GERMAN AND ROMANCE LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES

FRENCH

Placement in all language courses is determined by previous course work at Hopkins or by a Placement Examination.  Please contact Claude Guillemard – claude@jhu.edu

210.102

FRENCH ELEMENTS II (4.5) Wuensch   Limit 15 per section   Prereq: 210.101 or 210.103 or Webcape score below 320   May not be taken Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory       
Provides a multi-faceted approach to teaching language and culture to the novice French student. 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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MWF 10-10:50 9-9:50,
T 10:30-11:20

MWF 10-10:50,
T 10:30-11:20

MWF  11-11:50,
T 10:30-11:20

210.104

LEARNER MANAGED FRENCH ELEMENTS II (4.5) Wuensch  Limit 12   Year course; must complete both semesters successfully in order to receive credit   Prereq: 210.101 or 210.103 or Webcape score below 320  Special section for self-motivated students: On-line materials are designed for 1 and 1/2 more hours a week required for the course.  Recommended for those who have some knowledge of French and need a review of the language.
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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MWF 10-10:50 9-9:50

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MWF 11-11:50

MWF 11-11:50

210.204 (H)

ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE FRENCH  II (3.5) Roos Limit 15 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
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.  Taught exclusively in French

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02

03

MWF 9-9:50

MWF 11-11:50

MWF 3-3:50

210.302 (H)
(W)

FRENCH CONVERSATION AND COMPOSITION II  (3.5) Mobarek  Limit 12 per section   Prereq: 210.301 or Webcape score 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.  Students will be given the opportunity to continue strengthening their linguistic skills.  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. 01 canceled 12/12/07

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MWF 9-9:50
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MWF 12-12:50

210.306 (H)

MEDICAL FRENCH (3) Guillemard Limit 12   Prereq: 210.301-302 or Perm. Req’d.   Prepares for the Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris certificate (www.fda.ccip.fr/examens/dfm).
Basics of vocabulary and usage for medical professions.

Sec. 01

MW 4:30-5:45pm MWF 4:30-5:20pm

210.502

FRENCH INDEPENDENT STUDY – LANGUAGE Guillemard

211.402 (H)

LA FRANCE CONTEMPORAINE II (3) Cook-Gailloud Sec.01  / Winkler Sec.02    Limit 15    Prereq: 210.302 or supplementary test or 210.301 and Perm. Req’d.   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.

Sec. 02 added 12/12/07

Sec. 01

02

MW 12-1:15 MWF 12-12:50

MW 12-1:15

211.425 (H)

LOOK AT FRANCE AND THE U.S. THROUGH THE LENS OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (3) Winckler   Limit 15   Prereq: 210.301-302 or supplementary test or Perm. Req’d.   This course will compare certain topics concerning the US and France and their political implications. We will see how the differences (if they exist) are reflected in discourses, practices, and observed facts.  Analysis will include the difference of perspectives on race and class between the two societies, the debates about religion and "laïcité", the different conceptions of the State or of each country's exceptionalism. Special focus on methodological questions such as: what does 'comparing France and the US' mean? Which indicators should be chosen to establish the differences on each topic? To do so, this course will use the framework of social sciences
such as sociology, political science, economics or history and a large body of documents.

Sec. 01

T 2-4:20

211.430 (H)

L'AFFAIRE DREYFUS (3) Cook-Gailloud   Limit 12   Prereq: 210.301-302 or supplementary test or Perm. Req’d.   Course will focus on the socio-political events that framed the Dreyfus Affair (anti-Semitism in 19th century France, caricatures and polemical writings in the press, the consequences of the Franco-Prussian War and of the Commune, the bipolar division that split French society into dreyfusards and antidreyfusards), as well as its long-term effects (the rise of the “intellectual” in public life, the creation of the Human Rights League, the consolidation of Zionism which led to the creation of a Jewish state.) Taught in French Cross-listed with Jewish Studies

Sec. 01

F 1:30-4

212.202 (H)
(W)

INTRODUCTION Á LA LITTÉRATURE FRANÇAIS II (3)  Neefs/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.

