WORLD LANGUAGES AND

CULTURES

FULLFILL YOUR CORE CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS FALL 2021 COURSES

ARTISTIC UNDERSTANDING130-01 Caribbean Literature C Malary M/Fr 1:00 – 2:40 p.m.Caribbean Literature provides a guided tour of the most representative literature (mostly fiction, but one book of poems isincluded, as well as a few essays) written in the Francophone Caribbean over the last sixty years or so. The major writers, such asAimé Césaire and Patrick Chamoiseau are represented. So are the major countries, that is Haiti, Martinique and Guadeloupe, andthe major themes, that is colonization and decolonization, négritude, créolité and decolonization, which is terribly in vogue theseday. This course fulfills the Artistic Understanding Analysis Core requirement.

120-01 Middle Ages to 18th Century A Ramirez MWF 11:45-12:50 p.m. This course traces the development of literature in Spain from the earliest known Spanish literary texts, “las jarchas,” to the endof the Golden Age. We will focus on the seminal ideas, themes and styles that define Spanish literature in the High Middle Ages, asfound in the Cantar del Mío Cid, El Conde Lucanor, and El Romacero viejo, and note how these texts lay the literary foundationthat led to the innovative and revolutionary works of poetry, fiction, and theater of the Golden Age, such as La Celestina, DonJuan Tenorio, Novelas ejemplares, and La vida es sueño. We will pay special attention to representations of gender, nation, andreligious identity while highlighting the cultural milieu created by the contentious coexistence of Muslim, Christian and SephardicJewish communities that gave birth to modern Spain. This course fulfills the Artistic Understanding Analysis of the Corerequirement.

COMMON GOOD 003-01 Intermediate Italian M De Angelis MWF 10:30-11:35 a.m. In addition to learning Italian language, students explore Italian culture through a variety of concepts connected to food and sustainability.Gardening and cooking will be part of this course. The course fulfills the Common Good Core requirement. Students must also enroll in Italian083-01 Intermediate Italian Praxis.

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES 005-01 Introduction to French Studies H Lénárt-Cheng T-TH 1:15-2:50 p.m.Recommended for students with a few years of high school French or similar preparation. Open to students from other disciplineswho wish to improve their French. Don’t worry if your French is rusty, we will review. In this highly interactive class we will discussfilms and texts from a wide range of traditions and debate contemporary issues. The course fulfills the Global Perspectives Corerequirement.

010-01 Conversation/Composition D Bird M/F 1:00-2:40 p.m. This high intermediate level course prepares students for upper-division work by developing increasedfluency in speaking and writing. The course uses a variety of texts, media, and film to focus on expansion of vocabulary and toexplore the richness and diversity of the Spanish language and culture of which the U.S. is a part. A sound knowledge of Spanishgrammar is expected, and the course targets grammatical items as needed. This course fulfills the Global Perspectives of theCore requirement.

WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINE

101-01 Advanced French Syntax and Composition C Malary MWF 11:45-12:50 p.m. This Course is a combination of French 101 and 102, with a focus on essential aspects of French syntax and on developingcomposition skills. Translation techniques and analysis of model texts serve as means of improving self-expression and writtencommunication. The course fulfills the Writing in the Discipline Core requirement.

102-01 Advanced Writing and ResearchL Spicher T/TH 8:00-9:35 a.m.The primary goal for this course is to assist students in attaining a writing proficiency in Spanish consistent with theadvanced level or higher, according to ACTFL guidelines. Key features of the course include: literary analysis of textsacross genres, dialects, and registers; linguistic analysis and practice of elements of Spanish syntax particular toadvanced proficiency; academic research and writing, including information evaluation and ethical practices; andappropriate formatting and citation standards of the Modern Languages Association (MLA) style. This course, requiredof Spanish majors and minors, satisfies the Writing in the Discipline requirement of the Core Curriculum.