RMST470A
Afro-Latinidad Cross-listed with LAST425 What does it mean to be Black in Latin America? Who gets counted, who gets erased — and why? These questions are at the heart of this interdisciplinary course, which traces the African diaspora to the Americas across history, literature, politics, and cultural expressions. From the brutal architecture of slavery to […]
RMST307
Myths, Legends and Tales in Romance Literatures and Cultures Myths, Mirrors, and Metamorphoses: Narcissus and Echo in Medieval and early modern Romance Literatures and Cultures Most people today have heard of narcissism. Yet, how many of us really know the original story of Narcissus and Echo, or its various adaptations by Medieval and early modern […]
RMST270
Introduction to Hispanic Cultures This course offers an engaging survey of cultural texts from Latin America and Spain, drawing on literature, film, visual arts, and music to explore how Hispanic cultures shape history and society. Moving across thematic and social contexts, we will examine the broad cultural and transnational dynamics that connect, divide, and define […]
RMST348
Italian Mafia Movies The image of the Godfather as embodied by actors Marlon Brando and Al Pacino from the 1972 American movie is iconic in contemporary popular culture. An enduring association of the mafia with Italy permeates Western culture. Both Italians and non-Italians have impassioned responses to this prevailing cultural stereotype. Individual opinions and feelings […]
RMST344
Cultural Exchange between Modern Italy and China Key moments and texts about intercultural exchange between Italy and China since the beginning of the twentieth century in their social, historical, and political contexts. Credit can only be applied for one of ITAL_V 377, ITST_V 377 or RMST_V 344. Equivalency: ITAL_V 377 or ITST_V 377. Language of […]
RMST243
Italian Fashion Cultures In 2022, Italy’s newly-elected, right-wing prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, re-named a previous trade ministry as the “Ministry for Business and Made in Italy,” thereby invoking a key marker of Italian commercial, group, and cultural identity. Since the end of the WWII, the garment and accessories sector has been traditionally recognized as a […]
RMST440A
Special Topics in Italian Language, Literature and Culture The Italian Baroque What is “the Baroque”? Do we now live in Baroque times? And, if so, what would that mean? The Baroque is often reduced to—or dismissed as—an odd style: it’s excessive and exaggerated. And yet, the Baroque is so much more. In this course, we […]
RMST326
Francophone Indigenous Literatures in Dialogue This course takes a comparative approach to explore the work of Indigenous writers, filmmakers and artists in Quebec and BC who engage with the impact of resource extraction on their lands. We will examine how hydro development in particular, often perceived as a form of sustainable energy, is also an […]
RMST317
Introduction to Translation Theories This course introduces some of the major concepts in translation theory, and focuses on their application to translation practice as well as their limitations in the framework of cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary comparisons. It deals with issues of equivalence, formal properties of texts as objects for analysis at linguistic, semantic, discourse, and […]
RMST350C
Tending the Renaissance of the World Soul: Byzantium in Italy and the Humanist Dream Early in the fifteenth century it became painfully obvious that the scattered remains of what had once been glorious Byzantium were sitting on the edge of a historical abyss: it was simply a matter of time before the Ottoman Turks would […]