Department of Language & Literature

UNDERGRADUATE

COURSE DESCRIPTION BOOKLET

SPRING 2016

1

WWRRIITTIINNGG

ENGL 120: Rhetoric and Writing See Schedule below Offered each semester. English 120 introduces students to the theories and practices of academic writing. Students will demonstrate rhetorical sensitivity in reading and writing, compose inquiry-based arguments, and perform writing as a process. Must be passed with a grade of C or better. 03: John Gutowski 10:00am ~ 10:50am MWF 04: Karen Kaiser Lee 11:00am ~ 11:50am MWF 05: Denise Duvernay 12:00pm ~ 12:50pm MWF 06: Thomas Haffner 1:00pm ~ 1:50pm MWF 07: Manal Kanaan 2:00pm ~ 2:50pm MWF 08: Janis Shumac 8:00am ~ 9:20am T TH 10: Aisha Karim 11:00am ~ 12:20pm T TH 11: Aisha Karim 12:30pm ~ 1:50pm T TH 12: Amy Ferdinandt Stolley 2:00pm ~ 3:20pm T TH 13: Thomas Haffner 10:00am ~ 10:50am MWF ENGL 120 (Stretch): Rhetoric and Writing See schedule below ENGL 120 (Stretch) is the second course in the two-semester English 120 Stretch Program, designed specifically for students who completed ENGL 100 during the Fall semester. This course introduces students to the theories and practices of academic writing. Students who complete this class will have demonstrated rhetorical sensitivity in reading and writing, composed inquiry-based arguments, and performed writing as a process. Because this course is part of the English 120 Stretch Program, students will continue the work we began last fall, further honing their academic writing skills by learning and practicing rhetorical reading and writing strategies. Students must pass ENGL 120 (Stretch) with a C or better in order to fulfill SXU’s General Education Level I writing requirement. 01: Christine Wilson 8:00am ~ 8:50am MWF 02: Christine Wilson 9:00am ~ 9:50am MWF 09: Angelo Bonadonna 9:30am ~ 10:50am T TH ENGL 210-01: Introduction to Creative Writing TBA Introduction to writing poetry and short fiction. Students will compose poems and short stories in the context of reading classic and contemporary literature. ENGL 220-01: Advanced Writing 2:00pm ~ 2:50pm MWF Karen Kaiser Lee Prerequisite: Sophomore standing and ENGL 120, or consent of the instructor. This is an intensive writing course. The emphasis will be on technology - the technologies we use to write, and the effect those technologies have on writing. Tablets, iPads, smart phones, and similar devices are welcomed and encouraged.

2

ENGL 224: Professional Writing and Communication See schedule below Prerequisites: Junior standing and ENGL 120, or consent of the instructor. Principles of effective argument and exposition applied to writing about business and professional topics. Emphasis on clear and effective writing for the appropriate audiences. Students will compose texts in a variety of professional genres, including resumes and cover letters, business proposals, reports, and presentations. This course satisfies the 300-level major guidelines for Writing and Language. 01: Karen Kaiser Lee 12:00pm ~ 12:50pm MWF 02: Barbara Myers 9:30am ~ 10:50am T TH 03: Romana Amato 6:30pm ~ 9:20pm M

ENGL 352-01: Writing in Digital Environments 6:00pm ~ 8:50pm T Amy Ferdinandt Stolley A project-based course that introduces students to the rhetorical principles and design strategies necessary for writing in online spaces, including personal and professional websites, blogs, and social networking sites. This course satisfies the 300-level major guidelines for Writing and Language.

LLIITTEERRAATTUURREE,, LLAANNGGUUAAGGEE,, AANNDD TTEEAACCHHIINNGG ENGL-155-01: Introduction to Literature: Global 12:00pm ~ 12:50pm MWF Norman Boyer Satisfies General Education Level 2 Literature and Global Studies Requirements Fulfills a Requirement for the English minor and the Elementary Education English Concentration What is this thing we call “literature”? Does the understanding of what literature is differ across world cultures? And besides, as Mr. Sengupta asks in Haroun and the Sea of Stories, “What’s the use of stories that aren’t even true?” This course is designed as an introduction to literature, and especially to “stories” in the largest sense, based on a close study of selected texts from the literatures of the world, excluding the Anglo-American tradition. We will focus on how stories work, paying attention to both similarities and differences across cultures. In the process, we will get a glimpse of some of the really good modern writing from around the world: Salman Rushdie’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories (South Asia), Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner (Afghanistan), Mariano Azuela's The Underdogs (Mexico), Bessie Head’s Maru (South Africa/Botswana), Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood (Japan), and several short stories from the Middle East, Latin America, Africa, and East Asia. Course requirements include daily posts and weekly reflections on classmate posts, all on CN (CourseNetworking—to be described in class) (30% total: posts 25%, reflections 5%), four short papers of approximately 1000-1500 words (about 3-4 pages of text, 10% each = 40% total) a take-home midterm examination (passages, 10%), and a take-home final examination (passages plus essay, 20%). Absences over 4 are deducted from the course grade. There is a 5% bonus for earning 1500 or more CN anar seeds in the course.

