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Romance Linguistics and Literature Courses

Graduate Courses

204A-204B. Romance Syntax: French (1 to 4 units each). Lecture, three hours. Prerequisites: Linguistics 120B, 200B, consent of instructor. Course 204A is prerequisite to 204B. Structure of French from point of view of contemporary syntactic theory, with emphasis on considerations of comparative syntax with other Romance languages. Topics include verbal/auxiliary system; WH-movement and Complementizer system; clitic constructions, causatives, inversion phenomena; quantifier distribution; impersonal constructions; negation and subjunctive. S/U or letter grading.

211. Comparative Romance Syntax. Lecture, three hours. Prerequisite: French 210A or Portuguese 204A or Spanish 204A or consent of instructor. Comparative study of syntactic processes in Romance languages. Investigation of parameters underlying linguistic variation.

255. Topics in Romance Syntax (1 to 4 units). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Topics in syntax of Romance languages, with emphasis on recent development in comparative studies; theoretical innovations based on Romance syntax.

596. Directed Individual Study or Research (4 to 8 units). Prerequisite: consent of instructor and program chair. Study or research in areas or on subjects not offered as regular courses. Eight units may be applied toward M.A. degree requirements. S/U grading.

597. Preparation for Graduate Examinations (4 to 12 units). Prerequisite: consent of graduate adviser. Individual preparation for M.A. comprehensive examination or Ph.D. qualifying examinations. May be taken only once for each degree examination and only in term that comprehensive or qualifying examinations are to be taken. S/U grading.

598. Research for M.A. Thesis (2 to 12 units). Prerequisite: consent of guidance committee. Research in preparation of M.A. thesis. S/U grading.

599. Research for Ph.D. Dissertation (2 to 12 units). Prerequisite: successful completion of Ph.D. qualifying examinations. Research for and preparation of Ph.D. dissertation. S/U grading.

Course List

In consultation with the appropriate adviser(s), courses should be selected with an eye to the organic relationship between them, preferably among those listed below and/or their requisites:

