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THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSLETTER

October, 1969 Director: Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello Vol. XXIII, No. 1 Editor: Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr.

Dear Colleagues:

In this first issue of the 23rd year of the University of Illinois Modern Foreign Language Newsletter, it is my privilege to send greetings to readers and colleagues throughout the state and to wish you all a successful year.

A special welcome this year goes to Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello, who on Sept. 1 assumed the headship of the Dept. of Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese at the U.I. He will also serve as Director of the Newsletter. He succeeds Prof. William H. Shoemaker in both capacities. At this point it would seem appropriate to salute Prof o Shoemaker for his long service both as department head and as Director of the Newsletter. All of his colleagues and friends will join me, I am sure, in thanking him and wishing him well.

Two professors return to the Urbana campus after a year's sojourn in Europe. They are Prof. Francois Jost, who returns to direct again the Graduate Program in Comparative Literature, and Prof. Bruce Mainous, returning to his post as Head of the Dept. of French. Prof. Mainous spent the past year in Rouen, France, as Director of the Illinois-Iowa Year-Abroad Program; Prof. Jost spent a sabbatical year in Switzerland under the auspices of the Center for Advanced Study and also lectured at the Univ. of Innsbruck during the summer of 1969. We welcome them back, and also welcome Prof. Philip M. Mitchell as Acting Head of the Dept. of Germanic Languages & Literature during the coming year. He replaces Prof. Harry G. Haile, who is on sabbatical leave during 1969-70 in Vienna. More detailed reports on the activities of these gentlemen will be found in the Notes of the various departments and programs. Our best wishes also go to Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr., the new Editor of the Newsletter.

What will the coming year bring for us in the field of foreign language teaching? Last year at the U.I. we witnessed a strong movement to eliminate or at least to modify drastically the 2-year undergraduate foreign language requirement. A series of faculty meetings were held in the early spring of 1969 out of which emerged changes and a certain relaxation of former requirements. As an example, incoming freshmen are no longer required to complete their foreign language as early as possible. They may now postpone embarking on their college-level foreign language study to suit their convenience as long as they complete the requirement by the end of their I4. years. This relaxation of requirements is undoubtedly reflected in my own department by a rather significant decrease (30$) in lst-year Russian enrollments. Another loosening of former requirements has been the decision to permit students to interrupt their sequence of language courses at their own option. Formerly, students were not permitted to do so except under very special circumstances.

Perhaps the most significant changes in store for us will be those reflected in recommendations emerging from last spring's meetings that the l+th semester of the 2-year foreign language sequence be, if not completely eliminated, at least seriously overhauled and diversified. Departments have been requested to provide alternate tracks to suit individual student needs instead of the now-existing uniform l;th-semester courses. Suggested options are such diverse courses (or sets of courses) as conversation courses, specialized technical or scientific reading courses, literary reading courses, culture and civilization courses, etc. In some cases the option suggested is that the readings be in the foreign language, but the discussion be in English. Needless to say, most of the foreign language departments are now in the process of reevaluating their l;th-semester offerings and preparing -2- new ones. Some, like the French Dept., have already established new courses along the lines suggested above.

Whatever the long-range effect of the changes that face us, we look forward to an exciting year. May yours be both exciting and profitable.

Clayton L. Dawson, Head Dept. of Slavic Languages & Literatures

PROP. ANTHONY M. PASQUARIELLO It is a great pleasure to begin the Newsletter for 1969-70 with a welcome to its new Director and the new Head of the U.I. Dept. of Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese, Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello, and to his wife Dorothy. Mr. Pasquariello, a native New Yorker, holds his B.A. from Brooklyn College, his M.A. from Columbia, and his Ph.D. from the Univ. of Mich. He has taught at the Univ. of Mich., at the Univ. of Colo., and at Penn. State Univ. He was also Chair- man of the Dept. of Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese, both at Colorado (I963-6I4.) and at Penn. State (1961+-69). His publications, teaching, and other academic activities, many and varied, range from pedagogy and methodology to several areas of specialization in literature; among the latter; the 19th and 20th centuries in Spain, the picaresque novel, the colonial period in Spanish America, and especially the theatre--an interest which, in 1967, led Prof. Pasquariello to found Modern International Drama , which he will continue to co-edit. Those of us who know Mr. Pasquariello have always appreciated his many personal qualities; we are indeed fortunate to have him at Illinois. The Spanish Dept. of Champaign-Urbana, much to the credit of Mr. Pasquariello' s predecessor, Prof, Shoe- maker, and of many dedicated colleagues, is one of the best in the country. We can look forward with confidence to a continuing record of excellence under Prof, Pas- quariello. Welcome to Illinois. Edwin Jahiel

FLA CONFERENCE The 3rd annual U.I. School-University Foreign Language Articulation Conference will be held on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 6-7, in the Illini Union, with Prof. U. Henry Gerlach of the Dept. of Germanic Languages & Literature as chairman. The theme is "Teacher Education--A Continuous Process." The guest dinner speaker on Thursday will be Mr. F. Andre" Paquette, Executive Secretary of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. The guest luncheon speaker on Friday will be Mr, Albert Marzo of Aurora West High School, Aurora. A new feature of the conference will be exhibits of books ana teaching materials by various publishing houses

MIDWEST MLA MEETING The 11th annual meeting of the Midwest Modern Language Association will be held Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 23-25, at the Chase-Park Plaza Hotel, St. Louis, Mo. The host institution will be St. Louis Univ. The theme of the meeting is "Criticism and Culture," with the following keynote addresses: "The Plight of a Man of Letters" by Paul Goodman, New York City; "Cultural Elitism and the Study of Literature" by Louis

Kampf , MIT, and "Reflections on Contemporary Criticism" by Alfred Kerzin, SUNY-Stony Brook.

IFLTA MEETING The fall meeting of the Illinois Foreign Language Teachers' Association will be held Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7-8, at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel, Chicago. There will be meetings of the various AAT groups on Friday, w ith FLES meetings and sym- posiums on Saturday. Further information may be obtained by writing: Mr. Wilbourne Bowles, Proviso East High School, Maywood, 111. 601^3. -3-

ACTFL MEETING The 3rd annual meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages will be held Friday-Sunday, Nov. 28-30, at the Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, La. The program will be "The Teacher as an Architect of Learning" with the keynote address by Mr. Kai-yu Hsu of San Francisco State College. Further information can be obtained from Mr. F. Andre Paquette, Exec. Secretary, ACTFL, 62 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. 10011.

MLA CONVENTION The Modern Language Association Convention will be held Friday-Tuesday, Dec. 26-30, in Denver, Colo., with the Univ. of Colo, as the host institution. The full program will be available in the Nov. issue of PMLA.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NOTES -- by Prof. Barbara Smalley

PROF. JOST RETURNS Members of the Comparative Literature Program are pleased to welcome back to the 111. campus Prof. Francois Jost, Director of the Program. Prof. Jost, who has been in the Center for Advanced Study for the past year, carried on his research in Europe. During May and June he delivered a series of lectures at the Univ. of Inns- bruck and the Univ. of Fribourg. He also lectured at the Univs. of Ttlbingen, Mainz, and Bonn.

GRADUATE YEAR ABROAD The Comparative Literature Program plans to establish a Graduate Year Abroad. While in Europe Prof. Jost had the opportunity to consult with a number of institutions that have expressed willingness to serve as possible centers for the Year Abroad. Among those ready to undertake this program are the Univ. of Bonn, the Univ. of Mainz, the Univ. of Ttlbingen, the Univ. of Zurich, the Univ. of Fribourg, and the Univ. of Innsbruck. We hope to provide further information regarding the Comparative Literature Program Graduate Year Abroad in the very near future.

FACULTY NOTES Prof. A. Owen Aldridge, a member of the Advisory Board of the American Society for 18th-century Studies, attended the meeting of the society in Chicago on Sept. 5. During Sept. 11+-31 Prof. Aldridge attended the 11th Congress of the International Federation for Modern Languages & Literatures at Islamabad, Pakistan, and delivered a paper entitled, "The Influence of North American Revolutionary Propaganda in South America." During Oct. 30-Nov. 1 he will take part in a symposium held by the Modern Greek Studies Association at Princeton Univ. Prof. Rocco Montano took part in a symposium on "Symbolism in Art and Litera- ture" held at the Univ. of Padova at Bressanone in Northern Italy from Aug. 13-15« He delivered a lecture on "Reality and Symbolism in Dante."

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS Prof. Montano has recently published the following: "Influenza Crocianna e Stori- " cismo nella Critica Italiana, Filosofla , anno XX, fasc. II (aprile 1969) 223-21jlj.j

"II Tasso e la Controriforma, " Umane s imp , vol. II, no. 1-2, 3-51: "Is Socialism Still the Way Ahead?" ibid. 52-61; "Pope Paul and Progressivism, " ibid. 98-105; "Johnson and the Country, " ibid. 106-110; "The Machinery that Failed, " ibid. 110- llli; "The Electoral College, " ibid. 115-116; "On Criticism and History of Litera- ture: Letter to Rene Wellek," ibid. 125-13!+; "Una Pubblicazione Dell'Universita Cattolica su Dante," ibid. 139-11+3.

NEW FACULTY & STAFF The members of the Comparative Literature Program are pleased to welcome to the program Prof. John Frey, who joined us this fall. He will teach one graduate seminar in comparative literature each semester. We are also pleased to welcome Prof. Vagn Steen from Denmark, who is presently -fc-

Visiting Professor in German and Comparative Literature (see Germanic Notes). Prof. Steen is teaching Comparative Literature I4.6I, a seminar in literary forms. The topic is modern poetry. Mrs. Patricia Pabisch is now secretary of the Comparative Literature Program. Her hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday in the program office, I4.OI Lincoln Hall.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE ENROLLMENT Currently there are ij.5 students enrolled in the Comparative Literature Program. Those who are now writing their dissertations are: Mrs. Agnes Brandabur, Mr. Arthur N. Flodstrom, Mr. Christopher Kertesz, Mrs. Barbara Bluege Lide, Mrs. Bar- bara Widenor Maggs, Mr. Noah Marcell, Mr. Bertel Pedersen, Mr. Samir Habib Rizk, Mrs. Helen Hikawyj Saciuk, Mrs. Kay Parnell Stoneklng, and Mrs. Graeme Douglas Tytler. Six former students who have already completed the doctorate in Comparative Literature are: Drs. Suzana Rigoleth Cooper, Roger Barton Johnson, Siegfried Ernst Mews, Sondra Rosenberg, Anita Rosenblithe, and Barbara Martin Smalley.

FRENCH NOTES -- by Prof. Edwin Jahiel

LE TRETEAU DE PARIS HERE ON NOV. 5 Anouilh's Antigone will be performed by Le Treteau de Paris on Wednesday, Nov. S> 8:00 p.m., in the Festival Theatre of the Krannert Center. There is not much point

in elaborating on the importance and quality of Antigone , one of this century's most popular plays, or on the great critical applause which the Trlteau de Paris has received for many productions, and in particular that of Antigone during their American tour. We hope that you and your students will come to Urbana for this event. The play raised critical issues when first performed and today is not only valid, but peculiarly appropriate to moral problems that the youth of America is so involved with. If you wish to order a special edition of Antigone (in French) please order at: Follett's Bookstore, Wright & Green, Champaign, 111. 61820; post- and tax-paid $.85. The added bonus this year is the beautiful, comfortable, and acoustically excellent Krannert Festival Theatre. Tickets are $3«25» $3*00, and $2.75 for the general public; for students, $2.75, $2.50, and $2.25. Mail orders should be sent to the Box Office of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Urbana, 111. 61801. Please order right away because we foresee a full house, the Krannert has a limited capacity of seats (half as many as the Audi- torium), and we would hate to disappoint our out-of-town friends.

FRENCH STAFF, OLD AND NEW The French Dept. now numbers 3I4. members in the ranks of instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, and professor. This includes 2 professors primarily in Comparative Literature, and 3 new persons. The latter are: Instructor Robert M. Riggs, formerly an assistant in this department, then instructor and assistant professor at George Washington Univ.; Instructor Peter Varkonyi, formerly assistant at USCB via his native Hungary, 'France, then Berkeley; and Prof. Robert Nelson, late of Columbia, NYU, Yale, Michigan, and, since 1959, the Univ. of Perm. Mr. Nelson has been a Fellow of ACLS, APS, and the Guggenheim Foundation. Author of several scholarly publications, greatly interested in undergraduate as well as graduate education, including language training, his caliber and versatility are matched only by his energy. To mention only his books, he has written: Play

Within a Play , Corneille : His Heroes and Their Worlds ; he has edited Corneille and

Racine : Parallels and Contrasts ; co-edited with Neal Oxenhandler, Aspects of French

Literature ; to be published in 1970, Le Grand Siecle : anthologie thematique de la

litterature franpais du 17e siecle , edited by Jules Brody and Mr. Nelson; to be published any day now, Immanence and Transcendence : The Theatre of Jean de Rotrou . The department has in all 63 assistants, of whom 28 are new; of this last group 9 are French, 1 is Swiss, and 1 is British. There are 8 Fellows this year (Univer- sity and NDEA) and 2 recipients (fagon de parler) of fee-waivers. The backgrounds of the assistants, old or new, are as varied as they are interesting. Most of them ]

-5- have in common residence, study, often work in Prance, in many cases over long periods.

AATP MOVES TO THE U.I. [The following statement was prepared by Prof. F. W. Nachtmann. On Sept. 1 the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) transferred its national headquarters to the Champaign-Urbana campus of the U.I. The AAFT is the professional organization which unites teachers of French at all levels, claiming some 11,000 members at the present time. Prof, F. W, Nachtmann of the French Dept. of the U.I, has been elected by the Executive Council of the association to be the new national executive secretary, succeeding Prof. J. Henry Owens of Eastern Mich. Univ., Ypsilanti. By an agreement entered into last June between the association on the one hand, and Vice-Chancellor Carter representing the university on the other, the university agreed to become the permanent host institution of the association and to provide housing for it on the Champaign-Urbana campus. The U.I. has for some years been the host institution of the National Council of Teachers of English and of several other organizations. At the same time that the AATF headquarters were moved to Champaign-Urbana, several outlying bureaus were consolidated with the headquarters. A placement bureau for members, previously operated from the campus of the Univ. of N. C., the National Information Bureau operated from the French Embassy in New York City, and the Bureau de Correspondence Scolaire previously located at Bloomington Heights High School in 111. have all been pulled back to the headquarters and made a part of the responsibility of the new executive secretary. This gathering of the bureaus into the headquarters should make for a much more efficient operation.

The French Review , the official publication of the association, will continue to be edited on the campus of the Univ. of N. C., where its editor is located. The president of the association is Prof. David Daugherty of the Univ. of Oregon. Prof Nachtmann' s term of office as executive secretary is for 3 years. Prof. Nachtmann has been a member of the French Dept. at the U.I. for 21 years For the last 3 years he has served as the executive secretary of the department. In his new position he will be half-time teaching in the French Dept. and half-time with the AATF. The university has designated a house at 59 E. Armory, Champaign, for use of the AATF. The headquarters now includes a clerical staff of 3 which will be somewhat increased when all the bureaus are in full operation from the new address.

ILLINOIS AND IOWA YEAR ABROAD PROGRAM [The following statement was prepared by Prof. Gabriel Savignon.] What was a year ago a venture for the Depts. of French at the U.I. and the Univ. of Iowa became a growing success as the 1968-69 school year progressed. On Sept. 10, 1968, 32 students left the U.S. on the H/S Aurelia for France where, for the majority of them, 1968-69 was to be their junior year in France. The Illinois and Iowa Year Abroad Program in France had become a reality for the 9 students from the Univ. of Iowa and the 23 students who formed the 111. contingent. After travelling by bus from Le Harvre to Grenoble and visiting "haut-lieux" like Jumieges, Vlzelay, Dijon, Geneva, the group settled in the capital of Dauphin! for a 5-week preliminary session at the Facultl des Lettres et Sciences Humaines of the Univ. of Grenoble from Sept. 23 to Oct. 25, 1968. There they took courses in phonetics, composition, translation, 20th century literature; they listened to and participated in talks such as the French political parties and labor unions, student revolt, comtenporary French cinema. Weekends were spent on excursions in the French and Italian Alps and to the Midi. At the end of Oct. the 32 participants with their resident advisor, Prof. Bruce H. Mainous, Head of the Dept. of French at Urbana, accompanied by his family and assisted in his duties as Director of the Program in France by 2 administrative assistants, Miss Carol Chase from the U.I. and Mr. Joseph Uris from the Univ. of Iowa, set out by bus to Normandie by the way of the Loire chateaux country and Chartres. Classes in language, literature, geography, and history of France, and history of French art at the Faculty des Lettres et Sciences Humaines of the new Univ. of -6-

Rouen at Mont-Saint-Aignan ran from Nov. to the end of Kay, 1969. The students also prepared for the 3 sets of examinations given to foreign students by the Mini- stere de l'Education Nationals. 18 students received the Certificat Pratique de

Langue Franqais (ler Degr6 ) ; 31, the Diplome d'Etudes Francais»s (2eme Degre ) ; 13, the Diplome Superieur d'Etudes Franchises (3eme Degr6 ) . 15 students were also granted the equivalent of the Baccalaureat. All participants received a minimum of 30 semester credit hours for their work in French language, literature, and civilization. Extra-curricular activities while at the Univ. of Rouen included several excursions and visits in and around Rouen, as well as to Paris, which was the center of attraction on weekends for many of the participants. Both in Grenoble and Rouen, the Year Abroad students lived with French families having breakfast and dinner with them, while the noon meal was taken on the campus at Saint-Martin d'Heres and at Mont-Saint-Aignan. The total cost of participation in the program was $1701; per student. All along the year, both in Grenoble and Rouen, French professors and administrators had nothing but praise for the students. The success of this first year is due to the originator and first administrator of the program, Prof. John K. Simon, now Chairman of the Dept. of French at SUNY-Buff alo, and especially to Prof. Bruce H. Mainous, who, with the support of Mrs. Mainous and the help of Kiss Chage and Mr. Uris, administered this initial year masterfully. As these words are being written, another group of 33 students has just arrived in France. It is made up of 9 students from the Univ. of Iowa, 17 from the U.I„ Urbana campus, 2 from the U.I. Chicago Circle campus, i| from Northern 111. Univ., and 1 from the Univ. of Wise, at Madison. They are accompanied by Prof. Weisz, resident director and Visiting Associate Prof, in the Dept. of French at Urbana, and by two administrative assistants, Mrs. Augun Gross from the Univ. of Iowa and Mr. Robert McFarland from the U.I. Both Prof, and Mrs. Weisz hail from the Rouen area. Preparations are in the making for the Program's 3rd year (1970-71). A new description or brochure incorporating a few changes will be available in Nov. Inquiries should be directed to Prof. Gabriel Savignon, Chairman, Governing Com- mittee, Illinois and Iowa Year Abroad Program, 21|lj. Lincoln Hall, Urbana, 111. 6l801„

FRENCH JOURNAL CLUB The known schedule of talks include Oct. 20, Prof. L. Uffenbeck (Wise), "Sainte- Beuve as a Critic of Chateaubriand," and Dec. 1, Prof. Barbara Bowen (U.I.) "A New Look at the French 16th Century." Both talks will be at 8:00 p.m. in Law Building Room D.

THE CENACLE The Cenacle is a student-staff discussion group which meets informally once a month to discuss a topic, usually literary. In the past we have discussed such varied matters as the disappearance of the hero in modern French literature, and the relationship of literature to the other arts. Participation is not limited to the French Dept., and anyone interested is most welcome. For the first meeting this year the topic was "L' amour: est-ce un theme du XXe siecle?" Prof. Barbara Bowen is in charge of the Clnacle.

ED0UARD M0R0T-SIR Dr. Edouard Morot-Sir, Cultural Counselor to the French Embassy and Representative of the French Universities, has, as most of our readers know, fulfilled brilliantly over many years his task as "Cultural Ambassador" to the United States. He has now terminated this function, but fortunately he will remain in this country, and will continue his literary and philosophical research along with teaching as professor in the Dept. of Romance Languages of the Univ. of Ariz, at Tucson. Our thanks and wishes go with him. -7-

GERMANIC NOTES --by Roy Allen

NEW FACULTY The Danish free-lance writer, poet, and literary critic, Mr. Vagn Steen, has joined the faculty of the department as Visiting Prof, for the fall semester. Mr. Steen has studied at Arhus Univ. in Denmark (19U7-56) and at Oslo Univ. in Norway (1955- 56). He has also taught at the Univ. of Gothenburg in Sweden (1957-65) and at Arhus Univ. (1963-65). Last spring term Mr. Steen was Visiting Prof, in the Dept. of Germanic Languages & Literatures at Ind. Univ., Bloomington. He is the author of a number of volumes of poetry, perhaps most notable of which is Digte? (1961;), which allies him with the so-called "Concretism, " an international "movement" in poetry. Mr. Steen has also authored several volumes of children's books. This fall a t the U.I, Mr. Steen is holding a seminar on modern poetry and is teaching a course in the Danish language. He is also scheduled to present a lecture on the subject of children's literature. The department has also added 3 permanent members to the staff this year. Mr. Richard Figge comes to the department from Stanford Univ. with the rank of Assistant Prof. He received the B.A. degree from Carle ton College in 1961]., the M.A. degree from Stanford Univ. in 1966, and the Ph.D. at the same institution just prior to joining the faculty of the U.I. Mr. Figge is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, was a recipient of the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship (1965-66), and a Fulbright Fellowship for study at Heidelberg Univ. (1961|-65). He completed the researching and writing of his doctoral dissertation, Heinrich Heine ' s Atta Troll: An Analysis , in Dtissel- dorf on a DAAD Fellowship and a grant from Stanford Univ. Mr. Figge' s wife, Susan Figge, has also come to the department this fall from Stanford Univ. Mrs. Figge was granted the B.A. degree at the Univ. of Calif, at Santa Barbara in 1961]., and the M.A. degree at Stanford Univ. in 1966. She was a recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship for study in Kiel at the Christian-Albrecht-UniversitSt in 1961]-65, and a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship for 1965-66. Mrs. Figge is currently completing her doctoral dissertation on Elements of the Metaphysical Style in German 17th-century Poetry, which was researched prior to her coming to 111. in Dffsseldorf on a DAAD Fellowship and a grant from Stanford Univ. Mr. Roland Folter joins the department this fall with the rank of Assistant Prof. Mr. Folter has just completed his doctoral dissertation on the first MS. edition of Maler Miller's Iphigenia for Brown Univ., where he also received the M.A. degree in 1967. Mr. Folter obtained the Arbitur at the Karl -Schurz -Gymnasium in 1962 and studied at the Goethe-UniversitSt, Frankfurt a.M., from 1962 to 1965. Mr. Folter' s fields of interest are the Storm and Stress and Bibliography and Methods.

FACULTY ON LEAVE Three members of the full-time faculty of the department are on leave for a part or all of the current academic year. Prof. Haile will be on a sabbatical for the 1st semester, and for the 2nd semester has been appointed an Associate Member to the Institute for Advanced Study at the U.I. Prof. Haile is engaged in 3 projects during this year: the completion of his biography of Goethe, an investigation into the outlook for humanities studies in the U.S. and the commencement of a work on a history of German literature. He also expects to spend some time in the early fall in Germany, Italy, and Sicily. Prof. Irmengard Rauch has taken a leave of absence for the fall semester in order to edit a volume of Old Saxon He Hand research which is to be published in the series Wage der Forschung (Wissenschaf tliche Buchgesell- schaft, Darmstadt). Prof. Rudolf Schier is also on leave of absence for the full academic year. Prof. Schier is doing research on contemporary literature in Vienna, Austria. His book on Trakl will appear soon in the Carl Winter Verlag, Heidelberg.

FRUCHTBRINGENDE GESELLSCHAFT The German Research Group, "Fruchtbringende Gesellschaf t, " held its first meeting of the year on Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Union. The speaker of the evening was Prof, Henri Stegemeier who spoke on the topic "The Identification of Fabianus Athyrus and an Analysis of his Emblematical Stechbtfchlein (161]5; 1651;)." The second meeting will take place on Nov. 1] at 7:30 in the Union, rooms 261-263-267. The guest speaker will be Prof. Josef Matl of the Univ. of Graz (Austria). Prof. Matl will "

speak on "Goethe und Schiller bei den Slaven.

A NEW GERMAN HOUSE Due to the concerted efforts of a group of energetic students, a German House has materialized on the campus of the U.I. this fall. The House has been established in the building located at 108 S. Gregory. It is an independent, co-ed and co-op dormitory, accomodating at present 10 women and ij. men. The German Dept. is sponsoring the effort and has assigned a teaching assistant, Miss Jane Thompson, to the House. Miss Thompson will act as a contact with the department and will supervise and help organize activities in the House. Coffee hours and other activities involving German Dept. staff and invited guests will be held from time to time. All interested persons are cordially invited to drop in for a visit any time. "Open House" was held on Oct. 5« GERMAN CLUB The German Club will this fall be under the direction of Prof. Charles Daigh, Ass- istant Prof, in the Dept. of Secondary & Continuing Education. Prof. Daigh obtained the Ph.D. degree in German from the German Dept. at the U.I. in 1967. The current president of the German Club is Mr. Bill Preymann. On Sept. 25 at 9:00 p.m. the German Club held a "Kleines Oktoberfest" in the Thunderbird Restaurant, at which plans were drawn up for future activities.

SLAVIC NOTES — by Prof. Michael Curran SUMMER VACATION NOTES While in Europe this summer, Miss Temira Pachmuss interviewed several Russian writers to wind up her research project leading to the publication of Zinaida Hippius' personal, literary, and political diaries. The trip was partly financed by a grant from the American Philosophical Society. In Paris Miss Pachmuss received the estate of Vladimir Zlobine, the secretary to D. S. Merezhkovsky and Madame Hippius. The estate contains about 200 books and several cartons of archival materials in Merezhkovsky' s and Hippius' own handwritings. These materials will be deposited in the U.I. Library. Prof. Kurt Klein returned to Russia for the first time since the mid-1930' s to attend the 1st International Conference of the International Association of Teachers of Russian Language & Literature at Moscow State Univ. Over 500 teachers from Europe, Asia, Canada, the U.S., and Cuba attended the conference, which was devoted to research and pedagogical problems. Among the speakers were such scholars as V V. Vinogradov, 0. Axmatova, and S. K. Shaumjan.

NEW FACULTY

The Slavic Dept. is happy to welcome I4. new members this fall: Mr. Kenneth Brostrom^ Mr. Elliot Cohen, and Mr. & Mrs. Henry Zalucky. Mr. Brostrom, who did his undergraduate work at Cornell Univ. and is finishing his dissertation at the Univ. of Mich., has just returned from Oxford, England, where he worked with Mr. Max Hayward on his dissertation, a literary analysis of the prose of Boris Pil'njak. Mr. Cohen did his undergraduate work at Harvard and is currently finishing his dissertation,

Autobiography in 20th Century Russian Literature , at Yale. The Zalucky s received their education in Warsaw and Moscow and are experienced teachers of both Russian and Polish. Both have done translations of books and articles in those languages, and Mr. Zalucky has also worked for Radio Moscow. Prof. Richard Sheldon from Dartmouth is a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study this year. He will be working on the Russian literary historian, Viktor Shklovsky.

FLA CONFERENCE Attention is called to the announcement of the U.I. School-University Foreign Lan- fuage Articulation Conference on page 2„ Since there will be no Slavic Section at he IFLTA meeting on Nov. 7-8 in Chicago, this will be the only chance for us to meet this year. All high-school Russian teachers are cordially invited. -9-

RUSSIAN CLUB

On Oct. 9 the Russian Club presented a film entitled The Grasshopper ( Poprygun* ,ja ) based on a short story by Anton Chekhov. PUBLICATIONS Miss Temira Pachmuss published "Zinaida Hippius: Contes d'amour," La Renaissance (Paris, 1969), no. 211, 25-1*7, and no. 212, 39-51+.

SPANISH, ITALIAN, & PORTUGUESE NOTES -- by Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr.

AATSP SOLICITS NEW MEMBERS, ALSO TESTING CENTERS The Downstate Illinois Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese is Interested in setting up area testing centers for the AATSP National Examinations. The test will be administered between Mar. 21 and Apr. 1*, 1970. The test administration time is 75 minutes and requires laboratory listening facilities. Schools willing to set up area testing centers should contact Dr. James E. McKinney, Contest Chairman, Western 111. Univ., Macomb, 111. 6114.55- All testing materials should be ordered by the deadline, Feb. 1, 1970. The Downstate Chapter also wishes to invite all area teachers and college students to affiliate with the local chapter and to join the national association. National dues are $8 per year ($ti for students), and this includes a subscription to Hispania , the AATSP' s official publication. Local chapter dues are $1. Members may participate in the AATSP' s Placement Bureau Service, the Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica, the National Spanish Contest, and the Spanish Correspondence Service. Applications for membership and further inquiries may be directed to Mrs. Gladys Leal, Champaign Central High School, 610 W. University Ave., Champaign, 111. 61920. The officers of the Downstate Chapter, elected last spring, are: President, Mrs. Barbara Watson, R.O.V.A. High School, Oneida; Corresponding Secretary, Mr. Jack Clinton, Limestone High School, Peoria; Recording Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs. Lealo

CIC UNDERGRADUATE STUDY IN BRAZIL The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), consisting of the Big Ten universities and the Univ. of Chicago, has inaugurated a Program for Undergraduate Study at the Federal Univ. of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, to run Feb. -Dec, 1970* The program is open to students at the CIC universities who have overall B averages and at least 2 years of Portuguese. Further information and application forms can be obtained from Prof. Claude E. Leroy, Director, II4.IO Van Hise, Univ of Wise, Madison, Wise. 53706. Prof. J. H. D. Allen represented this department and the U.I. on the CIC Under- graduate Study in Brazil Committee.

CIC UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER STUDY PROGRAM IN MEXICO Prof. Merlin H. Forster again served as director of the CIC Undergraduate Summer Study Program in Mexico, D.F. A total of lj.3 students participated, representing all 11 CIC institutions as well as Eastern 111. Univ. Enrollment from the participating universities in 111. was: U.I. 8, U.I. Chicago Circle 2, Univ. of Chicago 1, North- western Univ. 2, and Eastern 111. Univ. 1. While in Mexico, Prof. Forster participated in an "Homenaje a Carlos Pellicer" in honor of the Mexican poet in June.

NEW FACULTY The department welcomes 3 new faculty members this year: Prof. Anthony M» Pasquar- iello, Assistant Prof. Dieter Wanner, and Assistant Prof. Isaias Lerner. [Prof.

Edwin Jahiel ' s introduction of Prof. Pasquariello appears on page 2.] Prof. Wanner was born in Bern, Switzerland, In 191+3, and attended secondary school in Ztfrich. He studied at the Univ. of Zurich from 1962 to 1968, and there received his Dr. Phil, degree. He has also studied at the Univ. of Rome and the Univ. of Madrid. Prof. Wanner taught last year in the Dept. of Linguistics at the Univ. of Calif, in San Diego. As a Visiting Assistant Prof., he shares his appointment between this department and the Dept. of Linguistics. His field is Romance philology and linguistics. .

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Prof . Lerner was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1932, and attended secondary school in that city. He studied at the Univ. of Buenos Aires where he received his Profesor en Letras degree in 193>9. Until 1966 he had part-time appointments at the Facultad de Filosofia y Letras, the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, and the Instituto Superior del Profesorado, all in Buenos Aires. He came to this department as a graduate assitant in 1967, and was promoted to instructor in 1968. He will receive his Ph.D. from the U.I. in Feb., 1970, in Spanish linguistics He is married to the former Lta Schwartz, also of Argentina, Mrs. Lerner is presently the holder of an NDEA Title IV Fellowship in the department.

JUNE GRADUATION The department awarded 7 doctoral and 15 masters degrees in June. The doctoral recipients, with their present locations, were: Mr. Frederick John Bouma (Ind. Univ.), Miss Sylvia Jean Brann (Kansas State Univ.), Mr. Daniel Elias Gulstad (Univ. of Mo ), Mr. Romeo Ronaldo Hino josa-Smith (Trinity Univ., San Antonio), Mr. Gary Eugene A. Scavnicky (Wayne State Univ., Detroit), Mr. Jack Raymond Willey (Gonzaga Univ., Spokane), all in Spanish, and Mr. John Barkley Means (Temple Univ., Phila- delphia) in Portuguese. The masters candidates, with their undergraduate institutions, were: Miss Nyla Mae Gilkerson (B.S. Univ. of Kansas), Miss Judith Ann Huffaker (A.B. Knox College), Miss Karen Beane Loxley (B.A. Manchester College, Ohio), Miss Connie Rae Moore (B.A. Utah State Univ.), Mr. Manuel Prezha-Garcia (B.A. Northwestern State

College, 0kla o ), Mr. Terrance Anthony Stevenson (A.B. Washington Univ. , St. Louis), Mrs. Pamela Carpenter Strange (B.A. Colo. College), Miss Frances Day Wardlaw (B.A. College of Wooster, Ohio), Mr. George Earl Wilson (B.S. Eastern 111. Univ.), Miss Mary Elizabeth Wright (A.B. Univ. of Nebr.), and Miss Alice Dolores Zawilenski (A.B. U.I. Chicago Circle) in Spanish. In addition, Miss Janet Rae Fitch (A.B. U.I.), Mr. Roberto Severino (B.A.

Columbia Union College), and Mr. William Anthony Zanghl (B.A. SUNY-Buff alo ) received masters in Italian, and Miss Bonnie Mae Conway (A.B. U.I.) in Portuguese. FACULTY SUMMERS Thirteen members of the faculty and staff were on campus to teach in the U.I. Summer Session. They include: Prof. William H. Shoemaker (dept. head), Profs. Luis Leal and Robert E. Lott, Associate Profs. Spurgeon W. Baldwin and Hugo W. Cowes, Assis- tant Prof. Thomas C. Meehan, Instructors Isaias Lerner and Luis Oyarzun, and Grad- uate Assistants David P. Laws, Nuria Messeder, and Onoratino Marrocco. In addition Profs. J. H. D. Allen and Henry Kahane taught in the U.I. Summer Linguistics Institute. Prof. Joseph S. Flores served as a counselor and advisor in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences for new U.I. students who had declared a foreign language as their major field. Assistant Prof. Anoar Aiex was the recipient of a U.I. Faculty Fellowship for continued research on the topic "The American Scholar in Brazil." Prof. Marcos A. Morlnigo was invited to the Universidad de Noreste in Resi- dencia, Argentina, by the Facultad de Filosofia y Letras. Prof. Alberto Porquera3- Mayo did research in Madrid for an edition of El prf ncipe constante by Calder6n de la Barca. While working in the Biblioteca de Menendez y Pelayo in Santander, he was invited to give 2 lectures at the Universidad Internacional de Santander. Assistant Prof. David R. Hershberg, on sabbatical leave in Spain during the spring semester, spent the summer in Spain and Italy where he completed an edition of Juan de Zava- leta's Errore s celebrados for Clasicos Castellanos. Instructor Maria Elena Bravo de Maharg and" her husband Graduate Assistant James Maharg worked in Madrid as Course Directors at the American Institute for Foreign Study. In Aug. Profs. Leal and Cowes attended the XIV Congreso del Instituto de Lite- ratura Iberoamericana at the Univ. of Toronto. Prof. Leal read a paper on " La visi6n de Anahuac de Alfonso Reyes" and was elected president of the Institute's Development Commit tee

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS Prof. William H. Shoemaker has a book, La crttica literaria de Gald6s . now being published by the Revista de Occidente, Madrid© Prof. Merlin H. Forster's review of Eugenio Florit & Jose Olivio Jimenez's -11-

La poesla hispanoamericana desde el modernising appeared in Hispania , vol. LI I, no. 2~~(May 1969), 3UV3U5. Prof. Henry R. Kahane, Mrs. Renle Kahane, and Prof. Angelina R. Pietrangeli coauthored "Hermetism in the Alfonsine Tradition," Melanges Rita Le jeune , vol. I, UU3-U57. Prof. Robert E. Lott's articles include "Un hispan6filo escoces que quer£a a Colombia: Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham," Bolettn de historia y antigttedades (Organo de la Academia Colombiana de Historia), vol. LV, no] 6I4.8-650 (oct-dic 1968), 707-713* a s well as the following reviews: Josse De Koch, Introducci6n al "Can- cionero ' de Miguel de Unamuno in Books Abroad (Apr. 1969); Gordon Brotherston, Man- uel Machado: A Revaluation , in HispaniaT vol. LII, no. 2 (May 1969), 329; Juan Valera, Artlculos de "El contemporaneo , '' ed. Cyrus DeCoster, and Cyrus DeCoster,

Obras desconocidas de Juan Valera , both in Revista de estudios hispanicos , vol. Ill, no. 1 (abril 1969), 16TTT52 and 167-169; Helmut A. Hatzfield, A Critical Biblio - graphy of the New Stylistics Applied to the Romance Literatures :~~l953-1965"| in

Symposium , vol. XXIII, no. 2 (Spring T969), 179-180; and Carmen de Zulueta, Navarro

LedesmaTn Hispania , vol. LII, no. 3 (Sept. 1969), 526. Prof. Marcos A. Morlnigo published "Para la historia del espaKol en la Argen- tina; las cartas guaranies del general Belgrano, " Actas de la 5& Asamblea Interuni - versltaria de Filosof la y Literaturas Hispanica3 (Universidad del Sur, Valla Blanca, Argentina, 1969), 197-203. Prof. Alberto Porqueras-Mayo was the coeditor with C. Rojas of Fllologia y_ critica hispanica; Homenaje al Prof. F. Sanchez Escribano (Madrid, 1969), 3U9 pp« His review of Werner Krauss' Problemas de la cTencla literaria appeared in Atlantida vol. VII, no. 38 (marzo-abril 1969), 2l4.2-2lj3. Assistant Prof. David R. Hershberg has written " Otium and the Epitaph of Sul- picius Similis," Romanische Forschungen , vol. LXXX, no. I4. (1968). Assistant Profo Thomas C. Meehan reviewed Coronaci6n by the Chilean novelist Jos6 Donoso in Books Abroad (Apr. 1969). TWO GUILLEN LECTURES Sr. Fedro Guillen, well-known Mexican essayist and director of the journal El libro y_ el pueblo , gave two public lectures sponsored by the department. The first on Oct. UJ was "Novelistas de 19i|0 a nuestros dlas" and the second on Oct. 15 was "Novelas de la revoluci6n mexicana."

SPANISH CLUB The Clrculo Literario Espafiol, under the direction of Graduate Assistant Dagoberto Orrantia as advisor, has sponsored 2 activities. On Sept. 25 the club presented the

movie Pedro Paramo , based on the novel by Juan Rulfo, in the Auditorium. On Oct. 9 Prof. Merlin H. Forster delivered a lecture on the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, illustrated with the British -produced film I_ Am Pablo Neruda . In addition, the Cfrculo has resumed the Tertulias which are held from 3?00- 1;:30 p.m every Friday afternoon while the U.I. is in session, in the Federal Room in the Illini Union Snack Bar. All speakers of Spanish are invited to attend.

§ § § § § 20 YEARS AGO IN THE NEWSLETTER From the Newsletter, Oct. 1914.9: "Dr. John Van Home, head of the Dept. of Spanish and Italian at the U.I., is on a sabbatical leave of absence In Uruguay this year.

Dr. Arthur Hamilton is acting head of the department during his absence. . .Dr. Van Home is studying in the National Library [in Montevideo]."

The University of Illinois Modern Foreign Language Newsletter is published jointly by the modern language departments of the U.I., under the direction of the Head of the Dept. of Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese. Editorial offices are located in 251 Illini Tower, Champaign, telephone (217) 333-3536. The Newsletter is available without charge to all interested persons in Illinois and other areas. All communications by mail should be addressed to: The Editor, MFL Newsletter, 221; Lincoln Hall, Urbana, 111. 61801.

THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSLETTER

November, 1969 Director: Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello Vol. XXIII, No. 2 Editor: Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr.

THE SUMMER LINGUISTIC INSTITUTE The Linguistic Institute of the Linguistic Society of America was held on the U.I. (Jrbana campus during the regular summer session for the second consecutive summer.

The Institute teaching staff included 13 instructors from 9 U.S. institutions and lj. foreign universities (in Canada, Czechoslovakia, Israel, and Scotland), as well as

15 instructors from the U.I. Of this latter group, ij. were members of U.I. foreign language departments: Profs. J. H. D. Allen and Henry R. Kahane (Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese), Associate Prof. Frederic M. Jenkins (French), and Associate Prof. El- mer Antonsen (Germanic). In addition, 2 members of the visiting staff hold their Ph.D. degrees from the U.I.: Dr. Ronald Langacker from the Univ. of Calif, at San Diego and Dr. Sol Saporta from the Univ. of Wash. Prof. David Abercrombie (Univ. of Edinburgh) was appointed the Linguistic Soci- ety of America Professor, and Prof. Gordon Fairbanks (Cornell Univ.) was named the Collitz Frofessor. The Institute enrollment numbered \\2.\\ students from the U.S. and 22 foreign countries. The American Council of Learned Societies awarded 31 Ford Foundation Grants and \\2 National Science Grants; in addition, the Dept. of Linguistics at the U.I. awarded 1$ Summer NDFL Title VI Fellowships. The Institute curriculum consisted of I4.5 courses ranging from general introductory courses to advanced seminars, and included offerings in descriptive, historical, applied and mathematical linguistics as well as syntactic, phonological, and semantic analysis. The Institute also sponsored 11 Forum Lectures during the summer session by various members of the staff, both visiting and local. The Director of the Institute was Prof. Robert B. Lees, then the Head of the U I. Dept. of Linguistics and now at Tel-Aviv Univ., Israel. The Associate Director was Prof. Sol Saporta (Univ. of Wash.), the Assistant Director was Associate Prof. Howard S. Maclay (U.I.), and the Assistant to the Director was Mrs. Marion So Holshouser. As is customary, the regular summer meeting of the Linguistic Society of Amer- ica was held at the host institution of the Linguistic Institute. This year it was attended by over i|00 participants who heard I4.O papers during the meeting on July 21(.- 21; on the U.I. campus. Two other summer institutes were held on the U.I. campus whose members also participated in the Linguistic Institute. The Dept. of Slavic Languages & Litera- tures sponsored the Summer Slavic Institute, and the National Science Foundation sponsored the Advanced Research Seminar in Mathematical Linguistics. The 1970 Linguistic Institute will be held June 23-Aug. lij. at Ohio State Univ. The 2 main emphases of the Institute will be theoretical and areal linguistics. The tentative list of the 1970 faculty includes 12 instructors from Ohio State Univ. and 17 visiting instructors. Of the visiting staff, 9 are from 8 U.S. institutions and 8 are from 7 foreign universities (in Canada, England, Germany, India, Indonesia, Jugoslavia, and the U.S.S.R.). Further information about the 1970 Linguistic Insti- tute is available from Mr. Gregory Lee, Dept. of Linguistics, Ohio State Univ., 216 North Oval Dr., Columbus, Ohio I4.32IO.

PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST In an effort to bring items of a pedagogical interest to its readers, the Newsletter will frequently list books and pamphlets of interest to foreign language teachers. Those items which pertain to languages in general or to more than one specific language will be listed in the General News section of the Newsletter, while those publications which deal with a specific language will be found in the Notes for that language. Readers who have come in contact with books or pamphlets or other material which they have found useful in the teaching of foreign languages are encouraged to contact the Newsletter for a possible listing in future issues. Recent publications of general interest include the following listed below.

The Handbook of Foreign Language Occupations , listing diverse positions open to students of foreign languages'] is available for $1.75 each from Regents Publishing -2-

Co., Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 200 Park Ave. South, New York, N. Y. 10003. The Modern Language Association lists information about 2\\ U.S. government programs in its new publication, MLA Guide to Federal Programs : An Analysis of Current Government Financial Assistance Programs for Students, Teachers, Researchers, and Scholars in the Fields of EnglTsh. and P'orelgn Languages . Copies, at $2.50 each, maybe ordered from the MLA Materials Center, 62 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. 10011. The ERIC Focus Reports has a series of publications for $.25 each--an excellent buyl These include: No. 2, Teaching Hispanic Culture through Folklore by Arthur L„ Campa; No. 6, Folktale and Folklore - Useful "Cultural Tools for Teachers of German by Gerhard H. Weiss; No. 9, French Culture: The Folklore Facet by Gene lie Grant Morain. These should be ordered by number and title from the MLA Materials Center,, Teachers of Spanish and French will be interested in Teaching for Cross-Cultural Understandings by Tora T. Ladu, State Supervisor of Foreign Languages for the N. C. Dept . of Public Instruction. This booklet comes high recommended for its cultural information on Spanish and French speakers. Copies are available at $.50 each from the State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh, N. C. 276O3.

126 U.I. PRACTICE TEACHERS IN LANGUAGES Prof. Gilbert Kettlekamp of the U.I. Educational Placement Office has announced that the U.I. is sending out 126 foreign language practice teachers, the majority of whom will go to Chicago and suburban area schools. Of this group, 60 will practice-teach during the fall semester, and 66 in the spring. The 126 practice teachers are divided by language as follows: i|2 in French, 20 in German, 12 in Latin, 9 in Rus- sian, and I4.3 in Spanish. Prof. Kettlekamp reports that this year's figure of 126 represents a 70$ increase in the last two years. Prof. Kettlekamp also reports that the number of call3 last year for high school and junior high school foreign language teachers was approximately 2,000, the same as the year before. Calls for college teachers were down, and calls for elementary school teachers of foreign languages remained light

MLA AND AAT CONVENTIONS Attention is called to the fact that the MLA and the AAT conventions will not be meeting together this year, but at various different times and places. The MLA Con- vention, as previously announced, will meet Friday-Tuesday, Dec. 26-30, in Denver, Colo. Information about the various AAT meetings can be found in the departmental Notes for those languages in this issue.

FLA CONFERENCE A complete report on the 3rd- annual U.I. School-University Foreign Language Articu- lation Conference, held on the U.I. Urbana campus on Nov. 6-7, will appear in the Dec. issue of the Newsletter.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NOTES — by Prof. Barbara Smalley FACULTY PUBLICATIONS Prof. Francois Jost, Director of the Graduate Program in Comparative Literature, published "La litterature comparde et la reforme universitaire, " Schweizerische Hochschulzeitung Revue III (1969), 135-1U8. Prof. A. 0. Aldridge published "Biography and Realism, " Les Problemes des Genres Litteraires [a Polish journal of comparative literature], vol. II, no. 2 (1969)*

LECTURES Prof. Aldridge took part in a symposium concerned with "University Programs in Mod- ern Greek," held as a part of the general symposium of the Modern Greek Studies Asso- ciation at Frinceton Univ. on Oct. 3I0 Prof. Rocco Montano delivered a paper on "Montale e Croce" at the Midwest Mod- ern Language Association meeting in St. Louis on Oct. 23-25. Prof. Montano has been scheduled to deliver 3 public lectures sponsored by the Dept. of Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese and the Graduate Program in Comparative Lit- erature. On Thursday, Nov. 6, he spoke on "Renaissance, Reformation, & Counter- Reformation," and on Tuesday, Nov. 18. he spoke on "The Crime of Galileo." Prof. Montano' s 3rd lecture, on "Montale and Croce" will be held Thursday, Dec. -3-

11, at 8:00 p.m. in 196 Lincoln Hall.

SYMPOSIUM PAPERS PUBLISHED Papers delivered at the symposium on "The Art of Narrative" at the U.I. in Nov., 1967, have now been presented in printed form in the current issue (Sept. 1969) of Comparative Studies . Participants in this symposium included: George May, Victor Lange, Harry Levin, and Sheldon Sacks.

UMANESIMO Friends and readers of Umane s imo are cordially invited to attend discussions with its editor, Frof . Rocco Montano, every Sunday from 3:00-5:00 p.m. in 262 Illini Union.

FRENCH NOTES --by Frof. Edwin Jahiel

AATF ANNUAL MEETING The [(.2nd annual meeting of the American Association of Teachers of French will take place at the Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel, Detroit, on Dec. 28-30, 1969. Our colleague, Prof. Francis W. Nachtmann, the new Executive Secretary of the Association, will be introduced at the first meeting, and will speak ot the new [Champaign-Urbana] headquarters of the AATF on the second day. Included in the program are various pedagogical reports: "Bilingualism in Canada, n a report by M. Morot-Sir, a talk on Flau- bert by Albert Sonnenfeld (Princeton Univ.), and a new French film.

FRENCH CLUB The first activity of the year for the French Club was a hootenanny on Oct. 15, with the collaboration of Associate Prof. Paul Barrette (guitar). The French House held a picnic in Oct. and a Hallowe'en party on Nov. 1.

