Corrected copy catalog 95-6

Romance Languages

and Literatures

Director of Undergraduate Studies: Elissa Weaver, Wb 205D, 702-8481

B.A. Advisers: Larry Norman (French), Wb 226, 702-8793; Mario Santana (Spanish), Wb 217, 702-8476; Vincenzo Binetti (Italian), Wb 115,

702-8491

Department Administrative Assistant: Joanne Berens, Wb 205C, 702-8481

Department Secretary: Jennifer MacLeod, Wb 205B, 702-8481

The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures offers programs of study leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree in French, Italian, or Spanish literature, or in some combination, which may include Portuguese. Portuguese offerings include a two-year language sequence and selected literature courses. The B.A. programs are designed to give students a knowledge of the literature in their area of concentration and to develop their ability to read, write, and speak one or more of the Romance languages.

Program of Study

Students with advanced standing are encouraged to take special topic courses at the 200- and 300-level. Some of these courses require consent of the instructor.

Program Requirements

Students interested in any of the following degree programs are required to speak with the appropriate B.A. adviser.

B.A. Degree Program in a Single Literature. The programs in French and Spanish languages and literatures consist of ten courses beyond French or Spanish 203. The introductory sequence in the history of the literature is required (French 207-208-209/210 or Spanish 207-208-209). Also required are the following courses: French 211, French 214, Spanish 211, and Spanish 225, all of which stress different approaches to language and literature and focus on a limited number of representative works. In addition to these requirements, students must take five courses in the literature of specialization. These courses are aimed at developing a broad knowledge of the field and, through the close study of major works, a proficiency in the critical techniques appropriate to their interpretation.

The program in Italian language and literature, like that in French and Spanish, consists of ten courses beyond Italian 203; however, it differs in certain respects. Of the ten courses, only three are specifically required: Italian 213 Stilistica (an introduction to textual analysis), and Italian 216, 217 (both of which are literature surveys). All concentrators write a B.A. paper, which must be completed and turned in to the department no later than three weeks before the College graduation deadline. Students should select a faculty supervisor for the paper as early as possible during the autumn quarter of their senior year. During the winter quarter they should register for French, Italian, or Spanish 215 with the faculty member chosen to direct the writing of the B.A. paper. French, Italian, or Spanish 215 does not count as one of the literature courses required for the concentration.

B.A. Paper. The B.A. paper normally is a research paper of a minimum of twenty pages and includes a bibliography; it is written in the language of specialization. By the beginning of their senior year students must submit a writing sample in the language of their concentration (or in the case of equal emphasis on two literatures, in both). If the Department deems the language proficiency inadequate, there may be additional requirements to ensure that the B.A. paper can be successfully written in the language of concentration.

Summary of Requirements:

Single Language

Concentration: 2 French 202-203

French 2 French 207 and 208 (literature survey)

1 French 209 or 210 (literature survey)

5 literature courses (217 or above)

1 French 211 (advanced French language)

1 French 214 (stylistics)

__-___ French 215 (B.A. paper)

Concentration: 2 Span 202-203

Spanish 3 Span 207-208-209 (literature survey)

5 literature courses

1 Span 210/211 (advanced Spanish language)

1 Span 225 (B.A. Seminar)

- Span 215 (B.A. paper)

Concentration: 3 Ital 201-202-203

Italian 7 literature courses

1 Ital 213 (stylistics)

2 Ital 216-217 (literature survey)

- Ital 215 (B.A. paper)

B.A. Degree Program in More than One Literature. The programs in more than one Romance literature consist of twelve courses. They are designed to accommodate the needs and interests of students who would like either to broaden their literary experience or to specialize in a particular period or genre. Linguistic competence in at least one Romance language is assumed. Students must write a B.A. paper under the guidance of a faculty adviser, as is the case in the B.A. program in a single literature. The following programs require completion of French, Italian, or Spanish 203, or the placement or accreditation equivalent of the languages selected, with the addition of two or three courses for each language studied.

