FREN416A

FREN416A

Le roman français moderne et contemporain

Ce cours se donnera pour but d’étudier des romans écrits par certains des écrivains les plus importants du XXe siècle. On étudiera l’esthétique du roman et le développement des techniques narratives de la fiction moderne et contemporaine. Les oeuvres étudiées seront situées dans leur contexte historique, mais l’emphase sera sur les thèmes de l’enfance et de la jeunesse, de l’aliénation, de l’authenticité et de la mémoire.

Required texts
Proust, Combray
Sartre, La Nausée
Camus, Le Premier Homme
Simon, Le Tramway

Prerequisite: One of FREN 320, FREN 321, FREN 328, FREN 329 or FREN 330

Language of Instruction: French

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FREN351

Phonétique corrective

Ce cours abordera quelques “savoirs” théoriques de la phonétique française, mais se concentrera surtout sur des “savoir-faire”; il a pour but principal d’améliorer la compétence orale des étudiants dans son ensemble, c’est-à-dire autant du point de vue de la production que de la compréhension.

Les étudiants travailleront la prononciation, l’intonation et le rythme à travers différents types d’exercices (pratique de la transcription phonétique de prose et de poésie, exercices de prononciation et d’intonation, lecture expressive). Ils seront également exposés à des documents sonores authentiques qui leur permettront de mieux apprécier et comprendre l’oral spontané dans toute sa variété.

Matériel de référence
Recueil de photocopies (notes de cours et exercices).
UBC-Blog: “Modules d’aide à la compréhension orale”.
Laboratoire de phonétique en ligne (Université Laval).

Travaux des étudiants
Les devoirs écrits correspondent à différents types de transcription: la transcription en alphabet phonétique international [API] “basique”, la transcription API “améliorée” (avec notation de l’accentuation et des groupes rythmiques), la transcription orthographique de documents sonores authentiques.
Les examens écrits comprendront des exercices de transcription et des questions de cours.
L’examen final oral comprendra un exercice de lecture à haute voix de différents types de documents.

Évaluation

Participation aux travaux pratiques  15%
3 devoirs à la maison  30%
examen écrit de mi-semestre  15%
examen final écrit  20%
examen final oral  20%


Prerequisite:  One of FREN 220, FREN 221 or FREN 223

Language of Instruction: French

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SPAN504C

Cine y fotografía documental en la España contemporánea

Instructor: Anna Casas Aguilar
Language of instruction: Spanish

En este seminario discutiremos eventos centrales de la historia contemporánea de España, empezando con la Guerra Civil y la dictadura de Franco, así como eventos recientes relacionados con la política, la crisis económica de 2008 y de la pandemia de 2020, a través del análisis de varios documentales y proyectos fotográficos. Exploraremos la memoria histórica, las transformaciones de género, el lugar de la inmigración en el imaginario del país y la importancia de las identidades regionales y nacionales y cómo se han presentado en el cine y la fotografía documental. Las películas primarias y los documentos fotográficos se interpretarán en relación con extractos teóricos que tratan sobre la verdad y la representación de críticos como Joan Fontcuberta y de textos teóricos canónicos de Roland Barthes y Susan Sontag, entre otros. También consideraremos el impacto de las nuevas tecnologías y las cuestiones éticas en torno a la manipulación, reproducción y transmisión de imágenes y películas en una era digital en particular, pero no exclusivamente, en el contexto español.

Elementos primarios:

Balsells, David and Jorge Ribalta. Joan Colom: yo hago la calle. Fotografías 1957-2010. Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, 2014.
Centelles, Agustí, and Julio Llamazares. Agustí Centelles. La Fábrica, 2006.
Centelles, Agustí. Agustí Centelles: La maleta del fotógrafo. Península, 2009.
Centelles, Agustí. Diario de un fotógrafo. Península, 2009.
Francesc Català Roca. Una mirada necesaria. La fábrica, 2012.
Javierre-Kohan, Mark, i Jesús Martinez. BCN Tourists. Barcelona: Carena, 2012.
Javierre-Kohan, Mark. Tourist Walk. La Rambla. Barcelona: Verkami, 2013.
Robert Capa. https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/robert-capa?all/all/all/all/0