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02

TTh 10:30-11:45

MWF 11-11:50

212.313 (H)
 (W)

ORPHÉE NOIR: VOIX AFRICAINES FRANCOPHONES (3) Mobarek   Limit 15  
Prereq: 210.302 or Perm. Req’d.
Poèmes tirés de l'Anthologie de la nouvelle poésie nègre et malgache de Léopold Sédar Senghor et textes philosophiques et politiques définissant les fondements de l’africanité.

Sec. 01

TTh 9-10:15

212.330 (H) (W)

LE ROMAN NOIR FRANCOPHONE (3) Giraud   Limit 15   Prereq: 210.301-302 210.201 or Perm. Req’d.    The significance of the “roman noir” in francophone literature of the twentieth century starting with an overview of its evolution. Authors: Manchette, Dutrizac, Mad, Ndione, and Ngoye.  Taught in French Dean's Teaching Fellowship

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M 2-4:30

212.416 (H)

FRENCH ENLIGHTENMENT NOVEL (3) Anderson Limit 20   Prereq: 210.201 or Perm. Req’d.    The French Enlightenment was not a monolithic theoretical and universalizing program as its English name suggests, but, as Les Lumières implies, a complex historical event composed of three intertwined strains. This course will investigate the productive tension between the Lumières du savoir, the Lumières poétiques, and the Lumières du pouvoir that generated the greatest literary works from 1710 to the early
Revolution. For full description, see http://www.wilda.org/Course/Course Vault/Undergrad/Enlighten/home.html

Sec. 01

W 2-4:30

212.430 (H)
(W)

SENIOR SEMINAR (3) Russo 
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

Th 2-4:30

212.502

FRENCH INDEPENDENT STUDY  - LITERATURE

 GERMAN

 210.162

ELEMENTARY GERMAN II (4.5) Mifflin   Limit 18 per section Prereq: 210.161 or appropriate score on placement exam 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
Note: Students may chose their schedule based on their MWF schedule

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MTWF 12-12:50

210.262 (H)

INTERMEDIATE GERMAN II (3.5) Wheeler   Limit 20 16 per section  Prereq: 210.261 or placement exam   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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MWF 11-11:50 9-9:50

MWF 10-10:50

MWF 11-11:50

210.264 (H)

INTERMEDIATE YIDDISH II (3)
B. Caplan   Limit 15   Prereq: 210.263 or Perm. Req’d.  Continuation to Intermediate Yiddish I. 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

MWF 11-11:50

210.362 (H)
 (W)

ADVANCED GERMAN CONVERSATION & COMPOSITION II: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN ISSUES (3) Mifflin Limit 15 per section Prereq: 210.361 or equivalent score on placement test     Topically, this course focuses on contemporary issues such as national identity, multiculturalism and the lingering social consequences of major 20th century historical events.  Readings include literary and journalistic texts, as well as radio broadcasts, internet sites, music and film.  Emphasis is placed on improving mastery of German grammar, development of self-editing skills and practice in spoken German for academic use. Introduction/Review of advanced grammar.  Taught in German

Sec. 01

02

MWF 10-10:50

MWF 12-12:50

210.561

GERMAN INDEPENDENT STUDY – LANGUAGE Mifflin

Sec. 01

213.316 (H)

STORY, SONG, FOOD AND FILM: MODERN YIDDISH IDENTITIES (3) B. Caplan   Limit 20   To cling to Jewish tradition or to embrace secular ideals?  To engage with non- Jewish culture or utterly ignore it?  To express oneself as a Jew through religion, politics, or the arts?  This course will examine a range of Jewish responses to modernity through the prism of Yiddish language and culture.  The topic will be explored through a number of media, including text, song, and film.  The course will include a small Yiddish language component, although all readings will be in English.
Cross-listed with Jewish Studies

Sec. 01

M 1:30-4

213.332 (H)
(W)

