Department of Romance Languages and Literatures

LARRY KING, Chair

Professors

French

Martine Antle (45) 20th-Century French Literature

Dominique Fisher (46) 19th-Century French Literature

James S. Noblitt, Applied Linguistics and Language Learning

Italian

Dino Cervigni (44) Medieval and Renaissance Italian Literature

Portuguese

Fred M. Clark (29) Portuguese Language and Brazilian Literature

Monica P. Rector (43) Portuguese Language and Literature

Spanish

Pablo Gil Casado (23) Contemporary Spanish Literature, Theory of the Novel.

Frank A. Domínguez (25) Medieval and Golden Age Spanish Literature, Ideology and Literature, Computer Applications in the Humanities

Dominique Fisher (46) 19th-Century French Literature

Larry D. King (36) Spanish and Romance Linguistics, Semantics and Pragmatics

Rosa Perelmuter (37) Colonial Spanish American Literature, Contemporary Spanish American Narrative

Associate Professors

French

Hassan Melehy (64) Early Modern French and Comparative Literature, Contemporary Critical Theory, Film

Italian

Ennio Rao (15) Italian Renaissance

Spanish

Lucia Binotti (47) Medieval, Renaissance, Golden Age Philology and Linguistic Thought

José Manuel Polo de Bernabé (34) 19th- and 20th-Century Spanish Drama and Poetry, Contemporary Critical Theory, Film

Alicia Rivero (38) Contemporary Spanish American Literature, Contemporary Critical Theory, Gender Issues, Literature and Science, Intellectual History

Assistant Professors

French

Philippe Barr (10) 18th-Century French Literature and Philosophy, Restif de la Bretonne, First Person Narratives, History of the Novel, Literary Theory

Ellen Welch (08) 17th-century French Literature; Colonial/Postcolonial and Transnational Approaches

Italian

Federico Luisetti (69) 20th-Century Italian Literature, Contemporary Critical Theory

Spanish

Emilio Del Valle Escalante (05) Indigenous Literatures and Social Movements, Central American Literatures and Cultures, Cultural and Postcolonial Studies

Oswaldo Estrada (04) 20th-Century Latin American Literature, Mexican and Peruvian Literatures, Theory of the Novel, New Narrative

Irene Gómez Castellano (13) 18th-Century Spanish Literature and Culture, Poetry and Visual Arts

Juan Carlos González Espitia (62) 19th-Century Spanish American Literature, Decadentism and Nation Building

Carmen Hsu (51) Golden Age Spanish Literature, Chronicle Literature of the East Indies

Professors Emeriti

Cesáreo Bandera

Angel L. Cilveti

Julio Cortés

Yves de la Quérière

I. R. Stirling Haig II

Antonio Illiano

Anthony G. Lo Ré

Catherine A. Maley

G. Mallary Masters

Edward D. Montgomery

María A. Salgado

Carol Lynn Sherman

Frederick Wright Vogler

Requirements for Advanced Degrees

The degree of master of arts is offered with a major in Romance Languages and Literatures and concentrations in French, Italian or Hispanic literature. The program for the M.A. degree is open to students holding the bachelor of arts degree or the equivalent, and whose major field of undergraduate study was normally a Romance language and literature. Students are expected to have proficiency in the Romance language and in English upon admission to the program.

The degree of doctor of philosophy is offered with a major in Romance languages and literatures. Teaching experience is an essential part of professional training. Therefore, teaching assistance or lecture instruction equivalent to at least three contact hours a week for two semesters, or until teaching competence is acquired, is required of all doctoral candidates.

