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French
101, 102, 103: Elementary French
French 110: Basic French Review
French 201, 202, 203: Intermediate French
French 301, 302, 303: Advanced French
French 305: French Literature 1600-1789
French 378: Contemporary France
French
411: Love and the Social Bond in Medieval Literature
French 490: Honors Seminar
French 441: The Feminine Configurations: Quebecois Women
Writers After WWII
French 576: Critical Methodology
French 590 B: Passages and Crossings: France and Maghreb
French 590 C: Augustine and the Western Literary Mind
French 591: Love and the Social Bond in Medieval Literature
French 600: Independent Study & Research
French 800: Doctoral Dissertation
Italian
102, 103: Elementary Italian
Italian 202: Intermediate Italian
Italian 227: Intermediate Conversation
Italian 250: Rome
Italian 302: Advanced Syntax and Composition
Italian 327: Advanced Conversation
Italian 351: Contemporary Italian Culture
Italian 390: Language Trailer for ITAL 490: Rome
Italian 400: The Development of the Italian Language
Italian 480: Dante's Comedy in English
Italian 590: Special Seminar & Conference
Italian 591: Dante's Comedy
Italian 600: Independent Study & Research
FRENCH COURSES
FRENCH 101, 102, 103: ELEMENTARY FRENCH
Daily, multiple sections and hours, 5 cr., Staff
A three-quarter introductory-level sequence. The four
skills--listening, speaking, reading and writing--are stressed in a primarily
oral-aural method of presentation. The course covers all major elements
of French grammar. Conducted in French; language laboratory required in
addition to daily class sessions. Offered quarterly; 101 not offered in
Spring.
Required texts: Meyer, Rond Point, Text, Workbook
and Answer key (sold as a pack at the UBookstore).
Prerequisites: For 101- no prior French; for 102- completion
of FRENCH 101 or placement test score of 15-30; for 103- completion of
102 or 110 or placement test score of 31-56.
Note: Students who have transfer credit, placement
test scores, or are not currently enrolled in the preceding course become
eligible to register at the start of Period II.
No more than 15 credits allowed for any combination of 101, 102, 103, and 134.
FRENCH 110: BASIC FRENCH REVIEW
Daily, multiple sections and hours, 5 cr., Staff
Basic French Review combines in one quarter the contents
of 101 and 102. This intensive course is designed for students who have
studied French for at least two years in high school but who do not feel
ready for 102. Highly motivated beginners with background in other languages
are also encouraged to take the course. After completing 110, students
can enroll directly in French 103.
Prerequisite: Placement test score of 10-30.
Required texts: Meyer,
Rond Point, Text, Workbook and Answer key (sold as a pack at
the UBookstore).
No more than 15 credits allowed for any combination of 101, 102, 103, and 134.
FRENCH 201, 202 203: INTERMEDIATE FRENCH (VLPA)
Daily, multiple sections and hours, 5 cr., Staff
A three-quarter systematic review and expansion of French
grammar, development of conversational skills (listening and speaking),
reading literary and cultural materials, and writing compositions. Conducted
in French, the intermediate sequence encourages students to use their
language skills more actively and at a more sophisticated level than the
elementary sequence.
Prerequisites: 103 for 201; 201 for 202; 202 for 203,
or placement.
Required texts: En Bonne Forme packaged set,
published by Houghton Mifflin, available at the University Bookstore.
FRENCH 301, 302, 303: ADVANCED FRENCH (VLPA, W courses)
Daily, multiple sections and hours, 5 cr., Staff
French 301 allows students to review French grammar at
an advanced level and to acquire the essentials of French composition,
through the study of written and audiovisual authentic cultural material
. French 302 is a continuation of French 301. These courses are conducted
exclusively in French.
Prerequisites: 203 for 301; 301 for 302; 302 for 303,
or placement. French 303 not offered Winter quarter.
