Comparative Romance Linguistics
(also offered as LING 2P94)
Romance languages; their structures, related concepts, differences and mutual influences.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: one of FREN 1F90, GERM 1F90, ITAL 1F90, SPAN 1F90, LING 1F94 or permission of the instructor.
Note: given in English. May be counted as part of a major program in French, Italian or Spanish.
Landscape and Cultural Memory
(also offered as CANA 3F96 and GEOG 3F96)
Field course in Quebec. Readings in literature and geography, exploring the links and reciprocal influences between disciplines. Authors studied may include Louis Hémon, Philippe Aubert de Gaspé, Roger Lemelin.
Restriction: consult the Chair regarding permission to register.
Prerequisite: one of FREN 2F03, CANA 2P91, 2P92 (2F91) or permission of the instructor.
Note: course given in English. French majors complete written assignments and exams in French. CANA students may count this as either Cultural Studies I or II and as a credit related to French Canada.
Translation Studies
Historical and contemporary perspectives on translation theory and practice. Topics may include the role of the translator, comparative/contrastive analysis, intercultural equivalence and interference, problems in literary and technical translations.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: one of FREN 2F03, GERM 2F90 (2F20), ITAL 2F00, SPAN 2P20 and 2P21 (2F00 or 2F10) or permission of the instructor.
Note: given in English. May be counted as part of a major program in French, Italian or Spanish.
The Contemporary Picture Book
Selection of contemporary children's picture books from around the world. Dialogue between text and image. Theory of the picture book.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: one of FREN 2F03, GERM 2F90 (2F20), ITAL 2F00, SPAN 2P20 and 2P21 (2F00 or 2F10) or permission of the instructor.
Note: given in English. May be counted as part of a major program in French, Italian or Spanish.
Medieval Literature and Culture
(also offered as GBLS 3P97)
Literature and culture of the Middle Ages in Europe. Works selected from among poetry, the epic and the romance.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: one of FREN 2F03, GERM 2F90 (2F20), ITAL 2F00, SPAN 2P20 and 2P21 (2F00 or 2F10) or permission of the instructor.
Note: given in English. May be counted as part of a major program in French, Italian or Spanish.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in MLLC 3P91.
Renaissance Literature and Culture
(also offered as GBLS 3P98)
The Renaissance as transcultural phenomenon; historical and geographical parameters; social and political factors in its emergence and development; intellectual and aesthetic foundations as expressed in essential literary texts and essays.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: one of FREN 2F03, GERM 2F90 (2F20), ITAL 2F00, SPAN 2P20 and 2P21 (2F00 or 2F10) or permission of the instructor.
Note: given in English. May be counted as part of a major program in French, Italian or Spanish.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in MLLC 3P92.
Modern Narratives
(also offered as GBLS 3P99)
French, German, Italian and Hispanic 20th-century narrative writing. May include avant-garde, surrealist, existentialist, modernist and postmodernist issues.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: one of FREN 2F03, GERM 2F90 (2F20), ITAL 2F00, SPAN 2P20 and 2P21 (2F00 or 2F10) or permission of the instructor.
Note: given in English. May be counted as part of a major program in French, Italian or Spanish.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in MLLC 3P93.
Cultures
Introduction to textual analysis and interpretation using computational tools and methods to expand the qualitative evidentiary field. Preparation, markup, processing of text using concordancing and full text-retrieval software and interpretation of resultant data.
Restriction: consult the instructor regarding permission to register.
New Comparative Literature: Scribal Text and the Digital Text
Comparative study of selected texts in translation (from among German, Italian, French, and Spanish works) in both scribal and digital forms, including hypertext, examining the ways in which the construction of literary meaning is influenced by the modality of its transmission. Models of meaning derived from modern critical theorists.
Restriction: consult the instructor regarding permission to register.
History of Romance Languages
Formation and evolution of the Romance languages from their origins to the present day. Factors affecting language change: internal history (sounds and inflection) and external forces (politics, society, thought).
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: MLLC 2P94; one of FREN 2F00, ITAL 2F00, SPAN 2P20 and 2P21 (2F00 or 2F10) or permission of the instructor.
Note: given in English. May be counted as part of a major program in French, Italian or Spanish.