French and Italian
Undergraduate e-mail: fritugrad@humanitas.ucsb.edu
Graduate e-mail: gd-french@humanitas.ucsb.edu
Web site: http://www.french-ital.ucsb.edu
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Department Chair: Sydney Levy
William J. Ashby, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Professor (linguistics)
Cynthia Brown, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor (late medieval-early Renaissance literature)
Jean-Jacques Courtine, Doctorat d'Etat de Linguistique, Université de Paris X, Professor (linguistics and cultural studies)
Angela Ellis, Laurea, University of Bologna, Lecturer
Jody Enders, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Professor (medieval literature, rhetoric)
Sydney Lévy, Ph.D., UC Irvine, Professor (contemporary French poetry, literary theory)
Elizabeth MacArthur, Ph.D., Princeton University, Associate Professor (18th-century literature)
Didier Maleuvre, Ph.D., Yale University, Associate Professor (19th-century literature)
Catherine Nesci, Ph.D., University of Paris, Agrégation, École Normale Supérieure, Associate Professor (19th-century literature, Balzac, theory)
Eric Prieto, Ph.D., New York University, Assistant Professor (20th-century literature)
Cynthia Skenazi, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Associate Professor (16th-century literature)
Iris Smorodinsky, Ph.D., Yale University, Lecturer with Potential Security of Employment (supervisor of teaching assistants)
Jon R. Snyder, Ph.D., Yale University, Associate Professor (Italian Renaissance literature, comparative literature)
Ernest Sturm, LL.B., New York University School of Law; Ph.D., Columbia University, Professor (literature and philosophy)
Ronald W. Tobin, Ph.D., Princeton University, Professor (17th-century French theatre, Molière)
Laura Wittman, Ph.D., Yale University, Assistant Professor (Italian studies)
Alfredo A. Bonadeo, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor Emeritus (Italian literature)
Anne G. Cushing, Ph.D., University of Colorado, Professor Emerita (20th-century poetry)
Naomi Greene, Ph.D., New York University, Professor Emerita (20th-century literature, film, Artaud)
Harry Lawton, M.A., B. Litt., Oxford University, Senior Lecturer with Security of Employment Emeritus (Italian literature, film)
André Malécot, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Professor Emeritus (phonetics)
Edmond E. Masson, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor Emeritus (French literature)
Jack Murray, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor Emeritus (20th-century literature)
Patrizio Rossi, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor Emeritus (20th-century literature, film)
Jacqueline Simons, Diplôme d'Etudes Supérieures, Senior Lecturer with Security of Employment Emerita (pedagogy)
Mark J. Temmer, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor Emeritus (18th-century literature)
Philip D. Walker, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor Emeritus (19th-century literature)
The Department of French and Italian offers the bachelor of arts in French and in Italian cultural studies. There are also minors in French and Italian. The graduate program in French offers the M.A. in French literature or French linguistics, and the Ph.D. in French literature. In addition, the department collaborates with the Comparative Literature Program, the Film Studies Program, the Medieval Studies Program, and the Renaissance Studies Program.
The junior year abroad. The opportunity to live and study in France or Italy for a year is something to be remembered for a lifetime. It is one thing to visit a country as a tourist, and quite another to live among French or Italian people, attend a French or Italian university, and to become immersed in either of these cultures. One's perspective on the world is never quite the same again. The Education Abroad Program sends French majors to the universities of Bordeaux, Grenoble, Lyon, and Toulouse, with a limited number going to the Paris Center for Critical Studies. Qualifying Italian cultural studies majors are sent to the universities of Padua, Venice, and Bologna; a few art students may pursue special academic programs at the Venice Academy of Fine Arts or the Venice Institute of Architecture. Italian senior honors students may apply to attend the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa (medieval and Renaissance studies), or to spend a semester at Bocconi University in Milan (economics, international business). Education Abroad participants pay the same fees they would pay at UCSB, as well as room, board, books and personal travel and living expenses. Majors who go to France under the Education Abroad Program must complete at least 18 units of upper-division courses in the department on the UCSB campus. Full details regarding EAP courses and regulations are available from the EAP office or the department chair. For more information, contact the EAP Office, 1231 Girvetz Hall (telephone: 893-2958).
Le Club Français and Club Italiano. These clubs meet twice a month for ethnic food, films, conversation, and general fun, under the leadership of visiting French students and native Italian speakers. All levels of fluency are welcome. For details, contact the department.
Pi Delta Phi is a nationwide French honor society. Juniors and seniors with a 3.5 GPA in French and a 3.23 grade-point average overall will be invited to join, as will qualifying graduate students. The annual Pi Delta Phi banquet is held in May. In addition, French and Italian cultural studies majors of senior standing may be invited to participate in the senior honors program. This entails writing a 20-page paper as an independent study project (up to 4 units course credit). Those who successfully complete this project will graduate with honors; their diplomas and transcripts will read "Distinction in the Major." In addition, French senior honors students may submit their essays for consideration for the Hermione Chevalier Prize, a modest cash award that is given at the Pi Delta Phi banquet.
Graduate students in French will be considered for the Pierre and Geneviève Delattre Memorial Fellowship, an award of approximately $1,000, given annually on the basis of merit and need.
French majors or Italian cultural studies majors of senior standing may be invited to participate in the departmental honors program. Details are available from the department office.
The French major introduces students to France's rich literary and cultural heritage, from medieval epics to twentieth-century writings on World War II and the Nazi Occupation, and its legacy in the French collective consciousness. In addition, courses in Old French and in linguistics heighten students' awareness of how language changes over time, and how it is a living reflection of diverse cultural influences. In reading the works of such literary giants as Christine de Pizan, Rabelais, Molière, Voltaire, Rousseau, Balzac, Sand, Zola, Proust, Camus, Beauvoir, and Sartre, students will come to realize that although human technology has changed greatly in the last 500 years, human nature has not. These men and women still have important insights and urgent messages for us today. Students who major in French are well-equipped to pursue careers in publishing, research, teaching, the arts, or any field that draws upon a rich liberal education.
Preparation for the major. Required: French 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 26. History 4A-B-C, French 40AX-BX-CX, and Philosophy 20A-B-C are strongly recommended. French majors must maintain at least an average grade of C in French courses taken prior to the junior year; transfer students may be required to take an examination.
Upper-division major. Forty-four upper-division units in French, including (1) 8 units from advanced language (104A-B) or French linguistics (102, 103, 105, 107, 115, 116, 117A-B-C); (2) French 101 (prerequisite for upper-division literature courses); (3) 8 units of upper-division literature taught in French, divided among two of the following time periods: (a) medieval, Renaissance, seventeenth century and (b) eighteenth, nineteenth, or twentieth century; (4) 8 units of cultural courses, from the series 106A-B-C-D-E; (5) 12 units of additional upper-division courses in the department or in comparative literature, provided that the course is taught by faculty from the Department of French and Italian, with a maximum of 8 units coming from courses taught in English or Italian; (6) 4 units from French 197 (senior seminar) or from French 110 (Senior Honors Seminar) if the student qualifies.
Bachelor of Arts-Italian Cultural Studies
The Italian cultural studies major is interdisciplinary. Perspectives from a broad spectrum of disciplines such as history, literary theory, sociology, gender and ethnic studies, film studies, and philosophy allow each student to explore the extraordinary resonances of Italian culture in a global context. The major includes electives from art history, film studies, geography, history, music, and political science, in addition to the core curriculum in Italian. The requirements for the major may be filled in a variety of ways and with a greater or lesser degree of specialization, depending upon the individual student's preferences and background. Students in this major who plan to enroll in graduate programs should consult an advisor.
Students are strongly encouraged to participate in the Education Abroad Program in Italy. EAP offers a one-quarter program in Siena, a semester program in Venice and Siena, and year-long programs in Bologna, Venice, and Padua. Special arrangements are available for qualified students wishing to study at the Venice Institute of Architecture or the Bologna Academy of Fine Arts. Senior honors students may apply to attend the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa or the Bocconi University in Milan (for economics and international business). Students may satisfy up to one-half of the requirements for the major while studying abroad for a year in Italy, or two-fifths of the requirements for the minor. Advanced courses taken in Siena during the spring program may, with the consent of the director of undergraduate studies, be counted toward the major or the minor. All Education Abroad Program participants should determine credit and unit limitations for their proposed work in Italy, in advance, with the director of undergraduate studies.
Students who complete the major in Italian cultural studies may enter a variety of careers and graduate programs including law, education, government service, international trade and finance, travel, communications and publishing. It is important to keep in mind that many of these professional careers require training beyond the undergraduate level, and students with such interests should discuss their plans with an advisor as early as possible.
Staff members are available in the department office during working hours to answer questions about the major and other academic matters. Students may also consult detailed descriptions of current course offerings in the department office. The director of undergraduate studies keeps posted office hours and is also available by appointment or via email.
Preparation for the major. Italian 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or equivalent. History 4A-B-C and Philosophy 21A-B-C are strongly recommended.
Upper-division major. Forty upper-division units are required, including Italian 101 and 102; 8 units of Italian literature taught in Italian from any periods; 114X; 4 units from an additional Italian literature course (may be in English); 16 units of electives from the following: Art History 105E-F-G-H, 105K-L, 105N, 109A-B-C-D-E, 110AA-ZZ, 113A-B-C-D, 184A-B; Comparative Literature 128, 129; Film Studies 101C, 155; Geography 159; History 115, 117A, 121A-B, 123A-B-C, 129A-B-C-D-E-F; any upper-division Italian course; Music 112A-B-C, 177, 179, 180, 181. (No more than two courses may be from each discipline, except Italian.) Double majors may use 8 units in both majors.
All courses to be applied to the minor must be completed on a letter-grade basis. This includes both courses offered in French and those offered by other departments and applied to the minor.
Preparation for the minor. French 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or equivalent (0-24 units); French 26. Recommended electives: French 40AX-BX-CX.
Upper-division minor. Twenty units, distributed as follows:
One course (4 units) from French 106A-B-C-D-E.