Research Facilities

The Walter Royal Davis Library's Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian collections rank in the top 20 in the nation. Romance philology is supported by the medieval and Renaissance collections in the traditional languages and by significant holdings in Provençal, Catalan, Galician, Romansch and Rumanian. The Spanish and Spanish American collections are particularly strong in medieval, Golden Age/Colonial, 19th- and 20th-century holdings. The French collection has similar strengths in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and is enriched by the Charles Nodier and René Char materials. The Italian collection exhibits strength in the 19th century and the Portuguese collection in 20th-century Brazilian. These strengths are enhanced by extensive holdings in reference, specialized journals and rare books. Among the latter are a notable gathering of 20th-century first editions of French writers, a distinguished Spanish drama collection of more than 26,000 plays (many of them pre-1830 sueltas) and the Flatow Collection of Latin American Cronistas, consisting of early imprints of the discovery and conquest of the New World. A more complete description of the collections is available in the "Resources" section of the department's Web site at roml.unc.edu.

French

Courses for Graduates and Advanced Undergraduates

403 [103] ADVANCED COMPOSITION (3). Prerequisite, FREN 300. Review of advanced grammar. Exercises in translation from English into French of literary and critical materials. Free composition and training in the use of stylistic devices. Staff.

451 [140] ORIENTALIST FANTASIES AND DISCOURSES ON THE OTHER (ASIA 451, INTS 451) (3). This interdisciplinary course (literature, film, painting, music) examines the Eastern and Western encounters with and discourses on the Other from the 18th century to the present.

504 [104] CULTURAL WARS: FRENCH/U.S. PERSPECTIVES (3). This course examines the limits of universalism in today's "multicultural" France and how the European Union will affect French universalism and French resistance to identity politics. Fisher.

564 [126] HISTORY OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE (LING 564) (3). Prerequisite, FREN 300 or permission of the instructor. The phonology, morphology and syntax of French are traced from the Latin foundation to the present. Lectures, readings, discussions and textual analysis. Spring. (Alternate years.) Staff.

565 [145] FRENCH PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY (LING 565) (3). Prerequisite, FREN 300 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor. The study of sounds as system in modern standard French. Lecture, discussion, laboratory practice in practical phonetics according to individual needs. Spring. Staff.

566 [146] STRUCTURE OF MODERN FRENCH (LING 566) (3). Prerequisite, FREN 300 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor. Introduction to phonology, morphology and syntax of modern standard French. Application of modern linguistic theory to the teaching of French. Fall. Maley.

Courses for Graduates

601 [101X] FRENCH FOR READING I (3). French language for reading. For students with no background in French or those needing a review of grammatical structures and vocabulary in preparation for FREN 602. Fall. Staff.

602 [102X] FRENCH FOR READING II (3). Prerequisite, FREN 601 or equivalent background in French. Focus on reading French in preparation for the reading knowledge exam for graduate degrees. Passing FREN 602 satisfies the requirement for most departments. Spring. Staff.

711 [211] FRENCH NOVELISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY (3). Evolution of the novel in France up to the nineties. Antle, staff.

712 [212] FRENCH POETS OF THE 20TH CENTURY (3). A study of the poetry of Claudel, Cubist poetry, the major Surrealists, Ponge and Michaux. Staff.

713 [213] MASTERS OF 20TH-CENTURY LITERATURE (3). Studies of a single author, a literary movement or an aesthetic movement from the Avant-garde to Postmodernism. Staff.

714 [214] FRENCH DRAMA OF THE 20TH CENTURY (3). Semiotic readings in French and Francophone theater at the crossroads of cultures from the Avant-garde to Postmodernism. Staff.

715 [215] READINGS IN FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE (3). Evolution of Francophone literature from a literary and cultural perspective (Maghreb, Africa, Caribbean Islands and Canada). Antle, Fisher.

716 [216] READINGS IN CULTURAL STUDIES (3). An examination of national and transnational identity within European culture and recent economic and ethnologic changes in Western Europe and France. Antle, Fisher.

721 [221] OLD FRENCH (3). An introductory course designed to enable students to read medieval texts with rapidity and accuracy. Phonology, morphology, semantics and syntax. Montgomery.

722 [222] FRENCH STUDIES OF THE 11TH THROUGH THE 13TH CENTURIES (3). Readings in a variety of medieval texts in light of contemporary literary theory. Montgomery.