Required texts with ISBN numbers and current list prices (plus Amazon prices 9/13/15): Salman Rushdie, Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Penguin, 1990). 9780140157376. $16.00 ($10.99) Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner (Riverhead [Penguin], 2005). 9781594631931. $14.40 ($9.08) Mariano Azuela, The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution (Penguin, 2008) 9780143105275 $12.00 ($9.39) Bessie Head, Maru (Waveland Press, 2013). 9781478607618. $12.50 ($12.50) Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood. (Vintage, 2000) 9780375704024 $15.00 ($8.48) Additional materials provided on Canvas and CN Total textbook cost at list price: $69.90 (Amazon total $50.44).

3

ENGL 202-01: English Literature Since 1700 11:00am ~ 12:20pm T TH Katrina Kemble Offered in spring semester A survey of English literature from the 18th century to the present. ENGL 204-01: American Literature Since 1865 8:00am ~ 9:20am T TH Gina Rossetti This course meets the general education Level 2 literature and diversity studies requirements In this course, we will examine selected texts from the post-Civil War era to the present. We will examine realism, modernism, and contemporary literature. We will also attend to the aesthetic and cultural issues that affect the movements, texts, and authors. Course requirements include quizzes, exams, blackboard postings, and a group presentation. ENGL 207-01: Study of Literature 11:00am ~ 11:50am MWF Nelson Hathcock Please be advised that this course is not an introduction to reading literature. Instead, this course is an introduction to various approaches in the study of literature with emphasis on literary terms, genres, close reading of texts, and the use of secondary sources in the writing of essays on literature. Only those students planning to become either a major or minor in English should take this course. ENGL 222-01: Greek Drama 9:00am ~ 9:50am MWF Norman Boyer Satisfies General Education Level 2 Global Studies, Literature, and Foreign Culture Requirements This course will introduce you to ancient Greek Drama through the reading and discussion of several plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, including (but not in this order) Aeschylus' The Oresteia; Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Antigone, and Oedipus at Colonus; Euripides' Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus, The Trojan Women, Iphigenia in Aulis, and The Bacchae, while comparing what we see with what Aristotle saw in his Poetics, written 70 years after the latest of the plays we will read. With the help of videos and supplemental readings, we will attempt to situate these important texts of classic Greek culture and of the western cultural tradition within their literary, historical, and social contexts in fifth century BCE Greece, specifically Athens, and within our own. Course requirements include daily posts and weekly reflections on classmate posts, all on CN (CourseNetworking—to be described in class) (30% total); three short papers (50% total), and a take home final exam (20%). Required texts with ISBN numbers, recent list prices, and Amazon prices (as of 8/26/15): Grene and Lattimore, ed., Sophocles I, 3rd ed (U of Chicago P, 2013). 9780226311517 $12.00 ($10.72) Aristotle, Poetics, tr. Sachs (Focus, 2006). 9781585101870 $12.95 (N/A) Aeschylus, The Oresteia, tr. Fagles (Viking Penguin, 1975). 9780140443332 $14.00 ($11.01) Grene and Lattimore, ed., Euripides I, 3rd ed (U of Chicago P, 2013). 9780226308982 $12.00 ($11.40) Euripides, The Trojan Women, tr. Clay (Focus, 2005) 9781585101117 $10.95 ($10.95) Grene and Lattimore, ed., Euripides V, 3rd ed (U of Chicago P, 2013). 9780226308982 $13.00 ($11.84) Additional materials provided on MyCourses and CN Total textbook cost at list price: $74.90. Total textbook cost at Amazon $68.87). ENGL 235-01: Literature and Sports 9:00am ~ 9:50am MWF John Gutowski Recommended for the Literature/Fine Arts core requirement. Reading and analysis of sports classics in poetry, fiction, drama, and personal experience writing. Focus on sporting experience as a metaphor for life and on the various ways that sports events are transformed into literature.