Summary of Requirements:

More than One Literature

Program with equal emphasis on two literatures

Concentration 6 Two introductory sequences if two different literatures

(5 courses if Italian is used as

one of the sequences*)

6 literature courses equally divided between the same two literatures

(7 courses if Italian is used)

- B.A. paper

* The introductory Italian sequence is a two-course

sequence.

Program with greater emphasis on one literature

3 introductory sequence in one Romance literature

6 courses in same literature

3 courses in a second Romance literature

- B.A. paper

Program with emphasis on a particular period or genre

3 introductory sequence in one Romance literature

3 courses in same literature in a certain period or genre

6 courses in the same period or genre, at least three of which should be in a second Romance literature

- B.A. paper

Honors. Students whose overall grade point average is 3.0 or better and who have an average in their major of 3.5 or better may petition the department at the end of their junior year or the beginning of the autumn quarter senior year to be admitted to the honors program. In addition to the regular B.A. requirements, candidates for special honors take an oral examination on a special reading list that is a reduced version of the M.A. list.

Joint B.A./M.A. Degree. The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures has a combined B.A./M.A. program for students with an exceptional background in the language and culture of the discipline. The program has been designed to ensure that the traditional breadth of the B.A. degree and the expertise of the M.A. degree are maintained. Because all requirements for both degrees must be fulfilled, an extra quarter is sometimes necessary to complete the program. Students may petition for admission to the B.A./M.A. program at the beginning of their third year. Graduate registration is required during the three quarters before receipt of the degree to meet the M.A. residence requirement.

Summary of Requirements for B.A./M.A. Degree in French, Italian, and Spanish:

1. Introductory literature sequence (3 courses in French and in Spanish; 2 courses in Italian)

2. 300-level literature courses (6 in French; 7 in Spanish; 9 in Italian)

3. B.A. paper (required enrollment in French, Italian, or Spanish 215)

4. M.A. tutorials and seminars (French 311, 314, 358; Italian 313; Spanish 311, 325)

5. Comprehensive examination

Faculty

VINCENZO BINETTI, Assistant Professor, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures and the College

PAOLO A. CHERCHI, Professor, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures and the College

REN&EACUTE; DE COSTA, Professor, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures, Center for Latin American Studies, and the College

PETER F. DEMBOWSKI, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures, Committee on Medieval Studies, and the College

PHILIPPE DESAN, Professor, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures and the College; Associate Dean, Division of the Humanities; Master, Humanities Collegiate Division

NADINE O'CONNOR DIVITO, Senior Lecturer, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures and the College; Director, Romance Languages & Literatures Language Programs

KATHRYN DUYS, Assistant Professor, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures and the College

FRAN&CCEDIL;OISE MELTZER, Professor, Departments of Romance Languages & Literatures and Comparative Literature and the College, Chairman, Department of Comparative Literature

ROBERT J. MORRISSEY, Associate Professor, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures, Committee on General Studies in the Humanities, and the College

LARRY NORMAN, Assistant Professor, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures and the College

PATRICK O'CONNOR, Assistant Professor, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures and the College

MARIO SANTANA, Assistant Professor, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures, Center for Latin American Studies, and the College

ELISSA WEAVER, Professor, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures and the College; Chairman, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures

REBECCA WEST, Professor, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures and the College

Courses

French

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 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, Spring.

201. Intermediate French I. PQ: French 103 or 122, or placement. This course fulfills the Common Core foreign language requirement. In this one-quarter course, students expand their basic knowledge of French by incorporating all communicatively relevant patterns in both written and spoken language. Students are also introduced to a number of cultural and literary readings that reflect the social dimensions of the French-speaking world. Staff. Autumn.

202-203. Intermediate French II, III. PQ: French 202 or placement. In this two-quarter course, students examine in detail all grammatical patterns as they relate to specific written and spoken material. Students analyze stylistic patterns that characterize different genres and are expected to understand the processes involved in the production of creative and factual writing, as well as the language of objectivity in oral and written style. This study is based on the reading of literary and nonliterary texts and the analysis of authentic spoken discourse. Staff. Winter, 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, the close analysis of literary and nonliterary 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. Staff. 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. Classroom exercises and homework include examining authentic spoken discourse representing a variety of discourse styles and activities to promote the acquisition of spoken proficiency. 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 La Fayette. M. Simonin. 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. P. Dembowski. Spring.