ZIONISM IN MODERN LITERATURE: JEWISH OR ISRAELI? (3) M. Caplan  
Limit 20     This course will be an advanced-undergraduate, writing-intensive examination of the interrelated themes of nationalism, Zionism, and the problems of the nation-state in modern Jewish literature of the past hundred years. Among the topics we will consider are the unique challenges of a diasporic culture relocating its national aspirations to an unfamiliar and often hostile environment, the controversies surrounding political nationalism within modern Jewish culture, the competition between languages in the formation of Israeli society, the character of Israeli national culture, the relationship of Israel’s Jewish majority with its minority population, and the relationship of Israeli culture to the Jewish culture of the diaspora. To what extent does Israeli literature constitute a continuation of themes and techniques found in previous Jewish writing, and to what extent does it represent a new beginning? To what extent can Israeli literature be compared with other varieties of Jewish writing, particularly in the United States, and to what extent is this writing a unique cultural phenomenon? Although the majority of works discussed will be translated from Hebrew—including such leading figures of Israeli literature as S. Y. Agnon, S. Yizhar, Amos Oz, and David Grossman—we will also be considering works translated from Yiddish, German, and Arabic, as well as contemporary American writers such as Philip Roth and Michael Chabon.  All readings and discussions conducted in English.
Cross-listed with Jewish Studies, English, and the Humanities Center

Sec. 01

TTh 10:30-11:45

213.352 (H)

FONTANE AND THE ADULTERY FILM (3) Kolarov   Limit 20   The course will explore the life and works of poet and novelist Theodor Fontane on parallel tracks with the Hollywood adultery genre.  Freud’s work on femininity will frame our experiment.
Cross-listed with Film & Media Studies, Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, and the Humanities Center

Sec. 01

F 2-4:30

213.380 (H)

GHOST STORIES, HAUNTED HOUSES AND OTHER OCCULT PHENOMENA (3) Tobias   Limit 20   From the eighteenth-century poet E.T.A. Hoffmann to the modern writer W.G. Sebald, German authors have been obsessed with uncanny phenomena that blur the line between the natural world and the supernatural and animate creatures and inanimate things. We will explore these encounters with ghosts, automatons, and other apparitions.  Readings in English and German; discussion in English.
Cross-listed with the Humanities Center

Sec. 01

MWF 10-10:50, F 11-11:50

213.401 (H)

COLLECTING, EATING, WRITING, READING, BURNING - BOOKS (3) Schestag   Limit 20 This class will be dedicated to some of the myths and disenchantments surrounding books (with a focus on German Literature between 1800 and 1960). The book (of books) has been considered the container of God’s inalterable Word, but is to be found at the origin and as the origin of History (not only of the West) as a never ending series of hermeneutic wars: the so-called wars of religion are wars around (the proper meaning of) a book as well as around the notion of book, its attracting and repulsing implications. Books have not only been written in order to be read, but also collected and destroyed, eaten, buried and burnt. What’s in a book? The unfolding of some of this question’s religious, literary, philosophical and political implications will be followed by fragments taken from the Bible, (the Apocalypse according to John) and the Talmud, as well as texts by Sebastian Brant and Cervantes (discussing the figure of the ‘fool of books’), Goethe and Jean Paul, Friedrich Nietzsche, Franz Rosenzweig and Walter Benjamin,  documents related to the Bücherverbrennung on May 10, 1933, poems by Bertolt Brecht and Paul Celan,  book-installations by Anselm Kiefer, and a short story by Jorge Luis Borges.  Readings and discussion in German

Sec. 01

Th 2-4:30

213.419 (H)

CRITICAL LOVE: THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LITERARY CRITICISM (3) Pahl Limit 20   “The Sandman,” a fantastic, ironic, and uncanny story by the German Romantic E.T.A. Hoffmann will function as the cornerstone of this course.  Around this self-reflexive piece of literature we will study some of the most important approaches to literary criticism from continental philosophy, German romanticism, psychoanalysis, hermeneutics, post-structuralism, deconstruction, postcolonial feminism, and queer theory.  The course will explore our amorous relations to literary texts and develop an ethics of transformative reading.  Readings and discussion in English.
Cross-listed with Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality and the Humanities Center

Sec. 01

W 2-4:30

213.502

GERMAN INDEPENDENT STUDY – LITERATURE Pahl

Sec. 01

213.510

GERMAN HONORS PROGRAM Pahl

 ITALIAN

210.152

ITALIAN ELEMENTS II (4) Zannirato   Limit 17 per section   Prereq: 210.151 or Placement Exam -Part I     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

Sec. 05 canceled 11/14/07

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210.252 (H)

INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN II (3.5) Zannirato   Limit 15 per section  Prereq: 210.251 or Placement Exam -Parts I & II     Course provides further development of students' language skills through intensive listening, speaking, reading, writing and interaction activities. The course is conducted entirely in Italian. May not be taken Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.