Sixteen units of French electives from courses in French culture, linguistics, or literature or in comparative literature, provided that the course is taught by faculty from the Department of French and Italian, with no more than 4 units coming from the French 106 series. A maximum of 4 units may come from courses taught in English.
Note: Substitutions and waivers are subject to approval by the chair of the department. Please see "Academic Minors" for special conditions governing minors in the College of Letters and Science.
Minor-Italian Cultural Studies
All courses to be applied to the minor must be completed on a letter-grade basis, including both courses offered in Italian cultural studies and those offered by other departments and applied to the minor.
Preparation for the minor. Italian 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or equivalent (0-24 units).
Upper-division minor. Twenty units, distributed as follows: Italian 101 (4 units); two upper-division literature courses taught in Italian (8 units); two additional upper-division Italian courses (8 units; which may include courses taught in English) or courses from the following: Art History 105E-F-G-H, 105K-L, 105N; 109A-B-C-D-E, 110AA-ZZ, 113A-B-C-D, 184A-B; Comparative Literature 128, 129; Film Studies 101C, 155; Geography 159; History 115, 117A, 121A-B-C, 123A-B-C, 129A-B-C-D-E-F; Music 112A-B-C, 177, 179, 180, 181. (No more than one course may be from each discipline, except Italian.)
Note: Substitutions and waivers are subject to approval by the chair of the department. Please see "Academic Minors" for special conditions governing minors in the College of Letters and Science.
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In addition to departmental requirements, candidates for graduate degrees must meet university degree requirements found in the section "Graduate Education at UCSB."
In addition to departmental requirements for admission, applicants must also meet the university requirements for admission described in the section "Graduate Education at UCSB," including the mandatory Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
Admission
Applicants must have the B.A. in French or comparative literature or its equivalent from an accredited institution by the projected quarter of admission. The admissions committee considers transcripts, letters of recommendation, GRE scores, the statement of purpose, the writing sample, and the tape recording of spoken French (or the TOEFL, where applicable) in making admissions decisions.
Degree Requirements
The student must take 44 units of graduate-level coursework. Details on distribution requirements are available in the department's Graduate Student Handbook. A third language in addition to French and English is required. All M.A. candidates must pass written examinations and an oral examination in French and must serve as teaching assistants for at least two quarters. Continuation to the Ph.D. program upon completion of the M.A. is by no means automatic, as described below.
Admission
Although students admitted to the department's M.A. program in French are conditionally admitted to the Ph.D. program as well, continuation to the Ph.D. program is by invitation only and is based upon performance in M.A. coursework, on the M.A. exams, and as a teaching assistant.
For those applying to the Ph.D. program from another institution, the M.A. in French or its equivalent is required. The admissions committee considers transcripts, letters of recommendation, GRE scores, the statement of purpose, the writing sample and the tape recording of spoken French (or the TOEFL, where applicable) in making admissions decisions.
Students entering the Ph.D. program with an M.A. from another institution must pass a pre-qualifying examination at the end of their first year at UCSB in order to continue in the program.
Degree Requirements
Students who earned the M.A. at UCSB must complete an additional 24 units of seminar work, which includes a course in literary theory. Students with the M.A. from another institution must pass 48 units of seminar work at UCSB, and must have had two courses in literary theory. All doctoral students must have a reading knowledge of two foreign languages in addition to English and French, and must serve as teaching assistants for three quarters.
All students must pass a series of written examinations; the examinations may be written in French or English. Students who successfully pass the written examinations must pass an oral qualifying examination in order to advance to candidacy. Following formal advancement to candidacy, the student must present a dissertation which gives evidence of ability to conduct independent research of high quality.
Full details of the Ph.D. program, including options for the examinations and examination schedules, are available from the department.
Optional Emphasis in Women's Studies
The Women's Studies Program offers an interdisciplinary doctoral emphasis to students previously admitted to a Ph.D. program in art history, English, French, German, history, religious studies, or sociology. Students pursuing the emphasis in women's studies must complete four graduate courses; only one of the four required courses may be taken in the student's home department. The courses are Women's Studies 270, Feminist Epistemology; Women's Studies 280, Research Seminar; a course in feminist theory selected from those approved by the Women's Studies Program; and a topical seminar that addresses topics relevant to the study of women and gender, offered either in Women's Studies Program or in another department. The student's doctoral committee must include a faculty member who is officially affiliated with the Women's Studies Program, either as one of the three required members or as an additional appointee. This committee conducts the student's Ph.D. qualifying examinations and supervises the student's dissertation research. Contact the Women's Studies Program for additional information on faculty interests, course offerings, and program requirements.
Summer Institute of French Studies
A three-summer intensive program leading to the M.A. degree in French is designed primarily for secondary school teachers of French. Residence at the institute and observance of a "no English" rule are required.
In addition to Summer French Institute requirements for admission, applicants must also meet the university requirements for admission described in the section "Graduate Education at UCSB," including the mandatory Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
In addition to Summer French Institute requirements for the M.A. in French, degree candidates must fulfill the university degree requirements described in the section "Graduate Education at UCSB."
Prerequisites. The student must have an undergraduate major in French or its equivalent and must demonstrate proficiency in speaking and writing French.
Coursework. The M.A. requires 40 units or ten courses across five areas including language, linguistics, culture, literature, and interdisciplinary studies. Students may elect to write a thesis, but this is optional.
Since this is not a research-oriented degree, the Summer Institute M.A. will not completely fulfill requirements for entry into the Ph.D. program at UCSB.
Recommended preliminary readings. Students can do the reading for many courses during the winter; lists appear in the winter bulletin, published in the fall and available upon request.
For additional information and application forms, write to the Summer Sessions Office, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106.
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Please note: Students who have studied French at other institutions and wish to continue their study at UCSB are required to take the placement examination given by the department.
1. Elementary French
(4) Staff
The beginning course in French. Course taught in French. Oral skills stressed.
Grammar reinforced by dialogue memorization and pattern drills. Correct pronunciation
and the ability to distinguish sounds emphasized. Question-answer technique
helps students transfer patterns to free conversation. Laboratory assignment
given daily. Not taught in spring quarter. (F,W)
2. Elementary French
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: French 1.
A continuation of French 1. Course taught in French. Readings, essays, French
geography included, the latter by means of slides. Laboratory assignment given
daily. (F,W,S)
3. Elementary French
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: French 2.
A continuation of French 2. Course taught in French. Emphasis on readings and
short essays rather than on dialogues. Slide programs given to encourage class
discussion. Laboratory assignment given daily. (F,W,S)
4. Intermediate French
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: French 3.
Taught in French, the course reviews basic structures with new elements added.
Vocabulary development stressed by means of original sentences and weekly essays.
Reading selections to help develop oral-written correspondences included in
the course. Laboratory assignment given daily. (F,W,S)
5. Intermediate French
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: French 4.
A continuation of French 4. Course taught in French. Basic structures reviewed.
Supplementary readings such as L'Etranger, Huis Clos, etc., are emphasized.
Laboratory assignment given daily. (F,W,S)
6. Intermediate French
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: French 5.
A basic text, used for the acquisition of vocabulary and the practice of essay
writing, also stresses aspects of civilization and is complemented by readings
of poems, plays, or novels. (F,W,S)
8A. French Conversation
(2) Staff
Prerequisite: French 3.
Brief exposés are based on centers of vocabulary which have been studied.
Debates and discussion on topics given by the instructor are held between the
students. (F,W,S)
8B. French Conversation
(2) Staff
Prerequisite: French 4.
Brief exposés are based on centers of vocabulary which have been studied.
Debates and discussion topics given by the instructor are held between students.
(F,W,S)
8C. French Conversation
(2) Staff
Prerequisite: French 5.
This course, because of the abilities of the students, varies more in content
than does French 8A or 8B. Discussion of relevant topics is carried on, while
fluency and vocabulary enrichment are definitely emphasized. (F,W,S)
10V. Intensive French for Musicians
(4) Staff
Comprehensive course designed to familiarize musicians with basic French grammar,
culture, musical terminology, situational language usage as well as French prose
and lyrics as applied to vocal literature. Emphasis on oral skills. For advanced
singers/musicians. In French.
11A-B. French for Graduate Students
(4-4) Staff
Prerequisite: French 11A for French 11B.
A service course for graduate students from other departments who need to satisfy
language requirements. Divided into two levels: 11A (Elementary) for those who
have no, or hardly any knowledge of French; 11B (Intermediate) open to students
who have an appropriate level of knowledge of the language and to continuing
students from 11A. Class offers grammatical preparation and practice for translation,
but no individual projects.
12. Intensive Elementary French
(8) Staff
Not open for credit to students who have completed French 1 or 2.
Course covers material in French 1 and 2 in one quarter.
13. Intensive Elementary-Intermediate French
(8) Staff
Prerequisites: French 1 and 2; or French 12.
Not open for credit to students who have completed French 3 or 4.
Course covers material taught in French 3 and 4 in one quarter.
14. Intensive Intermediate French
(8) Staff
Prerequisites: French 3 and 4; or French 13.
Not open for credit to students who have completed French 5 or 6.
Course covers material taught in French 5 and 6 in one quarter.
15A. Semi-Intensive Elementary French
(6) Staff
Covers material from French 1 and half of French 2 in one quarter.
15B. Semi-Intensive Elementary French
(6) Staff
Prerequisite: French 15A.
Course covers material from second half of French 2, plus French 3, in one quarter.
19A-B-C. Intensive Practice in Spoken French
(4-4-4) Staff
Prerequisite: French 6 or 8C.
An intensive encounter with spoken French designed to develop communication
skills. Systematic assimilation of oral structures through the study of film,
soundtracks, and tapes. Exercises in oral expression. Active expansion of vocabulary
and means of expression.
26. Composition
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: French 6.
Not open for credit to students who have completed French 26A.
A course to develop writing skills in French. Polish skills in composition,
grammar, and argumentation.
40AX-BX-CX. Law, Culture and the Arts
(4-4-4) Brown, Enders, MacArthur, Maleuvre, Nesci
From the foundations of legal thought, to "courtroom dramas" in film, literature,
and art, to the contemporary debates about the influence of the media on "real
life," this course explores the alliances and tensions between the law and artistic
activity. In English.