726 [225] FRENCH FEMINIST THEORY (WMST 726) (3). An introduction to feminist literary theory, focusing on French feminist writings and their sources in psychoanalysis and poststructuralism. Anglo-American counterparts and adaptations of the French tradition are treated. Staff.

733 [233] THEATRICALITY IN THE MIDDLE AGES (3). Theatrical approaches and techniques in medieval texts. Montgomery, staff.

734 [234] 17TH-CENTURY DRAMA (3). Readings in 16th- and 17th-century French theater, Crébillon père and Voltaire. Selection of texts will be announced by the instructor. Fall. Staff.

735 [235] 18TH-CENTURY DRAMA (3). A study of the genre from Marivaux to the end of the 19th century. Staff.

737 [237] LITERARY AND CULTURAL THEORY IN FRANCE (3). A study of structuralist and poststructuralist methods in poetics, semiotics, psychoanalysis, sociology and philosophy. Fisher, Melehy.

748 [248] FRENCH LITERATURE OF THE 14TH AND 15TH CENTURIES (3). A study of literary trends of the period, with emphasis on the rise of the prose nouvelle and lyric poetry from Machaut through Villon. Montgomery.

761 [261] STUDIES IN FRENCH RENAISSANCE (3). Interdisciplinary seminar on a cultural topic or a theme through readings in literary and nonliterary texts. Melehy.

771 [271] FRENCH PROSE OF THE 17TH CENTURY (3). A study of the development of prose fiction principally through the works of D'Urfé, Cyrano de Bergerac, Sorel, Scarron, Furetière, Perrault and Mme de Lafayette. Staff.

772 [272] FRENCH POETRY OF THE 17TH CENTURY (3). Poetry from Desportes through Racan emphasizing poésie précieuse et galante, religieuse, pastorale, officielle, libertine and satirique. Works by Chassignet, Sponde, La Ceppède, Malherbe, Saint-Amant, Théophile de Viau, Maynard and Régnier. Staff.

774 [274] THE MORALISTS (3). A study of the works of Pascal, La Rochefoucauld, Bossuet, La Bruyère and La Fontaine. Staff.

781 [281] 18TH-CENTURY NOVEL (3). An array of novelists and conteurs such as Prévost, Lesage, Marivaux, Laclos, Crébillon fils, Montesquieu, Diderot, Rousseau and others. Staff.

783 [283] 18TH-CENTURY PROSE (3). Intensive study of a major 18th-century writer. Staff.

784 [284] PHILOSOPHERS OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT (3). Intellectual currents (religious, scientific, epistemological) and morals as reflected in such writers as Bayle, la Mettrie, Condillac, Helvétius, d'Holbach, the Encyclopedists and others. Staff.

793 [293] 19TH-CENTURY FRENCH LITERATURE (3). Intensive study of a single major author of the Romantic or Post-Romantic period. The subject changes from year to year among writers in the different literary genres. Fisher, staff.

794 [294] FRENCH 19TH-CENTURY POSTROMANTIC POETRY (3). A study of the evolution of poetry and poetics in modernity beginning with Baudelaire. Fisher.

795 [295] THE FRENCH REALISTIC AND NATURALISTIC NOVEL (3). A study of major Realistic and Naturalistic novelists (Flaubert, the Goncourts, Daudet, Zola, Maupassant and Huysmans). Staff.

796 [296] FRENCH BRIEF FICTION OF THE 19TH CENTURY AND/OR 20TH CENTURY (3). A study of short narrative as a hybrid genre from a literary and cultural perspective. Staff.

830 [330] SEMINAR (3). Staff.

840 [340] SPECIAL READINGS (Var.). (For doctoral students only.) Members of the graduate faculty.

993 [393] MASTER'S THESIS (3). Members of the graduate faculty.

994 [394] DOCTORAL DISSERTATION (3). Research in a special field under the direction of a member of the graduate faculty. Members of the graduate faculty.

Italian

Courses for Graduates and Advanced Undergraduates

503 [103] ADVANCED COMPOSITION FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS (3). Review of advanced grammar. Composition on a variety of topics designed to enhance writing proficiency in Italian. Training in the use of stylistic devices. Staff.

