University of Guelph 1999-2000 Undergraduate Calendar

XII--Course Descriptions


Humanities

College of Arts.

HUMN*1020 European Culture from 1900-1960 F(3-0) [0.50]

The course will explore how the industrial revolution, imperialism and 19th-century philosophy contributed to the emergence of 20th-century Arts and Letters. Various media will be employed. Texts studied are in English translation, and in a number of cases only excerpts from the texts to be discussed will be required reading.

Exclusions: HUMN*2060

HUMN*1050 The Emergence of a United Europe F(3-0) [0.50]

This interdisciplinary course will provide students with an understanding of the events and processes resulting in economic integration in Europe after 1945. Economic, historical and political aspects will be emphasized.

HUMN*2000 Europe and France's Revolution F(3-0) [0.50]

This course will study the sources and nature of the protest leading to revolution in France and to dissension in other European countries. Its major aim is to explore the effect on the European mind and arts of the first half of the 19th-century in a variety of media. The course will conclude with an examination of results, particularly in matters of aesthetics.

Exclusions: HUMN*1060

HUMN*2050 World War I: Images and Impact F(3-0) [0.50]

This interdisciplinary course examines the First World War as a dramatic turning point in modern history and culture. The events of the years 1905 to 1929 will be related to literary and artistic responses to the "Great War". Novels, poems, memoirs, and visual materials, as well as historical analysis will be studied. Departments of English and History.

HUMN*2070 European Integration, 1957-1992 W(3-0) [0.50]

This interdisciplinary course aims to provide an in-depth analysis of the development of European integration from the establishment of the EEC to 1992. Major emphasis will be placed on the historical development of the European communities, their economic framework and political institutions. Other attempts at economic integration such as EFTA and Comecon will be considered in less detail.

HUMN*3100 London Studies in the Humanities W(2-3) [0.50]

An integrated course of studies in the Humanities (including 2 or more of theatre, visual arts, history, music, literature and philosophy) as they relate to London cultural resources. For London Semester students only.

Prerequisites: admission to London Semester

HUMN*3130 Women in Modern Spanish Fiction W(3-0) [0.50]

A study of the representation of women in Spanish literature through the analysis and interpretation of Spanish novels after 1870. The course will be taught in English. Students will read texts and present their essays in English. (Offered in even-numbered years.)

Prerequisites: permission of instructor
Exclusion: SPAN*3130

HUMN*3150 Paris Studies in the Humanities W(2-3) [0.50]

An integrated course of study in the Humanities (including 2 or more of theatre, visual arts, history, music, literature and philosophy) as they relate to Paris cultural resources. For Paris Semester students only.

Prerequisites: admission to Paris Semester

HUMN*3160 Contemporary Latin American Fiction W(3-0) [0.50]

This course will examine, in English, why and how the leading figures, such as Borges, Cortazar, Garcia Marques, Carpentier, Isabel Allende, and Luisa Valenzuela have "made" history, not only in the way they have recreated the Latin American historical reality, but also in the way they have reformed the Hispanic literature. Two lectures per week in English and one seminar per week in Spanish. Final essay and examination will be in English, short presentations and compositions will be in Spanish. Students who select the course under the listing of HUMN*3160 will attend the first two hours. They will write a research essay.

Exclusions: SPAN*3160

HUMN*3170 Women, Virtue and Honour in Spanish Drama (In English) F(3-0) [0.50]

This is a topic-oriented course which will study, in English, major Spanish dramas: seventeenth-century works such as Lope de Vega's Fuenteovejuna, Calderon's Life is a Dream, Tirso de Molina's Don Juan, and twentieth-century plays such as Garcia Forca's The House of Bernarda Alba and Blood Wedding. In addition to the thematic focus, these texts will be studied for their artistic merit and for the specificity of the Spanish "comedia". Where appropriate, this course will also discuss the influence of Spanish themes on the European culture. Students who select the course under the listing of SPAN*3170 will do selected readings and assignments in Spanish.

