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ADVANCED FRENCH COMPOSITION AND SYNTAX





FRENCH 3042 2:00-3:15 M/W DR. JULIANA STARR 3 CREDITS



Prerequisite: French 2002 or consent of department. This course will be conducted in French. Frequent written assignments will implement the classroom presentations of relevant grammatical topics. The stress will be on acquiring a command of the present-day written language. Idioms, vocabulary building and verbs will receive special attention. No term paper will be required. Two or three announced tests and the final will account for two-thirds of the grade. Classroom participation and written assignments account for the remainder.





TEXTS:Siskin, Krueger and Faumel: Tâches d'encre

























































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SURVEY OF FRENCH LITERATURE II





FRENCH 3101 12:30-1:45 T/H DR. JEAN CRANMER 3 CREDITS







Prerequisite: French 2002 or consent of department. This course consists of readings from representative French writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Some of the writers whose works may be studied are Chateaubriand, Lamartine, Hugo, Musset, Stendhal, Flaubert, Baudelaire, Zola, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Proust, Gide, Colette, Apollinaire, Sartre, Robbe-Grillet, and Ionesco. Emphasis will also be placed on understanding the characteristics and development of the major literary and artistic movements of the period covered. Readings are in French and the assignments will be discussed in class. There will also be a few(3 or 4) short written assignments. This survey text is the only required. There will be two or three tests and a final exam.





TEXT: Morris Bishop and Kenneth Rivers. A survey of French Literature: Volumes 4 and 5















































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INDEPENDENT STUDY

CONTEMPORARY FRENCH CIVILIZATION





FRENCH 3191-3192-3193 INTERNET DR.ELIZA GHIL 3 CREDITS



Note: This course is restricted: special departmental permission is required to enroll. Prerequisite: French 2002 or departmental consent. A maximum of 3 credits may be earned per semester. The set of 3 courses 3191-3192-3193 may be repeated once for credit. The course will be taught in French, on-line.





Description: This course aims at familiarizing students with some of the main aspects of contemporary French society. Topics will be chosen form the following: the political structures of "La Cinquième République," and current events related to it; social problems, e.g., relations between the sexes and the races; education and its challenges in today's France; life-styles and culture, e.g., wine, love, song, cinema in today's France; etc...



Bibliography: 1)Lectures by the instructor, posted on the Blackboard under "Course Documents;"2)Several articles chosen from the French printed and electronic media;";3)Excerpts of the recommended textbook(see below).



Requirements: 1) Several "Devoirs Écrits"and "Résumés"; 2)Participation in the Discussion Board of the Blackboard;3)Final Exam



Textbook: G. Michaud et al., "Le Nouveau Guide France", Paris: Hachette, 1996.































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DEMONSTRATION OF ORAL PROFICIENCY





FRENCH 3197 7:00-8:00 M DR. JEAN CRANMER 1 CREDIT





This course is to be taken concurrently with French 3100. Presentation of a detailed explication de texte in English to the professor teaching the course, and discussion of the chosen text with the professor in a manner designed by him/her. Successful completion of this 1 credit course with the pass/fail grading fulfills the general degree requirement for oral competency in English which is also a College of Liberal Arts requirement. (See page 218 of the UNO General Catalog 2003-2005





























































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READINGS IN FRENCH CULTURE AND THOUGHT





FRENCH 3205 11:00-12:15 M/W DR. DENIS AUGIER 3 CREDITS



Prerequisite: French 2002 or consent of department. An overview of French intellectual, cultural and artistic history from 476 to 1900. We will study the evolution of French society throughout this period, encounter key characters(Charlemagne, Henri IV, Louis XIV, Napoléon), and discuss artistic movements(Baroque classicisme, rococo, romantisme). This is one of the ideal courses to prepare you for French 3500, "Tutorial for Graduating Majors".



There will be a mid-term. Reading, discussions and assignments will be in French.



TEXTS: Steele and St. Onge. La Civilisation française en évolution, Vol. I (Only)

























































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TUTORIAL FOR GRADUATING MAJORS



FRENCH 3500 7:00-8:00 T DR. JEAN CRANMER 1 CREDIT



This course prepares majors for the completion of their requirements in the B.A. in French through advising by a designated professor. The course concludes with the Written Exit Exam, a 2-hour long comprehensive exam written in French. Pass/Fail



Other requirements: an oral mid-term exam

Regular meetings with the Advisor to discuss the Topic Lists



TEXT: "The Topic Lists"































































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ADVANCED FRENCH CONVERSATION









FRENCH 4031 3:30-4:45 M/W DR. DENIS AUGIER 3 CREDITS



This course will give advanced students of the language the opportunity to improve their oral proficiency in French.



