FREN503A
Studies in Seventeenth-Century French Literature: “La Curiosité Baroque : Asymétrie du Monde, Accumulation de la Matière” Qu’est-ce « le baroque » ? Est-ce simplement un style excessif et exagéré—ou aussi une manière particulière de voir et de percevoir le monde durant l’une des périodes les plus fascinantes, mais aussi plus difficiles, de l’histoire mondiale qui comprend la Révolution Copernicienne […]
ITAL104
Italian for Singers course The 104 Italian for Singers course integrates the study and practice of the Italian contemporary language with the study of Italian lyric diction and musical culture. It includes practice in translation, phonetic transcription and the performance of vocal music. In particular, the purpose of this course is to help students sing […]
FREN409C
Mensonge(s), mariage et mobiles maléfiques [cross-listed with FREN 503A] Dans ce cours, nous étudierons cinq textes dans lesquels les thèmes du mensonge, du mariage et des mobiles maléfiques se manifestent. Ces textes seront examinés dans leurs contextes culturels et historiques et à la lumière des théories de Christian Biet sur le théâtre et en particulier […]
SPAN550F
Tourism, Gender and the Environment in the Spanish Speaking World This course focuses on tourism in the Hispanic Caribbean and in Spain, two areas of the Spanish-speaking world that have attracted a large number of tourists since the 1960s. We will engage with theoretical texts that draw from post-colonial, gender and feminist studies in order […]
ITST231
Love, Sex, and Magic in Premodern Italy [Cross-listed with Italian 303] Make the fears, concerns, and desires of premodern Italy yours through the study of a selection of literary, philosophical, and theological texts that shaped the Italian peninsula, Europe, and the Mediterranean. In this course we will read and discuss excerpts from some of the […]
ITST421H
[Cross-listed with Italian 420H] Cultural Crossings Between Italy and China Over the centuries, crossings between Italy and China have produced the most sustained, and arguably the most influential, strand of cultural texts on East-West borrowings. France and Britain also contributed significantly to European understandings and imagination of modern China. This course examines the evolution of […]
ITST419
From Covid-19 to the Black Death: Pandemics and Epidemics in Italian Literature and Culture This course is mainly concerned with four key pandemics or epidemics impacting Italy, which have inspired literary and cultural outputs of exceptional quality: the Black Death of 1346-1353, the 1629-1631 Italian Plague, the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and the Covid-19 pandemic. In the […]
FREN520D
[cross-listed with FREN 420D] Les rapports entre l’individu et la société dans la littérature française de Corneille à Gide Le theme de ce cours est l’évolution des rapports entre l’individu et la société dans la littérature française de l’âge classique au tournant du vingtième siècle. A propos des deux pieces, il s’agira d’étudier des notions […]
FREN420D
[cross-listed with FREN 520D] Les rapports entre l’individu et la société dans la littérature française de Corneille à Gide Le theme de ce cours est l’évolution des rapports entre l’individu et la société dans la littérature française de l’âge classique au tournant du vingtième siècle. A propos des deux pieces, il s’agira d’étudier des notions […]
FREN101
Beginners’ French I A course based on the A1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference, introducing the French language and Francophone cultures, and opening up their understanding in a worldwide context. With an approach that is communicative and collaborative, and inductive and interactive, the course develops comprehension and the mobilisation of knowledge as savoir-faire. […]