Archivo histórico del NODO. http://www.rtve.es/filmoteca/no-do/
Biblioteca Digital Hispánica- Biblioteca Nacional de España: http://www.bne.es/es/Catalogos/BibliotecaDigitalHispanica/Inicio/index.html
Catálogo del diario ABC: https://www.abc.es/especiales/guerra-civil/fotos.asp
Colita. http://www.colitafotografia.com/
Javier Miserachs. http://www.miserachs.com/

Caudillo. Dir. Basilio Martín Patino, 1975.
Ciutat Morta. Dir. Javier Artigas y Xapo Ortega, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyGbIfV0paw
La pelota vasca. La piel contra la piedra. Dir. Julio Médem, 2003.
Nedar. Dir. Carla Subirana, 2008. https://vimeo.com/40849390
Operación Palace. Dir. Jordi Évole, 2014. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1d6xpi

Textos críticos/teóricos:

Delgado, Manuel. La ciudad mentirosa: Fraude y miseria del ‘Modelo Barcelona’. Madrid: Los Libros de la Catarata, 2007.
Fontcuberta, Joan. El beso de Judas: fotografía y verdad. Gustavo Gili, 1997.
Fontcuberta, Joan. La cámara de Pandora. Gustavo Gil, 2015.
Graham, Helen. The Spanish Civil War. A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2005.
Keller, Patricia M. Ghostly Landscapes: Film, Photography, and the Aesthetics of Haunting in Contemporary Spanish Culture. University of Toronto Press, 2016.
Nichols, Bill.  Introduction to Documentary. Indiana University Press, 2007.
Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida. Hill and Wang, 2010.
Rosenstone, Robert A. History on Film/Film on History. Pearson, 2012.
Sontag, Susan. On Photography. Anchor Books, 1990.

SPAN404B

From World to Screen: A Survey of Latin American Cinema

A survey of Latin American cinema, analyzed within historical, social, political, and cultural contexts. We will study aesthetic and social forms, questions of identity, women liberation movements, the Cuban Revolution, violence in contemporary Mexican society among other themes. Given the vast production of the region, we are going to focus mainly on films from Cuba and Mexico as well as Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela and the Latin American and Caribbean diasporas in United States. Our objective is to discuss the relevance of each film using the theoretical tools of Cinema Studies, Cultural Studies, History, and Sociology.

Prerequisites: SPAN 221; and SPAN 301 or equivalent expertise in written and spoken Spanish.

Language of Instruction: Spanish

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 en plein essor, la découverte du monde et de l’univers, les voyages transocéaniens, la colonisation, l’esclavage, les guerres de religion, l’émergence de nouvelles technologies (microscope, télescope) ainsi que l’élaboration de nouvelles conceptions de l’être humain. L’écrivain cubain José Lezama Lima a appelé l’accumulation du savoir et des styles hétéroclites qui caractérisent le XVIIe siècle—et qui unissent l’apprentissage fervent des langues (naturelles et artificielles), l’exploration scientifique et l’élaboration nouvelle des styles poétiques—« curiosité baroque ». Ainsi étudierons-nous le baroque comme un processus qui unit les différents domaines de la vie humaine, allant des émotions à la rationalité, du microcosme au macrocosme, de l’environnement au « je ne sais quoi ».

Ce cours se propose d’étudier le baroque comme un phénomène interdisciplinaire (littérature, musique, peinture, architecture) et global. Allant du baroque au néobaroque, ce cours étudie le baroque à travers les arts et les sciences (astronomie, mathématique, physique, chimie), de la France aux Amériques. Nous interrogerons, entre autres, le concept du « monstrueux » et de l’ineffable, la fascination avec le songe et le pli, le désir de l’ambiguïté entre être et paraître ainsi que les modes de dissimuler ou les stratégies d’exhiber l’excès. Nous lirons, entre autres, Nicolas Boileau, Dominique Bouhours, Pierre Corneille, René Descartes, Luís de Góngora, Marie de Gournay, Marie de l’Incarnation, Sor Juana, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Giambattista Marino, Molière, Jean Racine, Madeleine de Scudéry.