Required texts: Denise Rochat,
Contrastes (Pearson Education); William F. Edmiston, Annie Duménil,
La France contemporaine (Harcourt Brace); Crowe; Debray,
La République expliquée à ma fille (Editions
du Seuil);
FRENCH 305A: FRENCH LITERATURE 1600-1789 (VLPA)
MW 10:30-12:20, 5 cr, Mackenzie
Survey of French literature in the so-called "classical"
and "Enlightenment" periods. We will learn the basics of social
and political change in France during this time, and read sample texts
as products of and as reactions to the processes of history. We will also
work on composition skills in French. Discussions, readings, papers all
in French, please. I will encourage group work as well as group discussions,
and probably establish an online discussion for those who are not comfortable
speaking up in class.
Recommended preparation: Willingness to participate orally or in other
ways. Know how to listen to others with respect and to disagree with respect.
Brushing up some written French skills would be a good idea.
Course conducted in French.
Required texts: TBA
Prerequisite: French 302.
FRENCH 378A: CONTEMPORARY FRANCE
MW 12:30-2:20, 5 cr., Doug Collins
Study of the historical origins and subsequent development
of contemporary problems and characteristics of French government and
politics, economy, and society.
Prerequisite: French 203.
FRENCH 411: LOVE AND THE SOCIAL BOND IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
TTH 1:20-3:20,
5 cr., Eugene Vance
The goal of this course is to study the tension between individual erotic
passion (whatever its form of expression) and the constraints of the family,
feudal society, and religion.
We will address these questions by reading a selection of examples of works written between the 12th and 14th centuries: preceded by the Old Testament Song of Songs as a foundation for medieval understandings of desire. This will be followed by two stories of virgin martyrs, a selection of Provençal and French courtly lyric poems, one or two courtly romances, (Tristan and Iseut; Yvain, and/or the Knight of the Lion, by Chrétien de Troyes), Dante’s Vita Nuova, Chaucer’s “Wife of Bath’s Tale,” the “Pardoner’s Tale,” and an unusual spiritual love letter by St. Catherine of Siena.
All readings will be based on English translations, but students will be encouraged to read whatever writings they can in their original language.
Here are a few of the questions we will address:
What is
the relationship between courtly desire and medieval misogyny?
What necessary link is there between sexual desire and sin?
How is homoerotic desire understood and expressed in medieval letters?
Can men and women of differing social ranks or classes properly love each
other?
What is the relationship between courtly love and chivalric combat in
medieval romance?
What are the social purposes of marriage in medieval society?
What are the consequences, real or imagined, of adultery in medieval literature?
What place does wealth have in courtly erotic desire?
Can there such a phenomenon as truly spiritual or sacred erotic desire?
Can men and women desire the Virgin Mary or the flesh of Christ?
Undergraduate students will be evaluated according to: their participation (30%), two short papers, 5-8 pp. (40%) and a take-home quiz (30%) at the end of the course.
Graduate students will be evaluated according to: their participation (30%), a brief oral presentation (10-15 min., 20%) and a final paper (50%).
Prerequisite: FRENCH 303; FRENCH 304; FRENCH 305; FRENCH
306.
Meets with FRENCH 591 A and C LIT 496 A.
FRENCH 441: THE FEMININE CONFIGURATIONS: QUEBECOIS WOMEN WRITERS AFTER WWII
TTH, 11:30-1:20, 5 cr., Denyse Delcourt
Women have always played an important role in the cultural life of Quebec. Whether they belonged to religious orders or stayed home, Quebecois women were often better educated than men, and responsible for the passing down of moral, cultural and, in part, intellectual values of their society. That is not to say, however, that women had real power in a society mostly dominated by the Catholic Church. This course will focus on five Quebecois women writers from 1945 to the present who acknowledged in their works the power given to them as well as their powerlessness in such a traditional society. Special attention will be given to the particular historical context in which their works were produced. Course will be conducted in French.