511 [111] SURVEY OF ITALIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE I (TO 1600) (3). Permission of the instructor for undergraduates. The survey is based on anthologies, with particular attention to authors and texts included in the current departmental reading lists. Rao.

512 [112] SURVEY OF ITALIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE II (1600 TO PRESENT) (3). Permission of the instructor for undergraduates. See ITAL 511 for description.

526 [126] HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE (3). Prerequisite, ITAL 204, 402 or permission of the instructor. The evolution of the Italian language from vulgar Latin. Substratum theory and the development of the various dialects. Codification of the literary standard during the Renaissance. "Questione della lingua." Rao.

Courses for Graduates

706 [206] PROSEMINAR (3). An introduction to modern Italian criticism and to current methods of research and scholarship. Bibliographic survey of basic tools and secondary literature. Guidance in preparation of papers, theses and dissertations. Staff.

731 [231] DANTE I (3). Prerequisite, graduate standing or consent of the instructor. Dante's life and works; a critical reading of the Vita Nuova and Inferno. Original texts; course taught in Italian or English.

732 [232] DANTE II (3). Prerequisite, graduate standing or consent of the instructor. Completes the critical reading of the Divine Comedy. Original texts; course taught in Italian or English.

734 [134] PETRARCH AND LYRIC TRADITION (3). A reading of Petrarch's Canzoniere within the context of previous lyric tradition and Petrarchism in Europe. Class discussion in English; readings in Italian for majors and in translation for nonmajors. Cervigni.

735 [135] BOCCACCIO AND EUROPEAN NARRATIVE (CMPL 535) (3). Boccaccio's Decameron within the context of previous narrative traditions and the subsequent development of narrative in Europe. Class discussions in English; readings in Italian for majors and in translation for nonmajors. Cervigni.

741 [141] ITALIAN LITERATURE OF THE RENAISSANCE I: THE QUATTROCENTO (3). Prerequisite, ITAL 204, 402 or equivalent. A study of the major figures of Italian Humanism, Latin and vernacular, from Salutati to Poliziano. Rao.

751 [151] ITALIAN LITERATURE OF THE RENAISSANCE II: THE CINQUECENTO (3). Prerequisite, ITAL 204, 402 or equivalent. Brief description of the literary and historical situation in the Cinquecento. Three authors studied in detail are Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, Machiavelli, Il Principe and Castiglione, Il Cortegiano. Rao.

771 [171] THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES (3). Prerequisite, ITAL 204, 402 or equivalent. The Age of the Baroque, Campanella, the new genres, Tassoni. The literature of Arcadia, the Enlightenment, Goldoni, Parini and Alfieri. Luisetti.

781 [181] ITALIAN ROMANTICISM (3). Prerequisite, ITAL 204, 402 or equivalent. Preromanticism; Alfieri; the lyrics and novels of Foscolo, Leopardi, Manzoni; the Romantic drama from Pindemonte to Niccolini. Luisetti.

782 [182] ITALIAN LITERATURE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY (3). Prerequisite, ITAL 204, 402 or equivalent. The major literary forms in the second half of the century with particular regard to Verismo, Verga, Carducci, Pascoli, Scapigliatura and Decadentismo. Staff.

784 [194] ITALIAN AVANT-GARDES AND NEO-AVANT-GARDES 20TH CENTURY (3). Prerequisite, ITAL 204, 402 or equivalent. Examines the critical issues raised by the Italian Avant-gardes and Neo-Avant-gardes of the 20th century.

795 [195] MODERN ITALIAN FICTION (3). Prerequisite, ITAL 204, 402 or equivalent. D'Annunzio, Svevo, Moravia, Pavese, Vittorini, Calvino, etc. Luisetti.

796 [196] MODERN ITALIAN DRAMA (3). Grotteschi, Pirandello, Italian drama after World War II, Eduardo de Filippo, etc. Luisetti.