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. R. Morrissey. Winter.

215. B.A. Paper Preparation: French. PQ: Consent of B.A. adviser. This course offers a structure for students writing their B.A. papers. Students work with a faculty member who directs their paper and supervises their writing. L. Norman. Winter.

217. The Romance of the Rose (=French 217, Fndmtl 278). The Romance of the Rose, one of the most popular and influential works of the Middle Ages, presents the ideal of French courtly society in a dynamic blend of eroticism and moral philosophy. The story, in the form of a dream vision that relates a young man's introduction to love, also functions as an "art of love" that presents writing as the ultimate form of desire. We study allegory, irony, poetic authority, hybrid genres, the use of classical sources, medieval reading practices, and the earliest French literary quarrel on gender and misogyny. All work in English. K. Duys. Autumn.

218/318. Medieval French Literature in its Manuscript Context. PQ: French 203 or consent of instructor. This course brings medieval literature to life through the study of manuscripts. The texts cover several major literary genres (lyric song, romance, the dit, and didactic treatises), literary implications of textual instability, how texts dictate book design, the interplay of text and illumination, and reading practices. Texts include Yvain, Chrétien de Troyes; selections from the Miracles de Nostre Dam, Gautier de Coinci; and Livre de Coeur d'amour épris, René d'Anjou. Students receive a sound basis in archival research and methods with the skills and problems covered in this course applicable to the literature of any period. K. Duys. Spring.

247/347. Représenter la Société Classique. PQ: French 203 and consent of instructor. Seventeenth-century writers transformed old genres and created new ones in their attempts to represent current social mores. The birth of the modern novel, the fragment form, and the comedy of manners constitutes the heritage of this movement. How did novelists, moralists, and playwrights rework the poetics of mimesis and the rhetorical figure of the portrait? What resistance did they face when holding a mirror to social practices? We examine the novels of Scarron, Furetière and Mme. de La Fayette; the moral and satirical prose of Pascal, La Bruyère and La Rochefoucauld; and the comic innocations of Corneille, and Molière. L. Norman. Winter.

254/354. New Approaches to l'Encyclopédie. PQ: French 203 or consent of instructor. Diderot's Encyclopédie, which attempted to organize and transmit the totality of human knowledge, was also a fundamental vehicle for the spread of Enlightenment ideology and a place where French national identity and European self-awareness intersected with universalist principles. Profoundly dialogical, the Encyclopédie solicits active readings that encourage exchange and debate. We look at the complex relations between reader and text, and text and image, in different Encyclopédie articles. The course uses a new electronic edition of the text and features a series of lectures and discussion by invited scholars. Classes conducted in French and English. R. Morrissey, P. Roger. Autumn.

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.

Some 300- and 400-level courses are open to advanced RomLL concentrators with consent of instructor. Other courses of interest:

French 305. Old Provençal. P. Dembowski. Winter.

French 359. M.A. Seminar II. Staff. Winter.

French 377. Baudelaire et Mallarmé. F. Meltzer. Spring.

French 424. Ronsard. M. Simonin. Autumn.

French 427. Montaigne. P. Desan. Winter.

RomLL 388. Foreign Language Acquisition Research and Teaching. N. DiVito. Winter.

Italian

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 basic objectives proficiency in speaking, listening, writing, and reading skills. Staff. Autumn, Winter, Spring.

201. Intermediate Italian. PQ: Ital 103 or placement test. 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, Winter, Spring.

202. Advanced Italian I. PQ: Ital 201, placement test, or consent of instructor. This course features 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, placement test, 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.

215. B.A. Paper Preparation: 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. Winter.

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. V. Binetti. Spring.

221/321. Le opere minori di Dante. PQ: Ital 203 or consent of instructor. This course surveys Dante's so-called minor works, which include the Vita muova, the Rime, the Convivio, the De vulgari eloquentia, and the De monarchia. P. Cherchi. Winter.

