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200S. Seminar in Romance Studies. Topics to be announced. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
201S. Methods and Theories of Romance Studies. Provides students in any PhD track of
the department of Romance Studies with fundamental training in both general literary theory
and in the specific methods of romance criticism. Instructor: Dainotto. 3 units. C-L:
Literature 251S
202S. Research without Borders:Building Expertise in Japanese, European, Latin
American, or Slavic Studies. 3 units. C-L: see Latin American Studies 202S; also C-L:
Asian and African Languages and Literature 207S, Russian 203S, German 264S
250S. Issues in Second Language Acquisition. Advanced applied linguistics course
examining different areas of interests in the field of second language acquisition (SLA).
Overview of main research areas in the field. Topics include: Language Testing, Action
Research in SLA, Communicative Language Teaching, the role of classroom instruction in
SLA, or the relationship between SLA research and foreign language learning. Students
expected to become conversant with the research literature in the area and the different
methodologies used in SLA research, carry out a classroom-based quantitative and/or
qualitative research project, and produce a research paper that might be submitted to relevant
conferences. Topics vary each year. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
286S. Inventing the Museum: Collecting and Cultural Discourses of the Nineteenth
Century. 3 units. C-L: see German 286S; also C-L: Art History 256S, History 286AS
For Graduate Students Only
306. Theories and Techniques of Teaching Foreign Languages. A survey of approaches
to foreign language teaching, an introduction to the theoretical notions underlying current
trends, and a language-specific practicum. Instructor: Tufts. 3 units.
310. Critical Frameworks. An introduction to critical theory through a series of
interconnected readings organized around a major theoretical approach or issue. Topics may
vary. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
320. Topics in Romance Studies. A cycle of seminars that explores a theoretical problem
cross-culturally through two or more Romance traditions: French and Francophone, Italian,
Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian, Spanish and Latin American. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
SPANISH (SPANISH)
200S. Seminar in Spanish Literature. Topics to be announced. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
212S. Topics in Spanish Linguistics. In-depth analysis of one area of Spanish linguistics.
Topics may include Spanish phonology, Spanish syntax, discourse analysis, applied
linguistics, or Spanish pragmatics. Small research projects with a hands-on approach
required. Instructor: Staff. 3 units. C-L: Linguistics 212S
260. Paradigms of Modern Thoughts. Exploration of modern thought in Latin America.
Theories in the social sciences relevant for the humanities (for example, dependency theory,
internal colonialism, subaltern studies) will be compared with cultural theories mainly
expressed in essays and literature in general and with philosophical thinking grounded in
Latin American colonial and postcolonial histories. Instructor: Mignolo or staff. 3 units.
280. Emigrants and Immigrants: Spain in the Sixties and Now. A study of the cultural
processes generated by two significant migratory movements in Spain: one in Catalonia in
the 1960s and early 1970s, composed mostly of impoverished peasants coming from
southern Spain; and the more recent global wave composed of Latin American, African, and
Filipino immigrants to the affluent post-industrial areas. The seminar will use literary and
cinematic texts, and testimonial narratives. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
For Graduate Students Only
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