4

ENGL 241-01: Language and Linguistics 12:30pm ~ 1:50pm T TH Angelo Bonadonna Prerequisite: English 120 or Honors 150 We all use language, but what exactly is it? How does it work? How do we learn it? How has it changed over time? Why does it vary from place to place? And why does it have such tremendous power over us, including the power to hurt? In this course we will think about language in these ways. The course is an introduction to the study of language and modern linguistics, designed for future teachers of middle and high school English but open to anybody else interested in learning about how language works. We will read four books (plus additional readings): Linguistics: A Very Short Introduction by P. H. Matthews; Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language by Seth Lerer; Essential Linguistics: What You Need to Know to Teach Reading, ESL, Spelling, Phonics, Grammar by David and Yvonne Freeman; and Beyond Grammar: Language, Power, and the Classroom by Mary Harmon and Marilyn Wilson. Course requirements will include group and individual presentations, class participation in discussion, regular contributions to a class wiki, proficiency tests on traditional grammar, one or two individual/group wiki projects/papers, and a final reflective essay. ENGL 260-01: Sp. Top: Gothic Literature 12:30pm ~ 1:50pm T TH Katrina Kemble This course will examine the macabre, the fantastical, and the grotesque in British and American literature from the 18th century through the early 20th century. There will be a strong focus on the popularity of the Gothic novel during the Victorian period. The course will also examine how the Gothic genre reflects and deals with the culture’s social and political backgrounds. Authors covered include Byron, Keats, Coleridge, M. Shelley, the Brontes, Stoker, Wilde, Stevenson, Faulkner, Williams, and O’Connor. ENGL 260-03: Sp. Top: Paranoia & 1970s American Film 1:00pm ~ 2:20pm M W Nelson Hathcock Fulfills general education requirements in literature / fine arts. The 1970s have often been lauded as the last “golden age” of Hollywood. The grip of the major studios on film production had been loosened, and a host of young filmmakers began to tap into the zeitgeist with vigorous flair. However, if counter-arguments might be lodged against this claim, few would dispute the powerful influx of paranoid scenarios in the films and popular culture of that era. The humiliating conclusion of the Vietnam adventure, the exposure of corruption in the highest office in the land through the Watergate hearings, the worst economic recession since the 1930s, exacerbated by the oil embargo of 1973, the slowing of progressive momentum established in the sixties, the corresponding growth of corporate power and influence, the Iranian hostage crisis, all affected the national psyche in manifold ways. Confidence in American military might eroded to an unprecedented degree. Trust in government institutions and government-sponsored narratives crumbled, with the resulting “credibility gap” expanding throughout the decade. The average citizen’s sense of control over her own destiny was depleted at the same pace as the family finances. This course will explore the manifestations of this national mood in feature films of the decade. In the process, it will suggest another meaning for the label of “paranoid,” not just a clinical description for feelings of anxiety and persecution, but rather a state of mind that finds excess of meaning where others see only random occurrence; it sees conspiracy, not coincidence, the dynamics of deceptive, behind-the-scenes power, rather than overt structures. Learning objectives will include:

• Demonstrating familiarity with historical / social / political conditions of the period that feed into the production of popular culture;

• Demonstrating a grasp of fundamentals of narrative film techniques;

5

• Demonstrating a command of disciplinary vocabulary / interpretive strategies / critical perspectives

