SPAN590B
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 […]
SPAN312A
From Dictators to Detectives: Latin American Literature of the 20th and 21st Centuries SPAN312 is an introduction to key Latin American literary texts of the 20th and 21st centuries in relation to their authors and the social, political, and cultural contexts in which they were produced. In particular, we consider how literature critiques, indexes, and contests […]
RMST221B
Animal Reading What does it mean to be an animal? To be a human? And what does reading have to do with anything? Animal studies and the environmental humanities are ideas that are increasingly familiar to 21st-century readers; viewed here through the lens of some of the finest and most intriguing Medieval and Renaissance literary […]
ITST432
Love and Sex in Italian Cinema Italy, cinema, and romantic love are closely associated concepts for many people. William Wyler’s wildly popular film Roman Holiday (1953) stands as a powerful testament to this perception. What does Italian cinema say about this subject? This course will explore nuances of love, sex, desire, and eroticism in Italian […]
ITST232B
Food Cultures and Italy Italy is world-renowned for its food cultures and Italians put great care into food preparation, consumption, and appreciation. It’s no wonder that Italian food-related themes permeate the country’s cultural life and beyond. This course will examine representations of Italian or Italian-derived foodways and the role they play in articulating larger issues […]
FREN420T
Les imaginaires de Paris For centuries, Paris has inspired artists, novelists, film directors and poets. Study the history of the French capital through some of its most significant fictional representations. Required readings: TBA Suggested readings: TBA Prerequisite:One of FREN 320, FREN 321, FREN 328, FREN 329, FREN 330 Language of Instruction: French Course Registration
FREN419A
Écrits de femmes (Studies in Women’s Writing) Dans ce cours, nous examinerons un éventail de textes écrits par des femmes à travers les siècles (des récits allégoriques du Moyen Âge jusqu’au théâtre du dix-neuvième siècle) en nous penchant particulièrement sur la représentation des femmes et de l’écriture, ainsi que la réception de ces textes par […]
FREN346
French at Work This course provides learners functional and communicative linguistic skills to be able to work in a French speaking environment. The course presents grammar in context and terminology and will introduce the learners to cultural aspects related to business in the French speaking world. This course will encourage an interactive team work structure […]
FREN328B
Mémoires d’avenir Ce cours se veut une étude de la tension entre le contexte historique de la modernité postcoloniale et la représentation fictive d’un avenir radicalement différent, souvent imprévisible et potentiellement libérateur. Nous lirons ensemble trois ouvrages d’auteurs de la Martinique, de la Côte d’Ivoire et du Cameroun. Nous discuterons de problèmes sociaux, politiques, économiques […]
FREN418K
Francophonie or Postcolonial Studies? Francophonie hides more than it reveals, is this why we need to approach the subject via the Postcolonial Studies framework? This course develops around a conceptual toolkit (universalism, hybridity, feminisms, diglossia, transnationalism, etc.) to get a better understanding of vision and division around language, identity, memory, national imaginary, and so forth. […]