Modern Languages
FALL 2014
FRENCH
SPANISH
1 Elementary French
Kristen Terry MWF 9:15-10:20 T 9:45-10:50
This class is designed to introduce students to the rich tradition
of the French novel. We will trace the evolution of the French
novel from 1700 to the present day, while focusing on key reading and analytic techniques. In addition to the four full-length
novels we will also read a variety of excerpts. All readings are
in French.
1 Elementary Spanish
Cliff Escobedo MWF 8:00-9:05 Th 8:30-9:35
2-01 Continuing Elementary Spanish
Jane Dilworth MWF 8:00-9:05 Th 8:30-9:35
2-02 Continuing Elementary Spanish
Kelly DeBarr MWF 2:45-3:50 T 3:30-4:35
3-01 Intermediate Spanish
Jilynnette Centeno-Millan MWF 10:30-11:35 Th 9:45-10:50
3-02 Intermediate Spanish
Rubina Darakjian MWF 9:15-10:20 T 9:45-10:50
3-03 Intermediate Spanish
Kelly DeBarr MWF 4:00-5:05 T 4:45-5:50
3-04 Intermediate Spanish
Jilynnette Centeno-Millan TTh 7:00-9:00
4 Continuing Intermediate Spanish
Rubina Darakjian MWF 8:00-9:05 T 8:30-9:35
6 Spanish Conversation (.25)
Maria Luisa Ruiz M 1:00-2:05
9 Spanish for Spanish Speakers
Alvaro Ramirez MWF 10:30-11:35 Th 10:15-11:20
10 Spanish Conversation-Composition
Maria Luisa Ruiz MWF 10:30-11:35 T 11:30-12:35
11 Introduction to Literature
Alvaro Ramirez MWF 11:45-12:50 Th 11:30-12:35
GERMAN
101 Advanced Spanish Syntax & Composition
Frances Sweeney MWF 10:30-11:35
3 Intermediate French
Jane Dilworth MWF 9:15-10:20 Th 9:45-10:50
10 French Conversation-Composition
Catherine Marachi MWF 10:30-11:35 T 11:30-12:35
15 Phonetics
Helga Lenart-Cheng T 1:15-2:20
101 Advanced French Syntax & Composition
Catherine Marachi MWF 11:45-12:50
Required class for all French Majors and Minors. It is also the
“Writing in the Discipline” designated French course. It focuses
on essential aspects of French syntax and on developing composition skills. Translation techniques and analysis of short
model texts serve as means of improving self-expression and
written communication.
130 French Novel
Helga Lenart-Cheng MF 1:00-2:40
1 Elementary German
Helga Lenart-Cheng MWF 11:45-12:50 T 11:30-12:35
3 Intermediate German
Caralinda Lee MWF 2:45-3:50 Th 3:00-4:05
ITALIAN
1 Elementary Italian
Irene Pasqualini MWF 11:45-12:50 Th TBA
3 Intermediate Italian
Maria Grazia De Angelis MWF 10:30-11:35 Th TBA
Students review essential aspects of Spanish syntax to advance written
proficiency in the discipline. Written expression is enhanced through
vocabulary-building activities, and students are guided through the stages
of creative and academic writing using literary models as the point of departure. Students develop their own “voice” in Spanish, mindful of style,
thematic ideas, point of view, audience, tone and register, description,
character development, and narration.
103 Spanish Linguistics
Lori Spicher TTh 8:00-9:35
This course will familiarize students with the science of linguistics through
an exploration of the rich history and modern variations of the Spanish language. Areas of investigation include phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, lexicon, bilingualism, dialectology, and language change.
6 Italian Conversation (.25)
Maria Grazia De Angelis M 1:35-2:40
130 Mexican Cinema
Alvaro Ramirez MWF 4:00-5:05
21 Intensive Elementary Italian
Maria Grazia De Angelis MWF 11:45-12:50 T 11:30-12:35
Students will study Mexican films, which are emblematic of the sociopolitical
changes that have radically transformed Mexican society in the last half of
the 20th Century. Our analysis will concentrate on the ways in which a
monolithic Mexican identity was invented in the early years of the Golden
Age of Mexican cinema, and how this identity would come to be contested
and redefined in films such as Rojo amanecer, Esmeralda, de noche vienes,
Danzón, La ley de Herodes, Amores Perros, Todo el poder, Y tu mamá también,
and Amarte duele. These films represent a Mexico where gender, political,
historical, and cultural myths are explored in order to define a Mexican
identity that is multicultural and which does not shy away from the consequences of a globalized world. The course will be taught in Spanish.
106 Italian Advanced Conversation (.25)
Irene Pasqualini M 1:00-2:05
JAPANESE
1 Elementary Japanese
Naoko Uehara MWF 10:30-11:35 T 9:45-10:50
3 Intermediate Japanese
Naoko Uehara MWF 11:45-12:50 T 11:30-12:35
6 Japanese Conversation (.25)
Naoko Uehara T 1:15-2:50
MANDARIN
3 Intermediate Mandarin
Vivian Zhang TTh 7:00-9:00
140 Latin American Literature I
Maria Luisa Ruiz MWF 2:45-3:50
An advanced literature survey course that intends to address questions
relating to the development of Latin America’s social, cultural and literary
history. Students will read a wide range of genres and representative authors
of Spanish-speaking America and identify and discuss themes such as
political, social and historical dimension of literature and its role in the development “identities”; its colonial legacy; and the place race, class, and
gender hold in its construction. Course taught in Spanish.
Cross-listed with Women’s and Gender Studies/Meets Global Perspectives
designation for Core Curriculum