Course requirements: Two examinations CANVAS postings Two brief (4-5 page) response papers on topics cleared with the instructor Primary film texts under consideration: Chinatown (1974) The Conversation (1974) The Parallax View (1974) Night Moves (1975) The Stepford Wives (1975) Soylent Green (1973) Three Days of the Condor (1975) The Spook Who Sat By The Door (1973) Network (1976) Invasion of the Body Snatchers—(remake from 1978) Winter Kills (1978) Who’ll Stop the Rain? (1978) Cutter’s Way (1981) ENGL 345-01: Modern Drama 12:30pm ~ 1:50pm T TH Gina Rossetti Course Description: In our course, we will study selected plays by American and British authors via the lens of performance theory. As a result, we will form performance groups, re-imagine and re-stage selected plays, all the while learning about the theories of dramatic interpretation. Students will also have the opportunity to put what they are learning into action by attending at least one dramatic performance in the greater Chicago area. Students will have two take-home exams, quizzes, a final production book, and offer a group performance interpretation. ENGL 348-01: World Literature since 1500 10:00am ~ 10:50am MWF Norman Boyer Satisfies a General Education Level 2 Global Studies (but not Literature) Requirement This course will introduce you to a broad historical and contemporary spectrum of World Literature (excluding Anglo-American) from China, Japan, India, the Islamic world, Africa, Latin America, and Europe written since about 1500, when European encounters with the rest of the world began the changes leading to the present global community. Major texts (most represented by excerpts) include Don Quixote, Journey to the West (aka Monkey), The Story of the Stone (aka The Dream of the Red Chamber), Faust, The Metamorphosis, Things Fall Apart, and a selection of poetry and stories. Our texts will be Package 2 (Volumes D, E, and F) of The Norton Anthology of World Literature, 3nd ed., plus Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart (Anchor). Additional readings will also be assigned. Course requirements include daily posts and weekly reflections on classmate posts, all on CN (CourseNetworking—to be described in class) (30% total); two short papers of 2250-3000 words (about 46-8 pages of text, 20% each = 40% total), a take-home midterm examination (10%), and a take-home final examination (20%). Absences over 4 are deducted from the course grade. Required texts with ISBN numbers, recent list prices, and Amazon prices (as of 9/13/15): Norton Anthology of World Literature, 3rd ed., Package 2 (Volumes D, E, F) (Norton, 2012) 9780393933666 $72.00 ($63.99). This edition may come with free one-year access to the digital edition, which contains the entire text plus much additional material, or that may require a different ISBN number. I am still waiting for that information. You can always check the Norton website (www.wwnorton.com) for current information. Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (Anchor, 1994). 9780385474542 $11.95 ($6.75) Additional materials provided on Canvas and CN Total textbook cost at list price: $83.95. Total textbook cost at Amazon: $70.74

6

ENGL 360-01: Sp. Topic: Young Adult Literature 1:00pm ~ 1:50pm MWF Norman Boyer Required for English Education Majors entering the major August 2015 or after. Responding to a Wall Street Journal writer who had condemned young adult literature as causing the self-destructive behaviors and abuse that the books examine, teen blogger Emma responded in 2011 via her Booking Through 365 blog that she had "seen YA books expose darkness, reveal depth, find flaws, give hope, change minds, break heart and then repair them. Good literature rips open all the private parts of us--the parts people like you have deemed too dark, inappropriate, grotesque or abnormal for teems to be feeling--and then they stitch it all back together again before we even realize they're not talking about us. They're talking about their characters" (Burke, English Teacher's Companion, 4th ed., p. 145). This course is designed for English Education majors and takes both a literature and a teaching approach to young adult literature; however, it is open to others who want to read YA fiction from a teaching approach. Our plan is to read a few key works of recent young adult literature as a class and then for each of you to read an additional 10-15 works, some from a required list, some of your choice. (Young adult literature read for the YAL requirement in other English Education courses can be reused here.) Our approach will be based on our one required method book, Teaching YA Lit through Differentiated Instruction, which uses several young adult texts, all written since 2000 as well as discussing important theoretical approaches to literature that are important for young adult literature. The list of books for all of us to read is still tentative but will definitely include several books discussed in Teaching YA Lit: Chris Crutcher's realistic novel Deadline (2007), Jennifer Donnelly's historical novel A Northern Light (2004), Ann Burg's verse novel All the Broken Pieces (2009), Julia Scheeres's memoir Jesus Land (2005), Walter Dean Myers's multicultural novel Monster (2000), James Sturm's and Rich Tommaso's biography in graphic novel form Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow (2007), Markus Zusak's adventure-mystery novel I Am the Messenger (2006), and Suzanne Collins's fantasy-dystopian novel The Hunger Games (2008). We will also read two important additional novels, Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (2007) and Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak (1999). We will also paying attention to how young adults read (and how we can help them to read better) and to the scholarship of young adult literature. Course requirements tentatively include lots of posts about your reading and reflections on classmate posts, all on CN (CourseNetworking—to be described in class); individual and group presentations, and a course project in the form of an article that could be published in a journal such as NCTE's English Journal or The ALAN Review (the NCTE's Assembly on Literature for Adolescents). I strongly recommend membership in NCTE and ALAN. These are very inexpensive for students. Contact me for forms--the sooner the better. Required texts with ISBN numbers and current list prices (plus Amazon prices 9/13/15): Susan L. Groenke and Lisa Scherff, Teaching YA Lit through Differentiated Instruction (NCTE, 2010) 9780814133705 $39.95 ($39.95) NCTE Member Price (ordered through NCTE) is $29.95 Chris Crutcher, Deadline (Greenwillow, 2007) 9780060850913 $9.99 ($9.99) Jennifer Donnelly, A Northern Light (HMH Books for Young Readers, 2004) 9780152053109 $9.99 ($8.76) Ann E. Burg, All the Broken Pieces (Scholastic, 2009) 9780545080934 $6.99 ($6.99) Julia Scheeres, Jesus Land (Counterpoint, 2005) 9781619020658 $15.95 ($10.57) Walter Dean Myers, Monster (Amistad, 2000) 9780064407311 $9.99 ($9.99) James Sturm and Rich Tommaso, Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow (Hyperion, 2007) 9780786839001 currently not in print. Macus Zusak, I Am the Messenger (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2006) 9780375836671 $10.99 ($6.33) Suzanne Collins. The Hunger Games (Scholastic, 2008) 9780439023528 $10.99 ($7.23) Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2007) 9780316013697 $15.00 ($9.82) Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak (Square Fish, 1999) 9780312674397 $9.99 ($8.88) Additional materials provided on Canvas and CN Total textbook cost at list price: $139.83 (Amazon total $118.51; $10 less with NCTE membership).