Required texts: Germaine Guevremont, Le Survenant; Anne Hebert, Kamouraska; Marie-Claire Blais, Une Saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel; Gabrielle Roy, Rue Deschambault; Marie Laberge, C'etait avant la guerre a l'Anse-a-Gilles.
FRENCH 490 HONORS SEMINAR (VLPA)
To be arranged, 2-5 cr., Instructor to be arranged
FRENCH 576: CRITICAL METHODOLOGY
W 1:30-5:20, Louisa Mackenzie
An introductory survey of some of the foundational texts
of Western literary practice and theory from the middle ages and early
modern periods. Texts will not be limited to "literary theory"
per se (aesthetics, philosophy, poetics, etc.), but will include a range
of texts influential in political, religious and scientific spheres. Thus,
this class might better be categorised under the rubric of "History
of Ideas". Particular attention will be given to humanism, as a category
and as a movement. Authors include Machiavelli, Erasmus, Calvin and Luther,
Descartes, Sidney, Bacon, Locke, Rousseau. Class will be conducted in
English. Students in French Studies should try to do readings of French
authors in the original, where possible.
Course taught in English. Meets with C LIT 508 and ENGL 508.
FRENCH 590: SPECIAL SEMINAR & CONFERENCE
To be arranged, 1-10 cr.
FRENCH 590B: PASSAGES AND CROSSINGS: FRANCE AND MAGHREB
TTH 3:30-6:20,
5 cr., Vinay Swamy
Although 130 years of French colonial influence in the Maghreb officially
ended when Algeria gained its independence in 1962, the relationship between
the two shores of the Mediterranean is by no means defunct, as testified
by the steady migratory stream from the former colonies of Algeria, Tunisia
and Morocco to France. The rich cultural and literary histories of the
encounters between these nations have been documented by many artists
and authors who have chosen the Francophone medium to express themselves,
and give voice to certain non-hegemonic perspectives on the geopolitics
of the Western Mediterranean basin. This course will pay attention the
different registers in which passages and crossings between the
southern shores of the Mediterranean and their homologues on the European
continent are represented by such texts. On the one hand, the works studied
in this course privilege historical, cultural and economic factors that
have facilitated this movement, and highlight the conditions under which
France continues to be an irresistible draw to a significant segment of
the young population in the Maghreb. On the other hand, we will read texts
that focus on France, which, for its part, has had to radically revise
its self-image in an effort to be include these newer immigrants. This
course will consider the extent to Metropolitan France has been successful
in such an attempt. We will approach our corpus from a variety of perspectives
that are informed by postcolonial thought as well as sociological and
cultural theories. Novels and films we will study will be drawn from the
list: Assia Djebar (Femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement; La Femme sans
sepulture), Boualem Sansal (Harraga),
Yassir Benmiloud (Allah Superstar), Tahar Ben Jelloun (Partir), Didier
Van Cauwelaert (Un Aller simple); Yamina Benguigui, (Mémoires d'immigrés),
Merzak Allouache (Salut Cousin! and Chouchou) and Rabah Amer-Zaïmeche
(Wesh Wesh qu'est-ce qui se passe). These works will serve as points of
departure to discuss how the (post)colonial histories of these two regions
are narrativized by the texts in question.
In addition, as part of the course, we will attend a lecture by visiting
scholar, Professor Anne Donadey (San Diego State University). We will
also have the opportunity to engage in a dialogue with her in our seminar
following her lecture. Please reserve Friday Feb 2, 9.30 a.m.-12.30 p.m.
for a special seminar. Discussions in this seminar will be bilingual:
reading knowledge of
French is essential as many texts are not translated, in general we will
discuss each text in the language used by the author (French or English).
The seminar will emphasize student-led discussions. Students will also
be responsible for a semi-formal presentation (20%) of the assigned primary
and secondary texts during the quarter. One research paper (15-20 pages
- 80%)) will be due on March 14, 2007. For those students not registered
in the French graduate program, permission from the instructor is required.