230/330. Petrarca. PQ: Ital 203 or consent of instructor. This class attempts to analyze Petrarch's Canzionere in relation to his other works. We focus on the structure of the collection, its rhetorical and metrical devices, and its thematic system. We also refer to Petrarch's prose to furnish a complete portrait of the poet. Time permitting, a quick look at Petrarchism concludes the course. P. Cherchi. Spring.

235/335. Boccaccio e la novellistica. PQ: Ital 203 or consent of instructor. This course surveys the Italian novella and novella collections in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries and modern critical approaches to the study of the genre. Readings include selections from the anonymous Novellino, Franco Sacchetti's Trecentonovelle, and from Boccaccio's minor works, while the course concentrates on Boccaccio's masterpiece, the Decameron. Students may choose either to write a term paper or to take a final exam. Classes conducted in Italian; concentrators do all work in Italian. E. Weaver. Autumn.

249/349. Italian Renaissance Theater. PQ: Consent of instructor. This course examines Italian theater of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, beginning with the miracle plays of Antonia Pulci and ending with the pastoral drama of Isabella Andreini, two important women dramatists (and, in the case of Andreini, actress as well). Readings also include plays by Machiavelli, Ariosto, Aretino, and Tasso and essays on performance history and theory. The primary focus is on gender issues: the role of women in theater, their representation in drama, themes of sexual ambiguity, cross-dressing, homosexuality, and the centrality of these issues to drama in Renaissance Italy. Classes conducted in English; concentrators do all work in Italian. E. Weaver. Spring.

276/376. Il romanzo della Resistenza. PQ: Ital 203 or consent of instructor. This course studies novels and theoretical texts which address issues related to the Resistance as a historical and political-cultural event and to the problematic reconstruction of the nation in the years between 1940 and 1950. Authors studied include Italo Calvino, Cesare Pavese, Beppe Fenoglio, Elio Vittorini, Alberto Moravia, Renata Viganò, and Giorgio Bassani. V. Binetti. Spring.

278/378. Il romanzo italiano dell'Ottocento: testi e contesti. PQ: Ital 203 or consent of instructor. This course offers an investigation of the main currents and tendencies of Italian culture of the nineteenth century through a selection of key narrative texts, such as those by Manzoni, Nievo, Tommaseo, Tarchetti, De Marchi and Fogazzaro. Readings in literary and critical theory complement the analyses of the novels. All work in Italian. V. Binetti. Winter.

286/386. Literature and Italian Cinema: A Fatal Attraction (=CMS 234, Ital 286/386). PQ: Knowledge of Italian helpful. This course covers the various and complex relations between cinema and literature. These relations go beyond the parasitic usage of literature in the adaptation of classic masterpieces. We address the ways literature participates in cinema's range of stylistic expression; how it figured in the construction of a national language; and how it in turn became a medium for preserving the memory of cinema during the 1930s. We discuss writers ranging from Gozzano, Verga, and Capuana through Pirandello, and D'Annunzio; screenwriters such as Zavattini and Flaiano; as well as literary devices and principles in the work of Visconti, Pasolini, and Rosi. G. P. Brunetta. Autumn.

293/393. Montale's Cities: Genoa, Florence, and Milan: 1925-1975. PQ: Ital 203 or consent of instructor. Nobel Prize-winner poet Eugenio Montale lived and worked in three cities (Genoa, Florence, and Milan), the specific cultures of which were of great importance to the shaping of his art. We study both Montale's production and the cultures by which he was influenced. All work in Italian; texts in English and the original. R. West. Autumn.

295/395. Women and "Woman" in Twentieth-Century Italy. PQ: Ital 203 or consent of instructor. Women writers and thinkers have contributed greatly to this century's Italian culture. The figure of "woman" also plays an important role in the literary imaginary. We shall study writing by and about women, beginning with Futurism, Aleramo's Una donna, and Svevo's female characters, and moving to selected women poets, the "feminine voice" in male writers such as Vassalli and Celati, and contemporary theory by the "Diotima" group. All work in Italian; texts in English and the original. R. West. Winter.

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.

Portuguese

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.

Spanish

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. Staff. Autumn, Winter, Spring.

