Language (must be taken for a letter grade)
101-102-103. Beginning Elementary French I, II, III. PQ: French 101
or 102, or placement. This three-quarter sequence has as its major objectives
the building of a solid foundation in the basic patterns of written and
spoken French and their use in everyday communication, as well as an understanding
of language and behavior as the reflection of sociocultural norms. Staff.
Autumn, Winter, Spring. The complete sequence is also offered in the summer
quarter.
121-122. Continuing Elementary French I, II. PQ: French 121 or placement.
This two-quarter course sequence has the same objectives as French 101-102-103,
but it is reserved for students with enough knowledge of the language to
permit a more rapid assimilation of its foundational linguistic and phonetic
patterns. Staff. Autumn, Winter.
201-202. Intermediate French I, II. PQ: French 103 or 122, or placement.
Completion of French 201 fulfills the Common Core foreign language requirement.
In this two-quarter sequence, emphasis is placed on the extension of students'
knowledge of the French language and culture to include all communicatively
relevant patterns, common exceptions to those patterns, and their use in
interactive discourse. At this level of study, students also explore the
nature of sociolinguistic and behavioral norms particular to French culture
as they relate to the development of native-like competence in and interpretation
of written and spoken French. In multisection French 201 classes, readings
are chosen according to students' interests, with the sections geared to
three tracks: humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. In French
202 classes, there are two tracks: literary readings and nonfiction readings.
In each case, students should register for the track that corresponds to
their interests. Staff. Autumn, Winter, Spring.
203. Intermediate French III. PQ: French 202 or placement. Students
in this course are expected to recognize and understand the functions of
linguistic patterns in different communicative contexts across the spoken
and written language and the cultural specificity/relativity of those patterns.
However, that study takes place primarily through the examination of literary
texts throughout various periods and debates/discussions prompted by this
examination. In multisection French 203 classes, readings are chosen according
to students' interests, with the sections geared to two tracks: literary
readings and nonfiction readings. As with French 202, the student should
choose the track that best corresponds to his or her interests. Staff.
Autumn, Spring.
204. Introduction à la civilisation française. PQ:
Open to Vendée participants only. Although the chief orientation
of this course, like all courses in the Vendée Program, is towards
language acquisition, its focus is on day-to-day life in France. In connection
with the student's home-stay, it treats the more intimate and subtle elements
of modern French culture. Staff. Spring.
211/311. Advanced French Language. PQ: French 203 or placement. Required
of French concentrators. This course is designed to help students attain
very high levels in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. It also serves
as an introduction to literary analysis. Through selected exercises in an
advanced-level French textbook, the close analysis of literary texts, weekly
compositions, and class debates and discussions, students are guided in
the exploration of the relationships between linguistic expression and literary
style while perfecting their spoken and written French. N. DiVito. Autumn.
212/312. French Phonetics and Phonology. PQ: French 203 or placement.
This course involves a systematic study of the French phonological system,
placing equal emphasis on the recognition and the production of French sounds
in context. Students also examine the relationships between the French sound
system and French orthographic norms and grammatical distinctions. Staff.
Spring.
213/313. Advanced Composition. PQ: French 203 or placement. The
goals of this course are to help students achieve mastery of composition
and style through the acquisition of numerous writing techniques. Using
a variety of literary and nonliterary texts as models, students examine
the linguistic structures and organization of several types of written French
discourse and are guided in the acquisition of the rules underlying each
discourse type. This course is strongly recommended for Paris Program-bound
students. Staff. Winter.
Literature
All literature courses are conducted in French unless otherwise indicated.
French concentrators do all work in French. With prior consent of the instructor,
nonconcentrators may write in English.
207. Introduction à la littérature française I.
PQ: French 203 or equivalent. Required of French concentrators. This
course is designed to give a historical overview of French literature in
the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. There are close readings and discussions
from representative works of this period. Among the authors studied are
Rabelais, Ronsard, Montaigne, Descartes, Pascal, Corneille, Racine, Molière,
La Fontaine, and Mme. de Lafayette. L. Norman. Autumn.
