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Romance Languages and Literatures 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 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 with his or her interests. Staff. Autumn, Spring.

204. Introduction à la civilisation française. PQ: Open only to Vendée participants. 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.

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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; Staff, Winter.

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.

219. La Société française. PQ: French 203 or placement. In this course, students examine the sociocultural beliefs and attitudes underlying contemporary French linguistic and behavioral norms. Through discussion of current research and the analysis of authentic video clips, tape recordings, and a variety of texts, students explore both American and French perspectives on numerous aspects of French society. This course is strongly recommended for Paris Program-bound students. N. DiVito. Spring.

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.

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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. F. Meltzer. 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 1995-96; will be offered 1996-97.

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. Autumn.

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. paper. Students work with a faculty member who directs their B.A. paper and supervises their writing of the B.A. paper. J. Lawler. Autumn, Winter, Spring.

249. Great Works of French Classical Theater: Corneille, Racine, Molière. PQ: Knowledge of French helpful. Not for RomLL concentration credit. Seventeenth-century French playwrights created a new and vastly influential form of theater by combining a rigorous code of formal purity with innovative experiments in dramatic structure. Through close readings of major plays, we examine how poetic and theatrical techniques are employed to inspire terror, pity, admiration, or laughter. We also consider how the plays dramatize the crucial issues of the early modern world--tragedy presents conflicting views of human potential as well as problematic representations of political authority; comedy provides a challenge to religious hyprocrisy and social norms. L. Norman. Spring.

258. Polemics and Public Opinion: Voltaire and the Inventing of the "Public Writer." PQ: Knowledge of French helpful. Not for RomLL concentration credit. The eighteenth century saw the emergence of one of the marking characteristics of modern French cultural life. Voltaire initiated the tradition of "public writers" who use the printed word to animate public debate on legal, religious, philosophical, and political issues. While referring to theoretical reflections on this subject by one of the twentieth century's great "public writers," Jean-Paul Sartre, we read a broad range of Voltaire's famous, biting satirical works. In particular, we focus on the relationship between polemic technique and ideological content. We also investigate the importance of the Enlightenment as a key historical movement in the expansion of "public opinion." All work in English. J. Iverson. Autumn.

271/371. Poésie et rêve: le symbolisme. PQ: French 203 or consent of instructor. A study of symbolist writings of the period 1870-1900 and of the thematics of dream. J. Lawler. Autumn.

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275. Poetry, Poetics and the Novel: Valéry, Proust, and Apollinaire. PQ: Knowledge of French helpful. Not for RomLL concentration credit. An approach to the creative works of the three major French writers of the period 1900-1914. All work in English. J. Lawler. Winter.

276. "La France allemande": Mémoire/Histoire de l'Occupation. PQ: French 203 or consent of instructor. May be taken for RomLL concentration credit. This course is about remembering, forgetting, and writing the history of France's "années noires," as the four years (1940-44) of German occupation are often called. It aims to examine the Occupation as an object of memory and history, to study how it has been--and is being--constructed, subjected to manipulation and erasures, and figured and disfigured for ideological purposes. The course is designed to provide a chronological look at a selected offering of literary, cinematic, critical, and historical representations of the Occupation and events of the war era in order to follow the trajectory of various attempts to represent or reinterpret a deeply troublesome period in France's recent past. All work in French. C. Spreen. Winter.

283. The Twentieth-Century French Existentialist Novel. PQ: Knowledge of French. This course focuses mainly on the analysis of Camus's La Peste and Malraux's La Condition humaine with reference to historical and philosophical aspects that influenced the two writers. D. Radulescu. Summer.

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. Since 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:

ComLit. 369. Joan of Arc and the Discourse of Virginity. F. Meltzer. Autumn.

French 304. Les Grands texts du Moyen Age. P. Dembowski. Winter.

French 322. Chrétien de Troyes. P. Dembowski. Spring.

French 327. Montaigne. P. Desan. Autumn.

French 346. Molière. L. Norman. Spring.

French 352. Montesquieu. R. Morrissey. Winter.

French 358. M.A. Seminar I. Staff. Autumn.

French 367. Baudelaire: Le Spleen de Paris. J. Lawler. Autumn.

French 387. Colette. F. Meltzer. Spring.

Hum 110, 111, 112. Readings in Literature. Staff. Autumn, Winter, Spring.

RomLL 315. Methods in Research and Bibliography. P. Cherchi. 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 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.

211/311. Advanced Italian Grammar and Composition. PQ: Ital 203 or consent of instructor. 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 structure and organization of several types of written Italian discourse and are guided in the acquisition of the rules underlying each discourse type. Staff. Autumn.

