Undergraduate Calendar PROOF 2010-2011 WLCS

WORLD LITERATURE AND CULTURE STUDIES

Sex, God and War: An Introduction to Pre-Modern World WLCS 1001 3 ch (3C) [W] Literature A study of major texts (in English translation) of world literature written before 1900. Authors, texts and literatures studied will vary but may include, e.g. The Bible, Dante, Omar Khayam, Lope de Vega, Goethe, Strindberg, Mickiewicz, Dostoevsky, etc. Conducted in English. Open to students of all years. No prerequisites.

Modernity, Eternity, and Cultures in Collision: An WLCS 1002 3 ch (3C) [W] Introduction to 20th-Century World Literature A study of major modernist and contemporary texts of world literature (in English translation). Authors, texts and literatures studied will vary but may include, e.g. Milosz, Brecht, Ionesco, Camus, Marquez, Kafka and Pasternak. Conducted in English. Open to students of all years. No prerequisites.

The Culture of Spain and Latin America I WLCS 1013 3 ch (3C) [W] (Cross Listed: SPAN 1013) Spain and Latin America before 1500: Art, Literature, Music and Society. A multimedia approach will be used. Conducted in English. Open to students of all years. No prerequisites.

The Culture of Spain and Latin America II WLCS 1014 3 ch (3C) [W] (Cross Listed: SPAN 1014) Spain and Latin America after 1500 : Art, Literature, Music and Society. A multimedia approach will be used. Conducted in English. Open to students of all years. No prerequisites.

WLCS 1043 Russian Culture I (Cross Listed: RUSS 1043) 3 ch (3C) [W] Significant aspects of Russian culture from the 10th to the end of the 19th century. Topics include Russian Icon Painting and Architecture, Russian culture between Europe and Asia; Ivan the Terrible as cultural type; women in Russian culture; serfdom and slavery; Russia's contribution to the development of terrorism and revolution; the reforms of Peter the Great; Russian Orthodoxy, etc. Conducted in English. Open to students of all years.

WLCS 1053 Russian Culture II (Cross Listed: RUSS 1053) 3 ch (3C) [W] Significant aspects of Russian and Soviet culture in the 20th century. Topics include Russian avant garde painting; the Bolshevik Revolution and apocalyptism; class and corruption; Socialist Realism; Stalin and Stalinism; women's roles under the Soviets; Eisenstein and Soviet cinema; the artificial famine and the Gulag; literature and censorship; Soviet sport and society; Glasnost and culture; etc. Conducted in English. Open to students of all years. No prerequisites.

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WLCS Introduction to Pop Culture 3 ch (3C) [W] 2021 (Cross Listed: MM 2021) This course introduces historical and theoretical contexts for the study of mass-mediated popular culture, Formatted: Left from movies and TV to comic books and video games. It also explores the reciprocal relationship between creative expression and economic constraints, between the mainstream, sub-cultures, and counter-cultures, as well as familiar designations of "high-brow" and "low-brow." Using specific media case studies, students will engage with contemporary debates about the impact of representations, the role of ideology, the agency of the audience, the meaning of fandom, and the politics of taste. While learning to analyze and evaluate their relative merits, students will learn to step back and think critically about the larger implications and the cumulative effects of our constant exposure to popular culture texts.

WLCS 2024 Culture and Dance I: 3 ch (3C) So You Think You Know Dance (O)

An investigation of the development of Classical Ballet and Contemporary / Modern dance styles from Renaissance court dances to present day choreography. Emphasis will be on European and North American theatrical dance traditions. Types of dance explored may include court dances, classical ballet, modern and contemporary dance, jazz dance and improvisational dance. Students will examine the cultural connections among the art of dance, music, visual arts, history, literature and other fields. When possible, the class will be coordinated with dance performances at the Fredericton Playhouse and students may be expected to attend up to 2 such performances. The course will include both academic work and experiential dance/movement components. No previous dance background necessary.