208. Introduction à la littérature française II.
PQ: French 203 or equivalent. Required of French concentrators. Readings
of major authors of the eighteenth century, including Montesquieu, Prévost,
Marivaux, Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, and Beaumarchais. R. Morrissey.
Winter.
209. Introduction à la littérature française III.
PQ: French 203 or equivalent. French 209 or 210 required of French
concentrators. Readings from major writers of the nineteenth century.
Among the authors studied are Chateaubriand, Michelet, Balzac, Flaubert,
and Baudelaire. Staff. Spring.
210. Introduction à la littérature française IV.
PQ: French 203 or equivalent. French 209 or 210 required of French
concentrators. Readings from major writers of the nineteenth and twentieth
century. Among the authors studied are Balzac, Flaubert, Stendhal, Baudelaire,
Mallarmé, Proust, and Sartre. F. Meltzer. Not offered 1996-97;
will be offered 1997-98.
214/314. B.A./M.A. Tutorial: La Stylistique. PQ: French 211 or consent
of instructor. Required of French concentrators. This course concentrates
on linguistic and literary problems of textual analysis. It examines literary
and stylistic techniques in poetry and prose with concentration on the explication
de texte method of literary study. C. Frank. Spring.
215. B.A. Paper. PQ: Consent of B.A. adviser and instructor. Registration
for this course is not required. Course cannot be counted toward the requirements
for the concentration. The function of this course is to offer a structure
for students writing their B.A. papers. Students work with a faculty member
who directs their B.A. paper and supervises their writing of the
B.A. paper. J. Lawler. Winter.
245/345. La Tragédie classique. PQ: French 203 or consent
of instructor. This course concentrates on the works of Corneille and
Racine. We place the plays in the context of classical poetics and dramatic
theory, considering questions of esthetic unity, decorum, and moral utility
(i.e., the arousal of pity, fear, and admiration). To what extent do the
plays conform to the "rules of art" and to what extent do they
play freely with them? We also consider how the plays represent social reality,
examining depictions of political and moral authority, and the relation
between power and gender roles. All work in French. L. Norman. Autumn.
254/354. Diderot et l'Encyclopédie. PQ: French 203
or consent of instructor. No author better represents the Age of Enlightenment
in all of its complexity than Denis Diderot; the Encyclopédie
was a fundamental vehicle for the spread of Enlightenment ideology.
We study the work of Diderot from the point of view of his involvement in
this undertaking, which attempted to organize and transmit the totality
of human knowledge. We also talk about the subversive nature of this work,
which mobilized all of the great philosophers of the eighteenth century,
and the kind of reading that it solicits or imposes. Readings include miscellaneous
works by Diderot, a selection of texts by him and others drawn from the
Encyclopédie, and a text by another of the "philosophes."
All classes conducted in French; presentations and written work in English
and the original. R. Morrissey. Winter.
255. Poetic Modernity: Baudelaire. Not for RomLL concentration credit.
This course is an introduction to the poetry and criticism of Baudelaire,
one of the founders of modernity. All work in English. J. Lawler. Winter.
261/361. Victor Hugo: Les Misérables (=SocTh 524). PQ:
French 203 or consent of instructor In this course we read Les Misérables,
and examine Victor Hugo's role as an observer of nineteenth-century
French society as well as an actor in the political life of his times. All
classes and texts in French; presentations preferred in French, written
work in English and the original. F. Furet, R. Morrissey. Autumn.