Sec. 04 canceled 12/03/07
Sec. 01 canceled 01/24/08

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MWF 9-9:50
MWF 10-10:50
MWF 11-11:50
MWF 3-3:50

210.352 (H)
  (W)

ADVANCED ITALIAN CONVERSATION AND COMPOSITION (3.5) Zannirato   Limit 12 per section   Prereq: 210.351 or Placement Exam - Parts I, II, & III 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. May not be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory

Sec. 01

02

MWF 9-9:50

MWF 1:30-2:20

214.251 (H)
(W)

SURVEY OF ITALIAN LITERATURE (3) Maier-Kapoor Stephens   Limit 20 An overview of the key texts of the Italian literary canon from the Middle Ages to the present. Taught in Italian

Sec. 01

TTh 9-10:15

214.371 (H)
 (W)

IMAGINING MEDIEVAL ITALIAN CULTURE: THE NAME OF THE ROSE (3) Stephens   Limit 20  Il nome della rosa took the literary world by storm in 1980, and since then has been a best-seller in many languages.  It has also inspired numerous imitations and a major film.  Although it is a work of imagination, it is an excellent means of exploring the culture of Italy in the time of Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio.  We will explore its numerous links to the literary, cultural, religious, and political history of medieval Italy.  No prerequisites.  There will be a special section for Italian majors.
Cross-listed with Film & Media Studies, History, Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, the Humanities Center, and English

Sec. 01

T 2-4:30

214.465 (H)

DANTE, PETRARCH, AND BOCCACCIO: AN INTRODUCTION TO THREE CLASSICS OF ITALIAN LITERATURE (3) Forni   Limit 20    
Students will become acquainted with the artistic personalities and the cultural significance of the founding fathers of Italian literature.

Sec. 01

M 2-4:30

214.562

ITALIAN INDEPENDENT STUDY

Sec. 01

 PORTUGUESE

210.178

PORTUGUESE ELEMENTS (3.5) Bensabat-Ott  Limit 20  Prereq: 210.177 or Perm. Req’d.   
This second semester of a 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.
No Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Sec. 01

MWF 11-11:50

210.278 (H)

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED PORTUGUESE (3.5) Bensabat-Ott  Limit 20   Prereq: 210.277 or Perm. Req’d.    This second semester of a 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 10-10:50

210.392 (H)
(W)

ADVANCED PORTUGUESE: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (3.5) Bensabat-Ott  Limit 20
Prereq: 210.278 or Perm. Req’d.
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   May not be taken Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

Sec. 01

MWF 12-12:50 9-9:50 12-12:50

211.394 (H)

BRAZILIAN CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION Bensabat-Ott     
Register accordingly:
 Sec. 01: 3 credits (Course work in English)   Limit 35
Sec. 02: 4 credits (Course work in Portuguese – Perm. Req’d.)   Limit 10
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, permission of the instructor is required for this option. Those wishing to do the coursework in English for 3 credits should register for Section 1. Those wishing to earn 4 credits by doing the coursework in Portuguese should register for Section 2. The sections will be taught simultaneously.
Cross-listed with Latin American Studies

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02

M 2-4:30

M 2-4:30

SPANISH

210.111

SPANISH ELEMENTS I (4)  Weingarten   Limit 17  Prereq: Appropriate Placement Exam (S-Cape) score     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

MWF 10-10:50

210.112

SPANISH ELEMENTS II (4) Weingarten   Limit 17 per section Prereq:  210.111 or appropriate Placement Exam (S-Cape) score   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. 
May not be taken Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

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On-Line

MWF 11-11:50 9-9:50

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MWF 12-12:50

MWF 1:30-2:30

210.211 (H)

INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I (4) 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

Sec. 01
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MWF 9-9:50
MWF 10-10:50
MWF 11-11:50
MWF 12-12:50

210.212 (H)

INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II (4)
I. Gonzalez   Limit 17 per section Prereq: 210.211 or appropriate S-Cape score   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
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MWF 9-9:50
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MWF 11-11:50
MWF 12-12:50
MWF 1:30-2:20

210.311 (H)

ADVANCED SPANISH I (3) Garcia-Augustin   Limit 15 per section  Prereq: 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

