Romance Studies

  • CAS LP 951: Directed Study: Portuguese
    Undergraduate Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent of instructor. - Hours arranged. Consent of instructor and department.
  • CAS LP 952: Directed Study: Portuguese
    Undergraduate Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent of instructor. - Hours arranged. Consent of instructor and department.
  • CAS LS 606: Spanish Translation Workshop
    Graduate Prerequisite: Advanced proficiency in Spanish. - Advanced study of the Spanish language through the translation of written texts. Analysis of the theory and practice of translation as a catalyst of cultural transfer. Taught in Spanish.
    • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
    • Oral and/or Signed Communication
  • CAS LS 621: Reading Spanish for Graduate Students
    Designed to prepare graduate students for the Spanish reading exam. Develops a knowledge of the fundamentals of Spanish grammar. Practice in translating passages. No previous knowledge of Spanish required.
  • CAS LS 850: Seminar: Theories of Literature
    Satisfies department theory requirement. Topic for Fall 2024: Literary Theories & Critical Practices. Traces, explores, and equips students to work with literary theories and critical methodologies, from influential twentieth-century works to the most recent trends in gender and sexuality studies, ecocriticism, disability studies, and critical race studies.
  • CAS LS 860: Seminar: Topics in Hispanic Literature
    May be repeated for credit if topic is different. Topics for Fall 2024: Section A1: Fictions of Authenticity in XXth and XXI Century Latin American Literature. How is voice produced in certain texts? Is there a privileged language to persuade readers, create subjectivity, celebrate truth and understand its betrayals? Are authenticity and truth comparable? Readings include Borges, Donoso, Cortázar, Ocampo, Pizarnik, Puig among others. Section B1: TBA.
  • CAS LS 951: Directed Study in Hispanic Language and Literatures
    Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor and department. - Hours arranged.
  • CAS LS 952: Directed Study in Hispanic Language and Literatures
    Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor and department. - Hours arranged.