40AH-BH-CH. Law, Culture and the Arts Honors
(1-1-1) Brown, Enders, MacArthur, Nesci
Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in French 40AX, BX, or CX; and consent
of instructor. Honors students only.
Eligible students will be invited to enroll in the honors seminar which will
generally be taught by the course instructor.
66X. Laughter
(4) Prieto
Why do we laugh? What makes a joke funny? This course attempts to answer these
questions by readings of a number of modern French comic texts in the light
of major theories of laughter. (Spencer, Bergson, Freud). In English.
67X. Censorship and the Power of Art
(4) MacArthur
Study of representative contemporary debates over censorship (popular music,
visual arts, etc.), followed by celebrated examples from the history of French
literature (Sade, Baudelaire). Emphasis on what censorship debates imply about
the power of art over individuals or societies. In English.
68X. Adultery in French Literature
(4) MacArthur
Representations of adultery from the Middle Ages to the present, including such
works as Tristan and Iseut, The Princess of Clèves, and
Madame Bovary. Changing conceptions of love, the social function of marriage,
psychological and political significance of adultery. In English.
70X. French Culture and Institutions
(4) Staff
The course will address broad issues in French culture and institutions throughout
the centuries, using a variety of perspectives and issues. In English.
70Y. France: Historic Sites and Symbols
(4) Staff
The course will focus on the way cultural and historical memories are embodied
in places, monuments, institutions, and symbols. In English.
70Z. French History in Film and Literature
(4) Staff
The course will focus on various representations and iconography (of Paris,
of the French Revolution) presented in literature and film. In English.
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French 26 or consent of instructor is prerequisite to all upper-division courses taught in French, unless otherwise noted. Courses whose numbers are followed by X, Y, Z are taught in English.
101. Introduction to Literary and Cultural Analysis
(4) Staff
A continuation of French 26. Introduction to techniques of literary and cultural
analysis. Continued practice in writing. Will prepare students for upper-division
courses in both literature and cultural studies. In French.
102. Background of Modern French
(4) Ashby
The origins of the French language and an overview of its linguistic development
with emphasis on the historical and cultural background. In French.
103. Phonetics and Phonology
(4) Ashby, SmoroDinsky
Basic concepts of articulatory phonetics and French phonology. A required one-hour
session per week is scheduled in the Language Laboratory. Student performance
is monitored by the instructor or teaching assistant.
104A. Advanced Composition, Creative Writing and Translation
(4) Staff
Writing course focusing on grammar, clarity, style and original expression in
French.
104B. Writing the Self
(4) Staff
Readings in twentieth-century autobiography serving as models for creative writing.
Coursework involves analysis of literary works and a long-term "autobiographical
project" that may be factual or fictionalized. In French.
105. French Morphology and Syntax
(4) Ashby
Prerequisite: Linguistics 20 or French 102.
An analysis of the morphology and syntax of modern French.
106A. History of French Culture
(4) Enders, Brown
Cultural, literary, and artistic perspectives on four important historical moments:
feudal society, the rise of the bourgeoisie, the Renaissance, and the Reformation.
In French.
106B. History of French Culture
(4) MacArthur
Important social and cultural changes during the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries. In French.
106C. History of French Culture
(4) Nesci, Prieto
Modernity as cultural phenomenon in the context of political and social changes
from 1789 to 1940. Focus on the advent and crisis of democracy, the development
of industrial capitalism and mass culture, the making of a national and historical
consciousness. In French.
106D. La France Depuis 1945: Mutations Sociales et Culturelles
(4) Courtne
The transformation of French society since World War II, with focus on attitudes
and daily life. The role of women, love and marriage, birth and abortion, parents
and children, leisure activities, culture, consumerism. In French.
106E. French Popular Culture
(4) Prieto
Examination of contemporary civilization in France through the study of documents
of everyday life and artifacts of popular culture, including literature, film,
music, and of course, the BD (comic book). In French.
106X. Women in France: Images and Realities (in English)
(4) Brown
The comparison and contrast of the image of women in the arts and literature
with their traditional position in French society from the Middle Ages to the
present. Representative figures include Eleanor of Aquitaine, George Sand, and
Simone de Beauvoir. In English.
107AA-ZZ. Problems in French Linguistics
(4) Ashby, SmoroDinsky
Prerequisite: upper-division standing; Linguistics 20 or French 102 or 103
or 105 or 111.
A few selected problems in the linguistic analysis of French will be studied
in depth. The specialized focus will change from year to year. In French.
110. Senior Honors Seminar
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: honors standing.
Rigorous investigation of theoretical issues through the reading of both literary
and critical texts. Course material will vary from year to year. In French.
111. Saussure et Les Origines de la Linguistique Française
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: French 26.
Focus on Saussure's landmark work, Cours de Linguistique Générale,
and the concepts it defines: système, langue et parole, synchronie et
diachronie, valeur et signification, semiologie. Subsequent theories, including
those of enunciation, are discussed.
112. Linguistique Structurale et Analyse des Textes
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: French 111.
The founding principles of structural linguistics, and how linguistic methods
can be applied to the analysis of literary texts (Barthes, Greimas), folktales
(Propp), myths or genealogies (Levi-Strauss), semiology (Barthes, Prieto), and
psychoanalysis (Lacan).
113. Discourse and the Body: Foucault in France and the United States
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: French 26.
Focusing on theoretical works of Michel Foucault in their historical context,
exploration of the sometimes contradictory readings of French post-structuralism
in France and America.
113X. Discourse and the Body: Foucault in France and the United States
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: English 2 and 3.
Focusing on the critical works of Michel Foucault in their historical context,
the course will explore the sometimes contradictory readings of French post-structuralism
in France and America. Taught in English.
114. Techniques of Literary Analysis
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
Approaches to the three main literary genres (poetry, novel, and theater) based
on close textual analysis, readings in theory, and research methods. For advanced
undergraduates and beginning graduate students. In French.
115. Language and Culture in the French-Speaking World
(4) Ashby
The French language in its cultural and social contexts. Topics include language
planning; sociolinguistic and regional variation; minority languages in France;
French in Canada, Louisiana, Africa, and the Caribbean; language and gender;
the creation of new technical words; spelling reform. In French.
116. Everyday French
(4) Ashby
The linguistic norm, as described in normative grammar and as taught in the
schools, compared to everyday speech. Topics include linguistic variation in
phonology, syntax, and lexicon conditioned by social class, age, sex, region,
and register. In French.
117A-B-C. French Business Culture: A Practical Approach
(4-4-4) Staff
A practical approach to the culture, economy, and commerce of modern-day France.
Its relations with its European partners. Development of the necessary language
skills. In French.
120X. Autobiography
(4) MacArthur
A study of autobiographies written in French from the eighteenth century to
the present, including Rousseau, Chateaubriand, Sand, Leduc, and Sartre. Readings
will vary from quarter to quarter. In English.
121. La Vie Privée en France, XVI-XVIII Siècles
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: French 26.
How did French people live in earlier times? What were the relations between
men and women, parents and children? What were attitudes towards birth, love,
marriage, or death? We will seek answers in historical and contemporary texts.
121X. Private Life in France in the Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: English 2 and 3.
How did French people live in earlier times? What were the relations between
men and women, parents and children? What were attitudes towards birth, love,
marriage, or death? We will seek answers in historical and contemporary texts.
Taught in English.
122. The Holocaust in France
(4) Courtine
World War II left emotional scars on France that still have not healed. Examination
of events and themes that still haunt the French: collaboration with the German
occupiers, participation in the deportation of Jews, and the Resistance movement.
In French.
122X. The Holocaust in France
(4) Courtine
World War II left emotional scars on France that still have not healed. We will
examine events and themes that still haunt the French: collaboration with the
German occupiers, participation in the deportation of Jews, and the Resistance
movement. In English.
129. Medieval Urban Legends
(4) Enders, Brown
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
Spanning history, fiction, theology, folklore, and popular culture, urban legends
remain an intriguing and enduring tradition. We explore and interpret French
medieval legends (e.g., monsters and "snuff" drama) which reveal some surprising
connections with their modern counterparts. In French.
129X. Medieval Urban Legends
(4) Enders, Brown
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
Spanning history, fiction, theology, folklore, and popular culture, urban legends
remain an intriguing and enduring tradition. We explore and interpret French
medieval legends (e.g., monsters and "snuff" drama) which reveal some surprising
connections with their modern counterparts. In English.
130X. Prosecution and Persecution in the Middle Ages
(4) Enders, Brown
Legal and cultural perspectives on transgression in France in the Middle Ages.
An examination of representative historical and literary treatments of such
subjects as witchcraft, heresy, rape, treason, homosexuality, and "minorities."
In English.
131. Performing Gender in the Middle Ages
(4) Enders, Brown
Cultural and literary portrayals of the connection between gender and social
roles in France in the Middle Ages. Readings focus on early conceptualizations
of physiognomy, medicine, marriage, power, sainthood, transvestism, the idealization
of women, and misogyny. In French.
131X. Performing Gender in the Middle Ages
(4) Enders, Brown
Cultural and literary portrayals of the connection between gender and social
roles in France in the Middle Ages. Readings focus on early conceptualizations
of physiognomy, medicine, marriage, power, sainthood, transvestism, the idealization
of women, and misogyny. In English.
132X. Women on Trial
(4) Enders, Brown
A study of the cultural construction of femininity through an examination of
legal proceedings (actual and literary) in France initiated by or against medieval
women for such "crimes" as witchcraft, adultery, pride, theft, vainglory, and
seduction. In English.
133. Words and Music in the Middle Ages
(4) Enders, Brown
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
A study of major medieval performance genres in their sociocultural context,
including the troubadours and trouvères, the Mass and liturgical
drama, extant instrumental music, and romance works with lyric insertions (e.g.,
Aucassin et Nicolette, Machaut). In French.
133X. Words and Music in the Middle Ages
(4) Enders, Brown
Not open for credit to students who have completed French 133.