Introductory Courses

Italian

201. Bibliography and Methods of Research

Spanish

M200. Research Resources

Linguistics Courses

Grammatical Theory: Linguistics

201. Phonological Theory II

206. Syntactic Theory II

Development of the Romance Languages

Hispano-Romance: Spanish

M205A-M205B. Development of Portuguese and Spanish Languages

Indo-European: Indo-European Studies

210. Indo-European Linguistics: Advanced Course

280A-280B. Seminars: Indo-European Linguistics

Italic Dialects: Latin

242. Italic Dialects and Latin Historical Grammar

Italo-Romance: Italian

222A. History of the Italian Language

Latin History: Latin

240. History of the Latin Language

Medieval Latin: Latin

231A-231B. Seminars: Medieval Latin

Northern Gallo-Romance: French

210A. Phonology and Morphology from Vulgar Latin to French Classicism

210B. Syntax and Semantics from Vulgar Latin to French Classicism

Paleography: History

219A-219B. Paleography I, II

Romance Dialectology: Italian

222C. Italian Dialectology

Spanish

209. Dialectology

Romance Linguistics: Linguistics

225G. Linguistic Structures

Vulgar Latin: Latin

232. Vulgar Latin

Studies in the History of the Romance Languages

Gallo-Romance: French

214. Problematics of Medieval Language and Literature

Hispano-Romance: Spanish

M251A-M251B. Studies in Galegan-Portuguese and Old Spanish

Italo-Romance: Italian

210. Studies in Early Italian Literature

222A-222B-222C. Studies in History of Italian Language

Synchronic Linguistics

Advanced Grammar: French

201. Literary Research and Composition

Italian

222B. Structure of Modern Italian

Portuguese

202. Synchronic Morphology and Phonology

204A-204B. Generative Grammar

Spanish

202A. Phonology

202B. Morphology

204A-204B. Generative Syntax and Semantics

Studies in Linguistics and Dialectology: Spanish

256A-256B. Studies in Spanish Linguistics

257. Studies in Dialectology

Literature Courses

History of Ideas: French

260A-260B. Studies in History of Ideas

Literary Criticism: French

202. Historical and Philosophical Background to French Literary Criticism

203. Contemporary Theories

258A-258B. Studies in Literary Criticism

Italian

205A-205B. Studies in Criticism

Spanish

M201A-M201B. Literary Theory and Criticism

Literary History: History

218. Medieval Latin Literary History

Philosophy and Literature: French

259A-259B. Studies in Philosophy and Literature

Early Romance Literature

Petrarca: Italian

214C. Studies in Medieval Literature: Petrarca's Canzoniere

251. Seminar: Petrarch

Studies in Early Romance Literature: French

215A-215D. Medieval Literature

250A. Major Medieval Texts

250B. Structures of Medieval Literature

250C. Problems in Medieval Literature

Italian

210. Studies in Early Italian Literature

214A-214F. Studies in Medieval Literature

215A-215B. Studies in 15th-Century Literature

250A-250D. Seminars: Dante

252. Seminar: Boccaccio

Portuguese

C224. Early Portuguese Literature

Spanish

222. Medieval Epic and Narrative Poetry

223. Medieval Prose

262A-262B. Studies in Medieval Spanish Literature

Modern Romance Literature

Genre Studies: Portuguese

252. Studies in Early Portuguese Literature

253. Studies in Modern Portuguese Literature

254. Studies in Early Brazilian Literature

255. Studies in Modern Brazilian Literature

Studies in the 18th Century: French

218A-218B-218C. 18th Century

254A-254B. Studies in the 18th Century

Italian

218A-218D. Studies in 18th-Century Literature

256A-256B. Seminars: 18th Century

Portuguese

C227. 19th-Century Portuguese Literature

C232. 19th-Century Brazilian Literature and Culture

Spanish

229. Romanticism

239. Romanticism and Realism in Spanish-American Literature

270A-270B. Studies in 18th-Century Spanish Literature

277A-277B. Studies in Colonial Spanish-American Literature

Studies in the 19th Century: French

219A-219D. 19th Century

255A-255B. Studies in the 19th Century

Italian

219A-219D. Studies in 19th-Century Literature

257A-257B. Seminars: Romanticism

Portuguese

C228. Post-Romanticism and Naturalism in Portuguese Literature

Spanish

230. Realism and Naturalism

271A-271B. Studies in 19th-Century Spanish Literature

278A-278B. Studies in 19th-Century Spanish-American Literature

Studies in the 20th Century: French

220A-220D. 20th Century

221A-221B-221C. French-African Literature

256A-256B. Studies in Contemporary Literature

257A-257B. Studies in French-African Literature

Italian

220. Studies in Turn-of-the-Century Literature

221A-221E. Studies in 20th-Century Literature

258A-258B. Seminars: Contemporary Italian Literature

Portuguese

C229. 20th-Century Portuguese Literature

C234. Brazilian Modernism

C235. 20th-Century Brazilian Literature

Spanish

232. Spanish Prose Literature from 1898 to the Civil War

233. Spanish Prose Literature after the Civil War

234. Spanish Drama and Poetry from 1898 to the Civil War

235. Spanish Drama and Poetry after the Civil War

240. Major Currents in Modern Spanish-American Literature

243A-243B. Contemporary Spanish-American Poetry

244A-244B. Contemporary Spanish-American Novel

245. Contemporary Spanish-American Essay

272A-272B. Studies in 20th-Century Spanish Literature

280A-280B. Studies in Contemporary Spanish-American Literature

Renaissance and Baroque Literature

Cervantes: Spanish

227. Cervantes

Studies in Renaissance and Baroque Literature: French

216A-216B-216C. Renaissance

217A-217D. 17th Century

251A-251B. Studies in the Renaissance

252A-252B. Studies in the Baroque

253A-253B. Studies in the 17th Century

Italian

216A-216E. Studies in the Renaissance

217. Studies in 17th-Century Literature

253A-253B-253C. Seminars: Chivalric Poetry in Italy

255A-255B. Seminars: Baroque

Portuguese

C225. Camões and the Portuguese Renaissance

C226. Baroque and Neoclassical Portuguese Literature

C231. Colonial Brazilian Literature and Culture

Spanish

224. Poetry of the Golden Age

225. Drama of the Golden Age

226. Prose of the Golden Age

237. Literature of the Spanish Conquest

264A-264B. Studies in Golden Age Spanish Literature


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