Literature

All literature courses are conducted in Italian unless otherwise indicated. Italian concentrators do all work in Italian, while nonconcentrators may write in English.

213/313. B.A./M.A. Tutorial: Stilistica. PQ: Ital 203 or consent of instructor. Required of RomLL concentrators. This course provides an introduction to textual analysis. Through a close reading and careful analysis of a small number of texts, students become familiar with the major types of Italian prose and poetry and the critical techniques appropriate for their study. Special attention is given to the study of syntax, figurative language, and metrics. E. Weaver. Not offered 1995-96; will be offered 1996-97.

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. Autumn, Winter, Spring.

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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.

218. The Literature of Love in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. PQ: Reading knowledge of Italian helpful. Not for RomLL concentration credit. This course introduces students to the major texts of love literature in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It starts with the poetry of the troubadours and Andrea Capellanus's De amore; then it continues with the reading of Dante's Vita nuova, selections from Jean de Meun's Le roman de la rose and Juan Ruiz's Libro de buen amor, followed by Boccaccio and Chaucer. It concludes with selections from M. Ficino and B. Castiglione, authors representative of Platonic Renaissance love. All work in English. P. Cherchi. Summer.

219/319. Dante I: La Divina commedia. PQ: Ital 203 or consent of instructor. Close reading of Dante's La Divina commedia with occasional reference to Dante's minor works. Emphasis is on reading of the Inferno and half of the Purgatorio. Students are asked to make brief presentations of major critical works on Dante. P. Cherchi. Winter.

220/320. Dante II: La Divina commedia. PQ: Ital 219/319. This course continues the reading of Purgatorio and continues through the Paradiso. As in part I, there are class presentations. P. Cherchi. Spring.

221/321. Le opere minori di Dante. PQ: Ital 203 or consent of instructor. This course is a survey of 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. Autumn.

241/341. Il dialogo rinascimentale del Quattro e Cinquecento: Alberti, Castiglione e Fonte. PQ: Ital 203 or consent of instructor. A study of the Renaissance development of the classical dialogue form. We read Leon Battista Alberti's Della famiglia, Castiglione's Cortegiano, and Moderata Fonte's Il merito delle donne along with selections from the Dialogo della infinità di amore by Tullia D'Aragona. The first part of the course is devoted to the forms and use of dialogue in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Italy and a study of two of the most famous and influential examples; the second part develops issues of gender raised by Alberti's and Castiglione's work through a study of a specific type of Renaissance dialogue that takes up the defense of women (with close reading of the texts and examination of their contexts--historical, literary and social). E. Weaver. Autumn.

242/342. Letteratura pastorale del Quattro e Cinquecento. PQ: Ital 203 or consent of instructor. This course studies the development of pastoral literature during the Italian Renaissance from the fifteenth-century vogue created by translations from Greek and Latin to Tasso's and Guarini's masterpieces of pastoral drama in the late sixteenth century. Authors studied include Bernardo Pulci, Lorenzo de' Medici, Angelo Poliziano, Agostino Beccari, Isabella Andreini, Torquato Tasso, and Battista Guarini. We also discuss reception and the major theoretical appraisals of pastoral literature from the Renaissance to the present day. E. Weaver. Spring.

250/350. Machiavelli. PQ: Ital 203 or consent of instructor. A study of Niccolò Machiavelli's major historical, political and literary works, including Il Principe, the Discorsi, the Mandragola, large selections from the Storie fiorentine and from the letters. E. Weaver. Winter.

279/379. Il romanzo sociale e la cultura letteraria italiana dell'Ottocento. PQ: Ital 203 or consent of instructor. Through a close reading of specific authors (Carcano, Ranieri, Percoto, Ravizza, Longoni, and Dall'Ongaro), this course studies the sociopolitical and cultural dynamics of a "marginal" phenomenon within the literary production of the nineteenth century: the social novel. V. Binetti. Autumn.

288/388. Il romanzo del Novecento, teoria e pratica (L'io narrante: la soggettività e la narrazione nella teoria e nella pratica del romanzo del Novecento). PQ: Ital 103 or consent of instructor. Many Italian novels of this century take as their structuring point of view first-person narration. We read a selection of texts, from Aleramo's Una Donna to Svevo's La Coscienza di Zeno, from Pavese's La Luna e i falò to very contemporary novels, all written in the first person, to understand the relations between subjectivity and narration and between literary and cultural models and structures and individual, existential voices. R. West. Autumn.

