Courses

Majors select from among the course offerings in the language departments and complement their language study with course work in the humanities and social sciences. They are expected to take ROMLG 375, Advanced Seminar in Romance Languages and Literatures, in the years when it is offered. 

RLL 375s - 20th Century Gay Writing in Latin America (Offered Spring 2010)

Taught in English, this interdisciplinary seminar will focus on a comparative study of Romance languages or literatures. Topics will vary from semester to semester. Seminar discussions will be conducted in English, but students are expected to read works in at least one original language. Papers will be written in the Romance language of the student's choice.

Much of twentieth-century gay writing in Latin America is characterized by an estheticist celebration of anti-humanism, which has often clashed with left-wing progressive politics in these countries. But how does a "gay style" come about? What is its genealogy? How does it identify itself, and what does such an identity mean politically and historically? In this seminar, we will study a number of writers from Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Perú, and Uruguay, and examine their roots in French and Italian anti-humanist authors from Baudelaire, Lautréamont, and Rimbaud to Genet and Pasolini. We will also read a few key texts in queer theory.

Meets Language requirement or Humanities I-A requirement

C. Gundermann

Prereq. for Spanish majors: two courses in Spanish at the 200-level above 212; 4 credits; enrollment limited to 16; 1 meeting (2 hours, 50 minutes). Papers will be written in English or the Romance language of the student's choice. Students wishing to obtain 300-level credit in Spanish, Italian, or French must read texts and write papers in the Romance language for which they wish to receive advanced credit.

Crosslisted with FREN 321/ GS 333/ ITAL 361/ SPAN 330/

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