A study of the major medieval performance genres in their sociocultural context,
including the troubadours and trouvères, The Mass and liturgical
drama, extant instrumental music, and romance works with lyric insertions (e.g.
Aucassin et Nicolette, Machaut). In English.
134AX. Law and Literature in the Middle Ages
(4) Enders, Brown
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Not only does medieval literature represent and stage constant juridical proceedings
(trials, ordeals, executions): law itself is often perceived as entertainment.
Analyzing representative epic, theatrical, and legal texts, we will investigate
the veritable spectacle of jurisprudence (including its contemporary ramifications).
In English.
134A. Law and Literature in the Middle Ages
(4) Brown, Enders
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
Not only does medieval literature represent and stage constant juridical proceedings
(trials, ordeals, executions); law itself is often perceived as entertainment.
Analyzing representative epic, theatrical, and legal texts, we will investigate
the veritable spectacle of jurisprudence (including its contemporary ramifications).
134B. Trials of Desire in the Middle Ages
(4) Brown, Enders
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
From knightly jousting to romantic monologues to lyric debates about fidelity,
numerous medieval characters fight about love. Focusing on Chrétien de
Troyes and the troubadours, we explore the literary and cultural ramifications
of the representation of love as violent.
135. Medieval Paris
(4) Brown, Enders
Prerequisite: French 101.
A study of the political, artistic, and intellectual culture of medieval Paris,
with a focus on its changing royal image, architectural achievements, university
system, urban celebrations, and literary monuments. In French.
135X. Medieval Paris
(4) Brown, Enders
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
A study of the political, artistic, and intellectual culture of medieval Paris,
with a focus on its changing royal image, architectural achievements, university
system, urban celebrations, and literary monuments. In English.
135XH. Medieval Paris-Honors
(1) Brown, Enders
Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in French 135X and consent of instructor.
Students must meet departmental honors criteria.
Eligible students will be invited to enroll in the honors seminar taught by
the course instructor. Students receive one unit for the honors seminar, for
a total of 5 units in French 135X and 135XH.
136A. Love, Adultery and the Supernatural
(4) Brown, Enders
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
The rise of medieval narrative literature and its development. Emphasis on the
romance. In French.
136C. Medieval Drama
(4) Brown, Enders
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
A study of the origins and development of French theatre to 1500 with emphasis
on the comic genres. In French.
136E. Women in the Middle Ages
(4) Brown, Enders
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
A study of the socio-political role of women in France from the twelfth to the
fifteenth centuries through an examination of their image in literary texts
written by both sexes. In French.
136X. Women in the Middle Ages
(4) Brown, Enders
A study of the socio-political role of women in France from the twelfth to the
fifteenth centuries through an examination of their image in literary texts
written by both sexes. In English.
137X. Medieval Literature in Translation
(4) Brown, Enders
A study of one or more major medieval works in translation such as The Song
of Roland, the romances of Chrétien de Troyes, the Lais of Marie
de France, or The Romance of the Rose. In English.
138. Modern Images of the Middle Ages: The Intersection of Text, History,
and Film
(4) Brown, Enders
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
Examination of major cultural aspects of the Middle Ages, including courtly
love, the Arthurian myth, the legend of Robin Hood, witchcraft, scholasticism,
the Inquisition, war and death, through the dual optic of medieval literature
and modern film. In French.
138H. Modern Images of the Middle Ages
(1) Brown, Enders
Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in French 138 or 138X. Honors students
only.
Eligible students will be invited to enroll in the honors seminar which is generally
taught by the course instructor.
138X. Modern Images of the Middle Ages: The Intersection of Text, History
and Film
(4) Brown, Enders
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Course will examine major cultural aspects of the Middle Ages, including courtly
love, the Arthurian myth, the legend of Robin Hood, witchcraft, scholasticism,
the Inquisition, war and death, through the dual optic of medieval literature
and modern film. In English.
139X. Torture
(4) Enders
An investigation into the history of torture from classical antiquity to Amnesty
International. Discussions focus on its interrelations with literature, law,
art history, gender, and violence in the media. Guest lecturers, as available.
In English.
140B. Renaissance Poetry
(4) Skenazi
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
A study of the great masterpieces of French Renaissance poetry with special
attention given to poets of the "École de Lyon" and the "Pléiade."
Works by Marot, Scève, Du Bellay, and Ronsard. In French.
140C. The Renaissance Literature of Ideas
(4) Skenazi
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
The discovery of the new world. The encounter with the other, the questioning
of a social order, the evolution of sciences. Readings: Marot, Cartier, Thévet,
Rabelais, Du Bellay, Montaigne. In French.
141. Ambiguity and Opposition in Selected Authors of the Early Renaissance
(4) Skenazi
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
The expression of resistance and reaction to the social order. May include works
by Lemaire de Belges, Marot, Rabelais, Scève. In French.
142. French Theatre
(4) Skenazi
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
A study of the meaning and the function of French theatre throughout the centuries,
in connection with the cultural context of the day. Plays by Molière,
Beaumarchais, Hugo, Musset, Ionesco, Beckett. In French.
142X. French Theatre in Translation
(4) Skenazi
A study of the meaning and the function of French theatre through the centuries,
in connection with the cultural context of the day. Plays by Molière,
Beaumarchais, Hugo, Musset, Ionesco, Beckett. In English.
143. Belgian Literature in French
(4) Skenazi
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
A study of selected texts of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Belgian literature
in relation to the visual arts of the period. Works by Maeterlinck, Verhaeren,
Ghelderode. In French.
144. The Rise of Nationalism in the Renaissance
(4) Skenazi
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
Political discourse in the Renaissance. The expression of nationalism in selected
texts and documents from the sixteenth century. In French.
145X. Irony in the Renaissance
(4) Skenazi
How can irony provide an answer to religious, social, political, and ethnic
contradictions of a society? What are the expressions of irony in the Renaissance?
Works by Boccaccio, Marguerite de Navarre, Erasmus, Rabelais, Montaigne. In
English.
146X. Voyages to the Unknown
(4) Skenazi
Same course as Comparative Literature 107.
The impact of the voyages of discovery on late fifteenth- and sixteenth-century
Europe. Readings on real and imaginary voyages: Columbus, Cartier, Léry,
More, Rabelais, Montaigne. In English.
147. Paris, From the Renaissance to the Revolution
(4) Nesci, MacArthur
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
The historical and artistic features of Paris (sixteenth to eighteenth centuries),
focusing on how the monarchy wrote the city in its own image, and on the guidebooks
to the monuments. Birth of urban ethnography, with Mercier's Tableaux de
Paris. In French.
147X. Paris, From the Renaissance to the Revolution
(4) Courtine, Skenazi
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
The historical and artistic features of Paris (sixteenth to eighteenth centuries),
focusing on how the monarchy wrote the city in its own image, and on the guidebooks
to the monuments. Birth of urban ethnography, with Mercier's Tableaux de
Paris. In English.
150A. The Early Seventeenth Century
(4) Tobin
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
Analysis of literary, philosophical, and cultural trends of the first half of
the seventeenth century. Esthetics of mannerism (Théophile, Saint-Amant),
classicism (Malherbe, Racan), Préciosité (Voiture, Montausier),
French mannerist tragedy (Rotrou, Corneille). Birth of modern rationalism and
importance of neostoicism in Descartes' works. Class reading and discussions
supplemented by lectures on aspects of culture (religion, politics, society).
Documentary films used. In French.
150B. The Age of Louis XIV
(4) Tobin
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
The development of literary genres between 1660 and 1680. Pascal, Racine, Molière,
La Fontaine, La Rochefoucauld, Mme de La Fayette studied as examples of that
ideal which attempts a balance, through tension of mannerism and classicism.
Discussions of art and architecture will supplement literary analyses. In French.
154. Comedy in the Seventeenth Century
(4) Tobin
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
Survey of the theories of the comic in the seventeenth century; discussion of
the major comedies from 1637 to 1667, including farces, literary parodies, baroque
comedy, social satire, and two enigmatic plays: Molière's Dom Juan
and Le Misanthrope. In French.
160A. Introduction to Eighteenth-Century French Thought
(4) Sturm
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
A reading of basic Enlightenment texts, stressing the fundamental works of Rousseau,
Voltaire, Diderot, Laclos, and other major figures of the century. In French.
160B. Eighteenth-Century French Novel
(4) MacArthur
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
The novel's progression from banned genre to predominant literary form. Works
by authors such as Prévost, Marivaux, Graffigny, Diderot, Laclos, and
Sade. In French.
160C. Eighteenth-Century French Theatre
(4) MacArthur
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
A study of eighteenth-century plays, and of the controversies over acting and
the role of the theatre in society. Plays and essays by Marivaux, Voltaire,
Sedaine, Diderot, Rousseau and Beaumarchais. In French.
160X. The Power of Negative Thinking: Sartre, Adorno, and Marcuse
(4) Sturm
Critical perspectives on man and culture by three of the great myth-shattering
thinkers of the century. Topics: the social function of art, the Freudian legacy,
utopia revisited, work and play, etc. In English.
163. The Politics of Paradise
(4) Sturm
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
Rousseau's two Discourses, The Social Contract, and Emile,
along with Voltaire's Candide, Le Mondain, and other works are
subjected to content analysis. Focus on rhetoric of utopia and its political
infrastructure. In French.
164. Literature in the Age of Anxiety
(4) Sturm
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
Works dramatizing the plight of modern man faced with existential dilemmas and
extreme situations. Sartre, Camus, Gide, Beckett, and others. In French.
166. Sartre: Recounting Lives
(4) Sturm
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
Investigation of the variety of angles from which Sartre recounts lives, whether
it be his own or another's, real or fictional. Cognitive issues and dilemmas
of biography, autobiography, and case studies investigated from a modern-critical
perspective. In French.
166X. Recounting Lives
(4) Sturm
An investigation of how Sartre, Camus and Gide recount lives-their own or another's,
real or fictional. Issues of biography, autobiography, and case studies will
be addressed from a contemporary critical perspective. In English.