Sec. 01
02
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04

MWF 9-9:50
MWF 10-10:50
MWF 11-11:50
MWF 12-12:50

210.312 (H)

ADVANCED SPANISH II (3) Garcia-Augustin  Limit 15 per section  210.311 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

Sec. 01 canceled 12/03/07

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MWF 9-9:50
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MWF 12-12:50

210.313 (H)

MEDICAL SPANISH (3) Sanchez
Limit 15   Prereq: 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. May not be taken Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

Sec. 01

MWF 11-11:50

210.315 (H)

LEGAL SPANISH (3) Sanchez/
I. Gonzalez   Limit 15   Prereq: 210.311 or appropriate S-Cape score Students 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

TTh 10:30-11:45

210.316 (H)

CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH (3) Garcia-Augustin Sanchez   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

MWF 11-11:50

210.317 (H)
 (W)

ADVANCED SPANISH COMPOSITION (3) Garcia-Augustin Limit 12   Prereq: 210.312 or appropriate S-Cape score This 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

Sec. 01

MWF 12-12:50

210.411 (H)
 (W)

CURSO DE TRADUCCIÓN PARA LAS PROFESIONES (SPANISH TRANSLATION) (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

TTh 12-1:15

210.412
 (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. 02 added 02/13/08 *Section does not meet with Sec. 01, is NOT Writing Intensive, and is only (1) credit

Sec. 01

02

MW 1:30-2:45

TBA

210.413 (H)
 (W)

CURSO DE PERFECCIONAMIENTO (3) Sanchez   Limit 8 12   Prereq: 210.311 and 210.312 or 210.317 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 both to acquaint the students with a wider range of idiomatic expressions and usages than they might have previously encountered and to help them achieve the ACTFL Advanced-High level. The course also will help to prepare students for the DELE Intermediate level, offered by the Instituto Cervantes.  May not be taken Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

Sec. 01

MW 12-1:15

211.280 (H)

MODERN LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE (3) Carrion Limit 25    Prereqs: 210.212 or 210.213 or appropriate S-Cape score An introduction to the literature and culture of Latin- America from the formation of independent states through the present—in light of the social, political, and economic histories of the region.  Taught in Spanish May not be taken Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory
Cross-listed with Latin American Studies

Sec. 01

TTh 9-10:15

215.231 (H)
(W)

INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH LITERATURE (3) McMenamin Prereqs: 210.311 or appropriate S-Cape score   Limit 20 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

TTh 12-1:15

215.336 (H)

DON QUIJOTE (3) Sieber  Limit 12 Prereq:  210.311-312 or equivalent    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 2-4:30

215.405 (H)

INTRODUCTION TO JUDEO-SPANISH LITERATURE (3) Borovaya  Limit 20    Discusses the emergence and dynamics of Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) literature during the four centuries of its existence in the Ottoman Empire. Explores folk literature, religious and secular texts. Examines the adaptation of French literary genres, in particular fiction, press, and drama in the age of westernization. Taught in English. Not eligible for credit toward the major. Cross-listed with Jewish Studies Course added 11/2/07

Sec. 01

F 1:30-4

215.4576 (H)

LITERATURE AND FILM: THE CASE OF MANUEL PUIG (3) E. Gonzalez   Limit 30 20  
Close reading of select works by Manuel Puig, the outstanding Argentine writer of his generation.  Readings examined in relation to relevant movies and film theory.  Taught in English.  Readings in Spanish and English.
Cross listed with Program in Latin American Studies, Film and Media Studies, Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, and the Humanities Center

Sec. 01

Th 2-4:30

215.485 (H)

INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH MEDIEVAL LITERATURE (3) Altschul   Limit 20  
This course examines some of the best known works of Medieval Spain. Through literary history students become familiar with medieval Christian Spanish society and culture. Topics include chivalry and aristocratic life, medieval biographies and lives of saints, languages and religions of Iberia, as well as short stories and their rewritings. Readings are in Modern Spanish or English and include Mio Cid, Conde Lucanor, Libro de buen amor, Amadís de Gaula, and Celestina.