STAFF ACTIVITIES Our colleague, Mrs. Anna Maria Sagi, was very active during her leave-of -absence in Europe last academic year. An anthology of hitherto unpublished poetic works by Mrs. Sagi was published, entitled Laberinto de presenciaa (Le6n, Spain, Graf ica Celarayn, 1969). Upon the appearance of the book in Spain, Madame Sagi was invited by "Radio Peninsular" in Barcelona to give a recital of her poetry on the radio. Some of the poems were also presented on Madrid television on a special program with the title "Poesfa e imagen. " This program presented a recording of Madame Sagi reading her own poems. The literary review Destino of Barcelona published an interview with Madame Sagi, indicating the great public interest in her book. Prof Larkin B. Price attended meetings of the Association Internationale des Etudes Franchises and the Assembled Ge"n£rale of the Society des Amis de Marcel Proust et des Amis de Combray while in Paris this summer to consult with Pierre Clarac and Yves Sandre concerning his collaboration with them on Les Plaisirs et les Jours section of the l|th Proust volume in the Pleiade series. "Textes de MarceT

Proust: trois fragments sacrifiSs et deux portraits (1892-1895) » prSsentls et an- notes par Larkin B. Price (avec un facsimile)" appeared this spring in the Bulletin

de la Societe* des Amis de Marcel Proust et des Amis de Combray , pp. 799-805^ and a review by Prof. Price of Louis Bolle's Marcel Proust, ou le_ complexe d 1 Argus , in the

Feb. issue of French Review , pp. l|6l-lj.62~^ Associate Prof. Stanley E. Gray, along with other colleagues, attended the recent Midwest Modern Language Association meeting in St. Louis where he read a paper on "Beckett and Queneau." This paper was also read on Nov. 10 before the U.I, French Journal Club, Prof. R. J. Nelson's report "Using Radio to Develop and Maintain Competence in a Foreign Language" appeared as No. 11 of the ERIC Focus Reports. The latest writing on Proust that we know of, by our colleague Prof. Philip Kolb, is entitled "Proust and his Publishers" and is included in Editor, Author, and Publisher (Univ. of Toronto Press, 1969). Prof. Barbara Bowen attended a Rabelais Symposium at SUNY-Albany, Nov. 6-8, and n gave a paper entitled "Rabelais and the Art of Bluff „ FRENCH CULTURAL EVENTS Among the many French films shown on campus, the Film Society's program includes " " " )

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Godard'a Lea Carabiniers , Godard's Le_ Petit Soldat , Delvaux' s The Man Who Had His

Hair Cut ^hort , Clair's It Happened Tomorrow , Malle's Le Feu Follet , Chabrol's Les

Cousins . In Oct. the Depot had several spirited performances of Jarry's Ubu Roi ,

Ubu Cocu , Ubu Enc_halnt£. There was a recital by the famous organists Marie-Madel- eine and Maurice Durufl<§, and of course the play Antigone on Nov. 5«

Marry Me, Marry Mel ( Le Mar i age ou Mazel Tov ) is an absolutely delightful new

French film, by Claude Berri, who made The Two of Us (Le Vieil Homme et 1 ' Enfant , In many ways it is superior to The Graduate and~G*oodbye, Columbus to which it is the- matically related. Although the best American film-critics have praised it without reservations, this film may be lost in the cine-shuffle of today. Its French-Jewish humor--down to a wedding feast — is interesting to compare with the American-Jewish humor of the other 2 films. If you liked Truffaut's Baisers Volls and its low-key approach, you and your students must not miss Marry Me, Marry Mel

UNIV. OF NORTHERN IOWA SUMMER INSTITUTE IN ANGERS (FRANCE) Intended for teachers of French and carrying 8 hours of credit, the Univ. of Northerr Iowa Summer Institute will stress understanding and speaking French. It will place participants in French families for 5 weeks during their period of study. It will include a study tour of Touraine, Burgundy, Alsace, and 1 week in Paris, for 8 weeks in all: June 1^-Aug. 10, 1970. For further information, contact Mr. Andre Walther, Director, French Summer Institute, Univ. of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa £0613.

CHIMERES Chimeres is a new journal published by graduate students in French at the Univ. of

Kan. , L"awrence, Kan. 66014j.. They welcome articles and/or original contributions (poetry, etc.) in French only, by graduate students in other schools.

NEO-FRENCH Our colleague, Huguette Cohen, has discovered in a newspaper the following excerpts from letters to the French "Securitl sociale." "Je vis maternellement avec ma concubine." "Faites un effort: mon enfant va naltre." "Mile Josette est digne d'interet, elle est fille-mere, elle nourrit son enfant au sein sans pouvoir joindre les deux bouts." "Monsieur le directuer, mon mari est mort. Dites-moi comment le faire sortir de la caisse." "Apres le passage de votre controleur, je viens vous faire un demande de maternity. "Habitant sur un derriere et ne m'y trouvant pas bien, je voudrais un pret pour amelioration. "Voici huit jours que je suis couchle avec un docteur aupres de moi. J' en essayerais bien un autre, mais mes possibilitls m'en empechent." "Ouand mon petit a eu cinq ans, la caisse m'en a coup4 la moitie." "J'espere que vous avec pitil d'un pauvre comheur qui a sept enfants a manger plus sa femme et sa belle-mere." "Comme mon mari doit partir chez les fous, je l'envoie a" votre bureau." "Je croyais que j'avais le droit de toucher pour le travail de mon cubain."

"Orphelin a l'age de treize ans, j ' ai vlcu a droite et a gauche, mais tou jours dans le droit chemin. "N'£tant pas chomeur reconnu, je me suis mis a" ramasser quelques morceaux de tole pour faire manger mes enfants."

GERMANIC NOTES -- by Roy Allen

AATG The annual meeting of the American Association of Teachers of German will take place this year in New Orleans at the Jung Hotel from Nov. 28-30. The department will be represented at the conference this year by Prof. Ruth Lorbe.

FALL '69 ENROLLMENT FIGURES

Total enrollment in German for this fall amounts to l670--a decrease of close to ty.00 students from last fall's total of 2056. The most sizable drop occurred in the 1st- -5- and 2nd-year series (101-101).), where the enrollment fell from 1295 to IO76. As expected, due to the relaxation in the graduate language requirements last year, there was again a drop in enrollment in the I|00-[j01 series (German for Graduate Students), although the drop was not as marked as was that of last fall; enrollment fell here from 2o5 to llj.9. In the 200-level courses there was a decrease from 250 to 215, while the 300-level courses maintain the very same number of students as last fall, 127. The rise in enrollment in German this fall took place in the I4.OO series (courses for graduate students), in which the total rose this fall to 103 from last fall's total of 73« Six students registered this fall in courses in Germanic. The total in Scandinavian this term is 39—an increase of 2 over the previous fall term.

NEW TEACHING ASSISTANTS The German Dept. is most happy to extend a cordial welcome to 15 new Teaching Assis- tants this year. Three of the new assistants hail from Germany, 2 from Austria, 1 from England, and 1 from the Netherlands; the remainder are native Americans who haw spent some time studying in Germany. They are: Katharine Blocher (B.A. U.I. Chicago Circle 1969, S.S. McGill Univ. 1967), Jeanne Brown (B.A. U.I. 1969), Martyn Clarke (Univ. of Sussex, Brighton, 1969), Gerrit Den Hartog (B.A. Calvin College 1965), Rob- ert Fischer (B.A. Univ. of Nebr. 1967; M.A. Univ. of Nebr. 1969), Patricia Hofmeister (B.A. U.I. 1969), Brigitte Lehner (B.A. Eastern 111. Univ. 1969), Thomas Noel (B.A. Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1962; M.A. Univ. of Calif., Riverside, 1965), Peter Pabisch (Pedagogical Institute, Vienna, 1966; Teachers' Training College 1957 )> Gun- ter Richter (B.A. Univ. of Adelaide 1965; M.A. Univ. of Stuttgart 1969), Jay Rose- llini (B.A. U.I. 1969), Wolfgang Schwarzkopf (Univ. of Kan., Eberhard-Karls Univer- sitat, Ttlbingen), Jean Soulier (B.A. Univ. of S.D. 1966; M.A. Univ. of Iowa 1969), Jane Thompson (B.A. Univ. of Wise., Madison, 1969), David Vargo (B.A. Wabash College 1969). MMLA The department was represented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Modern Lan- guage Association, which was held this year in St. Louis from Oct. 23-25, by Profs. Elmer Antonsen and Ruth Lorbe. Prof. Antonsen attended the Executive Committee Meet- ing at the conference, concluding his term as member of the committee.

FRUCHTBRINGENDE GESELLSCHAFT The guest speaker at the Nov. meeting of the Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft was Prof. Josef Matl of the Univ. of Graz, Austria. Prof. Matl spoke on the topic "Goethe und Schiller bei den Slaven." The meeting was held in the Illini Union at 7:30 p.m. On Tuesday, Nov. 18, at ij.:00 p.m., Prof. Vagn Steen will give a public lecture on "The Poetic Possibilities in Children's Books." The lecture will be held in II4I Commerce West.

GERMAN CLUB The annual Christmas party of the German Club will be held this year on Dec. 5» beginning at 8:00 p.m. The location will be announced at a later date. On Dec. 15 the German Club will sponsor the showing of the film comedy The Good Soldier Schweik in Gregory Hall Auditorium. The dialogue of the film is in German with English subtitles.

FACULTY NOTES From July 6-11 the International Conference of Nordic and General Linguistics wa3 held in Reykjavik. Iceland. Prof. Elmer Antonsen attended the meeting and delivered a paper entitled Toward a New Runic Grammar." Also last summer, Prof. Antonsen was elected "Korrespondierendes Mitglied" of the "Wissenschaf tlicher Rat" in the Institul fu*r deutsche Sprache, which is located in Mannheim, Germany. Prof. Vagn Steen, Visiting Prof, in the department this fall term, gave a lecture before members of the German Dept. and invited guests at Indiana Univ., Bloom- ington, on Oct. 9. Prof. Steen' s talk was on the subject of his experiences in teaching modern poetry, i.e. "Pretty Modern Poetry." In pursuance of his interest and work in children's literature, Prof. Steen has recently been visiting libraries of children's books in schools in the area of Champaign-Urbana. He also recently gave a reading before 2 classes of children at the Prairie Elementary School, Urbana, Both Prof. Steen and Prof. Arne Falck became members of the American Society for -6-

Aesthetics at a recent meeting of the society in Charlottesville, Va. FACULTY PUBLICATIONS Prof. Ruth Lorbe's book of interpretations of modern poetry, Lyri3che Standpunkte (Bayrischer Schulbuchverlag, Mttnchen, 1968^ ), is being received well; the volume has just this year gone into its 2nd printing. Prof. Irmengard Rauch has recently published an article entitled "The Heliand

Versus $-7 Again" in Folia linguistica , vol. II, no. 1/2, 39-lj-7. Prof. Rauch has also just put 2 lengthy reviews into print, one of Robert Diamond's The Diction of the

Anglo-Saxon Metrical Psalms ( Linguistics , vol. XLV, 76-78) and one of Moritz Regula'E Kurzeefasste erklarende Satzkunde des Neuhochdeutschen (JEGP, vol. LXVIII, no. 3. U68-Kl. Two books by Prof. Vagn Steen will appear in print in Denmark this month. The first is a bilingual collection of poetry with, appropriately, a bilingual title: Et Godt Bog^ je/A Hole Book . The second volume is a collection of literary criticism entitled Laesninger .

NEW COURSES Prof. Francois Jost of the Comparative Literature Program at the U.I. will give a seminar in the spring term on the technique of the German novel. At the request of students from other departments of the university, Prof. Juw fon Wearinga will initiate in the coming spring term (1970) a course in Dutch as an auxiliary language. The course will be for beginners and will be taught in English. The title of the course will be Germanic 199. Also in the spring term of 1970, the department will begin a new series on the 2nd-year level, German 107-108. This new series, a 1-year course, will be offered as a substitute for the regular l;th- semester course in German, German IOI4.. Upon completion of German 103, the student will thus have the option of taking either the 1- semester course, German lOij., or the year course, German 107-108. German IOI4. will as usual be taught exclusively in German, while the new series will be taught in Engljsh with readings in German. The emphasis in the new series will be on reading comprehension rather than on conversation and composition.

TAP The Newsletter of the Teaching Aid Project is available free of charge to all teachers of German. The newsletter is published by t he National Carl Schurz Association under a grant by Stiftung Volkswagenwerk, Germany. It is part of a project developed to improve the teaching of German in American schools. The newsletter contains much timely information of use to teachers of German. Anyone wishing to be placed on the mailing list of the newsletter should send name and address and Zip Code to Mr. Hans Deekin, Director, NCSA Teaching Aid Project, 339 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19106, The National Carl Schurz Association and the American Association of Teachers of German are sponsoring a study program in Germany for high school and community college teachers of German. The objectives of this program are to give teachers an opportunity to improve their command of German, to study the German people firsthand through a family experience, to study the history, politics, music, art, and literature of Germany, to learn about tne application of linguistic theories to classroom teaching and the application of modern teaching methods in language instruction. The TAP VI Program will cover the period of April 2-June 19, 1970. The cost of the program is $2000, $1000 of which is paid by the TAP Program and the other flOOO by the participant. For further details and an application form, interested persons should write to The TAP VI Program, 339 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19106. One of the 50-odd participants selected to take part in the TAP VT Program this fall is Miss Suzanne Meinheit of Matteson, 111., a senior in the Teacher Education Program at the U.I.

SLAVIC NOTES --by Prof. Michael Curran

AATSEEL The annual meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic & East European Languages will be held during the Thanksgiving vacation, Friday-Sunday, Nov. 28-30, in New Orleans. It will take place at the Sheraton- Charles Hotel in conjunction "

-7- with the ACTFL annual meeting and with Loyola Univ. of New Orleans as the host institution. Among the speakers will be George Ivask, Victor Terras, J. Thomas Shaw, Wal- ter Vickery, Irwil Weil, and Gerta Htittl-Worth. The topics cover the teaching of Russian in high school and college, readings of Russian and Estonian poetry, linguistics, Russian literature, and literature of other Slavic countries.

CONFERENCES The fall meeting of the Midwestern Modern Language Association took place on Friday, Oct. 2L|., in St. Louis. Prof. Norman Luxemburg presided with about 15 present. Miss J. Willey read a report in Russian on Sergej Maximov, a Soviet novelist dealing like Solzhenitsyn with the theme of political exile and concentration camps. Prof. Gene- reux read a paper on Druzhinin and Dudyshkin, 2 19th-century literary critics. Prof e Karl Kramer closed the conference with a paper on Chekhov considered in the light of impressionism, a subject which is treated at greater length in his forthcoming book on Chekhovo On. Nov. 21-22 the annual Bi-State Slavic Conference will be held at the Univ. of Mo. Memorial Union. Paper topics cover the field of Russian history, sociology, and literature. Prof. Richard Sheldon, currently at the U.I. Center for Advanced Study, will read a paper on Solzhenitsyn, and Prof. Ralph Fisher, director of the Russian & East European Center, will chair a panel on Russian liberalism.

PUBLICATIONS Miss Temira Pachmuss 1 article, "Zinaida Hippius: The Warsaw Dairy , " was published in La Renaissance (Paris, 1969), no. 211j.o STATISTICS The enrollment in lst-year Russian language courses is down approximately },0% from last year. Enrollment in literature in translation has almost doubled. The number of graduate majors in the department has increased by approximately 17%, Three students in the Slavic Dept. were awarded their M.A. degrees this past month: Lisa Juhl, Nina Awsienko, and Crest Holovaty.

EXPANSION OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE TEACHING The State Office of Education recently invited Profs. Clayton Dawson and Kurt Klein, as well as Mrs. Judith Dalchl, president of the 111. Chapter of AATSEEL, to participate in a television interview. A film was made to encourage the expansion of Rus- sian language teaching, particularly at the high school level in this state. The film was first shown on Channel 20 in Springfield on Tuesday, Nov. Ij.. Later it will be available from the Office of Education for public showing by those interested.

RUSSIAN CLUB On Nov. 12 the Russian Club held a meeting on the 2nd floor of the YMCA, with folk dancing and singing.

On Nov. 21 the Russian film Fathers and Sons , based on Turgenev's novel, will be shown.

SPANISH, ITALIAN, & PORTUGUESE NOTES -- by Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr.

AATSP - AATI The 51at annual meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portu- guese will be held Sunday -Tuesday, Dec. 28-30, in the Hotel LaSalle, Chicago, 111. The General Program Chairman is Mr. Albert R. Turner, Evanston Township High School, Evanston, 111. A special feature of the meeting will be an address by Sr. Ram6n Sen- der, well-known Spanish novelist now in exile in the U.S., on the topic "El mi to en la realidad de cada dia y en la literatura. The annual meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Italian will be held in Denver, Colo., on Sunday-Monday, Dec. 28-29, in conjunction with the MLA.

I4.OOTH ANNIVERSARY OF LA ARAUCANA The department, together with the Circulo Literario Espaftol, will sponsor a program to commemorate the l|.00th anniversary of the 1st edition of Alonso de Ercilla y Zuni- ga's La Araucana (1569) on Friday, Dec. 5, at 8:00 p.m. in the General Lounge of the Illini Union. The papers to be read include " La Araucana y las literaturas naciona- les" by Prof. Luis Leal, "La guerra araucana que vio Ercilla" by Prof. Marcos A. Mo- rinigo, "La Araucana y la historiograf ia francesa sobre America en el siglo XVTII" by Instructor Pedro P. Campa, "Las raujeres de La Araucana " by Graduate Fellow Lia " Schwartz de Lerner, and La Araucana en las antologlas " by Graduate Assistant Hector R. Romero.

RECENT DEPARTMENTAL GRADUATES The department awarded 6 doctoral and 11 masters degrees at the end of the summer session. The doctoral recipients, with their present locations, were: Mr. Elton Martin Anglada-Segarra (Princeton Univ.), Mrs. Carol Roark Blackburn (Univ. of Ga. ), Miss , Iris Catherine Jeffery (Good Counsel College, While Plains, N. Y. ) Mrs. Judith Zelenka Rojas (U.I„), Mrs. Claire Olson Szoke (Danville High School), and Mr. David Torres (Eastern Wash. State College), all in Spanish. The masters recipients, with their undergraduate institutions, were: Mr. Adel- fo Aldana (B.A. Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa), Mr. Steven Norman Dworkin (B.A. Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont.), Miss Mary Anne Everson (B.A. Edgewood College, Madi- son, Wise), Miss Donna Jean Fritz (B.S. Eastern 111. Univ.), Miss Susan Ellen Lei- bowitz (B.A. Cornell Univ.), Mr. Felix Soto Maldonado (B.S. Bowling Green State Univ. Ky.), Mrs. Mary Anne Wilkinson Marrocco (B.A. Northwestern Univ.), and Miss Barbara Eileen Olson (B.A. Augustana College), all in Spanish. Masters degrees in Portuguese went to Mr. Lee Roy Donnell (B.A. Univ. of Ore.) and to Miss Janet Louise Lyle (B.A. Miami Univ., Ohio), and a masters degree in the teaching of Spanish was awarded to Mrs. Sue Taylor Bertoleit (B.A. U.I.).

NEW FELLOWSHIP HOLDERS The department is honored to have 23 graduate students attending on full or partial fellowships. Of these, llj. are new recipients this year. New holders of University Fellowships are Miss Suzanne Brotman (B.A. U.I., Ful- bright-Hays Grant to Argentina, 1968-69), Miss Harriet Vanessa Carter (B.A. Sophie Newcomb College of Tulane Univ., New Orleans), Miss Miriam Charlene Cox (B.A. Augs- burg College, Minneapolis), Miss Carolina Adriana Diaz (B.A. Univ. of Wise, Milwau- kee), Miss Karen Ann Freeman (B.A. Purdue Univ.), Miss Sonia Teresa Ramirez (B.A, Univ. of Ga.), and Miss Bari R. Weintraub (B.A. U.I., Fulbright-Hays Grant to Brazil, 1968-69). Miss Deborah K. Spruell (B.A. Univ. of Calif, at Santa Barbara) received an NDEA Title IV Grant, and Miss Sherilyn Hope Freeman (B.A. U.I.) and Mr. Malcolm Noel Silverman (B.A. Queens College, New York, M.A. U.I.) received NDFL Title VI Grants. A Graduate College Fellowship went to Mr. Ernest Silvester Merrill (B.A. Hamp- ton Institute, Va. ), and Mr Terry Lee Collier (B.A. U.I.) was awarded a Graduate College Special Fellowship. Tuition-and-f ee waivers were given to Mr. John Christ- opher Eustis (B.A. Brown Univ., M.A. Middlebury College) and Mrs. Mihaela Susan (B.A< Univ. of Bucharest, Romania).

MIDWESTERN MLA

Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello, head of the department, attended the Midwestern Mod- . ern Language Association meeting in St. Louis on Oct. 23-25 and read a paper, "Alfon-

30 Sastre's Escuadra hacia la muerte : A Study in the Human Condition." Prof. Ange- lina R. Pietrangeli served as Chairman of the Italian Section at the meeting. Ph.D. recipients from this department who read papers at the meeting included Dr. Josl R. Cortina (Wayne State Univ., Detroit) "Antonio Buero Vallejo, Contemporary " Spanish Playwright," Dr. Joseph Schraibman (Wash. Univ.) Tres tristes tigres : lengua oral y literatura, " and Dr. Concha Zardoya (Univ. of Mass. at Boston) "El tema del sueflo en la poesia de Quevedo."

FACULTY NOTES The new head of the department, Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello, and Mrs. Pasquariello were hosts at a reception in the Faculty Lounge of the Illini Union on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 28. Together with the former head, Prof. William H. Shoemaker, and Mrs Shoemaker, they received the departmental faculty, staff, and graduate students. Prof. Shoemaker, who resigned the headship effective Sept. 1, is spending the academic year as an Associate Member in the U.I. Center for Advanced Study. Profs. Merlin H. Forster and Robert E. Lott, formerly associate professors, " "

-9- were promoted to the rank of full professor effective Sept, 1. Prof. Henry R. Kahane is on sabbatical leave for the academic year. He is remaining on campus to work on 2 projects. He and his wife, Mrs. Ren6e Kahane, plan to complete a presentation of linguistio relations between Byzantium and the West, to be published in an Encyclopaedia of Byzantinology now in preparation in the Neth- erlands. In addition, Prof, and Mrs. Kahane, in collaboration with Prof. Angelina R, Fietrangeli, are working on the problems inherent in the Grail Myth. Prof. Luis Leal has been reappointed for a 2-year term as a Member of the Com- mittee of the Graduate Record Examination in Spanish as administered by the Educa- tional Testing Service, Princeton, N. J. In addition, Prof. Leal recently returned from New York where he served on the Commitee to Formulate Undergraduate Programs in Spanish, the results of which will be published in a future issue of Hispania , Prof. Marcos A. Morinigo participated in the "Cuatro centenario de La Araucana " program at the Univ. of Mich., Sept. 21;-27, where he read a paper, "Definlcion de La Araucana ." Prof. Alberto Porqueras-Mayo attended the XI Congress of the International Fed- eration of Modern Languages & Literatures in Islamabad, Pakistan, in Sept. He read a paper on "The Particular and the Universal Truth in the Dramatic Theory of the Golden Age. Associate Prof. Spurgeon W. Baldwin was Chairman of the Orientation Committee for new teaching assistants in the department. Prof. Baldwin was assisted by Assis- tant Prof. Thomas C. Meehan and Mr. Pedro F. Campa. Mr. Campa, formerly a graduate teaching assistant, was recently promoted to the rank of part-time instructor. Assistant Prof. Dieter Wanner addressed the Linguistics Seminar on Sept. 25 on the topic, "Why the i in Italian."

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS Prof. Luis Leal's recent publications include the "Pr6logo" to Ram6n Rubin's Quince palabras (Mexico, 1969) as well as 2 articles, "Para la bibliograf£a de Jalisco, " 'Eoletln~~bibliograf ico -de la Secretarta de Hacienda y_ Cr^dito Publico , 2a Ep., vol XV (abril- julio 1969 J, !^-!^. and "Manuel Alvarez de Castillo, cuentista, " Et Cae - tera, 2a Ep., vol, IV, no. 5 (mayo-junio 1969), 81-93, Assistant Prof. Isaias Lerner published "A proposito de Cien agog de sole dad ,

Cuadernos americanos , no. 1 (enero-febrero 1969), 187-200, and he reviewed Alberto 1 M . Salas' Para -un bestiario de India3 in Sur, no. 316-317, 120-123, Instructor Martha Paley de Francescato published "Julio Cortazar y un modelo " para amar ya amado, Cuadernos americano3 , no, 3 (mayo-junio), 235-21)1., Mr. Richard P. Doerr, a former graduate assistant in this department and now a Ph.D. candidate at the Univ. of Colo., published "Algunos apuntes sobre el llxico de n Cundinamarca, Hiapania , vol. LII, no. 2 (May 1969), 261|-272.

PORTUGUESE CLUB The Portuguese Club has resumed its bate-papo coffee hours in the Coin Room of the Univ. YMCA on Mondays at l+:00 p.m. while the U.I. is in session. All speakers of Portuguese are invited to attend,

SPANISH CLUB The Clrculo Literario Espafiol sponsored a lecture on Tnursday, Nov. 13, by Sra. Anna Maria Sagi, instructor in the U.I. Dept, of French and a well-known Spanish poetess in her own right, Sra. Sagi's topic was "Caminos de evasi6n y de misterio." SPANISH LUNCHEONS The department-sponsored Spanish luncheons have been resumed at a new location, the cafeteria of the Illini Tower Residence Hall every Wed. from 11:14.5 a.m,-l:00 p.m. while the U.I, is in session. All speakers of Spanish are invited to attend.

The University of Illinois Modern Foreign Language Newsletter is published jointly by the modern language departments of the U.I. under the direction of the Head of the Dept. of Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese. Editorial offices are located in 251 Illini Tower, Champaign, telephone (217) 333-3536. The Newsletter is available without charge to all interested persons in Illinois and other areas. All communications by mail should be addressed to: The Editor, MFL Newsletter, 22I4. Lincoln Hall. Urbana. 111. 61801.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSLETTER

December, 19&9 Director: Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello Vol. XXIII, No. 3 Editor: Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr.

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FOREIGN LANGUAGE ARTICULATION CONFERENCE The 3rd annual School-University Foreign Language Articulation Conference was neld on the U.I. Urbana campus Thursday-Friday, Nov. 6-7. It was attended by over 220 foreign language teachers. The theme was "Teacher Education: A Continuous Process." Assistant Prof. U. Henry Gerlach of the Dept. of Germanic Languages & Literatures was the cnairman. The conference officially began with a dinner meeting Thursday evening, Nov. 6„ Dean Robert W. Rogers of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences welcomed the teachers assembled. He called their attention to the new Foreign Language Building, now under construction and due for completion in Feb., 1971, as a building which would feature "experimentation and research for language teaching." Dean Rogers also mentioned the existing U.I. programs in Mexico, Brazil, Jugoslavia, and France, and pointed out possible future programs in Hong Kong, India, and Iran. In closing he stated that the current cnanges in the LAS foreign language requirements "do not considerably alter the importance of foreign languages," but instead they enhance the opportunities for the students. Dean J. Myron Atkin of the College of Education also welcomed the dinner group and stressed 2 points. The first was that the college programs desperately need contact with practicing professionals (i.e., the high school language teachers), and the second was that the education curriculum needs the perspectives which a study of the humanities can provide. Following brief welcomes by the heads of the U.I. foreign language departments or their representatives, Mr. F. Andre1 Paquette, Executive Secretary of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, spoke on "Changing Constraints." He began by citing 5 such changing constraints in American life. In the 1st constraint, the changing entrance requirements of many colleges and universities, Mr. Paquette stressed that all degree requirements are now being examined, not just those for foreign languages. He added, however, that the foreign languages are more vulnerable. The colleges and universities are facing today what secondary education faced some years back; a college education is now becoming "a right and an expectation" and so the requirements must change to fit the majority, for "all the children of all the people," according to Mr. Paquette. Mr. Paquette' s definition of neo-isolationism, his 2nd constraint, is "a turning inward in all walks of life" by giving more attention to the social ills of our country. This is manifested in black study courses, ethnic study courses, and an increase in bilingual education following the federal government's Bilingual Edu- cation Act of 1967. The 3rd constraint, financial pressures in all aspects of government, has been felt in many educational programs, but particularly In the Dept. of Health, Education & welfare's reduction of its Basic Studies Program in a budget cut of 3 1/2 billion dollars. This, said Mr. Paquette, "is another manifestation of a reexamination of priorities" in our educational systems. In introducing the I^th constraint, the changing social conditions of students, -2-

Mr. Faquette said that the keyword for students Is mass ; "mass movements, mass production, mass media." He continued that "today's student is the time's most fortunate man" since he "can experience more worlds" with fewer temporal and spacial limitations. But Mr. Paquette went on to stress tnat the old norms and standards are now of little use to the students, and there are no new norms. The student protest is a 3ilent one in education: attrition. Today's student finds no relevance for foreign language studies<> With the 5th constraint, the changing social conditions of the faculty, Mr Paquette said that teachers "should try to bridge the generation gap within the faculty." He cited anthropologist Margaret Mead who stated that World War II is the dividing line for the generation gap within the faculty. A teacher must therefore bridge 2 generation gaps: one between teachers educated before and after World War II and one between teachers and students. The implication of all these constraints, according to Mr. Paquette, is that the supply of foreign language teachers might exceed the demand. To help offset this, and to obtain better foreign language teachers, Mr. Faquette feels that the high schools themselves--and not the colleges and universities--should determine what the teacher-training for prospective teachers ought to be. Otherwise, the high schools will turn to non-university career-trained personnel. Mr. Paquette felt that if a Berlitz instructor could do a better teaching job than a college-trained teacher, the high schools would pick the former because of the surfeit of teachers available. "For too long," continued Mr. Faquette, "we have felt that we could knock one language for another... We have a long way to go to demonstrate that we can cooperate." Mr. Paquette went on to stress tnat the current academic reform has not had the impact on colleges and universities as a whole that it has had on the elementary and high schools. Mr. Paquette then cited William Riley Farker who once said that languages should have a positive effect on students. At the college level, however, foreign languages have had no effect. Mr. Paquette felt that foreign languages should not be dominant in a student's curriculum, but supportive. To do this, he suggested that teachers improve "by recognizing the value of love" (as outlined in Erich Fromm' s The Art of

Loving ) and that they strive to convey to their students a sense of history in order to show the survival of the species and also the survival of the minorities within them„ Mr. Paquette closed by calling on the FLA Conference to relate the elementary school to the high school and the high school to the college, and also to foster foreign language teaching which would emulate "a passionate and a compassionate understanding. '•

Prof. William D. Johnson, Head of the Teaching Experiences Laboratory of the U.I. College of Education, started the Friday session by explaining the purpose of his department's program to the assembled high school teachers. In most teacher training, according to Prof. Johnson, a student learns various method theories in h.is courses, but they are generally not the right ones to help him with his problems when he first starts practice teaching. In the U.I. Teaching Experiences Laboratory method, a student's first try at practice teaching is in a laboratory environment with paid student volunteers; the session is recorded on videotape so that the student's instructors and advisors can later point out suggestions and criticisms,. The student is therefore better prepared when he begins his actual practice teachingo Following Prof. Johnson's talk, there were separate language group meetings for teachers of French, German, Latin, Russian, and Spanish. The teachers then recon- vened for a luncheon meeting at noon. Mr. Albert F. Marzo of Aurora West High School addressed the luncheon group on the topic, "The Foreign Language Teacher of the 70' s." He began by recalling his own personal experiences in student teaching, where a student had to practice teach for 6 weeks "and it was secondary if you profited from it." He went on to suggest several changes in the area of student teaching. First, Mr. Marzo felt that quarterly workshop conferences should be held for the cooperating teachers of the foreign language student teachers. Also, a student teacher should spend 2 weeks of observation followed by 10 weeks of practice teaching "to be wholly involved." Mr. Marzo further suggested that the education courses be kept to a minimum so the student teacher could have more time for teaching. He also felt that the student teacher should write a constructive critique at the end of his -3- teaching experience so that the cooperating teacher could be made aware of any problems and suggestions. Mr. Marzo said that each school which accepted student teachers should offer a course on school-community relations so that the student teachers would better understand their new environment. He also hoped to see a workshop on the responsibility of the student teacher to the school community. "My teaching years have rewarded me with many happy moments," said Mr. Marzo in closing, adding that he wished similar "self -satisfying and enjoyable experiences to "my present and future student teachers." Following the luncheon, the language group meetings resumed until 3:00 p.m. when the conference officially ended. In addition to the program of meetings, the high school teachers were also given opportunities to visit various U.I. language classes. An exhibit of textbooks and teaching materials was also held during the conference at which various textbook companies and U.I. language departments had displays.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NOTES -- by Prof. Barbara Smalley MEETINGS Frof. FranQOis Jost, Director of the Comparative Literature Program at the U.I,, was in Utrecht during the latter part of Nov. to attend a Board Meeting of the Inter- national Comparative Literature Association.

LECTURES Prof. Rocco Montano delivered a lecture on "Montale and Croce" on Thursday, Dec. 11. This was the last of a series of 3 lectures presented by Prof. Montano, the first 2 ( "Renaissance, Reformation, & Counter-Reformation" and "The Crime of Galileo") having been presented by him in Nov. PUBLICATIONS Frof. Montano has published the 1st part of an essay, "Schema di una Storia della

Poesia di Dante," in Convlvium , vol. XXXVII, no. 3 (1969), 257-292. The 2nd part of Prof. Montano' s essay will appear in the next issue of Conviylum . Prof. A. Owen Aldridge has recently edited Comparative Literature; Matter and Method (U.I. Press). In exploring the purposes and perspectives of comparative literature in his introductions, Mr. Aldridge defines that discipline as "the study of any literary phenomenon from the perspective of more than one national literature or in conjunction with another intellectual discipline, or even several." Although stressing relationships between authors, literatures, and movements, he contends that the most important of all literary relationships is that between literature and life. This principle is reflected in the 17 articles here assembled from the journal, Com- parative Literature Studies . Written by some of the most eminent literary critics and literary historians of our times, the essays range from Renl Wellek's "Philosophy and Postwar American Cri- ticism" and John Gassner's "Varieties of Epic Theatre in the Modern Drama" to "Armi- " da's Garden" by Mario Praz, France-Amerique ; The Transatlantic Refraction" by Harry Levin, and 'Walter J. Ong's "Evolution, Myth and Poetic Vision." Mr. Adlridge's book is now available at the bookstores.

FRENCH NOTES — by Prof. Edwin Jahiel

PROF. BRUCE H. MAIN0U3, OFFICIER DE L« ORDRE DES PALMES ACADEMIQUES By decree of the Minister of National Education of the French Republic, Prof. Bruce H. Mainous, Head of the Dept. of French at the U.I., has been promoted to the rank of "Officier" in the Ordre des Palmes Acad^miques. Prof. Mainous was named "Chevalier" in the Order In 1963, and presented the decoration and ribbon by M. Jean Bollard, Consul General of France In Chicago, on Dec. 3 °f that year. This year, M. Jean Dig- ras, Cultural Attach^ for the Midwest, will present the decoration in a ceremony during a reception on Dec. 15, in Illini Union Rooms A & B, at 8:00 p.m. Guests will include students, staff, and officials of this and other institutions, and, generally, friends of Prof. Mainous. -u-

Prof. Mainous, a Virginian by birth and a graduate of the College of William & Mary, has also studied at Montpellier, the Sorbonne, and the U.I. (Ph.D.). He has taught at Nfmes and has been on the U.I. staff since 1914-8. He has held various pro- fessorial and administrative positions here, including the Assistant Deanship of the LAS College, and, since 1965, the Headship of the Dept. of French. Most of our readers are familiar with the wide scope of his academic and cultural activities and interests, his textbooks, his positions in several state and national organizations, activities too numerous to list here, save perhaps for a recent one: his essential role in the creation of the Illinois-Iowa Year-Abroad Program and his directorship in residence at Rouen for the 1st year of this venture, 1968-69 [see Oct. Newsletterl Those closer to Prof. Mainous know how successfully he has led the U.I. Dept. of French, constantly improving an already excellent department, and keeping ahead of the times rather than just following them— a formidable job in these days and in a school of the caliber of the U.I In 1808, under Napoleon Bonaparte, the definitive decree was issued which gave its precise form to the University , defined as a body exclusively charged with public teaching and education throughout the Empire. That was the basis of the French educational system as it exists, in essence, to this day. Honorary titles and decora- tions were created then: The Palmes Academiques, which became an Order in 1955. The Palmes honor cultural achievement and are awarded to writers, artists, educators, and to those Frenchmen and foreigners who, living abroad, contribute to the intellectual, scientific, or artistic expansion of French culture.

THEATRE ON THE U.I. CAMFUS With a few exceptions, in years past, we were a bit reluctant to urge theatre trips to this campus because, notwithstanding the artistic interest of the productions, the physical facilities were not always good. Now, the superb new Krannert Center has changed all that: the Antigone cast declared that in their scores of theatres they had never encountered as impressive and useful facilities as those of the Krannert.

The University Theatre's 1969-70 season has included already Brecht's Galileo , and will include: Oliver , the musical by Lionel Bart (Dec. II-IJ4.) ; Moliere's The Misanthrope (March 14.-8, 1970); Shakespeare's Othello (Apr. 15-19); Anouilh' s Thieves' Carnival (May 6-10). The Studio at the Center (productions by students in theatre) will present Ionesco's Exit the King on Dec. I4.-6. For information and tickets, please write the Krannert Center, Urbana 61801, not this Newsletter. Opus Blue is Pink was a production in Nov. by the Claude Kipnis Mime Theatre at the Krannert. Mr. Kipnis and his wife Dinah, who did the sets and costumes, are French-Israeli artists. Mr. Kipnis' teacher was Marcel Marceau. The professional, brilliant Kipnis Company, which resides on this campus and includes Rita Nachtmann, the daughter of our colleague Prof . F. W. Nachtmann, is another attraction which has been bringing to Urbana visitors from often distant points.

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS We have just received 2 offprints of articles by our colleague, Prof. Charles A. Knudson: "La Brogne," published in Melanges off erts a Rita Lejeune, vol. II (1969) and "Le theme de la princesse sarrasine dans La Prise d' Orange published in Romance

Philology , May 1969. ARTICULATION REPORT [The following statement was prepared by Prof. Emile Talbot.] The French sectional meetings of the Foreign Language Articulation Conference sought to give high school teachers the opportunity to voice their opinions on teacher training generally, and on the U.I.'s program in particular. The morning session, chaired by Mr. Paul Griffith, discussed teacher training at the undergraduate level. Profs. Stanley L. Shinall and F. W. Nachtmann spoke briefly about the program at the U.I. The afternoon session, chaired by Prof. Nachtmann, discussed the Master of Arts in Teaching program in French. Prof. Frederic M. Jenkins and Prof. Shinall explained the program to participants. The high school teachers had a number of suggestions to make. Beyond strengthening linguistic and literary training, they suggested a more comprehensive methodology course and more stress on testing procedures and lab operations. In addition, some felt that a longer practice experience was necessary. A number of participants expressed the wish to see the U.I. offer extension courses in French on the graduate -5- level either in other cities, or at the Urbana campus in the evening or on Saturdays,, The department thanks those who participated and will consider the suggestions made as it seeks to improve its teacher training program.

CHICAGO-URBANA COMMUNICATIONS Recently Profs. Stanley E. Gray, Bruce H. Mainous, Gabriel Savignon, and Stanley L. Shinall of the Urbana campus Dept. of French visited the U.I. Chicago Circle for con- ferring with colleagues on topics of mutual concern and interest. Items discussed there included the hoped-for establishment of the M.A. degree program at the Circle, the Illinois-Iowa Junior Year Abroad, and the undergraduate majors. The visitors report that the visit was a cordial and fruitful one.

IFLTA MEETING Profs. Bruce H. Mainous, P. W. Nachtmann, and Stanley L. Shinall attended the Illi- nois Foreign Language Teachers Association meeting in Chicago on Nov. 7. Among the graduate students, Sharon Drazner attended. Some stimulating discussions have given impetus to innovation in our Teacher Training Program of which more will be said at a later date.

EXTENSIONS OF THE ARTIST A major exhibition by modern and contemporary artists from the world-famous collection of Lydia and Harry Winston (Mrs. Barnett Malbin) contained original graphics by many modern and contemporary French artists. It included approximately 130 prints, 35 portfolios of prints, 25 single illustrations, and 15 illustrated books, 100 posters and 150 personal greeting cards from artists--all documenting extensions of the painter and sculptor as printmaker, illustrator, graphic designers, and communicator,, By the time this item reachers you the exhibit will be gone, but other exhibitions may be known in advance by writing the Krannert Art Museum, U.I., Champaign 61820. The Museum hours are Monday-Saturday 9:00-5:00, Sunday 2:00-5:00, also Thursday evenings on March 19 and 26, April 2, 9, and 16 from 7:00-10:00. LE CENACLE The Nov. 18 meeting of Le Cenacle at Prof. Y. Velan^s house dealt with "Chanson et Litterature. " Graduate students, guests, and staff attend the Cenacle meetings.

FRENCH LUNCHEONS The French luncheons have moved to the Illini Tower Cafeteria, Thursdays from ll:i(.5- 1:00. French-speaking guests are welcome.

LECTURE RESCHEDULED Prof. Barbara Bowen's talk for the French Journal Club, "A New Look at the French 16th Century" was rescheduled for Dec. 8 at 8:00 p.m. in the Law Bldg. Auditorium.

GERMANIC NOTES -- by Roy Allen

IN MEM0RIAM PROF. FRANCIS J. NOCK The German Dept. bereaves the recent los3 of Prof. Francis J. Nock, loved by all as a friend and highly esteemed as a teacher and a scholar. Prof. Nock passed away on Monday, Nov. 3, 1969. Prof. Nock was educated at Haverford College. He obtained the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from New York Univ. His doctoral thesis dealt with a Middle High German MS. of the ParzivSl by Wolfram von Eschenbach. He taught at New York Univ., the Univ. of Wise, and at the Rice Institute. For several years he was head of the German Dept. at the Univ. of Wichita, Kan. He came to the U.I. in 19U8, where he taught until his death. His administrative ability was always recognized and utilized in many ways. From 19U8-52 he served as the director of German 101-102. He was appointed to various departmental, college, and university committees and occasionally served as Acting Chairman of the German Dept. For some time he was also Ex- ecutive Secretary of the department. Of courses on the advanced level, to mention a few, ne taught a 300-level course in phonetics, 2 [|.00-level courses in Middle High German, a special course in the structure of the German language for new teaching assistants (designed and introduced by Prof. Nock in 1966) and a special topic course on his favorite 19th-century writer, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (taught in the ]

-6- summer of 1967 and announced again for this semester). Prof. Nock authored a number of German-language textbooks, including, for example, An Introduction to Scientific German (1937), Expository German (1951)> German Science Reader (1961). Prof. Nock's doctoral dissertation was published as No. 22 of the Ottendorfer Memorial Series in 1935« One of the most important of the many articles he published was the product of a broad study of the relationship of the M-group of Parzival MSS: Die M-Gruppen der Par z ival- Hands c'nr if ten (PBB, 1968, 11;5-173)» Prof. Nock published numerous reviews and also translated a number of works of German literature into English, including

E. T. A. Hoffmann's Kater Murr , Schnitzler's Literatur , and Sternheim' s Nebbich . Prof. Nock is survived by his wife, Marcia. A memorial service for Prof. Nock was held in the Union on Sunday, Nov. 9, 1969. FRANCIS NOCK MEMORIAL FUND A loan fund to assist graduate students in the German Dept. is being established by the department in memory of Prof. Francis J. Nock. The money being collected for the fund will eventually be turned over to the Univ. Foundation. The fund will be known in the department as the Francis Nock Memorial Fund,

FRUCHTBRINGENDE GESELLSCHAFT On Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the General Lounge of the Union Prof. James Marchand presented a talk on "Parzival' s Guilt: The First Visit to the Grail Castle."

GERMAN GROUP MEETING OF THE FLA CONFERENCE [The following report was prepared by Assistant Prof. U. Henry Gerlach. This report is offered in the hope and with the suggestion that the readers will act on those recommendations made at the conference and summarized here which fall into their particular shperes of influence. The morning session on Friday, Nov. 7, chaired by Prof Richard Figge, was devoted to a general discussion of articulation problems faced by the high school graduate who enters the U I. It was pointed out that many high school counselors are not aware that students can complete their LAS College graduation requirement in foreign languages while still in the high school For this reason we quote here from the "University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Undergraduate Study 1969/1970" (U.I. Bul- letin, vol. LXVI, no. 109, May 2, 1969, p. 68): "Students entering the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences with q. units in 1 foreign language have satisfied the language requirement for graduation from most curricula in that college, and they need not take the placement test unless they plan to do advanced work in the same language they previously studied." Until this semester it was an LAS policy not to give credit for language courses taken as a result of "back-placing." Now the student can get full credit for each language course taken at the university even if the placement test score indicates he should start all over from the 1st semester,, The observation was made that in high schools with a limited language program schedules should be worked out such that there is continuity of learning into the senior year, thus avoiding the problem of a large time gap between the most recent language class and college entrance. Several teachers felt this to be a problem that could be solved only by the counselors who advise students on desirable schedules. It was suggested that for this and other reasons counselors be invited to future language articulation conferences. The fact that students exposed to different methods and texts in their high school German classes find a uniform and perhaps unfamiliar approach at the university led to a discussion of how these students can best be prepared. The solution to this problem is contained in adoption ,of the Guidelines for J£ Levels of Competence in German issued this fall by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction,

State of 111. This pamphlet sets forth clear goals to be achieved by stressing all 1| communication skills from the start of Instruction. (If you have not received this publication, ask your school administrator for a copy or write to Springfield.) The teachers using the old ALM materials, entirely devoid of grammar presentation, were shown the new edition which has systematic "generalisations" (a euphemism for grammar). The move toward a balance between the i| skills evident in this particular text is clearly indicative of the present trend, which should reduce the articulation problems significantly. No longer will we find students good in 1 aspect of language but sadly deficient in another, because of the teaching approach* -7-

The afternoon session was devoted to teacher education, with special emphasis on pre-service training. A panel consisting of Mr. Richard White (Rich Central High School, Olympia Fields) as moderator, Mrs. Marion Schultz (Maine Township High School South, Park Ridge), and Mrs. Marcia Bernhard (Champaign Central High School) opened the meeting. Following their presentation, there was a group discussion. Some of the many worthwhile points raised are summarized below. A period of observation with partial involvement should be the student teacher's 1st activity in the school where he is to practice teach. This should take place at the beginning of the year before the students have become accustomed to the classroom routines of the experienced cooperating teacher. This would serve to rid the student teacher of the idea that classes generally have the discipline and mental set toward study which he finds when he takes over somewhere in the middle of the term. For this reason the U.I. highly recommends the course Educational Practice 2£0 (School & Community Experience) to all teacher trainees. In German this course is "pushed" with the result that this fall 8 out of 9 students in German 281, the department's methods course taken just before practice teaching, had availed themselves

of the opportunity to observe in the school where they were scheduled to teach later c Such observation period is invaluable to the teacher trainee before he begins student teaching, but similar observation opportunities should be made available much earlier. Interested freshmen and sophomores need such a chance; they could then better decide whether a teaching career could elicit their total committment. Also, professional education courses would then not simply be requirements to fulfill but meaningful steps leading to one's goal. Prior to such observation the student should be taught how to observe, e.g to watch for specifics of presentational method, classroom management, etc. Often student teachers do not know quite what to expect of high school classes Here, too, observation could help. Generally speaking, the language classes in the high school are just that--and not a forum where fine points of literature should be discussed. Another problem of pre-assessment arises for the foreign-born teachers. Something best described as a "cultural gap" may exist unless they work on this aspect of their preparation for teaching in an American school. In this connection it was suggested that courses in cultural history be expanded to provide future teachers with a better background in both the aesthetic and the ethnic culture of the German language area. Several teachers reported that teacher trainees working under their supervision were unable to write a usable classroom test. This comment was brought to the attention of the professor who teaches the departmental methods course. As a result, more time will be spent on testing and grading. For next term, Rebecca M. Valette's Mod - ern Language Testing: A Handbook (Harcourt, Brace & World) was added as a required text, so that after initial exposure to it the future teacher will always have it handy as a reference text. Teachers now in the high schools felt that In the training of teaching majors the acquisition of everyday language should receive equal emphasis with the language of literature. It was suggested that co&'perating teachers communicate their comments on insuf- ficient preparation of student teachers to appropriate university personnel. Obser- vations about a particular student in German can be sent to the Dept. of Germanic Languages & Literatures, Attn. Teacher Training Advisor, 371 Lincoln Hall, U.I., Ur- bana, 111. 61801. Comments about the general program of teacher training should be addressed to the Coordinator, Urbana Council on Teacher Education, 120 Education Building, U.I., Urbana, 111. 61801. Where the student is poorly prepared because of the quality of his own work, individual help may be given. When a course or program is felt wanting, it will be re-appraised.

SLAVIC MOTES -- by Prof. Michael Curran

SLAVIC CULTURAL EVENTS The Depot Theatre recently presented 2 short plays by the well-known Polish writer,

Slawomir Mrozek. The plays were Enchanted Night and The Martyrdom of Peter Ohey . They were both directed by William McCombe, a graduate student in the Slavic Dept. The casts of both plays also included many members of the Slavic Dept. Douglas Clay-

ton played one of the leads in Enchanted Night , and Elliot Cohen, Gary Davis, Mike „

Tudor, and Rich Weathers appeared in The Martyrdom of Peter Ohey .

On Sunday, Dec. 7, there was a showing of the Czech film, Loves of a Blonde , in the Auditorium at 8:00 p.m. On Thursday, Dec. 11, the controversial Russian film, banned for 2 years by

Khrushchev, I am Twenty , was shown by the Russian Club at 8:00 p.m., Auditorium.

PUBLI CATI ONS

The publication of Zinaida Hippius' religious diary byvshem , supplied with annotations and an introduction by Miss Temira Pachmuss, is scheduled to appear in 3 separate installments in the forthcoming issues of La Renaissance in Paris, GRADUATE STUDENTS NOTES Mr. Alex Vorobiov passed his preliminary examinations leading to the Ph.D. degree this past month.

NEW COURSES As an alternative to the audio-lingual approach now used in Russian IOI-IOI4., the Slavic Dept. will introduce 3 new courses to satisfy the LAS language requirement: Russian 121, 122, 123. The sequence emphasizes basic Russian grammar and vocabulary for recognition purposes and prepares the student to read Russian and translate into English. Two sections of Russian 199, an undergraduate open seminar, are also being instituted,, Section A will deal with Russian literature, and Section B with Russian language and culture. The latter will use films to be shown and discussed in class. Another new course, related to our department, will be Library Science i|33-K dealing with Slavic Bibliography.

