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La Generación del 98 — SPA4503.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Credits: 4
Paradoxically initiated by the loss of its last colonies in the Spanish-American War of 1898 and a Nicaraguan poet’s invention of modernism, Spain’s rebirth, its Silver Age, was marked by an increasingly cosmopolitan, radical egoism. This cultural revitalization, particularly the newfound gravitas of the philosophical essay, fed by America to Europe then back to America once
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La novela de la tierra — SPA4720.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Credits: 4
Whether or not they form a genre is debatable, but a series of books were published over the first thirty years of Spanish America’s twentieth century that were and are collectively known as “regional” novels. Their telluric inclination supposedly tends to reassert inherent origins, national symbolism, linguistic difference, environmentalism, the lower classes, and indigenous
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Language and Society in Vermont and its Neighbors — LIN4102.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Thomas Leddy-Cecere
Credits: 4
The purpose of this course is twofold: first, to immerse students in the rich linguistic setting of Vermont and its immediate neighbors, and, second, to introduce them to the basic methodologies of field research in sociolinguistics and related disciplines. Thematically, the course will consider language diversity at three different scales. We will begin by examining the
Languages Society Culture and Thought

Language as System and Social Behavior — LIN2101.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Thomas Leddy-Cecere
Credits: 4
In this course, students will examine the building blocks which make up the interlocking systems of language and observe how those systems are enacted and granted layers of meaning through social practice. Beyond developing an understanding of the basic mechanics of sound systems, word-meaning relations, and the expression of grammatical values in languages of the world, we
Languages Society Culture and Thought

Language Evolution, Extinction and Survival — LIN2102.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Thomas Leddy-Cecere
Credits: 4
In this class, we will explore the life cycles of human languages: their genesis, their continual change, how they give rise to descendants and how they, in many cases, come to disappear. The 21st century represents a watershed moment in the history of the world’s language population, as expert estimates predict that anywhere from 40-80% of its 7,000+ languages may cease to be
Languages Society Culture and Thought

Language Through Film — SPA4118.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Sarah Harris
Credits: 4
Students in this course will continue to learn the Spanish language through an examination of films. While there will be some necessary discussion about cinematographic components, the focus of discussion will be on historical and political moments present in the films. A consideration, for instance, of national and regional identity, political violence, border crossing,
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Language Through Film — SPA4118.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Credits: 4
Students with burgeoning linguistic skills will learn the language through an immersion in Latin American and Spanish film in the second half of this full-year introduction to the Spanish-speaking world. While there will be some discussion of more common tactics such as stylistic nuances, script-writing, acting, dubbing, and directors biographies, it is expected that we will
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Language Through Film — SPA4223.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Sarah Harris
Credits: 4
Students in this course will continue to learn the Spanish language through an examination of films. While there will be some necessary discussion about cinematographic components, the focus of discussion will be on historical and political moments present in the films. A consideration, for instance, of national and regional identity, political violence, border crossing,
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Language Through Film — SPA4223.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Sarah Harris
Credits: 4
Students in this course will continue to learn the Spanish language through an examination of films. While there will be some necessary discussion about cinematographic components, the focus of discussion will be on historical and political moments present in the films. A consideration, for instance, of national and regional identity, political violence, border crossing,
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Language through Film — SPA4223.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Credits: 4
Students with burgeoning linguistic skills will learn the language through an immersion in Latin American and Spanish film in the second half of this full-year introduction to the Spanish-speaking world. While there will be some discussion of more common tactics such as stylistic nuances, script-writing, acting, dubbing, and directors’ biographies, it is expected that we will
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Language, Power and Belonging in the Middle East and North Africa — LIN4101.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Thomas Leddy-Cecere
Credits: 4
This course addresses the ways in which language defines and projects power and identity, as well as its role as a societal force with the capacity to embrace or marginalize individuals and entire communities. The course will consider what language is in these contexts as well as public and official conceptions of what it ought to be, and will utilize a combination of primary
Languages Society Culture and Thought

