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This course studies selected plays of Corneille, Moliere, Racine, Marivaux and Beaumarchais. It will examine dramatic theory and the characteristics of Classical and Baroque theatre, as well as the cultural milieu and arts in 17th- and 18th-century France. Also offered through European Studies.
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This course focuses on the novels in the major movements of 19th-century French literature: Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism. It examines literary texts not only as works of art, but also in relation to the social and political contexts out of which they grew. Course content may vary from time to time, but emphasis is on Chateaubriand, Balzac, Stendhal, Flaubert and Zola. Also offered through European Studies.
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An overview of the literature of the Spanish people. Readings from the major periods, from the earliest literature to the present. Authors studied include Cervantes, Calderón, Federico Garcìa Lorcaand Carmen Martín Gaite. The works are treated as representative, thematically and aesthetically, of their respective ages and the traditions of their genre. Also offered through European Studies.
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Intensive study of a specific topic: an author, a literary movement or an individual work. The topic changes each semester and is announced prior to registration. Open to seniors and advanced students.
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The topic changes and is announced prior to registration. Also offered through European Studies.
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4.00 Credits
This course offers the opportunity to study and appreciate the contribution to literature and thought, including feminist theory, by women writers from France and French-speaking countries. Works by writers such as George Sand, Colette, Beauvoir, Weil, Djebar and Condé are considered, along with films by Varda, Denis and others. Also offered through European Studies.
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After the Franco regime (1939-1975), Spaniards began to explore and question cultural, historical and sexual identity. This course examines post-totalitarian Spanish literature, arts and popular culture made possible by the political transition to democracy. The aim is to use the theoretic framework of cultural studies as a means of understanding contemporary Spanish culture. Materials analyzed include films, television programs and commercials, novels, short stories, magazines and popular songs. Also offered through Film Studies and European Studies.
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From the classic song "Guantanamera" to the recent "Los Hijos dlas Piedras" (Marwan), intersections between poetry and music in Spain and Latin America have been enriching, stimulating and renovating for both arts. These innovative collaborations also represent powerful ethical commitments to ongoing social struggles. This course studies important works of social poetry and music in relation to the sociohistorical moments in which they were produced. Students read and write poems or songs which they perform publicly, after practicing extensively in class, in the Poetry for Peace reading series on campus.
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4.00 Credits
A study of 20th-century literature in Hispanic America as well as in the United States from diverse genres that include poetry, prose fiction, theater and testimonial works. Authors read usually include Rubén Darío, Gabriel García Márquez, Pablo NerudRosario Ferré and Gloria Anzaldúa, among others . Also offeredthrough Caribbean and Latin American Studies.
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Indigenous oral traditions and texts from the period prior to the arrival of the Europeans are examined, as are works from the colonial period to the present. Authors studied from the colonial period include Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Bartolomé de las Casas andSor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Contemporary authors include Borges, García Márquez, Allende and Rigoberta Mench? ? Also offerethrough Caribbean and Latin American Studies.
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