RUSSIAN SUMMER ABROAD PROGRAM Seventeen U.I. students (Susan Atkin, Suzanne Best, Tom Colberg, Barbara Fell, Galen Foat, April Fritsch, Sherry Gehrke, Sona Janjigian, Maya Karanusic, Ken Olson, Tom Parcheta, Joanne Reilly, Ludmillia Revenko, Dan Stein, Anna Tokarchuk, Susan Trebbe, and Richard Trojanowski) and 7 other students from Hawaii, Stanford, Chicago, Michi- gan, Yale, Davidson, and Toronto took part in the program. They spent 5 weeks in Zagreb, Jugoslavia, studying Russian at the Center for Foreign Languages. A staff of ij. taught grammar, conversation, and literature courses on 3rd and 1+th year level,,

Classes were held 1± days a week so that the students could have ample time to travel in Jugoslavia and to the neighboring countries. The final 3 weeks were spent in Warsaw, Leningrad, Moscow, the Crimea, Kiev, Vienna, and Paris While the students enjoyed their stay in Jugoslavia, the majority felt that a stay of similar duration in the Soviet Union would have been far more beneficial in improving their fluency of Russian. Our next Russian Abroad Program will therefore take students directly to the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, we will not be able to arrange a program for 1970. Anyone interested in a program for 1970 can get information from the latest AATSEEL Newsletter or by writing to the Council on Internation- al Educational Exchange, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, N. Y„ 10017. ARTICULATION CONFERENCE Twenty high school teachers of Russian attended the 1969 Articulation Conference, In the morning session Prof. Kurt Klein talked about the preparation of Russian teachers at the U.I. Since 1959, when the program was started, a total of I4.I teachers have been prepared. Although there are 65 high schools where Russian is offered, it is now difficult to find jobs for graduates in the Russian Teacher Training Curriculum, In order to introduce more Russian programs into high schools several steps have been taken by the Committee on the Promotion of Russian in Illinois; a letter has been sent to Ray Page, Superintendent of Public Instruction, about the present status of

Russian in 111. ; another letter urging the introduction of Russian will be sent by the Committee through the State Office of Education to all principals of high schools in the state; finally, a television program on the teaching of Russian has been taped and is available to all interested at no charge. For further information about this film, please write to Dr. Robert Schultz, Director of Instructional Television, Hern- den Building, South 5th St., Springfield, 111, 62701, Mrs. Maria Zalucky spoke on the course in Russian culture which she and her husband taught at the EPDA Russian Teachers' Institute at the U.I. last summer. :

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In the afternoon session a panel of high school teachers, consisting of Mr Frank Petronaitis (Lyons Township High School, La Grange), Miss Alice Glowacki (Hins- dale High School), and Mr. Stanley Moore (Rich Township High School, Park Forest), discussed their work as cooperating teachers. They pointed out that our students aie generally well-prepared, that practice teaching is a full-time job, and that the practice teachers should therefore be given fewer assignments in their university courses. Other topics discussed were: closer cooperation and possible short-time exchange of high school and university teachers of beginning language courses; the number of credit hours for students with high school Russian; and independent study of Russian in high schools. After the panel discussion, Mrs. Marta Brovina, an exchange teacher from the So- viet Union, talked about the teaching of foreign languages in Soviet high schools. Mrs. Brovina teaches English and is head of the foreign language department at Mos- cow High School No. 123. This is a special high school where several subjects are taught in the foreign language. There are more than 10 such high schools in Moscow, and several in Leningrad, Kiev, and other large cities.

SPANISH, ITALIAN, ft PORTUGUESE NOTES -- by Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr.

AUGUSTANA SUMMER SCHOOL IN SPAIN Augustana College will sponsor its 6th Summer School Program in Spain from July 6- Aug. IJ4., 1970, in Madrid. The program is open to students with 2 years of college Spanish or equivalent, and the cost is approximately $790 (including air transportation from New York). Further information may be obtained from Dr. A. Arjibay Dor- este, Director, Summer School in Spain, Augustana College, Rock Island, 111. 61201.

AATSP; MORE MEMBERS MEAN BETTER PROGRAMS The Downstate Illinois Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese invites all interested parties to join the organization. If you are a teacher; You will be kept informed on all meetings; you will receive Spanish Contest information and can enter your students; your students will receive awards for winning performances; a worthwhile meeting is planned for you in April which will be of particular value if you cannot attend the Dec. 28-30 meeting at the Hotel LaSalle in Chicago; you will have an opportunity to participate in an exchange of ideas among other area teachers. If you are a student You receive all the advantages of membership at a reduced fee ; you become acquainted early in your career with teachers in your field at all levels; you have an early affiliation with a professional organization. If you are a college or university professor: Your interest and participation are invaluable to elementary, junior, and high school teachers who look to you for the culmination of the teaching programs in which they participate. National AATSP dues are $8.00, the student rate is li^.OO, and both include a year's subscription to Hispania. Downstate Illinois Chapter dues are $1»00. Send all dues to Mrs. Gladys Leal, Treasurer, Champaign Central High School, 610 W. Uni- versity Ave., Champaign, 111. 61820.

ARTICULATION CONFERENCE The Spanish Committee which represented the department at the FLA Conference held on campus on Nov. 6-7 consisted of 9 members of the department: Prof. Anthony M. Pas- quarlello (head of the department), Profs. Joseph S. Flores and Angelina R. Pietran- geli, Associate Prof. W. Curtis Blaylock, Assistant Profs. David R. -iershberg, IsaJas Lerner, and Thomas C. Meehan, Instructor Maria Elena Bravo de Maharg, and Newsletter Editor Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr. In addition, Mr. Thomas Washington, Jr., Centennial High School, Champaign, was invited to sit on the Spanish Committee. At the morning session cf the Spanish section meeting on Friday, Nov. 7, chaired by Prof. Hershberg, the teachers discussed points raised in Mr. Paquette's speech the night before and also the LAS entrance requirements in foreign languages. During the afternoon session, chaired by Prof. Blaylock, suggestions for changes in the teacher training curriculum were discussed. Prof. Pasquariello was the host at a small reception for the Spanish high school teachers on Thursday, Nov. 6, prior to the FLA Conference dinner, in the Illini Union. -10-

NEW TEACHING ASSISTANTS The department welcomes 13 new graduate teaching assistants this year. New assistants in Spanish are: Mr. Donald Max Brayton (B.A. State Univ. of Iowa, M.A. U.I.), Miss Maria Luisa Freyre (Profesorado degree, Instituto Nacional Superior del Profes- orado, Buenos Aires), Mrs. Teresa Guerra de Gloss (Lie. degree, Univ. of Madrid), Miss Susan Kingston (B.A. Vassar College, M.A. Middlebury College), Mrs. Shirley Taylor Mason (B.A. Morgan State College, Baltimore), Miss Candace Jean Mott (B.A. U.Io), Miss Denise Margaret Nuccio (B.A. U.I. Chicago Circle), Mrs. Kay Parnell Stoneking (B.A. David Lipscomb College, Nashville, M.A. U.I.), and Mr. Earl G Thompson, Jr. (B.A. Iowa State Univ., M.A. Univ. of Mo.) New assistants in Italian are Mr. Fiore Tony Matteis (B.A. Univ. of Windsor, Onto, M.A. Middlebury College) and Miss Raffaela Yvonne Nanetti (B.A. Catholic Univ., Milan, M.A. J. Hopkins, Bologna). New assistants in Portuguese are Miss Silvia Eliz- abeth Miranda DeMoraes (Bacharelato degree, Univ. of Ceara, Brazil) and Miss Janet Louise Lyle (B.A. Univ. of Miami, Ohio, M.A. U.I.).

DUTTON LECTURE The department sponsored a lecture by Prof. Brian Dutton of the Univ. of Ga. on the topic "The Semantics of Honor" on Monday, Nov. 21).. Prof. Dutton' s field is medieval Spanish literature.

FACULTY NOTES Prof J. H. D. Allen will represent the department at the winter meeting of the Lin- guistic Society of America in San Francisco, Calif., during Dec. 28-30. Prof. Alberto Porqueras-Mayo, Associate Prof. Spurgeon W. Baldwin, and Instruc- tor Pedro F. Campa represented the department at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association meeting in Atlanta, Ga., during Nov 6-80 Dr. Judith Zelenka Rojas, formerly the head of the department's secretarial staff, is working this year as research assistant to Prof. William H. Shoemaker Graduate Assistants Ronald R. and Rinda S. Young represented the department at the 3rd annual meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in New Orleans, La , on Nov. 28-30. FACULTY PUBLICATIONS Prof. Merlin H. Forster has published an article, "El concepto de la creaci6n poetica en la obra de Carlos Pellicer, " Comunidad , vol. IV (1969), 683-688. Prof. Marcos A. Morinigo served as editor of a new edition of Don Quixote published by the Editorial Universitaria de Buenos Aires. Assistant Prof. Isaias Lerner helped Prof. Morinigo in preparing the text, notes, indices, and preface.

MESA REDONDA The Mesa Redonda meets once a month to discuss literary themes. The group i3 open to departmental faculty and to those graduate students who hold the M.A. degree. The Mesa Redonda Committee for 1969-70 consists of Prof. Luis Leal, Assistant Prof Thomas C. Meehan, and Instructor Martha Paley de Francescato. The Mesa Redonda has sponsored 2 meetings this semester in the Illini Union. On Friday afternoon, Oct. ^1, Mrs. Francescato introduced the topic "El escritor comprometido" for group discussion. On Friday afternoon, Nov. 21, the Ecuatorian writer Alfredo Pareja Diez- Canseco spoke to the group about his writings.

§ § § § § EDITORIAL THANKS The Editor wishes to thank Graduate Assistant Peter E. Sutter of the Dept. of Slavic Languages & Literatures for his help with the Russian captions on the front page.

The University of Illinois Modern Foreign Language Newsletter is published jointly by the modern language departments of the U.I„ under the direction of the Head of the Dept. of Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese. Editorial offices are located in 251 Illini Tower, Champaign, telephone (217) 333-3536. The Newsletter is available without charge to all interested persons in Illinois and other areas. All communications by mail should be addressed to: The Editor, MFL Newsletter, 22[j. Lincoln Hall, Urbana, 111. 61801. 4c5 LlT

THE UNIVERSITY OP ILLINOIS MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSLETTER

January, 1970 Director: Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello

Vol. XXIII, No. ij. Editor: Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr.

THE PSYCH-O-GENERATIVE METHOD Tnree Illinois language teachers are achieving dramatic results with a new method of language instruction. Mr. Henry H. Farker, U.I. instructor of Latin, has 50 students of whom 50$ are making A's, l±0% B's, 10$ C's, with no D' s or failures. Mrs. Karen Stone, Dwight Township High School, has 2 Spanish classes with 85-90% earning grades of C or higher, and 60$ of these are making A's. Mr. Thomas Washington, Jr., Cham- paign Centennial High School, also has 2 Spanish classes with 55$ A's, 20$ B's, and 13$ C's. These 3 teachers are using the Psych-0-Generative Method of language Instruction which tney demonstrated at the U.I. Foreign Language Articulation Conference in Nov. 19o9o This method came about after 7 years of research by Dr. Samuel Nodarse, an assistant professor at the Univ. of Northern Iowa, due to his dissatisfaction with current methods of language instruction. The Fsych-0-Generative method consists of 3 basic parts: 7 basic sentence structures as the starting point; 7 simple processes, which when applied to the 7 basic sentences can form any expression imaginable; and a finite number of areas of expression. The F sych-0~Generative hypothesis is that every person is born with a psychogenerative mechanism which, when it receives a finite number of language symbols, is carable of producing an infinite number of language variations. Also, each person has a psychogenerative learning sequence which, when it coincides with the sequence of the rresentation of material to be learned, produces an optimum of learning and a minimum of nonlearning and confusion. The method's goal is to determine the above sequence. The F sych-0-Generative theory of learning is based on the fact that a human being does not need to be taught all the facts in the field of study; he need only be riven a limited number of selected facts which can be generated by him into a series of infinite knowledge about the material being taught. The system uses the inductive process; material is rresented, not explained. It is rresented without the confusion of variables so that the student can infer the principles that the presented material implies. If material is rresented with different variables at the same time, the other variables will distract the student end he may inductively form tho wrong conclusions. The Fsych-0-Generative method stresses realism. Those words and sentences not used witn great frequency in everyday speech have been eliminated from the lessonso Lie students are given the opportunity to concentrate on true communication; they learn to use the wide spectrum of human emotions (anger, joy, irony, etc.) with the newly-acquired symbols of the foreign language. This cannot be accomplished when the student is concentrating his attention on differentiating verb tenses or trying to remember all the words of a complicated dialogue. At the same time, the student is made to realize that the topics and ideas which he discusses in his native language can be said in the foreign language which he is learning. In order to imprint the target language, the Psych-0-Generative method uses oral, aural, and visual stimuli. The students hear the material pronounced by the teacner, t.nen pronounce it after him while looking at the material projected on a screen by means of transparencies. Workbooks are provided for practice in written work to reinforce the classroom oral work. There are no textbooks. A sample F sych-0-Generative drill, here translated into English, shows how new elements are introduced one at a time to reinforce the material which has gone before. Speaker A--"Who spoke?" Speaker B--"John spoke." A--"When did John speak?* B--"John spoke last night." A--"Where did John speak last night?" B--"John spoke last night in the library." A--"With whom did John speak last night in the library?* B--"John spoke with his friend last night in the library." A- -"What did John speak about with his friend last night in the library?" B— "John spoke about music with his friend last night in the library." The teacher, after presenting this material, does not monopolize the class by being the sole interrogator; he allows the students to ask as well as to answer these drill questions. The advantages of the Psych-0-Generative method are that it applies logically —

-2- and consistently the principles of learning theory derived from studies of language structure and of the learning process. In addition, the students learn grammatical patterns naturally and apply them with competency. The students can learn up to twice as much in a year with this system as with other systems. The students can function at higher levels of achievement and classroom failure is drastically reduced. Finally, the teacher's role is minimized to develop more fully the student's potential to learn. Fsych-O-Generative materials are available for French, German, Japanese, Latin, Morwegian, Russian, Spanish, and other languages. Teachers desiring more information may contact the Psych-O-Generative Center, Box 1U3. Waterloo, Iowa 50706. In addition, Mr. Parker, Mrs. Stone, and Mr. Washington cordially invite all interested persons to contact them personally to arrange visits to their classes to see the Psych-O-Generative method in use. Their addresses are: Mr. Henry H. Farker, Depto of the Classics, 36I Lincoln Hall, U.I., Urbana, 111. 61801$ Mrs. Karen Stone, Dwight Township High School, Dwight, 111. 60I|20; Mr. Thomas Washington, Jr., Cen- tennial High School, 913 Crescent, Champaign, 111. 61820.

EUROPEAN STUDENT TOUR Vita International Association and Mr. Gustav Speder, instructor at Springfield High

School, are offering a 21-day, 8-country tour of Europe from June ll|.-July I4.. The tour price of $695 includes round-trip air transportation from Chicago, all transportation and sightseeing in Europe, hotels, and 2 meals daily. Additional information may be obtained by contacting Mr. Speder at Springfield High School, 101 S. Lewis St., Springfield, 111. 6270[|., or by writing Vita International Association, 1+00 E. Randolph St., Chicago, 111.60601.

PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST The Indiana Language Program has several publications available. Single copies are available free; prices for more than 1 copy are available upon request. The publications are: Translating Foreign Language into Careers (vocational opportunities for language students); Visual Aids Handbook for Foreign Language Teachers (designed to help teachers in the construction of their own visual aids) ; Language Laboratory

Techniques . These publications can be requested from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 62 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10011. The following publications are available from the MLA-ACTFL Materials Center: Vocational Opportunities for FL Students by Gilbert Kettlekamp, U.I. Prof, of Second- ary & Continuing Education ^Language uses in business and industry, government, teaching, and other vocations), no. B31, $.75; Listening Comprehension by Wilga M. Rivers, no. D230, $.25; two ERIC Focus Reports, no. 10-- Summer Foreign Language Camps for School Students by G. K. Haukebo, and no. 12 Songs in the Foreign Language Classroom by Olivia Munoz, $.25 each. These can be ordered by number and title from the Materials Center, MLA-ACTFL, 62 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10011. (The Materials Center charges a $.50 handling free on all orders under $5.) The 1970 catalogues of materials in French, Spanish, German, and Italian are available free from Goldsmith's Music Shop, Inc., I; 01 w » l+2nd St., New York, N.Y. IOO36. The catalogues list records, texts, slides, filmstrips, posters, maps, and paperbacks. Please specify the language when requesting a catalogue.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NOTES -- by Prof. Barbara Smalley PUBLICATIONS Prof. Rocco Montano has recently published an article entitled "From Italian Humanism to Shakespeare: Humanistic Positions," Italian Quarterly XIII:50 (Fall 1969), 3-32. His article entitled "Crocean Influence and Historicism in Italy, " which first appeared in Comparative Literature Studies in 1961|» has been included in the recently published volume, Comparative Literature: Matter and Method , ed. A. Owen Aldridge (Urbana, 1969).

LECTURES Prof. Herbert Knust of the Comparative Literature Program and the Dept. of Germanic delivered a paper at the recent MLA meetings in Denver to the Comparative Literature Group 7 (Franco-German Literary Relations). His subject was "Camus' Le Malentendu " :)

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SUMMER SESSION CURRICULUM

During the 1970 Summer Session Prof. Hans Galinsky, Visiting Professor from the Univa of Mainz, will teach 2 sections of Comparative Literature [|.52 (Seminar in Literary Relations )--one entitled "Problems in Relations: German and American Literatures in the 20th Century" (9:00-10:00 TuWTh), and the other, "The Translator as Literary Artist and Intermediary: 19th and 20th Century American Poetry and its German Ren- derings" (11:00-12:00 TuWTh). Profo Francois Jost, Chairman of the Comparative Literature Program at the U.I., will teach Comparative Literature 1^.62 (Seminar in Literary Themes and Types) "Con- cepts of Thematics with Special Reference to 18th Century Authors (English, French, German)" on Mondays from 4:00-6:00.

FRENCH NOTES --by Prof. Edwin Jahiel FRENCH NEWSPEAK The following item, from a recent magazine, may bring you up to date and help close part of the linguistic generation gap in French: Cet hiver, si votre fils ou votre petit frere utilise un de ces mots dans la conversation, sachez au moins de quoi il s'agit. Voici, glanes dans les lycles parisiens, ces hauts lieux de l'alchimie verbale, la traduction argotique des mote de notre langage courant.

Les soullers : les bulldozers, les bulls, le3 galoches, les peniches (a cause des semelles epaisses revenues a la mode). Avoir une contravention : se faire pa- pillionner (influence de l'actualite litteraire ) . La p i s c 1 ne : la jave (a cause de l'eau de javel). Le mou choir : le tire-moelle (sans commentaire ) . En avoir assez en avoir plein les spartaites (ras le bol est demode ) La tete : la baignoire Telle peut etre vide ou pleine d'eau).

La moto : la meule. Le velo : le Spad (comme 1' avion de 191i+.)« Etre relaxe ; etre cool ["influence du jazz americain). Le lit : la chapelle blanche (re tour au paganisme). Les parents : les Gaulois, les Charlemagne. Une voiture : une caisse, une bolte a misere, un tombeau a roulettes. Une s urbourn; un tam-tam, un agite-grolles (sans doute a cause de 1' agit-prop

De 1' argent : l'oignon, des louis, des eurodollars (on suit l'actualite financiere).

1 L autobus : le tire-fesse (nette democratisation des sports d'hiver). Le metro : le tube (car nos lyceens connaissent Londres aussi bien que Billancourt ) . Le coiffeur : le rase-moumoutte (a cause du postiche de la grande soeur ) . La television : la boJte a mater (derivl de la langue verte ou un mateur est un voyeur) , la soupe (d'ou l, l'expression: "Est-ce que la soupe est bonne ce soir? )

LE CENACLE AND FILMS

The Dec. 1| meeting of Le Cenacle at Prof. Stanley E. Gray's house dealt with the "explication de texte" game, whereby staff and students bring anonymous literary texts to be identified by stylistic characteristics. The film L ' homme au crane rase by the Belgian Andre1 Delvaux was screened by members of the department, along with the Renoir classics, Une partie de campagne and Les Bas-fonds .

FRENCH DEPT. TO OFFER CULTURAL PROGRAMS OVER WILL-FM The Dept. of French at Urbana- Champaign will offer programs in various aspects of French culture and civilization over Radio Station WILL-FM beginning in March 1970 (Thursdays, 7:00-7:l;5 p.m.). Speaking for the Dept.'s Radio Committee (Messrs. DeLey, Griffith, Laprevotte, Ouvrier, Velan), Prof. Robert J. Nelson stresses that the programs are not "language classes," but are aimed at listeners able to follow normal French speech. Programs will concern themselves with as many French-speaking countries and cultures as possible, particularly with those aspects normally not accessible in "course work." The Committee is thus eager to learn from prospective listeners both formats and contents which would be of special interest to them.

Those interested should write to Prof. Nelson, Dept. of French, 2ljij. Lincoln Hall, U.I., Urbana, 111. 61801, well in advance of the 1st program, March 5„ .

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SUMMER STUDIES IN FRENCH AT PAU The Univ. of Mass. is sponsoring French studies at the undergraduate and graduate level in Pau, France, from July 9-Aug. 20. The $700 cost includes round-trip air fare from Boston, tuition, textbooks, room and board in Pau. Further information is available from: French Studies at Pau, Dept. of Romance Languages, Univ. of Mass., Amherst, Mass. 01C02. The application deadline is Feb. 15. TALKS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES Prof. C. A. Knudson spoke on "The Saracen Princess in the Old French Epic" at the Dec. 10 meeting of the U.I. Mediaeval Club. In the past month, Miss Susanna Strick- land and Prof. Edwin Jahiel led film post-mortems after the showings of La Guerre est Flnie and La Strada . Prof. Jahiel also spoke at the Colloquium of Graduate Students in Comparative Literature on Dec. 18 on "Film Criticism and How to Get It." Attending the MLA meeting in Denver were Profs. Bruce Mainous, L. B. Price, Vincent Bowen, and Edwin Jahiel. Prof. Price was the Secretary of the Proust Re- search Association meeting and was elected President for the coming year. Prof. Jahiel was chairman and discussion leader for the seminar on film study in liberal artso

AATF CHICAGO CHAPTER The latest AATF Chicago Chapter Newsletter includes a number of interesting announcements, some of which are mentioned here briefly again. First, M. Digras, Cultural Attache for the Midwest (in Chicago) has a useful collection of records and other realia which are available to teachers, on loan, upon request. Second, M. Digras may also be contacted for membership (15 Francs) in the recently formed "Association

Francaise des Professeurs de frangais, " which membership includes 1| numbers of the magazine "Le Franqais d' au jourd'hui. " Third, the program "French Abroad," organized in Quimper by the Univ. of Rennes and the Council for Study Abroad has been enthusiastically reported on. For information, write Mr. Paul Whiting, Lake Forest High School, Lake Forest, 111. 600[j.5, or Prof. Paul T. Griffith, Dept. of French, 2I4I4. Lincoln Hall, U.I., Urbana, 111. 61801.

FROM LE CANARD EMCHAINE: BECKETT Si l'on n'a pas retrouve tout de suite Beckett disparu, on a pu retrouver aussitot le fil de son oeuvre. grace a ce commentaire sur le nouveau Prix Nobel publie dans Le Monde par Mme Hllene Cixhous. "SI le reel objectif (paysages, objets, personnages) n'est pas absent, II n'est percu que pour etre aussitot confondu avec la parole qui l'interroge, sauf dans le cas des ob jets-symboles, dont l'inventaire est reduit (caillou, fauteuil, perche, chapeau) "Cast en partie a cause de la cloture de l'lcriture sur elle-meme, qui accen- tue le "poids" d'une idllogie du rien ("peser l'absence dans une balance. . .met tre le rien en mots..."), que le succes de Beckett s'est propage lentement a travers le monde. "...On pourrait presque definir cet opera, mis en scene par un sujet qui se pourchssse, comme une seule question qui se demande qui la pose et ou, question con- stituante, a force d'etre repetee, de sa propre reponse, qui, se distant, s'annule, question demiurgique, creatrice d'une 5ntendue verbale qui se pousse de phrase en phrase, etc." Eh bien, maintenant, tout est clair.

GERMANIC NOTES -- by Roy Allen

NEW FACULTY prof. Christine Oertel Sjogren of Oregon State Univ. will be Visiting Prof, of German in the department in the spring term. Prof. SjSgren will conduct a seminar on Stifter.

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS

In the series Texte des spaten Mittelalters und der fruhe n Neuzeit , which is edited by Hugo Moser, Ernst A. Phillippson (Prof. Emeritus, U.I.) and Karl Stackmann, another "American" contribution has recently appeared. The new volume, (Heft 23) -5-

Per Mtinchener Psalter des II4.0 Jahrhunderts , was edited by Prof. Albert L. Lloyd of the Univ. of Penn. , who will prepare 3 more texts for the series as well. FRUCHTBRINGENDE GESELLSCHAFT On Dec. 11 at 7:00 p.m. in the Union Prof. James Marchand was the guest speaker before the "Fruchtbringende Gesellschaf t . " Prof. Marchand's talk was entitled "Parzival's Guilt: The First Visit to the Grail Castle."

NEW MA'S The following students were recipients of the degree of Master of Arts in German in June, 1969: Theodore Etherington, Katherine Hilden, Monika Lentze, and Richard Lipp- man. Students who received the same degree in German in Aug. of that year were: Ruth Field, Rudolf Hofmeister, Hilda Markowski, and David Mikleton.

PHI BETA KAPPA The following German majors at the U.I. have been elected this semester to Phi Beta Kappa honorary society for high scholastic achievement: Leonie Marx and Carol Michalak.

GERMAN CLUB On Nov. 20, 1969, the German Club sponsored an evening of authentic German folk dancing for faculty and students in FAR at 7:30 P»m. The annual Christmas party of the club was held on Dec. 5 at 8:00 p.m. in Latzer Hall (YMCA). On Dec. 16 the German Club presented a showing of the German film Per gute Soldat Schweik at 8:00 p.m. in 100 Gregory Hall.

CONCRETE POETRY PROGRAM The Indiana Univ. Memorial Union Board and the Student Advisory Board of the Dept, of Comparative Literature at Indiana Univ. will sponsor a month-long program in the Union of Indiana Univ. centering around concrete poetry and including a visual exhibition from the collection of Mary Ellen Solt, taped readings and weekly lectures in the fields of concrete poetry, concrete music, and graphic arts. The program will open on Feb. Ij. with a lecture given by Prof. Vagn Steen, currently Visiting Prof, in the German Dept. at the U.I. Other speakers in the following weeks will be Emmet Williams and Yanis Zinakis.

WHAT BOOKS SHOULD BE IN A GERMAN SECTION OF A GOOD LIBRARY? In response to a request from numerous institutions, both high schools and colleges, as to what volumes in the area of German language and literature should be included in a basic collection in their libraries, the American Association of Teachers of German is offering an alphabetical list. This listing is based on the cataloguing of the so-called "Lehrerhandbibliothek" compiled and presented to the National Office of the AATG by the Goethe-Institut. The listing is by author and title and is further subdivided into such categories as reference works, grammars, drama, texts for "Nacherz&hlen" and for "Diktate," collections, readers, and interpretations. The list is available upon request from the National Office. The National Office is also interested in receiving further recommendations from all members concerning additions to such a collection.

"DEUTSCHE BIBLI0THEK" In accordance with a new federal law, the German Federal Government has taken over financial responsibility for the "Deutsche Bibliothek, " a unique library which ac- quires and makes available to the public every book published in Germany. The library, located in a new 12-story building completed just last year in Frankfurt a.M , is the Federal Republic of Germany's successor to the "Deutsche Bucherei" which opened in Leipzig in 1912 as the central "library of record" of the German Reich. The new institution will collect, catalogue, and store all new publications appearing in Germany and will regularly issue indices or bibliographies of all new publications. The library does not lend out its volumes, but makes them available at its main office in Frankfurt.

A FOREIGN LANGUAGE FOR ALL CHILDREN A recent decision taken by the ministers of education at a conference in Bonn makes .

-6- it mandatory for all children In the Federal Republic of Germany to begin learning at least 1 foreign language upon reaching the age of 10. Most school districts up to this time had made the teaching of foreign languages compulsory only in the rre- university schools known as "Gymnasium" and "Realschule. " The decision by the Bona government follows a recommendation of a conference of European ministers of educa tion.

KAFKA EXHIBITION A comprehensive exhibition of letters and first editions of books by Franz Kafka is currently being shown by the Leo Baeck Institute of New York. The exhibition, which also includes photographs of the Prague author, was put together by the Goethe-Insti- tut of Munich and the Berlin Art Academy. Letters from Kafka to Martin Buber are on loan from Jerusalem and Kafka memorabilia are provided by Schocken Books, Inc., New Yorko

SLAVIC MOTES -- by Prof. Michael Curran

FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA Prof. Frank Gladney, who is spending his sabbatical in Prague, writes: "On Thanks- giving I spoke to the Russian & Ukrainian Dept. at Charles Univ. on '0 novom genera- tivnom podxode k probleme padezhnyx otnoshenij' —my attempt to explain Charles Fill- more's ' The Case for Case' and to suggest how it would apply to Russian. The discussion was rather spirited. I encountered a good deal of intelligent scepticism on the question of how specific problems would be handled. A coworker of Petr Spall's approached me and said he would enjoy talking to me since his group is currently working on Fillmore's ideas."

AATSEEL At the New Orleans meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic & East European Languages this past Nov. Prof. Clayton Dawson was reelected President

MLA Among the speakers at this year's meeting of the Modern Language Association were Horace Lunt, Tadeusz Gasinski, Zbignlew Folejewski, Simon Karlinsky, Jan Kott, Jerzy Krzyzanowski, Richard Schechner, Adam Tarn, and Andrzej Wirth.

FULBRIGHT-HAYS AWARDS In early Dec. Prof. Dawson was Invited to Washington, D. C, to serve as reader and consultant on a Fulbright-Hays panel. Applicants were both pre- and post-doctoral and were hoping to spend between 6 and 12 months in the Soviet Union or Eastern

Europe. Approximately 100 were reviewed for only l|lj. awards

SPANISH, ITALIAN, & PORTUGUESE NOTES -- by Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr.

PROF. LERNER COSDITS DON QUIXOTE The Editorial Universitaria de Buenos Aires recently published a new edition of Don

Quixote . The prologue was written by Prof. Marcos A. Morfnigo. The edition, text, notes, and indices were prepared by Sra. Celina S. de Cortazar of the Univ. of Buenos Aires and Assistant Prof. Isalas Lerner of this department.

AATSP NATIONAL EXAM Members of the Downstate Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanisn & Portuguese should order text materials for the AATSP National Exam by Feb. 1 from Dr. James E. McKinney, Contest Chairman, Dept. of Foreign Languages, Western 111. Univ., Macomb, 111. 6l[|.5$. Please remember that only current members of both the National AATSP and the Downstate Chapter are eligible to participate in this contest. Dues ($8 regular, $l± student, plus $1 Downstate Chapter dues) can be sent to Mrs. Gladys Leal, Champaign Central High School, 610 W. University, Champaign, 111. 61820.

PUBLICATION OF INTEREST A pamphlet, "Why Elect Spanish," by Randall Sipes, has been issued by the Western " s

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Illo Univ. Bulletin aa Vol. XLVII, no. 1, and is available by writing the Division of Public Services, Western 111. Univ., 900 W. Adams St., Macomb, 111. 6II4.55. The 1st copy ia free; additional copies are $.10 each.

SCHOLARSHIPS IN ITALIAN The Columbia Association grants scholarships not only to college students who plan to become teachers of Italian but also to high school students who study Italian, Further information is available from the Columbia Association, IOI4.7 78th St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11228.

SUMMER SESSIONS IN PORTUGAL Two Portuguese institutions, the Univ. of Lisbon and the Univ. of Coimbra, will offer summer sessions in July-Aug. for foreign students of the Portuguese language, history, and literature. Further Information may be obtained from the Secretario do Curso de Ferias, Faculdade de Letras, of the respective universities.

SIPGSA The Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese Graduate Students Association was organized last spring semester to foster greater liason not only between the graduate students and the faculty of this department but also between this group and similar graduate groups in other departments. The group is governed by a committee comprised of 1 representative from each discipline in the department. The committee for 1969-70 consists of Mr. Gerald Dreller (Portuguese), Mr. Onorantino Marrocco (Italian), Mr. Stephen J. Summerhill (Hispanic literature), and Mr. Ronald R. Young (Spanish linguistics). Miss Felicia G. Sworsky was appointed SIPGSA Secretary by the committee With the cooperation of the faculty members involved, SIPGSA has appointed graduate students to serve on various departmental committees. SIPGSA sponsored a departmental Hallowe'en party on Friday, Oct. 31, In the University Club under the organization of Graduate Assistants Carolyn J. Balkema and Reynardo L. JimSnez- Sanchez Future SIPGSA plans include a graduate meeting at the beginning of the spring semester, as well as a picnic later in the spring,,

MLA CONVENTION The Modern Language Association Convention, held in Denver, Colo., on Dec. 26-30, saw participation by various members of the department. Prof. Anthony M. Fasquar- iello, head of the department, served as the Chairman of Spanish $ (Modern Feninsular

Literature) and as the Chairman of the Spanish 5> Advisory % Nominating Committee.

Prof. V'illiam H. Shoemaker was the Chairman of Spanish I4. (18th & 19th Century Penin- sular Literature). Prof. Merlin H. Forster was the Secretary of Spanish 7 (Modern Spanish-American Literature) and served on the Bibliography Committee for Spanish 6-7. Profo Luis Leal was the Secretary of Spanish 6 (Early Spanish-American Litera- ture), and participated in a seminar on Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Colombian novelist. Prof. Robert E. Lott served on the Spanish 5 Advisory & Nominating Committee. Assistant Prof. Thomas C. Meehan took part in a colloquium whose topic was "Aliena- tion in Ernesto Sabato's Sobre heroes v_ tunbas . " Instructor Martha Paley de Frances- cato read a paper, "Las figuras del calidoscopio de Julio Cortazar." Various departmental doctoral alumni also participated. Dr. Evelyn Uhrhan Ir- ving attended in her capacities as President of the National Association of Language

Laboratory Directors. Dr. Daniel R, Re«dy (Univ. of Ky. ) was nominated as 1970 Secretary of Spanish 6. Dr. John W. Kronik, formerly of this department and now at Cornell Univ., read a paper at the Spanish \\ meeting on "Clarln and Gald6s: A Literary Relationship in Review.

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS Assistant Prof. Thomas C. Meehan has published an article "El desdoblamiento interior en Dona Ines de Azorin, " Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos , vol. LXXIX, no. 237 (septiembre 1969T7"6mjT6~68. Instructor Martha Paley de Francescato recently published "Teoria y realizacicn del esperpento en Martes de Carnaval , " Cuadernos Hi sp ano amer i c ano , vol. LXXIX, no. 236 (agosto 1969), UH3-J+95T ; ;

FACULTY NOTES Prof. Robert E. Lott will be on leave Feb. 1-Sept. 1, 1970, and will be working on a book about Juan Valera, the Spanish novelist,, Prof. Lott's research will take him and Mrs. Lott to Spain for the summer months. Associate Prof. Hugo W. Cowes has been promoted to Full Standing in the Graduate College and is now eligible to direct doctoral dissertations.

SPANISH CLUB The Clrculo Literario Espanol organized a group of carolers who visited the homes of various departmental faculty members on Monday evening, Dec. 15, to serenade with carols in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Catalan. In addition, the Circulo sponsored its annual Christmas party on Tuesday, Dec. 16, in the Illini Union. MESA REDONDA The Mesa Redonda met on Friday, Dec 19, in the home of Prof. William H. Shoemaker,, The topic of discussion, "Psicologia y literatura, " was introduced by Graduate Assistant James Mahargo §§§§§§§§ 20 YEARS AGO IN THE NEWSLETTER From the Newsletter, Jan. 1950: "The Superintendent of Peoria Public Schools recently admitted his desire to begin a program of foreign languages at the elementary level. His contention is that there would be greater social experiences and an increase in cultural background for young people possessed of such proficiencies. "The State Organization of High School Spanish Clubs will hold its 1st meeting March 1| at the U.I... Write to Miss Dorothy Dodd of Quincy or Mrs. Margaret Imig of Bloomington. It will be an all-day meeting from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m."

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The University of Illinois Modern Foreign Language Newsletter is published jointly by the modern language departments of the U.I. under the direction of the Head of the Dept. of Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese. Editorial offices are located in 251 Illini Tower, Champaign, telephone (217) 333-353°. The Newsletter is available without charge to all interested persons in Illinois and other areas. All communications by mail should be addressed to: The Editor, MFL Newsletter, 22\\ Lincoln Hall, Urbana, 111. 61801. THE UNIVERSITY OP ILLINOIS MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSLETTER

February, 1970 Director: Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello Vol. XXIII, No. 5 Editor: Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr.

PEN PALS; MAIL CALL FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING Teachers have long realized the value of pen pals in foreign countries for their students as a supplementary teaching tool for languages, history, geography, current affairs, and other related fields. In recent years, foreign language teachers have come to use pen pals as an effective means for their students to put into actual practice the language skills which they Learn in their classrooms. As a service to those teachers who are either interested in forming pen pal relationships as a class project or who have individual students who have expressed an interest in obtaining foreign language pen pals, the Newsletter is publishing an up-to-date list of various U.S. pen pal organizations and the services which they are prepared to provide. Some groups handle specific languages and areas, while others provide world-wide service. The organizations listed are equipped to handle both individual and group matchings, except where otherwise noted. The costs vary from gratis to $1 per name requested. A self -addressed, stamped envelope should accompany each order. An applicant for a pen pal should list his name, address, age, sex, hobbies or interests, sex of pen pal desired, and the foreign language in which he is prepared to write. Some students are ready and able to write a simple letter in the foreign language after the first year of high school instruction; others might want to wait until after the second year before trying to maintain a correspondence in the foreign language. The individual teacher is in the best position to determine when his students are ready for foreign language pen pals. Many of the groups listed below do not make pairings in non-English-speaking countries for applicants under 13 years of age, since many foreign students and most Amer- ican students do not begin studying a second language until after this age. After receiving the name of a pen pal, the student should send a letter describ- ing himself, his family, his interests, his area of the U.S., and other items of general interest to his correspondent. Air mail should be used in all cases, since surface mail out of the country tends to be slow. A surface mail letter may take from 3 weeks (to England) to 3 months (to Asia). An air mail letter will reach any part of the world in 10 days or less. The current air mail postage rates are: Canada & Mexico $.10 per ounce (same as in U.S.); the CarPibean, Central & South America $.15 per half-ounce; Europe & North Africa $.20 per half -ounce; rest of Africa, Asia, Australia & New Zealand $.25 per half-ounce. Air letters costing $.13 each are available at the post office, and they come highly recommended. An air letter sheet folds into its own envelope after the message is written inside, and can be mailed anywhere in the world by air mail for just $.13. No enclosures are permitted. Ten pen-pal organizations are listed below. Each organization provided the information as listed by completing a questionnaire which had been submitted by the Newsletter. Please do not forget to enclose your self -addressed, stamped envelope when contacting one of these organizations. FRENCH (FRANCE) BUREAU DE CORRESPONDENCE SCOLAIRE, American Association of Teachers of French (Prof. F. W. Nachtmann, National Executive Secretary), 59 E. Armory Ave., Champaign, 111. 61320; ages 10 and above; $.25 per student. The Bureau does not handle individual matchings; all requests must be submitted by the teacher. The Bureau will also try to match U.S. French teachers with a counterpart in France, upon request. PORTUGUESE (BRAZIL) LUS0- BRAZILIAN CLUB (Mr. Jos5 Ricardo, Advisor), 116 Derby Hall, Ohio State Univ., 151| N. Oval Dr., Columbus, Ohio I4.321O; no charge. SPANISH (SPANISH AMERICA) 0FICINA NACI0NAL DE C0RRESP0NDENCIA ESC0LAR (Dr. Carey S. Crantford, Director), American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese, Furman Univ., Greenville, S.C. 29613; ages 12-21|; $.25 per name. WORLD-WIDE AMBASSADORS OF FRIENDSHIP (Col. Frank Dunbaugh, President), I4.3OO Lennox Dr., Miami, Fla. 33133; ages 13-18; no charge. This organization does not handle individual pairings; all requests must be submitted by a secondary school teacher. -2-

THE LEAGUE OP FRIENDSHIP (Mrs. Dorothea Snack, Executive Secretary), P.O. Box 509, Mount Vernon, Ohio IjJOfJO; ages 12-25; $.35 per name. LETTERS ABROAD, 209 E. 56th St., New York, N.Y. 10022; ages 15 to over 50; $1 for those 18 and older, $.50 for those under 18. PEOPLE TO PEOPLE INTERNATIONAL, P.O. Box 1201, Kansas City, Mo. 61|llj.l, does not handle individual matchings. Instead, it offers a school-and-classroom service in which an American class is paired with a similar class in a foreign country. The service charge is $.25 per student or $5 per class, whichever is less. Interested teachers should request a "Classroom Partner" registration form from this group. PEN PALS PROJECT OP THE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP LEAGUE (Miss Edna MacDonough, Executive Director), I4.O Mount Vernon St., Boston, Mass. 02108; ages 8 through adult- hood; $1 for the 1st pen-pal, and $1 for each additional for those 19 and older, $.5) for each additional for those under 19. STUDENT LETTER EXCHANGE (Mr. R. C. Mishek, General Manager), R.F.D. 1|, Waseca, Minn. 56093; ages 10-19; $.1;0 per name, or $.35 apiece on orders of 10 names or more. WORLD PEN PALS, Univ. of Minn., 2001 Riverside Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. 5Sk°k; ages 12-20; $.35 per name. (For group or class orders, the individual names and addresses of the students need not be sent; the teacher should merely send the number of boys and their ages, the number of girls and their ages, plus $.35 per name.) This group also has a teacher-to-teacher program for American teachers wishing to correspond with their foreign equivalents. An American teacher should send his name, address, approximate age, subjects and grade levels taught, plus $.35; please allow 2-3 months for a proper matching of a foreign teacher.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE ARTICULATION CONFERENCE The next School-University Foreign Language Articulation Conference will be held on the U.I. Urbana campus on Oct. 28-29, 1971* The representatives of the U.I. foreign language departments have decided not to schedule a conference for the fall of 1970*

CENTRAL STATES CONFERENCE ON THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES The 2nd annual meeting of the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages will be held April 2-1; at Stouffer's Riverfront Inn, St. Louis, Mo. The theme will be "The 70's: Focus for Change." Further information can be obtained by contacting Mr. Anthony Gradisnik, Secretary-Treasurer, P.O. Drawer 10K, Milwaukee, Wise. 53201.

UNIV. OF KY. FOREIGN LANGUAGE CONFERENCE The Univ. of Ky.'s 23rd annual Foreign Language Conference will be held April 23-25 in Lexington, Ky. In addition to papers in the sections on French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Scandinavian, Hebrew, Classics, Linguistics, Medieval Studies, and Comparative Literature, there will be several special programs including the l±th annual seminar in Programmed Language Instruction, a symposium in Literature & Revol- ution, and a colloquium on Afro-Carribean Studies. Meetings of t he Malraux Society and the National Association of Language Laboratory Directors will be held in conjunction with the conference. Further information can be obtained by contacting Prof. Theodore Mueller, Conference Director, Univ. of Ky., Lexington, Ky. lj.0506.

LINGUISTICS NEWSLETTER The U.I. Dept. of Linguistics has inaugurated a Newsletter which will be published triannually in Nov., March, and June. The Newsletter Editorial Board for 1969-70 consists of Instructors Hans H. Hock and Herbert F. Stahlke. Requests for subscriptions and for copies of the Nov. 1969 issue should be sent to: Newsletter, Dept. of Linguistics, 309 Davenport Hall, U.I., Urbana, 111. 61801.

AUGUSTANA COLLEGE 1970 SUMMER PROGRAMS Augustana College will sponsor summer programs in Strasbourg, France, and Passau, Germany, from June 15-Aug. %1. The programs are open to students who have completed 1 year of college French or German or equivalent. The cost of $995 includes tuition, room, and board at the Univ. of Strasbourg or the Goethe-Institut , a 3-week study- travel tour, transatlantic transportation, and insurance. Further information may be obtained from Prof. Erwin Weber, Administrator, 1970 Summer Programs in France & Germany, Augustana College, Rock Island, 111. 61201. A similar Augustana program in Spain was announced in the Dec. 1969 Newsletter, p. 9. -3-

MAC MURRAY 1970 SUMMER ABROAD MacMurray College will sponsor summer programs in Mexico and Germany. The Mexico program at the Univ. of the Americas, Mexico City, will have 2 sessions, June 15- July 22 for $555 and July 23-Aug. 21 for $333. These costs include tuition, fees, room, board, and insurance. Transportation to and from Mexico is not Included. The Germany program at Schiller College near Stuttgart, June 19-Aug. 6, costs $850. This includes transportation between New York and Stuttgart, tuition, room, board, and various cultural activities. Both programs are open to college students and high school graduating seniors who are enrolled In college for 1970-71. Further information can be obtained from MacMurray 1970 Summer Abroad, MacMurray College, Jack- sonville, 111. 62650. MacMurray' s program in France has not be scheduled for this summer, due to previous commitments by its director. Students of French are referred to the Insti- tute of European Studies, 35 E. Wacker Dr., Chicago, 111. 60601, for information on its programs in Nantes and Paris.

PROF. JAM EL ON SABBATICAL With this issue, we bid a temporary farewell to Prof. Edwin Jahiel, the Editor of French Notes, who will be on sabbatical until Sept. 1970. We also welcome Prof. Lar- kin B. Price as the French Notes Editor during the spring semester of 1970. Any items of interest to readers of French Notes should be addressed either to Prof. Price or to the Newsletter Editor. Any urgent or personal messages to Prof. Jahiel may be sent to the Department of French, U.I., Urbana, 111. 61801; the envelopes should be clearly marked PLEASE FORWARD, as most of Prof. Jahiel ' s mail will be held until his return.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NOTES -- by Prof. Barbara Smalley

LECTURES During Feb. 1970 Prof. A. Owen Aldridge delivered lectures at 3 German universities: on Feb. I4. at the Johannes Gutenberg -Univ. , Mainz; on Feb. 5 at WestfSlische Wilhelms- Univ., Mtinster; and on Feb. 6 at the Free Univ. of Berlin. The subject at Mainz was "The Influence of Thomas Paine in South America," and his topic in Mdnster and Berlin was "Biography and Realism."

APPOINTMENT Mr. Christopher Kertesz, at present engaged in writing his doctoral dissertation In Comparative Literature at the U.I., has accepted the position of Lecturer In Italian & Comparative Literature at Brandeis Univ., beginning in the fall of 1970.

VISITING LECTURER Prof. Ulrich Weisstein of Indiana Univ. will deliver a lecture entitled "Surrealism and the Novel" on Feb. 25 at l+tOO p.m. in 100 Gregory Hall.

FRENCH NOTES — by Prof. Larkin B. Price

AATF NATIONAL CONTEST Materials for the 35th annual National French Contest should be ordered from the contest chairman of the local AATF chapter (Downstate Chapter: Prof. Robert L. Roussey, Dept. of Foreign Languages, 111. State Univ., Normal, 111. 61761; Chicago Chapter: Sister Jean Murray, Rosary College, River Forest, 111. 60305)0 This contest, open to all students enrolled in French in junior and senior high schools in public, private, and parochial schools, has had between 50,000-90,000 entrants each year. Among the awards are college scholarships, all-expense paid trip to France, bonds, cash, medalq books, and magazine subscriptions.

PIERRE DELATTRE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND One of our most respected teachers and scholars of French, Pierre Delattre, died un- expectedly last summer, and friends and teachers who knew him or his work may contribute to a scholarship fund for students in French and Linguistics which the Univ. of Calif, at Santa Barbara is establishing in his memory. The fund will not only help needy and qualified students to pursue studies in languages, but fittingly honor a man who has done so much over the past 30 years to encourage and improve language teaching in America. Contributions may be made payable to The Delattre Memorial Scholarship Fund and sent to Miss Mary Pacquette, Dept. of French k Italian, Univ. of Calif, at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Calif. 93106. FACULTY PUBLICATIONS Paul Barette and Monique Fol (Boston College) recently published Un Certain Style ou un style certain? Introduction k l'6tude du style francais (New York: Oxford Univ, Press, 1969). A~revised edition of Le Fran pais non sans peine, First French (Scott, Foresman & Co., 1970), by Mr. Barette and Theodore Braun (Univ. of Wise. -Milwaukee ), has also appeared.

Prof. Robert J. Nelson's latest book, Immanence and Tr ans c e ndenc e ; The Theatre of Jean Rotrou (1609-1650) , has just been published by Ohio State Univ. Press. . Recently, the Univ. of Penn. Press also issued a new edition of Prof. Nelson's Cor - neille: His Heroes and Their Worlds , while Prentice-Hall has just issued a hard- back edition of Mr. Nelson's Corneille and Racine: Parallels and Contrasts , a volume of critiques by several hands edited by Mr. Nelson as part of the series Confron- tations" of which he is general editor. A recent text by Prof. F. W. Nachtmann, Exercises in French Phonetics (Scott, Foresman & Co., 1970), is now available.

NORTHEAST CONFERENCE ON THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Two reports of The Reports of the Working Committees , 1970 Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, are in large part the work of 2 U.I. colleagues: Prof. Robert J. Nelson of the Dept. of French and Prof. Leon A. Jakobovits of the Center for Comparative Psycholinguistics. Mr. Jakobovits provided the questionnaire that constitutes the bulk of Report I, while he and Prof. Nelson serve as co-editors of Report II, "Motivation in Foreign Language Learning." They also served as authors of substantial sections of the Report, Mr. Jakobovits dealing with "Motivation and Learner Factors," and Mr. Nelson writing the Introduction, the Conclusion, and those sections of the Report dealing specifically with college-and-university in relation to the overall theme of "Motivation and the 'New' Student." The 3rd report deals with "Foreign Languages for All Children, " being essentially a discussion of motivation problems for the economically and social disadvantaged. All 3 reports will be discussed at each of this year's Northeast General Meetings: Boston (Statler-Hilton) March 19-21, and Washington, D.C. (Hilton) April 30-May 2. It is hoped that many colleagues will attend at least 1 of the meetings to participate in the discussion of these reports.

JOINT COURSES TO STUDY "THINGS FRENCH" The French Dept. recently contacted other departments on the campus in an attempt to generate interest in the development of joint courses to explore bicultural concepts. Over 20 faculty members from such departments as musicology, history, political science, and journalism responded. An informal meeting will soon be held to discuss proposals and work out plans for new courses. Prof. Robert J. Nelson, in charge of this development for the Dept. of French, says that the approach to joint courses should be distinctly pluralistic. "We hope to create a bicultural concept in both content and methods, keeping our eyes on things French as well as on those cultures which have both affected and been affected by France, " he stated. "In a more formal way, we are also interested in studying our own traditional subjects of French language and literature in broader contexts, especially in the light of modern developments in other fields of knowledge." Prof. Nelson stresses that the programs the department has in mind are not limited to the traditional areas of linguistic research and literary scholarship.