167X. Problems of Ending in Poetry and Fiction
(4) MacArthur
An investigation of the thematic and formal elements that make readers feel
a work has ended, and of the connections between different types of endings
and political, social, and religious structures and beliefs. Authors such as
Ronsard, Diderot, Flaubert, Mallarmé. In English.
168. French Women Writers
(4) MacArthur
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
A survey of works by women writers from different periods. Readings vary from
quarter to quarter. Authors such as Marie de France, Marguerite de Navarre,
Lafayette, Graffigny, de Staël, Sand, Colette, Duras. In French.
169A. Visions of Alienation
(4) Nesci, Maleuvre
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
Figures of deviance, marginality, prostitution, and social misery as testimonies
to the pathology of the modern condition. Study of de Staël, Balzac, Sand,
Flaubert, Zola, Durkheim and Freud. In French.
169AX. Visions of Alienation
(4) Nesci, Maleuvre
Not open for credit to students who have completed French 171AX.
Figures of deviance, marginality, prostitution, and social misery as testimonies
to the pathology of the modern condition. Study of de Staël, Balzac, Sand,
Flaubert, Zola, Durkheim and Freud. In English.
169B. Paris in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Art
(4) Nesci, Maleuvre
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed French 171B.
Literary and artistic representations of Paris as the dreamworld of modernity.
Writers: Balzac, Baudelaire, Hugo, Flaubert, Zola. Artists: Degas, Manet, the
Impressionists. Main themes: visual culture, painting of modern life, Paris
and revolution, Paris underground. In French.
169BH. Time Off in Paris-Honors
(1) Nesci
Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in French 169BX and consent of instructor.
Students must meet departmental honors criteria.
Eligible students will be invited to enroll in the honors seminar generally
taught by the course instructor. Students receive one unit for the honors seminar,
for a total of 5 units in French 169BX and 169BH.
169BX. Time Off in Paris
(4) Nesci
Not open for credit to students who have completed French 171BX.
Wandering the Parisian streets in the nineteenth century. Focus on the rise
of a new urban self and a gendered urban consciousness in Balzac, Baudelaire,
Zola. Painting of modern life in Manet and the Impressionists. Paris as the
dreamworld of modernity. In English.
169CH. Underground Paris
(1) Prieto
Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in French 169CX and consent of instructor.
Students must meet departmental honors criteria.
Eligible students will be invited to enroll in the honors seminar generally
taught by the course instructor. Students receive one unit for the honors seminar,
for a total of 5 units in French 169CX and 169CH.
169CX. Underground Paris
(4) Prieto
Twentieth-century Paris as it has been imagined and observed in literature and
film: the futuristic visions of Jules Verne and Godard; surrealist Paris; Paris
as a cultural mecca; the metro; slums and suburbs, etc. In English.
169DX. Close Encounters
(4) Maleuvre
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50.
Art, literature and the question of ethics: responsibility and the other, secrecy
and history, love and violence, and the open question of what "being human"
describes. Constant, Camus, Sartre, Dostoievsky, Blanchot, Jabès, Benjamin,
etc.
169EX. God is Dead
(4) Maleuvre
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50.
Tracing the theme of the silent god, and the withdrawal of the divine from "the
destitute world," in modern prose, poetry and philosophy. Lamartine, Nerval,
Jean Paul, Hölderlin, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Rilke, Bataille, etc.
170B. The Heroism of Modern Life
(4) Nesci, Maleuvre
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal and Flaubert's Madame Bovary as
the first masterpieces of literary modernity. Study of réalisme
and the new cultural realities characteristic of the crisis of art during the
Second Empire (1852-1870). In French.
170X. Trauma
(4) Maleuvre
The radically individual nature of suffering, the shattering of experience and
the muting of the survivor, from Greek tragedy to our post-catastrophic century.
Readings include the Book of Job, Sophocles, Shakespeare, Montaigne, Chateaubriand,
Balzac, Duras, Levi, etc. In English.
171AA-ZZ. Studies in the Nineteenth Century
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
May be repeated for credit provided letter designations are different.
In-depth study of texts and themes from the nineteenth century in France. In
French.
A. The Romantic Movement in France
171AX-ZX Studies in the Nineteenth Century
(4) Nesci, Maleuvre
May be repeated for credit provided letter designations are different.
In-depth study of texts and themes from the nineteenth century in France. In
English.
AX. The Romantic Movement in France
171X. French Feminism in the Nineteenth Century
(4) Nesci
Same course as Women's Studies 171CN.
Women's new positions in the public sphere of power following the French Revolution
and their changing personal and collective aspirations throughout the century.
Rights of women, women's voice and writing (journalism and autobiography), feminism,
socialism and revolution. In English.
172X. Literature and the Rise of the Modern World
(4) Nesci
A study of the role played by the creative artist in the process of cultural
change: the impact of change on the artist; the opportunities that change gives
the artist; the artist as world creator. Lectures and readings in English.
175X. The French Revolution: A Cultural History
(4) Nesci
Cultural origins of the French Revolution (1789-1799). Analyses of prints, texts,
and films representing the performative aspect of revolutionary language. Gender,
family romance, and citizenship in Revolutionary Paris. The legacy of the Revolution
to modern political culture. In English.
176X. French Travelers in America
(4) Nesci
Study of French travelers in America, from Chateaubriand and Tocqueville to
Baudrillard. Focus on French readings of the American dream, the confrontation
between images of utopias and counter-utopias. The discovery of America as rediscovery
of Europe.
178A-B-C. Special Topics in French Cinema
(4) Staff
Special topics in French cinema such as recent film, the representation of history,
the counterpoint of text and image. Different letters designate different areas
of study. In French.
178X. French Film: Theory and Practice
(4-4) Staff
French film from its beginnings to the late 1930s. Course will view the relationship
between film and the other arts (surrealism, cubism) as well as the way film
reflects social and political issues. Jean Cocteau, René Clair. In English.
178Y. French Film: Theory and Practice
(4) Staff
The course focuses on French film from the late 1930s to the present. It pays
particular attention to the emergence of New Wave directors such as Jean-Luc
Godard and François Truffaut. In English.
178Z. Technology and Cinema
(4) Staff
Same course as Film Studies 178Z.
Cinema fulfills and breaks down the technological project of "framing" the whole
of existence. Themes: humanity and/as technological threat, the decline of language
and ethics, the culture industry, science fiction. Screenings include Tarkovsky,
Kubrick, Star Wars, Marker, Godard, Méliès, Lang. Lectures and
readings in English.
180A. The Surrealist Revolution
(4) Lévy, Prieto
A multimedia look at Surrealism's attempt to harness the power of the unconscious.
Use of the words and images of the Surrealists to understand how they hoped
to revolutionize the way we think and live.
180B. Modern French Literature
(4) Lévy, Prieto
The course, devoted primarily to the 1930s and 1940s, will examine novelists
such as Bernanos, Queneau, Beckett, Céline, and Malraux, dramatists such
as Anouilh and Giraudoux, and will discuss writers associated with Existentialism
and/or later Surrealism (Prévert, Michaux, Eluard). In French.
180C. Post-War Avant-Gardes
(4) Lévy, Prieto
This course, devoted to aspects of French poetry, fiction, and film since World
War II, may treat modern poets, "new novelists" (to be chosen among Sarraute,
Duras, Robbe-Grillet, Butor), playwrights of the "absurd" and/or New Wave filmmakers.
In French.
180D. Twentieth-Century Theater: Know Your Classics
(4) Prieto
The twentieth century has been fertile in stage adaptations of the classic myths
of Western civilization. This course will study such plays, emphasizing both
the reliance on ancient tales and their adaptation to contemporary issues.
180X. Existentialist Literature in Translation
(4) Staff
Readings in fiction, drama, and philosophical essays from the French Existentialist
movement. Readings will include Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Simone de Beauvoir.
The major existentialist themes (commitment, anguish, subjectivity, etc.) will
be considered. In English.
181. Contemporary French Literature
(4) Lévy, Prieto
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
From the Writing of Adventure to the Adventure of Writing. A study of contemporary
works (Butor, Robbe-Grillet, Blanchot, Beckett, Sollers) and avant-garde movements
("Nouveau Roman," "Tel Quel") that challenge, at various levels, the very notion
of "Literature." In French.
181X. Narratology
(4) Prieto
Study of formal elements of narrative exemplified by various fictional genres.
In addition to learning narrative theory, students will apply practical techniques
of analysis to specific literary texts. Course should interest students in communication
theory, anthropology as well as literature. In English.
182. Literary Translation: Theory and Practice
(4) Lévy
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
Exploration of the various theories of translation. Offers a practical component
where students work on a specific translation project. Examination of literary,
philosophical, linguistic and theoretical texts by Jakobson, Benjamin, Steiner,
Derrida and others. In French.
183X. From Existential Phenomenology to Structuralism
(4) Sturm
Intellectual movements in postwar France. Critical readings and discussion in
literature, psychoanalysis, art, and systems. Sartre, Lévi-Strauss, Lacan,
Barthes, Foucault, and others. In English.
184A-B. Contemporary French Poetry
(4-4) Lévy
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
From Baudelaire to Prévert: a critical study of significant poems since
1857, against the background of Parnassian, symbolist, cubist, and surrealist
ideas. Study of poetic materials and techniques. Several short papers, explications
de texte, practice in translation. In French.
185A. Twentieth-Century Women Writers
(4) Nesci
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
Not open for credit to students who have completed French 185.
Twentieth-century women writers from France, Belgium, Switzerland, Africa, the
Caribbean, and Quebec. The influence of race, language, nationality and sexuality
on identities; and process of becoming a writer, in authors including Colette,
Beauvoir, Nathalie Sarraute, Maryse Conde, Mariama Ba.
185B. Gender and Sexuality in France
(4) Nesci
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
Role of gender and the function of sexuality in the formation of identities
in French culture. Themes of family, love, marriage, political and interpersonal
relationships in literary texts, films, paintings, and diverse media.
186. The Detective Story
(4) Prieto
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
The detective story as a specifically modern genre, one obsessed with the search
for The Truth. Exploration of different ways its conventions have been put to
use in modern literature and film. In French.