830 [330] SEMINAR (3). Special study and research in set topics; e.g., Seicento and Baroque, autobiography, Renaissance theater, literature and film. Staff.

840 [340] SPECIAL READINGS (Var.). A tutorial on a topic agreed upon by the student and a member of the graduate faculty. Members of the graduate faculty.

993 [393] MASTER'S THESIS (3). Research in a special field under the direction of a member of the graduate faculty. Members of the graduate faculty.

994 [394] DOCTORAL DISSERTATION (3). Research in a special field under the direction of a member of the graduate faculty. Members of the graduate faculty.

Portuguese

Courses for Graduates and Advanced Undergraduates

501 [101] SURVEY OF PORTUGUESE LITERATURE I (3). Prerequisite, PORT 204, 402 or equivalent. An introduction to Portuguese literature from its origins through the 18th century. Rector.

502 [102] SURVEY OF PORTUGUESE LITERATURE II (3). Prerequisite, PORT 204, 402 or equivalent. A survey of Portuguese literature of the 19th and 20th centuries. Rector.

503 [103] SURVEY OF BRAZILIAN LITERATURE I (3). Prerequisite, PORT 204, 402 or equivalent. A survey of Brazilian literature of the colonial period and 19th century. Clark.

504 [104] SURVEY OF BRAZILIAN LITERATURE II (3). Prerequisite, PORT 204, 402 or equivalent. Study of major writers of 20th-century Brazilian literature. Clark.

526 [126] HISTORY OF THE PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE (3). Prerequisite, PORT 402 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor. Survey of the history of Portuguese with stress on the characteristics of Brazilian Portuguese and the factors underlying them. Rector.

535 [135] BRAZILIAN DRAMA (3). Prerequisite, PORT 402 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor. A study of representative Brazilian plays of the 20th century with a review of the development of the theater in Brazil. Clark.

Courses for Graduates

703 [203] ADVANCED COMPOSITION FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS (3). Advanced grammar with exercises in translation from English into Portuguese. Free composition and training in the use of stylistic devices. (On demand.) Clark, Rector.

704 [206] LUSO-BRAZILIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY AND METHODOLOGY (3). An introduction to bibliography and methodology in Luso-Brazilian literary and linguistic research. (On demand.) Clark, Rector.

710 [210] THE PORTUGUESE NOVEL (3). A study of prose fiction, particularly from the 19th and 20th centuries, with special emphasis on Camilo Castelo Branco, Eça de Queirós, Aquilino Ribeiro, Ferreira de Castro and the neo-realistas. Rector.

712 [212] THE BRAZILIAN NOVEL (3). Extensive reading of representative Brazilian novels from the second half of the 19th century to the present. Clark.

713 [213] MACHADO DE ASSIS (3). A study of the prose fiction, drama, poetry and criticism of Machado de Assis, with reference to other major writers of the second half of the 19th century. Clark, Rector.

714 [214] MODERN BRAZILIAN SHORT FICTION AND ESSAYS (3). A study of Brazilian short stories, novelas and essays of the 20th century. Clark, Rector.

721 [221] OLD PORTUGUESE (3). A study of Portuguese historical phonology and morphology with readings from medieval verse and prose. Rector.

731 [231] CAMÕES (3). The works of Camões (epic, lyric poetry and drama) are studied with reference to the contemporary Iberian historical and literary background. Rector.

791 [291] PORTUGUESE OVERSEAS LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (3). A survey of the use and characteristics of Portuguese as used in Africa and Asia (especially Cape Verde creole) and readings from contemporary African authors using Portuguese. Staff.

830 [330] SEMINAR IN PORTUGUESE LITERATURE (3). Rector.

833 [333] SEMINAR IN LUSO-BRAZILIAN LINGUISTICS (3). Rector.

835 [335] SEMINAR IN BRAZILIAN LITERATURE (3). Clark, Rector.

840 [340] SPECIAL READINGS (Var.). Members of the graduate faculty.

993 [393] MASTER'S THESIS (3). Members of the graduate faculty.