272. African and Caribbean Literature (=ComLit 336, GS Hum 217). PQ:
Knowledge of French helpful. While traditional African cultures assured
their continuity by means of an oral tradition of storytelling, today's
Africans and Afro-Caribbeans often turn to writing and filmmaking to tell
their peoples' stories. Students in this course read texts and view films
from French-speaking areas of West Africa and the Caribbean islands, thereby
gaining insight into the realities of French colonialism and the great cultural
changes it caused. Authors include Senghor, Césaire, Sembéné,
Kane, Ba, and Schwartz-Bart. All discussions in English; Romance Language
and Literature credit may be earned by reading texts in French. K. Mullaney.
Summer.
286/386. Valéry. PQ: French 203 or consent of instructor.
This course consists of a close reading of the poetry and prose of Paul
Valéry in the light of recent criticism. All work in French. J.
Lawler. Winter.
298. Readings in Special Topics. PQ: French 203 or consent of instructor.
Students are required to submit the College Reading and Research Course
Form. Directed readings in special topics not covered by courses offered
as part of the program in French. Because registration in French 298 is
subject to departmental approval, the subjects treated and work done in
the course must be chosen, in consultation with the instructor, no later
than the end of the preceding quarter. Staff. Autumn, Winter, Spring.
299/399. Le Surréalisme (=GS Hum 286/386). PQ:
French 203 or consent of instructor. An advanced introduction to the
movement known as Surréalisme and to its broader cultural
repercussions in France. The course explores canonical texts by authors
such as Aragon, Breton, Eluard, Dali, and Tzara, as well as avant-garde
journals in the 1920s and 1930s. We also consider the movement's fate in
the postwar period, such as its revival by the Situationiste group
of May 1968. Topics for research and discussion include Surrealism and the
visual arts/film, politics, gender. All work in French. C. Frank. Spring.
Some 300- and 400-level courses are open to advanced RomLL concentrators
with consent of instructor. Other courses of interest:
French 308. La Poésie lyrique au Moyen Age. P. Dembowski.
Winter.
French 328 (=ComLit 369). Joan of Arc and the Discourse of Virginity. F.
Meltzer. Spring.
French 358. M.A. Seminar I. Staff. Autumn.
Hum 110-111-112. Readings in World Literature. Staff. Autumn, Winter,
Spring.
RomLL 302. Introduction to Romance Historical Linguistics. P. Dembowski.
Spring.
RomLL 315. Methods in Research and Bibliography. P. Cherchi. Winter.
RomLL 316. Theory of Literature. F. Meltzer. Autumn.
Language (must be taken for a letter grade)
101-102-103. Elementary Italian I, II, III. This course fulfills
the Common Core foreign language requirement. This three-quarter sequence
has as its objectives fluent and accurate reading of standard Italian and
the development of writing, speaking, and listening skills. Staff. Autumn,
Winter, Spring.
201. Intermediate Italian. PQ: Ital 103 or equivalent. This course
provides a review and refinement of skills in Italian grammar, composition,
and conversation. Students are also introduced to Italian literature and
culture through readings and discussions of selected texts. Staff. Autumn.
202. Advanced Italian I. PQ: Ital 201 or consent of instructor.
Advanced work in written and oral Italian and an introduction to modern
Italian culture and society. Selected readings and discussions cover a variety
of topics including current events, modern history, and literature. Staff.
Winter.
203. Advanced Italian II. PQ: Ital 202 or consent of instructor.
This course refines written and oral language skills. There are readings
and discussions of short modern literary texts and films or videos. Staff.
Spring.
Literature
All literature courses are conducted in Italian unless otherwise indicated.
Italian concentrators do all work in Italian, while nonconcentrators may
write in English.
207/307. La lirica del Duecento. PQ: Ital 203 or consent of instructor.
A reading of the earliest Italian documents and poetry from the Sicilian
School to the Dolce Stil Nuovo, paying particular attention to the
historical situation and to the rhetorical tradition. All work in Italian.
P. Cherchi. Winter.
215. B.A. Tutorial: Orientamenti critico-bibliografici. PQ: Consent
of B.A. adviser. This course examines problems and methods of research,
concentrating on a literary topic of the student's choice, as preparation
for the B.A. paper. Individual tutorial sessions are arranged. Staff.