Latin America: A Paratext — SPA4495.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Credits: 4
This course will consider the often erroneous marketing of twentieth- and twenty-first century Latin America, both from within and beyond its borders, via an open evasion of reading and a privileging of discussion. A combination of the peritext and the epitext, a paratext is everything but the “text” (whether literature, film, music, or a t-shirt) itself. It is hoped that in
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Latin American Art Since Independence — SPA2111.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course ranges from the republican art of nation-building in the 19th century to modernism, magical realism, and the postmodern. While there will be some discussion of standard tactics such as stylistic nuances and artists’ biographies, it is expected that we will rapidly develop sufficient ability to focus on movements, theory, and politics, thus treating the works as
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Latin American Art since Independence — SPA2111.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Credits: 4
This course ranges from the republican art of nation-building in the 19th century to modernism, magical realism, and the postmodern. While there will be some discussion of standard tactics such as stylistic nuances and artists’ biographies, it is expected that we will rapidly develop sufficient ability to focus on movements, theory, and politics, thus treating the works as
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Latin: Katabasis — FLE4326.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Stephen Shapiro
Credits: 2
This intermediate Latin course will examine the theme of katabasis -- descent into the underworld. Special attention will be paid to book six of Virgil's Aeneid and its relationship to Homeric precedents. We will read selections from Ovid (Orpheus and Eurydice) and examine Lucretius' philosophical vision in De rerum natura. Lucan's unique adaptation of epic katabsis in the
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Learning Japanese Language and Culture with Manga — JPN2109.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Japanese pop culture has gained popularity in the US, and many American children read Japanese manga and watch various Japanese animations while growing up. However, lack of Japanese cultural knowledge sometimes makes it hard for the American audience to fully understand what is going on in the Japanese character's mind. In this introductory Japanese language and culture
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Learning Japanese Language and Culture with Manga — JPN2109.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: ikuko yoshida
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The Japanese pop culture has gained popularity in the US, and many American children read Japanese manga and watch various Japanese animations, while growing up. However, lack of Japanese cultural knowledge sometimes makes it hard for the American audience to fully understand what is going on in the Japanese character's mind. In this introductory Japanese language and culture
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Learning Japanese Language and Culture with Manga — JPN2109.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
Have you read manga before?  Did you watch Japanese animation when you were a child?  The Japanese pop culture has gained popularity in the US, and many American children read Japanese manga and watch various Japanese animations while growing up. However, lack of Japanese cultural knowledge sometimes makes it difficult for the American audience to fully understand the
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Liberalism and Religion — SPA4254.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Credits: 4
One of the more ubiquitous problems in formulating thought on Latin America, evident in anything from a page-long critique of a painting to governmental policy, is the premise that liberalism, for all its apparent flaws, has good intentions, and is coupled to the increasing obsolescence of religion, which only serves to divide theory and practice. The development of political,
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Libertinage — FRE4718.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Stephen Shapiro
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course examines libertinage, the movement of early‐modern freethinkers who championed individual autonomy and questioned the authority of religious, moral, social, and political thought. We will focus particular attention on questions of pleasure and morality, sexuality and power, authority and subversion. Writers studied will include Molière (Dom Juan), Prévost (Manon
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Life and Death of Lorca — SPA4303.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Sarah Harris
Credits: 4
“In Spain, the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country in the world,” wrote Federico García Lorca (1898-1936), and indeed, Lorca’s own untimely death ensured his vibrant legacy as it came to represent the murder of intellectual and artistic freedoms. Lorca’s work and life provide a window into the rich artistic heritage of Andalucía and the twentieth century in
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Life and Death: Buddhism in Modern Japanese films — JPN4401.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
In this course, students will examine how Buddhism influenced Japanese thought on the after-life and analyze how Japanese views on the relationship between life and death are depicted in recent Japanese films. In the first seven weeks of the course, students will examine and discuss the history, beliefs, and deities of Buddhism and their influences on society. In the second
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Life and Death: Buddhism in Modern Japanese Films — JPN4401.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
In this course, students will examine how Buddhism influenced Japanese thought on the after-life and analyze how Japanese views on the relationship between life and death are depicted in recent Japanese films. In the first seven weeks of the course, students will examine and discuss the history, beliefs, and deities of Buddhism and their influences on society. In the second
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Life and Death: Buddhism in Modern Japanese Films — JPN4117.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
In this course, students will examine how Buddhism influenced Japanese thought on the after-life and analyze how Japanese views on the relationship between life and death are depicted in recent Japanese films. In the first seven weeks of the course, students will examine and discuss the history, beliefs, and deities of Buddhism and their influences on society. In the second
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Life and Death: Buddhism in Modern Japanese films — JPN4401.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
In this course, students will examine how Buddhism influenced Japanese thought on the after-life and analyze how Japanese views on the relationship between life and death are depicted in recent Japanese films.  In the first seven weeks of the course, students will examine and discuss the history, beliefs, and deities of Buddhism and their influences on society.  In
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