Sec. 01

W 2-4:30

215.496 (H)

FORMATIONS OF THE UNCONSCIOUS: BUÑEL, GARCIA LORCA AND DALI (3) Egginton Limit 20     In this course we will study the enormous contribution to art, literature, and thought made by three Spaniards in the early part of the twentieth century. Buñuel, Garcia Lorca, and Dali each revolutionized his specific artistic medium, and were influential in each other’s lives and work as well. We will examine their body of work and their relationship to psychoanalysis, particularly the work of Jacques Lacan, whose seminar we will also be reading.

Sec. 01

M 2-4:30

215.526

SPANISH INDEPENDENT STUDY

Sec. 01

TBA

 UNDERGRADUATE CROSS-LISTINGS

040.129 (H)

DRINKING PARTIES, HOMOEROTICISM, AND GENDER POLITICS (3) Yatromanolakis   
Limit 80
Cross-listed with Anthropology,
Classics, History, Political Science, and Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Sec. 01

TTh 1:30-2:45

300.316 (H)

SURREALISM (3) Warnock   Limit 15
Cross-listed with Humanities Center and History of Art
Deans Teaching Fellowship Course added 10/31/07

Sec. 01

Th 1:30-4

300.368 (H)

DO MIRACLES (STILL) HAPPEN? (3) de Vries   Cross listed with the Humanities Center, Philosophy, Anthropology, and Political Science

Sec. 01

Th 1:30-4

300.376 (H)
 (W)

EUROPEANS CONCEPTIONS OF THE NEW MAN, 1789-1945 (3) Geroulanos  Limit 35
Cross-listed with History and the Humanities Center

Sec. 01

W 5-8pm

 GRADUATE COURSES

 FRENCH

210.601

FRENCH READING AND TRANSLATION Guillemard  
Limit 15  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.
Course canceled 12/12/07

Sec. 01

TTh 9-10:15

212.620

THE ENCYCLOPÉDIE Anderson Limit 15   In its attempt to realize fully the potential of a group description of knowledge, the Encyclopédieof Diderot and d’Alembert displays the program of the philosophesin a particularly intense and idiosyncratic form. This intellectual
dialogue will be studied through the investigation of several different subjects treated in the Encyclopédie; for example, the theory of the encyclopedia itself, history, natural history, literature, medicine, theories of language.

Sec. 01

W 4:30-6:30pm

212.634

THE MEDIEVAL VOICE Heller-Roazen   Limit 15   This seminar will investigate the multiple dimensions of the medieval voice: grammatical, logical, musical, and poetic. Topics to be discussed include the relation between sound and voice, the elements of writing, rational and irrational noise, tone and timbre, syllabification, and rhyme. Authors to be discussed include Aristotle, Prisican, Boethius, Anselm, Guilhem de Peitieus, Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, Arnaut Daniel, Dante, Gervais de Bus and Eustache Deschamps.

Sec. 01

T 2-3:50

212.646

SURREALIST PROSE Abecassis Limit 15    A close study of representative prose works of Breton, Aragon and Bataille in the context of surrealist theory.  The course will be textual in nature, but with continual references to Sade, Lautréamont and Freud.

Sec. 01

F 1-3:50

212.680

L’OPINION CHANGÉE QUANT AUX FLEURS Schestag
Limit 15     Since Greek antiquity the comparison of words with flowers has been a common place in European theories of poetry and language. If there was a science dedicated to this strange relation, its name could be anthology. The question to be found at the heart of the consideration of words as flowers (not just as fleurs rhétoriques) is the question of expressivity in general: the expressive – or inexpressive – character of words as well as flowers. The discussion of this peculiar pressure on words (as well as on flowers), its implications and complications, in order to express expressivity itself, will turn around poems by Angelus Silesius, Hölderlin and Leopardi – La Ginestra –, Baudelaire’s sketches for a preface to Les fleurs du mal, Mallarmé’s Les fleurs and Crise de vers, an essay by Bataille – Le langage des fleurs –, a book by Jean Paulhan – Les fleurs de Tarbes – as well as recently published dossier by Francis Ponge, entitled L’opinion changée quant aux fleurs. – Readings in French, Italian and German, discussion in French and English.