7

ENGL 371-01: Teaching/Rdg./Literature/Mid.-Sec. School 5:00pm ~ 7:50 pm T Carol Medrano Meets English Education Major Guideline 7 (Reading and Literature) The premise of this course is that the ability to read a wide variety of texts and the ability to read and discuss literary texts are important skills in a democratic society. As you think about your experiences as a student reader and as a teacher of reading, you’ll be better equipped to understand and appreciate the research and intuitions of the scholars, writers, and teachers we will be studying. Our readings will address a variety of practical teaching of reading and literature issues, including the reading process, teaching a wide variety of texts, approaching issues of gender, culture, race, and class in the English classroom, collaborative learning, writing about literature, the place of young adult literature in the curriculum, preparing units of instruction around a topic and specific texts, developing strategies for improving reading skills in an entire class and for individual students, the role of technology in reading instruction, and more. Course work includes weekly readings and journals, reading and reporting on several works of young adult literature, 10 hours of clinical experience, and the creation of a Webfolio for the posting of course and other projects in your student account on SXU’s English server. Please note: Teaching Reading and Literature is usually taken second in the English Education sequence of courses (after Teaching Writing and Language, ENGL 356). Both Teaching Reading and Literature and Teaching Writing and Language are prerequisites for Methods of Teaching English (ENGL 373).

ENGL 396-01: Senior Seminar II 3:30pm ~ 4:30pm T Amy Ferdinandt Stolley Prerequisite: Successful completion of ENGL 395 in the previous semester Offered in spring semester This one unit course is designed to aid you in the appraisal of your own work, to support the revision of your senior thesis, and to help you prepare for a public presentation in an open forum to the English Department community. Class meetings will focus on the development of your work for reception by a range of audiences. As we discussed in ENGL 395, the portfolio you began in the fall term will be revisited, and you will have ample opportunity to rework your final draft and to compose a self-assessment narrative that will guide department faculty in the review of your work. The final portfolio and your oral presentation will be graded holistically by the other members of the department, and their evaluation will count toward 40 % of your 396 grade. Class workshops will focus on the revision process and on scholarship dissemination strategies, though a few meetings have been set aside for you to address your own professional concerns. We will also hold "mock presentations" in which you share your work with your peers, enabling you to engage confidently with department faculty and students.

8

Learn the language, learn about the culture Courses Offered by the Foreign Language Program

All courses fulfill the foreign language/foreign culture core requirement – Spanish 260 and 391-03 fulfill the literature/fines arts requirement

Spanish Minor Students wishing to obtain a minor in Spanish must complete with a grade of C or above a total of 18 credit hours in Spanish, beginning at the intermediate level (103-104). No more than 3 hours taught in English. ************************************************************************

Language courses

All language courses have a strong oral component.

