW 10

210.411 (H)
(W)

CURSO DE TRADUCCIÓN PARA LAS PROFESIONES (3) Sanchez/I. Gonzalez   Limit 12    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. May not be taken Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

Sec. 01

MTW 10

210.412 (H)
(W)

SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERNSHIP (3) Sanchez   Limit 12 Prereq: 210.411 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 10 Prereq: 210.311 and 210.312 plus one of the following: 210.313, 210.314 or 210.315; or appropriate S-Cape score 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/Encinas   Limit 20 Prereqs: 210.212 or 210.213 or appropriate S-Cape score
This course will explore the fundamental traits of Spanish culture as it has developed from the 18th to the 21st.centuries (although the first three 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 additionl students will be expected to make oral presentations on assigned topics. The pace of the course will be determined mainly by the group's progress. This course will be of particular interest for students planning in spending a semester abroad in Spain—specially for those students going to the JHU Fall Semester in Madrid, at Carlos III University.
May not be taken Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Sec. 01

M 12, T 2-4

215.231 (H)
(W)

INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH LITERATURE (3) Galasso/ Hatfield Limit 15 per section  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
02

MTW 10
MTW   9

215.336 (H)

DON QUIJOTE (3) Sieber  Limit 17 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 3-5

215.370 (H)

STUDIES IN SPANISH & LATIN AMERICAN POETRY (3)  Egginton   Limit 20   In this course we will approach the question of what poetry is and how to read it through the examples of two Spanish poets—Federico García Lorca and Antonio Machado—and two Latin American poets—Ruben Darío and Pablo Neruda. We will read their work in the context of questions opened up by the German philosopher Martin Heidegger around the nature of poetry and its relation to human being. The course will be taught in English with readings in Spanish.
Cross-listed with Program in Latin American Studies

Sec. 01

ThF 10:30-12

215.380 (H)
(W)

AUTOBIOGRAPHY, TESTIMONIO AND MEMOIR (3) Castro-Klaren  Limit 25   The course will and analyze the autobiografies, memoirs and fictional autobiograpies of several Latin American canonical writers. Starting with the memoirs by Domingo Sarmiento and Romulo Gallegos, moving through Borges and Jose Maria Arguedas we will go on to Rigoberta Menchu's testimonio and finalize with the memoirs of Garcia Marquez and Mario Vargas LLosa.
Cross-listed with Program in Latin American Studies

Sec. 01

T 1-3

215.455 (H)

CUBA NOIR (3) E. Gonzalez  Limit 41 20   The genre of noir in-and-around detective fiction as portrayed in novels, short stories, and movies. Readings and viewings centered on mutual influences high-and-low between Cuba and the US from Hemingway and the Mafia to the now foreclosed cultural openings between the two countries in the 1990s. Taught in Spanish 
Cross-listed with Program in Latin American Studies and Film and Media Studies

Sec. 01

M 3-5

215.491 (H)

MUSLIM, JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN LITERATURES OF IBERIA (3) Altschul 
Limit 10   From 711 to 1492 the Iberian Peninsula was a multilingual society administrated by members of the three monotheistic faiths. This course will discuss the Hispano-Muslim, Hispano-Jewish and Hispano-Christian literatures of Iberia during these times. Texts and authors include Ibn Hazm, Shmuel HaNaguid, Petrus Alfonsus, the Kalilah wa Dimnah and the Sendebar. Hebrew and Arabic texts will be read in translation. Taught in Spanish  Same course as 215.691

Sec. 01

F 1-3

215.526

SPANISH INDEPENDENT STUDY

Sec. 01

TBA

300.357 (H)

WHAT COUNTS AS HUMAN? (3)
Marrati Limit 20
Cross listed with Philosophy, Anthropology, Political Science, and the Humanities Center

Sec. 01

F 1-3:30

215.526

SPANISH INDEPENDENT STUDY

Sec. 01

TBA

UNDERGRADUATE CROSS-LISTINGS

300.313 (H)
(W)

THINKING LIVING TIME (3) Schott   Limit 15  Time is passing: it is, but it also is no longer and not yet. How do we experience, i.e. live, this transience? How, if at all, can we make sense of it? This seminar will study answers to these questions by Augustine, Bergson, and Heidegger. Cross-listed with Humanities Course added 11/29/06

Sec. 01

Th 2-5

300.350 (H)

MORAL PERFECTIONISM (3) de Vries/ Lefebvre   Limit 20   Taking Stanley Cavell's Cities of Words as our guide, this course explores themes and principles of moral perfectionism in philosophy, literature, and film. Attendance at weekly film screenings is mandatory. Cross listed with Humanities, Philosophy, and Anthropology

Sec. 01

Scr.

