SPAN504B
América Latina Errante: Displacement, Globalization, Melancholy in Latin American Cinema Instructor: Alessandra Santos Language of instruction: Spanish This seminar aims to examine contemporary Latin American cinema under the lens of displacements. We will study the geographical, cultural and subjective dislocations that occur due to economic and political globalization after 1990, migration, (im)mobility, tensions and conflicts that arise […]
RMST372
Topics in Hispanic Literature: Literature as Politics and Protest What are the social and political implications of writing and reading literature? How do literary texts contribute to social change and what is our role, as readers of literature, in that endeavour? How might we read literature as a form of political praxis or activism? What […]
RMST343
Pinocchio & Everything Else Cross-listed with ITAL 333 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 […]
FREN341
Arts, Cultures and Society from Romanticism to the Present Day Rues, Routes et Boulevards: Modern Narratives in French All throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, French literature was undergoing dramatic transformations. Not only was it reflecting the effects of revolutions, wars, and new ways of life, but it was in turn impacting society at its […]
FREN418
African and Caribbean Francophone Literatures Studies in French Postcolonial Literature Notre cours porte sur le rapport de l’idée de Francophonie aux études dites postcoloniales. Quelles sont les tensions entre la donnée institutionnelle, historique de la Francophonie et le cadre théorique postcolonial, par exemple ? Nous aborderons la question de la pertinence de concepts tels que […]
FREN357
French to English Translation Focusing on the main challenges involved in intercultural communication, this course provides a basic introduction to foundations, principles, practical strategies, and methods of translation from French to English for a variety of literary, general, specialized, professional, and creative purposes. We will explore the strategies and tools translators use when faced with […]
RMST302
Theatre and Poetry of the Romance World Renaissance and Baroque Love: Contacts between Plays, Art and Poetry Featuring plays, poems and art from the early modern period (1400-1700), centered on the theme of love and ranging from the Italian Renaissance to the French Great Century, the Spanish and Portuguese Golden Age and Elizabethan England, students […]
RMST201
Introduction to Literatures and Cultures of the Romance World I: Medieval to Early Modern This interdisciplinary course engages with the manifold literary productions of the Romance world from the 13th to the 18th century. We will explore various genres—including poems, travel narratives, essays, plays and performances—coming from or engaging with five continents: Asia, Africa, Europe, North America […]
RMST305
Introduction to Romance Language Cinema: Film Adaptation The history of cinema entails countless literary adaptations. This course will offer a study of films that have been adapted from literary works in French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. We will explore cinematic productions based on visuality, sound, and text/context. We will have the opportunity to survey contexts […]
FREN428
Le cinéma francophone This course introduces students to some of the extensive and diverse production of Francophone cinema. Students will discover Francophone culture through the prism of cinema, a dynamic and sometimes intimate visual art form that permits a glimpse, through the eyes of the filmmaker, into the aspirations and transformations of the French-Speaking world. […]