Please e-mail Professor Vinay Swamy (vswamy@u.washington.edu)
for further
information.
Please purchase
the following primary texts for the seminar (in
addition, there will be a course pack to purchase):
Ben Jelloun,
Tahar. Partir (Paris: Gallimard, 2006) ISBN: 2070776476
Benmiloud, Yassir, Allah Superstar! (2002) (Paris: Livre de Poche,
2005) ISBN: 2253112496.
Djebar, Assia, La Femme sans sépulture. (Paris: Livre
de Poche, 2004)
ISBN: 2253108162
Djebar, Assia, Femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement (Paris: Livre
de
Poche, 2004) ISBN: 2253068217.
Sansal, Boualem. Harraga (Paris: Gallimard, 2005) ISBN : 2070775380
Van Cauwelaert, Didier. Un aller simple (1991) (Paris: Livre
de
Poche, 1995) ISBN: 2253138533
All texts
are available on the internet at one of the following
sites:
http://www.alapage.fr
(site français)
http://www.fnac.com (site français)
http://www.amazon.ca (site canadien)
http://www.librairiepantoute.com
(site canadien)
FRENCH 590C: AUGUSTINE AND THE WESTERN LITERARY MIND
W 1:30-4:20,
5 cr., Eugene Vance
The greatest writer of early Christian culture in the Latin West was St.
Augustine (354-530, C.E.). More than any other single writer, he laid
the cultural foundations for vernacular literature and critical thought
that endure even now. time. As he rewrote the legacies of the Greek and
Latin classics, Augustine pursued an ongoing search to understand and
express the meaning of the created world and its history, and to relate
it to the dynamics of individual selfhood. He constantly draws his readers,
too, into his search for personal form and meaning.
From the middle ages to modern times, every successive major phase of European religious, scientific, and literary culture has had to reckon with some aspect of Augustine’s thought, which was never “merely” theological. Rather, it was radically experimental—and, just as often, problematical and disturbing, even in his mind. Augustine was his own harshest critic.
Why are all humans born sinners? If humans are predestined, how can they have free will? Why is sexual desire evil? Can humans know even themselves or each other? or can they love anything that they cannot know? What is the value of human art? What is the relation between language and the mind? What “is” time? What is the structure of the human soul and what is its place the whole of created being? Can impossible things truly happen? And how will it all end?
The Confessions will serve as a center-piece of this seminar, which we will then situate in the context of other of his writings that, together, have sustained Augustinianism as a catalyst of self-contradicting renewal in western religion, literature and critical thought.
Each participant
will be invited to identify and develop, according to some disciplinary
perspective, a specific dimension of Augustine’s writings that directly
or indirectly shaped the beliefs, literary practices and critical doctrines
of their chosen field, author or national culture.
Students will be evaluated according to their ongoing participation in
the discussion (20%), an oral presentation of their chosen topic (30%)
and on a final paper (50%).
FRENCH 591: LOVE AND THE SOCIAL BOND IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
TTH 1:30-3:20,
5 cr., Eugene Vance
The goal of this course is to study the tension between individual erotic
passion (whatever its form of expression) and the constraints of the family,
feudal society, and religion.
We will address these questions by reading a selection of examples of works written between the 12th and 14th centuries: preceded by the Old Testament Song of Songs as a foundation for medieval understandings of desire. This will be followed by two stories of virgin martyrs, a selection of Provençal and French courtly lyric poems, one or two courtly romances, (Tristan and Iseut; Yvain, and/or the Knight of the Lion, by Chrétien de Troyes), Dante’s Vita Nuova, Chaucer’s “Wife of Bath’s Tale,” the “Pardoner’s Tale,” and an unusual spiritual love letter by St. Catherine of Siena.
All readings will be based on English translations, but students will be encouraged to read whatever writings they can in their original language.