994 [394] DOCTORAL DISSERTATION (3). Members of the graduate faculty.

Romance

Courses for Graduates and Advanced Undergraduates

604 [104] VIOLENCE AND RELIGION IN LITERATURE FROM EPIC TO NOVEL (PWAD 604) (3). Permission of the instructor. The sacred character of epic violence and its historical decline through a process of religious desacralization associated with the emergence of the modern novel. Staff.

670 [170] ROMANCE SOCIOLINGUISTICS (3). Study of language in its social context; language variation, multilingualism, social dialects, the role of culture, language and sex. Includes individual work on a specific language. King.

700 [200] THEORIES AND TECHNIQUES OF TEACHING (3). Required of all new graduate instructors. Exploration of theoretical issues in teaching Romance languages with their practical applications, including the integration of technology. Fall. Jarausch/Cowell.

751 [201] INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL STUDIES (3). Interdisciplinary course to introduce graduate students to the sources, methods and approaches of medieval studies. Staff.

755 [205] WORKSHOP ON LITERARY THEORY AND RESEARCH METHODS (1.5). An introduction to contemporary theoretical positions to acquaint the student with issues posed by formalism, Marxism, feminism and deconstruction. Orientation to Romance bibliography and research methods. Staff.

820 [220] VULGAR LATIN (3). An investigation of the development of the sermo plebeius from its earliest manifestations to its fragmentation into the Romance vernaculars. Montgomery.

824 [324] ROMANCE PALEOGRAPHY (3). Study of the development of medieval romance book hands and diplomatics from their origins to the advent of printing; with practical exercises. Montgomery.

825 [225] PROVENÇAL (3). Linguistic analysis of the langue d'oc and investigation of medieval Provençal literature. Montgomery.

830 [330] SEMINAR IN ROMANCE LANGUAGES (3). Staff.

840 [340] SPECIAL READINGS (Var.). Members of the graduate faculty.

870 [370] MINOR ROMANCE TONGUES (3). Introduction to the historical development of Catalan, Rhaeto-Romance and Rumanian. Readings in period texts. Montgomery.

993 [393] MASTER'S THESIS (3). Members of the graduate faculty.

994 [394] DOCTORAL DISSERTATION (3). Members of the graduate faculty.

Spanish

Courses for Graduates and Advanced Undergraduates

403 [103] ADVANCED COMPOSITION (3). Prerequisite, SPAN 300. Review of advanced grammar. Compositions on a variety of topics designed to enhance writing proficiency in Spanish. Training in the use of stylistic devices. Staff.

405 [105] INTERMEDIATE SPANISH FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS (3). Prerequisite, SPAN 102 or equivalent. Distance course requiring access to computer with DVD drive. Focuses on improving communication within the context of Latino/a immigrant culture in health care settings. Staff.

601 [101X] SPANISH FOR READING I (3). For students with no background in Spanish or those needing a review of grammatical structures and vocabulary in preparation for SPAN 602. Not for graduate credit for students in the Department of Romance Languages. Fall. Staff.

602 [102X] SPANISH FOR READING II (3). Prerequisite, SPAN 601 or equivalent background in Spanish. Focus on Spanish for the reading exam for graduate degrees. SPAN 602 satisfies the requirement for most departments. Not for graduate credit for students in the Department of Romance Languages. Spring. Staff.

610 [110] THE GENERATION OF 1898 (3). Prerequisites, SPAN 371 or 372, and 373. Study of innovative literary forms and techniques of the Generation of 1898 as seen through representative authors such as Azorín, Baroja, Machado and Valle-Inclán. Casado, Polo de Bernabé.

613 [113] COLONIAL AND 19TH-CENTURY SPANISH AMERICAN LITERATURE (3). Prerequisites, SPAN 371 or 372, and 373. Advanced survey of literary works from 16th- through 19th-century Spanish America, with emphasis on their rhetorical foundations and historical, political, and aesthetic connections. Perelmuter.