Students taking language classes at Saint Xavier for the first time are required to take a placement exam before the beginning of the semester. If placed beyond 101, students are eligible to receive up to 12 hours of retroactive credit.

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE

ASL 101-01: American Sign Language I Annmarie Mead 2:00pm ~ 3:20pm T TH Pre-requisite: None An introductory course to American Sign Language (ASL). The course will include basic grammar, vocabulary, fingerspelling, numbers and cultural information related to the Deaf Community. The course is open to all; should be of particular use to students of Education and Communication Sciences and Disorders.

ASL 102-01: American Sign Language II Annmarie Mead 5:00pm ~ 6:20pm T TH Pre-requisite: American Sign Language I

ASL 162 American Sign Language II reviews American Sign Language vocabulary and grammatical structures discussed in ASL 101. It further develops language comprehension and production skills at an intermediate level. It also expands, in more detail, concepts introduced about Deaf culture and how these concepts apply to the language.

ARABIC

ARAB 101-01: Elementary Arabic I Maha Sweis-Dababneh 6:30pm ~ 7:50pm T TH Pre-requisite: None This course introduces students to Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Students will be taught the basic skills needed to communicate in Arabic including comprehension, speaking, reading, writing, and students will explore the culture and customs of the Arabic-speaking countries. Students will learn expressing oneself and participate in simple one-to-one conversations involving basic practical and social situations. The course begins with the learning of the Arabic script, sound and writing system; students will acquire common vocabulary, including greetings and other expressions. Basic grammar will be introduced to facilitate communication.

POLISH

POLSH-260-01: Sp. Top.: Polish Short Stories Anna Gąsienica-Byrcyn 11:00am ~ 11:50am MWF Pre-requisite: None This course is a survey of modern and past works of the outstanding Polish prose writers and their art of short story writing. Students will explore various themes, such as: love, treason, sacrifice, good, evil, exile, alienation, death, fleeting of time, youth, and ageing. The readings and discussions will include a selection of remarkable short stories written by excellent Polish writers, including: Cyprian Kamil Norwid, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Bolesław Prus, Eliza Orzeszkowa, Gabriela Zapolska, Stefan Żeromski, Władysław Reymont, Maria Dąbrowska, Maria Kuncewiczowa, Witold Gombrowicz, Bruno Schulz, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Tadeusz Borowski, Zofia Nałkowska, Sławomir Mrożek, Marek Hłasko, Paweł Huelle, and Olga Tokarczuk. Taught in English.

SPANISH

SPAN 101-01: Elementary Spanish I See Schedule Below Prerequisite: Placement exam or no previous knowledge of Spanish An introduction to Spanish for students who have had no previous study of the language that places equal emphasis on listening comprehension, oral expression, and

grammar. Basic grammatical structures are presented: agreement of subject-adjective, subject-verb, present tense of the indicative, adverbs and pronouns, etc. Course work includes: recitation and written exercises, videos, workbooks and reading of simple texts, as well as cultural information about the Spanish-speaking world. Course requirements: chapter exams, quizzes and a comprehensive final exam. 01: Kelsey Kuzniewski 10:00am ~ 10:50am MWF 02: Martha Fabiola Marolda 11:00am ~ 11:50am MWF 03: Martha Fabiola Marolda 1:00pm ~ 1:50pm MWF

SPAN 102-01: Elementary Spanish II Diego Espiña Barros 10:00am ~ 10:50am MWF Prerequisite: Spanish 101 or placement exam A second semester study of Spanish for students who have a basic knowledge of the language. The course places equal emphasis on listening comprehension, oral expression, vocabulary and grammar. Grammatical structures presented include: preterit and imperfect tenses, the verb gustar, stem-changing verbs in the present and past tenses, por and para, past participles, present and past perfect tenses, and an introduction to the uses of the subjunctive mood. Course work includes: recitation and written exercises, comprehension exercises, workbooks, reading of simple texts in Spanish as well as cultural information about the Spanish-speaking world. Course requirements include: chapter exams, quizzes and a comprehensive final exam.

SPAN 103-01: Intermediate Spanish I Martha Fabiola Marolda 12:00pm ~ 12:50pm MWF Prerequisite: Spanish 102 or placement exam This language course is a combination of grammar review, vocabulary development and a strong oral component. The course is articulated around the Nuevos destinos program. Follow Raquel, a LA lawyer, in her trip to different destinations in Spain and Latin America to unravel the mysteries of a Spanish-Mexican family. Material for the class will include short detective novels. Course requirements: chapter exams, quizzes and a comprehensive final exam.