T 2-4:30

 T  8-10:30pm

300.382 (H)

PHILOSOPHY, MEMORY, AND RECONSTRUCTION: WESTERN EUROPE AFTER WW II (3)Geroulanos Limit 25 This course on the intellectual history of Western Europe with focus on the war’s legacy, reconstruction, existentialism, the appeal of Soviet communism, the crisis of humanism, and film. Cross-listed with History and the Humanities Center
Dean’s Teaching Fellowship Course

Sec. 01

Scr.

W 5-8 pm

 T  7-9pm

GRADUATE COURSES

212.673

GRADUATE SEMINAR IN FILM AND FILM THEORY: EUROPEAN AUTEURS Wegenstein   Limit 15 This course examines the notion of the “auteur,” which has been in use for European filmmakers since the New Wave (1959 – 1963). After studying the theory of the auteur since the 1960s, we will focus on two directors from each of four national traditions: Federico Fellini and Michelangelo Antonioni from Italy; Jean-Luc Godard and Agnès Varda from France; Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Werner Herzog from Germany; and Julio Medem and Pedro Almodóvar from Spain. At stake will be the historical circumstances of the rise of the European “auteur,” with special regard to factors that differentiate the national traditions in question. Theoretical readings will include Cinema 2: the Time-Image (Gilles Deleuze) and The Cinema Effect (Sean Cubitt).
Cross-listed with the Humanities Center

Sec. 01

W 4-6

212.692

RESEARCH METHODS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS Waterman
First year graduate students in German and Romance Languages and Literatures Limit 15 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 Cook-Guilloud Limit 17 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 the permission of the language coordinator.

Sec. 01

MTW 9

212.608

THINKING WITH DREAMS: POETRY AND PHILOSOPHY IN THE MIDDLE AGES Nichols Limit 15 Medieval authors composed dream fictions as a useful framework for mediating between the everyday world and the otherworld of divine providence. Conceived as a liminal space where the virtual might confront the real, dream worlds offered a mechanism for epistemological debate ranging from pious allegory to bold exposition of heterodox thought. The seminar will look at classical theories of dreams from Plato & Artistotle to Cicero, then read key works of the genre like Macrobius’s Commentaire sur le songe de Scipion, the anonymous Vision de Saint Paul, Guillaume de Loris’s & Jean de Meun’s Le Roman de la Rose, Christine de Pisan’s La Cité des Dames, Villon’s Le Testament.

Sec. 01

W 1-3

212.616

ROUSSEAU Anderson
Limit 15

Sec. 01

F 3-5

212.629

FLAUBERT ET LA TRADITION: MADAME BOVARY L’EDUCATION SENTIMENTALE TROIS CONTES Vinken Limit 15 Flaubert est devenu l'auteur réaliste par excellence, le père du roman moderne. Que ce réalisme est fruit de lecture qui filtre toute expérience vécue, est désormais acquis. Le séminaire propose, dans un premier pas, à travers a "close reading" des textes majeurs de Flaubert, de préciser ce constat: Flaubert déchiffre son temps, lui donne un sens, à travers la lecture des textes antiques et des textes bibliques. Dans un deuxième pas sera explorée  la relecture que subissent les textes antiques, et spécialement les textes bibliques, et leur interpretation romantique dans les textes flaubertiens . Le réligieux et le politique apparaîtront sous un autre jour. Flaubert érige son autorité, en inscrivant son époque, sa vie, dans la tradition, tout en la déformant violemment. En ce sens, l'autorité de Flaubert serait tout à fait canonique.

Sec. 01

M 1-4 3

212.645

PASCAL: A PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Abecassis Limit 15  Close reading of Pascal’s Pensées, Lettres Provinciales and other writings, primarily set against the background of Augustine, Montaigne and Descartes, but also extending forward to Rousseau, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche as well as contemporary critical theory.  We will study a series of issues ranging from Christian vs. modern anthropology, existential analytics of subjectivity, rhetorical theory.  Primary readings in French where applicable.  Seminar language to be determined at first meeting dependent on seminar composition.  Also open to humanities and history graduate students. 

