SPAN592
Graduate Proseminar I: Research Skills and Scholarly Practices Cross-listed with FREN592 What is academia? What is research? What can I expect from a graduate program and what does a graduate program expect from me? How do I prepare a grant application, a conference paper, or a journal article? What are the next two years of […]
FREN592
Graduate Proseminar I: Research Skills and Scholarly Practices Cross-listed with SPAN592 What is academia? What is research? What can I expect from a graduate program and what does a graduate program expect from me? How do I prepare a grant application, a conference paper, or a journal article? What are the next two years of […]
SPAN591
Graduate Proseminar I: Research Skills and Scholarly Practices Cross-listed with FREN591 What is academia? What is research? What can I expect from a graduate program and what does a graduate program expect from me? How do I prepare a grant application, a conference paper, or a journal article? What are the next two years of […]
FREN591
Graduate Proseminar I: Research Skills and Scholarly Practices Cross-listed with SPAN591 What is academia? What is research? What can I expect from a graduate program and what does a graduate program expect from me? How do I prepare a grant application, a conference paper, or a journal article? What are the next two years of […]
SPAN590C
Narconarrativas de América Latina Instructor: Jon Beasley-Murray Language of instruction: Spanish Este curso examinará las narrativas asociadas con el narcotráfico y la llamada “guerra” en contra de las drogas en América Latina, sobre todo en Colombia y México. Aprovecharemos de la oportunidad para estudiar la relación entre narrativa y el mercado, representación y violencia, y […]
SPAN470B
Indigeneidad: La identidad indígena en la literatura y la cultura latinoamericanas (siglos XVI-XXI) ¿Cómo se han representado y autorrepresentado los pueblos indígenas a través de la historia cultural de América Latina? ¿Qué estereotipos siguen vigentes y de dónde vienen? Los pueblos indígenas ocupan sin duda un lugar primordial, aunque no siempre reconocido, en lo que […]
SPAN403
History of the Spanish Language Why does Spanish only have five vocalic sounds? Where does the form “vos” used in Argentina come from? Which Spanish words come from Arabic, and Indigenous languages and why? Do you really think that people in Spain pronounce the “z” as “th” because a former king had a lisp? Why […]
FREN442
Cultures of the Francophone World FREN 442 introduces students to Francophone communities that are often less visible or have been traditionally marginalized in the academic curriculum. Geographically this may include communities from Africa, the Americas, East Asia, Europe, the Indian Ocean, the Middle East, and the Pacific. We will analyze a variety of materials (fictional […]
RMST300
History of the Romance Languages This course is an introduction to the historical description and linguistic comparison of Romance languages, from the variants of late-Antiquity spoken Latin to the modern varieties of Romance languages. On the one hand, it offers an overview of the external history of Romance languages, in order to understand how they […]
RMST322
French Literature since the Revolution France endured profound crises during the twentieth century, with the two World Wars scarring its society to its core. From the cultural ebullience of 1913 to the selective amnesia that followed the German occupation, the country would be transformed beyond recognition by its victories and defeats, its resistance and compromises. […]