Professor Peggy Sharpe, Chair
312 Bishop Hall

Professors Arico, Arrington, Danahy, Gaycken, Gutierrez, Klein, and Sharpe
Associate Professors Coles, Dyer, and Everett
Assistant Professors Buchanan, Dussias, Martínez, Metcalf, Quinney, Suárez, and Yang

MASTER OF ARTS

Prerequisites
The Master of Arts degree with a major in a modern language requires, as a prerequisite, 30 hours (including high school credits) in the language in which the student intends to major (French, German, or Spanish) or a total of 30 hours in two or three languages, ancient and/or modern, provided that there are at least 18 hours in the major language. In extraordinary cases this prerequisite may be modified.

Options
Two options are available. One option requires 24 hours of graduate-level course work with a minimum of 15 hours in the major field plus thesis in the major field, and a maximum of 9 hours in a minor field, subject to the approval of the department. The second option requires 36 hours of graduate-level course work, of which a minimum of 24 hours must be in the major field, and up to 12 hours in one or more minor fields, subject to departmental approval.

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Course Descriptions

Modern Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics - MLLL

541. Special Topics in Linguistics. Advanced course dealing with special topics in phonology, morphology and syntax. Recommended for graduate students interest in linguistics or language pedagogy. May be repeated for a total of 9 credit hours as long as content varies. (3).

French - FR

501. SURVEY OF FRENCH LITERATURE. French Literature from 1000-1799. Origin and development of literary genres; study of major authors and excerpts from their works. Literature and readings in French. (3).

502. SURVEY OF FRENCH LITERATURE. French Literature from 1800 to the present. Origin and development of literary genres; study of major authors and excerpts from their works. Literature and readings in French. (3).

503. PHONETICS AND SPOKEN FRENCH. (Strongly recommended for all majors and prospective teachers). (3).

504. HISTORY OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE. (Same as LING 504). (3).

507, 508. ADVANCED GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION. (3, 3).

509. MIDDLE FRENCH. Language and literature of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Prerequisite: FR 504 or FR 551. (3).

511. THE 17th CENTURY. Introduction and nondramatic literature. (3).

513. THE 17th CENTURY. Corneille, Moliere, and Racine. (3).

515. THE NOVEL IN THE 19th CENTURY. (3).

517. THE DRAMA IN THE 19th CENTURY. (3).

519. THE 20th CENTURY NOVEL. Special emphasis on the Nouveau Roman. (3).

521. THE 20th CENTURY DRAMA. (3).

523, 524. LITERATURE OF THE 16th CENTURY. Literature from the beginning of the 16th century to the Pleiade and from the Pleiade to Malherbe. (3, 3).

529. LITERATURE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT. Major literary currents in the works of Montesquieu, Voltaire, Diderot, and Rousseau. (3).

530. THE 18th CENTURY NOVEL. Developments in the novel and the struggle toward realism. (3).

531. SURVEY OF FRENCH LYRIC POETRY. French lyric poetry from Villon through 19th century symbolism. (3).

541. FRENCH STUDIES, SPECIAL TOPICS. Content varies. (May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 6 hrs.). (3).

551. OLD FRENCH. Phonology, morphology, and some readings. (3).

552. OLD FRENCH. Continuation of linguistic analysis and more intensive readings in the field. (3).

631, 632. SEMINAR, FRENCH STUDIES. Content varies. (May be repeated for credit). (3, 3).

697. THESIS. (1-12).

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German - GERM

503, 504. THE GERMAN NOVELLE AND ROMAN. (3, 3).

505, 506. 20th CENTURY LITERATURE. (3, 3).

507, 508. ADVANCED GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION. (3, 3).

509. PHONETICS AND SPOKEN GERMAN. (Strongly recommended for all majors and prospective teachers). (3).

511. SURVEY OF GERMAN LYRIC POETRY. (3).

513. PRECLASSICAL DRAMA THROUGH LESSING. (3).

515. THE DRAMA IN THE 19th CENTURY. (3).

517, 518. THE AGE OF GOETHE: STORM AND STRESS; CLASSICAL AND ROMANTIC LITERATURE. (3, 3).