The preparation for this course will include vocabulary studies done before each class session and reports on magazine articles, web sites and videos(news, games, movies...) to be presented and discussed during class time.



There will be weekly oral presentations(individual or in small group), weekly quizzes on the vocabulary and a final exam.

Graduate students will give one longer presentation on a special topic previously agreed upon by student and instructor.



No textbooks required for this course.











































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FRENCH POETRY FROM SYMBOLISM TO THE PRESENT





FRENCH 4166-INTERNET DR. JEAN CRANMER 3 CREDITS





This course presents a survey of French poetry from 1857, the date of the publication of Les Fleurs du mal, up through the years following World War II. The major literary schools and aesthetic movements of the time such as Naturalism, Symbolism, Cubism, Surrealism, and Existentialism and the Absurd, will form the frame of reference for analyzing the poetry of the major poets of the period. Among those poets, we will read works by Baudelaire, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Mallarmé, Valéry, Apollinaire, Supervielle, Eluard, Char, Michaux, and Ponge. Lectures and assigned readings will be posted on Blackboard. There will be one or two"Discussion Board" sessions a week where the readings and lectures can be "discussed" on-line in French. Written assignments will include"explications de texte" of specific poems and responses to questions based on the lectures and readings. There will be a mid-term exam and a final. Graduate students will also write a research paper.







TEXTS: 1) Peter Broome and Graham Chesters. An Anthology of Modern French Peotry: 1850-1950. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, 1976. reprinted 1996.(ISBN O 521 20929)



2)Peter Broome and Graham Chesters. The Appreciation of Modern French Poetry:1850-1950. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, 1976. Reprinted 1996.(ISBN O 521 20930 7)

































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DIRECTED STUDY

Contemporary French Civilization-Current Events



FRENCH 6397-INTERNET DR. ELIZA M. GHIL 3 CREDITS









This course is restricted: special departmental permission is required to enroll.

The course will be taught in French on-line



Description: The course deals with the contemporary French society of recent years. Special emphasis will be placed on current events, particularly the presidential campaign, its unfolding, significance and results. Presidential election dates: April 22, 2007-first round, May 6th -second round.



Bibliography: 1)Lectures with background information by the instructor, posted on the Blackboard under "Course Documents";2) Several articles from French printed and electronic media, to be chosen and provided by the instructor;3) excerpts of the recommended textbook(see below)



Requirements: "Oral"- participation in the Discussion Board; Written- 3 assignments, 3 summaries of articles, a final essay(all to be e-mailed to Dr. Ghil or handed in personally, by the deadlines listed in the "Syllabus" to be posted under "Course Information")





Textbook: Antoine Prost, Petite Histoire de la France au XXième siècle, Paris:Armand Colin, 2004.













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GERMAN CONVERSATION





GERMAN 3031 12:30-1:45 T/H MR. CHRISTIAN CARLSEN 3 CREDITS







Prerequisite: German 2002 or consent of department. The aim of this course is to increase the student's language proficiency and to encourage an active use of German. The topics draw on student's own experience and focus on specific communicative skills such as expressing and arguing opinions. In addition to the textbook original video and newspaper material and the internet will be used as stimuli for discussions in the target language. There will be periodic homework assignments and vocabulary tests. The final exam will be an oral presentation.







TEXT: Moeller et al.:Kaleidoskop. Kultur, Literatur und Grammatik. Houghton Mifflin 2002(Sixth Edition).



















































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INDEPENDENT STUDY

READINGS IN ITALIAN CULTURE AND CURRENT EVENTS





ITALIAN 3191-3192-3193 INTERNET DR.ELIZA GHIL 3 CREDITS



Note: This course is restricted: special departmental permission is required to enroll. Prerequisite: Italian 2002 or departmental consent. A maximum of 3 credits may be earned per semester. The set of 3 courses 3191-3192-3193 may be repeated once for credit. The course will be taught in Italian and English, on-line.





Description: This course aims at developing reading skills in the Italian language. That aim will be pursued in two ways:1) through readings of short stories chosen from folk legends,"Il Novellino", Giovanni Boccaccio's"Il Decamerone," etc.(and assignments done in Italian based on them); 2) through accessing and reading the Italian electronic media on current events(and summaries in English of articles read in Italian). Most recommended publication: "Il Corriere della Sera" www. corriere.it.