WLCS 2025 Culture and Dance II: Dance In The Global Village (O) 3 ch (3C)

This course is an investigation of the universal language of dance in both theory and practice. Topics will be chosen from a diversity of both folk dance traditions and classical theatrical dance traditions from around the world. These may include the fundamental components of dance technique, a variety of international folk dances, social dance (e.g tango, salsa.), East Indian classical dance forms, etc. When possible, the class will be coordinated with dance performances at the Fredericton Playhouse and students may be expected to attend up to 2 such performances. The course will include both academic work and experiential dance / movement components. No previous dance background necessary.

WLCS 3003 Contemporary Issues in World Literature and Culture 3 ch (3S) [W] A seminar with varying content addressing literary and cultural periods, genres or themes as expressed across cultural borders. Conducted in English. Open to students who have completed at least 30 ch of university courses or by permission of instructor.

WLCS 3011 Dreams, Desire, Delusion: Romanticism 3 ch (3C) [W] Deleted: Romanticism: Romanticism is the first literary movement that crosses all European borders--from Russia to England--and filters into the New World. This course studies the major concepts and themes of Romanticism, including Napoleonism, idealism, individualism, nationalism, irony, the poet as

2 of 9 Undergraduate Calendar PROOF 2010-2011 genius, etc., in the works of German, Russian, Polish, Spanish, Latin American, and other writers. Conducted in English. Open to students who have completed at least 30 ch of university courses or by permission of instructor.

Topics on Latin American Culture (Cross Listed: SPAN WLCS 3015 3 ch (3C) 3015) Latin America after independence, placing an emphasis on the 20th Century. Films and other audiovisual materials will be used. Given in English. This course is also listed under International Development Studies (IDS). Open to students of all years. No prerequisites.

WLCS 3022 New York Modern (O) 3 ch [W] A study of modern art and modernism in New York from its development as an urban centre from the late nineteenth through the first half of the twentieth century. This course makes use of cultural and artistic sources available in contemporary New York City. Students will explore visual art as well as performing arts, including modern dance, and modern music and/or experimental film and will become acquainted with ideas, aesthetic practices, and key representatives of various international art movements such as art nouveau, expressionism, Dada, futurism, cubism, primitivism, and surrealism. The course features museum visits (Neue Galerie, MoMa, Metropolitan, Whitney, and the Guggenheim), walking tours, a performance (theatre, dance, or concert), and assignments that foster art appreciation and critical reflection of the role of museums and patronage, public art and street art, and the continuation and transformation of modernism in New York today. Normally offered on site.

Berlin to Broadway: Musical Theatre Across the Oceans WLCS 3023 3 ch (3C) [W] (Cross Listed: GER 3023) An examination of the life and work of Kurt Weill focusing on his contribution to the theatre culture of Berlin in the twenties and to Broadway in the forties. We will read selected stage works by Weill and his renowned literary collaborators such as B. Brecht and W. Anderson and I. Gershwin, discuss their social relevance, theatrical power, and reception and explore the interplay between the various media: text, music and stage. Emphasis will be placed on the urban cultural context of Berlin, and the history of the genres musical theatre and Broadway musical, including current trends. The goal of the course is to provide students with the opportunity to study a theatre composer in depth, to foster a critical appreciation of Weill’s unique place in music theatre, and to enrich their understanding of material, cultural and performative aspects of musical theatre. Stage works by Weill may include The Threepenny Opera, Happy End, The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Lady in the Dark, Street Scene, Lost in the Stars. Other musicals to be discussed may include Cabaret, Guys and Dolls, Sweeney Todd, In the Woods. The course and all readings are in English. Open to students who have completed at least 30 ch of university courses or by permission of the instructor. Students with credit in WLCS 4033 may not take this course for credit.

Prayers, Damsels and Monks on the Prowl: The Early WLCS 3043 3 ch (3C) [W] Years of German Literature (Cross Listed: GER 3043) Examines a representative selection of German literary masterpieces from various periods and literary genres. Prerequisite: GER 2001/2002 or equivalent.

WLCS 3045 Decadence, Nazis and the War: Twentieth-Century 3 ch (3C) [W]

3 of 9 Undergraduate Calendar PROOF 2010-2011 German Literature before WW II (Cross Listed: GER 3045) Introduces students to some of the major figures and trends in twentieth-century German literature to the end of World War II. Examines different types of prose narratives, drama, and poetry in the context of the main intellectual, social, and political forces and concerns of the period. Conducted in English. Texts are read in English translation. Open to students who have completed at least 30 ch of university courses or by permission of the instructor.