Winter.
216/316. B.A./M.A. Survey I--Letteratura italiana, storia e testi: dalle
origini al Seicento. PQ: Ital 203 or consent of instructor. Required
of RomLL concentrators. This is a survey of Italian literature from
the Middle Ages to the baroque period. V. Binetti. Autumn.
217/317. B.A./M.A. Survey II--Letteratura italiana, storia e testi: dal
Seicento al Novecento. PQ: Ital 203 or consent of instructor. Required
of RomLL concentrators. This is a survey of Italian literature from
the eighteenth to the twentieth century. R. West. Winter.
219. Dante's Divine Comedy. This course consists of an analysis
of the Divine Comedy, which is read canto by canto. The format of
the class is one of lectures and discussions. Reading the Divine Comedy,
a masterpiece of the medieval world, provides an introduction to the
medieval mind. All work in English. P. Cherchi. Summer.
244/344. Il romanzo epico-cavalleresco: Boiardo e Ariosto. PQ: Ital
203 or consent of instructor. Primarily a study of Ariosto's Orlando
furioso, the course also treats the poem's famous precursor, M. M. Boiardo's
Orlando innamorato, its other continuations and remaniements,
especially Francesco Berni's Rifacimento, and chivalric romance in
general, especially the theoretical discussions of the genre. All classes
in Italian; nonconcentrators may read texts and write the paper in English.
E. Weaver. Winter.
245/345. Il poema epico: Tasso e le polemiche sul poema nel 500. PQ:
Ital 203 or consent of instructor. This course studies the reception
of Aristotle's Poetics in mid-sixteenth-century Italy and, in this
context, the genres of romance and epic poetry. We read Torquato Tasso's
theoretical Discorsi and his narrative poems, the Gierusalemme,
selections from his Rinaldo, and his masterpiece, the Gerusalemme
liberata. We review the debate between "ariostisti" and "tassisti"
(the defenders of Ariosto's poem and the proponents of Tasso's) and consider
its impact and that of the religious climate of post Tridentine Italy on
the final version of Tasso's poem, the Gerusalemme conquistata. All
classes in Italian; nonconcentrators may read texts and write the paper
in English. E. Weaver. Spring.
246/346. The Protofeminism of the Italian Renaissance. PQ: Ital 203
or consent of instructor. This course begins with a study of the "defense
of women" tradition. We read the "classics" of the genre,
including works by Boccaccio, Ariosto, and Castiglione, and female-authored
texts as well, by Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi and Antonia Pulci, in fifteenth-century
Florence, a selection of the work of sixteenth-century women poets and playwrights,
and the polemics of Venetian feminists writing at the end of the sixteenth
and in the first half of the seventeenth century (Fonte, Marinelli, and
Tarabotti). We study the construction of gender in these and in a wide range
of other texts from the period, and we review the recent scholarship on
the religious, legal, philosophical, and medical attitudes toward women
and on the representation of women in art and literature of the period.
All classes in English; nonconcentrators may read texts in English. E.
Weaver. Spring.
280/380. Verga e il verismo. PQ: Ital 203 or consent of instructor.
This course examines the poetics and the literary-cultural debates that
characterized the movement called verismo in Italy in the second
half of the nineteenth century. Close readings and discussions of works
by Giovanni Verga: I Malavoglia, Mastro don Gesualdo, Novelle rusticane,
Luigi Capuana: Giacinta, Il marchese di Roccaverdina, and Federico
De Roberto: I viceré. All work in Italian. V. Binetti.
Autumn.
