Catalan Language and Culture
Benvinguts! This course introduces students to Catalan language and culture. It seeks to foster students’ linguistic, communicative and cultural competence in Catalan while exposing them to the main sociocultural aspects of the Catalan-speaking regions of Spain.
Required texts:
Mas, Marta i altres. Veus 1. Llibre de l’alumne. Barcelona: Publicacions de l’Abadia de Montserrat, 2009.
Mas, Marta i altres. Veus 1. Llibre d’exercicis i gramàtica. Barcelona: Publicacions de l’Abadia de Montserrat, 2009.
Eaude, Michael. Catalonia: A Cultural History. New York: Oxford UP, 200
Recommended texts:
Keown, Dominic. A Companion to Catalan Culture. Tamesis, 2011.
A Catalan-English dictionary is also recommended. (Larousse Editorial, Pompeu Fabra or from the Enciclopèdia Catalana).
Prerequisite: None
Language of Instruction: English