Introduction to 19th-Century Russian Literature in WLCS 3051 3 ch (3C) [W] Translation (Cross Listed: RUSS 3051 ) Includes the Golden Age of Russian Literature (Pushkin, Lermontov); the great realists (Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Turgenev); and the emergence of Russian Drama (Chekhov). Themes followed include the superfluous man; nihilism and politics in literature; the Russian female protagonist from Karamzin's Poor Liza to Dostoevsky's prostitute Sonya; etc. Conducted in English. Open to students who have completed at least 30 ch of university courses or by permission of instructor.

Introduction to 20th Century Russian Literature in WLCS 3052 3 ch (3C) [W] Translation (Cross Listed: RUSS 3052) Includes Futurism, Symbolism, Acmeism and Russia's Silver Age; literature and Revolution; housing and homelessness in Soviet literature; women's writing; Socialist realism (boy meets girl, boy gets tractor); censorship and oppression; experimental prose of the ‘20s; aspects of Soviet cinema; Russia's ‘New Wave' meets America's Beatniks; Bulgakov's magical fable; etc. Conducted in English. Open to students who have completed at least 30 ch of university courses or by permission of instructor.

Introduction to German Literature II (From the WLCS 3053 3 ch (3C) [W] Reformation to the Present) (Cross Listed:GER 3053) Examines a representative selection of German literary masterpieces from various periods and literary genres. Prerequisite: GER 2001/2002 or equivalent.

Crimes and Misdemeanors: Modern German Literature WLCS 3054 3 ch (3C) [W] (Cross Listed: GER 3054) An investigation of the themes of crime, murder, and justice in selected literary texts ranging from the late 18th to the 20th century. Prior and parallel to the emergence of the genre of crime fiction, authors have concerned themselves with the portrayal of crime, guilt, redemption, and forgiveness as expression of the ambivalence between man, woman and our world, the frailty of fortune and security, as well as the power of obsession and evil. We will closely read texts, discuss the ensuing moral, ethical, and philosophical questions, and explore how authors use crime fiction to either assert or question moral value systems. Emphasis will be placed on textual analysis and situating the texts in their literary historical context. Includes texts from various genres including film, and literary periods. Authors studied may include: Goethe, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Droste Hülshoff, Büchner, Kaiser, Brecht, Süskind, Arjouni, and Dürrenmatt. Conducted in English. Texts are read in English translation. Open to students who have completed at least 30 ch of university courses or by permission of the instructor.

4 of 9 Undergraduate Calendar PROOF 2010-2011 Rubble, Revolt, Reunification: Twentieth-Century German WLCS 3055 3 ch (3C) [W] Literature after WW II (Cross Listed: GER 3055) Introduces students to some of the major figures and trends in twentieth-century German literature, covering the period from the end of World War II to Germany's reunification. Different types of prose narratives, drama, and poetry are examined and discussed in the context of the main intellectual, social, and political forces and concerns of the period. Conducted in English. Texts are read in English translation. Open to students who have completed at least 30 ch of university courses or by permission of the instructor.

WLCS From Peoples to a Nation: German Culture before 1900 3 ch (3C) [W] 3061 (Cross Listed: GER 3061) A survey of German civilization from the time of early European tribal migrations to the rise of nationalism in the nineteenth century. Taking a sociohistorical perspective, students will be acquainted with a selection of key developments within the German-speaking cultures, including aspects of history, literature, music, architecture, and painting. Assigned readings, lectures, and slide shows aim at raising an awareness of the interrelationship between cultural heritage, historical and political developments, and artistic expression. Conducted in English. Open to students of all years. No prerequisites. Restriction: Credit may not be obtained for both WLCS 1061 and WLCS 3061. Love and Religion: Latin American and Caribbean WLCS 3062 Women's Narrative from the Golden Age to the Beginning 3 ch (3C) of the 20th Century (Cross Listed: SPAN 3062) A survey of selected readings of Latin American women writers from the Golden Age to the present. We examine works of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Gertrudis Gómez de la Avellaneda, Alfonsina Storni, Gabriela Mistral, Luisa Valenzuela, Isabel Allende, among others, from a socio- historical perspective. The course will explore the social conditions of the women in Latin America, issues of women's identity and gender construction. A multimedia approach will be used. The course will be offered in English and is open to students who have completed at least 30 credit hours of university work.

