53 courses in the 1970–71 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
The emphasis will be on oral and aural training. The language part of the course will include intensive oral training, exercises in comprehension, and conversation. Literature—weekly lectures on the texts being studied. Prerequisite: Grade 13 French or permission Year course.
Department of Classics and Romance Languages
A survey in French of the major periods of French Literature. . Full credit. One term.
A study of the major writers of 17th century France. Winter term.
A study of the major writers of 18th century France. Winter term.
Intensive practice in oral structures and exercises toward skill in writing. A follow-up of the language part of French 100. Prerequisite: French 100. Three lectures. Year course.
Offered in summer school and/or post-degree programme only.
A study of the major writers of 19th century France. Winter term.
A study of the major writers of 20th century France. Winter term.
In the following series of courses, three areas will be included. These are indicated by the course numbers, which will fall into one of three ranges: 310-319—18th century 320-329—19th century 330-339—20th century Courses in these ranges will vary from year to year, and numbers will be adjusted accordingly.
Selected texts from Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, etc. Fall term.
Particular attention will be given to Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Mallarmé, etc. Fall term.
A study of Balzac, Zola, etc. Winter term.
Selected texts from Camus, Sartre, Malraux, etc. Fall term.
331* Twentieth Century
To be announced. Winter term.
Advanced grammar and composition. Exercises in grammar, translation, and oral practice. Optional training in language laboratory operation. Prerequisite: French 250. Year course.
Offered in summer school and/or post-degree programme only.
A study of some representative novels of the 19th and 20th centuries. Prerequisite: a French literature course on the 200 level or instructor’s permission. Fall term.
A survey of the Canadian works in poetry and drama. Prerequisite: a French literature course on the 200 level or instructor’s permission. Winter term.
To be offered in summer school and/or post-degree programme only.
420 The Novel in French Canada
Special emphasis on contemporary novels. Year course.
An introduction to the problems of mediaeval French language and readings from the major literary texts of the period. Fall term.
Readings in the conteurs Rabelais, and Montaigne, etc. Fall term.
436* French Poetry of the Renaissance
Readings in Marot, the Pléiade, the baroque poets, etc. Winter term.
An introduction to the study of general linguistics and French phonetics, with advanced grammar, composition, translation and oral practice. Prerequisite: French 350. Fall term.
An introduction to the problems of comparative French and English stylistics, with advanced grammar, composition, and oral practice. This course is not a repetition of French 455. Prerequisite: French 350. Winter term.
Offered in summer school and/or post-degree programme only.
In the following series of courses two areas will be included as of special interest to advanced students. These are indicated by course numbers which will fall into one of two ranges: 460-469—17th Century 470-479—Criticism, thematic studies, senior seminar
Courses in these ranges will vary from year to year, and numbers will be adjusted accordingly.
Selected texts from Moliére, Corneille, Racine, etc. Fall term.
A study of various critical methods and points of view in French literary criticism. Rall taem
Department of Classics and Romance Languages
Selected texts in French literature from the 17th to the 20th centuries. Winter term.
Italian
The following courses are administered by St. Jerome’s College.
An intensive study of the fundamentals of grammar and conversation. The language laboratory will be used. 3 lectures and laboratory. Year course.
Advanced study of grammar. Survey of the history of Italian literature with selected readings in prose and poetry. Intensive study of one novel, “I Promessi Sposi”. 3 lectures and laboratory. Year course.
This course, given in English, aims at giving the student a wellbalanced view of Italy and her culture, through the study of Geography, History, Religion, Literature, Art, Music and her contribution to the world and to North America in particular. 3 lectures. Year course.
Continued study of Italian literature with selected readings‘in prose and poetry. Study of one novel, “Il Piccolo Mondo”. One semester devoted to the “Divina Commedia”. Prerequisite: Italian 210]. 3 lectures. Year course.
Spanish
Intensive drill in the fundamentals of grammar and composition. The language laboratory will be used regularly. Five lectures. Year course.
For students with some knowledge of Spanish. The language laboratory will be used regularly. Prerequisite: Spanish 110 or Grade 13: Spanish. Four lectures. Conducted largely in Spanish. Year course.
A study in English of the main historical and cultural currents in : Spain and Spanish America. 3 lectures. Year course.
Selections from representative works of major Spanish authors. Oral practice and composition. Prerequisite: Spanish 190. Year caurce
A study of the works of Luzan, Feijoo, Jovellanos, and Cadalso. Fall term.
A study in the development of the drama from the Duque de Rivas to Echegaray. Winter term.
A study of the literary currents of the past century such as the costumbrista movement, realism and naturalism. Fall term.
Intensive study of the novels and the theatrical works of Galdds. Winter term.
Conceptism and Culteranism. Fall term.
316* The Theatre of the Golden Age
Dramatic theory and practice. The innovations of Lope. Winter term.
325* The Prose of the Golden Age
A study of the Quijote and other major works of Cervantes. Fall term.
Intensive study of the major picaresque novels from Lazarillo de Tormes to La Picara Justina. Winter term.
Writing of essays based on critical examination of selected plays and novels; discussion, in Spanish, of these works. Prerequisite: Spanish 250. Year course.
A study of the major poets from La Araucana to the beginning of the Modernista movement. Fall term.
A study of Spanish American poetry from the Modernista movement to the present. Winter term.
A critical study of Spanish American prose works from the Cortés letters to the works of Sarmiento. Fall term.
A critical study of masterpieces in prose from Sarmiento to the present. Winter term.
A study of philosophical essays from Ganivet to Zubiri. Fall term.
A general view of Spanish poetry and drama from Antonio Machado to Juan Ramén Jiménez. Winter term.
A study of poetical works from Garcia Lorca to Rafael Alberti. Fall term.
Department of Classics and Romance Languages
The development of Spanish fiction from Cela to Sender. Winter term.
This course will provide intensive practice in spoken Spanish on the advanced level. Year course.
Readings in texts from the beginning to the end of the fifteenth century. The jarchas, Gonzalo de Berceo, Libro de Buen Amor, Romancero, and La Celestina. Year course.
Principal stress will be placed on novels dealing with the Mexican Revolution. Fall term.
Graduate Courses
All graduate courses with the exception of the Thesis are one-term courses.
Individual courses will be assigned numbers falling into these ranges: Consult the Department at the beginning of the Fall term for specific courses and numbers.
600-609 §
Old French
610-619 §
Renaissance Literature
620-634 §
17th Century Literature
635-649 §
18th Century Literature
650-664 §
19th Century Literature
665-679 §
20th Century Literature
680-689 §
French Canadian Studies
690-698 §
Criticism, Language and Linguistics
Reading courses will be assigned numbers consecutively in the 700 range as they occur.
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