Sec. 01

Th 12-1:50

212.733

LITERATURE AND KNOWLEDGE, FROM BALZAC TO PROUST Neefs   Limit 15 Quelle forme de connaissance apporte l’œuvre littéraire ? Quels rapports entretient-elle avec les savoirs de son temps ? Savoirs sur la société, sur la psychologie humaine, sur le monde, concurrence avec les savoirs « scientifiques », nous interrogerons à l’aide de quelques exemples particulièrement significatifs la portée cognitive des œuvres littéraires. Les œuvres proposées sont, parmi d’autres exemples qui seront choisis avec les étudiants du séminaire: Balzac, La Peau de chagrin, La recherche de l’Absolu ; Stendhal, De l’Amour ; Flaubert, Bouvard et Pécuchet ; Zola, Le Docteur Pascal ; Proust, Le Temps retrouvé

Sec. 01

W 12-1:50

212.742

FRAMING THE AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE IN FRANCE 1630-1780 Russo   Limit 15 An exploration of the emergence of aesthetic experience at a time when there was no such thing as an autonomous aesthetic object separate from other forms of value, such as social distinction and the exaltation of energy. Aesthetics was a way of organizing cognition, experience and feelings linked to the body; through such notions as sympathy, taste and esprit, aesthetic discourse frames the beholder both as a cognitive, feeling subject, and as a social being member of an elite community defined culturally and politically. Topics will include: the epistemology of confused perception and the poetics of incompleteness; the je ne sais quoi and the sublime; the dialectics of pleasure and pain; taste and decadence. Works by Félibien, Bouhours, Dubos, Boileau, Fénelon, Marivaux, Montesquieu, Diderot, Leibniz, Smith, Burke, Lessing.

Sec. 01

T 12-1:50

212.801

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

212.802

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

212.803

FRENCH PROPOSAL PREPARATION

 GERMAN

210.662

READING AND TRANSLATING GERMAN FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES II Wheeler   Limit 15
Graduate students only    This course is designed for graduate students in other departments who wish to gain a reading knowledge of the German language and translation practice from German to English.  The second semester is a continuation and assumes basic knowledge of German grammar and vocabulary.  Focus on advanced grammatical structures.  For certification or credit.

Sec. 01

MW 9-9:50

213.640

THE CONCEPT OF PHILOSOPHICAL AESTHETICS Menke   Limit 15   Meets 2/11-3/7 “Aesthetics” is Alexander Baumgarten’s title for a new way of thinking about the (liberal) “arts” in the framework of the basic concepts of modern philosophy, like (re-) presentation, activity, subjectivity, humanity, and freedom. Since Heidegger’s lectures on Nietzsche, this relation between aesthetics and philosophical modernity has often been described in such a way that the discourse of philosophical aesthetics expresses an “ideology” (as de Man and Eagleton have put it) of reconciliation or foundation. The course wants to question this interpretation by way of reading texts mainly from the German aesthetic debate in the 18th century. The course will especially focus on the development of two concepts which are of central importance for any critique of metaphysics till today: the concepts of “force” (over against “ability”) and “self-reflection” (over against “self-grounding”).
Cross-listed with the Humanities Center and Philosophy

Sec. 01

W 4:30-6:30pm, F 12-1:50

213.646

FANTASY NARRATIVES OF THE 19TH CENTURY M. Caplan   Limit 15  This course will be a graduate seminar considering in structural and historical terms the significance of fantastic genres in the era of literary realism. Among the topics we will consider are the place of folklore and oral storytelling techniques in creating fantastic or anti-realistic narratives; the persistence of pre-modern narrative genres such as satire, monologue, and fable in 19th century fantasy; the uneasy relationship between romanticism and modernity; the appeal of non-realistic genres to the peripheral cultures of 19th century modernity; the relationship of new literary genres such as the detective story or science-fiction to earlier fantastic motifs; and the uses of fantastic genres as a subversive critique of modern rationalism and the myth of progress. The overarching theme of the course will be the extent to which 19th century fantasy might be considered a precursor to specific trends in 20th century modernism. Authors to be considered will include Reb Nakhman of Breslov, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Edgar Allen Poe, Gerard de Nerval, Nikolai Gogol, Gustave Flaubert, Mendele Moykher-Sforim, Charles Chesnutt, and Sholem Aleichem. These writers will be considered comparatively in the light of theoretical discussions by, among others, Freud, Benjamin, Horkheimer and Adorno, Deleuze and Guattari, Todorov, and Henry Louis Gates. All readings and discussions conducted in English
Cross-listed with English and the Humanities Center

Sec. 01

Th 12-1:50

213.659

RHYTHM Pahl Limit 15   Starting from Hölderlin’s poetry and poetological reflections, we will look to Klopstock’s free meters and to Celan’s work with a shattered language. We will analyze the rhythmic interplay of various elements of poetry such as meter, syntax, visual layout, tone and lexicon. Rhythm will concern us in its potential to disrupt or dissolve set shapes, dispositions, and ideas. The aim is to consider poetic rhythm as a form of critique.

