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 develops practical and professional French language skills for use in workplace and organizational settings. It is designed for students who wish to strengthen their communicative competence in French while engaging with authentic professional contexts in the local community. Students will learn to understand and produce a range of workplace-specific discourse, […]
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. […]
SPAN550B
Hispanic Languages, Literatures and Cultures Cultural Cannibalisms: Avant-garde to Decolonial In this interdisciplinary and comparative course, we will study cultural cannibalisms in Latin American literature and culture within a hemispheric and global context. We will examine critical texts and analyze specific literary and art projects, from avant-garde movements to the 21st century, according to a […]
FREN520
Écrire l’utopie en France (18e-19e siècles) Instructor: Joël Castonguay-Bélanger Language of instruction: French Construction imaginaire d’une alternative face aux limites et aux vices du présent, description d’un espace idéal qui se serait développé dans les marges de l’histoire, l’utopie participe à la fois de la quête d’un monde meilleur et de la critique de l’ordre existant. Parce […]