CHANGES
TO COURSE OFFERINGS,
SPRING 2008
THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE BEEN UPDATED IN THE ONLINE COURSE CATALOG, AND SUPERCEDE THE LISTINGS IN THE PRINTED COURSES OF INSTRUCTION.
NEW COURSES:
Spanish 184. Building the Latin American Metropolis
Ernesto Livon-Grosman
Half course (spring term). THURSDAYS 1-3 (new time).
Explores, through essays, fiction and films the development of the modern Latin American city. We will look at the cultural and political implications of its evolution, from patterns of space distribution to inner city violence and ecological crisis looking closely at social issues and their representations. We will discuss among others works by Walter Benjamin, Roberto Arlt, Fernando Birri, Fernando Vallejo y Clarice Lispector.
Note: Conducted in Spanish, readings in Spanish and English.
Spanish 193. Being Mexican: The Construction of a National Identity Through Film
Alma Guillermoprieto
Half course (spring term). M., W. at 1.
Using Mexican twentieth-century movies, viewed chronologically from the classic early films to the latest films by young Mexican directors, we will try to understand how Mexicans see themselves how they wish to be seen, and how historical events have changed and shaped that self-image
Note: Conducted in English. Not all the movies shown will have subtitles.
Enrollment : Limited to 15.
CHANGES TO MEETING TIMES:
French 70c. Introduction to French Literature III: The Francophone World (Professor Irele, spring term) NEW TIME: TU/TH AT 3. MEETING LOCATION WILL BE POSTED ON COURSE WEBSITE AS SOON AS ONE IS ASSIGNED.
Prof. Duc's French 126. Literature and Humanism in the 17th Century I: The Courtier, the Hero and the Saint will be offered in the spring term, Wednesdays 2-4.
Italian 176. Italian Modernism will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays 10-11:30.
Portuguese 37. Brasil hoje: Contemporary Brazilian Culture through Media will meet Monday/Wednesday 2:30-4 AND Tu/Th 11:30-1.
Mariano Siskind's Spanish 249. Cosmopolitan Desires: Intersecting Literature, Theory and Politics in Latin America is offered in the FALL tem, not in the spring term.
Adriana Gutierrez's Spanish Dab. Intensive Intermediate Spanish: Special Course will meet M-F at 10; Tu., Th. at 11.
Sra. Ingrao's Spanish 55. El español de los negocios meets MWF at 12 or 1, fall and spring terms. (There will be no 11:00 section).
[Portuguese 122b. Introduction to the Literature of Portugal II]
Catalog Number: 3654
Joaquim-Francisco Coelho
Note: Expected to be given in 2008-09.
Portuguese 266. Urban Explosion: City and Culture in Rio and Sao Paulo meets Thursdays 5-7pm (as in the online catalog)
[Spanish 154. Imaginaries of Emancipation, Nationhood and Civil War in the 19th Century]
Catalog Number: 9121
Mariano Siskind
Note: Expected to be given iSpanish 152. Experience and Experimentation in the Latin American Experimental Novel8-09.
Spanish 180. Cultural Agents in the Americas will meet Wednesday 5-7:30pm.
Spanish 152. Experience and Experimentation in the Latin American Experimental Novel NOT OFFERED THIS SPRING
TITLE & DESCRIPTION CHANGES:
French 42. Introduction au monde francophone
Catalog Number: 2581
Mylene Priam and staff
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th. 11:30-1.
Designed to introduce students to cultural issues expressed in the works of some leading Francophone writers and through art and films while helping them acquire greater skills and confidence in both oral and written expression. Discussions will focus on issues of identity, exile, tradition and modernity, rural/urban culture.
Note: Conducted in French. May not be taken Pass/Fail. Students may take no more than two courses numbered in the 40s.
Prerequisite: French 31, 35, 36, or 37; 720 on the SAT II test or the Harvard Placement test; or permission of course head.
Spanish 154. Travel Literature and Modernity in the 19th Century
Mariano Siskind
Half course (spring term). Th. 3-5. Exam Group 17, 18.
During the second half of the 19th century Latin American intellectuals had to think of ways in which the culture of the region could participate of the processes of globalization of modernity, and the experience of travel lend itself as one of the most appealing sources for these imaginations. We will read narratives of travel in the Americas, and to Europe, the countryside and the Far East by Sarmiento, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, Flora Tristán, Juana M. Gorriti, Estanislao del Campo, Martí, Darío, Nervo, Groussac, Ugarte, Tablada and Gómez Carrillo.
Note: Conducted in Spanish.
(formerly Imaginaries of Emancipation, Nationhood and Civil War in the 19th Century)
Spanish 180. Cultural Agents in the Americas (change to description)
Catalog Number: 0460
Doris Sommer
Half course (spring term). W., 5–7 p.m. EXAM GROUP: 9
For graduates, undergraduates, and professional schools, "Cultural Agents"
explores the arts as social resources. Starting with a "fair" to meet local
change artists and identify partners for collaborative research projects (on
mayors, music, murals, mimes, etc.) students will consider how
defamiliarization and the counterfactual make change thinkable through
aesthetic effects and side-effects. Readings include Schiller, Dewey, Rancière,
Mockus, Boal, García-Canclini, et al.
Note: Conducted in English..
Last updated on January 30, 2008