Sec. 01

M 4:30-6:30pm

213.671

THE BILDUNGSROMAN AND ITS CRITIQUE Tobias   Limit 15   Departing from Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre and Wieland’s Geschichte des Agathon, this course will consider how the Bildungsroman was conceived in the 18th and 19th centuries in texts by Blankenburg, Morgenstern, Schlegel, Hegel, and Dilthey.

Sec. 01

W 12-1:50

213.800

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

213.812

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

213.813

GERMAN QUALIFYING PAPER PREPARATION GERMAN PROPOSAL PREPARATION

 ITALIAN

214.690

HOW TO UNDERSTAND AND DESCRIBE CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN CITIES: FROM MANZONI TO PIOVENE Poli   Limit 15     In the course I will propose a portrayal of urban life in Italy focusing on middle size cities such as Parma, Mantua, Venice, Siena and the likes.  A comparison with American cities will come as a consequence of the description.  I will analyze urban studies and urban descriptions presented in different writing styles such as in journalism, in geographical essays and in literature at large.  The course’s main focus will be the analysis of the writings of a number of (mainly) Italian authors that in the last two centuries have reported on city life from diverse viewpoints. In ten classes of two hours each, I will initially define the modern urban phenomenon.  In the two following classes I will describe Italian and European urban geography as it has been described by writers in different periods.  In the classes from fourth to seventh I will deal with a critical analysis of selected texts examining four main characteristics of urban life: human proximity, diversity, anonymity and the irresolvable conflict between freedom (Weber’s Stadluft macht frei) and organization. Class will meet from March 4 to April 9 only

Sec. 01

Th TW 4:30-6:30pm

214.748

VICO AND THE OLD SCIENCE Stephens   Limit 15    
Giambattista Vico proposed a new science, but in relation to what?  We shall read La scienza nuova against the background of some of the texts and ideas that inspired Vico's redefinitions.
Cross-listed with English, the Humanities Center, and Philosophy

Sec. 01

W 12-1:50

214.765

CASTIGLIONE AND DELLA CASA Forni   Limit 15    
The students will become acquainted with two of the most influential books of conduct written in the Renaissance: the Cortegiano and the Galateo.

Sec. 01

T 12-1:50

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

215.656

BUENOS AIRES METROPOLIS
E. Gonzalez   Limit 15
From turn of the century to turn of the century, an exploration of lives and themes in the cultural and political history of the Capital of an Unknown Empire.

Sec. 01

T 12-1:50

215.686

ALL ABOUT ZIZEK Egginton  
Limit 15     In this seminar we will undertake a critical exploration of the work of today’s most visible and influential philosopher and public intellectual. We will read several of Slavoj Zizek’s most important books, as well as view two films, “Zizek,” and “A Pervert’s Guide to Cinema.” At issue will be his adaptation of Lacanian psychoanalysis for political theory and cultural studies.
Cross-listed with the Humanities Center and Philosophy

Sec. 01

Th 12-1:50

215.738

NOVELAS EJEMPLARES DE CERVANTES Sieber   Limit 15 A close reading of Cervantes’ short stories, with concentration on their literary tradition & their relationship to some of his other works. Will also investigate Spanish court society, politics, and history between 1598 & 1621.  Course will meet at the Peabody Library.

Sec. 01

W 2:30-4:20

215.826

SPANISH INDEPENDENT STUDY
Sect. 01 – E. Gonzalez
Sect. 02 – Staff
Sect. 03 – Sieber
Sect. 04 – Egginton

215.827

SPANISH DISSERTATION RESEARCH
Sect. 01 – E. Gonzalez
Sect. 02 – Staff
Sect. 03 – Sieber
Sect. 04 – Egginton

215.828

SPANISH PROPOSAL PREPARATION

 GRADUATE CROSS-LISTINGS

300.624

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

Sec. 01

T 1-3:50