287/387. Cinematic Visions of Twentieth-Century Italian and Italian-American
Culture (=CMS 235). PQ: Knowledge of Italian helpful. This course
studies visions and revisions of modern Italy's past and present sociopolitical
and cultural identities as constructed and portrayed primarily in the medium
of film. Topics include the Fascist era, the post-war reconstruction, postmodern
technologized society, Italian national identity in America, and portrayals
of masculinity and femininity. Authors may include D'Annunzio, Calvino,
Pasolini, Vattimo, the feminist "Diotima" group, and selected
women writers under Fascism and beyond. Films by Bertolucci, Rossellini,
Wertmuller, Fellini, Moretti, Nichetti, Leone, Scorcese, and Ferrara are
viewed. All work in English, but Italian concentrators read texts in original.
There are two screenings a week in addition to scheduled class time.
R. West. Autumn.
298. Readings in Special Topics. PQ: Ital 103 or 203, depending upon
the requirements of the program for which credit is sought. Students are
required to submit the College Reading and Research Course Form. This
course provides directed readings in special topics not covered by courses
offered as part of the program in Italian. Subjects treated and work done
in the course must be chosen, in consultation with the instructor, no later
than the end of the preceding quarter. Staff. Autumn, Winter, Spring.
Some 300- and 400-level courses are open to advanced RomLL concentrators
with consent of instructor. Other courses of interest:
Hum 110-111-112. Readings in Literature. Staff. Autumn, Winter, Spring.
Ital 397. Il postmoderno. R. West. Spring.
RomLL 302. Introduction to Romance Historical Linguistics. P. Dembowski.
Spring.
RomLL 315. Methods in Research and Bibliography. P. Cherchi. Winter.
RomLL 316. Theory of Literature. F. Meltzer. Autumn.
Language (must be taken for a letter grade)
101-102-103. Elementary Portuguese I, II, III. This course sequence
fulfills the Common Core foreign language requirement. This is the basic
three-quarter sequence of Portuguese language instruction. The course stresses
oral communication and conversational expression in the first quarter, leading
to gradual acquisition of reading and writing skills in the second and third
quarters. Strong emphasis is placed on classroom activities throughout the
sequence; these center increasingly on Brazilian and Portuguese cultural
themes as the course progresses. Reading and writing tasks also increase
in complexity, accompanying students' growing knowledge of the spoken language.
Staff. Autumn, Winter, Spring.
204/304. Intermediate Portuguese. PQ: First-year Portuguese or consent
of instructor. While maintaining emphasis on spoken expression, this
course incorporates grammar review with selected readings from the Luso-Brazilian
literary tradition. Writing assignments stress the culture and civilization
of Portugal and Brazil. Students enrolled in Portu 204 have the option of
attending an extra weekly meeting designed to provide additional practice
and review. A.-M. Lima. Autumn.
205/305. Advanced Portuguese. PQ: Portu 204 or consent of instructor.
Careful reading of a broad range of texts in conjunction with selective
grammar review supports students' increasing awareness of literary style.
At least one major work from the Portuguese and Brazilian literary traditions
is chosen for closer study and analysis; past choices include Jorge Amado
and Machado de Assis. Students enrolled in Portu 205 have the option of
attending an extra weekly meeting designed to provide additional practice
and review. A.-M. Lima. Winter.
206/306. Estilística da língua portuguesa. PQ: Portu
205 or consent of instructor. The principal aim of this course is to
advance knowledge of written Portuguese while creating awareness of grammatical
and stylistic patterns that characterize the more complex registers of the
language. Special consideration is given to the major differences between
continental and Brazilian Portuguese. In addition to reading, analyzing,
and commenting on advanced texts, both literary and nonliterary, students
practice and extend their writing skills in a series of compositions. A.-M.
Lima. Spring.
Literature
298. Readings in Special Topics. PQ: Portu 103 or 205, depending
upon the requirements of the program for which credit is sought. Directed
readings in special topics not covered by courses offered as part of the
program in Portuguese. Subjects treated and work done in the course must
be chosen, in consultation with the instructor, no later than the end of
the preceding quarter. Staff. Autumn, Winter, Spring.
