LANG COURSES
in SPRING 2008
All LANG courses are taught in English.
Students can get credit in another language if
they do the work in that language.
Course
Title
Instructor Time
LANG 378-01 Canada
Today
Antosh,
R TR 11:00-12:20
The
course introduces students to the geography, history, politics and culture of
Canada, our neighbor to the north. The
course will provide a contrastive analysis of Canadian and American culture and
will discuss key Canadian issues such as health care, the role of Quebec within
Canada, and cultural protectionism.
LANG 385-01 Gemran
Film
Antosh,
J M 3:00-5:30
The
course provides an overview of German film from the silent era to the
present. Films will include some of
Germany’s most famous directors such as F.W. Murnau, F. Lang, L. Riefenstahl,
R.W. Fassbinder, V. Schloendorff, W. Wenders, G.W. Pabst, C. Link, M. von
Trotta, W. Herzog, and W. Becker, among others.
There will be discussion of the films and directors, explanation of the
social systems and exploration of how these themes related to German theater,
history and politics.
LANG 400-01 Politics
of Space in Hispanic Literture Rivera
TR 2:00-3:20
Politics
and socioeconomics determine how we create and use space. We will examine spaces and their functions in
literary works such as Cárcel
de Amor, Fuenteovejuna,
La Casa de Bernarda Alba, Historia de una Escalera, House on
the Lagoon, and The House on Mango Street. Reading and class
discussion will be in English.
Crosslisted with SPAN 423 and INDS 489-01.
LANG 406 Women
in French Literature Loft
T 3:30-6:00
Students
will examine French male’s view of women in celebrated works of French
literature in translation and film.