European Languages & Literatures

Chair: David Andrew Jones

Department Office: King Hall 207, 997-5980; Fax 997-5072

Department Website: http://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/Degrees/DAH/ELL

The Department of European Languages and Literatures offers the Master of Arts in French and in Italian. The degree leads to teaching careers in secondary education and college, and to admission to doctoral programs in these languages or comparative literature. Courses cover numerous aspects of the literature from the medieval through the contemporary periods, viewed through various methods of literary criticism. Courses are also given in the history of the language, advanced translation, civilization, and the cinema. Seminars are set aside for methodology, selected authors or literary topics, and special problems. The Department of European Languages and Literatures, in cooperation with the School of Education, also offers the Master of Science in Education degree in French and in Italian.

Faculty

Brown, Royal S., Chair and French Advisor, Professor, PhD 1975, Columbia University: twentieth-century French literature, music, and cinema

Attar, Karina F., Assistant Professor, PhD 2005, Columbia University: medieval and renaissance literature, multiculturalism, history of interfaith relations, the novella

Corradi, Morena, Assistant Professor, PhD 2008, Brown University: 19th and 20th century Italian literature, Italian national unity and identity, popular culture

Haller, Hermann W., Professor, PhD 1971, University of Bern: romance philology, Italian dialect literatures

Jones, David Andrew, Assistant Professor, PhD 2001, University of Wisconsin at Madison: twentieth-century French novel and theater, literary theory, gender studies

Katsan, Gerasimus, Assistant Professor, PhD 2003, Ohio State University: modern Greek language and literature

Paulicelli, Eugenia, Professor, PhD 1991, University of Wisconsin at Madison: Renaissance and modern literature, critical theory and gender, fashion and film studies

Sullivan, Karen A., Assistant Professor, PhD 2002, Columbia University: eighteenth-century French literature, literature and the arts

Master of Arts Program

Graduate Advisors: Eugenia Paulicelli (Italian), Royal S. Brown (French)

Requirements for Matriculation

These requirements are in addition to the general requirements for admission.

1. A strong undergraduate concentration in either French or Italian, consisting normally of a minimum of 20 undergraduate elective credits.

2. The credentials of each applicant are to be examined by a suitable departmental committee which shall have the authority to accept or reject the candidate. This committee may request an interview with a candidate for admission if it feels it is necessary to do so.

Requirements for the Master of Arts Degree

These requirements are in addition to the general requirements for the Master of Arts.

1. Students must consult the graduate advisor in their language for assistance and guidance in working out an approved program of studies.

2. Thirty credits are required for the Master of Arts. Completion of a thesis is optional. A minimum of 24 credits must be taken in the major language. The remaining credits may be taken with permission in a second language other than English.

3. All students are required to take the appropriate seminar (781) and course (701).

4. Students will be required to demonstrate their reading knowledge of another language other than English, in addition to their major language. A classical language may be substituted by special permission.

5. A comprehensive examination, both written and oral, will be administered in the major language, in which students will be tested on their knowledge of the important authors and literary movements. A student may not attempt this examination more than twice.

6. A thesis based on original research (791, 792, Special Problems) may be substituted for two courses. This thesis will normally be written in English, or, by special permission, in the foreign language of the major field of the student’s concentration.

Master of Science in Education Program

Graduate Advisors: Royal S. Brown (French) and Eugenia Paulicelli (Italian)

The Master of Science in Education program (French and Italian) responds to the needs of teachers and prospective teachers of foreign languages. The degree program combines coursework in: (1) culture, literature, and language; (2) foreign language education; and (3) professional education. The courses in culture, literature, and language are given by the Department of European Languages and Literatures. The courses in foreign language education and professional education are offered by the Division of Education.

Requirements for Matriculation

In addition to the general admission requirements stated on page 18, applicants should have:

A. Strong undergraduate concentration in the language of specialization consisting of at least 21 credits above course 204.

B. Either an undergraduate minor in secondary education or completion of the following sequence of courses as part of the Secondary Education Initial Certificate (see page 77):

SEYS 536. Educational Foundations (3 cr.)

SEYS 552. Educational Psychology (3 cr.)

SEYS 564. Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages in Middle and High School (3 cr.)

SEYS 574b. Student Teaching in Foreign Languages for Secondary School (3 cr.)

SEYS 584. Standards-Based Curriculum & Assessment in Teaching Foreign Languages (3 cr.)

SEYS 700. Language, Literacy & Culture in Education (3 cr.)

Requirements for the Master of Science Degree

The 30 credits required for the degree are to be distributed as follows:

A. Six courses in the major language:

Two courses (6 cr.) in language and linguistics

Four courses (12 cr.) in literature and civilization

B. Four courses in secondary education:

1. One course from the area of Foundations of Education: SEYS 701–708 (Prereq.: SEYS 201 or 536); 3 cr.

2. One course from the area of Psychological Foundations: SEYS 709, 710, 717, 718, 719, 738, or 768 (Prereq.: SEYS 222 or 552); 3 cr.

3. SEYS 743, Curriculum and Instruction in Foreign Language Education (Prereq.: SEYS 351 or 562); 3 cr.

4. SEYS 785, Seminar in Research in Foreign Language Education (Prereq.: SEYS 743) or SEYS 790, a thesis based on original research in language or literature, directed by an advisor in the major language; 3 cr.

C. Students should meet with the graduate advisor as soon as possible to plan their program of study and submit it for approval.

Courses in French

The specific topic in each course entitled “Studies in . . . ” will be announced at registration. Each “Studies in . . . ” course may be repeated for credit provided the topic is different.