INFORMAL CONFERENCE ROOM We hope that visitors to the French Office, 22\\. Lincoln Hall, from throughout the state will have a few minutes to relax and meet students and faculty in this new facility. This room houses our new radio equipment, and will permit faculty, staff, and students to meet informally to listen to the radio, discuss, or just talk. The department radio, a Drake R-i^B, picks up with great clarity France-Inter broadcasts (news, popular songs, interviews, major political speeches, etc., received daily, -5-

8:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. at 21.6 megacycles and from noon until late afternoon at 15.12 megacycles). Reference and leisure reading materials are available to all for use in the room. A coffee maker, and cookies in recent days, add to the attraction. PROUST CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Flans are under way for a Proust Centennial Celebration at the Urbana campus, probably early in May 1971. Although details are still incomplete, there will be a large exhibit, including some of the Proust manuscripts collected by Prof. Philip Kolb. Several invited scholars are expected to read papers at the centenary meetings, including a lecturer to be sent by the French Cultural Attach^. The Dept . of French cordially invites all Proustians to attend this celebration of Proust's birth.

FRENCH DEPT. ENROLLMENT Prof. Stanley Shinall, Executive Secretary of the Dept. of French, reported the following enrollment totals at the end of the 2nd semester registration period: beginning and intermediate (100-level) courses, 1097; advanced language (200-level), 39$;

advanced literature (200-level), 21+3 5 300-level courses, 112 (72 in language courses); graduate reading-knowledge courses (l4.OO-i4.Ol), 13^5 graduate literature ([4.00-level ), 128; with 39 graduate students registered for individual work, for a grand total enrollment of 2II4.8. At the undergraduate level, the number of students in advanced courses (750) is rapidly approaching the number of those in the beginning stages of learning the language (1097).

ICI, RADIO URBANA PR0GRAMMATI0N As reported in the last Newsletter, the Dept. of French will offer cultural programs over WILL-FM, Thursdays, 7 :00-7: 45 p.m. The programs begin with a 5-roinute news report and announcements of interest to the French community around Urbana, followed by the principal discussion, which will have as theme "France and French- Spe aking Coun- tries." Prof. Robert J. Nelson will present the first program March 5: "Les Commu- naut£s francaises: Vue d' ensemble. " Following programs include: March 12, "La France: Jeunesse et Education" (R. J. Nelson & A. Ouvrier); March 19, "La France: Politique et economic" (R. J. Nelson & G. Laprevotte); March 26, "La France: Voix franchises d' au jourd'hui" (R. J. Nelson & G. Savlgnon) ; April 2; "Musique francaise ) (d'orchestre '• (Soulima Stravinsky); April 9, "La Suisse: Vue d'ensemble" (Yves Ve- lan); April 16, "Le Canada" (R. J. Nelson & J. Beaudry); April 23, "La Belgique" (R. J. Nelson & Georges Honhon); and April 30, "Autres pays d'origine francaise: Afrique etc." (H. DeLey, R. J. Nelson, & P. Emoungu).

GERMANIC NOTES -- by Roy Allen

NEW FACULTY The German Dept. is very happy and honored to have as Guest Professor for this spring term Prof. Christine Oertel SjBgren from Ore. State Univ. Prof. Sjogren came to the U.S. from Chemnitz, Germany, at a very early age and was educated in schools and colleges in this country. She attended Reed College, Ore. State Univ., and Mills Col- lege, receiving her B.A. degree from the latter institution in 19I(.5. In 1950 she obtained the Ph.D. degree from Johns Hopkins Univ. Prof. SjSgren is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and of the Hofmannsthal-Gesellschaf t. She has taught at the Univ. of Kan. (1949-51), Portland State College (1955-56 & 1957-59), and since I960 at Ore. State Univ. In teaching she has concentrated on courses in 20th-century German Literature,

the Age of Goethe, Goethe's Faust , and the German Novelle. Her speciality is Adal- bert Stifter, on whom she has published a number of articles in leading journals of German literary scholarship in this country and on whom she is giving a seminar this term at the U.I. Prof. Sjogren is also the mother of 6 children, an accomplished musician, and is very active in community affairs in Corvallis.

RETURNING FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENTS Prof. Herbert Knust, who was on a part-time research leave for the fall term, and Prof. Irmengard Rauch, who was on a full-time research leave for the same period, have returned to full-time teaching duties in the department this semester. Prof. James McGlathery has also resumed teaching duties this semester, after spending last term on sick leave. t "

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Two graduate students have resumed study in the department this semester. Mr. Thomas Rauter spent 2 months in the fall in GSttingen and Copenhagen doing research on his doctoral dissertation which he is writing under Prof. Philip Mitchell. Mr. Graeme Tytler was in England during the fall term.

NEW COURSES

The department has instituted [|. new courses this spring semester. The 1st of these, German 107-108, is a year course giving a total of 6 hours of credit and may be substituted for German 10l| to satisfy the graduation requirement in the College of Lib- eral Arts & Sciences. German 107-108 involves readings of German literary t exts with class discussions conducted entirely in English. The prerequisite for this course is German 103o German 111, a i;-hour course, is also being initiated this semester as a substitute for German IOI4. to satisfy the graduation requirement. This course emphasizes, however, spoken German; it also has German 103 as a prerequisite. Finally, as an alternative for German 103, the department has opened this term German 123, &

course giving if hours of credit. German 123, like German 107-108, stresses reading and comprehension of German narrative prose. This course differs from 103 in that the analysis of grammar and criticism of the literary readings is conducted largely in English.

FRUCHTBRINGENDE GSSELLSCHAFT On Feb. 19 the Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft sponsored a Fasching program in the Union at 8:30 p.m. The guest speaker of the evening was "Prinz" Roland Folter who de- lighted guests with a talk entitled "Der Verfasser von Goethes (?) Werken: Eine fol- genschwere germanistische Enthttllung.

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS Prof. Marianne Burkhard has selected the texts and illustrations of paintings by

Gottfried Keller for the recently published edition Gottfried Keller - Vom Maler zum Dichter (35.Ztfricher Druck der Offizin Gebrtider Fretz AG, ZUrich, 1969"). Prof. Burk- hard also wrote the introduction for the volume. Prof. John Frey published the article "Blick und Auge in Thomas Manns ErzShlkunst" in vol. XIII (1969) of Jahrbuch der

deutschen Schillergesellschaf . Prof. Herbert Knust's 1967 monograph Wagner , the King and "The Waste Land" was~"recently given a very positive review by Prof. lack

Stein of Harvard Univ. in the Nov. 1969 issue of The German Quarterly . Prof. Knust's article "Literature in the Foreign Language Classroom?" appeared in the Dec. 1969 issue of the 111. Journal of Education . Prof James Marchand contributed the section on Goethe to the Kurzer Grundriss der germanischen Philologie (Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin, 1969~H a publication which is intended to replace the old Pauls Grund- riss issued by the same company.

FACULTY NOTES Prof. Marchand attended the Modern Language Association meeting in Denver last Dec. in order to report on the Computer Studies in the Older Germanic Languages at German I. At the same section of the conference Prof. Marchand was chosen to report annual- ly on "The Present State of German I Studies" (bibliography for the previous year, research in progress). This yearly report will give German I a clearinghouse for information comparable to the 0E bibliography compiled each year by Prof. Frederick Robinson. Prof. Marchand has also just accepted a nomination to become a member of the Wissenschaf tlicher Rat of the Institut fu*r deutsche Sprache in Mannheim, Germany.

GERMAN HOUSE The German House, opened last term through the efforts of a group of resourceful students as an independent, co-ed, and co-op dormitory, is prospering again this semester with 8 male and 6 female residents. The House is sponsored by the German Dept. which has assigned a Teaching Assistant, Miss Jane Thompson, to the House. The students who "reside in the House receive academic credit in German through course 199. Last semester, amongst other activities, the German House sponsored a reading of contemporary German and Austrian poetry by Miss Renate Aschober and Mr. Peter Pabisch as well as a program on "Concrete Poetry, " conducted by the Danish poet Vagn Steen, Visiting Professor in the department last term. Recently, on Friday, Feb. 13, the German House in conjunction with the German Club held a Fasching party. The House plans another very active semester this spring and programs will be announced in the -7-

Newsletter as they are scheduled.

SLAVIC NOTES --by Prof. Michael Curran

NEW 199 The Center for Advanced Study is offering a 199 course in which all their research fellows will participate. Prof. Richard Sheldon will be available for consultation on his specialty, Viktor Shklovsky. PLAY BALL Two-page sheets of Russian baseball and basketball terminology can be obtained by writing to Prof. S. P. Hill, Dept. of Slavic Languages & Literatures, 260 Lincoln Hall, U.I., Urbana, 111. 61801. Teachers might capitalize on general sports interest by discussing such topics in class or even attract some of their school's athletes to take Russian for the first time. Basketball is played in the U.S.S.R. and has an existing terminology, but the baseball terms had to be borrowed from the old Russian game of lapta or invented from standard Russian roots, prefixes and suffixes.

PROP. SPENCER DIES Members of all the foreign language departments were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Prof. Richard E. Spencer on Jan. 21|. Head of the U.I.'s Educational Mea- surement & Research Division, Prof. Spencer will be remembered as the man who provided us all with so much concrete assistance and friendly advice in our problems of placement and proficiency testing, course evaluation, and standardized exams. He had been at the U.I. since 1961+., after earning his B.A. at Hobart College (1950) and his Ph.D. at the U.I. (1957). Only \\2 when he lost his corageous, long-term struggle against a form of blood cancer, Prof. Spencer left behind his widow and 7 young children. A memorial fund is being planned in his honor, intended to aid the education of the Spencer children. For further information contact Prof. Lawrence Aleamoni, 1802 Bellamy Dr., Champaign, 111. 61820.

5TH GRADE RUSSIAN COURSE Mr. Nicholas P. Brill writes from Bloomington, 111.: "Today I have 30 students receiving instruction in Russian in the 5th grade... I give them 20 minutes of instruction \\ days a week... I use the natural method of learning a language which is hear- ing and repeating what is heard. Visual instruction is also used, for every dialogue used is printed on a sheet of paper. The results are most rewarding. . .Parti- cipating brings the students great joy... and each student has a feeling of success when asked to lead the class in a new dialogue."

SPANISH, ITALIAN, & PORTUGUESE NOTES -- by Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jro

S.I.U. STUDY TRIP TO SPAIN Southern 111. Univ. will sponsor a summer study trip to Spain from June 23-Aug. 25, The program is open to Spanish students of all levels. The fee of approximately $850 will include transportation between Carbondale, St. Louis, Paris, and Madrid, room, board, a tour of Spain, and tuition at the Univ. of Madrid. Further information is available from the Dept. of Foreign Languages --Spanish Section, Southern 111. Univ., Carbondale, 111. 62901.

PH.D. LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT The requirement for Ph.D. candidates in this department of a reading knowledge of 2 foreign languages has been revised. Candidates are now required to demonstrate a reading knowledge of French and at least 1 other language outside the major field. The other language and the degree of proficiency in each language are to be deter- mined by the thesis advisor and the candidate.

FEBRUARY GRADUATION The department awarded 2 doctoral degrees in Feb. to Mr. Richard Barry Klein (now at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass.) and Mr. Isaias Lerner (U.I.). -8-

NEW COURSES The department has inaugurated a new series of courses as options for Spanish lOlj.. Spanish 107-108 is a 2-semester course series which can be substituted for IOI4.. Each course consists of readings in Spanish with class discussion conducted in English. Spanish 107 covers readings in Spanish literature, and 108 Spanish American literature. Spanish 111 may likewise be substituted for lOlj.; it is a conversational course with practice in spoken Spanish.

SPANISH CLUB The Cfrculo Literario EspafSol sponsored its first activity of the spring semester on Thursday evening, Feb. 19, in the Illini Union. Prof. Luis Leal gave a brief lecture on the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges as an introduction to the film, "The Inner World of Jorge Luis Borges." FACULTY PUBLICATIONS The Modern Language Association has announced the forthcoming publication of Modern Portuguese by Random House-Alfred A. Knopf during the spring of 1970. The project director for this textbook was Prof. Fred P. Ellison, formerly of this department and now at the Univ. of Texas in Austin. For further information on Modern Portuguese , contact Mr. Kenneth W. Mildenberger, M.L.A., 62 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10011. Dr. Gary Eugene A. Scavnicky, a doctoral alumnus of this department now at Wayne State Univ., Detroit, Mich., has published an article, "Start a Language Club and

Make It Livel" in Quinto Lingo , vol. VIII, no. 2 (Feb. 1970), 8-12. Dr. Scavnicky served as graduate advisor to this department's Circulo Literario Espafiol for 3 years and as faculty advisor to the Univ. of Wise. Spanish Club for 1 year. Dr. Mario J. Valdls, a doctoral alumnus of this department now at the Univ. of

Toronto, has edited a textbook edition of Miguel de Unamuno's Niebla , recently published by Prentice-Hall.

FACULTY NOTES Prof. & Mrs. Anthony M. Pasquariello were the hosts at a reception in honor of Prof. William H. Shoemaker on Friday evening, Dec. 26, at the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, Colo., during the Modern Language Association convention. The reception was attended by former students and colleagues of Prof. Shoemaker. Prof. J. H. D. Allen, Associate Prof. W. Curtis Blaylock, and Visiting Assistant Prof. Dieter Wanner attended the Linguistic Society of America winter meeting in San Francisco, Calif., during Dec. 28-30. Prof. Blaylock will be on leave Feb. 1-Sept. 1 to do research on historical Spanish morphology. He and his family will travel to Spain, Portugal, and France during the summer months.§§§§§§§ 20 YEARS AGO IN THE NEWSLETTER From the Newsletter, Feb. 1950: "On Saturday, March 11, the State Organization of High School and College Spanish clubs will hold its 1st meeting at the U.I....As most of you know, the change of date from March Ij. to March 11 is because of the coal shortage. All Saturday meetings in university buildings proper have been canceled. You will be notified at once If any further changes are necessary." MATHEMATICALLY SPEAKING "For a fee of $1;00 a month, you can dial 2831 in Cologne, Germany, and get a talking computor which will ask you (in English) what your language is — it speaks 5. Then it will work out any of the math problems that have been causing you concern and give you the answer In the proper language right over the phone. If the caller doesn't know any of the machine's 5 languages, it will patiently teach him one." From QUINTO LINGO, July 1969 The University of Illinois Modern Foreign Language Newsletter is published jointly by the modern language departments of the U.I. under the direction of the Head of the Dept. of Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese. Editorial offices are located in 251 Illini Tower, Champaign, telephone (217) 333-3536. The Newsletter is available without charge to all interested persons in Illinois and other areas. All communications by mail should be addressed to: The Editor, MFL Newsletter, 221; Lincoln Hall, Urbana, 111. 61801. 4-0 5

THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSLETTER

March, 1970 Director: Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello Vol. XXIII, No. 6 Editor: Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr.

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ILLINOIS FOREIGN LANGUAGE ATTITUDE QUESTIONNAIRE The Illinois Foreign Language Attitude Questionnaire was composed by Dr. Leon A. Ja- kobovits, associate professor of psychology and co-director of the Center for Compa- rative Psycholinguistics at the U.I. It was designed to show a foreign language teacher how his students feel about foreign language study, to help him change aspects of the instruction process as desirable, and to help correct erroneous ideas, unrealistic expectations, or negative attitudes which his students may have. The questionnaire contains 2 sections, one for students who are presently studying or have studied a foreign language in school, and the other for students who have never had a foreign language course. The 2 sections are parallel in form and content, and each part contains 7 sets of questions. The 1st set elicits information about the student's ethnic linguistic background. In some cases, the ethnicity of a student's family may be a disturbing source of estrangement, whereas some students' ethnic background may be a source of pride which will intensify the interest in that language. The 2nd set of questions deal with information about the choice of foreign language being studied. The parents' attitude might exert significant influence here. The student may not state his "real" reasons in his answers here; however, the reasons which he claims (his "rationalizations") will perhaps be most salient in his mind at the time of testing and will therefore influence his current efforts. The 3rd set deals with the language skills that a student is most interested in. The purpose of this set (and also the following set) is to illuminate disagreements between the teacher's ideas of the language goals and those of the students. If the students' expectations are unjustified, frank discussion may lead to a more mature attitude. If the students have justifiable expectations, feasable changes can be instituted. The l^th set affords direct feedback from the student concerning specific aspects of the instructional process. Since most students evaluate their teachers and their schools, it is better to face their feelings realistically rather than to suppress them. Even where resolution of such complaints is not possible, the overt expression of such feelings is psychologically beneficial in reducing their destructive effects. Suppression, on the other hand, drives these feelings underground without resolving them. The 5th set of questions shows the interest in foreign language study and the degree of personal involvement in it, not only from sources of direct motivation but also from factors which are indirectly but importantly related to motivation. The 6th set handles anomie (cultural disorientation and isolation) as related to language study. The presence of anomie indicates that the student is experiencing feelings of doubt and conflict, and it can be a source of resistance to progress in the foreign language study, If the anomie is successfully resolved, it may be the source of positive motivational drive since it indicates that the student is "involved." The last set seeks the student's opinions on foreign languages in general and ; ;

this questionnaire in particular; this information may be helpful in constructing additional questions for future use in the questionnaire. The Illinois Foreign Language Attitude Questionnaire was undertaken by Prof. Jakobovits upon request of Committee 1 of the 1970 Northeast Conference on the Teach- ing of Foreign Languages. The questionnaire will be presented to Committee 1 by Prof. Jakobovits at the Conference's general meetings in Boston, Mass., on March 19- 21, and in Washington, D.C., on April 30-May 2. The questionnaire will be made available to foreign language teachers through various means. It will be included in a book by Prof. Jakobovits entitled For e ign

Language Learning A Psycholinguis tic Overview of the Issues , to be published in April by Newbury House Publishers, 68 Middle Rd., Rowley, Mass. 01969. It will also be published in the Northeast Conference Report 1970 . which will be available after the meetings through the ACTFL Materials Center, 62 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10011. In addition, the Conference hopes to make copies of the questionnaire available in quantity after the meetings. Further information on ordering copies of the questionnaire can be sent to Mr. Robert P. Serafino, Northeast Conference Committee I, P.O. Box 3316, New Haven, Conn. O6525.

PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST BY PROF. JAKOBOVITS Prof. Leon A. Jakobovits, the author of the Illinois Foreign Language Attitude Ques- tionnaire, is also the author of a number of articles which might be of interest to foreign language teachers. These articles include: "Introduction to Foundations of Foreign Language Teaching and Learning: Psychological Aspects," in The Teaching- of

German; Problems and Methods , edited by Sberhard Reichmann (Philadelphia ) 1970) "Motivation and Foreign Language Learning: Part A, Motivation and Learning Factors,"

Report to the 1970 Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages ; "A Function Approach to the Assessment of Language Skills," Journal of English as a Se - cond Language , vol. IV (1969), 63-76; "Research Findings and Foreign Language Re- quirements in Colleges and Universities," Foreign Language Annals , vol. II (1969), i^3&— i+56 ; "Second Language Learning and Transfer Theory: A Theoretical Assessment,"

Language Learning , vol. XIX (1969), 55-86; "Dimensionality of Compound- Coordinate " Filingualism, Language Learning , Special Issue 3 (Aug. 1968), 29-1+9; "Implications of Recent Psycholinguis tic Developments for the Teaching of a Second Language," Lan - guage Learning , vol. XVIII (1968), 89-109; and "Comparative Psycholinguistics in the

Study of Cultures," International Journal of Psychology , vol. I (1966), 15-37* Prof. Jakobovits has a limited number of copies of these articles which he will send to those teachers who do not have access to the books or journals listed above. When making a request, please specify the title of the article desired. All requests should be sent to: Prof. Leon A. Jakobovits, Center for Comparative Psycholinguis- tics, 1207 W. Oregon St., Urbana, 111. 61801.

RICHARD E. SPENCER MEMORIAL FUND The tragic death of Prof. Richard E. Spencer of the U.I. Measurement & Research Div, was reported in the Slavic Notes of the Feb. 1970 Newsletter, p. 7. All friends and colleagues of Prof. Spencer, as well as others who might want to make a gesture of assistance in the education of his 8 children (ranging in ages from 7-18), will be interested to learn that a trust fund has now been opened for that purpose. Anyone wishing to contribute may make out checks to the Richard E. Spencer Memorial Fund, and send them to Prof. Lawrence Aleamoni, Measurement & Research Office, 507 E. Daniel St., Champaign, 111. 61820, by U.S. or campus mail.

SECONDARY- COMMUNITY COLLEGE- UNIVERSITY ARTICULATION CONFERENCE The Secondary-Community College-University Articulation Conference will be held at the Holiday Inn in Sterling, 111., on Wednesday, April 22. The theme will be "The Problem of Foreign Language Articulation Between 3 Levels of Educational Institu- tions." The conference is being sponsored by Sauk Valley College. Those wishing more information may contact Mr. Mack Warren, Director of Admissions, Sauk Valley College, R.R. 1, Dixon, 111. 60121.

PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST The publishers of Quinto Lingo have inaugurated a bi-monthly magazine called Yiddish Lingo which will carry articles in both Yiddish and English. The magazine will feature items on Yiddish culture, linguistics, cooking, poetry, as well as Yiddish books 3 s

-3- and theatre. A 1-year subscription (6 issues) is available for $1+ from Yiddish

Lingo , Rodale Press, Eramaus, Perm. 180J+9. A catalogue of filmstrips, posters, and other teaching aids for teachers of French, German, and Spanish is available free upon request to Gessler Publishing Co., Inc., 131 E. 23rd St., New York, N.Y. 10010. All materials in this catalogue can be purchased through NDEA and ESEA funds.

LANGUAGE LABORATORY TELEPHONE SERVICE The U.I. Language Laboratory is again offering a series of telephone tapes for lab practice. The tapes are scheduled to follow the sequence of material studied in the U.I. foreign language courses. These telephone tapes are not meant to replace student practice in the language lab itself, but rather to supplement it. The telephone numbers for French for the spring semester are: French 101, 333- 3780/1 (2 lines); French 102, 333- 6090/1/2/3/]+ ($ lines); French 103, 333-63O6/7 (2 lines); French 101;, 333-378i|. and 333-6309 (2 lines); and French 211, 333-3782/3 (2 lines). The telephone numbers for German are: German 101, 333-6301;/ 5 (2 lines); and German 102, 333-690$/ 6/ 7/8/9 (5 lines). The telephone number for Latin is 333-63OI (Latin 102 on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; Latin 306 on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday), The telephone number for Russian 102 is 333-63O8, and for Russian 101; 333-6303, The telephone number for Spanish is 333-6302 (Spanish 101 on Tuesday and Thurs- day; Spanish 102 on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; Spanish 102 starred section on Saturday and Sunday). Tapes for English as a Foreign Language are available by dialing 333-3788. If the service does not appear to be functioning properly, please call the Lan- guage Lab at 333-2J23 or 333-1719 and report the malfunction. The language lab at- tendant can determine if the fault is with the Language Lab equipment or with the telephone company. The telephone company should not be called,

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NOTES — by Prof. Barbara Smalley FACULTY PUBLICATIONS

Prof. Rocco Montano has published the following articles in Umanesimo , vol. II, no. 3 (Sept. 1968): "Marxist Criticism: Lucaks, Gramsci, Merleau-Ponty, p. 1-16; "Gal- ileo e la scienza cattolica della natura, " p. 35-1+9; and "La critica di Giovanni Get- to," p. 50-51;.

PROF. MONTANO ON LEAVE Prof. Rocco Montano is presently in Italy completing his 2nd volume of a 3-volume Storia della Letteratura Italiana . This absence from his campus duties was made possible through a grant from the Center for Advanced Studies. Prof, Montano will resume his campus activities next Sept,

VISITING LECTURER Prof. Elio Gianturco delivered a lecture entitled "The Impact of Machiavelli' Thought on Bacon, Montesquieu, and Tocqueville" on Tuesday, March 17, at 8:00 p.m. in Room D, Law Building,

NEW READING LISTS IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE Students pursuing the master's degree and the doctorate in Comparative Literature are now requested to acquaint themselves with a number of significant books of criticism.

The list for the M.A. includes, among other works, Auerbach' s Mime 3 i , Northrop

Frye's Anatomy of Criticism , and Wellek and Warren's Theory of Literature . A longer list for students pursuing the Ph.D. includes: Aristotle, Poetics ; Maud Bodkin, Ar - chetypal Patterns in Poetry ; Cassirer, The Myth of State ; Leon Edel, The Psycholo - gical Novel ; Freud, A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis ; Jung, Psychology of the

Unconscious ; Suzanne Langer, Feeling and Form ; Lovejoy. The Great Chain of Being ;

Valery, The Art of Poetry ; Ian Watt, The Rise of the Novel . Both lists are available in mimeograph form at the Comparative Literature office, l+Ol Lincoln Hall, "

FRENCH NOTES — by Prof. Larkin B. Price

TRAVELING SCHOLARS OF THE FRENCH DEPT. Our colleague, Mrs. Anna-Maria Sagi, visited Knox College Feb. 2-[\.. The first 2 days she participated in informal coffee talks, conducted one day in Spanish, the other day in French. While at Knox College, Mrs. Sagi also presented a lecture-recital of her poetry. Prof. Bruce Mainous was at Denison Univ. Feb. 3-I4. to sit on their panel of comprehensive examinations for graduating French majors.

Prof. Herbert DeLey, Jr., invited to speak at the Colloquium on ij. Centuries of the French Novel held at the Univ. of Conn, toward the end of Feb., gave a lecture entitled "'Dans un roman frivole aisSment tout s'excuse': The Evolution of the 17th Century Novel." Prof. Robert J. Nelson spoke at Tulane Univ. Feb. 26 on "Racine: The Redisco- very of a Tragic Form." Mr. Nelson also visited a number of undergraduate and graduate classes at Tulane and met with students and faculty to discuss current problems and prospects in the profession. Between semesters, Prof. Gabriel Savignon, Director of the Illinois-Iowa Year Abroad, spent several days at Rouen, France, visiting with the group of 33 students and their resident director, Pierre Weisz. Prof. Savignon reports that the morale is high, for the students, in general, like Rouen and enjoy living with French families. He says they find their courses very satisfactory, and the proximity of Paris a chance for week-end diversion.

LECTURES AND RECITAL Prof. Vincent E. Bowen, U.I. French Dept., presented before the Journal Club on Feb. 23 a lecture on "Theme and Structure in Diderot's Short Stories." On March 2, Prof. Judd Hubert, formerly a member of the Dept. of French at the U.I., now professor of French at the Univ. of Calif, at Irvine, gave a lecture on "Les Premiers Tableaux parisiens (poemes 'perdus' de Baudelaire)." The Graduate Program in Comparative Literature and the Dept. of French presented on Feb. 16 a poetic recital by Jean Bar: "Pour rire et pour pleurer. "

TUTORING FOR SEOP STUDENTS The Dept. of French is providing official tutoring services for students in the Spe- cial Educational Opportunities Program (SEOP), with advanced undergraduates who have studied in France available 20 hours a week to help those who wish to work with them. DEPARTMENTAL PLANNING COMMITTEE Prof. Bruce H. Mainous, head of the Dept. of French, has announced the formation of a Departmental Planning Committee at the request of Dean R. W. Rogers of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Prof. Mainous appointed Prof. Robert J. Nelson as chairman of this committee, with Prof. Herbert DeLey as vice-chairman, and Prof. Keith Myers, director of the Language Laboratory, as a 3r

CENACLE MEETING Going to prove that sooner or later everything reaches Urbana, the CSnacle met Feb. 17 at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Ron Gordon to discuss McLuhanism. Prof. Stanley Gray mediated the lively discussion, which was hampered, according to one professor, by the fact that only a few of those present had read the books under discussion. -$-

U.I. PRESS PUBLICATION

Announced for some time, The Religion of Art in Proust , by Prof, Barbara J. Rucknall, who left the Urbana Dept. of French last fall to teach in Canada, is now available as vol. LX in "Illinois Studies in Language and Literature."

NEW COURSES Enrichment of the Master of Arts in the Teaching of French program is progressing regularly, with a new course, French 144-3. being given this semester by Prof. Claude Viens, at the request of M.A.T. candidates. French i_|_33 is a flexible course limited only by the concentration of its material in French, and may be activated by student request or faculty proposal. Prof, Viens is trying to shape the course this semester around the need his students have expressed for a general literary history of the 20th Century. Topics for the 14i3 course are expected to vary, and may include any valid subject not appropriately treated in any of our century "Studies" courses. A special section of French I4.9I (Individual Topics) is pooling the individual projects of some 20 M.A.T. candidates into a special seminar course dealing specifically with methodological approaches and their current application in language programs . Two new courses specifically designed for the M.A.T. program are French ij.03 and [(.Oi)., a 2-semester sequence in which French history, culture, and master works are to be studied with a special view to their presentation in foreign language programs in secondary schools and junior colleges. FUTURE EVENTS Mr. Wilbourne Bowles, teacher of French at Proviso East High School, Maywood, and head of the foreign language department for both Proviso East and Proviso West, will come to the U.I. on Saturday, March 21, as a consultant for our French Teacher Edu- cation majors, to talk about the problems of social and racial mixture in the urban high schools. Mr. Bowies' appearance here in this connection is a feature in Profo Stanley Shinall's program of enrichment for the French Teacher Education students, both undergraduate and graduate, and is in line with the recognition of the department's responsibilities to answer changing educational needs. On April 18 the Downstate Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French will meet at the Paradise Inn (Route i|$ south) in Champaign. Prof. Brigitta Kuhn, president of the chapter, is finalizing program details and announcements will be mailed in the near future. At this writing, the program promises to be a good one— we hope to see a lot of our colleagues there. Two coming Journal Club lectures for which further details are not yet available are: Robert Shackleton on April 8 and Mortimer Guiney on April 13.

S.I.U. STUDY PROGRAM IN FRANCE Southern 111. Univ. will sponsor a summer study trip to France from June 23-Aug. 2£. Total cost per person, round-trip from St. Louis, for the all-inclusive study tour abroad is expected to be about $995. In addition to formal courses in Paris, there will be numerous tours and excursions, reaching even to Belgium and Switzerland. Further information is available from Prof. James A. Kilker, Dept. of Foreign Lan- guages, Southern 111. Univ., Carbondale, 111. 62901.

GERMANIC NOTES -- by Roy Allen

RECIPIENTS OF GRANTS FOR STUDY ABROAD Miss Virginia Coombs and Mr. Jay Rosellini, graduate students and teaching assistants in the department, are the recipients of $25>00 grants from the Germanistic Society of America for study in Germany for the academic year 1970-71. These grants have been provided by a committee of German- Americans in New York who have raised funds for a scholarship program "aimed at furthering German-American cultural relations and Im- proving the professional competence of future teachers of German language, philosophy and history." The grants cover tuition, maintenance, and travel, and are administered by the Institute of International Education which also administers Fulbrights. NEW PH.D.'S During the present semester Mr. Heribert Breidenbach and Mr. David Wilson were grant- -6- ftd the degree of Ph.D. in German by the U.I. Mr. Breidenback completed the doctoral dissertation under Prof Henri Stegemeier on the topic Per Bmblematiker Jeremias

Drexel S.J. (158I-I638 ) ; Mit einer EinfUhrung in die Jesuitenemblematik und einer Bibliof-raphie der Jesuitenbtlcher . Mr. Wilson wrote his dissertation under Prof.

John Frey on Rhetorical Imagery in the Narrative Prose Works of Robert Musil . GERMAN HOUSE The German House, located at 108 S. Gregory St. in Urbana, held an open house on March 15> from 2:00-1^:00 in the afternoon. A variety of programs were presented to visiting guests by members of the House. Refreshments were also served.

MUNICH'S LIBRARY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE The International Youth Library of Munich is celebrating is 20th anniversary as a world center for young people's literature. The library was founded in 191+9 with the help of Erich KSstner, himself the author of several books for young readers, and Carl Zuckmayer. The library is jointly supported by the Federal Government and the Bavarian State and Munich City Governments. It houses over 100,000 books in $0 languages and boasts copies of an estimated l/3rd of the world's literature for children. In the last decade the library has to an increasing degree come to be an international center for meetings and discussions involving persons variously connected with the publishing or with the selection of books for juveniles or children. The Foreign Office in Bonn also provides funds for study trips to the library in Munich for foreigners who have an interest in young people's literature.

GERMAN UNIVERSITY TELEVISION Beginning in 1971 the Federal Republic of Germany will sponsor on a regular basis academic instruction through a "television university." This new program, which is now in the final stages of planning and experimentation, is directed by Prof. Holmar von Ditfurth, professor of medicine in Heidelberg and already widely known for popular television specials on various sciences. This "university of the air" is designed to benefit all interested persons, such as the housewife, who wish to broaden his or her intellectual horizons. The student who enrolls for the courses will be provided with texts and tests for use in his private home to help him to benefit froir the instruction. The examinations will be corrected by electronic computor and returned to the student within 3 days.

THE 1970 BAYREUTH FESTIVAL The performance schedule for the 1970 Bayreuth Wagner Festival was recently announced; 29 performances of Wagner operas will be given at Bayreuth between July 21j.-Aug. 27 this year. The festival will open this year with a production of Tristan und Isolde which will be performed a total of 3 times during the festival. Die Meister- singer von Ntirnberg will be given 7 times, Die f liegende Hollander 6 times, and Par - sifal will be presented I), times. The k-part opera Der Ring dea Niebelungen will be performed on 8 separate dates: July 2o, 27, 29, 31. as well as Aug. 13,14, 16, 18. A more detailed program and a list of prices of tickets can be obtained by writing to Die Bayreuther Festspiele, Kartenbtfro, 8580 Bayreuth 2, Postfach 21i|8, Germany,, WESTFALISCHE K0NT0REI The "Westfalische Kontorei,"a German choral group consisteing of approximately 30 singers and 8 instrumentalists under the direction of Mr. Wilhelm Ehmann, will perform at the U.I. on April 7. The group will appear at 8:00 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The performance will be a Baroque program, including pieces by Bach, Schtttz, and Gabrieli. Tickets are priced at $1.5>0 for students and $2.50 for the general public. A special group rate is available for groups of 20 persons or more at $1.50 each; interested parties should contact the Krannert Center, S. Goodwin St., Urbana, 111. 61801, in advance of the performance,,

SLAVIC NOTES --by Prof. Michael Curran COMING EVENTS The midwest premiere of a new Russian color film fersion of Shostakovich's Lady Mac - beth of Mtsensk Country (Katerina Izmailova) has been scheduled by the Russian Club -7- for Thursday, April 9, in the U.I. Auditorium. Baaed on Leskov's 50-page short story, written in the 1860's, of the merchant's wife who becomes an adulteress and goes on to commit 1| murders, the film stars Galina Vishnevskaya of the Bolshoi Theatre. At the time this issue went to press, the Slavic Dept. was negotiating to bring a noted guest lecturer to campus. Prof. Harold Segel of Columbia Univ., a specialist in lSth-Century literature and drama, was extended an invitation to lecture on March 19. RUSSIAN FILMS Prof. Steven Hill's new course, Russian 199B, has shown a number of films over the past few weeks, among them Urok zizni, Kompozitor Glinka and the 2nd series of Mak- sim Gorki's Trilogy, V 1 jud jax . The films will continue to be shown Tuesday afternoons at [j.:00 in 366 Lincoln Hall. All are invited.

PROF. DAWSON JOINS NEW COMMITTEE Prof. Clayton L. Dawson has been asked to serve on the Inaugural Selection Committee of the new Center for 20th-century Studies at the Univ. of Wise. -Milwaukee. The Cen- ter said the Inaugural Selection Committee is designed to provide faculty and administrators with "the .judgment of views from outside the university on the value and needs of the center."

ROUNDTABLE On March 3» Prof. John C. Garvey, professor of music, artist-in-residence, and director of the U.I. Jazz Band, discussed "Experiences in the Soviet Union with the Jazz Band."

PUBLICATIONS Z. Hippius' religious diary, with an introduction and notes by Prof. T. Pachmuss, appeared in the Jan., Feb., and March issues of La Renaissance (1970), Paris.

GUIDELINES FOR COMPETENCE IN RUSSIAN Guidelines for French, German, and Spanish have been prepared and discussed by a statewide group of high school teachers and college professors in a meeting in Bloom- ington in April 1969. The materials prepared for these languages will serve as the basis for Russian guidelines, which will later be sent to several high school teachers of Russian for consideration and comments.

CREDIT FOR HIGH SCHOOL RUSSIAN We bring the following exerpt from the Report of the Foreign Language Committee: "Students may earn credit in any foreign language course where they are placed by the appropriate placement examination, regardless of the number of years they have studied the language in high school."

SLAVIC SOFTBALL The Slavic Dept. softball team, led by veteran players Alex Vorobiov, Roger Phillips, Stephen Hathaway, and several others, is getting ready for its 11th season of faculty intramural competition. Scorekeeper Steven Hill hopes to see the squad renew its old rivalries with the other language and humanities departments, and to carry on conversations as much as possible in Russian -- which should not only be good language practice, but might even confuse the enemyl

SPANISH, ITALIAN, & PORTUGUESE NOTES -- by Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr.

AATSP The annual meeting of the Downstate Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese will be held on Saturday, April 18, at 111. Wesleyan Univ., Bloomington. Registration and coffee hour will be at 8:30 a.m. in the Memorial Union Bldg. (South Entrance). Featured on the program will be Associate Prof. Hugo W. Cowes of the U.I. who will speak on "Ideas de la novela en Unamuno, " and Mr. Albert Turner of Evanston Township High School who will speak on the Advanced Placement Pro- gram in Spanish. Luncheon will be served at 12:30 p.m. and will cost $2.$0. Those wishing to attend the luncheon should send their reservations and checks to Mrs. -8-

Gladys Leal, 20? W. Iowa St., Urbana, 111. 61801.

PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST The Internews Co. has a series in which a subscriber receives 26 Spanish and Portu- guese newspapers for 1 year for $10; 23 of the Spanish newspapers come fro 20 countries in Spanish America, plus Spain, Morocco, and the Philippines, and 3 of the Por- tuguese newspapers come from Brazil and Portugal. A lower rate is available for class or multiple subscriptions. Inquiries and subscription requests can be sent to; Internews Co., Box 3138, Aspen, Colo. 81611.

COLLOQUIUM FOR PROF. SHOEMAKER The department is sponsoring a Colloquium to Honor Prof. William H. Shoemaker, who resigned as head of the department in Sept. 1969 and who will retire from his pro- fessorial duties in Sept 1970. The colloquium will be held on Friday, April 17, from 3:00-5:00 p.m. in the U.I. Law Auditorium. The list of scholars invited to speak at this colloquium includes Messrs. Joaquin Casalduero, Joseph Schraibman, and Vernon Chamberlin. The departmental committee in charge of the colloquium consists of Prof. Joseph S. Flores, chairman; Assistant Prof. Thomas C. Meehan, secretary; and Prof. Alberto Porqueras-Mayo and Assistant Prof. David R. Hershberg. The colloquium committee has authorized the publication of a volume of Prof. Shoemaker's articles and essays by Editorial Castalia.

NEW RESEARCH PROGRAM The U.I. Center for Latin American Studies, in cooperation with the U.I. Office of International Programs and the Center for International Comparative Studies, has announced the inauguration of a 3-year humanities research program on "Native versus Foreign Influences in Latin American Artistic and Intellectual Expression: The Search for Identity in the 20th Century." Five individual projects will relate literature, philosophy, and music to this common theme. Four of the project members are from this department: Prof. Merlin H. Forster, "Vanguardism in Latin American Liter- ature (1929-1914.5) "; Prof. Luis Leal, "Influences on Contemporary Mexican Literature"; Assistant Prof. Anoar Aiex, "Brazilian Thought during Modernism (1922-1945)"; and Assistant Prof. Thomas C. Meehan, "Impressionism & Expressionism in the Chilean Nov- elist, Jenaro Prieto (1889-191|6) . " The 5th project member, from the U.I. School of Music, is Prof. Gerard Behague whose topic is "Recent Changes in Afro-Brazilian Cult Music." Prof, Forster is the general coordinator of the program. Prior to going to the field for research, the 5 participants will take part in an integrating colloquium later this spring semester. In addition to the 5 participants, several graduate students carrying on doctoral dissertation investigations overseas in subjects related to the program will hold research assistantships in this program and will participate in the colloquium,,

1970 SUMMER SESSION The department will offer a variety of courses during the 1970 Summer Session, June 22-Aug. 15. Spanish courses for undergraduates include Spanish 101, 102, 103, 101;, 211, 212, 213, 21L|., an<3 221. Courses for advanced undergraduates and graduates are Spanish 307 (Spanish- American Literature to 1888), 309 (Medieval Spanish Literature), 31[(. (Spanish Drama & Poetry of the Golden Age), 331 (La Cultura Hispanica: Espafia), 351 (Phonetics), 352 (Syntax), and 382 (Language Laboratory Techniques). Courses for graduates include Spanish 1^.00 (Beginning Spanish for Graduate Students), I4.I7 (Renais- sance & Baroque Drama in Spain), J4.I9 (Cervantes), k21 (Modern Spanish Novel & Essay), !±31 (Spanish-American Poetry: Middle America), I4.3B (Spanish- American Essay), [j.54 (Old Spanish), J4.9I (Special Topics), and 1+99 (Thesis Research). Graduate courses in Italian consist of Italian I4.OO (Beginning Italian for Grad- uate Students), J4.9I (Special Topics), and 1^.99 (Thesis Research). Graduate courses in Portuguese include Portuguese 1|07 (Studies in Brazilian Lit- erature), [(.91 (Special Topics), and lj.99 (Thesis Research). Those desiring the complete Summer Session timetable and information about ad- mittance should write: Director of Admissions & Records, U.I., 100a Administration Bldg., Urbana, 111. 61801.

NEW TEACHING ASSISTANTS The department welcomes 3 new teaching assistants this semester. New assistants in s

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Spanish are Mr. Luis Crist6bal Vera (B.A. U.I.) and Mr. George Anthony Yudice (B.A. Hunter College, New York). The new assistant in Italian is Mr. Marco Troiano (Dott- orato, Univ. of Bari, Italy). In addition, a tuition-and-f ee waiver for the spring semester has been awarded to Mr. Harold Lee Koch (B.A. U.I.). MESA REDONDA The Mesa Redonda met on Friday afternoon, Feb. 20, in the Illini Union. Graduate Fellow Lia Schwartz de Lerner led a discussion on the topic of her doctoral dissertation, "Creaciones lingtHsticas en la proaa satirica de Quevedo."

FACULTY NOTES Prof. Joseph S. Flores, along with Prof. Bruce Mainous, head of the U.I. Dept. of French, attended the meeting of the 111. Foreign Language Teachers Association's Executive & Advisory Board at the Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, on Saturday, March li;. Prof. Robert E. Lott has been awarded a $1500 grant by the American Philosophi- cal Society of Philadelphia to enable him to work on his Juan Valera project during the summer of 1970. FACULTY PUBLICATIONS Prof. Luis Leal, with Prof. Frank N. Dauster of Rutgers Univ., has edited an anthology for undergraduate study courses, Literatura de Hispanoamerlca , to be published this month by Harcourt, Brace & World.

Prof. Robert E. Lott has 2 reviews in Books Abroad , vol. XLIII, no. Ij. (Autumn

1969): Jos5 F. Montesinos' Gald6s, vol. I, on p. 563 » and Antonio Regalado Garcia' 51 siervo y_ e_l senor : La dialictica agonica de Miguel de Unamuno , on p. 570-71o Prof. Alberto Porqueras-Mayo in collaboration withToseph Laurenti has published an article, "Notas para una bibliografla critica del pr6logo en la literatura espaft- ola, " Annali-Sezione Romanza , vol. XII, no. 1 (1970), 81+-91+.

After accepting his edition of Juan de Zavaleta' s Err ores celebrados , Clasicos Castellanos has commissioned Assistant Prof. David R. Hershberg to edit an edition of s de Zavaleta' Dia fiesta§§§§§§§§. TWENTY YEARS AGO IN THE NEWSLETTER From the Newsletter, March 1950: "The U.I. chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, national Span- ish honorary society, is presenting Don Quixote de la Mane ha , a million-dollar screen version of Cervantes' immortal classic at the University Auditorium on Monday and Tuesday, May 8 and 9... In the title role is Rafael Rivelles, prominent Madrid stage and screen actor. Juan Calvo plays the part of the faithful Sancho Panza. Spanish dialogue is translated by adequate English titles."

CHACUN-A- S0N-G0UT DEPARTMENT The Dec. 1969 Newsletter of the Wash. Foreign Language Program reports that the Tre- teau de Paris' production of Jean Anouilh' s Antigone (which played at the U.I. Kran- nert Center last Nov. 5) had its booking cancelled by a theatre in Seattle, because the theatre had decided to stage the musical Hair instead.

BUT THERE MUST BE AN EASIER WAYl

The Sept. 1969 Mo. Foreign Language Newsletter ( "Show -Me News & Views") quotes Victor Borge, claiming to have learned Japanese by playing records while he slept. Said Mr. Borge, "It worked, and now I speak perfect Japanese, but only when I am asleep."

The University of Illinois Modern Foreign Language Newsletter is published jointly by the modern language departments of the U.I. under the direction of the Head of the Dept. of Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese. Editorial offices are located in 251 Illini Tower, Champaign, telephone (217) 333-3536. The Newsletter is available without charge to all interested persons in Illinois and other areas. All communications by mail should be addressed to: The Editor, MFL Newsletter, 221+ Lincoln Hall, Urbana, 111. 61801.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSLETTER

April, 1970 Director: Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello Vol. XXIII, No. 7 Editor: Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr.

LATIN COMES ALIVE

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Dr. Richard Scanlan, U.I. professor of Classics and of Secondary Education, has created a new 5-year comprehensive classics curriculum for high school students which puts life into that "dead" language, Latin. "Students somehow got the idea that no Roman ever smiled or had any fun, said Prof. Scanlan, explaining his use of humor and popular elements in the new series. The program uses a multi-sensory approach to teaching Latin. The students speak, hear, see, and act out the language. The lst-year program's visual aids include comic strips; a frequent protagonist is Superlegatus (shown above), a Roman soldier of Superman proportions. Superlegatus is a marked departure from the usual Caesar-Cicero-Vergil sequence of teaching Latin. "We try to get the kids involved and interested in the story line so that they care about what's happening to the characters," stated Prof. Scanlan. The lst-year program covers all the grammar that is generally covered in 2 years in other programs. The 2nd-year program likewise departs from Caesar's writings; it is instead based on themes that young people today find relevant and exciting: war, imperial- ism, the class struggle of minority groups in ancient Rome, religion, philosophy, and love. The 3rd-year program considers the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, with the students encouraged to draw comparisons between ancient Rome and modern government. The Uth-year program studies epic poetry: Vergil's Aeneid as well as Latin translations of such diverse works as Dante's Divine Comedy and Mary Renault's The King Must Die and The Bull from the Sea . The 5th-year program concentrates on lyric poetry, not only ancient but Latin translations of such modern poets as Emily Dickin- son, A. E. Housman, and e. e. cummings, who are strongly in the classical tradition. A similar program for Greek is currently being planned. The Latin program was originally planned for University High School, Urbana, but is now being tried out in more than I4.50 schools in the U.S. and Canada. It is being funded by the U.S. Office of Education, and will eventually be available in published form. Materials for the first 2 years of the Latin program are currently available at cost in offset form; inquiries should be directed to Prof. Richard Scanlan, Dept. of the Classics, 361 Lincoln Hall, U.I., Urbana, 111. 61801. TOO MANY PH.D.'S Ph.D. candidates and recipients who attended the Modern Language Association Conven- tion in Denver, Colo., in Dec. 1969 discovered that they outnumber the jobs availably Doctoral candidates in English and foreign languages are finding themselves in the worst job market since World War II. The situation is such not only in the languages -2- but also in the other humanities and the natural and social sciences. In 1968 university hirings fell by over 50% in all curricula. Since World War II, the universi. ties have been overproducing Ph.D.»s so that today they are a glut on the market. This is reflected in the number of recruiters at recent MLA conventions. In 196$ there were 739 recruiters; then in 1968 the figure dropped to 558; this past convention had only 268. The MLA is encouraging the universities to apply more rigid controls to their doctoral programs. In addition, doctoral job-seekers are being asked to consider the junior colleges. The number of junior colleges continues to increase, from around [(.00 just 8 years ago to over 1000 today. The drawback is that few junior colleges feel that they can afford Ph.D. faculties. The Ph.D. 's themselves are likewise reluctant to approach the junior colleges, where they would more likely have to teacr elementary grammar courses rather than the advanced literature and linguistics courses for which their doctoral degrees have prepared them.

QTTINTO LINGO 1969 ESSAY CONTEST The March 1970 issue of Quinto Lingo Magazine contains the winning essay in the magazine's 1969 Essay Contest, as well as the essays of the I4. runners-up and excerpts from 10 Honorable Mention essays. The contest attracted over 300 essays on the topic "Personal Involvement With Language Learning." Quinto Lingo will send a free copy of the March issue upon request; those wishing a sample copy should write to Mr. Charles

Gerras, Executive Editor, Quinto Lingo , Rodale Press, Inc., 33 East Minor St., Emmaus, Perm. 1801^9.

PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST The handbook Undergraduate Study Abroad; U.S. College- Sponsored Programs lists U.S. institutions which sponsor foreign study programs in various countries. Copies at $2.75 each are available from the Institute of International Education, 309 United Nations Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10017.

PLES teachers (Foreign Languages in the Elementary Schools ) will be interested in a report, 1969 FLES Evaluation: Language Skills and Pupil Attitudes in Fairfield

Conn. Public Schools , which describes the results of an investigation of foreign Ian- guage skills achieved by this program. A copy of the report is available by writing Mr. Kenneth A. Lester, Foreign Language Consultant, Conn. State Dept. of Education, Box 2219, Hartford, Conn. 06115, and asking for Bulletin 106. The Announcement of Selected Teaching Materials for Teachers of Latin and Greek lists games, pamphlets, books, posters, and other teaching aids. It is available from the American Classical League Service Bureau, Miami Univ., Oxford, Ohio lj.5056. The ACL Service Bureau also offers a 19"x25" chart called "Latin is the Basis of

Spanish, Italian, tic French" with columns of related words in these l± languages, for $.50 each. A catalogue of practice materials for beginners in Latin is available from the Education Publishing Service, 301 Vassar St., Cambridge, Mass. 02139»

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NOTES --by Prof. Barbara Smalley PUBLICATION Prof. A. 0. Aldridge has published "Chateaubriand, the Idea of Liberty, and Latin America" in Proceedings of the Commemor a t i o n of the Bicentenary of the Birth of Cha - teaubriandj 1968 (Geneva, 1970"), 201-213. DOCTORAL DEGREE Dr. Noah Marcell has recently been awarded the Ph.D. degree in Comparative Litera- ture at the U.I. The topic of his dissertation was The Impact and Influences of Rus - sian Literature upon German VJr iters in the XVIII and the Beginning of the XIX Cen - turies .