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290/390. Le scuole poetiche del Novecento: testi e contesti. PQ: Ital 203 or consent of instructor. A study of the major developments in twentieth-century Italian prose writing from the twenties through the present. Emphasis is placed on tracing continuities between modern poetic trends in Europe and America and those more specific to Italy. The focus throughout is more on schools and issues (orphism, modernism, dialect, and women poets) and their cultural-political contexts rather than on individual poetic "masters." R. West. Spring.

294/394. Cultura e politica nell'Italia del secondo dopoguerra. PQ: Ital 203 or consent of instructor. This course addresses, using literary texts, films, and journalistic writings, the issue of Italian national identity and the relationship between intellectuals and society in the years of reconstruction after the end of the fascist period. Close reading of works by Pavese, Vittorini, Moravia, and Bassani. Screenings of films of Antonioni, Bertolucci, Rossellini, and Visconti. V. Binetti. 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.

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.

RomLL 315. Methods in Research and Bibliography. P. Cherchi. Winter.

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. Oral presentations complement written exercises. 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.

Rumanian

Language (must be taken for a letter grade)

201-202-303/310-311-312. Intermediate Rumanian I, II, III (=LngLin 246-247-248/346-347-348). PQ: Elementary Rumanian or consent of instructor. This three-quarter sequence continues the development of communicative (sociolinguistic and cultural) competence in Rumanian. We stress the development of language skills (reading, listening, speaking, and limited writing) by practicing specific language functions in context and by communicating in Rumanian. K. Kazazis. Autumn, Winter, Spring.

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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. Extra attention is given to individual remediation needs. Staff. Autumn, Winter.

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, 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. 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. Autumn.

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.

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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, classwork focuses on frequent oral presentations that exemplify the use of patterns in the spoken language. 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. G. Haley. 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 studied may include Larra, Espronceda, Zorrilla, Bécquer, Pardo Bazán, Galdós, Unamuno, Valle-Inclán, Machado, Lorca, Cela, Laforet, and Matute. Staff. 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. M. Santana. 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. Autumn, Winter, Spring.

225/325. B.A./M.A. Seminar. PQ: Span 203 or consent of instructor. Required for all 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 Mío 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. Winter.

232/332. Textos básicos de la literatura medieval-II. PQ: Span 203 or consent off instructor. Part II of a two-course sequence with readings to include the Romancero, La Celestina, lyric poetry, and novela sentimental. P. Cherchi. Not offered 1995-96; will be offered 1996-97.

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243/343. Cervantes: Don Quixote. PQ: Span 203 or consent of instructor. A close reading and analysis of Cervantes's masterpiece. Discussions focus on problems of textual analysis and interpretation as well as on questions of literary theory, fictional forms, and narrative technique. G. Haley. Winter.

256/356. Historia literaria e identidad nacional en España. PQ: Span 203 or consent of instructor. This course examines the construction and development of the concept of Spanish literature from the early nineteenth century to the present. Through a selection of critical and theoretical works, we explore some of the issues involved in the writing of literary history, the institutionalization of literature, and the attempts to create a national canon. We also discuss narrative texts that thematize and confront the concept of tradition and the representation of national identity. Among the authors studied are Fernán Caballero, Pérez Galdós, Valle-Inclán, Goytisolo, and Vázquez Montalbán. M. Santana. Winter.

259/359. La novela en España (1898-1939). PQ: Span 203 or consent of instructor. The emphasis of this course is on the reading and discussion of a selection of narrative works from the first three decades of the twentieth century. Authors include Baroja, Azorín, Unamuno, Pérez de Ayala, Chacel, and Jarnés. M. Santana. Spring.

262/362. Introducción a la poesía. PQ: Span 203 or consent of instructor. This course offers a survey of poetic forms and styles from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. R. de Costa. Autumn.

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.

299/399. Protagonismo literario y marginalidad social: indigenismo y gauchesca. PQ: Span 203 or consent of instructor. Texts from gaucho literature and indigenous novels are analyzed with the purpose of determining the characteristics according to which literature "recovers" the characters identified by society as marginal and transforms them into mythic figures. The main authors to be studied are J. Hernández, R. Obligado, Icaza, and J. M. Arguedas. R. Campra. Autumn.

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

Fndmtl 220 (=Hum 220). Don Quixote. G. Haley. Autumn.

Hum 110, 111, 112. Readings in Literature. Staff. Autumn, Winter, Spring.

Hum 233. Borges. R. de Costa. Autumn.

RomLL 315. Methods in Research and Bibliography. P. Cherchi. Winter.

Span 325. M.A. Seminar. Staff. Autumn.

Span 387. Literatura por mujeres. R. de Costa. Spring.

Span 465. Formas tradicionales e innovación en la literatura fantástica hispanoamericana. R. Campra. Autumn.

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