FREN 701. History of the French Language. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

FREN 704. Problems in French Language. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

FREN 708. French Medieval Literature. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

FREN 710. Rabelais and Montaigne. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

FREN 711. French Renaissance Literature. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

FREN 713, 714. French Classical Theatre of the Seventeenth Century. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr. each semester. First semester: Corneille and Racine. Second semester: Molière.

FREN 715. Non-Dramatic Literature of the Seventeenth Century. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

FREN 716. Voltaire and the “Philosophes.” 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

FREN 717. The Eighteenth Century. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

FREN 719, 720. French Novel of the Nineteenth Century. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr. each semester. First semester: Balzac and Stendhal. Second semester: Flaubert and Zola.

FREN 721. The Poetry and Theatre of the Nineteenth Century. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

FREN 722. Baudelaire and the Symbolists. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

FREN 724. Contemporary French Literature. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

FREN 728. Contemporary French Theatre. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

FREN 778. Advanced Translation in French. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr. The course will deal with translation in theory and in practice and will also include linguistics and stylistics. The translation will be from English to French and from French to English.

FREN 779. Studies in French Cinema. 4 hr.; 3 cr. The course will examine different aspects of the cinematic art. The approaches include: (1) Movements (neo-realism, new wave, etc.); (2) Genres; (3) Literature into films; (4) The cinema as a sociocultural phenomenon; (5) Cinematic stylistics. Films will be shown in French. Students will be expected to produce substantial works of film analysis.

FREN 780. Trends and Events in French Civilization. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr. A study of the events and ideological trends of the civilization produced by France. Students will read and report on primary texts in fields such as political history, economics, sociology, and on significant artistic and cultural developments.

FREN 781. Seminar: Methodology and Selected Literary Topics. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

FREN 782. Studies in French Literature. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr. This course is intended as a seminar in the study of French literature. It is an open topics course; the title will be announced at the beginning of each semester in which it is offered. It can be repeated for credit, provided the topic is different.

FREN 791, 792. Special Problems. 3 cr. each semester. Individual study, under the supervision of an instructor, of a topic agreed on, normally involving research in literary history or criticism, and resulting in an acceptable thesis. No credit will be given for these courses until the thesis has been approved. No more than three credits in each course may be counted toward the degree.

Courses in Italian

The specific topic in each course entitled “Studies in . . . ” will be announced at registration. Each “Studies in . . . ” course may be repeated for credit provided the topic is different.

ITAL 701. History of the Italian Language. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

ITAL 704. Problems in Italian Language. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr. This course can be repeated for credit, provided the topic is different.

ITAL 707, 708. Humanism and the Renaissance. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr. each semester.

ITAL 707. Special attention will be given to the historical and cultural situation in Quattrocento Italy; Poliziano, Lorenzo de’ Medici; the great centers of Florence, Naples, Rome, and Padua; the chivalric poems of Pulci and Boiardo.

ITAL 708. The questione della lingua; the treatise writers; Machiavelli, Ariosto, and Tasso. The novelle of Bandello, Firenzuola; the Counter-Reformation and the Academies.

ITAL 711. Italian Literature from its Origins to the Trecento. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

ITAL 713, 714. Dante’s Divina Commedia. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr. each semester.

ITAL 715. The Early Italian Lyric and Petrarch. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

ITAL 716. Boccaccio’s Decameron and the Italian Novella. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

ITAL 721. Ariosto and Tasso. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

ITAL 722. Machiavelli and Guicciardini: Historians, Men of Letters, and Political Thinkers. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

ITAL 723. Italian Literature in the Age of the Baroque. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

ITAL 725. Italian Comedy from the Renaissance to the End of the Eighteenth Century. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

ITAL 726. Aspects of Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Theatre. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

ITAL 752. The Art and Humanism of Manzoni. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

ITAL 753. Leopardi and Foscolo. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

ITAL 754. Carducci, D’Annunzio, Pascoli. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

ITAL 755. Contemporary Italian Poetry. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

ITAL 760. History of Italian Literary Criticism, from the Renaissance to De Sanctis. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

ITAL 761. Italian Literary Criticism since 1870. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

ITAL 762. The Modern Italian Novel. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

ITAL 763. The Contemporary Italian Novel. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

ITAL 778. Advanced Translation in Italian. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr. The course will deal with translation in theory and in practice and will also include linguistics and stylistics. The translation will be from English to Italian and from Italian to English.

ITAL 779. Studies in Italian Cinema. 4 hr.; 3 cr. The course will examine different aspects of the cinematic art. The approaches include: (1) Movements (neo-realism, new wave, etc.); (2) Genres; (3) Literature into films; (4) The cinema as a sociocultural phenomenon; (5) Cinematic stylistics. Films will be shown in Italian. Students will be expected to produce substantial works of film analysis.

ITAL 780. Trends and Events in Italian Civilization. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr. A study of the events and ideological trends of the civilization produced by Italy. Students will read and report on primary texts in fields such as political history, economics, sociology, and on significant artistic and cultural developments.

ITAL 781. Seminar: Methodology and Selected Literary Topics. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.

ITAL 782. Studies in Italian Literature. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr. This course is intended as a seminar in the study of Italian literature. It is an open topics course; the title will be announced at the beginning of each semester in which it is offered. It can be repeated for credit provided the topic is different.

ITAL 791, 792. Special Problems. 3 cr. each semester. Individual study, under the supervision of an instructor, of a topic agreed on, normally involving research in literary history or criticism, and resulting in an acceptable thesis. No credit will be given for these courses until the thesis has been approved. No more than three credits in each course may be counted toward the degree.

Courses in Reserve

FREN 702. French Stylistics

FREN 703. Advanced Phonetics

ITAL 702. Italian Stylistics

ITAL 703. Advanced Phonetics

ITAL 705, 706. History of Italian Literature

ITAL 712. Dante’s Minor Works

ITAL 751. The Pre-Risorgimento Period