VISITING LECTURER Robert Shackleton of Oxford Univ. presented a lecture entitled "Traditional Elements in the Enlightenment," on Wednesday evening, April 8, in 180 Bevier Hall. His talk was sponsored by the Journal Club of the French Dept. and also by the Comparative Literature Program. .

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FRENCH NOTES -- by Prof. Larkin B. Price

TRAVELING SCHOLARS OP THE FRENCH DSPT. Prof. Herbert DeLey attended the Conference on 17th Century French Literature at the Univ. of Va., Charlottesville, March 19-21. One afternoon Prof. DeLey, Felix R. Freudraann (Univ. of Conn.), and James Doolittle (Rochester) moderated a Symposium on the 17th Century Memo ire. Prof. Robert J. Nelson was in Boston for the Northeast Conference on the Teach- ing of Foreign Languages March 19-21 (see Feb. Newsletter). Prof. Stanley Shinall and an M.A.T. candidate, Sharon Drazner, accompanied him,

NEW PH.D.'S VJithin recent weeks Mrs. Diane Butturff and Mr. Guy Trail completed final requirements for the degree of Ph.D. in French. Mrs. Butturff wrote her dissertation, "L' Ambigu de vers et de prose "; Definition of a 17th Century Genre, under the direction of Prof. Judd Hubert. Prof. Stanley Gray directed Mr. Trail' s work on Mal -

raux: The Commerce of Philosophy and Art .

PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST The French American Cultural Services & Educational Aids (FACSEA) offers catalogues of their films, records, slides, tapes, brochures, and other teaching aids to teachers of French who write FACSEA, 972 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10021,

The monthly bilingual (in French and English) Montreal ' 70 includes information on all of Canada, not just Montreal. A subscription is available free by writing

M. Jean Drapeau, Mayor of Montreal, Montreal, P.Q. , Canada, The Canadian Consulate General offers free loans of French films for non-commercial use to teachers of French, A list of available films can be obtained by writing the Canadian Consulate, 500 Boylston St., Boston, Mass. 02116, FUTURE EVENTS Reminder: On April 18 the Downstate Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French will meet at the Paradise Inn (Route 1^5 south) in Champaign, The Central Renaissance Conference will meet on the Urbana campus April 16-18, Among papers to be read are 2 on French subjects, one of them presented by Prof, Donald Stone (Harvard), The Conference on African Languages & Linguistics will be held April 2\\-2$ on the U.I. Urbana campus. For further information, write Mrs. J. L. Wilcock, Dept. of Linguistics, 3O9L Davenport Hall, U.I,, Urbana, 111. 61801.

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY FOREIGN LANGUAGE CONFERENCE The 23rd annual meeting of the Univ. of Ky. Foreign Language Conference, April 23-25, promises to be very rich, with several special sections for those interested in French literature and language. A glimpse at some of what will happen: April .21j., 9:00 a.m. Colloquium on Afro-Carribean Studies (papers by Jacques Ze-

phir, Albert Valdman, and Jos6 Ferrer-Canales ) . Special Section: "Literature & Revo- lution—the Writer and Society," with papers by Bettina L. Knapp (Racine), Pierre de Saint Victor (Rousseau), Richard Switzer (Chateaubriand), Philip Walker (Zola), Marc Hanrez (A. France), Smraett Parker (Camus), and John D. Erickson (Sartre), French I:

papers by Mark S. Whitney (Ronsard), Hugh M. Davidson (Montaigne ^c Pascal), Richard

L. Frautschi (Diderot h Computer), and Douglas W. Alden (Leon Blum & Rolland ) April 2\\., 2:00-2:30 p.m. Symposium on Michel Butor, Novelist h Critic (papers by Leon S. Roudiez and Jack Kolbert, then Butor for 1 hour on "Creation & Criticism. *[ April 25, 9:00 a.m. Special Section: "Young Malraux (1920-1932)" with papers by Herbert S. Gersham, Brian T. Fitch, Francis P. Tafoya, Paul A. Fortier, C. Denis Boak, and Jean Carduner. French II: papers by Roy E. Leake, Jr. (Montaigne), Claude Abraham (Corneille), Karl D. Uitti (Novel), and Edith Kern (Irony: Sartre, Camus, Beckett), For more information, write to Foreign Language Conference, 673 Office Tower, Univ. of Ky., Lexington, Ky. I4.O5O6.

INNOVATIONS IN TIE B.A.T. CURRICULUM A new feature of our B.A.T. French Methods course is French 199M, 1 hour credit, Micro-Teaching. Proposed by Prof. Stanley Shinall last Nov., the course consists of video taping- students in peer teaching situations for professional critiquing. Mr. Kandera, our methods teacher, reports an enthusiastic response from participants. Although micro-teaching has been done on a volunteer basis previously, this is the first time videotaping of micro-teaching experiences has been integrated into the total scheme of our professional methods courses. This semester our practice teaching senior B.A.T.'s are enough in number to merit a special foreign language methods course in the College of Education (Ed. 2I4.I). Next fall there will be enough for 2 sections of Secondary Education 2I4.I, 282, and 199M. Another innovation of the French R.A.T. track is French 199P, 1 hour credit. Sixteen students responding to an interest query are registered for para-teaching experiences with assignments made by Prof. Shinall and with the direction of Miss Patricia Eager of Urbana High, Mrs. Kathleen Kusmanoff of Urbana Junior High, and Mrs. Anne Sanders of Leal School. These 16 registrants will take part in local FL programs in activities ranging from tutoring to actual classroom experience. A planning meeting of the critic teachers, other Urbana French staff, and the registrants took place March 17. We will be performing a service to the local schools, the participants will gain a valuable overview of the local FL curriculum and insight into the problems and rewards of the profession on the local levei.

1970 SUMMER SESSION The Dept. of French will offer the following courses during the 1970 Summer Session, June 22-Aug. 15. Courses for undergraduates include French 101, 102, 103, 10i|, 201. 202, 211, 212, and 211l. For advanced undergraduates, there are French 311 (Diction), 313 (Phonetics). 3II4. (Syntax), 335 (French Civilization I), and 382 (Language Labora- tory Techniques). Courses for graduates are French lj.00 and I4.OI (Beginning French for Graduate Students), J4.25 (Explication de textes I), J4J4.I (Studies in 20th Century French Literature I), L|i|9 (Introduction to Old French Language & Literature), 473 (Seminar in 18th Century French Literature), I4.9I (Individual Topics), and 1^99 (Thesis Research). Those desiring the complete Summer Session timetable and information about ad- mittance should write: Director of Admissions & Records, 100a Administration Bldg., U.I., Urbana, 111. 61801.

NEW FRENCH FILM PROGRAM The French Dept. is presenting this semester a program of 7 classic French films, 1 ranging from Rene Clair to Jean-Luc Godard, to be shown to French students only. Certain classes will use some of the films as material for classroom discussion.

COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS V/ITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS Planning for "things French" programs passed to another stage with a 2-hour meeting at the French House March 6, bringing together those interested in the programs from other departments and about 10 professors of the Dept. of French. Of the some 30 professors who expressed interest, the following were able to attend: Jean Ann Beck- mann (representing R. Sutton, History), G. Behague (Music), S. Cairns (Mathematics), E. F. and Adele a Douglass (Radio-Television), P. Fehl (Art), C. Jeanrenaud (Recre- ation), A. Kaufman (English), H. Kellman (Musicology) , E. Lewis (Political Science), J. McKay (History), J. Molina (Agronomy), J. Newman (Classics), and A. Ringer (Music). Among conclusions reached at this meeting is the necessity to include all French speaking countries and regions, and the need to create in other departments groups to give formal courses, lectures, and direct research. It was decided that teams in the different departments, to be composed of no more than 3 members who have competence in no more than 1 domain, could best organize these courses involving French culture for students from outside their departments. An effort is going to be made to offer some of these courses this coming year, with another meeting of the group scheduled before the end of the semester to complete preliminary plans.

GERMANIC NOTES -- by Roy Allen

LONG-PANGE PLANNING AT THE U.I. The German Dept. is participating in a study beinp conducted presently by the Cham- paign-Urbana campus of the U.I. involving long-range planning on the future of the -5- university. This study is on both an idealistic as well as practical level and involves questions which range from such broader issues as the basic function of the derartment now and in the foreseeable future to more specific problems, such as the issue of the number of graduate students which an ideal German Dept. should comprise. The German Dept. is currently at the stage of preparing a questionnaire which is to be used as the basis for the discussion of the future of the department. Prof. Phil- ip M, Mitchell, Acting Chairman of the department, is requesting that interested persons, both from within and without the department, submit those questions which they fell need answering most urgently. The questions submitted will constitute the questionnaire. Persons interested in contributing or responding to the questionnaire should contact Mr. Klaus Hanson, who has been appointed to collect the data, at 371 Lincoln Hall, U.I., Urbana, 111. 61801.

DELTA PHI ALPHA The annual initiation ceremonies of Delta Phi Alpha, the National Honorary German fraternity, will be held on Monday, May 25, at 8:00 p.m. in the Faculty Lounge of the Illini Union. The ceremonies will include the initiation of the new members into the fraternity and the annual awarding of the Mi ra i_Jehle-Prize and the Werner-! 'arx- Award. The German Choir, under the direction of Mr. Homer Rudolf, will also perform.

GERMAN HOUSE The "Spring Grand Opening" of the German House, originally scheduled for March 15, was postponed to Sunday, April 12. The "open house took place from 2:00-i|.:00 p.m. The program included entertainment by residents of the house (skits, vocal and instrumental performances) and refreshments. The German House is located at 108 S. Gregory St., Urbana, on the U.I. campus. Questions concerning the house can be directed to the house through either of 2 telephone numbers: 3J4.I4.— 2328 or 3i|l;-1977« The coordinator of the German House is Miss Jane Thompson.

TELEPHONE LANGUAGE TAPES The German language tape recordings, normally heard in the language laboratory at the U.I. by students enrolled in the 2nd-year intermediate German course, 103-1014., can now be heard over the telephone by all interested persons. By dialing 333-63O6 on Mondays and Tuesdays the tapes can be heard of the German stories which are listened to each Monday by students in the laboratory. By calling either 333-379U or 333-63OS it is possible to hear on Sundays the tapes involving German poetry from the rrevious Thursday session of the laboratory and to hear on Mondays and Tuesdays the tapes of German stories which are heard by students in the laboratory on Monday of the same week. Of particular value are the tapes involving the poetry which include interpretations of the poems selected for reading.

PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST TO TEACHERS OF GERMAN The weekly Bulletin of the German Information Center deals with German political and cultural affairs and appears in English. Complimentary subscriptions to this Bulle- tin can be obtained by writing to the German Information Center, I4.IO Park Ave., New York, N.Y. 10022. A brochure entitled Berichte aus Berlin (in German) which describes contemporary life in the divided city is available free of charge to teachers who write to the NCSA/AATG Service Center, 339 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Perm. 19106. BRECHT SYMPOSIUM In celebration of the founding of the International Brecht Society and the Brecht

Yearbook , a special Brecht Symposium will be held in Milwaukee, Wise., from April 16- 18. The program will include such major authorities on Brecht as Eric Bentley, Lee Baxandall, Leroy Shaw, Mordecai Gorelik, Walter Hinck, Andrzej Wirth, Jost Hermand, and Reinhold Grimm. On each evening of the Symposium there will be a special performance of Brecht' s short play The Measures Taken . A student from the Dept. of Ger- man and Comparative Literature at the U.I. will be selected to participate in a group discussion with Eric Bentley on problems of translating Brecht into English. Anyone interested in more detailed information and registration materials for the Symposium should write to John B. Fuegi, Dept. of Comparative Literature, Univ. of Wise, Mil- waukee, Wise. 53201. '

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SLAVIC NOTES --by Prof. Michael Curran CONFERENCES The AAASS held its 3rd national conference on March 26-28 at Columbus, Ohio. .Among the participants were Donald Panger of Harvard Univ., Victor Erlich of Yale Univ., Rufus Mathewson of Columbia Univ., and Sir Isaiah Berlin, Wolf son College, Oxford Univ., England. Ralph Fisher of the Russian and East European Center at the U.I. took part in a panel discussion on Slavic Studies at the Liberal Arts College. Prof. Richard Sheldon of Dartmouth College, who is spending the year at the U.I. Center for Advanced Study, will speak at the 23rd Univ. of Ky. Foreign Language Con- ference in Lexington, Ky. His topic is "Factual Fiction: Viktor Shklovsky's Novels of the Twenties." Prof. Sheldon has published a translation of Shklovsky's Sentimen - tal Journey and is now working on Shklovsky's writing of the thirties.

GUEST SPEAKER Andrzej Wirth, professor at Stanford and formerly drama editor and critic in Warsaw, will speak at the U.I. on April 15. At J|:00 p.m. in the General Lounge of the Union he will speak on "Mrozek, or Absurd Theatre as Theatre of Commitment." At 8:00 p.m. in 125 Burrill Hall he will speak on "The Crisis of the Existential Hero in Drama." PUBLICATIONS Temira Pachmuss' book Zinaida Hipp jus: An Intellectual Profile will be published soon by the Southern 111. Univ. Press. The book "makes an important contribution to the study of Russian literature and cultural movements. Against the background of late 19th century literary and intellectual life, Miss Pachmuss explores the cultural ferment out of which Russian Symbolism emerged. It was in this sphere, she shows, that Hippius found personal identity, and of which she became an exponent, exempli- fying in her own work that bond between religion, poetry, and mystical sensuality that characterized Russian literature in those years."

DEGREES AWARDED The Slavic Dept. awarded Master's Degrees to the following students this month: Marie Gies, Nolen Provenzano, and Sally Spaulding. Mr. James Nelson passed his preliminary exams leading to the doctoral degree.

SPANISH, ITALIAN, & PORTUGUESE NOTES -- by Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr. PORTUGUESE FELLOWSHIPS Phi Lambda Beta (Portuguese National Honor Fraternity) and the Gulbenkian Foundation, Inc., offer undergraduate fellowships to high school students who graduate with at least 1 year of Portuguese or equivalent. Further information is available from Dr. Norwood Andrews, Jr., Executive Secretary, Phi Lambda Beta, P.0 o Box 1581, Station B, Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, Term. 37203.

SPANISH CLUB TO PRESENT PLAY The Circulo Literario Espafiol will present its production of Los invasores by the contemporary Chilean playwright, Egon Wolff. The play will be produced in Spanish with participation by U.I. undergraduate and graduate students. The productions will be presented on 2 consecutive evenings, Wednesday and Thursday, May 6-7 at 7:30 p.m. in Lincoln Hall Theatre. General admission is $1, with a special group rate of $.75 apiece for groups of more than 15 persons. For information and tickets, please write to Mr. D. Orrantia, Advisor, Circulo Literario Espartol, 221; Lincoln Hall, U.I., Ur- bane, 111. 61801.

H0MENAJE A M. A. M0RINIG0 The department will sponsor a special Homena je al profesor Marcos A. Morlnigo on the occasion of his retirement in Sept. 1970» The Homena je will be heTd Thursday and Friday, May 11^.-15, in the Law Auditorium. Prof. Joseph H. Silverman (Univ. of Calif, at Santa Cruz) and Prof. Luis Leal (U.I.) will speak at 8:00 p.m. on May II4.. Prof. Benito Brancaforte (Univ. of Wise.) will speak at 10:00 a.m. on May 15, along with the reading of papers submitted by Raquel M. Alfie and Celina S. de Cortazar, former students of Prof. Morinigo now teaching at the Univ. of Buenos Aires. Prof. Luis A. -7-

Murillo (Univ. of Calif, at Berkeley), Prof. Winston A. Reynolds (Univ. of Calif, at Santa Barbara), and Prof. Isalas Lerner (U.I.) will speak at 2:00 p.m. on May 15. The program will close with a speech by Prof. Raimundo Lida (Harvard Univ.) at 8:00 p.m. on May 1$. The departmental committee in charge of the Homena je consists of Associate Prof. Hugo W. Cowes as chairman, Prof. Luis Leal, Prof. Angelina R. Pietrangeli, and Assis- tant Prof. Isalas Lerner.

NEW COURSES Several new courses have been proposed to augment the present undergraduate major programs in Spanish, Spanish- Secondary education, Italian, and Portuguese. The new courses proposed for Spanish include Spanish 200 (Literary Analysis), 209 (Spanish Language I: Phonology and Verb System); 210 (Spanish Language II: Morphology & Syn- tax), 214.0 (Spanish Literature: Medieval -G-olden Age), and 299 (Senior Seminar). The new courses proposed for Italian are Italian 209 (Grammar, Syntax, and Pho- netics), 221 (Introduction to Italian Literature I), 222 (Introduction to Italian Literature II), and 33I (Italian Culture). The new courses proposed for Portuguese consist of Portuguese 209 (Portuguese Grammar & Phonetics), 212 (Composition & Conversation II), 221 (Introduction to Port- uguese Literature), and 222 (Introduction to Brazilian Literature). These new courses were proposed by a committee chaired by Assistant Prof. David R. Hershberg and including Prof. Joseph S. Flores, Prof. Merlin H. Porster, plus 2 graduate students, Miss Janet R. Pitch and Mr. Ronald R. Young, and 2 undergraduate students, Mr. Roger Stein and Miss Eileen Zeitz.

NEW FACULTY The department will soon welcome Dr. Richard Preto-Rodas as associate professor of Portuguese and Spanish. Dr. Preto-Rodas will teach 2 courses in the 1970 Summer Session: Portuguese I4.O7 (Studies in Brazilian Literature) and I4.9I (Special Topics). Sr. Enrique Lafourcade, the well-known Chilean novelist presently a visiting distinguished professor at the Univ. of Utah, will be a visiting professor in this department during the 1970 Summer Session. He will teach Spanish 307 (Spanish-Amer- ican Literature to 1888) and 14.314. (Spanish- American Novel: South America).

"THE TRANSIENT" The Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese Graduate Student Association has inaugurated the publication of "The Transient" as its official newsheet. "The Transient" will be issued on alternate weeks under the editorship of Graduate Students Stephen J. Sum- merhill and Carolina Dfaz. "The Transient" is designed to disseminate departmental information, to publicize coming departmental events, and to allow the department's graduate students a media of expression for their opinions.

FACULTY NOTES Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello, head of the department, will speak on "The Theatre of Alfonso Sastre" at a Symposium on the Spanish Theatre to be held at the Univ. of N.C. on April 30-May 2. The Spanish playwright Antonio Buero Valle jo will be the honored guest of the Symposium. Prof. Joseph S. Flores will take part in the Secondary- Community College-Univer- sity Articulation Conference in Sterling, 111., on Wednesday, April 22, The conference is sponsored by Sauk Valley College, Dixon, 111. Prof. Flores will serve on a panel on which he will present the university point of view on the theme: "The Prob- lem of Foreign Language Articulation Between 3 Levels of Educational Institutions." Prof. Luis Leal took part in a Symposium on the New Latin American Novel at the Univ. of Syracuse on April 8, along with the Argentine critic Raul Castagnino and the Cuban novelist Lino Novas Calvo. Prof. Alberto Porqueras-Mayo has been appointed an associate in the Center for Advanced Studies for the second semester 1970-71. Visiting Assistant Prof. Dieter Wanner spoke on "The Dialect and Standard Lan- guage in Northern Italy" at the Univ. of Wash, on March 16. Prof. Wanner has recently been awarded a U.I. Faculty Summer Fellowship to work on the topic "Phonological Investigation of Italian Syllable Structure." Dr. Virginia Burbridge, a doctoral alumna of this department and currently an assistant professor of Spanish at Xavier Univ., Cincinnati, will present a paper on -8-

Rodolfo Usigli at the April meeting of the Southwestern Council of Latin American Studies at the Univ. of Houston. FACULTY PUBLICATIONS

Prof. Merlin H. Forster's book, L_a muerte en la_ poesia mexicana; Antologia tematica , has been published by Editorial Di6genes, Mexico, Prof. Luis Leal's edition of Juan Rulfo's Pedro Paramo will be published in April by Appleton-Century. Recent book reviews by Assistant Prof. Thomas C. Meehan include Los prados de la consciencia . a book of short stories and novelettes by the Uruguayan writer Carlos

Martinez Moreno, in Books Abroad (Feb. 1970), and Perspectivas interamericanas : Literatura y_ libertad by Robert G. Mead, Jr., in Hispanfifila (otoflo 1969). Instructor Maria Elena Bravo de Maharg's review of Pedro Limferrer's La muerte en Beverly Hills appeared in A la luz : Revista de poesia hispanica de la Univ. de Calif, (otofio 1969), J+8-^0. Prof. Benito Brancaforte, formerly of this department and now at the Univ. of Wise, has published an article "Croce on Lope and Calder6n: The Application of an Aesthetic Theory" in Symposium (Summer 1969), plus a book review of John Esten Kel- ler's Alfonso X el Sabio in Hispan6fila , no. 35 (1969).

PUBLICATION OF INTEREST

The Italian Culture Council, Inc., has recently published a directory, , Italian in the Colleges and Universities of the U.S. The guide lists 370 U.S. institutions which offer Italian; around 370 offer undergraduate study, over 5° offer M.A. and/or Ph.D. programs, and there are 85 study abroad programs in Italy. For further information, contact Miss Elvira Adorno, Executive Director, Italian Culture Council, Inc., 111+0 Edgewood Parkway, Union City,§§§§§§§§N.J. O7O83. 20 YEARS AGO IN THE NEWSLETTER From the Newsletter, April 1950: "...The 111. State High School Conference on World Language Teaching [was held] at the U.I. on April 21 and 22... Mr. Virgil Gillenwater, Counselor on Teacher Education at the U.I., spoke on the language situation in 111. ...[stressing] 'the predominance of Latin as the one foreign language being offered in 111. high schools. '.. .In spite of the overwhelming popularity of Latin as a high school offering, we are training fewer new teachers for it than in any other language with the exception of German."

CANDID COMMENTS Foreign language students in the Savannah- Chatham County (Ga.) School System were requested to submit their opinions on their foreign language teachers. The following excerpts, exactly as written, are from the Ga. Foreign Language Beacon (Spring, 1969): "Man, my teacher is goodl It's one thing to TALK about a petit dejeuner, but when she brought in some brioche and sweet butter, I went to Paris." "Happiness is a French teacher with a bad ear." "An age limit should be put on language teachers, for instance no one over 1+0 should teach (just an example)." "Young ones (teachers) just out of college can be the worst, sometimes. They try to act like they are a professor." "One funny thing about my Spanish class is when the teacher listens to Spanish records, man that turns him on. (I worry about him sometimes.)" "All my teachers say that French flows like a brook, so soft and smooth, but my grades are really drowning mel"

The University of Illinois Modern Foreign Language Newsletter is published jointly by the modern language departments of the U.I. under the direction of the Head of the Dept. of Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese. Editorial offices are located in 251 Illini Tower, Champaign, telephone (217) 333-3536. The Newsletter is available without charge to all interested persons in Illinois and other areas. All communications by mail should be addressed to: The Editor, MFL Newsletter, 221+ Lincoln Hall, Urbana, 111. 61801. ^05 m«4T'T< Uxr

THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSLETTER

May, 1970 Director: Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello Vol. XXIII, No. 8 Editor: Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr.

PROF. WILLIAM H. SHOEMAKER On Sept. 1, 1970, the 13-year tenure of Prof. William H. Shoemaker at the U.I. Cham- paign-Jrbana campus will come to an end. Prof. Shoemaker load resigned the headship of the Dept. of Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese in Sept. 1969, and has spent his last year at the U.I. as an Associate Member in the Center for Advanced Studies. As head of his department, Prof. Shoemaker was also the Director of the U.I. Modern Foreign Language Newsletter. The Newsletter had been founded during the academic year 19U7-U8 by the late Prof. John Van Home, head of the Dept. of Spanish & Italian. Prof. Shoemaker became the Newsletter Director during its 11th year of operation. From 1957-69, under his able and inspiring direction, the Newsletter grew from a small publication, mailed monthly to a short list of less than 1000 foreign language teachers mainly in 111., to a large and popular periodical whose monthly circulation figure of 36OO included readers not only in 111., but in all the other states (except Alaska) and 3 foreign countries. It was Prof. Shoemaker who, in 1969, together with Prof. Anthony M, Pasquariello, his successor as department head and Newsletter Director, achieved the transition of the Newsletter from a mimeographed bulletin to a newsletter published professionally by use of the offset photographic method. When Prof. Shoemaker became Newsletter Director, his publication was cosponsored by 3 departments: Spanish & Italian, French, and German. Prof. Shoemaker was instrumental in bringing 2 other language departments into the Newsletter sphere of sponsorship: Russian in 1959 (the year it became a separate U.I. language department) and the Graduate Program in Comparative Literature in 1968. In addition to directing the Newsletter, Prof. Shoemaker frequently contributed items and articles of interest which were published under his byline. Prof. Shoemaker's name became so synonymous with the Newsletter that, after his resignation as department head last Sept., a letter was received by his department from a language teacher in Chicago who was concerned that there would be no more Newsletter since Prof. Shoemaker had resigned. This Newsletter, however, is not Prof. Shoemaker's only contribution to the field of foreign languages. His entire adult life has been one of devotion to his chosen profession of language teaching and research. His excellence in his field is mirrored by his accomplishments and awards. His scholastic depth and energy are a source of awe and inspiration not only to his many students who have studied under him but also to his professional colleagues who have worked with him. The brief biography which follows can catch but the highlights of his long and illustrious career. William H. Shoemaker was born in Norristown, Penn. He studied at Princeton Univ., where he received his A.B. in 192lj., his M.A. in 1928, and his Ph.D. in 193U* Prior to receiving his doctorate, he taught at Lake Forest Academy in 111. and also at Princeton. In 1938 he became Chairman of the Dept. of Romance Languages & Litera- tures at the Univ. of Kan. He held this position until 1957, when he assumed the headship of the Dept. of Spanish & Italian at the U.I. Prof. Shoemaker served as the President of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese in 1950. In 1959 he was decorated as a Commander in Spain's Order of Civil Merit, and last month was invested as an Honorary Member of the Institute of Hispanic Culture. He has served on the editorial boards of such periodicals as Symposium , Hispan6f ila , and Anale s Galdosianas , and his scholarly articles and books (many on the Spanish novelist Benito PSrez Gald6s) are too numerous to mention. Prof. Shoemaker has directed 2^ doctoral dissertations, with I4. more in progress. Upon his retirement from the U.I., he and Mrs. Shoemaker will make their home in Columbia, Mo., where Prof. Shoemaker will continue to teach at the Univ. of Mo. To Prof. William H. Shoemaker this issue of the U.I. Modern Foreign Language Newsletter is fondly and respectfully dedicated.

1970 ACTFL ANNUAL MEETING The 1970 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages annual meeting has baen scheduled for Nov. 26-29 at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, Calif., to be held in cobperation with the Modern ?c Classical Language Association of Southern Calif. -2-

PUBLI CATIONS OP INTEREST

Volume I of The Britannic a Review of Foreign Language Education , edited by Dr. Emma Birkmaier, was recently published by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. The 1+14.8-page volume sells for $12. $0. The material it contains makes it an indispensible tool for all teachers, administrators, department heads, board of education members, and others concerned with the teaching of foreign languages. The volume analyzes foreign language education at the elementary, secondary, and c ollege level. Volume I is divided into 2 sections, "Context and Organization of Foreign Language Learning " and "Theory and Practice of Foreign Language Teaching and Learning." This volume and the yearly volumes which will follow belong in every high school, college, and university library.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NOTES -- by Prof. Barbara Smalley

PUBLI CATI ON Prof. Rocco Montano's "Schema di una storia della poesia di Dante II" appeared re-

cently in Convivium , vol. XXXVII, no. ij. (1969), 385-1+13. MEETINGS Profs. A. 0. Aldridge, Francois Jost, and Herbert Knust participated last month in the 23rd Univ. of Ky. Foreign Language Conference held at Lexington, Ky. Prof. Knust was Chairman for a section of German literature, and Prof. Jost delivered a paper entitled "Problems in Thematics: Toward Some Definitions."

On April 16-17 Prof. Herbert Knust of the Comparative Literature Program and 1+ U.I. students, Renate Aschober (German), Terri Hori (Comparative Literature), Adele Palmberg (Comparative Literature), and Andrew Weeks (German), attended the Milwaukee Symposium in 20th-century Studies. The meetings were devoted this year to "Bertolt Brecht —1970." Prof. Eric Bentley conducted a seminar in which his translations of Brecht's works were discussed; Mr. Hori and Mr. Weeks participated in this seminar All 5 also attended lectures by Profs. Jost Hermand, Leroy Shaw, and Walter Hinck, as well as a performance of Brecht's The Measures Taken . During April 16-17, the Comparative Literature Program and the Graduate School held the J+th Annual Conference on Comparative Literature at the Univ of Southern Calif, at Los Angeles. The conference concentrated on "Black Literature," and topics discussed included "Concepts of the Black Aesthetic in Contemporary Black Literature" and "Black Thunder: The Negro Renaissance in American Literature. On April 16-18 Prof. A. 0. Aldridge attended a meeting of the American Society for 18th-century Studies held at Case Western Reserve Univ. in Cleveland, Ohio. During the course of the meeting Prof. Aldridge was elected to the Advisory Board of the Society.

VISITING LECTURER On Monday, April 27, Prof. Lilian Furst of the Univ. of Manchester, England, delivered a lecture under the auspices of the Comparative Literature Program at the U I. The subject of the lecture was "The Relationship of French Romanticism to the German Storm and Stress."

THESIS DEFENSE On April 28 Mr. Graeme Tytler successfully completed his thesis defense. His dissertation deals with "Character Description and Physiognomy in the European Novel (1800- 1860) in Relation to J. C. Lavater's Physiognomische Fragmente ."

LECTURE Prof. A. 0. Aldridge delivered a lecture on April 10 at Indiana Univ., Bloomington, under the auspices of the Indiana Program of Comparative Literature. The topic of his lecture was "Biography and Realism."

FRENCH NOTES -- by Prof. Larkin B. Price

IN MEM0RIAM We are grieved to learn of the death of Prof. Jean Misrahi of Brown Univ. on April "

10. Mr. Misrahi was visiting professor in this department for the year 1967-68, teaching the courses in Old French language and literature.

TRAVELING SCHOLARS OP THE FRENCH DEPT. Prof. C. A. Knudson attended the annual meeting of the Mediaeval Academy of America in Cambridge, Mass., April 17-18. At the April 17 meeting of the Chicago Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French, Prof. Robert J. Nelson gave what he calls "une 'anti-conference' au sujet des 'dix articles de foi' dans l'enseignement des langues etrangeres." Prof. Francis Nachtmann was one of the panel members to discuss "Current Trends and Practices in Articulation and Transfer of Foreign Language at the State Univer- sities in 111." at the Secondary-Community College -University Articulation Conference organized by Sauk Valley Junior College and held in Sterling, 111., April 22. Toward the end of April, Prof. Stanley Shinall served as a member of the North Central Association's Accreditation Committee to evaluate the foreign language programs in the Champaign-Urbana schools. The Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (announced in the Feb. Newsletter) was held at the beginning of May. Profs. Bruce Mainous and Robert J. Nelson, Mrs. Samia Spencer, and Mr. Paul Griffith attended from the French Dept. Prof. Larkin B. Price was in Lexington, Ky., April 23-25 for the annual Univ. of Ky. Foreign Language Conference.

AATF MEETING AT URBANA A meeting closer to home, the Downstate 111. Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French (Prof. Brigitta Kuhn of 111. State Univ., President) was held Ap- ril 18 at the Paradise Inn just outside Champaign. Mr. Vytas Gaigalas, 111. State Univ., gave a paper on Camus; Mr. Regis Ferran, Southern 111. Univ., discussed the relation of theatre and government in France; Mr„ Alan Ouvrier and other French students at Urbana gave another presentation of their radio program on French youth and education; and Prof. Alphonse Roche, visiting professor at 111. State Univ. this semester, talked about "Les Enquetes littlraires. Elected President for the coming year was Prof. Frank Gunderson, Southern 111. Univ., with Prof. Robert J. Nelson, U.I. Urbana, as Vice-President, and Mr. Geoffrey A. Hughes, Rloomington High School, Secretary-Treasurer,

PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST Word has been received from the City of Montreal that publication of the magazine Montreal i 70 (mentioned in the April Newsletter, p. 3) has been interrupted due to significant increases in the Canadian postage rates. The City Printer has available a limited number of back issues which can be sent upon request by contacting M. Paul Cholette, L'Imprimeur de la Ville, Chambre 1, Hotel de Ville, 275 Est Rue Notre-Dame,

Montreal, P.Q. , Canada. The 1st issue, No. 21, of French XX Bibliography (1885 to the present) Bince the change in sponsorship and title from French VII, is now available. Prof. Stanley Gray has served for several years as Correspondent for this bibliography, as has also Prof. Larkin B. Price, who with this latest issue enters the Advisory Committee.

In "Le Coin du pedagogue," French Review , April 1970, Prof. Fred Jenkins is quo- ted at length on the subject of reflexive verbs. A review by Prof. Larkin B. Price of the 2nd edition of Germaine Brae's Marcel

Proust and Deliverance from Time appeared in the March 1970 issue of French Review .

FRENCH HONORARY FRATERNITY This year's Pi Delta Phi initiation and banquet took place on May 13 in the Illini Union.

CSNACLE MEETING The Cenacle met at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bartle April 29. Profs. Barbara Bowen, Yves Velan, and Mrs. Ron Gordon each gave a brief explication de texte of Sponde's 3rd sonnet on death, followed by general discussion of the poem.

POETRY CONTEST The annual poetry contest, organized this year by Mr. Paul T. Griffith, was held May

5. Students were divided into I4. categories according to background, with 1st, 2nd, "

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FRENCH DEPT. PLAY

Georges Feydeau's comedy, Feu la mere de madame , is now in rehearsal under the direction of Alan Ouvrier, who has brought together a cast composed principally of undergraduates. The production date, uncertain at the moment, will be sometime after May 15. FRENCH JOURNAL CLUB LECTURES Prof. Robert Shackleton, Bodley's Librarian. Oxford Univ., gave a lecture April 8, "Traditional Elements in the Enlightenment, sponsored by the Journal Club of the Dept. of French and the Program in Comparative Literature. On April 13 Prof. Mortimer Guiney of the Univ. of Conn, gave a paper on "Reverdy et les arts plastiques. A lecture on "Structuralisme, critique et litterature" by Prof. Jean Paris of

Johns Hopkins Univ. was presented May ij..

FRENCH FILMS SERIES Films which have been presented for the benefit of students and staff are La Grande Illusion (Renoir), Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (ComSdie franchise), A nous la~Tibert6 (Clair), Le Sang d»un poe'te CCocteau), Jule's et Jim (Truffaut), and Vivre sa vie (Godard).

"THINGS FRENCH" PROGRESS The developing Institut d' Etudes Franchises de L'Universitl d« Illinois £. Urbana organized by Prof. Robert J. Nelson offers several courses outside the French Dept. directly related to French and French-speaking cultures: Architecture 3H|- (French Ar- chitecture 1^00-1800)| English 295 (Moliere and the English Restoration Comedy of Manners), A. Kaufman; History 271 (French Colonization of North America 1500-1778), Natalia Belting; History 3IO (The Development of Modern Europe: French Revolution and Napoleon, 1789-1815), J. B. Sirich; Linguistics 316 (The Structure of the French Language), F. Jenkins; Music 169 (French Diction), Clark; Political Science 336 (Gov- ernment and Politics in Western Continental Europe--2/3rds of coursd devoted to French government), E. G. Lewis, There are also a number of general related courses: Language, Culture, and So- ciety (Anthropology 370, Communications 370, Linguistics 370); Economic Development of Tropical Africa (Agricultural Economics 351+ and Economics 351]-); and History and Philosophy of Education 303 (Comparative Education). For graduate students, the following courses are offered: Communications/Radio TV I4.77 (World Broadcasting), Douglass; and Political Science/Communications 1+77 (In- ternational Communications), Osgood, Schiller, Merritt. Courses within the French Dept. of interest to non-French majors are: French 255/Humanities 25$ (Introduction to French Literature in Translation, I), B. Bowen; and French 335 (French Civilization, I), Mainous. ICI RADIO URBANA (WILL-FM) Due to the success of the French programs presented by the French Dept. and WILL-FM, it is hoped the project can be continued next year. However, it appears that the 1st programs cannot be given before near the end of the 1st semester, which will give ample time for anyone interested to convey their impressions of this semester's broadcasts and suggestions for future programs to Prof. Robert J. Nelson, Dept. of French, 21|i| Lincoln Hall, U.I., Urbana, 111. 61801, who welcomes such comments.

GERMANIC NOTES — by Roy Allen

SUMMER COURSES IN GERMAN 1970 The German Dept. will offer a broad selection of courses in the Summer Session of 1970. On the 100-level, German 199 (Undergraduate Open Seminar) will be open to enrollment, in addition to the full Elementary/Intermediate sequence, German 101-lOlj., On the 200-level, courses for advanced undergraduates, there will be 2 sections offered of German 210 (Masterpieces; Profs. Haile and Figge) and 1 section each of German 211 (Conversation & Writing I; Prof. Figge), 212 (Conversation & Writing II; "

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Prof. Hoist), 2$3 (20th-century German Drama; Prof. Schwalbe), and 291 (Senior Thesis & Honors Course I). Three courses will be available for credit for advanced undergraduates and graduates: German 311 (Goethe; Prof. Haile), 332 (Schiller; Prof. Frey), 382 (Language Laboratory Techniques; Prof. Nachtmann). On the graduate level, in addition to the series in basic German for graduate students (i|00-lj.01), the department is offering German ij.53 (Seminar in Literary Relations; Visiting Prof. Hans Galinsky), I4.93 (Research in Special Topics), and 1+99 (Thesis Research). Two c ourses will be taught in Germanic: Germanic 199 (Undergraduate Open Seminar) and 3&7 (In- troduction to Germanic Linguistics; Prof. Marchand; credit for advanced undergraduates and graduates).

KY. FOREIGN LANGUAGE CONFERENCE The 23rd Univ. of Ky. Foreign Language Conference took place in Lexington on April 23-25. The German Dept . of the U.I. was represented at the meeting by Profs. Mari- anne Burkhard, Herbert Knust, Ruth Lorbe, James Marchand, Irmengard Rauch, and Chris- tine Sjogren. Prof. Burkhard spoke at German II on "Raum und Zeit im Werk C. F. Meyers." Prof. Knust was Chairman of the German I section. At Linguistics II, Profo Marchand presented a paper on "Semantic Change and the Figures of Speech" and Prof. Rauch gave a talk on "Old Germanic Consonants."

LECTURES AT THE U.I. The Dept. of German and the Program in Comparative Literature sponsored a lecture on April 21 at 8:00 p.m. in the Law Building by Prof. Walter Hinck of the Univ. of Col- ogne, Germany. Prof. Hinck, who is most noted for his work on the poet-dramatist, "ertolt Brecht, presented a survey of recent German drama, entitled "Von Brecht bis ' Handke : Zum deutschen Theater des ' wissenschaftlichen Zeitalters. Prof. Herbert Knust of the German Dept. addressed the Honor Society Phi Kappa Fhi on May 5 in the Illini Union. The topic of his talk was "On Literary Fishing."

FELLOWSHIPS FOR 1970-71 Fellowships for the academic year 1970-71 have been granted to the following majors in the German Dept.: Ronald Edge (University Fellowship), Vivian Greene (Graduate College Fellowship), Wayne Harbert (University Fellowship), Rudolph Hofmeister (Univ- ersity Dissertation Fellowship), Leonie Marx (University Fellowship), Walter Pasulka (NDEA Title IV Fellowship), Rosemary Hoffmann Scholl (University Fellowship), Juliana Wempen (111. College Fellowship). Tuition & Fee Waivers were awarded Dwight Smith and Linda Truesdale for 1970-71. Summer Teaching Fellows will be this year Rudolph Hofmeister, Uwe Klinger, Peter Pabisch, and Jay Rosellini e

NEW TEACHING POSTS OF DEPARTING GRADUATE STUDENTS Several graduate students in the German Dept. who will have concluded their graduate studies at the U.I. at the end of this term, with the exceptions in some instances of the completion of the dissertation, have accepted full-time teaching positions to begin in the fall semester of 1970. Mr. Lowell Bangerter has taken an assistant professorship at the Univ. of Wyo. at Laramie and Mr. Dean Castle a position of the same rank at the Univ. of Texas at El Paso. Mr. Harold Felty will be an instructor at Southern 111. Univ. at Carbondale and Mr. Paul Garcia will begin teaching as assistant professor at Kenyon College in Gamier, Ohio, in the fall. Mr. Klaus Hanson will teach in Germany as assistant professor at Schiller College in Kleiningersheim. Mr. Uwe Klinger has accepted a post of instructor at Wesleyan Univ. in Middletown, Conn,, Instructorships have also been accepted by Mr. Terrence McCormick at the Univ. of Conn, at Storrs and by Mr. Marvin Meinz at North Central College in Naperville, 111. Mr. Thomas Smith is going as assistant professor to Lindenwood Colleges of St. Charles, Mo.

GERMAN CHOIR The German Choir, which is under the direction of Mr. Homer Rudolf, presented its spring concert at 8:00 p.m. on April 27 at the University Place Christian Church. The choir performed selections by Lemlin, Lasso, Schtftz, Schumann, and Lau. The German Choir is sponsored by the U.I. German Club, GERMAN HOUSE The German House, which is located at 108 S. Gregory St. in Urbana, will continue to " "

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be very active in the next academic year, 1970-71» Persons interested in contacting

the House are requested to call (217) 3^4-U-—2328.

SLAVIC NOTES --by Prof. Michael Curran DOBRO SLOVO On Friday, May 22, at 6:30 p.m. in the Illini Union, the Dobro Slovo, National Slavic Honor Society, Zeta Chapter of the U.I,, nominated 15 new members (8 undergraduates and 7 graduates) for initiation into the society. The students are selected on the basis of their academic excellence in the Slavic Dept . Graduate students receive a year's subscription to SEEJ. and undergraduates, a book. The faculty advisor for the Society is Prof. Kurt Klein.

NEWS PROM ABROAD Prof. Prank Y. Gladney (known to Intourist officials as "avtoturist Prenk Gledni") gave a talk on April 7 at the Russian Language Institute in Moscow (Structural Lin- guistics Section) on the topic "The Generative Approach to Problems of Case Govern- ment in the Work of Charles J. Fillmore, Doklad vstregali burnye aplodismenty . PUBLICATIONS Prof. Temira Pachmuss has published the following reviews: The Notebooks for "The Possessed ", edited with an introduction by Edward Wasiolek, translated by Victor Ter- ras (Chicago, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1968) in The Russian Review (Jan. 1970), vol. XXIX, no. 1, p. 109; and "Carin TschBpl, VjaXeslav Ivanov: Dictung and Dichtungs-

theorie" Slavistische Beltrage , 30 (Mtlnchen, Otto Sagner, 1968) in SEEJ (Spring 1970) vol. XIV, no. 1, 72-73. Prof. Pachmuss also published the article "Introduction to Zinaida Hippius' Unpublished Diaries and Annotations of Their Texts," American Phil - osophical Society Year Book 1969 (Philadelphia, 1970), 63I-632. GRADUATE STUDENT NEWS Roger Phillips has accepted an assistant professorship at the Univ. of Wise, in Mil- waukee where he will teach 1st- and 2nd-year Russian and a survey course of Russian literature. Richard Chappie was awarded a Dissertation Fellowship for 1970-71. Ben Fairfax was awarded a 3-year Title IV to begin 1970-71. Peter Sutter was awarded a 1-year University Grant for 1970-71. The following students have been offered a 1- year Title VI Fellowship: James Price, Gary Davis, Marie Gies, and Kathryn Brailer, Alternate Title VT awardees include John Calderonello, Rita Dobransky, Mardelle Eide, Martin Mijalski, Catherine Romaniec, and Barbara von Baumgarten. James Nelson and his wife Rosemary have been awarded a Fulbright-Hays Grant and accepted by IREX for a year of study in the U.S.S.R. at Moscow Univ, FACULTY NEWS Three teachers in the Slavic Dept. have received Undergraduate Instructional Awards for the summer of 1970; they are Profs. Rasio Dunatov, Kurt Klein, and Gera Miller. At the end of the summer reports on their respective projects will be submitted and a committee will decide which projects will receive special awards of $1000.

GUEST SPEAKER Mr. Louis Iribarne, presently of the Univ. of Texas, gave a guest lecture at the U.I, on May 8. The topic was "Babel' and Bruno Szulc.

SPANISH, ITALIAN, & PORTUGUESE NOTES -- by Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr.

AATSP The Downstate 111. Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Port- uguese held its annual meeting on April 18 at 111. Weslayan Univ., Bloomington. Over iS members and guests attended. Elected for the coming year were Miss Lydia Holm (ill. Wesleyan) President; Mr. Jack E. Clinton (Limestone High School, Bartonville) Vice-President; Mr. Enoch M. Anderson (Paris, 111.) Corresponding Secretary; and Mrs, Luis Leal (Urbana, 111.) Recording Secretary-Treasurer. Dr. James E. McKinney (West- ern 111. Univ., Macomb) will continue as Spanish Contest Chairman, -7-

PROP. MORINIGO RETIRING Prof. Marcos A. Morinigo vd.Il retire from the U.I, effective Sept. 1, 1970. His loss will be greatly felt by his students and colleagues. He combined his many-faceted talents for scholarly research and inspiring teaching with a subtle but infectious sense of humor which has endeared him to students and colleagues on 2 continents. Prof. Morinigo, native of Asunci6n, Paraguay, and citizen of Argentina, received his doctorate from the Univ. of Buenos Aires in 19I+5* He taught at the Univ. of Tu- cumin, Argentina, 1938-lj.6; the Univ. of Southern Calif. 1947-50 and 1953-57; the Uni\t of Caracas, Venezuela, 1950-52; the Univ. of Fla. 1952-53; the Univ. of Buenos Aires 1957-62 (where he was Dean of the Facultad de Pilosofia y Letras 1957-60); and the U.I. 1962-70. He has served as Director of the Instituto de Pilologia Hispanica (Univ. of Buenos Aires). He is a Corresponding Member of the Real Academia Espafiola de la Lengua, and a member of the Academia Nacional de Historia Argentina and of the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (Buenos Aires). He has served as Editor of the Revista de Filologia and as Associate Editor of the Nueva Revista de Filologia Hispanica . He held a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1947-48. After his retirement, he and Mrs. Morinigo will return to Buenos Aires to live. The best wisnes of their many friends and colleagues will follow them in grateful appreciation for Prof. Morinigo* s services to the academic community,

EVENING COURSE NEXT FALL Prof. Alberto Porqueras-Mayo' s Spanish 418 course (Seminar on Renaissance & Baroque Literature) will meet during this fall semester on Tuesday evenings, 7:00-9:00, in 269 Lincoln Hall. The topic will be Calder6n de la Barca. High-school teachers and others in the Champ aign-Urb ana interested in taking this course are invited to register. Registration information is available from the Director of Admissions & Records U.I., 100a Administration Bldg., Urbana, 111. 61801.

JUNIOR YEAR ABROAD The U.I. and the Univ. of Mich, are drawing up plans for a Junior Year Abroad Program in Spanish to begin in Sept. 1971 and to be held at the Univ. of Barcelona, Spain. Further announcements will be made as the plans are finalized. The Junior Year Abroad Committee from this department consists of Prof. Alberto Porqueras-Mayo (chairman), Instructor Maria Elena Bravo de Maharg (secretary), Prof. J. H. D. Allen, and Instructor Luis Oyarzun.

LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROGRAM The Humanities Research Program on "Native versus Foreign Influences in Latin Ameri- can Artistic and Intellectual Expression: The Search for Identity in the 20th Cent- ury" (announced in the March Newsletter, p. 8) was inaugurated on April 30 and May 7 with a series of discussions. The 5 participants (Prof. Merlin H. Forster, Prof. Luis Leal, Assistant Prof. Anoar Aiex, and Assistant Prof. Thomas C. Meehan, plus Prof. Gerard Behague of the School of Music) presented their projects at these meet-

ings. Prof. Anibal Sanchez-Reulet (U.C.L.A. ) also took part in these meetings. Pour graduate students have been awarded research assistantships to help several of the participants in their areas of interest. During this summer, Mr. Gerald Drol- ler will work with Prof. Aiex in Brazil, Miss Kirsten Nigro with Prof. Meehan in Chile, and Mr. Dagoberto Orrantia with Prof. Leal in Mexico. Miss Susan Kingston will help Prof. Forster with research in various South American cities during the coming academic year.