Instructor: Katharina Piechocki

Language of instruction: French

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Readings

All the readings for this course will be posted on Canvas, with the exception of these two books. Please purchase them prior to our class (they are also available at the UBC Bookstore):

  • Corneille, Pierre: L'Illusion comique
    ISBN: 9782070413096
  • Racine, Jean: Phèdre
    ISBN: 9782070466665

Fricciones

Gabriel Saldías Rossel  — 

Fricciones is a collection of short stories published by Editorial Nadar in Chile, 2017. All the short stories present in the volume revolve, as its title suggests, around the idea of uncomfortable contact. Written with a caustic prose filled with black humor, irony and detachment, the nightmarish scenarios presented in these short stories joyfully play with the painful past and the disappointment for the future of Chile and Latin America, mocking and lamenting, at the same time, the unavoidable misery brought about by the human experience presented in its pages.

 

Gabriel Saldías Rossel, Fricciones, Nadar, 2017.

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 accurately and expressively in Italian, enhance their comprehension of Italian language, develop basic translation skills in Italian, use basic speaking skills to communicate in structured, real-life situations, in contemporary Italian and recall and describe famous Italian opera or art songs.

To achieve these learning goals students will be introduced to principles of Italian lyric diction and asked to work on their knowledge of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as a means of presenting and reinforcing the “sonic vocabulary” of the language.

In-class and out-of-class activities will help students refine their awareness of vocal articulators and their effect on speech sounds and the singing tone: the proper pronounciation of vowels, consonants, double consonants, stress patterns and intonations will be explained and practiced. Mores specifically, the elements of Italian lyric diction will be presented in ways that stress their connection to the meaning, color, and expressive power of the words.  Accordingly, the course will review some the rudiments of grammar and vocabulary that singers need in order to translate Italian texts.

In this highly participatory course students are expected to engage in the many in-class activities, such as role-plays, discussions, group works as well as individual performances of the songs in the repertoire as a way to provide individual opportunity to perform and to listen to other students’ performances.

Evaluation Methods include regular attendance and active participation in all class activities, 2 performances of Italian songs or arias, short quizzes to measure students’ achievement in form acquisition, function and usage, vocabulary, listening and reading, readings and online practice exercises to test vocabulary and grammatical structures. A final exam and final performance are also part of overall evaluation methods.

Required Text:
1. F. Italiano, I. Marchegiani, (2014), Percorsi, Vol. 2, Customized edition, Pearson. Available at UBC bookstore AND online;

2. A Handbook of Diction for Singers, D.Adams

Other instructional materials:

On-line modules on Canvas

Prerequisite: Italian 101 or equivalent proficiency in Italian.

Students who have some knowledge of Italian but do not have formal accreditation, are required to take a computerized assessment of their proficiency.

Please send an e-mail to Luisa Canuto at luisa.canuto@ ubc.ca for information on how to complete the assessment.

Language of instruction: Italian

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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 sur la tragédie. Nous tiendrons compte également des idées de Biet sur le mythe de Dom Juan et de la lecture du Dom Juan que fait Antony McKenna.

Textes :

Pierre Corneille, Le Menteur (Folio Théâtre)

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit Molière, Dom Juan (Bordas-Univers des Lettres)

Molière, L’Ecole des femmes (Folio Théâtre)

Racine, Britannicus (Bordas-Univers des Lettres)

Textes théoriques :

Christian Biet, La tragédie

Christian Biet, Mille et une versions d’un mythe

Antony McKenna, Molière dramaturge libertin

 

Prerequisite: One of FREN 320, FREN 321, FREN 330.


Langue d’enseignement: français

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The Mirror in Medieval and Early Modern Culture. Specular Reflections

cover_mirror-in-modern-cultureNancy Frelick (ed.)  — 
This volume examines the intersections between material and metaphorical mirrors in medieval and early modern culture.

Mirrors have always fascinated humankind. They collapse ordinary distinctions, making visible what is normally invisible, and promising access to hidden realities. Yet, these liminal objects also point to the limitations of human perception, knowledge, and wisdom. In this interdisciplinary volume, specialists in medieval and early modern science, cultural and political history, as well as art history, philosophy, and literature come together to explore the intersections between material and metaphysical mirrors in Europe and the Islamic world.