Language (must be taken for a letter grade)
101-102-103. Beginning Elementary Spanish I, II, III. This three-quarter
sequence emphasizes the development of communicative (linguistic, sociolinguistic,
and cultural) competence in Spanish. Students develop listening, speaking,
reading, and writing skills by practicing specific language functions in
context and by communicating in Spanish. Classroom activities are supplemented
by individualized listening and speaking exercises in the language laboratory
and by structured communication and review tasks undertaken with peers.
Staff. Autumn, Winter, Spring.
121-122. Continuing Elementary Spanish I, II. PQ: Placement. This
course provides a complete review of the essential semantic and syntactic
structures of Spanish. Extra attention is given to individual remediation
needs. Staff. Autumn, Winter, Spring.
201. Intermediate Spanish I. PQ: Span 103, 122, or placement.
Comple-tion of this course fulfills the Common Core foreign language
requirement. This is the first of a two-course sequence that provides
a systematic review of the essential semantic and syntactic structures of
Spanish. Special emphasis is placed on vocabulary building, oral and written
expression, and reading skills. In multisection intermediate-level Span
201 classes, readings are chosen according to students' interests with the
sections geared to three tracks: humanities, social sciences, and natural
sciences. Students should register for the sections that correspond to their
interests. Staff. Autumn, Winter, Spring.
202. Intermediate Spanish II. PQ: Span 201. This is the second
and essential part of the two-course sequence described under Span 201.
In multisection intermediate-level Span 202 classes, readings are chosen
according to students' interests, with the sections geared to two tracks:
literary readings and nonfiction readings. Students should register for
the sections that correspond to their interests. Staff. Autumn, Winter.
203. Intermediate Spanish III. PQ: Span 202 or placement. This
course continues the language learning process, focusing on the idiosyncratic
syntactic and semantic structures of Spanish. Discussion and compositions
are based primarily on modern Spanish and Spanish-American literary texts.
In multisection intermediate-level Span 203 classes, readings are chosen
according to students' interests with the sections geared to two tracks:
literary readings and nonfiction readings. Students should register for
the sections that correspond to their interests. Staff. Winter, Spring.
211/311. Advanced Composition and Grammar. PQ: Span 203 or consent
of instructor. Required of Spanish concentrators. The goals of
this course are to help students achieve mastery of composition and style
in Spanish through the acquisition of numerous writing techniques. Using
a variety of literary and nonliterary texts as models, students examine
the linguistic structure and organization of several types of written Spanish
discourse and are guided in the acquisition of the rules underlying each
discourse type. Staff. Autumn.
212/312. Advanced Conversation and Phonetics. PQ: Span 203 or consent
of instructor. Required of Spanish concentrators. This advanced
language course is devoted to the acquisition of competence in spoken Spanish.
There is special emphasis on problems in phonetics particular to Anglophones.
To help students expand their linguistic competence, class work focuses
on frequent oral presentations that exemplify the use of patterns in the
spoken language. Staff. Spring.
Literature
All literature courses are conducted in Spanish unless otherwise indicated.
All written work is in Spanish. With prior consent of instructor, nonconcentrators
may write in English.
207. Literatura hispánica: textos clásicos. PQ: Span
203 or consent of instructor. Required of Spanish concentrators. This
course involves careful reading and discussion of a limited number of significant
texts from writers of the Spanish Renaissance and the Golden Age, including
Garcilaso, the mystics, Cervantes, Góngora, Quevedo, and plays of
Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, and Calderón. Staff. Winter.
208. Literatura hispánica: textos contemporáneos. PQ:
Span 203 or consent of instructor. Required of Spanish concentrators. Close
reading and discussion in Spanish of selected texts from the nineteenth
century to the present. Authors studied may include Larra, Espronceda, Zorrilla,
Bécquer, Pardo Bazán, Galdós, Unamuno, Valle-Inclán,
Machado, Lorca, Cela, Laforet, and Matute. M. Santana. Spring.