SYMPOSIUM ON BENITO PEREZ GALD0S A Symposium on Benito Plrez Gald6s in honor of retiring Prof. William H. Shoemaker was held on Friday afternoon, April 17. Following welcoming remarks by Dean Robert W. Rogers of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and introductory remarks by department head Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello, 3 papers were presented. Prof. Vernon A. Chamberlin (Univ. of Kan.), a former doctoral candidate under Prof. Shoemaker, - presented "The Significance and Artistry of the Sound Effects in Gald6s ' Dofla Per fecta. " Prof. Joseph Schraibman (Washington Univ., St. Louis), another former doctoral candidate, spoke on "El ecumenismo de Gald6s." Prof. Joaquin Casalduero (Univ. of

Calif, at La Jolla ) presented "Novel y historia en Galdos." In addition, Prof. Shoe- maker was presented with the first published copy of a volume of his articles and essays issued by the Editorial Castalia. "

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HOMENAJE AL PROF. MORINIGO The Homenaje al Prof. Marco3 -A. Morinigo was held May ll±-l$ in the Law Auditorium, At 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, May Ti;, department head Prof. Anthony M, Pasquariello provided welcoming remarks, and Prof. Luis Leal presented the homenaje , with an address by Prof. Joseph H. Silverman (Univ. of Calif, at Santa Cruz) on "Some Aspects of Lit- erature and Life in the Golden Age of Spain." At 10:00 a.m. Friday, May 15, 2 papers sent to the homenaje by former students of Prof. Morinigo now at the Univ. of Buenos Aires were read. They were "Santa Susana en el teatro de Cairasco de Figueroa" by Raquel M. de Alfie, and "La denuncia mentirosa en La gitanilla y en Ortensio Lando" by Celina S. de Cortazar. Prof. Benito Brancaforte (Univ. of Wise.) then spoke on " El magico prodlgioso and St. Augustine's Confessions . " The 2:00 p.m. Friday session saw participation by Assistant Prof. Isaias Lerner fU.I.) on "Notas para el Entremgs del retablo de las maravillas , " Prof. Luis A. Murillo (Univ. of Calif, at Berkeley) on "Don Quijote, nuevo caballero, " and Prof. Winston A. Reynolds (Univ. of Calif, at Santa Barbara) on "Capitulos del Carlo Famoso por Zapata que se le olvidaron a Medina, tocantes al descubrimiento y conquista del Nuevo Mundo." The homenaje ended after the 8:00 p.m. Friday session with Prof. Raimundo Lida (Harvard Univ.) speaking on "Guerra y paz en un siglo de oro." SPANISH CLUB PLAY

The Circulo Literario Espafiol presented a full-length play, Los invasores . by the Chilean playwright, Egon Wolff, on May 6-7 in the Lincoln Hall Theatre. The cast con. sis ted of Graduate Students Terry Collier, Elliot Delman, and Dagoberto Orrantia, and Undergraduate Students Janet Beaudway, Rachel Gaynor, Juan Marrero, Arthur Muirhead, Martha Muirhead, and Rosina Santana. Assistant Prof. David R. Hershberg's son Eric and Instructor Martha Paley de Francescato' s daughter had children's roles. The play was directed by Elliot Delman with Mrs. Maria del Rosario Cowes as voice coach. The backstage crew consisted of Graduate Students Carolina Diaz, Juan Espadas, Karen Free, man, Guillermo Rojas, and George Yudice, and Undergraduate Students Alice Baeder, Mark Bedford, and Charles DeCoster, and 2 graduate wives, Mrs. Jacqueline P. Orrantia and Mrs. Lorelei Yudice. In addition, several graduate students presented a 1-act entremSs, "El vie jo celoso" by Miguel de Cervantes, on the same nights in honor of retiring Prof. Marcos A. Morinigo. The cast included Graduate Students Carolyn Balk* ma, Theda Herz, Susan Kingston, Harold Lee Koch, Kirsten Nigro, Dagoberto Orrantia, Felicia Sworsky, Ronald Young, and George YiSdice. The entremls was directed by Mrs, Maria del Rosario Cowes, with Juan Espadas and Theda Herz on the backstage crew,

23RD UNIV. OF KY. FOREIGN LANGUAGE CONFERENCE The 23rd Univ. of Ky. Foreign Language conference, held in Lexington, Ky., on April 23-25, attracted participation by a number of this department's faculty. Prof. J, H, D. Allen spoke on "Stress Levels in Old Spanish" at Linguistics III, and served as Chairman both of Linguistics I and of Portuguese & Brazilian Literature. Associate Prof. Spurgeon W. Baldwin read a paper "Imagery in the Libro de Alexandre " at Medie- val III. Associate Prof. W. Curtis Blaylock spoke on "Phonological Attrition in Ibe- ro-Romance" at Linguistics III. Several doctoral alumni of this department also participated. Dr. Sandra M. Cy- pess (Duke Univ.) presented a paper "Machado de Assis vs. Bras Cubas : An Aspect of Narrative Perspective" at the Portuguese & Brazilian Literature Section. Dr. Daniel R. Reedy (Univ. of Ky, ) was Section Organizer for the Portuguese & Brazilian Litera- ture Section and for the Colloquium on Afro-Caribbean Studies. Dr. Joseph Schraibman (Washington Univ,, St. Louis) spoke on "Luis Martin Santos y Tiempo de silencio ; exe- gesis de mitos hispanicos" at Spanish II, and he took part in a Symposium on the Con- temporary Spanish Novel. Dr. George W. Woodyard (Univ, of Kan.) read a paper "A Me- taphor for Repression: 2 Plays about the Inquisition" at the Portuguese & Brazilian Literature Section,

MESA RED0NDA The Mesa Redonda met on Friday afternoon, April 10, in the Illini Union. Associate Prof. W. Curtis Blaylock and Visiting Assistant Prof. Dieter Wanner introduced the topic, "La literatura y el establecimiento de normas lingttisticas. The Mesa Redonda will hold its last meeting of the academic year on Friday afternoon, May 22, at the home of Assistant Prof, Thomas C. Meehan, _

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PROM THE EDITOR This issue brings to a close the Newsletter's 23rd academic year of publication. For your editor, the year has been interesting and exciting as we changed our format and method of publication, while renewing the Newsletter's purpose of publishing items of a professional and pedagogical nature while serving as the instrument of liason between the U.I. and the high school language teachers. This is also my last issue as editor. I have accepted a 2-year appointment as

Assistant Advertising Director of The Buenos Air e s Herald , the English-language daily newspaper of Argentina's capital; I will use this opportunity to do field work on my doctoral dissertation. The editor for 1970-71 will be Miss Felicia G. Sworsky. At this time, I should like to acknowledge the contributions of my co-editors: Mr. Roy Allen (Germanic), Assistant Prof. Michael Curran (Slavic), Prof. Edwin Jahiel (French— Semester I), Assistant Prof. Larkin B. Price (French--Semester II), and Ass- istant Prof. Barbara Smalley (Comparative Literature). The sections which they edited reflected varied items of interest for the teachers of those areas. In addition, I should like to acknowledge the suggestions and information which were given me for items and articles in the Newsletter's General Section by the following: Prof. J. H, D. Allen (Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese ), Prof. Clayton L. Dawson (Head, Slavic Lan- guages & Literatures), Associate Prof. Steven P. Hill (Slavic), Associate Prof. Leon A. Jakobovits (Co-Director, Center for Comparative Psycholinguistics ), Prof. Gilbert C. Kettelkamp (School of Education), Associate Prof. M. Keith Myers (Coordinator, Language Laboratory), Prof. F. W. Nachtmann (Executive Secretary, AATF), and Associ- ate Prof. Richard T. Scanlan (Classics). I should like to thank the Newsletter Dir- ector and my department head, Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello, for his help and suggestions, as well as the Spanish Dept. secretaries, Mesdames Marilee Aldana, Maria Eu- genia Corona, Doris Koubek, Teresa Molina, and Judy Penley, for their cooperation. I should also like to thank the former Newsletter Director, Prof. William H. Shoe- maker, and the former departmental secretary, Dr. Judith Zelenka Rojas, for their help and advice at the beginning of my editorial tenure. My thanks also go to Mrs. Irene Lofton, Supervisor of Duplication at the U.I. Stenographic Bureau, for her continued help in arranging the Newsletter's quick and efficient publication. As com- poser of Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese Notes, I give my thanks to the members of my department for their many contributions, and also to Mrs. Luis Leal for her AATSP contributions. As can be seen, it takes many people in many areas to publish this Newsletter. I sincerely appreciate the cooperation which they have shown me; it has made my job easier, and what could have been a task has become a labor of love Publication of the Newsletter under Miss Sworsky will resume with the Oct. issue. Since Miss Sworsky' s duties do not begin officially until the inauguration of the next academic year, all mail sent to the Newsletter during the summer will be held for her. A form follows for those changing their mailing addresses this summer.

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October, 1970 Director: Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello Vol. XXIV, No. 1 Editor: Felicia G. Sworsky

Dear Colleagues:

On behalf of all foreign language and literature programs at this university, I take pleasure in sending greetings to our colleagues throughout the state and beyond. Our welcome goes to the new editor of the Newsletter, Miss Felicia Sworsky, our gratitude to the contributors who keep us informed about the noteworthy news in the various departments, and our best wishes and encouragement to all old and new members of our profession which has become the scapegoat of a general dilemma in modern education: estrangement.

It has been evident for quite some time that increasing specialization in the sciences has not been very beneficial to the concept of general education, but, often enough, has produced skills in a vacuum, has lessened integration of general knowledge and experience, and ha3 led to dissatisfaction or pragmatism. The study of languages and literatures, long considered an antidote against that trend, has itself become affected by it; and when estrangement meets the foreign, alienation becomes especially deep-rooted.

In the nationwide endeavors to make the study of foreign languages and literatures more meaningful, one attempt has been to naturalize the foreign by offering the subjects in English translation; another aims at a greater integration of skills and context; another at more varieties of instruction from which to choose. Here at Urban*, all of these attempts are reflected in the new course offerings of the various departments. Indeed, educational possibilities are greater than ever before. Almost all the foreign language programs, including Classics and Asian Studies, are exploring computer-assisted instruction; short wave radios receive and relay foreign news daily for immediate information; local radio and television are cooperating in efforts to broadcast interviews, films and plays; new study abroad programs are under way; the progress on the Foreign Language Building (to be completed in 1971) fills us with the expectation of new teaching and learning facilities. Yet, whether any or all of these endeavors will significantly change the general attitude towards the study of foreign languages is difficult to predict. While students have availed themselves of the new choices in language instruction, they have, on the whole, not yet shown a particularly strong trend in any of the new directions. And there is no guarantee, that, for all the new ideas, the impetus, the changes, the varieties, more liveliness and increased competence in foreign language teaching, the deadening question will not come up again: "Of what practical use is all this to me, if I do not want to become a foreign language teacher, an ambassador, a journalist abroad. . .?"

This pragmatic question is symptomatic of the dilemma in general education today, the dilemma of pragmatism and fragmentation, and it is unlikely that even the best program in foreign language studies can, by itself, provide satisfying answers; nor, indeed, should one expect the language programs alone to give the answers. The answers must come from a new educational outlook not limited to relating one particular discipline to a particular professional goal, but intent on coordinating and integrating the various disciplines of learning and understanding, including the study of foreign languages, without which higher education would be lower education.

Past trends in teaching and learning have emphasized too much the immediate practical application and usefulness of factual knowledge for limited ends. Even the fallacious 'Sputnik' argument and the well-meaning 'National Defense' support of foreign language study have provided spontaneous practical motives rather than general humanistic goals. It is high time that we re-orient ourselves towards placing much greater value on the understanding and resulting- attitudes gained from comparing different ways of thinking -- and it is here that the sti dy of languages -2-

(let ua drop the "foreign") has its incomparable contribution to make. In a world in which 'practical' achievements have largely failed humanistic thinking and in which an ever increasing population explosion creates an unprecedented urgency of individual communication, one can hardly afford to miss that chance.

But this chance calls for united efforts, efforts that go beyond individual departments, beyond individual schools, and, indeed, beyond the academic community alone. It seems, however, that more than ever before, the early stages of education, especially high schools, would have to play an increased role in preparing a more open-minded way of thinking to which education means more than just professional training.

Herbert Knust, Chairman Program in Comparative Literature

CENTRAL STATES CONFERENCE For those who wish to make advance plans, next year's Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages will be held in Detroit on April 15-17 at the Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel. The theme for the conference will be "Creativity in the Foreign Language Classroom". Reservations should be made well in advance.

IFLTA MEETING The Illinois Foreign Language Teachers Association will hold its annual meeting on Nov. 6 and 7 at the St. Nicholas Hotel in Springfield. The evening of Nov. 6 will be devoted to sessions of the AAT's and the Illinois Classical Conference.

ACTFL: NATIONAL CONVENTION The l|th annual meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages will be held Nov. 26-29 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles in cooperation with the Modern and Classical Language Association of Southern California (MCLASC). Sessions will be offered for language teachers at all levels of instruction, the following being of special interest: "Individualized Instruction: What is it?"; "Computer Assisted Instruction: How to Use It"; "ACTFL on the Firing Line: Why Study Foreign

Languages"; "FLs in 2-Year Colleges"; "High School Teachers of PLs : Special Needs". FOREIGN STUDY LEAGUE Opening of a new world headquarters for the Foreign Study League was announced by Dr. Robert DeBry, president of the League. The Foreign Study League is the world's largest international school system and conducts a wide range of travel-study programs in Europe, West Africa, and the Orient. The new headquarters (State Street at 33rd South, Salt Lake City, Utah 8I4.II5) "ill house a U.S. staff of 150 curriculum end travel specialists. Additional League personnel are maintained permanently in the principal cities of Europe.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NOTES -- by Prof. Barbara Smalley

NEW CHAIRMAN Prof. Francois Jost has asked to be relieved as of this fall of his administrative duties as Chairman of the Comparative Literature Program so that he can devote his full time to teaching and to his scholarly studies. Prof. Jost came to UI in the fall, 1965. The Comparative Literature Program has grown and flourished in the 5 years it has enjoyed his guidance. He will continue among us as teacher and scholar and will, we hope, continue to allow us to profit from his great erudition, his un- excelled familiarity with current comparative literature programs and studies, both national and international, and his genial wisdom. We are indeed fortunate to be able to announce that Prof. Herbert Knust has accepted the Chairmanship. Prof. Knust, a scholar in the field of modern literature and especially the modern drama, has for the last 5 years been a member of the Comparative Literature Program and the German Dept. at UI. Among his recent publications are: "What's the Matter with One-eyed Riley?" in Comparative Literature , fall, 1965; Wagner , The King and the Wasteland , Pa. State Univ., 1967; "Sweeney Among the Birds and Brutes," Arcadia , 1967; and "Moderne Variationen dea Jedermann-

Spiels," in Helen Adolf Festschrift , Ungar, 1968. PUBLICATIONS Prof. Rocco Montano, who was a member of the Center for Advanced Studies at III during the 2nd semester of 1969-70, has now resumed teaching. This semester he is offering 2 courses: "The System of Tragedy from Aeschylus to Shakespeare," for the Comjara- tive Literature Frogram, and "Modern and Contemporary Italian Lyric Poetry, " for the Dept. of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. During the 2nd semester of last year, Prof. Montano published the 1st 2 vols, of hi3 extended History of Italian Literature, entitled: L0 SFIRITO E LE LSTTERE:

Disegno Storlco della Letteratura Italiana . Marzorati, one of the leading Italian houses, is the publisher. Vol. I (350p. ) deals with Italian literature from the Middle Ages to the end of the 15th century; Vol. II deals with Italian literature from the 16th century to the end of the l^th; Vol. Ill will be published within the year. This ambitious study offers a completely new perspective on Italian literature and is intended to serve as a basic resource for criticism of Italian authors.

MEETINGS Profs, A. Owen Aldridge, Francois Jost and Herbert Knust attended the 6th Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association at Bordeaux, France, from Aug. 31 to Sept. 5. The Congress included some 350 scholars from over 30 countries. Both Prof. Aldridge and Prof. Jost delivered papers: Prof. Aldridge dealt with

"The Vogue of Thomas Paine, " and Frof . Jost treated "The Sonnet in its International Context." At the business meeting which concluded the Congress, Prof. Aldridge was elected to the Advisory Board of the Association. Mr. Aldridge was later the gue3t of the Ente Nazionale Giovanni Boccaccio for 1 week during the International Congress on Boccaccio in Anglo-Saxon Culture at Cer- taldo, Italy, from Sept. 13-19. He presided over 1 of the sessions and also delivered a paper, "The First American Interpretation of Boccaccio." Prof. Jost met with Friedrich Durrenmatt in Switzerland in order to discuss possible arrangements for Mr. Durrenmatt' s visit to the UI in fall, 1971 in the

event that one of his new plays, Play Strindberg , is to be performed at that time. Plans for a Fall 1971 Synr osium on the Drama are now being worked out by the Com- parative Literature Frogram in collaboration with the Gorman Dept., the Dept. of Theater, and the Director of the "rannert Center for the Performing Arts.

LECTURE Prof. Reinhold Grimm from the U. of Wis. will deliver a lecture entitled "Spiel und Wirklichkeit in Einigen Revolutionsdramen" on Monday, Oct. 26, R p.m., Room A, Law Building. The lecture is sponsored by the Graduate Frogram in Comparat lve Litera- ture and the Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures.

FRENCH NOTES -- by Frof. Edwin Jahiel

The activities and news of the French Dept. have become so extraordinarily numerous that only a fraction can be reported in this monthly section. If we were to include everyt ing, we would have to issue a fat report each time; if we were to mention also activities outside the Dept., but within the UI and relevant to the life of our Dept., we would probably need 2 fat monthly reports. This fantastic ferment, sometimes exhilarating, often exciting, always exhausting, seems to be the advantage as well as the price of the large dynamic university. In these pages, we can only sketch out selected news, and - readers, please take note - most of these Items have to be contributed or suggested by the people involved. This means that, if for any reason, Mrs. X, Mr. Y, or group Z in our Dept. do not contribute their activities (and it happens all the time), chances are that they will not be reported, or that they will be mentioned only briefly. So, bearing this in mind, here's a small part of what is going on: )

LE TRETEAU DE PARIS HERE ON NOV. 2 This is the first and most urgent item in this Newsletter. The Treteau de Paris again comes to this campus with a play that is an absolute must. First performed in 192+5 (with Gerard Philipe), though begun in 1938, revised by the author in 1958, 2 years before his death, Caligula stands today as a play even more contemporary than it was when first produced. The themes of youth and refusal, of revolutionary involvement, of a passion for absolutes, of evil at the service of an imaginary freedom, of the search for the impossible, all these and many others are as alive and pertinent to 1970 as many a new avant-garde play -- more, in fact, because Camus had talent, and, in this play, put all of his considerable know-how of the stage. Texts of Caligula may be obtained ($1 ea., postpaid, taxpaid) from Follett's Bookstore, Green and Wright, Champaign, 111. 61820. Please note — and this is important -- that the text of the play is in unusually easy and simple French, and that the play can be read quite quickly. The performance will be at the Krannert Center's Festival Theatre, Nov. 2, at 8 p.m. - out by approx. 10: 1+5 p.m. We were able to hold ticket prices to last year's level, i.e. considerably under the prices of equivalent events - and we will extend the reduced student prices to all students, not just UI students. Prices: $3*25, 3.00, 2.75 for the general public, and $2.75, 2.50, 2.2$ for students. Tickets will go on sale at the Krannert Center Box Office as well as the Illini Union Box Office (both Urbana, 111. 61801) approx. 10 days before the event. We suggest you send mail orders as soon as you read these lines, enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope. You may also request, along with your tickets, some heralds, that is, small posters (very eye-catching) with comments by Camus himself on his play on the reverse side. The requests for heralds should accompany the mail orders (do not ask rae or the French Dept. for either) and will be filled promptly. Don't miss Caligulai

PROFESSOR EMERITUS PAUL E. JACOB We have been grieved to learn of the death of Prof. Emeritus Paul E. Jacob on Sun., Aug. 9 while he was on vacation in Diana Marina, Italy. Professor and Mrs. Jacob had been living in Neuchatel, Switzerland where Mrs. Jacob will continue to live. By coincidence, Prof. Joe Allen of the Dept. of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese was in Berne at the time and called the Jacob home with the intention of going to Neu- chatel to see them, and learned that the funeral arrangements were being made. Prof. Allen had flowers sent in the name of the former colleagues of Prof. Jacob and the members of the Dept. Our thanks to Prof. Allen for this thoughtful action.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS Prof. Ruth Rains is no longer with the Dept., having accepted a position at the U. of Wichita. Prof. Paul Barrette has also left, for the U. of Tenn., where he joins 2 former members of this Dept., Prof. Jean Ehrard and Prof, (now Dr., from UI Mustapha Kemal Benouis. Our best wishes and congratulations to all.

STAFF NEWS Of the approx. 100 senior and junior members of the teaching staff, there are 31 new assistants this year. About half of them are French or native speakers of French and, with their non-French colleagues, constitute a fine crew of teachers. All new assistants underwent an orientation session, and the efforts of Profs. Griffith, Shinall and Talbot - who were in charge of the orientation - are already paying handsome dividends in the classroom. Of the young old-timers here, Mrs. Savignon, Mrs. Bellocq and Mrs. Gordon were promoted to Instructor, and Mrs. Shinall to Visiting Assistant Prof. New people are Mr. Philippe Leroux, from France via the U. of Chicago, and Mrs. Brigitte Wanner, from Switzerland, both Instructors. There are also \ new Fellows and a number of research assistants. Profs. Jenkins, Guy and Noelle Laprevotte, and Frice are on sabbatical leave of absence. Prof. DeLey also will be away the second semester. Prof. Larkin Price was promoted to Associate Prof. - and this is a good opportunity for me to thank him for the excellent job he did while replacing rae as French Editor of this Newsletter in the Spring Term, 1970. As for Prof. Jahiel, he is back from his 7 month sabbatical abroad, where he did research on the cinema and theatre in England and France, was the guest of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as of several film festivals: Oberhausen (Germany), Cannes (France), San Sebastian (Spain), Pula (Yugoslavia), and where he found himself to be the American Universities representative.

THE JOURNAL CLUB Prof. Yves Velan, in charge of the Journal Club, has announced the following lectures a partial list only: Oct. 5> 1970 - Frank Bowman (U. of Pa.), "Le Frobleme du beau a l'lpoque romantique" followed, on Oct. 6, by a presentation of Eclaircie , a poem from "Contemplations "$ Dec. 3 - Carlos Lynes (U. of Pa.), "Production litteraire et thSorie romanesque chez Philippe Sollers"; Feb. 1, 1971 - Seth Wolitz (U. of Cal., Berkeley), "AimeuSaire et le probleiue de la nigritude", followed by 3 days of discussions and seminars on the subject; Mar. (date unknown), 1971 - Roger Kempf (Ecole Polytechnique Flderale, Zurich), "Diderot et le roman"; Apr. 5 - Robert J. Nelson (UI), "Lecteurs de Pascal".

ILLINOIS AND IOWA YEAR ABROAD PROGRAM: FRANCE The Dept. of French of UI will again sponsor a year abroad program in France for 1971-72, constituting the equivalent of an academic year in residence on the Urbana- Champaign campus. The Program consists of 5 weeks of language review and cultural orientation at the U. of Grenoble, followed by 8 months at the U. of Rouen, 90 m. NW of Paris. Ac- companied by a prof, of French representing the home university who acts as local director of the Frogram and advisor, the students selected to participate take courses in French language, literature, history, geography, art, political institutions and other subjects of particular interest to each participant. All courses are taught by French profs. Some of the courses are common to both French and Amer- ican students. Upon successful completion of the Program, the equivalent of at least 30 semester hours is granted each participant whose performance Is recorded in his official U. record. The Program is open to sophomores, juniors and seniors who are In good scholastic standing and are qualified in their study of French. Majors in French language, literature, and in the teaching of French are strongly urged to take advantage of this Program. Students from other schools also may apply. If accepted, tney will, however, have to transfer to UI, Urbana-Champaign, for the duration of their year In France. Transatlantic transp ortation is provided, as well as transportation within France, cultural activities, special lectures, living accomodations and meals. In both Grenoble and Rouen, participants live in French homes; individual housing arrangements can also be made. The total cost, including transportation New York- Faris-New York and Paris-Grenoble-Rouen, living expenses, books, excursions and tuition and fees, are comparable to the average expenses for an academic year on the Urbana-Champaign campus. Fellowships, tuition and fee waivers, loans are all applicable to the Program. The deadline for submitting applications Is Feb. 15, 1971. Descriptions of and applications for the Program are available from the Chairman of the Program, Prof. G. Savignon, 225 Lincoln Hall, or through the Dept. of French, 2\\\\ Lincoln Hall.

MISCELLANEOUS ACTI VITIES The French House is now under the direction of Miss Geloin and Miss Naab, and sponsors a weekly coffee hour each Tuesday, I;-5:30 p.m.

r The F'rench Luncheon t tkes \ lace each Thursday at noon, Illlni Tower, close to Lincoln Hall. All interested people are cordially invited to meet staff and students both at the Coffee Hour and the French Luncheon. The Coffee Room, inside the Main Office of the Dept., is also an increasingly popular meeting place, partly thanks to its short-wave set and its French-language programs. The initiative for all this belongs to Frof. "Telson. Prof. Nachtmann Is again forming a Dept. Choral Society, which he directs. All interested persons should contact him. Frof. Barbara Bowen is again forming the Clnacle, the informal discussion group (literary and cultural subjects) which meets regularly in private homes. Profs. Jahiel and kelson were invited by the Superintendent of Public Instruc- ti n of the State of 111. to conduct workshops on the Teaching of Culture in the FL "

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Classroom, at Mattoon (Oct. 3) and Danville (Oct. 17) respectively.

FRENCH FILMS ON CAMFUS The number of important, American or Foreign, classic or current films shown on campus is staggering, there's no other word for it. This is well in keeping with the equally staggering number of cultural events at the University - the Krannert Center alone had 150 events in its 1st yearl French theatre is still one great gap in our offerings as far as we're concerned, hence the importance of Caligula . But French films abound, and whether in the classroom (Fr i|?8), in the series of films shown free to French students by the Dept., or in other types of showings, one could have seen or can soon see such items as: Renoir's rare Toni ('3U)» RenlClair's Les Deux

Timides , or A Nous la Llbertl , Bufiuel & Dali's Un Chi en Andalou, Chabrol's Les Cousins clu . Carne's Hotel du Nord and Le3 Enf ants Paradis , Godard's Alphavllle , - Masculin F^mlnin , and A Bout de Souffle , Camus' Orf eu Negro , Robbe-Crillet ' s L' Homme qui ment , Resnais' Hiroshima mon Amour , Nult et Broulllard , and La Guerre est Flnie,

Demy's Lola , a filmed performance of Les Femmes Savantes, Clement's Les Jeux Inter - dits . Truffaut's Jules et Jim and Les U00 coups , the French-produced Thanos and De spina (Papatakis) and Mister Freedom (Wm. Klein), the Senegalese Mandabi (Ousmsne

Sembene), Malle ' s Les Amants , and many more. Chroniques de France deserves a special mention. This is a 30 min. program which the French Consulate in Chicago will make available free to any school that wishes to join the circuit. Judging from the first sample shown here, the series is very promising. Our program (no. 56) included essays on the sculptor Clsar, with his own running commentary, on Alain-Fournier, on Aix-en-Provence, and on Kiki Caroo. Very well done, imaginative and beautiful color photography and editing, clear French narration. A far cry from fatigued newsreels, old-fashioned "educational" films, or sledge-hammer publicity and propaganda.

GERMAN NOTES — by Prof. Roy Allen

NEW FACULTY The German Dept. is very happy to welcome to its staff this fall four new permanent members. Mr. Vincent Dell'Orto comes to the Dept. from Johns Hopkins U. He received the A.B. degree in German from St. Peter's College in 1966, having spent his junior year at the U. of Tubingen (I96I4.-65). Mr. Dell'Orto then went on to Johns Hopkins where he obtained the M.A. degree In '67 and also, from '6?-' 69, held the position of Junior Instructor in German. He is currently working towards the completion of a doctoral dissertation for Johns Hopkins on the author Carl Julius Weber (I767-I832). Mr. William Henderson, who will instruct at UI in both German and Scandinavian courses, did graduate work at Cornell University. He graduated from Vanderbilt U. in ' 6I4. with the B.A. in German, having spent the year '62- '63 at the U. of Munich. From 1966 to 1967, Mr. Henderson was again abroad, studying at the U. of Louvsin in Belgium. At Cornell, he acquired teaching experience as a Teaching Asst. in German and is at present writing a doctoral dissertation for that institution on a topic in the area of Germanic philology. Mr. Lathrop Johnson, having just recently returned from a year of study in Germany on a DAAD Fellowship, also joins the Dept. as a graduate of Johns Hopkins U. Mr. Johnson was granted the A.B. in German by Princeton U. in 1966 and then, from 1966 to 1970, attended Johns Hopkins; there he received the M.A. in German in '67. At the latter institution he was a Junior Instructor in German from 1967-69. Mr. Johnson is now writing his doctoral dissertation on "The Poetry of Gottlieb Siegmund Corvinus. From Indiana U. comes Miss Dagmar Stern. She was graduated from Douglass Colleg with the A.B. in 1965 and then from Indiana U. with the M.A. in 1968. During the period 1966-70, Miss Stern taught courses in German at Indiana U. as a Teaching Associate. At the same institution she was also the recipient of a Doctoral Grant- in-Aid. Miss Stern Is currently working on a doctoral dissertation for Indiana U. on the poetry of Hilde Domin.

FALL EiTOOLLMENT The total enrollment in German for this fall semester represents, overall, a drop -7-

down from the total for the same j eriod in 1969: 1798 to 171^1. However, a sizable increase at a significant level, in the 101 course, is probably more indicative of the future: 101 was up this fall to 1|62 from last year's \\0% students. There was, in addition, a slight rise in enrollment in the second semester course, 102, from 1969's 192 to a total this year of 196. German 103 and 101; registered decreases, with 103 enrolling 296 (1969:363) and IOI4. enrolling 160 students (1969:133). Yet, the 200 level courses rose sharply in enrollment, totalling 232 students (1969:129). Finally, on the graduate level, the I4OO series, exclusive of lj.OO/lj.01, showed a total of 78, as opposed to 107 students in the fall of 1969. I4.OO/4OI (Elementary Reading German for Graduate Students) together enrolled 116 students (1969:114.6).

RECEPTION FOR NEW GRADUATE STUDENTS The reception for new graduate students in the German Dept. was held this year in combination with an introduction to graduate study in German on Oct. 11 at the Allerton House in Allerton Park. The reception and introduction involved the discussion of I4. major topics related to graduate study in German, each of which was introduced prior to the discussion by a member of the Dept. The topics treated were: a) What relationship can the prospective career of the graduate student be expected to have to his university and to the community at large? (introduced by Professor Marchand) - b) What sort of scholarly work can the new graduate student expect to be prepared for and of what importance is it? (introduced by Prof. Mitchell) - c) What role does teaching and preparation for teaching rlay in our graduate program? (introduced by Frof. Knust) - d) What provisions exist for planning the individual program and how effective are they? (introduced by Mr. Felty, graduate student). The reception and introduction commenced at Q :00 a.m. and concluded in the late afternoon; breakfast and lunch were served.

GERMAN HOUSE The German House, described bu its directress Miss Jane Thompson, as a "living- language-experience, " has begun its second consecutive year of operation this fall here at the UI. The House, an Independent Housing Unit located at 103 S. Gregory Street, Urbana 61801 (tel. 3UU-2328), presently lodges llj. undergraduate students, in addition to Miss Thompson who is a graduate student and Teaching Asst. assigned to the House by the German Dept. The residents of the House organize all meals, do all of the work in the House and provide as well the financing of the House on a cooperative basis. The German House especially encourages the speaking of German in the informal setting of day-to-day living and also sponsors programs involving the German language and literature and culture for its own members and the UI community at large.

SLAVIC NOTES -- by Frof. Kenneth Brostrora

SUMMER VACATION NOTES During the course of a research trip to Europe this summer under the auspices of the Russian and East European Center of the UI, Miss Temira Pachmuss interviewed several Russian writers and scholars, including V.A. Bacherac, V.V. Weidle, (who presently teaches at Princeton), F.E. Kavalevsky, Ju.K. Terapians, S.A. Zhaba, L.A. Grinberg, G.V. Adamovich, and N.E. Andreyev. She traveled to Munich, Bad Wiessee, Paris, Nice, Monaco, Monte Carlo, and Cambridge, England, and also worked at the libraries of the U. of Helsinki and the British Museum where she concerned herself with the literary and religious life of the Russian intelligentsia at the turn of the century. Miss Pachmuss also has been appointed editor of the Collected Works of Zinaida Hippius to be published by the Wilhelra Fink Verlag, Munich. Prof. Michael Curran traveled this summer to U.C.L.A. where he taught in the summer Slavic Institute.

NEW FACULTY The Slavic Dept. is happy to welcome Mr. Louis Iribarne to the UI. Mr. Iribarne did his undergraduate work at Notre Dams, received his M.A. from Stanford, studied for one year at the U. of Warsaw, and is currently finishing his doctoral dissertation on the life and works of Witold Gombrowicz. He is an active translator from Polish -8- and is particularly interested in avant-garde drama as well as in contemporary Polish and Russian literature.

DISSERTATION DEFENSES Mr. Herbert Coats and Mr. Roger Phillips successfully defended their doctoral dissertations on Sept. 25. Mr. Coats entitled his dissertation, Word Stress in Modern

Russian ; he is currently teaching at the U. of Washington. Mr. Phillips' dissertation topic was Dostoevsky ' s Underground Narrator : A Study in the Psychology and

Structure of Contradiction ; he is now teaching at the U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.

VISITING SPEAKERS On Sept. 21)., Prof. Theodore Lightner of the U. of Texas delivered a lecture entitled "On lax i and u in Modern Russian." The noted Czech linguist and literary scholar Frantisek V. Mares read a lecture on Oct. 6 entitled w St. Cyril's Concept of Old Slavic Culture." Several other scholars are scheduled to speak here later in the Pall semester at times to be announced, promising the Slavic faculty, students and other interested persons a number of profitable encounters.

CONFERENCES The Illinois ICTFL and AATSEEL Conference will take place on Nov. 6-7 at the St. Nicholas Hotel in Springfield, 111. The foreign language sections will meet on Nov. 6. The following members of the Slavic Dept. are presently scheduled to speak: Prof. Kurt Klein, "Preparing a Syllabus for a Course in Russian Civilization;" Mr. Henry Zalucky, "Russian Abbreviations;" and Mr. Kenneth Brostrom, "The Image of Christ in Mayakovsky." PUBLICATIONS Miss Temira Pachmuss published the following articles during the summer of 1970: "Zinaida Hippius: The Brown Note-Book," La Renaissance (Paris), No. 221, pp. 25-39; "Zinaida Hippius: The Choice?" ibid ., No. 222, pp. 50-77; "Zinaida Hippius: Expla- nations and Questions," ibid . , No. 223, PP» 73-81;. Miss Pachmuss is also currently preparing an edition of Hippius' poetry for the Wilhelm Fink Verlag and a book in

English translation, Selected Works of Zinaida Hippius , for the UI Press.

SUMMER ABROAD PROGRAM The Slavic Dept. has decided to abandon tentative plans for a study-tour to the Soviet Union during the summer of 1971 due to a series of complex difficulties. Con- sequently, students interested in such programs are urged to contact the Council on International Educational Exchange, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, N.Y. for further information.

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES A series of Russian films, sponsored by the Russian Club, will again be shown at Intervals in the UI Auditorium at 8:00 p.m. The next film will be "My Name is Ivan," to be shown on Oct, 22, On Oct. 13, at 8:00 p.m. in the Faculty Lounge, Illlni Union, the Russian and East European Center Round Table will present a panel discussion, "Job Opportunities for Russian and E. European Language, Literature and Area Majors." Participants will be Profs. Fisher (history), Dawson (language and lit., U. level), Klein (language, high school level), and Miller (library science). A new Czech film, "The Joke," is to be shown on Oct. 28 (UI Auditorium) and Nov. 1 (Lincoln Hall Theater) at 8:00 p.m. both evenings.

SPANISH, ITALIAN AND PORTUGUESE NOTES -- by Felicia G. Sworsky

AATSP The downstate chapter of the AATSP will hold its fall meeting in conjunction with the Illinois Foreign Language Teachers Association meeting Fri. evening, Nov. 6, at the St. Nicholas Hotel in Springfield. The program will feature Dr. Jose L. Martin Associate Prof, of Spanish at Illinois State University, whose topic will be "Tendencias actuales de la narrativa hispanoamericana", and Miss Eloise Metzger, Pekin Community HS, whose presentation is entitled, "A Teacher Photographs Spain". Membership dues for the organization are to be sent to Mrs. Gladys Leal, 207 W. Iowa St., Urbana, 111. 61801. National dues are $8 and Chapter dues remain at $1, Stu- dent dues are $!{. (National) and $1 (Chapter). Payment of national dues entitles members to receive Hispania . Officers for 1970 are: President, Dr. Lydla Holm, Vice-President, Mr. Jack Clinton, Sec. -Treasurer, Mrs. Gladys Leal, and Corresponding Sec., Mr. E.M. Anderson.

NEW FACULTY The department welcomes several new faculty members this year: Asst. Profs. Martha Paley Francescato, Richard Preto-Rodas, and Mario Saltarelli. Prof. Francescato is a native of Argentina and studied at the Instituto Superior del Profesorado in Buenos Aires, receiving her degree in 1956, before coming to the United States. In 1959, she received her masters degree in English from the UI, and then returned to Argentina for $ years, during which time she taught there. On her return here in I96I4., Mrs. Francescato joined this department, working for her Ph.D. which she received this year in June. Her major field of interest in Hispanic-Amer- ican literature, having written her dissertation on Cortazar and the "bestiarios". Prof. Preto-Rodas, a native lew Yorker, studied at Fairfield U. as an undergraduate, receiving a bachelors degree In English. He then attended Boston College where he obtained a masters degree In Philosophy before opting for languages (Portu- guese and Spanish), the study of which he pursued at the U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, first as a graduate student and teaching fellow and then as an Instructor. He received both his masters and his doctoral degrees from Michigan. His dissertation treated a Renaissance, Luso-Spanish figure, Francisco Rodriguez Lobo. For the last

I4. years, Prof. Preto-Rodas has been Asst. Prof, of Spanish and Portuguese at the U. of Florida, Gainesville. His work and interests have recently centered on colonial and contemporary Luso-Brazilian literature, but he also keeps up his interest in the Spanisn Siglo de Oro period.

Prof. Saltarelli is a home son, returned to the UI after \\ years at Cornell U. where he was Asst. Prof, of Linguistics in the Division of Modern Languages. He studied here as an undergraduate, receiving his bachelors degree in Spanish in 1961. Continuing his studies here, but In Linguistics, he received his masters degree in 1962 and his doctoral degree in 1966. His dissertation topic was "A Phonology of Italian in a Generative Grammar" (see PUBLICATIONS). Prof. Saltarelli" s duties this year include the supervision of the Spanish 101-102 courses.

SUMMER DOINGS This past summer the department was most happy to welcome as Visiting Professor, the Chilean novelist Enrico Lafourcade. He taught a graduate level course on the Span- ish American Novel and, being a novelist himself, was able to give his students a different point of view or approach to the novel: that of the writer. Over the summer, the department was sad to say good-bye to 2 old friends: Frof. William H. Shoemaker and Prof. Marcos A. Morfnigo both retired and left the UI campus. Dr. and Mrs. Shoemaker have gone to the U. of Missouri at Columbia where he will teach and continue his scholarly research. Dr. and Mrs. Morfnigo have returned to Buenos Aires (Arenales 1677 - 5° ) • He has no plans at present to resume teaching, but will enjoy a well-deserved leisure in which to further his research Interests. Professor and Mrs. Anoar Aiex spent their summer in Brazil, mostly in Sao Paolo, where Frof. Aiex worked on a research project having to do with "Modernism and Bra- zilian Thought". He was assisted for part of the time by Grad. Student and Tchng. Asst. Gerald Dreller (now Instructor in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese at the UI, Chicago Circle). Prof. Aiex also delivered a lecture on "Necesidade e liberdade segundo Hume" at the Faculdade de Fllosofia, Ciencias e Letras de Marilia. In the month of June, Prof. David R. Hershberg attended the Conference of the California Historical Society.

ON LEAVE On leave for this fall semester is Professor Hugo Cowes. He and Mrs. Cowes returned to Argentina (Buenos Aires), where he will teach at the U. of Buenos Aires. -10-

DEGREES GRANTED The department awarded 5 doctoral and 9 masters degrees in June. The doctoral recipients in Spanish were: Mr. Modesto Mario Diaz (now at Purdue U.), Mr. Marvin Alan DLugo (now at SUNY, Buffalo), Mrs. Martha Paley Francescato (now at UI, Urbana), and Mr. Guillermo Rojas (now at U. of Cal., Davis). Mr. David Paul Laws (now at U. of Florida, Gainesville) received his degree in Portuguese. The masters recipients (with their undergraduate institutions) were: Mrs. Alice Long Anderson (U. of Iowa), Mr. Victor Jules Bonadeo (UI), Miss Suzanne Brotman (UI), Mrs. Maria Carmen Cruz (Havana U., Havana, Cuba), Mr. Reynaldo Luis Jimenez -Sanchez (UI), Miss Candace Jean Mott (UI), Miss Michiko Nonoyama (Tokyo U. of Foreign Studies Mrs. Zoila Garcia Romero (Villanovas U., Havana, Cuba), and Sister Marguerite Wendell (Alverno College).

In August, the department awarded 1| masters degrees in Spanish and 2 in Spanish Education. The recipients in Spanish were: Mr. Armando Arraengol (UI), Mr. Juan de la Cruz Espadas (UI), Miss Denise Margaret Nuccio (UI, Chgo. Circle), and Miss Gresilda Anne Tilley (UI). The recipients in Spanish Education were Mrs. Cheryl Bisk Gordon (UI), and Mr. RatSl Enrique Mendigutia.

PUBLICATIONS Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello has published an article, "The Evolution of the Loa in in Spanish America, " in the Latin American Theatre Review, vol. 3» no. 2, 1970, PP. 5-19. Prof. Alberto Porqueras-Mayo' s articles include "Notas bibliogrfif icas sobre el prologo en la literature grecolatina" in Estudios ClAsicos , XIII, 1969, no. 57* PP« 109-116, in collaboration with J.L. Laurent i ; "Funcion de la f6rmula 'no se que' en textos literarios espaSoles" in Act as del XI Congreso International de Lingulstica y_ Filologla Romanica , Madrid, 1969, vol. I|, pp. 2161-2181; and "Funcifin del 'vulgo' en

la preceptiva dramatica de la Edad de Oro" in the Revista de Filologla Espanola . L, 1967 [1970], pp. 123-14.3, in collaboration with F. Sanchez Escribano. Prof. David R. Hershberg has written "Porcia in Golden Age Literature: Echoes of a Classical Theme," which appears in Neophilologus , LIV (1970), pp. 22-30. Prof. Anoar Aiex, in collaboration with Massaud Moises, has written a book to

come out soon for Cultrix Editora: A cultura braslleira atraves dos textos . Prof. Mario Saltarelli's publications include A Phonology of Italian in a Gen -

erative Grammar . Mouton: The Hague, 1970; La Grammatlca Generative Trasfomazionale , Sansoni: Firenze, 1970; "Italian and Spanish Plural Formation, " Language" vol. l±b, no. 1, 1970; and "Fonologia e morfologia algherese," in the Acchivio glotologico

italiano . 1970.

YEAR ABROAD PROGRAM The Dept. of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese of the UI and the Dept. of Romance Languages of the U. of Michigan have agreed (pending final administrative approval of noth universities) to sponsor a joint year abroad program in Spain, beginning Sept. of 1971. It will consist of a month of orientation in Madrid (organized in cooperation with the Instituto de Cultura Hispanica) and 8 months at the U. of Bar- celona. Room and board, one way transatlantic transportation, cultural trips and special lectures are included in the organized program. A full-time member of the faculty of the UI or the U. Mich, will serve as resident Director assisted by 2 graduate administrative assistants. The program is designed primarily for Spanish majors (both Teacher Education & General) - sophomores, juniors (especially) and seniors - from UI and U. Mich, (students of particularly high quality from other universities could also be considered for acceptance). The prerequisites in Spanish are: 1) the completion of Span 221 (Span Drama & Poetry of 20th Century) and Span 222 (Span-Am Prose of the 20th Cent); 2) Span 211 and 212 (Intermediate Composition & Conversation, I, II); 3) completion of Span 331 (Cultura Hispanica: EspaSa) is recommended; l|) a I4..0 average in courses in Spanish and at least an overall of 3*5 average. The UI and U.Mich, together underwrite the educational and administrative aspects of the program. The total cost to the student is comparable to expenses incurred during the academic year in Urbana or Ann Arbor. Also, scholarships and -11- loans now available for use in the normal year of residence on the campus may be applied to the year abroad. In addition, it is hoped that a limited number of special awards for needy students may be available through university or outside sources. Applications for scholarships, loans or grants will need to be arranged for individually through the regular campus agents. During the time of his participation, a student must be enrolled at the UI or U.Mich. Upon successful completion of the year's study, at least 30 credit hours will be applied to the student's record at the UI or U.Mich. The deadline for applications will probably be Feb. 15, 1971 and applicants will be notified of admission about Mar. 1$. All interested students should leave their names and addresses with Prof. Joseph S. Plores, 219 Lincoln Hall, phone 333-1739, Chairman at the UI of the Year Abroad Program in Spain. Profs. Alberto Porqueras- Mayo and David R. Hershberg are the other members of the UI YAP at Urbana, and Prof. Isidoro Lucas represents the Chicago Circle campus.

SPANISH CLUB The Circulo Literario Espanol, under the direction of Grad. Asst. George Yudice as advisor, is now sponsoring a fall film festival for its members. The first showings were Un chien andalou (Bunuel & Dalf ) and Hand in the Trap (L. Torre Nilsson) on Sept. 2I|, and Posada (about the Mexican artist) and Viridiana (Bunuel) on Oct. 8. Still to be shown this semester are: Oct. 22 - Lincoln Hall Theatre - Nine Days to Picasso and Hou s e of the Angel (L. Torre Nilsson); Nov. 5 - 112 Gregory Hall - Gitans d' Espagne (about Spanish gypsies) and El Lazarillo de Tormes (C&sar Ardavfn);

Nov. T9 - 112 Gregory Hall - Las Hurdas and Simon of the Desert (both Bunuel) ; and Dec. 3 - Lincoln Hall Theatre - Goya and Yanco (Servando Gonzalez) . Anyone can join the Spanish Club. Dues are $0 . 50 bimonthly and all activities sponsored by the Spanish Club are free to its members (films, concerts, lectures, plays, etc.). For information contact Mr. Yudice, 220 Lincoln Hall, 333-3391. In addition, the c£rculo has resumed its Tertulias, which all Spanish speakers are invited to attend. They are held from 3:00-1^:30 p.m. every Friday afternoon while the UI is in session, in the Federal Room of the Illini Union Snack Bar. It was at the Sept. 25 tertulia that Prof. Alberto Porqueras-Mayo gave a talk and slide presentation on "Barcelona: Its Artistic and Cultural Value .

SPANISH LUNCHEONS The department-sponsored Spanish luncheons have again resumed at the cafeteria of the Illini Tower Residence Hall every Wednesday while the UI is in session from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. All speakers of Spanish are invited to attend.

The University of Illinois Modern Foreign Language Newsletter is published jointly by the modern language departments of the U.I., under the direction of the Head of the Dept. of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. Editorial offices are located in Apt. 9, 506 S. Matthews, Urbana, telephone (217) 333-3536. The Newsletter is available without charge to all interested persons in Illinois and other areas. All communications by mail should be addressed to: The Editor, MFL Newsletter, 22l\. Lincoln Hall, Urbana, 111. 61301.

THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSLETTER

November, 1970 Director: Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello Vol. XXIV, No. 2 Editor: Felicia G. Sworsky

THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LANGUAGE LIBRARIES With the completion of the Undergraduate Library, the Commerce Library has been re- located in its quarters on the first floor of the General Library Building, and the Special Languages Library has been transferred to Room 22$. Basic materials from the South Asian and Middle East collection, previously located in the Library basement, and the Slavic and East European collection, which was scattered in the general stacks, the Modern Language Library and other departmental libraries, are now located in Room 225. The Far Eastern Library, formerly on the first floor of the Library, now occupies the room adjacent to the relocation site on the second floor and also shares the facilities of the new Special Languages Library. The Special Languages Library developed from the Slavic Division of the Acqui- sition Department which originated in I960. In I96I4., cataloguers for the Slavic, South Asian and the Far Eastern areas were added. Today, the Special Languages De- partment encompasses 3 different language areas: 1) the Slavic and East European area, including Slavic, the Baltic languages, Hungarian, Rumanian and Albanian; 2) the South Asian and Middle Eastern area, dealing principally with the Indie languages, Arabic and Persian; and 3) the Far Eastern division for Japanese, Korean and Chinese studies. The new library offers a reading room area with more than 30 stations, reference tables, collections of bibliographies and dictionaries, and other basic works, including classic authors and histories of literature in the various languages. One of the main advantages of such a centralized library will be that of collecting all the major newspapers and periodicals in the 3 language areas, thus being better able to support the current teaching and research carried on by members of the UI Slavic Dept., the Russian and East European Center and the Center for Asian Studies. The Slavic area of this library boasts a collection which ranks fourth in size among American universities (following those of Harvard, Columbia and Berkeley) with 160,000 volumes (80,000 vols, in Russian, 17,000 vols, in Czech and Slovak, and 11;, 000 vols, in Polish) and 1,300 periodical titles. The Slavic Reading Room is one almost unique feature of the library. At present, there are only 3 other such rooms in the country: at Indiana Univ., the Library of Congress and the New York Public Library, Slavonic Division. With the transfer of Its Slavic holdings to the Special Languages Library, the UI Modern Language Library is once again the Germanic and Romance Language Library in fact, if not in name. It is located in Room I4.25 on the fourth floor of the south wing of the General Library Building. It consists of a main reading room with a seating capacity of 32 people, two reserve book rooms which seat 20 students, and a work room for the librarian and his assistants. The library serves, primarily, faculty members and advanced students of the French, German and Spanish, Italian and Portuguese departments. It is also used frequently by others who are interested in the foreign language collection shelved there. A recent count showed that an average of 1°0 people studied there daily. The bulk of the UI's extensive holdings in foreign languages, which its Library possesses, is shelved in the central stacks which are administered by the Circula- tion Department. The Modern Language Library is largely a reference and reserve book library which has a permanent collection of some 1[(.,000 volumes. This permanent collection includes bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, bound periodicals, sets of collected works, linguistic atlases, complete editions of authors whose works are most in demand, and many literary histories. During a regular session, there are almost 3,000 volumes on reserve for various classes. Theoretically, only reserves for the 306- and l|00-level courses are kept here, but there are usually reserves for a few 200-level courses which are of special interest to the pa- trons of this departmental library. Many of these reserve books are borrowed from the holdings in the central stacks. In addition to the works already mentioned, the Modern Language Library has the last 2 current issues of 300 periodicals and the last $ issues of 28 newspapers. Back issues of the periodicals are, for the most part, kept in the Circulation Dept. -2- and back issues of the newspapers may be secured in the Newspaper Library in the basement. There are, also, about 500 foreign language records which faculty and graduate students may borrow. During the course of the year, some 600 new books are exhibited in book racks which are kept at the end of the long tables in the main room. There is a permanent display of pamphlets and books on travel, study and work abroad. There is a small collection of contemporary titles for recreational reading. In some cases, the same lending regulations prevail there as in the Circulation Dept. of the General Library. Having replaced Miss Florence Harding, Mr. Carl Parmenter is now in charge of the Modern Language Library. Watch for his bulletins in our succeeding issues.