190X. Cross-Currents in Modern French and Italian Film
(4) Lawton, Maleuvre
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Thematic parallels within these major filmic traditions. Treatment of the following
central themes: war, death, love, justice, consumerism, etc., by such directors
as Renoir, Fellini, Godard, Truffaut, Malle, Bertolucci, Scola, and others.
In English.
192. Littérature de la Francophonie
(4) Prieto
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
Literature in French by writers outside France. Material includes representative
authors and literary movements of Canada, Haiti, Senegal, Zaire, etc. Discussion
of questions of national identity and literary relations. In French.
192X. Post-colonial Francophone Narrative
(4) Prieto
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
French-language narratives from the Caribbean, West Africa, and the Maghreb
(Chamoiseau, Kourouma, Djebar, etc.). Born of the conflict between, and hybridization
of widely differing cultural traditions, these texts illuminate colonial history
as well as our multicultural future. In English.
193X. Structuralism and Poststructuralism
(4) Lévy
Study of fundamental concepts of structuralism and poststructuralism. Examination
of the work of some of the following modern thinkers: Saussure, Jakobson, Lévi-Strauss,
Barthes, Kristeva, Derrida, Lacan, Foucault, Lyotard, Serres. In English.
194. Science and Fiction
(4) Lévy
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
Study of the interaction between science and literature in the modern period.
Reading in the philosophy of science (Cuvier, Claude Bernard, Einstein, Heisenberg,
Weiner, Mandelbrot) and literature (Balzac, Maupassant, Verne, Stevenson, Musil,
Calvino, Ponge). In French.
194X. Science and Fiction
(4) Lévy
Study of the interaction between science and literature in the modern period.
Reading in the philosophy of science (Cuvier, Claude Bernard, Einstein, Heisenberg,
Weiner, Mandelbrot) and literature (Balzac, Maupassant, Verne, Stevenson, Musil,
Calvino, Ponge). In English.
195. The Poet's Identity
(4) Lévy
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
Study of the way poets present themselves through their poetry and the different
functions they assign to their poetry. Close readings of French poetry from
the late middle ages to the present. In French.
196. Fantasy and the Fantastic
(4) Lévy
Prerequisites: French 26 and 101.
Exploration of the fantasy theme and fantastic literature in nineteenth- and
twentieth-century French literature. Includes some of these authors: Nerval,
Nodier, Maupassant, Gautier, Villiers, Mérimée, Balzac, Breton,
Paulhan. In French.
196X. Fantasy and the Fantastic
(4) Lévy
Exploration of the fantasy theme and fantastic literature in nineteenth- and
twentieth-century French literature. Course will include some of these authors:
Nerval, Nodier, Maupassant, Gautier, Villiers, Mérimée, Balzac,
Breton, Paulhan. In English.
197. Senior Seminar
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Open to students who have completed 20 or more upper-division units in the major.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units, but only 4 units may be
applied toward the major.
A seminar enabling students to synthesize knowledge gained in upper-division
French courses, both at UCSB and through the Education Abroad Program. Topics
vary, but involve investigations of theoretical issues related to French literature
and culture. In French.
199. Independent Studies in French
(1-5) Staff
Prerequisites: upper-division standing; completed at least two upper-division
courses in French.
Students must have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for the preceding three
quarters and are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199RA
courses combined.
Individual investigations in literary or linguistics fields.
199RA. Independent Research Assistance
(1-5) Staff
Prerequisites: upper-division standing; completed at least two upper-division
courses in French; consent of instructor.
Students must have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for the preceding three
quarters and are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199RA
courses combined.
Independent research, under the supervision of a consenting faculty member.
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200AA-ZZ. Topics in French Literature
(4) Staff
May be repeated for credit provided letter designations are different.
Studies of various topics in French literature.
A. Travelling in the Renaissance
B. Nineteenth and twentieth centuries
C. Irony in the Renaissance
D. Misery
E. Nomadic Thought/Nomadic Literature
F. Science and Literature
G. What is an Author?
F. Nationalism in the Renaissance
202A-D. Advanced Critical Writing
(4) Enders
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
May be repeated for credit provided letter designations are different.
Workshop on the style, structure, and ideology of crafting persuasive critical
arguments and creating authority in writing (in French or English). Focus on
introductions, conclusions, definitions, proofs, refutation, and interaction
with sources through analysis, critique, practice, and peer review.
A. Writing For Publication
B. Writing the Thesis
C. Writing and the Profession
D. Special Topics in Writing
203. Advanced French Phonetics
(4) Staff
An accelerated review of the principles covered in French 103A-B-C, but without
laboratory practice. An introduction to acoustic phonetics.
204A. History of French Language
(4) Ashby
Prerequisites: one year of college Latin; French 203.
The linguistic history of French, stressing the major changes in the phonological,
morphological, and syntactic systems from Latin to modern French.
204B. Old French Philology
(4) Ashby
Prerequisites: one year of college Latin; French 203 and French 204A.
Reading and linguistic analysis of old French texts.
206. Introduction to Old French
(4) Brown, Enders
Introduction to Old French and examination of a number of early medieval works.
207. Literary Criticism: Medieval and Modern
(4) Brown, Enders
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
A study of key critical texts of the medieval student and/or modern medievalist,
including literary prologues (Marie de France, Chrétien, Mauchat), scholastic
treatises, and the theories of mouvance (Zumthor) and medieval alterity (Jauss).
208. Studies in French Linguistics
(4) Ashby
May be repeated for credit with different topics for a maximum of 20 units.
Selected problems in linguistics will be studied with a different specialization
each quarter.
214. Techniques of Literary Analysis
(4) Staff
Approaches to the three main literary genres (poetry, novel, and theater) based
on close textual analysis, readings in theory, and research methods. For advanced
undergraduates and beginning graduate students.
216. Narratology
(4) Prieto
Course taught in English, although knowledge of French is required.
Course will study the structures, modes, and levels of fictional narrative by
applying recent analytical methods to selected texts: formalism, structuralism,
semiotics, deconstruction, etc. Students will analyze their own story after
an analytical model for an oral report and term paper.
222. Linguistique Structurale et Analyse Structurale des Textes
(4) Courtine
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
The founding principles of structural linguistics, and how linguistic methods
can be applied to the analysis of literary texts (Barthes, Greimas), folktales
(Propp), myths or genealogies (Lévi-Strauss), semiology (Barthes, Prieto)
and psychoanalysis (Lacan).
224AA-ZZ. History of the Body
(4) Courtine
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Focus on the body and body language as it has been transmitted historically
through such sources as medical treatises, literary works, portraits and photographs.
A. Physical Expression of Emotions, 16th-19th Centuries
B. Monsters
C. Culture and Curiosity, 18th and 19th Centuries
235. The Medieval Book as Literary Artifact
(4) Brown
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Study of the materiality of books as critical to understanding literary works,
especially during, but not limited to, the Middle Ages. Emphasis on the dynamic
interaction between text and paratext, between writers and patrons, between
authors, scribes and editors.
236AA-ZZ. Studies in Medieval Literature
(4) Staff
This course may be repeated provided the letter designation is different.
In-depth study of selected texts of medieval literature.
A. From Oral to Written
B. "Courtly Love" and "Courtly Romance"
C. Words and Music
D. The Dynamics of Allegory
E. Late Medieval Textuality and Poetic Authority
F. Theater and Theatricality
G. Representations of Medieval Gender
H. Torture and Truth in the Middle Ages
I. The Poetics of Silence
J. Trial, Ordeal, and Desire in the Middle Ages
K. Medieval Literature and Magic
237. The Book in Performance
(4) Brown, Enders
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
A study of the intersection between the medieval book and medieval drama, including
the performative qualities of the medieval text, the drama of the page, and
the "livresque" qualities of theater.
240A-E. Studies in the Sixteenth Century
(4) Skenazi
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
May be repeated for credit provided the letter designation is different.
Study in depth of selected texts of the sixteenth century.
A. Rabelais
B. Pléiade
C. Montaigne and Marguerite de Navarre
D. French Renaissance Theatre
E. Renaissance Court Poetry
241. Figures of Instability
(4) Skenazi
Representation of fragmentation and change in the works of Du Bellay and Montaigne.
242A. Medieval Rhetoric and Literature
(4) Enders
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
As a veritable theory of literature, rhetoric instilled skills in memory, performance,
structure, style, and creativity. Readings focus on the kinship between rhetoric
and literature as exemplified in such authors as Chrétien, Abélard,
Machaut, Gréban, Jean de Meung, and Christine de Pizan.
242B. Modern Theories of Rhetoric
(4) Skenazi
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
A study of figures of discourse such as metonymy and metaphor. Works of Fontanier,
Jakobson, Genette, Lacan, Derrida, and Ricoeur.
250A-H. Studies in the Seventeenth Century
(4) Tobin
May be repeated for credit provided the letter designation is different.
Study in depth of selected texts of the seventeenth century.
A. Corneille
B. Racine
C. Molière
D. Pascal
E. La Fontaine
F. Moralistes
G. Classical Hero
H. The Baroque
260A-Z. Studies in the Eighteenth Century
(4) MacArthur, Sturm
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
May be repeated for credit provided the letter designation is different.
Texts of the eighteenth century.
A. Voltaire
B. Diderot
C. Rousseau
D. The Novel
E. Political Thought in Belletristic Literature
F. Utopia in the Siècle des Lumières
G. Man against Myth
H. Negation and Myth in the Age of Enlightenment
I. Reason and Nature in the Enlightenment
J. Women Writers
K. Censorship in the Eighteenth Century
L. Reading Practices and the Public Sphere
261. Rousseau and His Critics
(4) Staff
A study of Rousseau's major works as a point of departure in a review of past
and present critical views.
262. The Confessional Urge: Studies in French Autobiography
(4) Sturm
A critical inquiry into motivation and strategies of the genre. Casanova, Rétif,
Rousseau, Leiris, Adamov, Sartre, Barthes, and others in selected texts. Psychoanalytic
orientation.