WLCS 3063 Literature of the Holocaust (Cross Listed: GER 3063) 3 ch (3C) Addresses questions on a selection of literary and film responses to the Holocaust in various cultures and genres. Includes the perspectives of Jewish and non-Jewish survivors, children of survivors and others more removed. Particular attention is paid to the ethical and aesthetic challenges the Holocaust poses. Topics include: victims and oppressors, and the role of stereotypes in their depictions; the possibilities and limitations of language to express unimaginable horrors; and the role and appropriateness of literature as medium to respond to the historical, cultural, and psychological complexities of the Holocaust. Texts are read in English translation. No prerequisites.

The Holocaust: East European Representations and WLCS 3064 3 ch (3C) [W] Responses The Holocaust was a powerfully defining experience, historically and culturally, for most of the nations and peoples of Eastern Europe. This course examines key aspects of its impact and repercussions, how it has been represented and responded to, primarily in Literature, Memoir, and Film, but also in other cultural areas such as memorial construction and music. The complex notions of victim, perpetrator, bystander, survivor, trauma, martyrdom, memory and identity receive their most expressive and compelling formulations precisely in these kinds of texts. The geographic focus

5 of 9 Undergraduate Calendar PROOF 2010-2011 of the course is on Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania and Russia, but reference will also be made to other areas such as Czech Republic, Hungary, and Romania. Authors, directors, etc., to be studied may include Borowski, Grynberg, Szymborska, Fink, Gross, Wajda, Polanski (Poland); Meras (Lithuania); Grossman, Yevtushenko, Shostakovich (Russia and Ukraine); Kertesz (Hungary); Hrebejk (Czech); etc. The course and all readings are in English. Open to students who have completed at least 30 ch of university courses or by permission of the instructor.

The Thrill of Fear: Horror Narratives Across Media & Cultures 3 ch (3C) [W] WLCS3065 [A]

(Cross Listed: MM 3065 Why have people in so many times and places enjoyed spooky stories? What, if any, value can we assign to tales of horror and the supernatural? Do ghost stories and monster movies differ across nations and cultures? Questions like these will guide our global study of gothic, horror and supernatural texts chosen from a wide array of media, from literature and cinema, to television, comic books, and video games. Topics may include visual culture and the sublime, Freud's notion of “the uncanny,” Jungian archetypes, gender identity, conceptions of ritual and myth, the modern and the postmodern, subcultures, folklore, religion and secularization. This course is open to students who have completed at least 30 credit hours at university level. Attendance at additional scheduled film screenings outside of lectures will be required.

Trauma and Seduction: Early German Cinema (A) (Cross WLCS 3066 3 ch (3C) [W] Listed: GER 3066) Beginning with the earliest silent movies and concluding with National Socialist propaganda films, this course offers an introduction to a prolific and important era in German film history: the Weimar Republic and pre-WWII period, 1918-1939. Our discussions will situate the films within larger political and cultural discourses. Emphasis will be placed on such topics as the cinematic response to the trauma of WWI; German national identity; expressionism and modernity; the politics of gender and sexuality; the impact of sound on film aesthetics; the relationship between cinema and other media; the ethics of film production. Films to be studied include features by directors such as Lang, Lubitsch, Murnau, Pabst, Riefenstahl, Sagan, von Sternberg and Wiene. In English.

WLCS Germany Today: German Culture from 1900 to Present 3 ch (3C) [W] 3071 (Cross Listed: GER 3071) Significant aspects of German culture from the beginning of the industrial revolution to the end of the 20th century. Topics will vary, but may include: German Impressionism and Expressionism, Early German Film, the Women's Movement, Early German Homosexual Rights Movement, Weimar Culture, Nazi Art, Literature after 1945, Divided and Re-unified Germany, New German Film, and others. Conducted in English. Open to students of all years. No prerequisites. Restriction: Credit may not be obtained for both WLCS 1071 and WLCS 3071.