519. HISTORY OF THE GERMANIC LANGUAGES. (Same as LING 519). (3).

531. GERMAN STUDIES, SPECIAL TOPICS. Content varies. (3).

532. GERMAN STUDIES, SPECIAL TOPICS. Content varies. (3).

545. INTENSIVE ADVANCED GERMAN IN GERMANY. Intensive advanced undergraduate and graduate German language instruction in Germany. (3).

546. INTENSIVE ADVANCED GERMAN IN GERMANY. Intensive advanced undergraduate and graduate German language instruction in Germany. (3).

551. GERMAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION. Introduction to German literature through English translations: Goethe, Kleist, Heine, Nietzsche, Kafka, Rilke, Mann, Hesse, Hauptmann, and others. Content varies. (May be taken for credit by German majors and minors if the readings are done in German). (3).

553. GERMAN CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE. Lectures and discussion. (3).

631, 632. SEMINAR, GERMAN STUDIES. Content varies. (Each course may be repeated once for credit). (3, 3).

697. THESIS. (1-12).

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Spanish - SPAN

501, 502. SURVEY OF SPANISH LITERATURE. A study of the most representative writers of the Spanish Peninsula from the Epic through 1700, and from 1701 through the present day. (3, 3).

503. GOLDEN AGE LITERATURE. Major writers of Spain of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Emphasis may vary on prose, poetry, and the drama. (3).

505. CERVANTES. A reading of Don Quixote and a selection of the Novelas ejemplares. (3).

507. ADVANCED GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION. Morphology and syntax of Spanish: explanations of forms and usage, exercises and activities to master Spanish language structure. (3).

509. PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY. Introduction to the production of Spanish sounds, using linguistic analysis and articulatory practice to improve pronunciation skills. (Strongly recommended for all majors and prospective teachers). (3).

511, 512. SURVEY OF SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE. A survey of the canonical texts and movements of Spanish-American literature, including poetry, narrative, and drama, from the colonial period through the twentieth century. (3, 3).

515. MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY SPANISH DRAMA. A study of the major dramatic works of the Spanish Peninsula from the early nineteenth century through the present day. (3).

517. THE GENERATION OF 1898. A study of the thought and writings of Unamuno, Baroja, Azorín and Valle-Inclán, as well as other contemporaries, considered within this critical historical moment. (3).

521. MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY SPANISH NOVEL. A study of the major novelistic works of the Spanish Peninsula from 1850 through the present day. (3).

522. GALDOS. A study of Galdós' life and works, with emphasis on the novel, but including the drama. (3).

523. THE SPANISH-AMERICAN SHORT STORY. Development of the short story as a literary genre in Spanish American, with emphasis on recent trends. (3).

525. SPANISH-AMERICAN POETRY. Detailed analysis of texts representative of major poetic movements from modernismo to the present. (3).

527. SPANISH LITERATURE OF THE MIDDLE AGES. Masterpieces of Spanish literature of the Middle Ages: El Cid, Milagros de Nuestra Señora, El Libro de Buen Amor, and La Celestina. (3).

541, 542. HISPANIC SEMINAR. A detailed study of a particular period of Hispanic literature, a genre, or of a particular writer or group of writers. (3, 3).

543. SPANISH STUDIES, SPECIAL TOPICS. Content varies each time course is offered. (May be repeated for credit one time only.) (3).

552. THE HISTORY OF SPANISH LANGUAGE. Development of the sound system and grammar of Spanish, from Latin to its modern-day dialects. (3).

561. THE SPANISH-AMERICAN NOVEL. A study of selected novels of major Spanish-American writers, to be determined by the professor. (3).

631, 632. SEMINAR, HISPANIC STUDIES. Content varies. (May be repeated for credit). (3, 3).

697. THESIS. (1-12).

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