209. Literatura hispánica: textos hispanoaméricanos. PQ:
Span 203 or consent of instructor. Required of Spanish concentrators.
This course examines Latin American literature from 1890 to 1990. Authors
studied may include Quiroga, Darío, Borges, Cortázar, García
Márquez, Paz, Neruda, Pacheco, Ferré, Sábato, and Skármeta.
Staff. Autumn.
215. Orientación crítico-bibliográfica. PQ:
Consent of B.A. adviser. This is a study of problems and methods of
research, concentrating on a literary topic of the student's choice, as
preparation for the B.A. paper. Individual tutorial sessions are arranged.
Staff. Winter,.
220/320. El pensamiento posmoderno en América Latina. H. Achugar.
Autumn.
225/325. B.A./M.A. Seminar. PQ: Span 203 or consent of instructor.
Required of Spanish concentrators. This course introduces the principles
of textual analysis through close readings of selected Hispanic works. Staff.
Autumn.
231/331. Textos básicos de la literatura medieval-I. PQ: Span
203 or consent of instructor. Part I of a two-course sequence. In this
course, the works of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries are studied,
with emphasis on the major literary achievements of those periods: Cantar
de Mio Cid, Berceo's Milagros de Nuestra Señora, Alfonso
X's literary and nonliterary works, Juan Manuel's didactic works, and Libro
del arcipreste. All texts in Old Spanish. P. Cherchi. Not offered
1996-97; will be offered 1997-98.
232/332. Textos básicos de la literatura medieval-II. PQ:
Span 203 or consent of instructor. Part II of a two-course sequence
with readings to include the Romancero, La Celestina, lyric
poetry, and novela sentimental. P. Cherchi. Autumn.
261/361. El teatro en la vuelta del siglo. PQ: Span 203 or consent
of instructor. A reading-discussion course in Spanish aiming toward
an in-depth examination of the changes in thematics and technique in a representative
selection of major plays from the theater repertories of Spain and Spanish
America, from Naturalism to psychological (Pirandellian) drama (1880-1920).
R. de Costa. Autumn.
266/366. España e Hispanoamérica: relaciones interliterarias.
PQ: Span 203 or consent of instructor. This course examines the
dynamics of the interaction between the literatures of Spanish America and
Spain with particular emphasis on two historical events: the early twentieth-century
modernismo (widely considered the moment of emancipation for Latin
American letters) and the nueva novela of the 1960s. Through a selection
of critical and creative works, we explore issues of interliterary relations
(influences, interferences), the configuration of literary fields in Hispanic
areas, and the conflicting attempts to define one or several literatures
in the Spanish language. All work in Spanish. M. Santana. Spring.
298. Readings in Special Topics. PQ: Span 203 or consent of instructor.
Students are required to submit the College Reading and Research Course
Form. Directed readings on special topics not covered by courses offered
as part of the program in Spanish. Subjects treated and work done must be
chosen, in consultation with the instructor, no later than the end of the
preceding quarter. Staff. Autumn, Winter, Spring.
Some 300- and 400-level courses are open to advanced RomLL concentrators
with consent of instructor. The following courses are also of interest.
Hum 110-111-112. Readings in Literature. Staff. Autumn, Winter, Spring.
LatAm 238. Latin America in Its Literature. R. de Costa. Spring.
RomLL 302. Introduction to Romance Historical Linguistics. P. Dembowski.
Spring.
RomLL 315. Methods in Research and Bibliography. P. Cherchi. Winter.
RomLL 316. Theory of Literature. F. Meltzer. Autumn.
Span 321. Fundación del discurso nacional en la poesía hispanoaméricana.
H. Achugar. Winter.
Span 325. M.A. Seminar. Staff. Autumn.
Span 353. Del Romanticismo al Modernismo: España y América.
R. de Costa. Spring.
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