FREN409
Ancients and Moderns: Studies in 17th-century French Literature Ce cours se propose d’étudier les différentes articulations théâtrales et performatives françaises et francophones du XVIIe siècle, de la France au Canada et St. Domingue. Un moyen important pour la propagation de nouvelles idées (politiques, morales, coloniales, raciales, philosophiques, esthétiques, stylistiques, cosmologiques, médicales, etc.), la production théâtrale […]
ITAL333
Pinocchio & Everything Else Cross-listed with RMST 343 In this course we re-visit Pinocchio, the original educational story for children (the would-be Bildungsroman, if one will) authored in Italian by the Florentine Carlo Collodi (1881 and 1882-83), seeing it in the light of Jiddu Krishnamurti’s critical dictum «It is no measure of health to be […]
RMST419
Translation and Romance Languages Certain themes and challenges recur in translation, whatever the situation and whatever the language pair. This course examines translation in the framework of cross-cultural and multidisciplinary comparisons, with an emphasis on Romance languages. We will look at the history of translation, and analyze translators and interpreters as fictional characters in literature […]
RMST361
This course explores the genealogy of the myth of ‘racial democracy’ through Brazilian literature.
ITAL110
Italian Fashion Cultures Cross-listed with RMST100 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 […]
FREN477
Contemporary Varieties of French This course explores different varieties of French and the societies that speak them. Its main objective is to develop awareness and appreciation of the different varieties of French around the world, situating them in their respective contemporary and historical contexts. Students will expand their knowledge on different issues related to French […]
RMST468
Romance Linguistics This course examines linguistics with an emphasis on the contemporary varieties of the Romance language family. Six main domains of linguistics will be covered: phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics, and sociolinguistics. This will provide a broad understanding of the major similarities and differences between the Romance languages. Although the focus will […]
ITAL430
Great Masters of Italian Cinema After the Neorealist Age Cross-listed with RMST452 This course aims at familiarizing students from diverse backgrounds with master- pieces by some of the most acclaimed Italian film directors from the 1950s to our day. The films studied are classic works which explore and critically delve into (the industry would probably […]
ITAL420
Pinocchio & Everything Else In this course we re-visit Pinocchio, the original educational story for children (the would-be Bildungsroman, if one will) authored in Italian by the Florentine Carlo Collodi (1881 and 1882-83), seeing it in the light of Jiddu Krishnamurti’s critical dictum «It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a […]
RMST355
Neorealism in Italian Cinema from Rossellini to Fellini and Beyond: Neorealist Masters and Their Legacy Does reality matter? Is it subjective – yes … no … to what extent? How do we construe it? Does how we construe reality not depend, to a large extent, on how we represent / (motion)-picture it? (And vice-versa?). Tough, […]