201. Intermediate Spanish I. PQ: Span 103, 122, or placement. Completion of this course fulfills the Common Core foreign language requirement. In this one-quarter course students expand their basic knowledge of Spanish by incorporating all communicatively relevant patterns in both written and spoken language. Students are also introduced to a number of cultural and literary readings that reflect the social dimensions of the Hispanic world. Staff. Autumn, Winter, Spring.

202-203. Intermediate Spanish II, III. PQ: Span 201 or placement. In this two-quarter course, students examine in detail all grammatical patterns as they relate to specific spoken and written material. Students analyze stylistic patterns that characterize different genres and are expected to understand the processes involved in the production of creative and factual writing, as well as the language of objectivity in oral and written style. This study is based on the reading of literary and nonliterary texts and the analysis of authentic spoken discourse. Staff. Autumn, Winter.

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. 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.

216. Advanced Composition and Grammar for Spanish Speakers. PQ: Span 203 or consent of instructor. This advanced language course is devoted to those areas that present the most difficulties for native speakers of Spanish, with particular emphasis on the use of language in formal spoken and written contexts. To help students improve their writing skills, class work focuses on frequent writing exercises, including orthographic conventions. Reading is also stressed to introduce and exemplify the use of different styles and levels of writing. Staff. Winter.

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. Spring.

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 may include Larra, Espronceda, Zorrilla, Bécquer, Pardo Bazán, Galdós, Unamuno, Valle-Inclán, Machado, Lorca, Cela, Laforet, and Matute. M. Santana. Winter.

209. Literatura hispánica: textos hispanoamericanos. 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. B.A. Paper Preparation: 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 arranged. Staff. Winter.

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.

227/327. Historia y ficción en la nueva narrativa hispanoamericana. The line of great Latin American literature that starts with Borges is obsessed with time and history, but also with historigraphy, the writing of history. Texts include Borges, Ficciones; Carpentier, El reino de este mundo; Fuentes, Aura; Garciá Marquez, Cien años de soledad; Arenas, El mundo alucinante; Cortazar, Libro de Manuel; and Piglia, La ciudad ausente. Classes conducted in Spanish. P. O'Connor. Autumn.

260/360. Ficción y representación: el discurso realista. PQ: Span 203 or consent of instructor. A study of the tradition (theories and practices) of realist fiction in modern Spanish literature. We address issues of literary representation and explore both the aesthetic and the ideological foundations of realism in the nineteenth century. All work in Spanish. M. Santana. Winter.

265. Cultura y política de la España contemporánea. PQ: Span 203 or consent of instructor. This course explores the cultural and political transformations taking place in Spain in the last three decades, from the end of Franco's dictatorship to the present condition of democracy in Spain. Class discussions are based on a wide variety of literary and political texts (by Benet, Mendoza, Vázquez Montalbán, Martín Gaite, Rosa Montero, Felipe González, Jordi Pujol, and others) and films (by Berlanga, Saura, Miró, Almodóvar, and Colomo). M. Santana. Spring.

269/369. Locas, raros, y "Latin Lovers": Queer Theory Hispana. PQ: Span 203 or consent of instructor. This course examines the burgeoning new theoretical interventions around the concept "queer," in three different regions of our discipline: the search for the construction of the "normal" subject and the resistances to it in the fin-de-siècle (Foucault: Dariò, Casal, Ingenieros); the rereading of canonical texts with a new attention to their "perversities" (Butler: Echeverría, Cortázar, and Donoso); and the explosion of literature, film, and popular culture since 1967 (in Spain, 1980) that refuses to accept heterosexual conventions in art or in life (Smith, Sarduy, Puig, Almodóvar, Livingston, Hermosillo, Zapata, and Peri Rossi). Besides Foucault, Paul Julian Smith, and Judith Butler, other secondary readings may include Sedgwick, Merck, Simpson, and de Lauretis. Classes conducted in Spanish. P. O'Connor. Winter.

275/375. Novela española de posguerra. PQ: Span 203 or consent of instructor. A survey of the development of narrative production and aesthetics in Spain since the aftermath of the Civil War in 1939 to the present. 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. Please contact the department for further information.

453. Romanticismo al Moderno. R. deCosta. Spring.