Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
LITE 5035. THEORY OF THE NOVEL. Three
credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
The development of the novel as a literary genre,
emphasizing texts from the Baroque to the present;
comparative analysis of narratology theories and
representatives novels.
LITE 5050. CONTEMPORARY LITERARY
CRITICISM. Three credit hours. Three hours of
lectures per week.
Principles and methodologies of contemporary
schools of criticism; analysis of critics and texts
from various literatures.
LITE 5057. MAGICAL REALISM. Three credit
hours. Three hours of seminar per week.
Prerequisite: Authorization of the Director of the
Department.
Magical realism in the context of world literature.
Analysis of its distinguishing characteristics in the
genre of fantasy through readings of its main
authors, texts, and critics.
LITE 5615. THE SYMBOLIST MOVEMENT IN
LITERATURE. Three credit hours. Three hours
of lecture per week.
The development of the symbolist movement and
its influence in Europe and in America, with special
emphasis on poetry and the theater.
LITE 5715. METHODS IN THE STUDY OF
LITERARY TEXTS. Three credit hours. Three
hours of lecture per week.
Analysis of the most important methods used in the
study of literary texts, from rhetoric’s to
structuralism, with emphasis on the techniques used
in comparative literature.
LITE 5995. SPECIAL TOPICS IN
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE I. One to three
credit hours. One to three hours of lecture per
week.
Critical analysis of authors, movements, genres, or
interdisciplinary topics in comparative literature.
LITE 5996. SPECIAL TOPICS IN
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE II. One to three
credit hours. One to three hours of lectures per
week. Prerequisite: Authorization of the Director
of the Department.
MUSIC
MUSI 3135. MUSIC APPRECIATION. Three
credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Music as a source of aesthetic pleasure, with
particular emphasis on its human, philosophical and
historical aspects; formal elements and their
constitutions; study of the musical forms of the
fugue, sonata, concerto and symphony, and of the
principal tendencies in music.
MUSI 3161-3162. HISTORY OF MUSIC. Three
credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture
per week each semester.
The study of musical systems as a characteristic of
great cultures; Western music from its beginning to
the present; formal stylistic and technical
development of music and its relation to other
forms of thought and culture.
MUSI 3167. INTRODUCTION TO OPERA.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week.
Study of the most significant operatic works of
different periods, especially those which are in
repertory.
MUSI 3171. FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC I.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week.
An introduction to basic musical theory including;
musical notation, basic harmony, auditory
exercises, rhythmic and melodic dictation, analysis
of minor forms, and melodic composition.
MUSI 3172. FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC II.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: MUSI 3171.
An introduction to musical theory including:
chromatic harmony, simple composition for four
voices and melodic composition, auditory
exercises, and an introduction to the larger musical
forms.
MUSI 4995. SPECIAL TOPICS. One to three
credit hours. One to three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: Authorization of the Director
of the Department.
Selected topics related to the study of music.
Critical analysis of authors, movements, genres, or
interdisciplinary topics in comparative literature.
174 Undergraduate Catalogue 2004-2005