Bibliography: 1) Luigi and Mary Borelly, "Leggende e Racconti Italiani, "New York:S.I Vanni Publishers, 1968(selections); 2) Lectures with background information by the instructor, posted on the Blackboard under "Course Documents";3)Articles from the electronic media chosen by instructor.



Requirements: 1) 5 assignments in Italian; 2) 3 summaries in English; 3) a final exam.



All readings that form the basis of assignments will be posted on Blackboard.

























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SPANISH PHONETICS





SPANISH 3002 2:00-3:15 T/H DR. JOKE MONDADA 3 CREDITS





Prerequisite: Spanish 2002 or consent of department. In this course we will study the production of the sound system of Spanish. The course will focus on topics such as syllabic division and accentuation, the mechanics of sound production, i.e. the way that the different sounds in Spanish are produced and in which parts of the vocal apparatus they are pronounced. We will also look at the sounds of Spanish as part of a system and learn the International Phonetic Alphabet. By contrasting the Spanish sound system with its English counterpart, students will be aware of the differences between the two systems.



The final goal of this course is to improve the students'pronunciation of Spanish sounds.



There will be some quizzes, several oral exams, a mid-term, and a final exam. The class will be conducted in Spanish.



TEXT: Teschner, Richard V. Camino oral: Fonética, fonología y práctica de los sonidos del español. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2000













































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ADVANCED SPANISH COMPOSITION AND SYNTAX





SPANISH 3042 12:30-1:45 T/H MS. LISBETH PHILIP 3 CREDITS





Prerequisite: Spanish 2002 or consent of department. Learn to apply the various guidelines for good writing in Spanish through selected reading materials that vary from simple journalistic styles to more complex essay styles. Each reading will be followed by class activities to enhance comprehension and practice the vocabulary and grammar introduced.





There will be workbook exercises, one translation and a composition for each chapter covered. There will be a mid-term exam and a final exam. The class will be conducted in Spanish.





TEXT: Domenicis & Reynolds, Repase y Escriba( 4th edition, with accompanying workbook).



















































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SURVEY OF SPANISH LITERATURE II





SPANISH 3101-INTERNET DR. ELAINE BROOKS 3 CREDITS



Prerequisite: Spanish 2002 or consent of department. This course presents selections and /or complete works by representative writers form Spain and from Latin America, mostly from the 17th century to the 20th century. We will study narrative forms, poetry, drama and essays with also an overview of the historical periods in which each literary work was composed. The student will be asked to complete written assignments that analyze the texts and assess students' comprehension. Lectures will be uploaded in Blackboard and participation in discussion board is mandatory. This class will be conducted in English.



There will be a mid-term and a final exam. All exams are closed book and will take place on the UNO campus.



TEXT: Rodney T. Rodriguez, Momentos Cumbres de las literaturas, Prentice Hall, 2004.





















































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INDEPENDENT STUDY







SPANISH 3191-3192-3193 INTERNET DR.ELAINE BROOKS 3 CREDITS





Note: This course is restricted: special departmental permission is required to enroll. Prerequisite: Spanish 2002 or departmental consent. A maximum of 3 credits may be earned per semester. The set of 3 courses 3191-3192-3193 may be repeated once for credit. The course will be taught in Spanish.







Topics treated in recent semesters: Spanish Conversation; Readings in Spanish Poetry; the Analysis of the Short Story, etc.





















































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THE SPANISH INTERNSHIP







SPANISH 3194-3195-3196 INTERNET DR. JULIE JONES 3 CREDITS



Note: This course is restricted: special departmental permission is required to enroll. Prerequisite: Spanish 2002 or departmental consent. A maximum of 3 credits may be earned per semester. The set of 3 courses 3194-3195-3196 may be repeated once for credit.





Topics treated in recent semesters: interviews with personalities of New Orleans of Hispanic descent; pedagogical practice in local schools; work at the Chamber of Commerce, etc. The work submitted for the grade will be done in Spanish.

























































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DEMONSTRATION OF ORAL PROFICIENCY





SPANISH 3197 7:00-8:00 W ELAINE S. BROOKS 1 CREDIT



This course is to be taken concurrently with Spanish 3100. Presentation of a detailed comentario de texto in English to the professor teaching the course, and discussion of the chosen text with the professor in a manner designed by him/her. Successful completion of this 1 credit course with the pass/fail grading fulfills the general degree requirement for oral competency in English which is also a College of Liberal Arts requirement. (See page 293 of the UNO General Catalog 2003-2005)



















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TUTORIAL FOR GRADUATING MAJORS



