Introduction to Romance Cultures
From Roma to Nueva Yol: Urban Experiences across Romance Cultures
Which cities organize the Romance Speaking world? How do artists, writers, and thinkers represent these cities and their experiences dwelling in places as different as Montréal, Kinshasa, Buenos Aires, or Rome?
This course explores cities in literature, cinema, music, and other cultural productions in Romance Languages (French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, etc.). With the help of secondary critical texts, we will give special attention to the social, cultural and geographical context of key cities as depicted throughout history. We will examine how artists and storytellers of these various cultural expressions have presented the many roles that cities play and map out in urban daily lives.
Language of instruction: English
Instructor: Dr. Sarah Agou
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Final examination = 30%
Group Project = 15%
Participation, Preparation and Engagement with course materials = 10%
Quizzes (3) = 45%
This information is subject to change.
All the materials will be available on Canvas.