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Apr 19, 2024
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2015-2016 University Catalog archived
Literature in Translation (LIT)
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Courses
LIT 180 - FS: First-Year Seminar
Credits: 3
First-year seminar. Prerequisite: First-year standing. First-year seminar.
Spring 2016, LIT 180-01: First-Year Seminar:The Female Self and Society: Latin American Women Writers (4). First-Year Seminar. Prerequisite: First-year class standing. A historical overview of Latin American women’s writings, from the early 1900s to the present day. Students read, discuss and analyze literary works by some of the most important Latin American female authors, among them Victoria Ocampo (Argentina), Maria Luisa Bombal (Chile), Clarice Lispector (Brazil), Elena Poniatowska (Mexico), and Julia Alvarez (Dominican Republic and U.S.). All literary genres are studied: poetry, narrative fiction, essay, and drama. In order to further understanding and appreciation of the writers, the class views and discusses movies by Latin American women directors and/or based on the lives or works of Latin American women writers. (HL) Pinto-Bailey.
Fall 2015, LIT 180-02: The Female Self and Society: Latin American Women Writers (3). First-Year Seminar. Prerequisite: First-Year class standing. This course presents a historical overview of Latin American women’s writings, from the early 1900s to the present day. Students read, discuss, and analyze literary works by some of the most important Latin American female authors, among them Victoria Ocampo (Argentina), María Luisa Bombal (Chile), Clarice Lispector (Brazil), Elena Poniatowska (Mexico), and Julia Alvarez (Dominican Republic-U.S.). We study all literary genres–poetry, narrative fiction, essay, drama. In order to further students’ understanding and appreciation of Latin American women’s writings, the class views and discusses movies by Latin American women directors and/or based on the lives or works of Latin American women writers. (HL) Pinto-Bailey.
Planned Offering: Offered occasionally. Each first-year seminar topic is approved by the Dean of The College and the Committee on Courses and Degrees. Applicability to FDRs and other requirements varies.
LIT 256 - Trans-American Identity:Images from the Americas
(LACS 256) FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. Counts toward the literature distribution requirement for the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program. A multi-genre survey of representative literary works from the Americas, defined as those regions that encompass Latin American and Caribbean cultures. In particular the course uses an interdisciplinary approach to show how exemplary artists from the region have crafted images to interpret and represent their American reality. Selected narrative, film, and poetic works by Spanish-American (Neruda, Garcia Marquez, Rulfo, and Carpentier), Francophone (Danticat), Lusophone (Amado), and Anglophone authors (Walcott, Brathwaite, and Naipaul), among others. Barnett. Planned Offering: Winter 2015 and alternate years
LIT 260 - German Film Adaptation
FDR: HL
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. This course examines both the history and theory of film adaptation by studying how directors treat and transform major literary works into moving pictures. As closely related art forms, literature and film have much in common – narrative frames, archetypes and audiences, as well as themes, motifs, and values. The study of works of literature and film in tandem leads to the development of more successful strategies and methods for reading texts and images as well as a better understanding of both genres. Kramer. Planned Offering: Spring 2013 and alternate years
LIT 273 - Modern Jewish Literature in Translation
(REL 273) FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. Readings in the works of 20th-century Jewish authors, studied as literary responses to the historical and religious crises of modern Jewish life in Europe, the United States, and Israel. Marks.
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