Fall 2020 Graduate Courses
French
French Literature From the Middle Ages
FREN 7611X, ER6, Thursdays, 6:30–8:10 p.m., Professor Renner
45 hours, 3 credits
Selected masterpieces of French literature from the medieval period, studied within historical and social perspectives.
Spanish
Spanish Prose and Poetry of the Golden Age
SPAN 7612X, EW6, Wednesdays, 6:30–8:10 p.m., Associate Professor Childers
30 hours plus conference; 3 credits
Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century prose and poetry from La Celestina to La vida es sueno.
Hispanic Literary Movements and Trends
SPAN 7620X, W4, Wednesdays, 4:30–6:10 p.m.
30 hours plus conference, 3 credits
A survey of Latin American literary history. A review of all major periods in Latin American literature and a study of the appearance and development of literary movements, genres, and trends throughout those periods. Short texts and excerpts will be read as illustrations of the different periods and genres studied.
Modern Languages
Language and Technology
SPAN 7380X, ET6, Tuesdays, 6:30–8:10 p.m., Lecturer Raña-Risso
45 hours; 30 hours multimedia laboratory, 3 credits
Please note that this course will count toward the French and Spanish M.A. program as well.
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL). CALL theory and research. A systematic approach to multimedia resources for students and teachers of Languages Other Than English. Audiovisual materials and resources (audio documents, films, and videos), CALL software programs, electronic hypertext dictionaries and glossaries, translation systems, and voiced enhanced texts. Audio, video, language learning apps, and speech recognition interfaces. Finding and evaluating CALL resources. Critical multimedia and technology literacy. Use of social media and other group sharing, cloud-and Web-based resources as an environment for learning and teaching new languages. Development of bilingual classroom activities using multimedia technologies. To be taught in English.