Here are a few of the questions we will address:
What is
the relationship between courtly desire and medieval misogyny?
What necessary link is there between sexual desire and sin?
How is homoerotic desire understood and expressed in medieval letters?
Can men and women of differing social ranks or classes properly love each
other?
What is the relationship between courtly love and chivalric combat in
medieval romance?
What are the social purposes of marriage in medieval society?
What are the consequences, real or imagined, of adultery in medieval literature?
What place does wealth have in courtly erotic desire?
Can there such a phenomenon as truly spiritual or sacred erotic desire?
Can men and women desire the Virgin Mary or the flesh of Christ?
Undergraduate students will be evaluated according to: their participation (30%), two short papers, 5-8 pp. (40%) and a take-home quiz (30%) at the end of the course.
Graduate students will be evaluated according to: their participation (30%), a brief oral presentation (10-15 min., 20%) and a final paper (50%).
FRENCH 600 A INDEPENDENT STUDY/RESEARCH
To be arranged, 1-10 cr.
FRENCH 800 A DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
To be arranged, 1-10 cr.
ITALIAN COURSES
ITALIAN 102, 103: ELEMENTARY ITALIAN
Daily, multiple hours and sections, 5 cr., Staff
The second and third quarters of a three-quarter introductory-level
sequence. The four skills -- listening, speaking, reading and writing
-- are stressed in a primarily oral-aural method of presentation. The
three course series covers all major elements of Italian grammar. Conducted
in Italian; language laboratory required in addition to daily class sessions.
Offered sequentially (Autumn-101, Winter-102 & 103, Spring-103).
Prerequisite: 101 for 102, 102 for 103.
Required texts (for the sequence 101-102-103): Parliamo
Italiano! text and Parliamo Italiano! Workbook/Lab Manual/CD
(Houghton Mifflin Company).
No more than 15 credits allowed for any combination of 101, 102, 103, and 134.
ITALIAN 202: INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN (VLPA)
Daily, 2 sections, 5 cr., Staff
The second part of a three-quarter, systematic review
of Italian grammar and development of conversational skills (comprehension
and speaking) as well as reading literary and cultural materials and writing
compositions. Conducted in Italian, the intermediate sequence encourages
students to use their language skills more actively and at a more sophisticated
level than the elementary sequence. ITAL 201, 202 & 203 offered sequentially-
Autumn, Winter and Spring quarters, respectively.
Prerequisite: 201 or college equivalent or placement.
Required texts (for the sequence 201-202-203): Ellissa
Tognozzi & Giuseppe Cavatorta, Ponti, italiano terzo millenio
(text & workbook), Houghton Mifflin.
ITALIAN 227: INTERMEDIATE CONVERSATION
TTH 3:30-4:20, 2 cr., Staff
Practice of intermediate-level Italian conversational
skills through class discussions and oral presentations. Topics vary.
Not open to native speakers.
Prerequisite: ITAL 103.
5 credits, Sbragia & O’Neil
Lecture TTH 1:30-2:50
Friday discussion section times vary
This is the course to take if you want to learn about
the history, culture and myth of Rome from the city's archaic origins
to the present day. Historical documents, literary texts and the visual
arts are analyzed in exploring the evolution of the city and of its significance
for the Western imagination. Central issues will include ancient Rome
and its legacy, Christian Rome and the medieval Papacy, Renaissance and
Baroque art, the European Grand Tour, Rome's impact on the French Revolution,
Rome as capital of a united Italy, Mussolini's Fascism. The course is
taught in English by Professors Mary O'Neil of History and Albert Sbragia
of French and Italian. Course is cross-listed with Art History 250 and
History 250.The course has been designed for students interested in gaining
a comprehensive knowledge of Rome and for students considering study in
Rome with programs offer by various UW departments (Architecture, Art,
Art History, Classics, CHID, English, History, Italian).
