Foreign Languages and Literatures

French, FREN = 0131

5016-5026. French for Graduate Research. 3 hours each. French readings and related grammar designed to prepare graduate students for reading examination and to acquaint them with the language as a research tool. No prior knowledge of French is required. Evaluation on a pass/no pass basis.

5050. French Literature of the Seventeenth Century. 3 hours. The 17th-century French theatre, with emphasis on Corneille, Racine and Molière.

5120. French Civilization. 3 hours. A history of French civilization from the origins to World War II, including art history, music history, literary movements and social issues; or a survey of contemporary French society, including institutions, the value system and current issues in France. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

5150. Seminar in French. 3 hours. Topics include a) practicum in teaching college level French (open only to departmental teaching fellows) and b) theory of teaching methodology and language acquisition in French (open to all graduate students). May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

5200. Seminar in French. 3 hours. Topics taught include the 20th-century French novel; the 20th-century French theatre; selected readings in 18th-century literature; selected French writers of the 19th century, such as Hugo, Balzac, Stendhal, Baudelaire and Flaubert; and French Renaissance literature, advanced grammar and advanced civilization and culture. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

5300. French Linguistics. 3 hours. Covers a particular aspect of French linguistics, such as advanced French grammar, phonology, or morphology and syntax. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

5350. Theory and Analysis of Literary Texts. 3 hours. Study of major essays on semiology and literary theory by French structuralist and post-structuralists. Focus on methods of literary analysis applied to representative prose/poetry of French classics. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

5500. Nineteenth-Century French Poetry. 3 hours. Study and analysis of the major schools of French poetry of the nineteenth century, including the works of the Romantics Lamartine, Vigny, Hugo and Musset; the Parnassians Gautier and Leconte de Lisle; and the Symbolists Baudelaire, Verlaine, Rimbaud and Mallarmé.

5900-5910. Special Problems. 1-3 hours each. Conference courses open only to advanced students capable of doing independent research under the direction of the instructor. Registration permitted only upon recommendation by the instructor and consent of the department chair.

5950. Master's Thesis. 3 or 6 hours. To be scheduled only with consent of department. 6 hours credit required. No credit assigned until thesis has been completed and filed with the graduate dean. Continuous enrollment required once work on thesis has begun. May be repeated for credit.

German, GERM = 0132

5017-5027. German for Graduate Research. 3 hours each. German readings and related grammar designed to prepare graduate students for reading examination and to acquaint them with the language as a research tool. No prior knowledge of German is required. Evaluation on a pass/no pass basis.

Italian ­ see Undergraduate Catalog

Japanese ­ see Undergraduate Catalog

Language ­ see Undergraduate Catalog

Latin ­ see Undergraduate Catalog

Russian ­ see Undergraduate Catalog

Spanish, SPAN = 0138

5019-5029. Spanish for Graduate Research. 3 hours each. Spanish readings and related grammar designed to prepare graduate students for reading examination and to acquaint them with the language as a research tool. No prior knowledge of Spanish is required. Evaluation on a pass/no pass basis.

5150. Seminar in Spanish. 3 hours. Topics include a) practicum in teaching college Spanish (open only to departmental teaching fellows) and b) theory of teaching methodology and language acquisition in Spanish (open to all graduate students). May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

5200. Seminar in Spanish. 3 hours. Topics include Spanish prose of the Golden Age, the Generation of '98, the 19th-century Spanish novel, the 20th-century Spanish essay, the Spanish-American short story, Spanish-American poetry, Gauchesque literature, the contemporary Spanish-American novel, advanced grammar and advanced civilization and culture. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

5380. The Spanish-American Novel. 3 hours. The Spanish-American novel of the 19th and 20th centuries. Readings, lectures and term projects.

5480. Spanish Poetry. 3 hours. The development of Spanish poetry from its origins to the present. Readings, lectures and term projects.

5900-5910. Special Problems. 1-3 hours each. Conference courses open to advanced students capable of doing independent research under the direction of the instructor. Registration permitted only upon recommendation by the instructor and consent of the department chair.

5950. Master's Thesis. 3 or 6 hours. To be scheduled only with consent of department. 6 hours credit required. No credit assigned until thesis has been completed and filed with the graduate dean. Continuous enrollment required once work on thesis has begun. May be repeated for credit.

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