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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. A study of major movements and major dramatists from Giraudoux and Sartre to the theater of the absurd and its aftermath.
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A historical appreciation of the impact of the exploration, colonization, and immigration of other peoples on French national consciousness, from the 16th century to the present. Emphasis is on the role of the Other in fostering critiques of French culture and society. Readings include travel literature, anthropological treatises, novels, and historical documents. Oral presentations and several short papers are included in the course.
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Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. A brief introduction about the stages of French colonialism and its continuing political and cultural consequences, and then reading in various major works -- novels, plays, poems -- in French by authors from Quebec, the Caribbean, Africa (including the Maghreb), etc. Of interest to majors in International Relations, Anthropology and African Studies as well as majors in French.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Taught in English. This course will take the form of an introductory seminar designed to provide undergraduate students an overview of significant themes and issues focusing on the historical, political and cultural relationships between Africans and their descendants abroad. It will encompass: a review of different historical periods and geographical locations, from Ancient Egypt to modern American, Caribbean and African states; a critical evaluation of social movements and theories that have developed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries among scholars of different origins in their attempt to reconstruct Africa as a center and the Diaspora as a specific cultural space; and, an exploration of representations of Africa and the Diaspora in canonical literary works and other forms of fiction like the visual arts.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. This course will introduce students to the literature of the French-speaking Caribbean (West Indian Literature) in the context of literary history and modern culture. Select works will be examined individually and in relation to each other. We will explore the themes that link these works, comparisons and contrasts in literary techniques, and approaches to language.
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3.00 Credits
Topics vary from semester to semester.
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3.00 Credits
See instructor for permission.
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3.00 Credits
Independent Study
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3.00 Credits
Staff. This course develops elementary skills in reading, speaking, understanding and writing the Russian language. We will work with an exciting range of authentic written materials, the Internet, videos and recordings relating to the dynamic scene of Russia today. At the end of the course students will be comfortable with the Russian alphabet and will be able to read simplified literary, commercial, and other types of texts (signs, menus, short news articles, short stories) and participate in elementary conversations about daily life (who you are, what you do every day, where you are from, likes and dislikes).
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Prerequisite(s): RUSS 001 or equivalent. Continuation of RUSS001. Further work developing basic language skills using exciting authentic materials about life in present-day Russia. At the conclusion of the course, students will be prepared to negotiate most basic communication needs in Russia (getting around town, ordering a meal, buying goods and services, polite conversation about topics of interest) and to comprehend most texts and spoken material at a basic level.
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