(Re)constructing National Identity: Contemporary Deleted: Studies in WLCS 3072 3 ch (3C) [W] German Cinema (A) (Cross Listed: GER 3072) Studies the major accomplishments of East and West German cinema of the postwar period, as well as cinematic trends since German unification. We will consider questions of narrative, genre, and authorship, examine film's relationship to other media, and focus on the dynamic interaction between film history and social history. Films to be studied include features by prominent directors

6 of 9 Undergraduate Calendar PROOF 2010-2011 such as Wolf, Fassbinder, Wenders, von Trotta, Carow, Dörrie, and Tykwer.

WLCS 3083 Seminar I: Genre (Cross Listed: GER 3083) 3 ch (3C) [W] The development of a particular genre in German literature and an examination of various works in that area. Prerequisite: Departmental approval.

WLCS 3594 Paris in Literature (O) (Cross Listed: FR 3594) 3 ch (3C) [W] Paris has played a key role in French literature. The city has inspired numerous poets and novelists and it has been described by countless others. Students will read and study a number of works that highlight Paris and the provincial capital of Poitiers. There will be visits to museums, residences, cafés and cultural sites where the authors lived and wrote and where their novels take place. Normally taught on location in France. Note: Classes will be conducted in French. Students who register in WLCS 3594 can choose to read the novels in translation and submit their assignments in English.

Spanish Literature of the 20th Century WLCS 3774 3 ch (3C) (Cross Listed: SPAN 3774) A discussion of major Spanish contemporary authors. Prerequisite: SPAN 2204.

WLCS 3877 Modern Drama (A) 3 ch (3C) [W] A survey of major developments in 20th-century theatre. Plays will be studied with attention to their often controversial engagements with social and political issues, moral debates, and theatrical conventions, as well as their connections to movements such as realism, modernism, expressionism, and absurdism.

WLCS 3903 Background of Spanish Culture (Cross Listed: SPAN 3903) 3 ch (3C) A chronological examination of the forces that have shaped Spanish culture. Studies the major historical periods and their characteristics from prehistoric caves of Altamira, through medieval Arab Spain, the voyages of discovery from 1492, Golden Age, Generation of 1898 to the present. The cultural components include: every day experiences and value systems that shaped national identity, history of the family, perceptions of race and gender and divorce in Catholic Spain. A wide variety of sources will be used: the Internet, videos, music and magazine articles. This course is offered in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 1204 or SPAN 1304

Background of Latin American Cultures WLCS 3904 3 ch (3C) (Cross Listed: SPAN 3904) A chronological examination of the forces that have shaped the diverse Latin American cultures. This course studies major historical periods and their characteristics, from Pre-Hispanic Cultures, through the Conquest and the Colonization, the Independence movement, the formative period of the new nations to the present. The cultural aspects to be analyzed and discussed include: Catholicism and religious syncretism, the cultural legacy of colonial life, the struggles for independence, literary expression and the role of women. The use of videos, music, the Internet and literary texts, will provide a multimedia approach to Latin American cultures. This course is offered in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 1204 or SPAN 1304.

7 of 9 Undergraduate Calendar PROOF 2010-2011 Contemporary Spanish American Narrative WLCS 3974 3 ch (3C) (Cross Listed: SPAN 3974) Studies selected works of some major Spanish American writers. Prerequisite: SPAN 2204.

WLCS 4033 Seminar II: Author (Cross Listed:GER 4033) 3 ch (3C) [W] An intensive study of the life and work of a particular author or a number of authors. Prerequisites: Departmental approval.

Literature and Religion in 19th and 20th Century Russia WLCS 4043 3 ch (3C) and Spain (Cross Listed: SPAN/RUSS 4043) Studies religious works of Spanish and Russian writers such as Unamuno and Tolstoy. Examines their religious thought and their criticism of the established Spanish Roman Catholic Church and Russian Orthodox Church respectively. Outlines the situation of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Russia as well as the situation of the Catholic Church in Spain in the 19th and the 20th Centuries. Analyzes the position of these writers towards their respective Churches and the creation of their own moral codes through the texual analysis of some of their most relevant works.