Sec. 01

T 1-3

212.713

REVISITING SARTRE: THE PHILOSOPHER, THE WRITER, THE INTELLECTUAL Delacampagne   Limit 15
Cent ans après sa naissance, Sartre est-il encore le plus grand intellectuel français du 20e siècle ? Que vaut sa philosophie ? Que valent ses romans, son théâtre et ses essais? Course canceled 12/05/06

Sec. 01

Th 1-3

212.801

FRENCH INDEPENDENT STUDY
Sect. 01 – Nichols
Sect. 02 – Neefs
Sect. 03 – Russo
Sect. 04 – Jeanneret
Sect. 05 – Delacampagne
Sect. 06 - Anderson

212.802

FRENCH DISSERTATION RESEARCH
Sect. 01 – Nichols
Sect. 02 – Neefs
Sect. 03 – Russo
Sect. 04 – Jeanneret
Sect. 05 – Delacampagne
Sect. 06 - Anderson

212.803

FRENCH PROPOSAL PREPARATION

See also 213.638 EPISTEMOLOGY IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE located in German Graduate Listings

GERMAN

210.662

READING AND TRANSLATING GERMAN FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES II Clark Limit 15 Prereq: 091.601 or permission Graduate students only. This course is designed for graduate students in other departments who wish to gain a reading knowledge of the German language. This semester assumes a basic knowledge of German grammar and vocabulary and concentrates on reading practice. For certification or credit.

Sec. 01

MW 9

213.608

THE LITERATURES OF BLACKS & JEWS IN THE 20TH CENTURY M. Caplan Limit 10This course will be a seminar comparing representative narratives and poetry by African, Caribbean, and African-American authors of the past 100 years, together with European and American Jewish authors writing in Yiddish, Hebrew, and English. This comparison will examine the paradoxically central role played by minority, “marginal” groups in the creation of modern literature and the articulation of the modern experience. Among the topics to be considered in this course will be the question of whether minority literatures require a distinct interpretive strategy from “mainstream” literary traditions; the problem of political discrimination and the question of identity politics in the creation, and interpretation, of literature; the commonalities of historical experience between Black and Jewish peoples; and the challenge of multiculturalism in modern society. Authors discussed will include, among others, Sholem Aleichem, Charles Chesnutt, Sh. Ansky, Jean Toomer, Sh. Y. Agnon, Amos Tutuola, Bernard Malamud, Caryl Phillips, and Anna Deavere Smith. All readings and discussions conducted in English; enrollment open to graduate and advanced undergraduate students
Cross-listed with Jewish Studies

Sec. 01

W 1-3

213.638

EPISTEMOLOGY IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Rheinberger  
Limit 15 Meets 3/26-4/23 (plus additional session) In this seminar, we will discuss the French and German traditions of introducing historical thinking into philosophy of science. Readings will include Gaston Bachelard, Georges Canguilhem, Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida (his reading of Husserl) on the French part, and Ernst Cassirer, Edmund Husserl (his late Crisis work) and Martin Heidegger on the German part.  Reading and discussion in English
Cross listed with the Humanities Center, Philosophy, and History of Science and Technology

Sec. 01

M 3-6pm

213.649

AESTHETICISM RECONSIDERED Tobias   Limit 15   Few terms are more maligned in contemporary criticism than aestheticism and enchantment. This course will reconsider conventional definitions of aestheticism as a privileging of art over life through readings of Weber, Adorno, Horkheimer, Simmel, Mann, Huysmans, Klages, George, Adrian and Rilke.

Sec. 01

T 3-5pm

213.662

ADVOCACY: FÜRSPRACHE Campe
Limit 15   We will discuss instances of advocay – speaking/acting on behalf of someone before someone – in different areas: ancient rhetoric, legal and cultural theory, poetry and the novel.  The goal of the course is to develop an understanding of 'Fürsprache' as a basic feature of communication. Readings include Aristotle, Quintilian, Derrida, Rawles, Lacan, Austin, Hölderlin and Kafka.
Readings and discussion in English.
Cross-listed with the Humanities Center, Political Science, and Classics

Sec. 01

Th 3-5pm

213.667

THE RHETORIC OF VISION: SIEGFRIED KRACAUER AND WIEMAR CULTURAL CRITISICM Gold Limit 15 Siegfried Kracauer has recently gained recognition as one of the most significant German cultural and social critics of the 20th century along with Walter Benjamin and T. W. Adorno. However, despite the fact that some of his earlier works have now been translated into English, the nature of his intellectual project remains largely unfamiliar to English-speaking audiences. Turning away from the later, more empirical studies that his reputation rested upon for decades, this course focuses on Kracauer's earlier, more theoretical writings, above all the essay collection "The Mass Ornament." By approaching this text and others in conjunction with works by Benjamin, Adorno, Bela Balazs, Robert Musil, and others, this course has two aims:  to introduce Kracauer's thought through Weimar cultural criticism, and to introduce Weimar cultural criticism through Kracauer's thought. Although we will pay special attention to the significance of visual media such as photography and film, we will also address the relationship of these topics to architecture, urban modernity, and history. 