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE BIBLIOGRAPHY PUBLISHED The Institute of International Education announces publication of International Edu - cational Exchange , a comprehensive bibliography of writings in the area of international education, by Richard E. Spencer and Ruth Awe. Almost [j.,000 titles of books, articles, research reports (including doctoral dissertations and masters' theses), pamphlets, and government documents are organized into 5 chapters: "Inter- national Exchange of Students, Teachers, a nd Specialists"; "Educational Curriculum"; "General Works on International Educational and Cultural Exchange"; "Cross-cultural and Psychological Studies Relevant to Educational Exchange"; and "Bibliographies." While most of the entries concern exchange between the United States and other countries, there are also listings on exchange among other countries. The Institute of International Education (HE) is a leading nonprofit agency in the field of educational and cultural exchange. Through its New York Headquarters, 7 U.S. Regional Offices, Overseas Offices on four continents, and representatives in 26 countries, HE carries on exchange programs between the U.S. and more than 110 other countries. The Institute also provides an extensive information and publications program as well as consultative services on educational and cultural exchange. Copies of International Educational Exchange may be ordered from the Publica- tions Division, Institute of International Education, 809 United Nations Plaza, N.Y. N.Y. 10017 for $6.00 per copy.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NOTES — by Prof. Barbara Smalley

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE STUDIES

Comparative Literature Studies , which is a journal sponsored by the Program of Com- parative Literature and published by the University of Illinois Press, has nearly doubled its subscriptions during the last three years. Paradoxically, it has many subscribers at such institutions as the Univ. of Southern 111., Kent State, Indiana Univ., and the Univ. of Wis., but very few in the Champaign-Urbana area. The present communication is an invitation for colleagues and students to subscribe in order to change this situation. Recent issues of Comparative Literature Studies have carried articles and reviews by Etiemble, Francois Jost, Leonard Unger, Ronald Hilton, Oskar Seidlen, Luis Leal, and Leo Weinstein. Coming issues will feature contributions by Ulrich Weis- stein, Glauco Cambon, Bruce Morrissette, Helmut Hatzfeld, Robert Clements, and Herbert Dieckmann. For a limited time, special rates are available, ten percent lower than the usual — a yearly subscription of four issues for $6.75 instead of the regular price of $7<>50. Please send your check directly to the University of Illinois Press or to the Editor, 1+01 Lincoln Hall, Urbana, Illinois 61801. MEETINGS Professor A.0. Aldridge delivered a paper on "Thomas Paine and the Revolutionary Movement in South America" at the Midwestern Regional Meeting of the American Soci- ety for Eighteenth-Century Studies, held at Rockford College, Rockford, 111., Oct. 23-2i|„ During the following week, Mr. Aldridge represented the Advisory Board of the National Society at the East Central Regional Meeting held at Morgantown, West Virginia, October 31 and November 1. FRENCH NOTES — by Prof. Edwin Jahiel LECTURE Prof. F.W. Nachtmann gave a lecture with slides to the Medieval Club, on Oct. 19, .

-3- on "The Village of St. William of the Desert and the William Cycle."

GENACLE The Clnacle (student-staff discussion group) met on Monday, Oct. 12, to discuss "Comment enseigner la litterature? " The debate was a particularly lively one, and students were obviously grateful for the opportunity to air their opinions -- and grievances

NEW POST The Department has created the new post of Educational Technological Assistant, in view of the growing use and importance of radio, TV, films, tapes, etc., in all levels of our curricula. In this connection, Prof. Nelson persuaded officials of ORTP to add certain programs of "Prance Culture" and "France Musique" to its daily SW broadcasts: 21:00 h to 21+: 00 h GMT (Illinois time, 15:00 h-l8:00 h) is the time to listen. Mr. Alain Brasseur is the first person to hold this post.

FRENCH TELEPHONE LINES, NEWS FROM FRANCE, POEMS BY PHONE Telephone programs for the following courses may be dialed, numbers in parentheses: French 101 (333-3780/81); Fr 102 (333-6090-91); Fr IO3/IOI4. (333-3781;, 333-6309) with 103 on Tues., Thurs., Sat., and IOI4. on Mon., Weds., Fri. A program of French poems, generally read whole, then with pauses, by major French actors, may be listened to on 333-3782/83. The poems, which are part of French 113, 211, 212, and 217 courses, can be enjoyed by all levels of listeners. They change each Monday morning, and mimeographed texts for the entire series for this term (series A) may be picked up at the French Department, or sent to you by request (write the Secretary of the Dept. Mrs. Hatchel, 2I4I4. Lincoln Hall) in any quantity desired. Daily broadcasts from France can be heard here by dialing 333-6301. These come from a daily recording of news broadcast from France on short-wave. Because of the difference in time between Urbana and Paris (among other differences), what we get here is the evening news of France - lasting about 7 minutes, and covering a variety of topics: international, French news, sports and entertainment. Whenever reception is too poor for taping, and from late Saturday to Monday morning, those dialing will hear a program of French poetry or a discussion on a topic of lasting interest. For recommendations, observations, suggestions, please contact Prof. R. Nelson, 2I4I4 Lincoln Hall, Urbana, Illinois 61801, or call him at 333-0552, 8:30a.m. - noon, Mon. through Fri.

FLY TO PARIS Flights to Paris, summer 1971, have been announced by the Alliance Franchise, ^199 to $214.8, New York - Paris - New York. For information, please contact your Alliance officer.

BBC SERIES "Civilisation: a Fersonal View" is the title of the BBC Series (13 programs of 52 minutes each) of films made with the help of art historian Sir Kenneth Clark, who also does the narration. The Krannert Museum in Urbana is running several shows a week, for a total of 13 weeks. The success of this series in the USA is quite jus- tified, for the programs are a pleasure to see and hear, a mine of information at the non-specialist's level, and above all, done with great sincerity and warmth. They are highly recommended to teachers and students at all levels and in all areas of civilisation and culture, whether these words are taken in their literary-artistic connotation or their anthropological-ethnological sense. The series is very expen- sive to rent and already heavily booked - so that our suggestion is to be aware of "Civilisation" and to take advantage of any scheduling by nearby institutions. The Urbana showings at the Krannert Museum (not the Center) are free, and on: Tues. and Thurs. at 2:30pm, and Saturday at 9:30 and 10:1; 5am, Sunday at 2:30 and 3:U5pm « Frograms change weekly, starting Sundays.

EXPANSION OF FRENCH STUDIES AT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS In May 1970, Robert J. Nelson, Prof, of French and Chairman of the Departmental Plan- ning Committee, traveled extensively in Europe, to examine existing and possible .

foreign-study programs of the University abroad. Prof. Nelson visited England, Prance and Switzerland. In an extensive report of his visits, submitted June 12, 1970, Prof. Nelson recommended the expansion of French Studies through the inclusion of new curricular areas in the offerings of the Dept. of French: history of France and French-speaking countries of the world, history of art and music in francophone countries, "sciences humaines." Rejecting the notion that such studies are merely "ancillary" to the traditional areas of language and literature, Prof, kelson recommended that the University hold a "feasibility conference" in early December 1970 to study the means of meeting this widely felt need for xpansion of French Studies. The recommendation received the support of the Departmental Advisory Committee. As a result, Dean Robert W. Rogers (CLA&S) and Prof. George Brinegar (Director, Program of International Studies, U-I-U) have provided funds for the Conference proposed by Frof . Nelson. American, French, Swiss and English scholars in several curricular areas have agreed to join UI colleagues from French and other interested departments in this effort: M. Michel Afsa, Secretaire g£nlral, Universite'de Rouen; M. Jean

Biron, Le Directeur Administratif , Ecole Nationale SupeVieure des Beaux-Arts, Ver- sailles; Prof. Donald Charlton, Chairman, Dept. of French, University of Warwick, M. Frank Jotterand, Directeure de la "Gazette Litte"raire"; M. Edgar Tripet, Profes- seur d'Histoire, le Gymnase de la Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchatel; and Prof. Laurence Wylde C. Douglas Dillon Frof. of the Civilization of France, Harvard University. Dean Rogers has asked Prof. Nelson to serve as Director of the Conference, and Yves Velan, Professor of French (U-I-U), to serve as Associate Director of this most promising effort. The Conference will be held at the Urbana Campus, Dec. 2-8, 1970. The first days will be devoted to small committee sessions on specific curricular areas, looking to the implementation of new programs in French and other Departments at the UI in the near future. The remaining days will be devoted to "open sessions," with talks by each of the distinguished foreign visitors on problems and prospects in the development of an expanded French curriculum. A limited number of visitors from other campuses (in-state and out-of-state) may attend the "open sessions" (Dec. 5-8). Those interested should make arrangements with Prof. Nelson, 23I Lincoln Hall, UI, Urbana, 111. 61801 (tel. 217/333-0552 ) The principles underlying Prof. Nelson's recommendation for expanded French Studies can be found in his recently published article, "A Modern Curriculum for French Studies, " in ggench Language Education: The Teaching of Culture in the Class- room , ed. Charles Jay and Pat Castle (Springfield, 111. i The Office of the Super- intendant of Public Instruction, 1970), 6I4-7U. A French version of this article will also be available in a forthcoming number of La Revue de 1' AUPELF , ( the quarterly publication of the Association des UniversitSs Partiellement ou Entierement de Langue Franchise). We are happy to announce that there is now a departmental committee of the projected Institute for French Studies at the Ul-Urbana: Profs. R.J. Nelson, Director, Y. Velan, Assoc. Director, G. Savignon, Seccy. These colleagues are now preparing the program for the forthcoming December conference on the project. The Committee welcomes suggestions and advice from all.

AATF MEMBERSHIP DRIVE The Downstate Illinois Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French hopes to increase its services to members and all those interested in "La Frangitl." Prof. Frank Gunderson, Chapter President, has thus asked Frof. R.J. Nelson of the UI to serve as Chairman of a Membership and recruitment Committee for the Chapter Prof. Nelson has asked several colleagues, at all levels of education, within the Chapter's geographical limits, to join him in an effort to publicize the Chapter's activities and to urge all teachers of French, as well as advanced students in French teacher preparation programs, to become members of the Chapter,, Prof. Nelson has divided the downstate area into 7 major "Provinces" and each of these into sub- sections or "Cantons," made up of a few counties. The Provincial Chairman will ask French teachers in these cantons to form "Cantonal Committees" to recruit new members and to provide settings in which all members can find occasions to maintain their own love and interest in French Language and Culture. The character and extent of Chapter activities (workshops, summer camps, etc.) was the topic of a discussion, chaired by Prof. Nelson, at the Fall meeting of the . s

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Chapter, Nov. 6, 1970 (Springfield: St. Nicholas Hotel). Prospective members should remember to join the AATF through the DOWNSTATE CHAPTER TREASURER, Mr. Geoffrey A. Hughes, 1239 Mount Vernon Drive, Blooraington, 111. 61701. Joining the local Chapter permits it to retain a portion of the annual dues for Chapter activities.

GERMANIC NOTES -- by Prof. Roy Allen NEW TEACHING ASSISTANTS The German Dept. is most happy to welcome a number of new Teaching Assistants to its staff this fall. Most of these new Assistants have had some previous teaching experience and most have also spent some time studying or travelling in Germany. They are: Gudrun Babicki (B.A., M.A. Wayne State Univ.), Thomas Birney (B.A. Adelphi U., M.A. U. of Washington), Roger Crockett (B.A., Wake Forest U.^, Wayne Culberson (B.A. Allegheny College, M.A., Middlebury College), Jtirgen Dttllein (U. of Wtirzburg, U. of

Salamanca, M.A , SUNY at Albany), Ronald Edge (B.A., Birmingham- Southern College), Clara Evans (B.A., Eastern Baptist College), Karl Pink (B.A., Wartburg College, M.A. U. of Arizona), Barbara Greim (B.A., MacMurray College). Constance Hippie (B.A., Carnegie Mellon U.), George Johnson (B.A., U. of Kansas), Tom Kilton (B.A., Bradley U., M.A., Tufts U.), Paul Lundgren (B.A., Thiel College), Nelson McMillan (B.A., Morehouse College, M.A., U.I.), Paul Schaefer (B.A. St. Olaf College), Gisela Seve-

, (B.A. Methodist rino (B.A., UI ) Marilyn Shepard Central College), Fritz Thiele (B.A

Southern 111. Univ.), Charles Weeks (B.A. UI), Larry Williams (B.A. UI )

ALLERTON CONFERENCE At the Allerton Conference held by the Department on Oct. 11 (cf. report in last month's issue of the Newsletter ) , a series of statements were drawn up at the concluding session of the meeting which constituted a consensus of those present on the

"sense of the meeting." These statements were phrased in the form of Ij. recommendations for future action: 1. The Advisory of the Department is asked to look into the possible demand for an alternate doctoral program, emphasizing teaching (rather than the current research-oriented Ph.D.); 2. The Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures of the UI or the Chairmen of the German Depts. of the "Big Ten" universities should consider sponsoring a conference on the taxonomy of educational objectives in German, with panelists who are especially qualified to speak on the subject; 3. The faculty of the Department is asked to explore the possibility of graduate student involvement or participation in advanced teaching; and U. The Meeting favors extension of the present apprenticeship programs in teaching. PUBLICATIONS Prof. Elmer Antonsen's article "Toward a New Runic Grammar" appeared this year in the Nordic Languages and Modern Linguistics , ed. Hreinn Benediktsson (Reykjavik, 1970") (Proceedings of the International Conference of Nordic and General Linguistics,

University of Iceland, Reykjavik, July 6-11, 1969). A s^udy of Droste-Htflshoff ' Judenbuche by Prof. James McGlathery entitled "Fear of Perdition in Droste-HUlshoff fc " Judenbuche was published in Lebendlge Form . Interpret at lone n zur deutschen Liter - atur . Festschrift ftlr Heinrich E.K. Henel , ed. Jeffrey L. Sammons and Ernst Sc Mirer

(MUnchen, 1970 ) . Prof"^ James Marchand contributed the chapter "Der phonemische Stellenwert des ahd. e" to the volume Vorschla'ge fttr eine strukturale Grammatik des

Deutschen , which was published this year by the Wissenschaf tliche Buchgesellschaf t, Darmstadt. Prof. Marchand has also signed a contract with the Mouton Publishing Company to write a history of Gothic study, which is scheduled to come out in the fall of next year. Prof. Rudolf Schier has written a full length study on the language of Georg Trakl ( Die Sprache Georg Trakls) which was just recently published by the Carl Winter UniversitStsverlag. Mr. Uwe Klinger, a graduate student in the department, has completed an article on "Gottsched und Die Belustlgungen des Verstan - des und des Wltzes " which will be Included in the Lessing Yearbook for 197L FACULTY LECTURES The featured speaker at the initial meeting this year of the Fruchtbrinrende Gesell- schaft on Oct. 8 was Prof. Clayton Gray. Prof. Gray spoke on "The Origin and Func- tion of Light Imagery in the Verse of Heinrich von Morungen: The Radiance of the Courtly Lady as Scintillating Temptation tothe Courtly Man." The meeting was held -6- at 7:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge of the Illini Union. On Nov. 5, also at 7:30 in the Faculty Lounge, Prof. Harry Haile addressed himself at the second meeting of the FG to the topic ^Goethe's Love Life."

On Oct. J4., Prof. James Marchand spoke before the Hillel group on campus on the subject "Early Yiddish and Hebrew-German Language and Literature." Prof. Marchand gave a second talk on the 16th of last month at a meeting of the Southeastern Con- ference on Linguistics which was held in Atlanta, Ga. His topic there was "Towards a Taxonomy of Semantic Theories." Prof. Marchand also addressed the Midwestern Modern Language Association meeting in Milwaukee on Oct. 31 on "Tristan's Schwert- leide."

GERMAN HOUSE On November 15, from 3:00pm to 7:00pm, the German House sponsored a "Variete' mit Jause" which featured a formal program of skits, live music and readings at U:30. Throughout the afternoon there were also displays, demonstrations relating to German culture, showings of paintings, slides photographs, wood carvings and old maps. Tours of the House were also conducted during the afternoon and a Bratwurst supper buffet was served. Every Wednesday evening, the House invites as dinner guest a member of the Department faculty who conducts a discussion following the meal on some aspect of German life and culture or on a topic of current interest. Recent guests and their topics for discussion were: Sept. 30: Prof. Marianne Burkhard - "Zwei Feste in der Schweize;" Oct. 7: Prof. Lathrop Johnson - "Studentenleben in Deutschland; " Oct. 11|: Prof. Clayton Gray - "Muss die moderne Musik so laut sein;" Oct. 28: Prof. U.

Henry Gerlach - "(Touristen) Reisen in Deutschland;" Nov. Ij.: Prof. Henri Stege- meier - "Deutsche Kunst." Coming Event -- On Dec. 3, the German House will present a "Sankt-Nokolaus- Abend", which will feature poetry readings by Miss Renate Aschober.

SLAVIC NOTES — by Kenneth Brostrom ENROLLMENTS A comparison of 10th day enrollment figures for the Fall semesters of 1969 and 1970 indicates that an approximate decrease of 6% in students entered in Slavic Dept. courses has occurred. In absolute figures, total enrollments on the 10th day of the Fall semester, 1969, were 610 as compared with 571 during the present term. Enroll- ments in lst-year Russian language courses have remained relatively stable, with decreases occurring in 2nd-year courses; this undoubtedly reflects the continuing impact of the revisions in language requirements. Enrollments in 300- and i|00-level courses are also down, from 195 in 1969 to I67 presently. The number of students entered in courses dealing with literature in translation has increased about ll\.% m

AAT SEEL In a recent mail ballot, the Board of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages confirmed the appointment of Prof. Frank Y Gladney as

Editor of the Slavic and East European Journal , effective with Vol. 15 (1971 )• LECTURES On Monday. Oct. 26, Prof. Thomas Winner, Chairman of the Russian Dept. of Brown U., delivered 2 lectures on the Urbana campus. In the afternoon session, he discussed Chekhov's use of setting in his prose, and that evening, he read a lecture entitled "The Prague Spring: Czech Literature under Dubcek. " Both lectures were intriguing commentaries upon topics of general interest to Slavic students and faculty. On Monday, Nov. 2, Prof. Zbigniew Folijewski of the Dept. of Comparative Liter- ature of the University of British Columbia, delivered a public lecture in the " Illini Union entitled The Brothers Karamazov : Horror Story or Optimistic Tragedy?" On the following day, he discussed the topic "Some Trends in Modern Polish Litera- ture." Prof. Folijewski, an internationally recognized scholar with eclectic interests, was sponsored jointly by the Slavic and Comparative Literature Depts. On Dec. 3, Prof. Michael Holquist of Yale University will deliver a public lecture on the topic "Utopian Philosophy in Relation to Russian Literature." Frof. Holquist is a man of wide-ranging interests and impressive intellect, whose comments a

-7- will be of great value to all students of Russian literature. On Dec. 10, Prof. Daniel C. Gerould will discuss the Polish writer Witkiewicz; a short Folish film dealing with the life and art of this writer will accompany this lecture. Prof. Gerould is a practicing playwright, a translator of Polish and Russian drama, former Chairman of the Dept. of World Literature at San Francisco State College and currently a visitor in the theater program at the Graduate Center, City College of New York. MISCELLANY On Oct. 28, the young Soviet pianist Nicolai Petrov presented a concert at the UI which was very well received. Members of the Slavic and Music depts. had the special pleasure of meeting Mr. Petrov later at a reception held in the home of Dr. Clayton Dawson. " On Nov. I4. and Nov. 8, a new Hungarian film, "Winter Wind, was shown in the Lincoln Hall Auditorium at 8:00pm. On Nov. 10, the Russian and East European Round Table presented a discussion by Prof. Jan Gorecki on the topic, "The Communist Family Pattern," in the Illini Union Faculty Lounge at 8:00pm. From Nov. 18th through the 22nd, the University Theater presented Chekhov's drama, Uncle Vanya . On Dec. 9 and Deo. 13, a new Czech film, "The Most Beautiful Age," will be shown (in the Auditorium on the 9th and in Lincoln Hall Theater on the 13th). On Dec. 10, at 8:00pm, the film version of Tugenev's short story "Mumu" will be shown in the University Auditorium. On Dec. 11 and 12, a new Russian- Hungarian jointly produced film, "Red and White," will be shown at 8:00 pm in 112 Gregory Hall.

SPANISH, ITALIAN AND PORTUGUESE NOTES — by Felicia G. Sworsky

TO ERR IS HUMAN... And your editor is human if nothing else, and, therfore, erred. I take this opportunity to correct some misinformation printed in the previous issue: Mr. Richard Preto-Rodas and Mr. Mario Saltarelli come to this Department with the rank of Asso- ciate Professor, and Mr. Saltarelli' s article in Language is entitled "Spanish Plu- ral Formation: Apocope or Epenthesis?" Sorry about thatl

AATSP "We are all well aware of the feeling of indifference toward the study of foreign languages that exists today among students and administrators. Some universities and professional schools are even dropping their language requirement, and it would be naive to suppose that this would not have repercussions on the secondary level. The need for professional unity is more urgent now than ever, and we need to prove that foreign languages are relevant and valid in today's changing world." The AATSP is your National Professional Organization. It was founded in 1917 for the purpose of fostering the study of the Spanish and Portuguese languages and literatures through the promotion of friendly relations among its members, by the publication and presentation of articles and papers at its meetings and through Hi span! (the official journal of the Association), by the dissemination of pertinent information and materials, and through many other ways constantly being added to the many activities sponsored by the Association. So, why not become a member? Contact Mrs. Gladys Leal, 207 W. Iowa, Urbana, 111. 61801. The Downstate Chapter of AATSP wishes to set up area testing centers for the AATSP National Examinations. The test will be administered between Mar. 20 and Apr. 3, 1971. The test administration time Is 75 minutes and requires laboratory listening facilities. Schools that are willing to set up area testing centers should so advise James E. McKinney, Downstate Illinois AATSP Contest Chairman, Western Illinois Univ., Macomb, 111. 6lL).55« As usual, schools with facilities may administer their tests locally. All testing materials for the Downstate area should be ordered from Mr. McKin- ney. The deadline for ordering is February 1 , 1971. -8-

UI GRADUATE STUDY - FELLOWSHIPS AND ASSISTANTSHIPS 1971-1972 Financial Assistance at the UI takes several different forms: 1. University Fellow- ships - These require no services and carry tax-free stipends, in addition to tuition and fee exemption. They pay 1) $2,1;00 for the 9 month, 2 semester academic year, or 2) $2,900 for the full year of 2 semesters and the preceding or following summer session (8wks.). Successful applicants will be invited to choose between 1) and 2), and, if 2) between the 2 summer sessions. 2. NDEA Title IV Fellowships - Additional awards are expected for 1971-72. Normally the award is for a 3-year period. Sti- pends for each two semester tenure, with an optional $1;00 stipend for summer study, are: $2,000 the 1st year; $2,200 the 2nd year; $2, 1+00 the 3rd year; plus $1+00 annu- ally for each dependent. All fellows are exempt from payment of tuition and fees. 3. Teaching Assistantships - A limited number of awards are made for 1/3 time, 1/2 time, and, exceptionally, 2/3 time teaching, and carry minimum salaries of $1,933> $2,900 and $3,867 respectively, plus tuition and fee exemption. This exemption also applies to the following summer session if the appointee chooses to enroll. /j. Scholarships - Carry tuition and fee waiver. For further information and application forms, write to Prof. J,H.D. Allen, Co-ordinator of Graduate Programs, Dept. of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, 221 Lincoln Hall, UI, Urbana, 111. 61801.

SIGMA DELTA PI Sigma Delta Pi is the national Spanish Honor Society. The officers of the Lambda Chapter here at the UI are: President - Arturo Jurado of San Miguel Allende, Guana- juato, Mexico; Vice-President - Berardo Vald6s of Urbana, 111.; Treasurer and Super-

vising Director - Harriet Carter of Miami, Fla, ; and Entertainment Chairman - Elliott Delman of Chicago, 111. Professor Angelina Pietrangeli is faculty advisor to the society. At its last meeting, Lambda welcomed 2 new honorary members - Mrs. Dorothy M. Fasquariello, wife of Dr. A. M. Pasquariello, Head, Dept. of Spanish, Italian and Fotuguese, and Prof. Dieter Wanner - and 1;6 active members: Gresilda Tilley, Victor Bonadeo, Maria Carmen Cruz, Shirley Mason, Dagoberto Orrantia, Krystal Rheinwald, Myrna Goldman, Barbara McDaniel, Elaine Kowalski, Katherine Feiger, Mary Louise Wiley Jacqueline Bradfor, Susan Wallenstein, Janet Beaudway, Patricia Kearney, Dorothy Gingerich, Sherry Gehrke, Marna Berman, Alice Bennett, Helen Shapiro, Diane Hansen, Judy Edgar, Nancy Sixsmith, Marjorie Anders, Mary Brauer, Phyllis Czyzewski, Diane Wallace, Deborah Kolditz Vera, Minda Karon, Judith Minner, Patricia Sperling, Janis Schectman, Juan Espadas, Adelfo Aldana, Armando Armengol, Reynaldo Jimlnez, Zoila Romero, Georgia Ference, Harriet Carter, Theda Herz, Susan Kingston, Miriam Cox, Nancy Sokol, Mary Anne Marrocco, Carolyn Balkema and Ernest Merrill.

FACULTY NOTES Congratulations are in order for David R. Hershberg: he was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in Spanish and Italian. Publications by our faculty include an article by Prof. Henry R. Kahane, in collaboration with Renee Kahane, on "Romeo, the Pilgrim" in Bollettino dell'Atlante Linguistico Mediterraneo, no. 10-12, pp. [(.29-U31. which offers an explanation of the much discussed term through the Byzantine religious movement of iconoclam, in the ninth century, and also, a review by Prof. Kahane of R. Hall's Bibliografia della linguistica italiana: primo supplemento decennale, Florence, 1969, in Language 14.6(1970), pp. 712-713. New additions to the Department faculty include Instructor Ronald R. Young: he made the great leap forward that we all long to make and he's no longer a mere graduate student. Mr. Young received his B.A. in 1966 from Wisconsin State Univ. at Eau Claire and his M.A. in I967 from UI. He has traveled extensively in Mexico and is at present working on his thesis in Linguistics, his topic dealing with the dialect of AltoLucero in Mexico. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Mr. Young's duties include the supervision of the Spanish 103 and 101| courses. His wife Rinda is a graduate student in the department and is also working on her thesis. Three part-time instructors swell the ranks of those who are escaping student status: Mrs. Lia Schwarz Lerner received her Licenciado and M. A. in Buenos Aires, the latter from the University of Buenos Aires in 1965. Her husband Izafas is an Assistant Professor in the Department. Steven Meshon received his B.A. from Perm THE UNIVERSITY CF ILLINOIS MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSLETTER

December, 1970 Director: Prof. Anthony M. Pasouariello Vol. XXIV, No. 3 Editor: Felicia G. Svorsky

ILLINOIS GOES IT ALONE! The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, will sponsor a year abroad program in Spain which constitutes the eouivalent of a year in residence on our campus. The program is designed primarily for students majoring in Spanish or the teaching of Spanish. It is planned for students in their Junior year, though seniors and perhaps even well qualified sophomores will certainly be considered for admission. Also, students majoring in other areas (such as other foreign languages, history, English, political sciences, etc.) may apply provided their work in these fields could be enhanced by a year in a program devoted largely to literature and language studies. Students of particularly high Quality from other universities may also be considered for acceptance. The group will be limited to 30 participants. The minimum curricular reouirements for participation are as follows: 1) the completion of a fourth semester course in Spanish (Spanish 104 at UI) or the eouivalent; 2) intermediate level work in conversation and coaposition and an intermediate level course in the reading of Spanish literary texts would be desirable but not necessary; 3) students should show a k.O average in their courses in Spanish and at least an overall 3.50 average in order to be considered. Wherever possible, a student should have completed the general education reouirements prior to departure, although it may be possible to earn some hours abroad toward the fulfillment of these requirements. This matter will need to be worked out carefully with each student prior to his deaprture. The total cost of the program to each student is comparable to the average expenses incurred during the academic year on campus at Urbana-Champaign. Scholarships and loans now available for use in the normal year of residence on campus may be applied to the year abroad program. In addition, it is hoped that a limited number of special awards for needy students may be available through university or outside sources. Applications for scholarships, loans, or grants must be arranged for individually through the regular campus agents. Students will be able to hold regular student insurance during the year abroad, and will be asked to submit certification of good health as a part of the application for participation. Students will attend courses in Spain during the 9 month period eouivalent to 2 semesters at the 01, Urbana -Champaign campus. The month of September will be spent in a preliminary orientation session in Madrid and the following 8 months (Oct. through May) in special classes at the University of Barcelona. Upon successful completion of the year's study, 30 semester credit hours will be applied to the student's record at the UI. In order to introduce the students to the cultural life of the Spanish capital, Madrid has been chosen as the site for a month-long orientation period. This preliminary session will be handled by the Instituto de Cultura Hispfinica . an institution of the Spanish government dedicated to the promotion of cultural relations with other countries. Classes will take place in the Instituto located on the campus of the University of Madrid. The students will live and take their meals in dormitories located on the campus, with direct access to the extensive sports facilities of the University. In addition, the Instituto has its own excellent library which is within walking distance of the dormitory facilities. The Instituto also has its own travel agency which will be in charge of cultural trips taken during Sept. to points of interest near Madrid. Students wull have intensive classes in the Spanish language and organized discussions with students from the University of Madrid. In addition, several special lectures by figures such as the members of the Spanish Academy, professors of the U. of Madrid, leading Spanish playwrights, and contemporary writers will be offered. After :ompleting this period of orientation, the students will be transported by chartered bus to Barcelona rt.th stops at important sites along the way (Zaragoza, Lerida, etc.). Barcelona is a major European city with a stimulating cultural life and an outstanding university. The intellectual life of Barcelona compares favorably to that of Madrid, and even exceeds that of the capital in some respects. For example, one of the outstanding opera houses in Europe is located in Barcelona. The academic program consists of 5 pre-arranged, mandatory courses each semester. The courses will be given by professors of the University of Barcelona who have been contracted, and who will receive some guidance from the director re: the capabilities and expectations of American undergraduates. It will be possible, however, for certain very well prepared students to make an election from the University of Barcelona's offerings in substitution for a course planned by the program. The plans for housing call for half of the 30 students to be lodged in "colegios mayores" or Spanish student dormitories, and half in private homes. Students assigned to dormitories will live -2- either alone or with a Spanish roommate, but not with another American. The first director of the Illinois Year Abroad Program in Spain will be Prof. Alberto Poroueras- Mayo, Professor of Spanish at the University of Illinois who holds the Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Madrid. The application deadline is February 1, 1971. The candidates selected by a local screening committee will be notified in March. Application forms are available from the Spanish Department Office, 224- Lincoln Hall, or from Prof. Joseph S. Flores, Bhairman of the Illinois Year Abroad Pro- gram in Spain, 219 Lincoln Hall, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, telephone (217) 333-1739.

LIBRARY NOTES — by Carl Parmenter

Having completed my "first 100 days" in the Modern Language Library, I have had heightened even more my deep respect and admiration for Florence Harding, my predecessor. How did she ever manage to do everything she did, and so well, too! Even with my years of experience in ^25 as an undergraduate student assistant, I have been constantly astounded and often confounded by the intricacies and volume of the librarian's responsibilities. Most rewarding, by far, has been the opportunity afforded me to renew old acquaintances and establish new ones from among the faculty and students of the Germanic and Romance departments. Their patience with the neophyte has been most gratefully appreciated. Despite the suggestion of some that kZ5 need be given a whole new look, and the admonition of others that it must not, I have found little time to make any major alterations. The "New Book Shelves", formerly gracing the ends of the study tables, are now to be found next to the main card catalog in kZ5 in order to afford more space, both to study tables as well as to the new book collection. There has been a continual enlarging of the collection with additions in all fields of interest.

One of my favorites has been the new Reader's Encyclopedia of World Drama , kept, unfortunately, on Closed Reserve whence it may be borrowed, for room use, by inouiring at the control desk. Another notable addition has been effected through transfer from the English library, a legitimate trans- action graciously permitted by Eva Faye Benton, so as to twart my larcenous intents: the Forum for Modern language Studies now blesses our periodical shelves. The above mention of the Closed Reserve section is a sore point, one which is as unsatisfactory to me and my staff as it is to the patron of ^25. Man£ items are shelved, of necessity, in my office (^25 C) to insure their availability to all who need to use them. At present, I am not aware that the same high degree of pilferage exists now which characterized the Modern Language Library of the last few years, but items still disappear. If a system can be worked out for tighter security - as misanthropic as that term sounds - I should like to get these items out where all will be able to browse through and use them. Finally, in the present dilemma of budgetary matters, the proposal has been made to keep the Modern Language Library closed more hours each week in order to best utilize student wage funds. Checks of room usage have indicated that there are certain periods each week during which the Library is sparsely used. Since the Modern Language Library is open more hours each week than any other library on the 'tth floor of the Main Library, the suggestion was made to cut back our schedule to be consistent with the hours of those other libraries. I oppose vehemently the closing of the Library on Sunday evening. However, I can rationalize opening at 9:00 am instead of 8:00 am, Monday through Saturday, and being closed on Friday evening. In the former instance, reserve bookswould then be due at 10:00 am (instead of 9:00 am) and, in the latter instance, reserve books would circulate overnight at ^4-: 00 pm on Friday afternoon, to be due at 10:00 am Sat. morning. In the matter of these hours for second semester as well as in all other matters pertinent to the Modern language Library, I would appreciate any feed-back, either pro or con, which you as a reader of the MFLN would care to offer, preferably in person, but at least in writing. NOTE TO GRADUATE STUDENTS PREPARING DISSERTATIONS (AS WELL AS OTHER RESEARCHERS): Please let me know the topic of your dissertation so I might watch for new articles and other publications of interest to you. Also, please advise me of serious lacunae in our holdings. Many times these missing items are not brought to my attention. I rely upon you scholars in the field to keep me au courant of such weaknesses.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NOTES - by Prof. Barbara Smalley

PUBLICATIONS Professor Rocco Montano has recently published "The Aesthetics of Homer: A Footnote to the Work of 1^9-162. Carlo Diano," in FIL0S0FIA : H (Estate-Autunno, 1970), pp. -3-

IECTURES In November, Prof. Francois Jost lectured at the University of Colorado (Boulder) under the auspices of the Comparative Literature Program and the French Department of that university. His subject was "The French Sonnet in its European Context." Also in November, Prof. Jost delivered a lecture at the University of Kansas (Lawrence) under the auspices of the French Department there. Professor Rocco Montano is currently delivering a series of lectures at the UI under the auspices of the Program in Comparative Literature and the Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. The general subject of these lectures is "From Renaissance Aristotelianism to Shakespeare." The first two were delivered early in December in Lincoln Hall. They were entitled "The Development of the Elizabethan System of Tragedy" and "Protestantism and Literature." The last lecture, "Concerning the Failure of the House of Intellect," will be presented on Thursday, February 11, 1971, 7:30 pm, in Room 194 Lincoln Hall.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE STUDIES

Forthcoming in the next issue of Comparative Literature Studies . December 1970, are the following articles: Helmut Hatzfeld, "Literary Mannerism and Barooue in Spain and France"; E. R. Gregory, Jr., "Du Bartas, Sydney, and Spenser"; Lee Fontanella, "Parnassian Precept and a New Way of Seeing Casal's Museo ideal"; RenSe Riese Hubert, "Andre Masson and His Critics"; and a Review Article, "Interpret- ing Symbolist Poetry," by Haskell M. Block.

FRENCH NOTES — by Prof. Edwin Jahiel

FOLLOW UP REPORT ON INSTITUTE OF FRENCH STUDIES The Departmental Committee on the proposed Institute of French Studies at the Ul-Urbana wishes to thank all colleagues in the Dept. of French and other departments for their interest and support during the just-concluded Institute on the proposal (Dec. 2-9). Staff and consultants worked with remarkable harmony and purposefulness to elaborate a number of interesting proposals on both curricula and organization. It is hoped that we will have a formal report-cum-proposal early in the new semester for consideration by the Department and other appropriate agencies of the University. Here to report briefly on the results, the private sessions were divided into 2 major subcommittees, with a view to creating programs in French plus various options. As those who attended the public sessions know, the final recommendations took the form of French plus the following options (from B.A. and B.A.T. through M.A., M.A.T. and Ph.D.): Arts and Ideas, History and Ideas, Social Sciences. It is also hoped that with appropriate advice, we will be able to elaborate an option dealing with French-speaking nations of "the third world." Options were worked out in great detail, including specific course recommendations in current catalogues in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Graduate College, the School of Architecture, the College of Fine and Applied Arts, the School of Music and other educational units of the University. The Departmental Committee is grateful for the remarkable performance of its visiting consultants: M. Jean-Pierre Biron, M. Jean Cavadini, Prof. Donald Charlton, K. Jean Donnard, M, Franck Jotterand, K. Normand Leroux, M. Edgar Tripet, and Prof. Laurence Wylie. The Committee also wishes to express here its profound thanks to those administrators whose imaginative initiative has enabled the French Department at UI to be in the forefront of this truly new direction in French studies: Robert W. Rogers, Dean, CIA&S; George K. Brine;-ar, Director, International Programs; Bruce H. Mainous, Head, Department of French. (The members of the Committee are Robert J. Nelson, Director; Yves Velan, Assoc. Director; Gabriel Savignon, Seccy. General} Herbert De Ley, Assoc. Member; Stanley Gray, Assoc. Member; and John Moles, Student Associate.) AATF CONTEST The 36th annual National French Contest of the American Association of Teachers of French will take place either on April 1, 2, or J, under the directorship of Mr. Sidney L. Teitelbaum. Teachers interested in entering students are requested to contact now your chairman: for the Chicago area, Sister Jean Murray, Rosary College, River Forest, 111. 60305; for the Downstate area, Robert Roussey, Dept. of Foreign Languages, Illinois State University, Normal, HI. 61701, so that all information may be sent to you in due time. Again this year, wonderful prizes will be awarded on the National, Regional and Local levels. Read the article "The Contest" in the December issue of THE FRENCH REVIEW.

CENACLE The CSnacle has met twice, November and December 1970, to discuss "Pourouoi le Mouveau Roman?" and to play the game of literary identifications. -4-

THEATRE GROUP The French Dept.'s theatre group, "Les Baladins," gave a doublebill of one-acters on 7 December:

Courteline's Les Boulingrin and J. P. Aron's world premiere of Fleurets Kouchetgs . a new Absurdist play. The casts, supervised by Alain Ouvrier, consisted of Alain Ouvrier, Sylvie Boudet, Patrick Choffrut and Melissa Dadant (for the Courteline), and of Claude Covo, Alain Ouvrier, Patrick Aurenche Patrick Choffrut, Ilona Leki and Robert Frye (for the Aron). The group's hard and dedicated work resulted in such a fine, intelligent performance, that one can already see it as the seed of future productions which will entertain as well as train students and staff in the understanding of the theatre which comes only through actual physical invilvement with it. There is already a great tradition of this in British universities: many of the top theatre people (writers, actors, directors, decorators, etc.J_ in the U.K. had University starts, and some of the major contemporary suc- cesses (e.g. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern ...) were plays snatched by established London theatres from their unpretentious campus cradles.

PLATO The PLATO computer lab staff, under Prof. Keith Myers and his second-in-command, Roby Ariew, gave the department a well-planned, personalized set of demonstrations in November, and impressed several uninitiated people with the present capabilities and the potentials of good computer-using instruction in an area ranging from language teaching at the elementary level to advanced stylisties and sophisticated literary research.

FRENCH HOUSE Under the very able direction of Misses Ghislaine Ge'loin and Lisa Naab, the French House has been very active this year: they have had their regular weekly coffee-hour, meetings, parties (Halloween, Christmas, etc.), other activities which make it the focal point of the younger French and French- speaking population on campus. This is particularly important of late given the sudden increase of students from France, both assistants in French and French people in other fields. By now, it is clear that FL Houses do indeed benefit very much those living in them and their campuses in general: other Departments are at present establishing such houses.

GERMAN NOTES — by Prof. Roy Allen

FACULTY LECTURES The third meeting this fall of the Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft featured a talk by Prof. Hans Bekker- Nielsen of the U. of Odense, Denmark. Prof. Bekker-Nielsen's topic was "Old Norse Literature and Western Civilization." The meeting took place on December 10 at 7:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge of the Illini Union.

Prof. Elmer Antonsen of the German Dept. spoke before the Medieval Club on December Ik at 8:00 pii in the Faculty Lounge of the Union, His talk was entitled "Bogs, Bodies and Beechstaves: Nordic Runic Inscriptions." The German Dept. was represented at the annual AATG convention, held in Los Angeles on Nov. 27 and 28, by Professors Marianne Burkhard, Herbert Knust and Ruth Lorbe. Prof. Knust presented a paper at the meeting on Bertold Brecht: "Erst komrat das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral." FACULTY PUBLICATIONS A lengthy review by Prof. Lorbe on the volume Twentieth Century German Literature (Introduction to German Literature TV), edited by August Closs (New York, 1969) has just appeared in JEGP (LXLX, 1970; PP. 502-506).

SPRING COURSES Dutch will be the topic of Germanic 199. the undergraduate open seminar, in the Spring semester, 1971. The course will be taught by Prof. Juw fon Wearinga, and can involve either instruction in beginning Dutch language or a more advanced course on Modern Dutch literature.

GERMAN CLUB The German b Club of the UI was conceived as a student social organization, primarily for the purpose of giving students on all levels of study the opportunity to practice the speaking of the German language outside the classroom situation. This year the Club has sponsored and will be sponsoring in the coming months a variety of activities for the benefit of students, including the Oktoberfest, the Fasching celebration, film amd slide showings, poetry readings, the annual V.'eihnachtsfeier and many others. On November 12, the Club sponsored a taped presentation of the German radio play celebra- ("Horspiel") Das Schiff Esperanza by Fred von Hoerschelmann. On December 3, a St. Nicholas tion was held, and on December 11, the annual Weihnachtsfeier, At the December 1? meeting of the Club, Prof. Henri Stegemeier k gave a showing of color slides on the German Christmas. In the Spring semester, 1971, plans are being drawn up for a number of interesting activities, including amongst others the presentation of a short, one-act German play. So far definite plans have been made for the showing of 2 German films: on February 11, 1971, Bertolt Brecht's Threepenny-

Opera and on March 11, 1971, Franz Werfel's Me and the Colonel . The German Club is sponsored by three members of the UI faculty: Professors Dagmar Stern and William Henderson of the German Department and Professor Charles Daigh of the College of Education. For further information on the Club and its activities, please contact the Club's president, William Freyman, through the German Department Office (375 Lincoln Hall) or by phone: 332-5259.

ISU SUMMER PROGRAM IN GERMANY Illinois State University, Normal, is sponsoring a 2 month program of German study in Grafing (near Munich) from July 3 - August 29 in the summer of 1971. The course is open to the public and will offer up to 8 credits in German. The total cost of the program is $950 and includes round-trip air fare from Chicago, roam and board, and several field trips, probably to the Bavarian Alps and castles, Munich, Salzburg, Vienna, Berlin, the Rhine and Bonn. Courses will be offered at all levels. High school and college students or teachers and other interested persons are invited to apply to: Bodo Fritzen, Director, ISU Program in Germany, Department of Foreign Languages, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61761.

GERMAN ART OF THE 19th CENTURY TO VISIT CHICAGO The largest exhibition of 19th century German painting ever to be shown outside of Germany opened this fall on October 1^ at the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Conn. Included in the showing are a total of 106 works on loan from 16 museums in West Germany, from the Federal Republic of Ger- nany collections and from four private collections. All major styles and types of painting from the 19th century are represented in the exhibition, including the German Romantics, the Nazarene school, the post-Nazarene painters working in Rome and the realist and naturalist painters from the period. The works of kO painters in all are being shown, amongst which are paintings by Caspar David Friedrlch Philipp Otto Runge, Peter von Cornelius, Adolf von Menzel, Hans von MarSes, Arnold Bocklin, Wilhelm Leibl, Hans Thoma, Max Leibermann and Lovis Corinth. The show will also be at the Cleveland Museum of Art from December 9 - January 2k, and at the Chicago Art Institute from February 12 - March 28.

3IAVIC NOTES — by Kenneth Brostrom

PAPERS On December 3, Prof. Michael Holouist of Yale University delivered 2 excellent papers on the Urhana campus, dealing with topics of general interest to specialists in Russian literature. The papers

were entitled "Stylistic Ties between Gogol and Chekhov" and "Dostoevsky's Notes From Underground : Plot and Counterplot." Prof. Holquist was an outstanding student in the UI Slavic Department before completing his Ph.D. at Yale. On Dec. 10, Prof. Daniel C, Gerould discussed the Polish writer Witkiewicz, accompanying his commentary with a Polish film on the life and works of this artist. Prof. Gerould is presently a visitor in the theater program at the Graduate Center, City College of Mew York. The presentations of these 2 scholars conclude what has been a very active and profitable Fall semester program in public lectures, and we look forward to similar opportunities in the future. Several members of the Soavic faculty have delivered or will deliver papers in the near future at various conferences and conventions: Prof. Rasio Dunatov read a paper, "Paradigmatic Accentual Alternations in Serbo-Croatian," in the linguistics sections of the national convention of AATSEEL, held in New York City, Dec. 28-30. Prof. Kurt Klein delivered a paper to the Southern AATSEEL convention held in Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 29, on the topic "Some Suggestions for a Course in Russian Civilization." In this connection, we wish to extend our congratulations to Prof. Klein for winning one of the four Undergraduate instructional awards presented by the Board of Trustees for meritorious projects completed during the summer of 1970. Prof. Klein prepared a syllabus for a new course in Russian civilization which will be offered at the UI. This course will fill a distinct gap in Russian studies here and is to be highly recommended to students interested in Russian culture. In addition to a comprehensive set of lectures and carefully selected readings, the course will utilize visual aids and benefit from lectures by visiting specialists in various disciplines. Prof. Steven P. Hill also read a paper at the Bi-State Slavic Conference held at the U. of Kansas (Lawrence). His topic was "Russian Drama at the end of the 60's." -6-

At the AATSEEL section of the Illinois FLTA convention, held in Springfield on Nov. 6-7, Prof. Kurt Klein, Mr. Henry Zalucky and Mr. Kenneth Brostrom delivered the papers whose titles were reported

previously in the October issue of the Newsletter .

EXAMINATIONS Our congratulations to Miss Nina Awsienko, Miss Susan Baker and Mr. Kenneth Olson for their successful performance in the doctoral preliminary examinations and to Miss Dorothy Fry for passing the examination for the Master's degree.

RUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN CENTER The Center recently established a Publications Committee which will consider any proposals for publications originating among staff members working within the Russian and E st European area. The Committee consists of F. Gladney (Slavic), R. F. Miller (Pol. Sci.), B. Uroff (History), and Keith Hitchins (History, Chairman). A number of publications by Center members and associates will be of

interest: Robert F. Miller, 100,000 Tractors : the MTS snd the development of Controls in Agricul-

ture. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970. Keith A. Hitchins, ed., Rumanian Studies . Vol . I.

E. J. Brill, 1970. Alexander Vucinich, Science in Russian Culture . Stanford University Press, 1970.

Jan Gorecki, Divorce in Poland : a Contribution to the Sociology of Law . Mouton, 1970. James Millar and Corinne Guntzel, "The Economics and Politics «f Collectivization Reconsidered," Explorations in

Economic History . Vol. VHI, No. 1, Fall 1970.

PUBLICATIONS Prof. Steven P. Hill has published an annotated compilation in conjunction with Prof. John Dunkel- berger under the title "Russian Drama since Chekhov: a Bibliography of English Translations, 1900- 1969." It appeared in the journal Theatre Documentation (U. of Kansas) .Winter *69 - Spring '70, pp. 85-108. A newsletter published by the Slavic Bibliographic and Documentation Center of the Association of Research Libraries has recently begun to appear (2 numbers have been issued to date). The News- letter contains valuable information for researchers in the Slavic area. Inouiries may be addressed to the Center, 1527 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C. 20036.

AA.TSEEL In the business meeting in Springfield on Nov. 6-7, it was decided that AATSEEL members once again will comprise a Slavic section at the Illinois FLTA meeting in Chicago next year, Nov. 5-6. If necessary, there will also be a meeting of the Illinois AATSEEL during the Russian high school contest in May, 1971. There will again be a Russian section in the Illinois School-University Foreign Language Articulation Conference on the Urbana campus, Oct. 28-29, 1971.

FILM The new Soviet film version of War and Peace in 2 parts, with dubbed-in English dialogue, was shown in the UI Auditorium as follows: Part I on Jan. 6-7 at 8:00 pm and Part II on Jan. 13-l4 at 8:00 pm. This film is remarkable in many ways, not the least of which is the almost eerie exactitude with which the actors duplicate the described appearance and mannerisms of the characters in the novel.

SPANISH, ITALIAN AND PORTUGUESE NOTES — by Felicia G. Sworsky PUBLIC lECTURE The Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese and the Center for Latin American Studies jointly presented a lecture on December 10 by Dr. Risieri Frondizi, Visiting Professor, Southern Illinois University. Dr. Frondizi spoke on the topic "La unidad cultural latinoamericana." COPACABANA In conjunction with the annual International Fair, IU3A and LASA (Latin American Students' Assn.) presented Copacabana, two nights (Dec. k & 5) of Latin American music, song and dance. Congratu- lations to all for a job truly well done. FACULTY NEWS Professor Luis Leal spoke recently at Indiana University (Bloomington) under the auspices of the Spanish Department there. His topic was "Imagen de la nueva novela hispanoamericana. Prof. Leal's

publications include a review of Ocampo de Gomez ' Diccionario de escritores mexicanos in Revista - Iberoamericana . 72 (1970), pp. 520 523, and four articles: "Ruben Dario en Mexico" in Specialia . 2 (1970), Southern Illinois University; "Ia catda de Alfonso Reyes", illustrated by the Mexican "La artist Elvira Gascon, in the Boletln Capilla Algonsina . Mexico, 15 (1970), pp. 22-25; Coleccion de poeslas mexicanas atribuida a JosS Luis Mora" in the Boletln BibliogrSfico de la Secretarta de -7-

Hacienda y CrSdlto Publico . XVI, 1*40 (1970), pp. 4-7; and "Situacion de Amado Nervo" in the Revista

Tberoaroericana . 72 (1970), pp. 485-494. Associate Professor Richard Preto-Rodas 1 review of John Keller's book Alfonso el Sabio (Twayne Series) appeared in the most recent issue of SAM LA. journal of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association. Prof. Preto-Rodas has also published a monograph with the University of Florida Press:

Negri tude as a Theme in the Poetry of the Portuguese-speaking World . Associate Professor Mario Saltarelli's recent publications include Focus on Focus: Proposi- tional Generative Grammar, Papers for R. B. Lees . PIL monograph no. 1, 1970.; On the Nature of e Lexical Readings, Actes Du X Congres International Pes Linguists . Bucarest, 1970.; and Fonologia Generativa dell'Algherese, Actele Celui De-Al XII -Lea Congres International De Lingvistica Si Filologie Romanica . Bucarest, 1970.