263. Rousseau and the Alienation of Modern Man
(4) Sturm
In condemning the enlightenment notion of progress, Rousseau became the first
thinker to anticipate the dehumanized edifice of the modern era. Discussion
of his views on politics, art, education, and his extraordinary influence will
be considered through Freud and Marcuse.
265. The Epistolary Form
(4) MacArthur
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Study of real and fictional correspondences in the light of recent criticism.
Emphasis on problems of epistolary narrative, and on the association between
women and letter writing. Works by Abélard and Héloise, Guilleragues,
Laclos, Charrière, Balzac, Colette.
270AA-ZZ. Studies in the Nineteenth Century
(4) Maleuvre, Nesci
May be repeated for credit provided letter designations are different.
In-depth study in depth of selected texts of the nineteenth century.
A. Balzac
B. Stendhal
C. Flaubert
D. Zola
E. Romantic Poetry
F. Baudelaire
G. Symbolism
H. Literature of the Second Empire
I. Theater
J. Hugo
K. Roman et Révolution
P. Memory Crises
Q. Bodies Exposed
270L. Literature and Society in the Novel
(4) Nesci
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
An inquiry into literature as a socio-political institution. Topics covered
will be the representation of sexuality and the family in realism; the notion
of text as social practice; the socio-cultural codes and modes that frame the
literary representation.
270M. Dandies and Decadence
(4) Maleuvre
Dandyism and its appeal to modernist reflection on figuration. Fin-de-siècle
aesthetics of decadence will be tied to the uncertainty of figuration and the
perversity of identity. Balzac, Baudelaire, Huysmans, Barbey d'Aurevilly, Lorrain,
and Proust.
270N. Special Topics in the Nineteenth Century
(4) Nesci, Maleuvre
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Course content will vary.
271. Paris in 19th Century Literature
(4) Nesci
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Focus on literary and artistic representations of Paris in post-revolutionary
France. Texts by Balzac, Baudelaire, Hugo, Flaubert, Rimbaud, Zola. We will
study how artists attempt to represent Paris as a fragmented totality and give
meaning to modernity and its unstable history.
274. Panoramic Literature
(4) Nesci, Maleuvre
Focus on the expository spirit in nineteenth-century culture: world exhibitions,
panoramic journalism, and encyclopedic collection. Of particular interest will
be technologies of rationalizing circulation of goods and bodies.
275. Poetry and Communication Theory
(4) Lévy
What constitutes the poetic message? How is it transmitted? What rules of communication
does it follow and which ones does it break? This seminar will attempt to answer
these questions through the study of seventeenth, nineteenth, and twentieth-century
poets.
276. The Theory of Fantastic Literature
(4) Lévy
Study of the current theories of fantastic literature and their limitations.
Works by some of the following authors will be examined: Cazotte, Nerval, Gautier,
Mérimée, Nodier, Villiers, Maupassant, Apollinaire, Breton, Genet,
Paulhan.
277. The Representation of Science in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century
Literature
(4) Lévy
Focus on the epistemological, theoretical implications and the cultural impact
that the philosophy of modern science brings to the study of literature.
278. Poetry and Modernity
(4) Maleuvre
Focus on the conceptual aspect of poetry, its status as philosophical reflection,
on the creative and meditative rapport between consciousness and the poem. De
Staël, Desbordes-Valmore, Lamartine, Vigny, Hugo, Baudelaire, Rimbaud,
Verlaine, Laforgue, Mallarmé, Lautréamont.
279. Contemporary Theory in Translation
(4) Snyder
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Survey of the principle issues of contemporary theory. Readings range from classic
texts by Adorno, Bakhtin, Benjamin, Cixous, Foucault, Heidegger et. al.
to recent essays in the new cultural studies. In English.
280AA-ZZ. Studies in the Twentieth Century
(4) Staff
May be repeated for credit in combination with French 280A-M provided letter
designations are different.
In-depth study of selected texts of the twentieth century.
A. Proust
B. Gide
C. Apollinaire
D. Existentialism
F. Theatre
G. Essay
H. Surrealism
I. Valéry
J. Contemporary Criticism
K. Camus
L. Politics and Literature
M. Sartre
N. Twentieth-Century Novel
281. Literature and Philosophy in Twentieth-Century Writing
(4) Sturm
Modern perspectives in methodology, psychoanalysis, aesthetics, and politics,
and their relation to the reading of literary texts. Mainly Sartre and Marcuse.
283. Francis Ponge
(4) Lévy
Study of Francis Ponge as both poet and theoretician of literature. Particular
attention will be paid to his writings which invoke the sciences.
284. Contemporary Poetry
(4) Lévy
Survey of French poetry since 1945. Francis Ponge, René Char, Henri Michaux,
Michel Deguy, Lorand Gaspar, Edmond Jabès, Jacques Dupin, André
DuBouchet.
285. Twentieth-Century Poetry
(4) Lévy
Valéry, Apollinaire, Reverdy, Jacob, Desnos, Eluard, Breton, Artaud,
Char, Ponge, Michaux, Perse, Bonnefoy.
287. French Film and Theory
(4) Staff
May be repeated with consent of instructor.
Analysis of French film which will attempt to integrate a cultural-historical
approach together with some theoretical considerations. Content may vary.
290. Readings in Twentieth-Century Alienation
(4) Sturm
The individual at odds with the myths and structures of the modern world, as
perceived in his psychological, cultural, and aesthetic dimensions. Selected
works by: Sartre, Camus, Beckett, Genet, Foucault, and others.
292. Biography as Myth and Reality
(4) Sturm
The real and imaginary "Case Studies" of Sartre and Freud. The orientation of
the course will be philosophical and psychoanalytic.
293. Penser à Partir de Sartre: Philosophie, Fiction et Vérité
(4) Sturm
Sartre's ambition to grasp all aspects of twentieth-century human experience
("totalisation") through his phenomenological approach will be investigated
through his major texts and critical works.
294A. Francophone Literature: Introduction to Post-colonial Francophone
Narrative
(4) Prieto
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed French 294.
An overview of "la Francophonie du Sud." Emphasis on literary depictions
of colonial history and its aftermath in texts from the Caribbean, West Africa,
and the Maghreb.
294B. Francophone Literature: The Caribbean
(4) Prieto
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed French 294.
Readings from Haiti, Martinique, and Guadeloupe, with emphasis on the Creole
oral tradition; slavery and the plantation system; race and multiculturalism;
relations with France and the United States.
294C. Francophone Literature: West Africa
(4) Prieto
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed French 294.
Readings from the Congo, Zaire, Senegal, Cameroon, etc. Emphasis on the transition
to independence; the oral tradition; social critique in film and the novel;
the interaction of traditional beliefs with Islam and Christianity.
294D. Francophone Literature: The Maghreb
(4) Prieto, Nesci
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed French 294.
Readings from Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia. Emphasis on Islamic tradition;
modernization; gender issues in Islam; contemporary political transformations.
500. Apprentice Teaching
(4) Smorodinsky
Units earned in this course, which are required of all teaching assistants,
do not apply toward degree.
Includes orientation week, weekly meetings with supervisor, preparation of examinations,
class visitations and discussions, videotaping of classes followed by review
with supervisor, occasional workshops.
596. Directed Reading and Research
(2-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Individual tutorial. Instructor is usually student's major professor. Students
doing initial research on the doctoral dissertation may sign up for this course.
597. Independent Study
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of graduate advisor.
Individual research projects, supervised by a faculty member. Requires permission
of graduate advisor to enroll.
598. Master's Thesis Research and Preparation
(1-12) Staff
No unit credit allowed toward degree. S/U grade.
Only for research underlying thesis, writing thesis. Instructor should be chair
of student's thesis committee.
599. Dissertation Research and Preparation
(1-12) Staff
Only for the writing of the doctoral dissertation. Instructor should be chair
of student's doctoral committee.
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Italian 1-6: Students in all sections of a given level progress at the same rate and cover the same amount of material. Students who have studied Italian at other institutions and wish to continue their study at UCSB are required to take the placement examination given by the department.
1. Elementary Italian
(4) Staff
Introduction to the most basic elements of Italian grammar. Articles, adjectives,
gender. Verbs in the present tense. (F,W)
2. Elementary Italian
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Italian 1.
Logical continuation of Italian 1. Direct and indirect pronouns. Verbs in the
past tense and the imperfect. Emphasis on the correct writing and speaking of
Italian. (F,W,S)
3. Elementary Italian
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Italian 2.
Continuation of Italian 2. Verbs in the future, conditional. Introduction to
subjunctive. Further emphasis on the correct writing and speaking of Italian.
4. Intermediate Italian
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Italian 3.
The beginning of 2nd year Italian, which is more demanding than the first year.
Emphasis on reading and comprehension of modern texts, with comprehensive review
of grammar.
5. Intermediate Italian
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Italian 4.
Logical continuation of Italian 4, based on reading and comprehension of more
elaborate texts.
6. Intermediate Italian
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Italian 5.
Reading and comprehension of chosen texts (short stories, etc.) and compositions.
Readings chosen from such representative anthologies as Tempi Moderni (Burney).
8A-B-C. Italian Conversation
(2-2-2) Staff
Prerequisite: Italian 3.
Contemporary issues to be selected by instructor. Debates and discussion to
be organized among students themselves.
9V. Beginning Italian for Musicians
(4) Staff
Comprehensive course designed to familiarize musicians with basic Italian grammar,
culture, musical terminology, situational language usage as well as Italian
prose and lyrics as applied to vocal literature. Emphasis on oral skills. In
Italian.
10V. Intensive Italian for Musicians
(4) Staff
Comprehensive course designed to familiarize musicians with basic Italian grammar,
culture, musical terminology, situational language usage as well as Italian
prose and lyrics as applied to vocal literature. Emphasis on oral skills. For
advanced singers/musicians. In Italian.
11A-B. Italian for Graduate Students
(4-4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing. Italian 11A for Italian 11B.
Designed for graduate students who need to satisfy language requirements. Grammatical
preparation and practice for translation, but no individual projects. No knowledge
of Italian required for 11A.