During the time periods studied here, various technologies were transforming the looking glass as an optical device, scientific instrument, and aesthetic object, making it clearer and more readily available, though it remained a rare and precious commodity. While technical innovations spawned new discoveries and ways of seeing, belief systems were slower to change, as expressed in the natural sciences, mystical writings, literature, and visual culture.

Mirror metaphors based on analogies established in the ancient world still retained significant power and authority, perhaps especially when related to Aristotelian science, the medieval speculum tradition, religious iconography, secular imagery, Renaissance Neoplatonism, or spectacular Baroque engineering, artistry, and self-fashioning. Mirror effects created through myths, metaphors, rhetorical strategies, or other devices could invite self-contemplation and evoke abstract or paradoxical concepts. Whether faithful or deforming, specular reflections often turn out to be ambivalent and contradictory: sometimes sources of illusion, sometimes reflections of divine truth, mirrors compel us to question the very nature of representation.

N. Frelick (ed.). The Mirror in Medieval and Early Modern Culture. Specular Reflections. Turnhout: Brepols, 2016.
ISBN: 978-2-503-56454-8

 

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 to examine images of tourists and locals in autobiographical works, novels, films, photographs, publicity posters as well as government and social initiatives in Spain, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica. We will examine how filmmakers, writers, tourist authorities and politicians have portrayed and debated the consequences of tourism—including such themes as sex tourism, environmental change, landscape transformation and the ethics of tourism—in several countries. The course explores how gender, national and racial stereotypes, economic and cultural differences are constructed and questioned in literature, photography and film and how tourism is central in reinforcing and challenging national and regional identities in numerous Spanish-speaking countries.

Primary sources:
Bustamante, Lissette. Jineteras. Barcelona: Altera, 2003.
Chaviano, Daína. El hombre, la hembra y el hambre. Barcelona: Planeta, 1998.
Consuegra, Olga. La noche parió una jinetera. Valencia: Aduana Vieja Editorial, 2010.
Díaz, Jesús. Dime algo sobre Cuba. Madrid: Espasa, 1998.
Fraga Iribarne, Fraga. Memoria breve de una vida política. Barcelona: Planeta, 1980.
Franco, Francisco. Discursos y mensajes del jefe del estado. Madrid: Dirección General de Información Publicaciones Españolas, 1955.
Goytisolo, Juan. Reivindicación del conde don Julián. Barcelona: Seix Barral, 1976.
Umbral, Francisco. Las europeas. Barcelona: Ediciones G.P., 1974.
Valdés, Zoé. “Retrato de una infancia habanaviejera.” In Nuevos narradores cubanos. Ed. Mechi Strausfeld. Huertas: Siruela, 2000. 17-24.

Films and Photography:
Balletbò-Coll, Marta. Costa Brava  (1995, Film)
Bigas Luna. Huevos de oro  (1993, Film)
Cárdenas, Israel, and Laura Amelia Guzmán. Dólares de arena (2014, Film)
Chibás Fernández, Eduardo. Bye, bye Barcelona (2014, Film)
García Berlanga, Luis. El verdugo  (1963, Film)
Javierre-Kohan, Mark, and Jesús Martinez. Lloret Paradise. Barcelona: Carena, 2014.

Critial Sources:
Berger, Dina, and Andrew G. Wood. Holiday in Mexico: Critical Reflections on Tourism and Tourist Encounters. Durham: Duke University Press, 2010.
Cabezas, Amalia L. Economies of Desire: Sex and Tourism in Cuba and the Dominican Republic. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009.
Cave, Jenny  and Lee Jolliffe and Tom Baum. Tourism and Souvenirs: Glocal Perspectives from the Margins. New York: Channel View Publications, 2013.
Crumbaugh, Justin. Destination Dictatorship: The Spectacle of Spainʼs Tourist Boom and the Reinvention of Difference. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2009.
Grosz, Elizabeth. Volatile Bodies. Toward a Corporeal Feminism. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1994.
Robinson, Mike, and David Picard. The Framed World: Tourism, Tourists and Photography. Farnham: Ashgate, 2009.
Talpade Mohanty, Chandra. Feminism without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity. Durham: Duke University Press, 2003.
Williams, Brackette. Women Out of Place: The Gender of Agency and the Role of Nationality. New York: Routledge, 1996.

Language of instruction: Spanish

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