SPAN 104-01: Intermediate Spanish II Diego Espiña Barros 11:00am ~ 11:50am MWF Prerequisite: Spanish 103 or placement exam The class is geared toward the development of particular language skills, understanding of linguistic systems, both in English and Spanish, and establishing linguistic connections outside the classroom. Cultural topics are embedded in every activity. We will discuss how linguistic characteristics influence our relationship with people.

SPAN 200-01: Adv. Grammar Composition Diego Espiña Barros 12:00pm ~ 12:50pm MWF Prerequisite: Spanish 104 or placement exam What is the secret behind accent marks in Spanish? What are the conventions for writing an essay in Spanish? What about those intricate grammar obscurities like the use of subjunctive? All will be revealed in this class, an intense writing and advanced grammar course geared toward the improvement of your writing skills by learning and practicing composition techniques, and by increasing your vocabulary. Class includes weekly compositions, grammar tests, and reading of Spanish texts.

SPAN 210-01: Adv. Spanish Conversation Martha Fabiola Marolda 10:00am ~ 10:50am MWF Prerequisite: Spanish 104 or placement exam Spanish 210 provides students with advanced oral and written practice in a conversational setting. Advanced Spanish vocabulary acquisition and correct pronunciation are stressed in this course. Spanish 210 is a sixth-semester course that assumes prior knowledge of the language equal to five semesters of college instruction or its equivalency as determined by the Saint Xavier Spanish Placement Exam. Therefore, class is conducted entirely in Spanish and students are expected to participate actively on a daily basis.

LITERATURE AND CULTURE COURSES

SPAN 211-01: Spanish for Spanish Speakers María Barros García 9:30am ~ 10:50am T TH Prerequisite: being a heritage speaker of Spanish AND placement exam For native speakers to maintain the language, a formal study of Spanish needs to occur with instructional goals focusing on grammar, reading and writing, vocabulary development, exposure to the language and culture and its communities, and consciousness-raising activities about Spanish language and identity. This course offers Spanish-speaking students the opportunity to study Spanish formally in an academic setting in the same way native English-speaking students study English language arts. The course allows students to reactivate the Spanish they have learned previously and develop it further, to learn more about their language and cultural heritage, to acquire Spanish literacy skills, to develop or augment Spanish academic language skills, and to enhance career opportunities.

SPAN 300-01: Field Work María Barros García 2:00pm ~ 4:50pm T Prerequisite: Spanish 200 or placement exam

This course can be applied towards the Latino Studies minor Designed to provide students with the opportunity of working with native Spanish-speakers outside the classroom setting, and to learn about issues affecting the Spanish speaking community in Chicago and the United States. In consultation with instructor, students will select a site where they will conduct a semester long service-learning experience.

SPAN 391-01: Sp. Topic: Hispanic Linguistics María Barros García 11:00am ~ 12:20pm T TH Prerequisite: Spanish 200 AND 210 or placement exam This course will introduce linguistics, the scientific study of language, with a focus on Spanish. It will introduce linguistic analysis by examining how linguistics is applied in the real world to answer questions and resolve problems. Topics will include language structure, meaning-making, language variation, language and the brain, and language acquisition. At the end of this course students will be able to (1) describe and explain basic concepts and theories in the study of language and linguistics; (2) apply linguistic concepts to the study of language structure; (3) relate everyday linguistic phenomena with linguistic theory; and (4) examine their own beliefs and attitudes about language and language use. Taught in Spanish.

SPAN 392-01: Sp.Top. Writings of Memory: Violence and Trauma Representation in Film and Literature Diego Espiña Barros 2:00pm ~ 3:20pm M W Prerequisite: None This course explores the links between collective memory of traumatic events (the Holocaust, the Spanish Civil War and Latin American dictatorships) and its representation in different narratives. First, we will explore the theoretical debates around the concept of collective memory, as well as the relations between narrative and memory. Second, we will analyze a number of works (film, literature and graphic novel) corresponding to different national contexts (from Spain, the U.S. and different countries in Latin America). We will explore the limits and possibilities of representing extreme violence and injuries as well as the therapeutic effect this representation. Taught in English.

If you have any questions about the language courses or about placement, contact Prof. María Barros, Interim Program Director, by phone ext. 3234 or e-mail barrosgarcia@sxu.edu.