20X. Introduction to Italian Culture
(4) Staff
Not open for credit to students who have completed Italian 106X-Y-Z.
A sweeping inquiry into Italian culture, from its origins to its current trends.
Exploration of the media, sports, gastronomy, art, music, politics, language,
regional and ethnic identity, sexuality, the family, and urban life. In English.
21Y. Great Italian Writers
(4) Staff
An overview of the finest Italian literature available in translation, ranging
from lyrics of the dolce stil novo poets to modernist writing by Anna
Banti, hard-boiled detective fiction by Gadda, and postmodern stories by Calvino.
In English.
30Z. Italy in Film
(4) Staff
An introduction to the great directors of the Italian cinema including Rossellini,
De Sica, Fellini, Visconti, Antonioni, Pasolini, Rosi, and Pontecorvo. Overview
of the chief social and aesthetic issues of postwar Europe. In English (films
subtitled).
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Italian 1-6 is prerequisite to all upper-division courses taught in Italian. Courses whose numbers are followed by X, Y, Z are taught in English.
101. Advanced Reading and Composition
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Italian 1-6.
Advanced reading and composition. Introduction to literature and literary analysis
through careful readings of selections from major contemporary authors. In Italian.
102. Advanced Reading and Literary Analysis
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Italian 6.
A further development of Italian 101 designed to introduce students to more
advanced readings in poetry and prose and to provide training in the methodology
of literary analysis. A preparation for upper-division literature courses in
Italian. In Italian.
108. Business Italian
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed Italian 108A-B-C.
Study of both the language and practice of business in contemporary Italy. Particular
attention paid to new terminology and to usages that differ from everyday Italian
language and comportment. In Italian.
109. Advanced Italian Conversation
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Italian 8A-B-C.
Discussion of contemporary issues selected by the instructor. Emphasis on idiomatic
speech and vocabulary building.
111. Italian Short Fiction
(4) Snyder
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
A study of the briefest forms of Italian narrative fiction ranging from the
exemplum to the TV script, the short story, and the novella. In Italian.
111X. Italian Short Fiction in Translation
(4) Snyder
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
A study of the briefest forms of Italian narrative fiction ranging from the
exemplum to the TV script, the short story, and the novella. In English.
112. Italian Narrative Fiction
(4) Snyder
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
A study of the longer forms of Italian narrative fiction, particularly the prose
romance and the novel. In Italian.
112X. Italian Narrative Fiction in Translation
(4) Snyder
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
A study of the longer forms of Italian narrative fiction, particularly the prose
romance and the novel. In English.
113. Italian Poetry
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
A study of the various practices of Italian poetry ranging from the epic to
the lyric to the avant-garde text. In Italian.
113X. Italian Poetry in Translation
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
A study of the various practices of Italian poetry ranging from the epic to
the lyric to the avant-garde text. In English.
114X. Dante's "Divine Comedy"
(4) Snyder
Dante's masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, remains among the most astonishing
works of world literature. This course follows the pilgrim's progress through
Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso in search of "the love
that moves the sun and the other stars." In English.
119. The Art of Translation
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Italian 101 and 102.
An intensive workshop exploring the theory and practice of translation. Students
work at translating texts from Italian to English and vice versa.
121. The Art of Italian Drama (Page to Stage)
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Intensive study of a single text for the Italian theater leading to its staging
in the original language with students as actors. In Italian.
124. Italian Theater
(4) Snyder
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
A study of the most important Italian theatrical texts and practices from the
Renaissance comedy and the commedia dell'arte to contemporary works for
the stage. In Italian.
124X. Italian Theater in Translation
(4) Snyder
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
A study of the most important Italian theatrical texts and practices from the
Renaissance comedy and the commedia dell'arte to contemporary works for
the stage. In English.
125. Italian Contemporary Writing
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
A study of current practices of writing in Italy ranging from autobiography
to cultural journalism to new avant-garde fictions. In Italian.
125X. Italian Contemporary Writing in Translation
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
A study of current practices of writing in Italy ranging from autobiography
to cultural journalism to new avant-garde fictions. In English.
126AA-ZZ. Literatures in Italian
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units provided letter designations
are different.
The literatures of Italy do not constitute a single canon but include many overlooked
regional, migrant, and postcolonial texts all written in various forms of Italian.
Consult the department office for specific topics. In Italian.
138AA-ZZ. Cultural Representations in Italy
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units provided letter designations
are different.
A study of the ways in which representational practices (texts, images, sounds)
have affected Italian culture over the ages. Focus on such topics as the body,
power, desire, and revolution. In Italian.
138AX-ZX. Cultural Representations in Italy
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units provided letter designations
are different.
A study of the ways in which representational practices (texts, images, sounds)
have affected Italian culture over the ages. In English.
A. Children's Literature
B. The Great War
142. Women in Italy
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
An intensive study of writings by and about women from the early modern and
modern eras. In Italian.
142X. Women in Italy
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
An intensive study of writings by and about women from the early modern and
modern eras. In English.
143. The Practices of the Everyday
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
The organization of the subject's everyday experience in literary works on manners,
fashions, love, work, and the family. In Italian.
143X. The Practices of the Everyday
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
The organization of the subject's everyday experience in literary works on manners,
fashions, love, work, and the family. In English.
144AA-ZZ. Gender and Sexuality in Italian Culture
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units provided letter designations
are different.
Studies in the production of gender and the functions of sexuality in Italian
culture including plays, films, paintings, and literary texts. In Italian.
144AX-ZX. Gender and Sexuality in Italian Culture
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units provided letter designations
are different.
Studies in the production of gender and the functions of sexuality in Italian
culture including plays, films, paintings, and literary texts. In English.
146. The Jews in Italy
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
The development of Jewish culture in Italy as reflected in historical documents
and literary texts. In Italian.
146X. The Jews in Italy
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
The development of Jewish culture in Italy as reflected in historical documents
and literary texts. In English.
147. Migrations To and From Italy
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
A study of dispersed and diasporic writing on migration including such topics
as Italian-American literature, and fiction from the new waves of immigrants
into Italy from Africa. In Italian.
147X. Migrations To and From Italy
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
A study of dispersed and diasporic writing on migration including such topics
as Italian-American literature, and fiction from the new waves of immigrants
into Italy from Africa. In English.
148. Cities of Italy
(4) Snyder
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
A close-up look at the great texts, histories, and cultures of Italian cities
such as Rome, Venice, Florence, Ferrara, and Naples. In Italian.
148X. Cities of Italy
(4) Snyder
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
A close-up look at the great texts, histories, and cultures of Italian cities
such as Rome, Venice, Florence, Ferrara, and Naples. In English.
149. Regions of Italy
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
A study of the distinctive regional cultures of Italy ranging from the southern
Tyrol to Sicily, and their cultural practices and products. In Italian.
149X. Regions of Italy
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
A study of the distinctive regional cultures of Italy ranging from the southern
Tyrol to Sicily, and their cultural practices and products. In English.
153X. Writing Italy
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed Italian 153.
Italy as portrayed by writers ranging from Montaigne to Goethe, Stendhal to
Butor, Berger to Ondaatje, in novels, travel narratives, and diaries. Study
of the textual construction of Italy as a figure for the European "other." In
English.
160. Senior Seminar
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division Italian major.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units, but only 4 units may be
applied toward the major.
Seminar for Italian majors wishing to participate in intensive study of a major
work of Italian culture (filmic, literary, or artistic) of the past or present.
See department for further information. In Italian.
161AX-ZX. The European Union
(4) Padula
Introduction to the history and organization of the European Union (the institutions,
policies, goals, and successes in the EU). Focus on the ongoing process of economical,
political, social, and cultural integration in Europe since the Second World
War. In English.
162AX-ZX. Comparative Cultures: France and Italy
(4) Staff
Interdisciplinary comparative study of selected cultural and social issues in
France and Italy from the early medieval period to the present day. In English.
178A-B-C. Italian Cinema
(4-4-4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed Italian 178.
Contemporary Italian cinema from neorealism to the present.
A. La commedia all'italiana
B. Mafia, camorra, 'ndrangheta
C. Gli anni di piombo
179X. Fiction and Film in Italy
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed Italian 152.
An analysis of the relationship between narrative fiction and film in modern
Italy ranging from the great works of Antonioni, Visconti, and Rossellini to
recent versions of "literary classics" shot for television. In English.
180Z. Italian Cinema
(4) Lawton
Prerequisite: Writing 2 and 50.
A survey of the major trends and directors in Italian cinema since World War
II. Directors to be studied include: Rossellini, De Sica, Visconti, Fellini,
Antonioni, and Rosi. In English.
199. Independent Studies in Italian
(1-5) Staff
Prerequisites: upper-division standing; completed at least two upper-division
courses in Italian.
Students must have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for the preceding three
quarters and are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199RA
courses combined.
Individual investigations in literary fields.
199RA. Independent Research Assistance
(1-5) Staff
Prerequisites: upper-division standing; completed at least two upper-division
courses in Italian; consent of instructor.
Students must have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for the preceding three
quarters and are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199RA
courses combined.
Independent research, under the supervision of a consenting faculty member.
596. Directed Reading and Research
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent of instructor.
May be repeated for credit.
Individual tutorial.
French and Italian Courses
Taught in English
Courses for which no knowledge of French or Italian is required. See course
descriptions above.
French: see 67X, 68X, 70X, 70Y, 70Z, 106X, 108X, 113X, 120X, 121X, 122X, 123X,
130X, 131X, 132X, 133X, 135X, 136X, 137X, 138X, 139X, 141X, 142X, 145X, 146X,
147X, 160X, 163X, 164X, 166X, 167X, 169AX, 169BX, 170X, 171AX-ZX, 171X, 172X,
174X, 175X, 176X, 178X, 178Y, 178Z, 180X, 181X, 183X, 190X, 192X, 193X, 194X,
196X.
Italian: see 20X, 21Y, 30Z, 111X, 112X, 113X, 114X, 124X, 125X, 138AX-ZX, 142X,
143X, 144AX-ZX, 146X, 147X, 148X, 149X, 153X, 161X, 179X, 180Z.
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