courses of instruction - Lafayette College

FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
the ideological and historical background.
Prerequisite: Russian 112 or equivalent. Staff
311. Russian Short Story. A study of the
Russian novella and short story with em
phasis on nineteenth- and twentieth-cen
tury fiction. Reading and interpretation of
works by writers such as Pushkin, Gogol,
Turgenev, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov,
Gorky, Babel, Olesha, Solzhenitsyn, and
others. Prerequisite: Russian 112 or equiva
lent. Staff
316. Soviet Russian Literature. A study of
developments from 1917 to the present for
their literary, social and political signifi
cance. Reading and interpretation of works
by writers such as Mayakovsky, Gladkov,
Fadeyev, Katayev, Simonov, Panova,
Evtushenko, Trifonov, and others. Prere
quisite: Russian 112 or equivalent. Staff
460. Reading and Research in Russian.
This course gives the advanced student
the opportunity to investigate intensively
an area of special interest. The student is
required to meet with the instructor peri
odically throughout the semester and at
the conclusion of the course to submit a
scholarly paper and to take an oral exami
nation on his/her work. Hours arranged.
Offered as needed. Staff
SPANISH
Requirements for the major: In addition
to demonstrated competence in the lan
guage, a student who majors in Spanish
completes a minimum of eight courses or
seminars in advanced language, literature,
and civilization. In other words, the major
in Spanish is comprised of eight courses
beyond Intermediate Spanish 111-112 (or
ten courses beyond Elementary Spanish
101-102, or 103). Students are required to
complete the language sequence up to and
including Advanced Spanish 211 or dem
onstrate equivalent proficiency for ad
vanced placement. Following completion
of the language sequence, majors in Span
ish take the following prescribed course of
study, consisting of one survey of civiliza
tion (Spanish 303, 304, 313, or 314), two
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surveys of literature (Spanish 310, 311,
317, or 318), three seminars (Spanish 425,
435, and either 421,423, 427, or 428), and
one course in Hispanic Studies in consul
tation with a faculty adviser in Spanish.
Designed to meet the specific needs of
majors interested in studying abroad,
teaching, or gaining departmental honors
(see below), the Hispanic Studies require
ment may be fulfilled by choosing from
FLL 380 or 381 (the teaching internship in
Spanish), or any 300- or 400-level course
in Spanish. By their senior year, all candi
dates for the major are required to take
Don Quixote (Spanish 425) and a Research
Seminar on a specialized topic (Spanish
435).
In lieu of both the Research Seminar
(Spanish 435) and a course in Hispanic
Studies (described above), students in
their junior year have the option to pro
pose a research topic for an Honors Thesis
(Spanish 495, 496) to be completed during
their senior year under the direction of a
full-time member of the Spanish faculty.
In this way, the major in the Honors Pro
gram in Spanish maintains a load of eight
courses beyond Intermediate Spanish 111-
112 in order to graduate with both an A.B.
in Spanish and departmental honors.
Requirements for the minor: In addition
to demonstrated competence in the lan
guage, a minor in Spanish will normally
complete a minimum of four courses or
seminars in advanced language, literature,
and civilization. In other words, the mi
nor in Spanish is comprised of four cours
es beyond Intermediate Spanish 111-112
(or six courses beyond Elementary Span
ish 101-102, or 103). Students are required
to complete the language sequence up to
and including Advanced Spanish 211 or
demonstrate equivalent proficiency for
advanced placement. Following comple
tion of the language sequence, minors in
Spanish may take any three courses or
seminars at the 300- or 400-level with at
least one of those three focusing on the
study of literature.
Language skills: Courses at the 100- or
200-level are primarily designed to help