Culture and Film: The Cinema of Transitional WLCS 4053 3 ch (3C) [W] Democracies Examines a selection of important films from Germany, Latin America and the Caribbean, Poland, Russia, and Spain. The selection will be tied to questions arising from the recent movement of these cultures from various forms of autocracy to new and emerging forms of democracy. Seeing film both as a medium of artistic expression and as a carrier of social values, the course seeks to develop an understanding of the moving image not only in its aesthetic and narrative modes, but also in socio-cultural, political, and historical contexts. Screenings are in the evening. Conducted in English. Open to students who have completed at least 30 ch of university courses or by permission of instructor.

WLCS 4061 Russian Women Writers (Crosslisted: RUSS 4061) 3 ch (3C) [W] Despite their enormous contributions at many historical points, women writers still struggle for full acceptance in the Russian literary canon, witness special sections even today in most Russian bookstores for “Feminine Literature”. This course will examine the work of a range of better and lesser known Russian women writers from the late 18th to the early 21st centuries, in poetry, prose, drama and memoir. Writers to be studied include Catherine the Great, the “Russian Amazon”, Nadezhda Durova a cross-dressing cavalry maiden during the Napoleonic campaign, the giants of the Silver Age Anna Akhmatova and Marina Tsvetaeva, ostensible socialist-realists like Vera Panova, Natalia Baranskaia and I. Grekova, dissident figures such as Evgeniia Ginzburg and Natalia Gorbanevskaia, and older and younger contemporary writers such as Ludmila Petrushevskaia, Tatiana Tolstaia, and Marina Palei. Works and authors will be studied in historical and cultural context, and connections to other arts, in particular visual arts, film and popular music will also be explored. The course and all readings are in English. Open to students who have completed at least 30 ch of university courses or by permission of the instructor. Students with credit for RSST 4003 Russian Women Writers may not take this course for credit.

WLCS 4063 20th Century Women Writers 3 ch (3C) [W] A study of selected texts by European (primarily German, Russian, Polish, and Spanish), Caribbean 8 of 9 Undergraduate Calendar PROOF 2010-2011 and Latin American women writers of the twentieth century. Through textual analysis, the course examines the conditions of women in diverse cultures as well as aspects of the cultural construction of female identity. Conducted in English. Open to students who have completed at least 30 ch of university courses or by permission of instructor.

WLCS 4071 Aspects of the 20th-Century Literary Avant-Garde 3 ch (3C) [W] An intercultural and interlingual examination of major literary avant-garde movements from a variety of cultures and their relations to other cultural and artistic avant-gardes. Topics covered will vary but may include Expressionism (Benn and Hauptmann); Futurism and Tyranny (Russian, Polish and Italian); Magic Realism; Theatre of the Absurd (Ionesco, Becket, the Polish "Dead School"); Existentialism; etc. Conducted in English. Open to students who have completed at least 30 ch of university courses or by permission of instructor.

WLCS 4083 Interdisciplinary Seminar 3 ch (3S) [W] An interdisciplinary seminar examining some aspect of the interactions of literature--whether a single text or a body of texts by one or more authors--with other cultural texts. Conducted in English. Open to students who have completed at least 30 ch of university courses or by permission of instructor.

Nobel Laureates German Literature WLCS 4093 3 ch (3C) (CrossListed: GER 4093) A course designed to explore the nature of contemporary fiction of extraordinary merit as well as the cultural politics and economics of prize-winning itself. Among German-speaking recipients on the world literature stage are Elfriede Jelinek (2004), Günter Grass (1999), Heinrich Böll (1972), Hermann Hesse (1946), Thomas Mann (1929), and Gerhard Hauptmann (1912). A selection of their masterworks will be analyzed as an artistic reflection of their socio-critical thoughts on German Culture, history, and identity. Special attention will be paid on the way the Nobel prize has been awarded in specific historical situations, recognizing a political kind of voice at a given moment in history. Conducted in English. Texts are read in English translation. Open to students who have completed at least 30 ch of university courses or by permission of the instructor.

WLCS 5000 Honours Thesis 6 ch [W] A reading and research course open to students qualifying for Honours in World Literature and Cultural Studies. To enroll in this course students must first identify two professors from different specializations to supervise their project, and then have the project and supervisors approved by the Department. The project will lead to the writing of an Honours Thesis, normally 40-60 pages in length.

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