Courses in Catalan
Topics in Catalan Studies
Study of problems, issues and topics in Catalan studies, which may include Catalan politics, culture, architecture, and/or society. Course may be repeated for credit when topic varies. (This variable topics course would be jointly taught with C494 for undergradautes.)
Learn more about this courseTopics in Catalan Literature
Topics include nationalism and literature, the Renaixença, Modernisme and Noucentisme, the avant-garde, exile, poetry and resistance, utopias and dystopias, specific writers (Joan Maragall, J.V. Foix, Josep Pla, Salvador Espriu, Mercè Rodoreda, Quim Monzó). Topics to be explored in view of current critical issues and theory. (This variable topics course would be jointly taught with C494 for undergraduates.)
Learn more about this courseCatalan Linguistics
A survey of contemporary Catalan, including a survey of grammar; an overview of the history of the language and its evolution; and topics in sociolinguistics, including the study of attitudes towards the language as a whole.
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Survey of Catalan literature from the Middle Ages to the present. Significant works in all genres will be studied within their historical and cultural context. Issues of nation-formation, hegemony, ideology, and marginalization will be paid special attention.
Learn more about this courseReadings in Catalan for Graduate Students
Introduction to Catalan literary and cultural production of all periods with an emphasis on developing reading skills. Taught jointly listed with C450/550 or another graduate-level course for graduate students form other departments who might want the C491/C492 sequence.
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Introduction to Catalan language with emphasis on reading. Also includes a cultural overview of Catalunya and the Catalan linguistic area.
Learn more about this courseIntensive Catalan Language
A four-skills approach to Catalan language; also includes a focus on Catalan culture. For students with prior knowledge of another Romance language.
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