SPANISH 3500 7:00-8:00 W DR. ELAINE BROOKS 1 CREDIT









This course prepares majors for the completion of their requirements in the B.A. in Spanish through advising by a designated professor. The course concludes with the Written Exit Exam, a 2-hour long comprehensive exam written in Spanish. Pass/Fail



Other requirements: an oral mid-term exam

Regular meetings with the Advisor to discuss the Topic Lists



TEXT: "The Topic Lists"









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BUSINESS SPANISH





SPANISH 4051 3:30-4:45 T/H DR. MANUEL GARCÍA-CASTELLÓN 3 CREDITS

The prerequisite is language proficiency at Spanish 2002 level. As we review the fundamental sentence structure we also learn the specialized terminology and idioms related to business needs and correspondence. Practicing in standard business needs and correspondence and situations will include readings from current magazines dealing with Spanish and Hispanic economies, as well as oral and written exposés.



Grade based on class participation, one presentation and a final paper (undergraduate students 10 pages ,15 pages for graduate students with bibliography and MLA format).



TEXT: Jarvis& Lebredo: Spanish for Business and Finance





















































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CONTEMPORARY SPANISH CULTURE





SPANISH 4265 5:00-7:45PM T DR. JULIE JONES 3 CREDITS









An examination of Spanish society in the Franco and post-Franco periods, this course will focus attention on such topics as relations between the sexes, family life, the intellectual and artistic milieux, the democratization process and the reevaluation of the Civil War and post-war years. We will rely on readings from diverse texts and on Spanish feature films(both as windows on Spanish culture and as cultural objects in their own right). The films are in Spanish, but most are sub-titled in English. The readings are in Spanish and English. The discussions will be held in Spanish. There will be a mid-term and a final examination. Students will write short(1-page) analyses of the films we see, and graduate students will write a term paper.



TEXT: John Hooper, The new Spaniards(1995).

Barry Jordan and Rikki Morgan-Tamosunas, Contemporary Spanish Cultural Studies(2000).

Various short readings









































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STUDIES IN SPANISH LITERATURE



SPANISH 6198-INTERNET DR. MARIA DEL CARMEN ARTIGAS 3 CREDITS



Subject: Influence of Jewish and Arabic Civilizations on The Spanish Golden Age



The Arabs and Jews arrived to the summit of their civilization in Spain in the 10th and 11th century. According to Deno J. Geanakopolos (Yale University), it was for this reason that Spain became the most advanced country in Europe. The Christians, the Jews and the Arabs exchanged their knowledge. This was an extraordinary period. The translation of texts from Ancient Rome and Greece and the commentaries by Arabic and Jewish scholars, the free traveling from region to region to exchange culture and knowledge created a unique situation that we only hope will be repeated again.

Our course will deal with the influence of that period on the letters, culture and civilization of the Spanish Golden Age. First, students will read poems translated to Spanish by Selomo ibn Gabirol, born in Córdoba; Ibn Nagrella, Vizir of the Arabic court of Granada; Yehudá-Ha Leví, who transmitted the Greek-oriental Platonism; and, perhaps one of the greatest poets of the Iberian Peninsula, Yosef ibn Ezra, author of "Sefer ha-anag", or " Libro del collar". Second: student will read Arabic poetry translated to Spanish by Ibn al-Attar, who wrote love songs; Ibn Farach de Jaén who described flowers and countryside, in poems that were very popular in Spain; Muhammad ben Quadim and Ibn Abd Rabbí who set the framework of education for Al-Andalús, with epistolary writings, historical events, poetical explanations and wisdom sayings.

We will compare those authors and their legacy with the Spanish Golden Age, its letters and its culture. We will start the study of the Courtly love in poems by Gil Vicente, Garcilaso de la Vega and the Sonnets by Herrera and Lope de Vega. Other texts will follow, including:excerpts of a pastoral novel; "The Song of Songs" translated by Fray Luis de Léon; poems by San Juan de la Cruz and Santa Teresa, etc......

Spanish mysticism and the influence of Kabala on it will be mentioned. We will conclude with the Jewish-Arabic legacy post-the expulsions of 1492, including its echoes in Cervantes.



Requirements: A final exam and a final paper.

Bibliography and textbooks: No books required; all reading will be posted on Blackboard















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DIRECTED STUDY



SPAN 6397-INTERNET DR. MARIA DEL CARMEN ARTIGAS 3 CREDITS







This course is restricted: special departmental permission is required to enroll.

This course will be taught in Spanish on-line.





Topics treated in recent semesters: Golden Age Literature including Cervantes; Early Spanish Civilization; etc.