Required texts: Chris Scarre, Penguin Historical
Atlas of Ancient Rome, Penguin, ISBN 0-14-051329-9; Andrea Augenti,
ed. The Art and Archaeology of Rome: From Ancient Times to the Baroque,
Riverside, ISBN 1878351567.
ITALIAN 302: ADVANCED SYNTAX & COMP (VLPA, W course)
Multiple sections offered, 5 cr., Staff
The second part of a three-quarter perfection-level sequence
of syntax, composition and stylistics. Offered sequentially Autumn 301,
Winter 302, Spring 303.
Prerequisite: 301 or college equivalent or placement.
Required texts: Sciascia, A Ciascuno Il Suo.
ITALIAN 327: ADVANCED CONVERSATION
TTH, 10:30-11:20, 2 cr., Staff
Focus on developing advanced conversational skills--listening
and speaking--to fluency and increasing vocabulary in varying situations.
May be taken up to four different times (2 cr. each time, 8 maximum) for
credit. Discussions are based on contemporary Italian current event articles,
fiction, and essay. Conducted in Italian. Not open to students whose native
language is Italian.
Prerequisite: ITAL 203.
ITALIAN 351: CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN CULTURE
MW 10:30-12:20, 5 cr., Claudio Mazzola
Italian culture from the 1980s to the present, with discussion of major
events of the period and readings from fiction, political manifestos,
song lyrics, etc. Emphasis on recent linguistic developments, changed
role of women, meaning of multiculturalism in Italy, and the spread of
global culture. Conducted in Italian.
Prerequisite: ITAL 203
ITALIAN 390: LANGUAGE TRAILER FOR ITAL 490: ROME
F 2:30-4:20, 2 cr., Staff
Language
trailer section for students enrolled in Italian 490. Only students enrolled
in Italian 490 may take Italian 390. Course is taught in Italian.
Prerequisite: Italian 301, concurrent enrollment in ITAL
490.
ITALIAN 400: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE
TTH 1:30-3:20, 5 cr., Jurgen Klausenburger
Historical
survey of Italian phonology, morphology, and syntax. Evolution of the
language is illustrated with study of pertinent documents from various
periods.
Prerequisite: either ITAL 303; LING 400 or ROLING 401.
Offered jointly with LING 419.
ITALIAN 480: DANTE'S COMEDY IN ENGLISH
MW 10:30-12:20, 5 cr., Yowell
Dante Alighieri's Comedy is a work of political, spiritual and poetic daring. This course will guide you through Dante's otherworldly cosmos - the harsh mimesis of Hell; the interior landscapes of Purgatory; and the disturbing paradoxes of Paradise - in an attempt to define Dante's poetics through an examination of his visionary text and your reading of it. The course follows no single approach to the poem but will address formal, structural, linguistic, literary, historical, cultural, philosophical, and theological issues raised by the text. Discussion will be in English; the text can be read in Italian or English.
Recommended
preparation
"...to those who would appreciate poetry and unwind its difficult
involutions. You must read, you must persevere, you must sit up nights,
you must inquire, and exert the utmost power of your mind." - Giovanni
Boccaccio, 14th Century author, reader of Dante.
ITALIAN 590A: SPEC SEMINAR (VLPA, W course)
To be arranged, 5 cr., Instructor to be arranged
W 1:30-4:20, 5 cr, Donna Yowell
Dante Alighieri's Comedy is a work of political, spiritual and poetic daring. This course will guide you through Dante's otherworldly cosmos - the harsh mimesis of Hell; the interior landscapes of Purgatory; and the disturbing paradoxes of Paradise - in an attempt to define Dante's poetics through an examination of his visionary text and your reading of it. The course follows no single approach to the poem but will address formal, structural, linguistic, literary, historical, cultural, philosophical, and theological issues raised by the text.
ITALIAN 600A: INDEPENDENT STUDY/RESEARCH (VLPA)
To be arranged, 1-10, Instructor to be arranged
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