Exclusions: SPAN*3170

HUMN*3210 Introduction to Polish History and Culture F(6-4) [1.00]

The core course for the Krakow Semester consisting of three major components: 1) Polish language training, 2) a general introduction to Polish geography, politics and contemporary life and, 3) Polish history and the arts. For Krakow Semester students only.

Prerequisites: admission to Krakow Semester
Exclusions: HUMN*3211:2

HUMN*3220 Krakow Studies in the Humanities I F(3-2) [0.50]

An integrated course of studies in the humanities as they relate to the resources of Krakow, Poland. For Krakow Semester students only.

Prerequisites: admission to the Krakow Semester

HUMN*3230 Krakow Studies in the Humanities II F(3-2) [0.50]

An integrated course of studies in the humanities as they relate to the resources of Krakow, Poland. For Krakow Semester students only.

Prerequisites: admission to the Krakow Semester

HUMN*3300 Latin American Studies in the Humanities W(1-2) [0.50]

An integrated course of studies in the humanities as they relate to the resources of Latin America.

Prerequisites: admission to the Latin America semester, consent of the instructor and satisfactory participation in a bi-weekly preparation seminar during the fall semester

HUMN*3420 Late 18th and 19th Century Drama W(3-0) [0.50]

German and Austrian drama in English translation from ca. 1780 to 1900 within a European context. Dramatists studied will include Schiller, Goethe, Kleist, Hauptmann, Ibsen, Wedekind, Chekhov, Shaw and Schnitzler. (Course will be offered in odd-numbered years.)

Prerequisites: 5.00 University credits
Exclusions: GERM*3420

HUMN*3430 20th Century Drama W(3-0) [0.50]

German drama in English translation from 1900 to ca. 1960 within a European context. Dramatists studied will include Brecht, Strindberg, Kaiser, Hofmannsthal, Dürrenmatt, Frisch, Shaw, O'Neill and Sartre.(Course will be offered in even-numbered years.)

Prerequisites: 5.00 University credits
Exclusions: GERM*3430

HUMN*3440 Early German Prose and Poetry (I) F(3-0) [0.50]

A study of late 18th and early 19th Century Prose and Poetry including masterpieces by Goethe, Schiller, the Romantics, Heine and the Realists in English. (Offered in odd-numbered years.)

Prerequisites: 5.00 University credits
Exclusions: GERM*3440

HUMN*3450 20th Century Prose and Poetry (II) F(3-0) [0.50]

Short stories and poetry of George, Hofmannsthal, Mann, Kafka, Brecht in English translation. A survey of the Expressionist movement and of "The New Realism". (Offered in even-numbered years.)

Prerequisites: 5.00 University credits
Exclusions: GERM*3450

HUMN*3501/2 Independent Interdisciplinary Research Project F(3-0)/W(3-0) [1.00]

A two-semester course designed for students enrolled in the B.A. program in 1 of the College of Arts disciplines. Students in a general program with no major must seek the approval of the B.A. program counsellor. Students will prepare proposals for independent research projects spanning 2 or more disciplines, at least 1 of which must be from the College of Arts, and arrange for faculty members representing at least 2 of these disciplines to provide supervision. Projects are subject to the approval of the department(s) or school(s) concerned and must be submitted to the appropriate chair(s) or director(s) by the end of the course selection period prior to beginning the course. Subject to approval, this course may be accepted as credit towards an honours major in Art History, Drama, English, Studio Art, French, History, German, Italian, Spanish, Classical Languages, Classical Studies, Music and Philosophy. When you select this course you will be assigned to HUMN*3501 in the Fall semester and HUMN*3502 in the Winter semester. A grade will not be assigned to HUMN*3501 until HUMN*3502 has been completed.

HUMN*4170 Don Quixote and the Picaresque Novel (In English) F(3-0) [0.50]

This course will study, in English, the importance of this Spanish masterpiece in the development of the modern European novel, and it will examine the first European picaresque work, Lazarillo de Tormes, in the light of the picaresque tradition which followed in Europe and the Americas. The course will also concentrate on the notion of play and laughter (Bakhtin) as means of survival. Students who select the course under the listing of SPAN*4170 will do selected readings and assignments in Spanish.

Exclusions: SPAN*4170


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