Sec. 01

T 1-3

213.703

INTERCULTURAL LITERATURE Pahl Limit 15 We will read contemporary intercultural literature (Turkish-German, Japanese-German, authors from Central and Eastern Europe who write in German) with particular attention to the poetics of translingualism. When appropriate, we will discuss historical links (Celan, Canetti, Kafka, Chamisso, etc.).
Readings in German. Discussion in English or German (depending on enrollment)

Sec. 01

W 3-5

213.800

INDEPENDENT STUDY - GERMAN
Sect. 01 – Campe
Sect. 02 – Tobias
Sect. 03 – Pahl
Sect. 04 – M. Caplan

213.812

DIRECTED DISSERTATION RESEARCH - GERMAN
Sect. 01 – Campe
Sect. 02 – Tobias
Sect. 03 – Pahl
Sect. 04 – M. Caplan

ITALIAN

214.670

SCRIVERRE DI LETTERATURA IN ITALIANO E IN INGLESE Forni Limit 15 This course is an introduction to the writing of essays on literature.

Sec. 01

T 1-3

214.672

TASSO, THE EPIC AND TRADITION StephensLimit 15 We will read Gerusalemme liberata (1581) and its transformation into Gerusalemme conquistata (1593) in relation to Tasso's own production in other genres, as well as to the literary traditions of epic and romance, the upheavals of Reformation and Counter-Reformation religion, and the arts. Special attention will be paid to Tasso's literary and philosophical theories. Firm reading knowledge of Italian required.

Sec. 01

W 1-3

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

215.634

THE PICARESQUE NOVEL IN SPAIN Sieber Limit 15 A close reading of the Lazarillo de Tormes, Aleman’s Guzman de Alfarache, two of Cervantes’ Novelas ejemplares and the Picara Justina. These novels’ socio-historical references will be researched; the picaresque as literary genre will also be a primary topic.

Sec. 01

W 3-5

215.640

SELF-REPRESENTATION IN LATIN AMERICAN FICTION, TESTIMONIO AND MEMOIR Castro-Klaren   Limit 15
Taking into account the crisis is self (national) representation and the fluidity of identities, the course will delve into the work of various major Lation American writers in order to study issues of self-representation across time and specific contexts. The course wil start with Sarmiento's memoirs, move on Teresa de la Parra and Clarise Lispector. Machado de Asis, Borges, Arguedas will preface reading the memoirs by Rosario Castellanos, Garcia Marquez and Mario Vargas Llosa.
Cross-listed with Program in Latin American Studies

Sec. 01

Th 3-5

215.685

LITERATURE AND RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE Egginton Limit 15 The focus of this course is how the mystical, the sacred, the ineffable is expressed in literary language. We will look at both contemporary theoretical discussions of religion and its renewed importance in philosophical debates, as well as examine cases of literary religious expression from the Middle Ages to the modern period. Case studies will be comparative, but the emphasis will be on Spanish examples. Reading knowledge of Spanish is required.
Cross-listed with the Humanities Center

Sec. 01

Th 1-3

215.691

MUSLIM, JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN LITERATURES IN IBERIA Altschul   Limit 10
From 711 to 1492 the Iberian Peninsula was a multilingual society administrated by members of the three monotheistic faiths. This course will discuss the Hispano-Muslim, Hispano-Jewish and Hispano-Christian literatures of Iberia during these times. Texts and authors include Ibn Hazm, Shmuel HaNaguid, Petrus Alfonsus, the Kalilah wa Dimnah and the Sendebar. Hebrew and Arabic texts will be read in translation. Taught in Spanish. Graduate students interested in taking this course should contact the instructor before registering.  Same course as 215.491

Sec. 01

F 1-3

215.826

SPANISH INDEPENDENT STUDY
Sect. 01 – E. Gonzalez
Sect. 02 – Castro-Klaren
Sect. 03 – Sieber
Sect. 04 – Egginton

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

300.671

STANLEY CAVELL’S “THE CLAIM OF REASON” deVries/Marrati Limit 15 This seminar will explore Cavell’s magnum opus and discuss his contribution to the understanding of philosophical skepticism, literature, film, ethics, politics, and religion.
Cross listed with Philosophy, Anthropology, Political Science, English, and the Humanities Center

Sec. 01

Th 1-4