614 [114] MODERNIST AND CONTEMPORARY SPANISH AMERICAN LITERATURE (3). Prerequisites, SPAN 371 and 372 or 373. Advanced survey of Spanish American works from the 1880s through the present, with emphasis on their rhetorical foundations and historical, cultural, political and aesthetic connections. Perelmuter, Rivero.

617 [117] CERVANTES AND THE QUIJOTE (3). Prerequisites, SPAN 371 and 372 or 373. Close reading of Cervantes' Quijote and selected novelas ejemplares, with consideration of the background of Renaissance prose (romance of chivalry, pastoral and sentimental novel) in relation to 16th-century historiography. Collins, staff.

620 [120] WOMEN IN HISPANIC LITERATURE (WMST 620) (3). Prerequisites, SPAN 371 or 372, and 373. The image of woman in 16th- and 17th-century Hispanic literature. A study of texts by Spanish and Spanish American authors. Readings in Spanish or in English translation. Lectures in English. Perelmuter.

635 [135] MODERN SPANISH DRAMA (3). Prerequisite, SPAN 370, 371, or 373. A study of plays by principal Spanish dramatists of the 20th century. Polo de Bernabé

650 [150] THE SPANISH COMEDIA OF THE GOLDEN AGE (3). A comprehensive study of the Golden Age Spanish theater from its Renaissance beginnings through the 17th century. Collins, staff.

Courses for Graduates

602 [102X] SPANISH FOR READING II (3). Prerequisite, SPAN 601 or equivalent background in Spanish. Focus on Spanish for the reading knowledge exam for graduate degrees. SPAN 602 satisfies the requirement for most departments. Not for graduate credit for students in the Department of Romance Languages. Spring. Staff.

701 [201] BEGINNINGS OF CASTILIAN HEGEMONY TO 1369 (3). Early medieval romance period (11th century to 1369). The establishment of Castilian hegemony studied through a variety of texts (chronicles, miracles, collections of law and exempla, fueros, epic and lyric poems). Domínguez.

702 [202] THE TRASTAMARA DYNASTY: 1369 TO 1504/1516 (3). The final shaping of Castile, the beginning of nationhood, and American expansion studied through a variety of texts (chronicles, books of chivalry, lyric and narrative poems, sentimental novels and travel narratives). Domínguez.

707 [207] THE HISPANIC FILM: THEORY/CULTURE/LITERATURE (3). A study of Spanish and Spanish American film, with special attention to problems of an aesthetic and ideological nature and to the relationships between literature, culture and film. Polo de Bernabé.

709 [209] NONFICTION PROSE OF THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES (3). An examination of the histories, chronicles and other documents written in Spain and Spanish American, with special emphasis on the literature of exploration. Perelmuter.

710 [210] 19TH-CENTURY SPANISH NOVEL (3). A study of the development of Romanticism, Costumbrismo, Realism and Naturalism, principally through the novels of Gil y Carrasco, Pereda, Valera, Pérez Galdós, Pardo Bazán, Clarín and Blasco Ibañez. Casado.

711 [211] 20TH-CENTURY SPANISH NOVEL TO 1936 (3). Major novelists associated with the Generation of 1898, Modernism, the Generation of 1914 and the Generation of 1927; principally Unamuno, Baroja, Valle-Inclán, Miró, Pérez de Ayala, Gómez de la Serna, Chacel and Sender. Casado.

712 [212] SPANISH CONTEMPORARY NOVEL (3). A study of major novelists from the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to the present time, with emphasis on Ayala, Cela, García Hortelano, Goytisolo, Benet and others. Casado.

714 [214] GOLDEN AGE POETRY (3). Selected poetic works from Garcilaso through Quevedo. Collins.

715 [215] SPANISH POETRY AND DRAMA OF THE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY (3). Study of Spanish dramatists and poets of the period in the context of the 19th-century aesthetics and literary movements such as romanticism, post-romanticism, symbolism and modernism. Polo de Bernabé.

716 [216] CONTEMPORARY LYRIC POETRY (3). Major poets from the Generation of 1927 to the present. Polo de Bernabé.

