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Spring 2010 Schedule of Classes (LLC classes only)

Spring 2010 Course Descriptions

Fall 2009 Schedule of Classes (LLC classes only)

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NEW CLASSES - SPRING 2010!

TFRE 281 (32367) Canada through Film and Literature MW 11:45-1:05 ES 245 Instructor: E. Brière, PhD
TAUGHT IN FRENCH. HONORS COURSE. The course provides broad knowledge of the French-speaking areas of Canada (mainly Quebec and Acadia) through an examination of the history of the French in North America as well as contemporary literature and cinema. It may be taken to complete the French minor. Students will read major novels in translation by authors from Quebec and Acadia, read some essays to provide historical background of key issues to contextualize the significance of writing against the linguistic tide in North America, and view several films by major filmmakers. Assignments will include research into one or more aspects of North American French culture, a class presentation, and peer evaluations of class presentations. General Education: The professor will be applying to have this course meet the US Diversity general education requirement.

AFRE 481 (12156) From French to Quebecois: The Development of Literary Voice in Quebec (3) AFRE 581 (12176) TH 4:15-7:05 HU 131
Instructor: E. Brière, PhD
TAUGHT IN FRENCH. For graduate and advanced undergraduates, this course will focus on the culture of Quebec. What made the colony of Canada distinct from its French mother-country? What are its French legacies today? This course raises questions of influence, resistance and reconfiguration as it examines the development of a North American French literary voice. We will consider the impact of colonial silencing of the Native American “other” the silencing, defeat and re-colonization of Canada by the British and the constitution of a modern Francophone “nation” within Canada with its own vibrant literature that includes the coming to voice of First Nation writers as well as new Québécois from around the francophone world. These and other questions form the backdrop for our examination of the works by major Québécois writers and filmmakers. Short written essays, final research paper.

APOR 411 (16826) Studies in Literature (3) T 4:15-6:05 HU 115
Instructor: H. Salomon, PhD
TAUGHT IN PORTUGUESE. The Lusiads. Luís de Camões (ca. 1524-1580) wrote the greatest Virgilian epic of modern European literature and the greatest classic of Portuguese literature, Os Lusíadas, in 10 ottava-rima cantos. Although Vasco de Gama’s pioneering expedition to India (1497-98) represents the principal subject, the hero of the poem is not the great captain but rather the Portuguese people collectively. Historical events and legendary ones, real and fictitious episodes, pagan theomachy and Judeo-Christian monotheism, and, through prophecy, Portuguese achievements of the 16th century are all exquisitely interwoven. We shall be reading the Portuguese text annotated by A.J. Saraiva in conjunction with the recent paperback English translation. Term paper, no final.

ARUS 252 (6356) Masterpieces 20C Rus (3) TTH 2:45-4:05 SS 133
General Education: HU
Instructor: C. Rougle, PhD
TAUGHT IN ENGLISH. Survey of the development of Russian literature, particularly prose fiction, from the turn of the century to the death of Stalin (1953). Readings will be chosen from short stories and novels by the following writers: Chekhov, Gorky, Olesha, Bulgakov, Babel, Pasternak, Zamyatin, Sholokhov.

ASPN 333 (8w2) The Cid: Spanish Medieval Literature (3) TBD
Instructor: A. de Colombi-Monguio, PhD
TAUGHT IN ENGLISH. A study of the oldest Spanish epic text, one of the Medieval masterpieces of the European Epic tradition, the Poem of the Cid, and the hero who inspired it.

ASPN 444 (11506) Dialects of Peninsular Spanish (3) MW 4:15-5:35 BA 216 ASPN 592 (16819)
Instructor: M. Westmoreland, PhD
TAUGHT IN SPANISH. Spanish 444/592 is a course which will study dialect variation, principally from a geographic standpoint, in the Spanish peninsula. We will look at the phonetic and morphosyntactic traits which define and distinguish the different dialects, as well as historic factors which led to respective dialect formations. Sociolinguistic issues will be treated as a necessary complement to understanding these issues, as well as questions regarding the development of various linguistic norms, prestige factors, dialect leveling, and language planning. Required texts: Manual de dialectologia hispanica: El espanol de Espana (Manuel Alvar, ed. 1996, Ariel). Additional readings available at Copies Plus. 2 exams, a research paper, short presentations. The class will be conducted in Spanish.

ASPN 444 (12672) Metamorphoses (3) TTH 1:15-2:35 HU 115
Instructor: H. Diaz, PhD
This course will focus on Latin American short stories from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. We will discuss how this genre deals with transformations and metamorphoses, not only as a topic, but also as a decisive formal procedure –short stories often are defined by transmutations, shifts and “turns” that are eminently textual. We will also discuss how certain traditions (such as the detective story or the scientific fiction) are metamorphosed in the Latin American context.

ASPN 640 (16824) Topics in Contemporary Poetics (3) W 5:45-8:35 HU 116
Instructor: W. Mudrovic, PhD
Despite a sparse readership even for the shortest of poems, Spanish poets have turned to the long poem more frequently in the past two decades as a venue for poetic expression. How do we define the "long poem"? How short can a poem be and still be considered a long poem? What is the difference between a long poem and a "modern poetic sequence"? What techniques do today's poets employ to sustain the readers' interest over several pages? Can a woman write a long poem? How does a woman poet "feminize" a traditionally phallogocentric genre? By analyzing several recent long poems by men and women, supplemented by specifically chosen theoretical readings, students will consider these and other questions while honing reading skills required by the most recent and unexplored poems. Poetic texts will include: Francisca Aguirre, "Negativos" Jesús Aguado, "Las metamorfosis. Ovidio," _El fugitivo_ (selections), and _Lo que dices de mí_ Luis Javier Moreno, _Rota_ Chantal Maillard, _Matar a Platón_ Amalia Iglesias Serna, _Dados y dudas_ Menchu Gutiérrez, _El ojo de Newton_ Vicente Luis Mora, _Construcción_ Agustín Fernández Mallo, _Joan Fontaine odisea_.