ENROLL

Yaron Klein

In Translation.

Lei Yang

China—the modern nation—never escapes the influence of the past. But why do Chinese literature and movies like discussing and presenting the past? Do these works truly reflect the past? How is the past presented? What techniques impact the narration of the past and the audience’s perceptions? Through comparison of historic texts and fictional retellings of the same stories, students will gain a better understanding of representation of the past and develop critical reading, analysis, discussion, and writing skills. Sources include historical narratives and biographies, classical texts, poems, fiction, and film. No knowledge of Chinese language required.

In translation

Johannes M. Wietzke

Cathy Yandell

Through literature, cultural texts, and experiential learning in the city, this course will explore the development of both the "Frenchness" and the hybridity that constitute contemporary Paris. Immigrant cultures, notably North African, will also be highlighted. Plays, music, and visits to cultural sites will complement the readings.

Prerequisite: French 204 or the equivalent and participation in OCS Paris program

Requires participation in OCS Program: French and Francophone Studies in Paris

Sigi Leonhard

Starting with the Baroque era, we will examine German poems as expressions of the literary movements that gave birth to them. Since the class will focus on each poem as representative of an aesthetic code grounded in specific literary movements, this class is also an excellent introduction to German literary history. We will read the poems, discuss them, listen to recordings and do our own lyrical or dramatic readings. Selections will include poems set to music, as well as twentieth century Cabaret. Interested students may also try their hand at translation.

Prerequisite: German 204 or equivalent

Becky Boling

We will focus on twenty-first century narratives written by Latin American authors, but in which the story or part of the story takes place in the U.S. We will examine the cross-cultural implications of these stories, the depiction of the U.S. from a Latin American or Latino perspective, the themes of border fiction, globalization, and immigration. Authors that may be included: Isabel Allende, Laura Restrepo, Valeria Luiselli, Yuri Herrera, Alberto Fuguet, Edmundo Paz Soldán. Taught in translation.

In translation