721 [221] OLD SPANISH I (3). Provides a detailed and comprehensive survey of the Spanish language, tracking its development from its Indo-European ancestors to modern usage and examining its phonology, morpho-syntax, verbal dynamics, lexis and semantics. Binotti.

722 [222] OLD SPANISH II (3). Traces the development of the Spanish language from Latin to the present, focusing upon cultural, literary and historical factors that have contributed to its evolution. Binotti.

725 [225] GOLDEN AGE PROSE (3). The major prose works of the Golden Age, excluding those of Cervantes. Hsu, staff.

737 [237] TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY LITERARY AND CULTURAL THEORY (CMPL 737) (3). Study of major topics in modern theory such as identities, time, space, history, nation, language, text and image, from modernity to postmodernity and beyond. Polo de Bernabé.

738 [238] SPANISH INTELLECTUAL HISTORY (3). The purpose of this course is to acquaint students with the basic ideology (philosophical, aesthetic, religious, political, economic) underlying Spanish peninsular literature from its origins to the end of the 17th century. Binotti.

750 [250] THE 18TH CENTURY IN SPAIN (3). Readings from 18th-century authors in various genres. Casado.

840 [340] SPECIAL READINGS (Var.). (Doctoral students only). Members of the graduate faculty.

993 [393] MASTER'S THESIS (3). Members of the graduate faculty.

994 [394] DOCTORAL DISSERTATION (3). Members of the graduate faculty.

Spanish American

Courses for Graduates and Advanced Undergraduates

620 [120] WOMEN IN HISPANIC LITERATURE (WMST 620) (3). Prerequisites, SPAN 371 or 372, and 373. The image of woman in 16th- and 17th-century Hispanic literature. A study of texts by Spanish and Spanish American authors. Readings in Spanish or in English translation. Lectures in English. Perelmuter.

Courses for Graduates

709 [209] NONFICTION PROSE OF THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES (3). An examination of the histories, chronicles and other documents written in Spain and Spanish America, with special emphasis on the literature of exploration. Perelmuter.

741 [241] THE ESSAY AND SHORT STORY (CMPL 741) (3). Theory and practice of the essay and short story. Topics include masters of the Spanish American and international essay and short story, the evolutions of both genres, gender and cultural studies. Perelmuter, Rivero, González Espitia.

742 [242] POIESIS IN SPANISH AMERICA (3). Theories and practices of literary creation across genres and periods. González Espitia.

743 [243] TOPICS IN SPANISH AMERICAN PERFORMANCE STUDIES (3). A thorough grounding in contemporary plays in the Spanish-speaking Americas. Topics include performing class, ethnicity and gender; parody; staging nations; politics of metatheatre; postmodern agency; and the performance of everyday life. Staff.

744 [244] THE AESTHETICS OF THE BAROQUE IN SPANISH AMERICAN LITERATURE (3). The origin, development and persistence of a baroque aesthetic in Spanish American literature through an examination of diverse theories of baroque and close readings of representative texts. Perelmuter.

745 [245] THE VANGUARDS (CMPL 745) (3). The theory and practice of innovative writing, especially since the 19th century. Topics include the historical Spanish American and Anglo-European vanguards, experimental literature, modernismo's literary rebellion, gender and cultural studies. Rivero, González-Espitia.

746 [246] THE NOVEL IN SPANISH AMERICA (3). The novel to 1960. The course examines Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, Modernism and the new national literatures through such authors as Avellaneda, Blest Gana, Silva, Asturias, Carpentier, Rulfo, Bombal and Vargas Llosa. González-Espitia.

747 [247] THE CONTEMPORARY NOVEL (CMPL 747) (3). The theory and practice of the novel since the 1960s. Topics include the Spanish American "Boom" of the 1960s and 1970s, major international trends and writers, gender and cultural studies. Rivero, González-Espitia.

835 [335] SEMINAR IN SPANISH AMERICAN LITERATURE (3). The focus of this seminar will vary, according to the instructor. Staff.