Professor Alberto Porqueras-Mayo has published an article on Nuestros filologos . El Prof . F. Sfcichez the Escribano in Bole tin de Filologla Espagola . nos. 32-33 (1969) [19701 , pp. 3-11. Assistant Professor Martha Francescato reviewed Ultimo Round by Julio CorlJzar for the Revista

Iberoamericana . No. 72 ( julio-septiembre, 1970), pp. 532-534.

DEPARTMENTAL RADIO: WSIP The Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese of the UI has set up a short wave receiving station with offices in 3^1 Lincoln Hall. The functions of this receiving station are many, including the provision of resource material for class-room use. As of December 11, Monday, and continuing each Monday of every regular school week, there is available in room 381 fifteen to twenty minute taped cassettes of foreign news, lectures, music, etc. broadcasts. These tapes will be in Spanish, Portuguese and hopefully Italian, although Italian modes are not functioning very well at station WSIP. (Any constructive help anyone may offer to aid in the acouisition of Italian programming will be greatly appreciated.) These tapes may be borrowed for hourly intervals and used constructively in such courses as conversation courses, culture courses, etc. Arrangements for cassette playback machines should be pre-arranged in Room 224 Lincoln Hall. If individuals would like to do their own recording, or arrange for special programs, arrangements can be made by contacting the station manager, Mr. Ronald Young.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSLETTER

January - February, 1971 Director: Dr. A. M. Pasouariello Vol. XXIV, Nos. 4 - 5 Editor: Felicia G. Sworsky

ELLA CORNELIA KLEIN (nee May), 1920 - 1971 We know that all the friends and colleagues of Professor Kurt Klein around the State of Illi- nois will want to join the Slavic Department in expressing their deepest sympathy to him and to his family upon the death of his wife, Ella, on January 28, 1971. As a young woman, Ella chose to remain in the city of Izmail to finish the lycee when her parents migrated west from their native Bessarabia after it passed from Rumanian to Soviet hands following the German-Soviet pact of 1939. She spent the early ^0's in Bucharest, teaching privately and working with children, and after the war, she rejoined her parents in Styria, Austria. During the brief Soviet occupation of that area, she worked as an interpreter. A resourceful young woman fluent in a half-dozen languages, she always enjoyed working with people and was able to relate to them in a wide variety of circumstances. But family bonds were always more strongly felt than the pull of success in a personal career. Working as a secretary for the British occupational forces, she helped support her young family and put her husband through school. In 1950, when news of her father's death reached her in Lawrence, Kansas, Ella brought her mother to the United States and devoted much of the last twenty years to caring for her. And when she came here to the UI at the end of the 50' s, she brought not only warmth but depth to our Slavic program. As wife of the Acting Head of the Department in 1963-6*4-, she is remembered as a very gracious hostess. Since that time, she participated enthusiastically in various Slavic Department activities and made herself increasingly indispensable to the Special Languages Division of the Library. Her broad knowledge of European languages was coupled with an acute intuitive grasp of the form of foreign catalogue entries, in addition to which she also took a number of courses in Library Science. Her co-workers found her invariably cheer- ful and easy to work with. On her way to the Library on the morning of January 22nd, Mrs. Klein was tragically struck down by an automobile. She died in a coma six days later. She leaves her husband, our colleague Professor Kurt Klein, two sons, her mother, and a brother. A memorial fund has been established with the U of I Foundation, and friends wishing to make a memorial contribution may send checks to the Foundation. Accumulated funds will be used for library acauisitions in the Slavic area.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NOTES -- by Barbara Smalley MEETINGS During the convention of the Modern Language Association of America held in New York City during December 26-29, Professor A. Owen Aldridge served as Chairman of the meeting, "Editor, Sub-editor and Contributor." Prof. Aldridge also participated in the meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association and represented Comparative Literature Studies at the meeting of the Editors of Learned Journals. Professor Herbert Knust also attended the MIA convention in New York and participated in the Comparative Literature meeting in which the current situation and future development of Comparative Literature were discussed. Prof. Knust also participated in the annual Brecht seminar held during the convention. LECTURES Professor Rocco Montano delivered a lecture entitled "Concerning the Failure of the House of Intellect" on Thursday evening, February 11, 197lt at 7:30 p.m., in room 1$& Lincoln Hall. -2-

Professor A. Owen Aldridge lectured at three English universities during the first week of February. At the University of Manchester, he spoke on "The Literary Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns in the Enlightenment." At the University of Leeds, his topic was "Writing the Biography of Voltaire", and at the University of Lancaster, Prof. Aldridge's lecture was concerned with "The Concept of Primltivism during the Eighteenth Century."

PUBLICATIONS Professor Rocco Montano has recently published the following articles: "Cultura e Societa in

America" in Umanesimo : II, 4 (dated 1968, published 1970) pp. 9-24; "Delia Valle e il teatro del Seicento" in Umanesiomo : II, 4 (dated 1968, published 1970) pp. 39-48; and "From Italian

Humanism to Shakespeare: Protestantism and Literature" also in Umanesimo : II, 4 (dated 1968, published 1970) pp. ^9-70.

A fourth article, "Dante and Virgil", will appear in the next issue of Yale Review .

The work Lc_ Spirito e_ le Lettere : Pisegno Storlco della Letteratura Italiana , (Marzorati. Milano), by Prof. Montano— the first two volumes of which have recently appeared - contains as a forward a discussion of the problem of history of literature and provides a rigorously philosophical answer to that problem. Montano' s work also includes chapters on the most important aspects of other European literatures - Le_ Roman de la Rose . Villon . Chaucer . Thomas

More . Martin Luther . Shakespeare . Cervantes . Comeille . Moliere . The Enlightenment - which are linked to the development of Italian literature. Such procedural method is intended to avoid and escape the grave limitations caused by a study of literature carried on on pure national- istic bases and to promote the study of literature as a unified European movement.

FRENCH NOTES — by Edwin Jahiel PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES At the recent Modern Language Association convention in New York City, Prof. R. J. Nelson read a paper, "Lectures de Pascal", which is to be later repeated for the French Journal Club in Urbana. Prof. Jahiel organized and led the discussion of the Seminar on Film Study in the Liberal Arts. Several colleagues attended either the MIA meeting or the AATF meeting in New Orleans. It is unfortunate that the two now conflict (also with AATSP). This results in general im- poverishment and in increasing difficulty for meeting colleagues, finding jobs, etc. It is all the more astonishing as the general trend today is towards inter-disciplinary contacts. Granted that there is far too much going on at MIA and that the MIA-AATF combination would be an unmanageable hydra, the only logical approach is to hold separate meetings at various times, and to exclude the post-Christmas dates in all cases. Other professional groups do, why can't languages? Another solution would be the upgrading and reinforcement of regional MIA and AATF congresses (shorter and chaaper trips, less mental fatigue) and the setting aside of MIA for broader subjects. Prof. Kolb is the editor and annotator of the first volume of the Correspondance GSnSrale de Marcel Proust , which has just been published by Plon, in Paris. Mrs. Sandra Savignon and Mr. Paul Griffith will be the Department representatives on the Committee for the School-University FL Articulation Conference to be held next fall on this campus. FIIMS The Department has presented to its students this term a number of French films: Camp's "les Enfants du Paradis", "Les Femmes Savantes", Demy's "lola" and Renoir's "La Regie du Jeu." In addition, students and guests in Mr. Jahiel's seminar on French Cinema have, seen: Clair's "A nous la Liberte""; "Les Deux Timides"; Came's "Le Quai des Brumes"; "Hotel du Nord"; Renoir's "Boudu sauvS des eaux"; "Toni"; "Une Partie de campagne"; "Le Carrosse d'or"; "La Grande Illu- sion"; Bresson's "Un CondamnS a mort s'est SchappS", "Proces de Jeanne d'Arc"; Resnais' "Nuit et Brouillard", "Hiroshima mon amour", "L'Annee derniere a Marientiad"; Godard's "Alphaville", "Masculin-FSminin", "Vivre sa vie"; Truffaut's "Baisers Vole's", "L'Enfant sauvage", "Jules et Jim"; Camus' Orfeu Negro"; Marker's "La JetSe"; Robbe-Grillet's "L'Homme qui ment"; Chabrol's "Les Cousins"; Etaix's "Yo-Yo" and shorts by Borowycz and Enrico. Some of these films were seen with the co-operation of English courses or campus film groups. -3-

TELEVISION If international mail service remains reliable within the next several weeks, we will be able to show over Channel 12 (WILL-TV) a number of television documentaries borrowed from various foreign countries. This arrangement stems from a proposal made by Prof. R. J. Nelson after his trip abroad last spring on behalf of the Department and the University. While in Paris, Prof. Nelson approached M. Lucien Renaud, an officer of ORTF-TV, about the possibility of borrowing a certain number of taped TV programs recently shown in France. M. Renaud was auite open to the idea but requested time to investigate it further with his own colleagues. Upon returning from Europe, Mr. Nelson approached not only colleagues within the French Dept. (S. Gray and E. Jahiel), but also a number from other departments (R. Figge in German, J. Flores in Spanish, Stephen Hill in Russian) about the possibility of expanding the concept to include possible broadcasts of TV materials from other foreign language sources. These colleagues were auite open to the idea, and during the last six months of 1970, they constituted themselves a committee to explore the idea with Mr. Robert Boston, Asst. Manager of WILL-TV. The Committee is happy to announce now that Mr. Boston has agreed to offer us a bloc of time in the late spring for the showing of whatever materials we can obtain from various foreign sources. Only just before Christmas, Mr. Nelson received a favorable reply to his request from ORTF-TV. M. Renaud* s associate, MMe. Maryse Perrin, sent Prof. Nelson a list of documentaries on various topics from which he might select those of most interest to the French-speaking community in the viewing area of WILT .-TV. After consulting with Prof. Jahiel, a well-known specialist in "things filmic," Prof. Nelson asked Mme. Perrin for 6 programs. Should the tapes arrive on time, we will be able to begin the series on Tuesday, March 23, at 9:00 p.m. In the first program, Prof. Nelson will introduce the series and then turn over the French portion of it to Prof. Jahiel. It is hoped that cost and production factors will permit not only the showing of materials borrowed from ORTF-TV but also a short discussion period led by Prof. Jahiel and French-speaking guests whom he will invite from the local community of students, faculty and others. Once the French series is over, we trust that our colleagues in the other languages will have found material for broadcast at that time. We are aware that some people interested in the forthcoming series may not own TV sets. This factor concerns the Committee, especially in the case of students in the various languages involved. We therefore reouest that all teachers announce the possibility of the forthcoming series to their classes and reouest that all students without access to a TV set who wish to see the program reply to Prof. Nelson no later than March 15. We will then prepare a list of places on campus where the series can be seen. We remind you to stress that for this year much depends on the international mails. It is possible that there will be too long a delay between our request for films in mid-January and the actual reception of them in time for broadcast beginning in the time period assigned by Mr. Boston. Nevertheless, the replies from students and your own expressions of interest will be helpful to the committee in the planning for such a series in the years to come. All such replies should be sent to Prof. Robert J. Nelson, 244 Lincoln Hall or 231 Lincoln Hall. NEW COURSES

The following new French courses have just been approved by the Chancellor: French 100 . Prepa- ratory French . An introduction to the nature of language and its relation to the study of French, the values of foreign language study, the methods of foreign language study, as well as an introduction to French language and culture. 3 hours. Effective date: February, 1971.

French 295 . Major Tutorial . A tutorial taken by the student in the course of 3 of his last k semesters of undergraduate study. Students will read the works on a departmental reading list with the guidance of a tutor, repeating enrollment for a total of 3 hours of credit, normally at the rate f of 1 hour per semester. Prerequisite: French 201, 211 and 213 or their eouivalent; a declared major in French and junior standing. 1 to 2 hours. Date: September, 1971. In addition, there will be in the spring of 1971 a new French 199 course specifically tailored to the needs of the large contingent p of Architecture students from the UI going to Versailles. This is an intensive 8 hour per week Introduction to French and to French Civili- zation. -4-

GERKAN NOTES — by Roy Allen ENROLLMENT FOR THE SPRING TERM The enrollment in German for the spring semester 1971 represents a substantial increase over last year's total at this time: 1971 - 1642 and 1970 - 1512. The greatest increase was realized in the 101-104 sequence where a total of 952 students registered, as opposed to 863 for last spring. Rises in enrollment also occurred in the 200-level courses (for Advanced Under- graduates) in which 249 students registered (1970 - I83), and in the 300-level courses (for Advanced Undergraduates and Graduates) in which a total of 127 students registered (1970 - 102). The only decreases were recorded in the 400-level courses (Graduate Students) where 71 students enrolled (1970 - 111), and in the 400/401 sequence (Beginning and Reading German for Graduates) where 114 students enrolled (1970 - 132). FACULTY ACTIVITIES AND PUBLICATIONS The Department has the pleasure to announce that Prof. Jeffrey Sammons of Yale University will visit the Dept. at the UI in March. Prof. Sammons taught at Brown University from 1961 to 1964 before moving on to Yale where he is currently Chairman of the German Department. He is the author of articles on such figures of German literature as Goethe, Heine, Platen, Freytag, and of the books The Nachtwachen von Bonaventura i A Structural Interpretation (1962) and Angelus Silesius (I967). During his visit at the UI, Prof. Sammons will meet with graduate students of the department to discuss "The Problems and Prospects of Graduate Study in German" and will also be a guest in 2 graduate courses being offered this spring. Prof. Elmer Antonsen of this department has been elected secretary of Section German I (Germanic Philology) of the MIA convention which will meet in New York in the winter of 1971. Just recently, Prof. Antonsen's article "Old High German and the Laws of Final Syllables" appeared in Studies in Linguistics . Prof. James K~rchand spent the first week of November last term at the U. of Florida in Gainesville where he gave 5 lectures on linguistics and linguistic theory. At the MTA the following month, he presented a report on "Computer Aided Research in the Older Germanic Languages." At that same conference in the German I meeting, it was decided that Prof. Marchand would edit a yearly Newsletter and would function as a clearing-house for information on the activities of the members of German I, particularly work in progress and dissertations. Numerous reviews by Prof. Marchand have appeared in the last few months in the Journal of English and Germanic Philology. FRUCHTBRINGENDE GESELLSCHAFT The first speaker of the spring series of the German Department research group, the Fruchtbrin- gende Gesellschaft, will be Prof. Lathrop Johnson of the Department. Prof. Johnson will speak on "A Forgotten Fairy Tale of Herman Hesse: An Analysis of 'Iris*." The meeting will be held in the General Lounge of the Illini Union on March 10, 1971 (Wednesday*) at 7:30 p.m. GERMAN IANGUAGE TELEPHONE TAPES As in previous semesters, the students enrolled in the 101-104 seouence in German will be able to hear the language tapes which accompany these courses in both the Language Laboratory and over the telephone. For German 101, the number this semester is 333-6306 and is open to calls day or night Tuesdays and Thursdays through Sundays. The telephone service for German 102 is every day and every night of the week at 333-6304. At 333-6306, students who are enrolled in German 103 can hear all day Monday the stories from the Laboratory program for that day and all day Wednesday the grammar exercises from the Laboratory tapes for that same day. The number for German 104 is 333-6308: Monday through Thursday morning stories from the Laboratiry program will be played, and Thursday through Monday morning the poetry tapes from the Laboratory program. The latter tapes involve very detailed and informative interpretations of selected poetry prepared by Prof. Ruth Lorbe of this Department. GERMAN CLUB The German Club on the UI campus sponsored a showing on February 11 of the classic film of pre-war German cinema, G. W. Pabst's 1931 production of Brecht-^eill's Die Dreigroschenoper .

On March 11, the Club will sponsor the showing of another film: Me and the Colonel , a 1958 American production of the play Jacobowsky und der Oberst by Franz Werfel. The film stars Danny Kaye as Jacobowsky and Curt Jurgens as the Colonel. The film will begin at 8:00 p.m. in Gregory Hall and tickets will cost $1.00 ($0.50 for Club Members). For additional information, please contact Mr. Bill Freyman at (21?) 332-5259. -5-

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM IN AUSTRIA (The following prospectus was prepared by Prof. Rudolf Schier, Director of the Program) The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures proposes to sponsor a 2 semester study- program based at the Padagogische Akademie in Baden, 15 miles south of Vienna. The Akademie trains future Austrian teachers in a 2 year course; it has approximately 300 students and 18 full-time faculty members. Officials in the Austrian Ministry of Education very graciously have agreed to admit up to 30 students from the UI, who will have to pay no tuition or fees and will be able to live in government subsidized housing. At the Akademie, American notions of class size have been taken as a model: aside from a small number of lectures attended by about a quarter of the student body, the work is done in small seminars, averaging 20 students. UI students will attend regularly scheduled classes, taught by Austrian professors, along with Austrian students. A faculty member from the Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures will accompany our students to advise them and to evaluate their work; he will teach 3 courses open to both American and Austrian students. A graduate administrative assistant wiU also accompany the group. Students from the UI will do at least half their work by taking courses in language, literature, education and civilization at the Akademie. Several courses will benefit from the fact that the students at Baden are preparing to be teachers. In composition courses, for example, each American student will form a team with an Austrian student who will correct and discuss the essays with him. The other half of the work will consist of electives taken either at the Akademie or at another institution of higher learning in Vienna (the University, the Academy for Music and the Performing Arts, the Academy for Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, the Academy for Applied Arts, the Business School, the School of Agriculture). Upon successful completion of the program, 32 hours of residence credit will be applied to the student's record at the UI. Dean J. Marlowe Slater, in consultation with the executive officers of the departments involved, has approved an option that will allow students in the Curriculum Preparatory to the Teaching of German to satisfy several College of Education reauirements by taking eouivalent courses at the Akademie. The program is currently being discussed with representatives from the College of Fine and Applied Arts and the College of Commerce and Business Administration to work out the details of an arrangement whereby students in these colleges will be able to participate in the program and receive approximately 16 hours of credit for work in language and civilization done in Baden and 16 hours of work for work done at an appropriate institution in Vienna, Unless he desires a single room, each American student will be housed with an Austrian roommate in the new dormitory at the Akademie. For weekends and vacations, a program will be set up whereby Austrian students will invite home with them all American students interested in accepting such an invitation. Transatlantic charter flights sponsored by the Council on International Educational Exchange are expected to be available to the group. The amount needed to pay for room and board at the Urbana-^hampaign campus normally will cover the cost of both transatlantic travel and room and board in Baden. Students will also pay regular UI tuition and off-campus fees. Fellowships, loans and tuition and fee waivers will be applicable to the program. In order to be eligible for the program, a student must be regularly enrolled - during the academic year of his participation - at the UI, Urbana-Champaign. Arrangements will be made to permit a limited number of students from other institutions to transfer to the UI after having been accepted into the program. While enrolled, the student will be considered a resident at the UI; there will be no difficulty in fulfilling any residency reauirements. Students applying for the program should be able to demonstrate German language proficiency at the 211- 212 level (202 level for students at the Chicago Circle campus). Normally, participating undergraduates will be expected to have a 3.75 overall average and a 4.0 in German. Graduate students wishing to participate in the program should apply to the program coordinator personally. Undergraduate students should use the official application blank and follow this procedure: 1) the deadline for submitting applications is Feb. 13; 2) the applicant should submit, together with his application, an official transcript of his grades through the summer school (or summer quarter) of the year preceding the year for whioh he is applying; .

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3) as soon as it becomes available to him, the applicant should also submit the grade report for the fall semester or auarter of the year preceding the year for which he is applying; k) the applicant should ask 2 of his university instructors to send brief letters of recommendation to the co-ordinator of the study program and at least one of these letters should be from a faculty member in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the UI, if the applicant has taken any courses there; 5$ dthe applicant should secure the signature of his parent or guardian on the statement at the end of the application blank. For an application form and any further information on the study program, contact the Program Director, Prof. Rudolf Schier, Department of German, 375 Lincoln Hall, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801.

SLAVIC NOTES — by Kenneth Brostrom PUBLICATIONS

: A recently completed book by Kiss Temira Pachmuss, Zinaida Hippius An Intellectual Profile . is scheduled for publication on March 29 by Southern Illinois University Press. This book, dealing with one of the major feminine figures in Russian cultural life during this century, will be of particular interest to scholars, especially due to the fact that Miss Pachmuss was able to draw upon the entire corpus of Hippius 1 work, including auantities of unpublished material — poetry, correspondence and memoirs.

RUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN CENTER The Center is now sponsoring a new publication entitled Studies in East European Social His- tory . Its aim is to stimulate research in Central and Southeastern European area dealing with the general Question of social development. Articles in Frnch and German as well as English will be accepted. Prof. Keith Hitchins of the Department of History is editor of the Studies .

Professor John McKay , also of the Department of History, is currently in Paris after a month spent in Moscow where he was working with materials relating to the nuestion of elec- trification in urban transport prior to the Revolution.

SLAVIC DEPARTMENT NEWS ITEMS Miss Temira Pachmuss has been invited to deliver a paper entitled "The Influence of Dostoevsky's Themes on Contemporary World Literature" at the University of Windsor, Canada, on March 12. Miss Pachmuss was also recently elected to faculty membership in the scholastic honorary society, Phi Kappa Phi, in recognition of her scholarly contributions to the field of Russian literature Unreported earlier is the fact that Mr. and Mrs. James Nelson are presently in Moscow on a Fulbright-Hays award. Mr. Nelson is studying Russian phonology under the direction of the well-known Soviet phonologist, R. I. Avanesov. Enrollments in the Slavic Department classes on the first day of instruction of the spring term are up slightly from this time last year.

MISCELLANY The following is a list of up-coming events of interest to people concerned with Slavic studies: Feb. 25 - Lecture: "Minority Groups in the Soviet Armed Forces" by Richard E, Moore (a grad student in History who interviewed the Soviet defectors) — 275 IUlni Union, 8:00 p.m.

Feb. 28 - Televised opera, Queen of Spades . Chaikovsky's adaptation of Pushkin's tale - in English - Channel 12 in Champaign-Urbana at 9:00 p.m. Mar. h - Lecture: "Parts of Speech in 18th and 19th Century Linguistics" by Prof. Edward Stankiewicz (U. of Chicago) — 103 Mumford Hall at *l:00 p.m. Mar. k - Lecture: "Rhyming Formulae in Serbo-Croatian Epic Poetry" by Prof. Edward Stankiewicz — 213 Gregory Hall at 8:00 p.m. Mar. 5 - Music and Dance: "Siberian Singers and Dancers from Omsk" (now touring the United States) — Assembly Hall at 8:00 p.m. Mar. 18 - Film: "The Terror of the VII", the first Soviet horror film, based on Nikolai Gogol's Ukrainian short story (made in 1968, in color) ~ UI Auditorium at 8:00 p.m. -7-

SPAKISH, ITALIAN AND PORTUGUESE NOTES — by Felicia G. Sworsky

MEETINGS

During the Christmas vacation period, two meetings of professional interest were held 3 t C00 miles apart on the West and East Coasts. The first of these was the AAfSP convention in San Francisco, attended by Professors Ajithony M. Pasouariello, Alberto Porqueras-Mayo, David R. Hershberg, and Instructor Ronald R. Young. And congratulations are in order for Professor Fasouariello: he was elected Vice-President of the Association and accepted his office at the meeting in San Francisco. Good luck to him and best wishes for a good year. The second meeting was the Modern Language Association convention in New York City. Those faculty members attending were Professors Henry R. Kahane, Luis Leal, Robert E. Lott, Kerlin Forster, Thomas C. Keehan, S. W. Baldwin, Isaias Lerner (and Mrs. Lerner), and Richard Preto-Rodas. Many of the graduate students in the Department also went to New York in their search for positions for the coming year, and their thanks to all the professors there for their help and advice 4re most iincerely tendered here. Professor Leal seemed to be one of t the busier people at the convention, one of his major preoccupations being the Seminar on the Latin American Short Story. Professor Kahane read a paper in the Linguistics section, and Professor Porn ueras-Mayo was elected to the Executive Committee of the Spanish II section, Golden Age. PUBLICATIONS At long last, the University of Illinois Press has released Prof. Robert E. Lott's book,

Language and Learning in Pepita Jiminez . Prof. Henry R. Kahane, in collaboration with RenSe Kahane, has recently published

"Wolfram's Gekrinzte ritter - a Provenzalism?" in MenSndez Pidal Memorial: Romance Philology , 24:1, pp. #+-86. Asst. Prof. Martha P. de Francesaato's review of "'Casa tomada' por Julio Cortazar en

traduccion al disefio grfifico por Juan Fresfin" has just appeared in Revista Iberoamericana , Vol. XXXVI, No. 73 (octubre-diciembre 1970), pp. 670-671.

SPANISH, ITALIAN AND PORTUGUESE: THE CAREER Elementary, secondary, and some junior college teaching positions are open to Spanish teacher- training majors as well as many of the possible careers open to language majors in general. Spanish is the third most widely spoken language in the world; conseouently, it is one of the most widely taught languages in American schools. The demand for Spanish teachers is good at all levels with average salaries ranging from $6,000 to $12,000 depending on degrees obtained and experience. Similarly, Italian and Portuguese majors who obtain doctorates will find a moderate demand for college-level teaching. Most of the same types of careers are open to Spanish, Italian and Portuguese majors as to other language majors in such areas as business, industry, government and diplomatic service, sales, journalism and translating. Because of the United States' close association with South and Central America, both economically and diplomatically, Spanish and Portuguese majors will find more job openings in government agencies and private industries than will many language majors. In addition, many students may find careers with social agencies working in the Span- ish-speaking poverty areas of North America. Students seeking specialized careers may find advanced training in such areas as library science, law, economics, business administration, finance or social work particularly useful. Demand for graduates with such combined skills is high and salaries range from $6,000 for a secretarial job to $2*+, 000 for a top governmental job. THE MODERN LANGUAGE JOURNAL: NOTHING TO JOIN' There's really nothing to join. Just topics of interest to all professional foreign language teachers... It's ouite probably the biggest bargain ever in the field of foreign languages: only $5.00 for 8 (not a mere 4) issues a year. Send your $5.00 today to the Modern Language

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YEAR ABROAD PROGRAM The University of Illinois Year Abroad Program in Spain has composed a tentative program of courses. The academic program consists of five courses, pre-arranged, and without choice, each semester; the courses will be given by professors of the University of Barcelona who have been contracted to teach a specified number of hours, with responsibilities of testing, consulting and grading, and who will receive some guidance from the Director of the program on the capabilities and expectations of American undergraduates. Our students will not be following courses of the regular University of Barcelona offerings, nor will they share directly the classroom experiences of their Spanish counterparts. The planners feel this is a necessary compromise in light of the following gains: minimum adjustment problems to a curriculum in a European university; the ability of the director to guide the instruction there towards fullest integration into the University of Illinois undergraduate accreditation and course seauences; the ability to plan a student's courses ahead of time. It will be possible, however, for certain very well prepared students to make an election from the University of Barcelona's regular offerings in substitution for a course planned by the program. The first semester's reouired five courses will be: Advanced Syntax and Composition, Survey of Spanish Literature until the XVTIth Century, History of Spanish Institutions, .^ovel of the 20th Century, Spanish Art; while those of the second semester will be: Advanced Syntax and Composition, Survey of Spanish Literature from the XVIIIth through the XXth Centu- ries, Contemporary Theatre, Don Quijote, Spanish Music, and Catalan, which is voluntary. Some very well-prepared students may substitute one of the courses listed below, each semester, for one of the courses in the prescribed seauences listed above. These courses are usually offered each year for the regulat University of Barcelona students: Survey of Spanish History, Spanish and World Geography, Fundamentals of Philosophy, Spanish Grammar, General Linguistics. The estimated cost for each student participating in the program is as follows: 1. Transportation (one-way New York-Madrid-Barcelona $125 The amount of $125 one-way is for transportation on an Instituto de Cultura charter flight to Madrid plus transportation from Madrid to BArcelona. The return trip is to be arranged by the student. Reduced fares are available through the Instituto, and the student is to be informed that this will add about $125 to his total costs. This method of handling plane fares and return reservations is very jm practical because not all students return at the same time or from the same place. 2. Housing and Meals $1,000 The cost of housing and meals is for the entire nine months, one in Madrid and aight in Barcelona. 3 Excursions $100 These will be integrated with the instructional program so as to take advantage of the local setting and give real meaning to the whole concept of study abroad. k. Contingency Fund $75 To be used to pay for any emergencies which may occur. Total costs, then, amount to $1,300, in addition to which the student will pay resident or non-resident tuition, return trip fare, and incidental expenses such as laundry, books, insurance, etc. Each student will pay the $1,300 plus tuition and fees to the University of Illinois. It makes disbursements to the director's account in Barcelona. The student will not pay into the program the estimated $125 for his return air fare, but he will be informed that it is his responsibility to make his own arrangements. The director will help students with arrangements with the Instituto de Cultura, if they so desire.

The University of Illinois Modern Foreign Language Newsletter is published jointly by the modern language departments of the UI, under the direction of the Head of the Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. Editorial Offices are located in Apt. 9, 506 S. Matthews, Urbana, 111., telephone (217) 333-3536. The Newsletter is available without charge to all interested persons in Illinois and other areas. All communications by mail should be addressed to: The Editor, Modern Foreign Language Newsletter, Z2M- Lincoln Hall, Urbana, 111. 61801. MODERN tANGUAGfc LIBRARY

THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSLETTER

March, 1971 Director: Prof. A. M. Pasouariello Vol. XXIV, No. 6 Editor: Felicia G. Sworsky

STATEMENT ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION

Cur technological advances make it imperative that we learn to communicate successfully with peoples of other lands — and through their native languages. The society of tomorrow will be a multilingual society, and our children must be prepared to meet the challenges of that society. Therefore, California's public school children should be encouraged to study a foreign language over a long enough period of time so that they develop proficiency in that language. School districts must establish well-articulated, sequentially developed foreign language programs that will enable children to achieve this desired mastery of language. The responsibilities of all agencies of public education as they relate to foreign language instruction in California should be the same as they are for other subjects in the curriculum. The same careful attention must be given to the quality of foreign language instruction that is given to all other areas of instruction. It is time that foreign languages take their rightful place among the various disciplines within the curriculum. The feeling that foreign language instruction is an esoteric frill or that instruction in foreign language should be provided only for an elite few can no longer be tolerated. Py enacting legislation in the area of foreign language*, the California legislature showed public awareness of the importance of foreign language teaching in our public schools. In terms of the legislation passed, administrators and school boards might be asked these questions : How have you encouraged the establishment of programs in the elementary grades? '.That types of foreign language courses are you offering at the 7th and 8th grade levels? Are you adhering to the spirit as well as the letter of the law? Are you including in your program planning accountability of student performance? Careful consideration must be given 3 prerequisites to good instruction: (1) competent teachers; (2) appropriate materials; and (3) provision for continuity of the program. California is in an excellent position to produce a bilingual citizenry because of her large population of minority groups with foreign language backgrounds: Chinese, Filipino, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish to name a few. However, bilingual educational opportunities should be afforded all children. Those whose native language is other than English should be provided instruction to maintain and improve their native language proficiency at the same time that they are given instruction in English, and English-speaking students should be given the opportunity to become bilingual, for instruction in a foreign language is imperative for them, too. The choice of the language or languages to be taught is at the discretion of the school district. In making such decisions, however, it is well to consider the language background of the persons in a given community. Opportunities to enrich the school environment and to utilize appropriate community resources should not be overlooked in foreign language teaching and learning. Consideration should be given to the initiation of programs in the so-called "exotic" languages of the world, such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Hindi. Some districts might wish to explore the feasibility of establishing a program in the language of one of the emerging African nations. Only by a sound program of foreign language instruction with insight in cultures, can we eliminate the intellectual provincialism of American life and move from a predominately mono- lingual to a multilingual society.

by Wilson Riles, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Education Code . Section 8552, states, "It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature to encourage the establishment of programs of instruction in foreign language with instruction beginning as early as feasible for each school district." Section 8571 makes clear the Legis- lature^ intent re: upper grades: "The adopted course of study for grades 7 through 12 shall offer courses in ...(c) Foreign language or languages, beginning not later than grade 7, designed to develop a facility for understanding, speaking, reading and writing the particular language." -2-

AAT GROUPS 4 Are you a member of your - AT group? Support the national and state associations dedicated to the language you are teaching. CIASSICS: The Classical Association of the Middle West and South - $3.00 per year Professional Journal: The Classical Journal Secretary-Treasurer: Dr. Galen 0. Rowe c/o The Association University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 52240 FRENCH: The American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) - $8.00 per year Professional Journal: The French Review Secretary-Treasurer: Dr. Francis W. Nachtmann c/o AATF 59 East Armory Avenue Champaign, Illinois 61820

GERMAN : The American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) Professional Journal: The German Quarterly Secretary-Treasurer: Dr. Theodore G, Gish c/o AATG University of Houston Houston, Texas 77004 ITALIAN: The American Association of Teachers of Italian (AA.TI) Professional Journal: Italia Secretary-Treasurer: Dr. Joseph Laggini c/o AATI Rutgers University New Brunswick, N.J. 08903

RUSSIAN : The American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AAT5EEL) Professional Journal: Slavic and Eastern European Review Secretary-Treasurer: Dr. Irwin Weil c/o AATSEEL Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60201

SPANISH : The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AAT3P) - $8.00 year Professional Journal: Hispania Secretary-Treasurer: Dr. Eugene Savaiano c/o AATSP Wichita State University Wichita, Kansas 67208

PAN AMERICAN COUNCIL OF CHICAGO In honor of Pan American Week, the Chicago Pan American Council will present the 20th Anniver- sary Film Festival on Saturday, April 17. The program will include 35 rom films from Spain, Portugal, Mexico and South America, to be shown from 2:00 to 11:00 pm in Thome Hall, Superior and Lake Shore Drive. A contribution to the Pan American Scholarship Fund will enable one to see all of these films. Series tickets at 4.00 each will be available at the box office and also by mail from the Pan American Council, Box 1233» Chicago, 111. 60690,

TRANSLATORS AND INTERPRETERS Certificate programs in translation and interpretation are available at the Monterey Institute of Foreign Studies, P.e. Box 1973, Monterey, California 93940. Dr. Elizabeth Trahan is the Chairman of the Department. -3-

CCMING UP SOON

1 pril 15 - 17 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Detroit, Michigan (Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel)

•^pril 22 - 2k Kentucky Foreign Language Conference Lexington, Kentucky (U, of Kentucky)

April 23 - 2h Conference on Phonology Urbana, Illinois (University of Illinois)

LANGUAGE VILLAGES The Concordia College (Moorhead, Minn.) International Language Villages have become well known throughout the United States for their excellent language instruction as well as for the rua- lity of the camping program. Last year more than 1,000 youngsters from 35 states and Canada between the ages of 9 and 1? applied for and received special "passports" to attend language villages in Spanish, French, Norwegian, Russian and German. During the summerof 1970, 15 camp sessions were held in 5 locations on the shores of beautiful Minnesota lakes and at a dude ranch in Montana. The 1971 program offers 20 different sessions in 5 languages at 5 locations in Minnesota and Montana. The village concept immerses the campers in a foreign language and cultural environment much like that which they would encounter abroad, making learning both easy and enjoyable. To add to the realism of this international village environment, the campers are issued special passports upon acceptance as campers. When they arrive at the camp, their "new country," they must go through "customs" and convert their money into the currency of the new country before doing business at the canteen which deals in imported candy, gifts and souvenirs. Until the campers leave their new-found country, they are surrounded by the sights and sounds of the culture. After the first day, campers are encouraged to use the foreign language in their various activities including swimming, music, crafts, folk dancing, art, drama, riding and other activities usually associated with camping. Vernon P. Mauri tsen, director of the program, sees the entire camp "as an extension of the classroom where the foreign language is spoken in all activities." Even the menus come in the new language. "Culture is communication," says Mauritsen. For further information, contact him c/o International Language Villages, Concordia College, Moorhead Minnesota.

LIBRARY NOTES — by Carl Parmenter STAFF The Modern Language Library can no longer avail itself of the excellent services of Mrs. ^usan Ffister, the graduate assistant formerly assigned to this department. Mrs. Ffister, known especially to those who worked with the building collection here at UI, graduated in February and has been appointed to a full-time academic position in the Education and Social Sciences Library. All those who have known and worked with Mrs. Pfister (known to other, older associates as Susan Selby during her undergraduate, student assistant days in ^25) will appreciate what a loss this is. Mrs. Elsa Roy, a new graduate student in Library Science, has been appointed to the vaca- ted assistantshio. Mrs. Roy came to the United States in 1959. Her late husband, Sharat K. Roj was the chief curator of the Department of Geology at the Field Museum in Chicago. A native of

Switzerland, Mrs. Roy had traveled extensively before moving to Chicago. The then came to UI ' and has earned, since then, both a B.A. in Anthropology and an M.S. in Geography here, because of her language background and her long personal acquaintance with UI, Elsa should prove a most welcome as well as a most interesting addition to our staff. HOURS The new hours for the Modern Language Library have not, apparently, inconvenienced so great a number of individuals as was originally feared — at least, not after the first time, embold- ened by this success (?), I have revised our vacation schedule for the spring vacation period, but — wonder of wonders ~ towards an increase in hours open rather than a decrease. >ince, unlike librarians, students and faculty look forward to vacation periods with an eye to having ,

-4- large blocks of time free for reading and research, and since so many people have complained CO! that they can pet little done when we open for 2 hours in the morning and another 2 hours in ^;I \ t the afternoon, the following schedule will be in effect: Saturday, April 3 9: CO am - 12 noon Saturday, April 10 closed Sunday, April 4 closed Sunday, April 11 closed Monday - Friday, April 5-9 9:00 am - 12 noon; 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Hopefully, the use of the library during this period will warrant the departure from the time- honored schedule mentioned above COLLECTION The "Easy Reading," "Grammar" and "Conversation" books are no longer maintained as separate collections. Ey shifting items within our book stacks, space was found to shelve the majority of these works in ordinary call-number sequence. The area along the inner corridor where those collections were shelved since September now houses the "Browsing" collection. The old "Erow- sing" area will allow us to expand our Bibliography section as well as to allot another case to the New Book Shelves. Work is likewise progressing in the evolution of the General Reserve in- to a Reference collection. This transition should be effected by the end of the summer session

A new review worthy of note has finally reached our shelves. Poetinue ; revue de thSorie et d' analyse littSraires appeared in 1970; the first four issues are now here and may be used in the Modern language Library during library hours. We shall not send the volume to be bound until June so that all may have a chance to use it. Call number: 809.05/POET. h new permanent collection of cinema materials is being gathered under the guidance of Prof. Edwin Jahiel of the French Department. To begin with, many of the materials will be those in French since these are not being used in other cinema courses and, as a conseauence, are a- vailable to us. It is hoped that materials in other languages will be added as soon as copies can be obtained. To insure the maintenance of this collection, shelves have been made available in my office, 425-C, to house these materials. The same restricted entry to this area will be maintained, although, hopefully, we can soon work out some arrangement which would allow for browsing among these books.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NOTES — by Barbara Smalley PUBLICATIONS

The University of Illinois Press has just published The Ibero-American Enlightenment . edited by A. Owen Aldridge. This collection of fourteen essays in the history of ideas grew out of a conference held on the Urbana campus in May, 1969. Other University of Illinois faculty members who have contributed in addition to the editor are Luis Leal and Isalas Lerner. The book has been selected by the MIA for its Scholar's Library.

FRENCH NOTES — by Edwin Jahiel DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES The Cenacle's February 18 meeting, at Mrs. Huguette Cohen's house, and as usual arranged and led by Prof. Barbara Bowen, dealt with "L'Ancien roman." Prof. R. J. Nelson gave a lecture on 19 February at the UI Chicago Circle campus on "Dreams of Glory, Dreams of Repose: French Literature of the Seventeenth Century." The now established program whereby French newscasts are recorded by the Department's short-wave radio (Mr. Brasseur in charge) and placed daily on tapes accessible to the general public via a telephone call (333-6301) is proving most popular. Last semester, the number was called 8,000 times. Some instructors are combining this service with a transcript of some news which their students can use as a 'score 'while liste ning to the telephone. Prof. F. W, Nachtmann seems to have found time from his double AATF and French Dept. duties to organize a French Choral Group open to students and faculty alike. He is assisted by Miss Glenda Brown. Their first concert will be announced in these pages. Mme. Colette StourdzS, the Executive Secretary of the FSdSration Internationale des Pro- fesseurs de Francais (FIPF) visited this campus on February 24-25, specifically the headnuarters of the AATF which is the largest of the 30 national organizations of teachers of French affiliated with the FIPF. Mme. StourdzS is also the Secretary-Treasurer of the Association Francaise des Professeurs and a member of the staff of the Centre des Etudes Pedagogioues at Sevres. Two colleagues are on the program of the forthcoming (April 22-24) Kentucky Foreign Lan- -5- guage Conference: Prof. Barbara Bowen on " 'Nothing' in French Renaissance Literature" (that's right') and Prof. Vincent Bowen on "Techniques of Fiction in Some of Diderot's Non-Fictional Writings." French at Illinois is the name of a new fund established with the co-operation of the UI Foundation. Contributions can be made to this fund to enable the French Department to further its extra-curricular programs, and for such purposes as fellowships and grants to deserving students. Contributions are tax deductible, and will be gratefully received and put to good use. STAFF PUBLICATIONS Professor Yves Velan is the author of the novel

English: "A Modern Curriculum in French Studies" in French Language Education : The Teaching of Culture in the Classroom , ed. Charles Jay and Pat Castle (Springfield: Department of Public Instruction of the State of Illinois, 1971), PP. 64-74. NEW COURSES The Department is constantly upgrading and improving its offerings. Three courses may be of special interest to our readers, (1) French 199 for students in Architecture, which is designed for the 50 or so students from the UI who will spend a year abroad, at Versailles in particular and generally in France. The new course is intensive, consisting of several sections each meeting 8 hours a week and taught by a selected staff of experienced native speakers. In addition, another 2 hour period is reserved for cultural events, French feature films, slide programs, etc. The students use a main textbook (by Mainous), the combination workbook and lab manual by Mainous & Nolan, the latest Harris and Leveoue Reader; they also use the Language Laboratory in 3 ways: they can do the exercises of the Lab manual via telephone (around the clock), they can reouest on another telephone line a wide variety of taped materials, or they can use any of the programs in person, at the Lab. (2) French 218, "Conversation Dirigee," was created by student reauest as an extension to the hitherto most advanced oral course, the intensive (8 hrs. weekly) French 217. 218 is an elective for French majors, and not as intensive as 217, but it will give many a major, especially those about to do their student practice-teaching stint, additional fluency, accuracy, and familiarity with things French as well as a greater sense of security when they are facing their very first students. (3) French 446, a graduate course on Research Methods, has been completely revised under the co-ordination of Prof. R. J. Nelson. Henceforth students will work under the guidance of various scholars in the Department with each teacher presenting approaches to research in his own area. This semester the students will work with 4 teachers, one per month: Professors Vincent Bowen, P. Kolb, R. J. Nelson, and C. A. Knudson. BUREAU DE CORRES PON DANCE SCO LA IRE The Bureau de Correspondance Scolaire, which operates from the headquarters of the AATF and every year distributes thousands of names of French and American students seeking correspondents, reports that it has on hand a surplus of names of younger French boys and older French girls and would welcome more orders in these categories. The French beys are age 13 and want to write to boys. The girls are ages 18-20; some want to write to American girls, others to Ame- rican boys. The Bureau has also recently received from the Congo the names of African boys, ages 20- 22, who wish to correspond in French with Americans. It has likewise the names of some students of highschool age in Togoland, Africa, who want American correspondents. Reouests for further information and for the necessary order forms should be addressed to Prof. F. W. Nachtmann, Director, Bureau de Correspondance Scolaire, AATF, 59 E, Armory Avenue, Champaign, 111. 61820. -6-

PROUST CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION ON THE URBaKA CAMPUS We are listing the program, albeit preliminary, in order to give sufficient advance notice to our readers: Wednesday, May 5 - 4; 00 pm - Proust and Giotto, by J. Theodore Johnson, Jr. (lecture illustrated with slides) 8:00 pm - Illiers or Ver Meer?, by Germaine ErSe (lecture illustrated with slides) Thursday, May 6 - if-: 00 pm - Proust and Music, by J. K. Cocking (lecture illustrated with taped music) 8:00 pm - Lecture on Proust, by Michel Raimond (in French) Friday, May 7 - 2:00 pm - Showing of films and slides (provided by the French Embassy) 4:00 pm - Lecture on Proust, by R. A. Sayce 8:00 pm - Panel discussion on Proust Studies (Moderator is Henri Peyre) All the above events are scheduled in Bevier Hall. In the University Library Rare Eook Room: an Exhibition of Proust manuscripts and first editions, etc. and on the Main Floor, North-South, an Exhibition of photographs, posters, etc., courtesy of the French Embassy. Also, in Krannert Museum there will be an Exposition on "la Belle Epoaue." For a definitive program with details of the meeting, please write to Mr. Elmer F. Edwards, 116-B Illini Hall, Champaign, Illinois 61820. AATF The Spring meeting of the Downstate Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French

will take place Saturday, April 24, 1971 t at the Ramada Inn, Peoria. The morning session will be devoted to 2 panel discussions on (1) Para-curricular support of training in French language and Culture and (2) M.A. or M.A.T, and other Graduate Programs as preparations for careers in teaching French. The afternoon sessions will be devoted to a talk on a literary topic by Dr. Marie Southworth of Eastern Illinois University. Those interested in further details should contact Chapter President Frank Gunderson at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. The Keadouarters of the AATF, located here on the UI campus, runs the only Placement Bu- reau in the country exclusively for teachers of French. The Bureau reports that it is carrying just as many vacancies as last year, but that the number of candidates is increased by about 50$, listings tend to be chiefly from university and colleges and private secondary schools. The Bureau would welcome more vacancy listings from the French Departments of junior colleges and public high schools. There is no charge to institutions for this service. Teachers registering with the Placement Bureau pay $7.50 if they wish only the monthly listing of vacancies, $15.00 if they wish the Eureau also to forward dossiers for them. Re- gistrants must be members of AATF or must join when registering. Any teacher desiring information, or any institution wishing to list an opening for a French teacher, should write to Prof. F. W. Nachtmann, Director, Placement Bureau AATF, 59 E. Armory, Champaign, 111. 61820. WELCOME TO PROF. RIVERS Vie have the honor of announcing that Dr. Wilga Rivers has become a member of the faculty of the Department of French in February with the rank of Professor. Dr. Rivers is well known in the fields of language teaching methodology, applied linguistics, and in the teaching of English to speakers of other languages. A native of Australia, she has her E. A. and K.A, from the University of Melbourne, the Licence "es Lettres from the Universities of lille and Montpellier, and the Ph.D. in Education from the UI. She has taught at the lycSe de Jeunes Filles at Douai, the Ecole Kormale des Institutrices at Montpellier, in secondary schools in Australia and Eng- land, and at Northern Illinois U. She was most recently on the faculty of Monash University in Australia and a Visiting Professor at Columbia University Teachers College. Dr. Rivers is the author of the widely known book, The Psychologist and the Foreign Language Teacher (U, of Chicago Press, 1964) which had its 7th printing in 1970 and which has been translated into various languages. Her second book, Teaching Foreign Language Skills (U. of Chicago Press, 1968) is now in its 3rd printing and was selected by the Pi Lambda Theta Educational Honorary Society as among the outstanding education books published in 1968. She is the author of numerous articles and has given many talks before such groups such as the UNESCO Seminar on Bilingualism in Canada, the International Congress of Applied Linguistics in Cambridge, England, -7- the Georgetown Roundtable on Linguistics and language Study, and has given seminars at various universities in the United States, England, the Phillippines, Canada, Australia and New Zea- land. In January of this year, just before beginning her duties at the UI, Dr. Rivers traveled to Bangkok, Thailand, at the invitation of the Rockefeller Foundation and the University of Fittsburgh, to evaluate their program in the teaching of English as a second language. Cn Parch 6, she spoke at the National Convention of TESOL (Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages) in New Orleans, At the UI, Dr. Rivers will be the co-ordinator for elementary and intermediate language instruction, and will play an important part in the teacher education and language teaching programs of the French Department at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. We are pleased to welcome Dr. Rivers to our campus, and happy to announce that she will participate in the School and University Foreign Language Articulation Conference here next Fall.

GERMANIC NOTES — by Roy Allen NEW COURSES IN THE FALL Beginning in tho Fall, 1971, the German Department will offer several new courses on a repular basis on the 10C-, 200- and 300-levels. In addition to the traditional sections of 1C2 and 1C3 (Beginning and Intermediate German), special sections will be open each semester to the student's option which will emphasize readings in non-fiction taken from the writings of such authors es Sigmund Freud, Friedrich Nietzsche and Karl Marx. German 202. Society in the Novel is the title of a new course of readings in translation which will include, for example,

1 Giinter Grass Tin Drum . Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus and Herman Hesse's Steppenwolf . Two more courses involving readings in translation will also be inaugurated in the Fall: 203. Goethe's

Fictional and Scientific Writings; 204. Medieval Literature ( Nibelungenlied . Parzival . Tristan und Isolde , etc.). 35L. German Abroad I will provide credit for the first semester of the new study program in Austria (cf. last issue of Newsletter ). PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THE FACULTY A full-length study of the songs and rhymes of German children by Prof. Ruth Lorbe has just been published by the Verlag Julius Eeltz (Weinheim, Berlin, Basel). The volume is entitled

Die elt des Kinderliedes . Dargestellt an Liedern und Reimen aus Numberg . Prof. Ernst Philippson's "Habilitationsschrift" Germnaisches Heidentum bei den Angelsachsen was originally published in 1929 as volume k of the Koine r Anglistische Arbeiten . It has been selected for reprinting by the Johnson Reprint Corporation of New York. Prof. Irmengard Rauch recently spoke before the Linguistics Club of the University of Illinois. The subject of her talk was "Evolution in the Germanic Verb." FRUCHTBRLNGENDE GESELLSCHAFT Cn Wednesday, March 10, the festured speaker at the first gathering of the Fruchbringende Ge- sellschaft was Professor Lathrop Johnson. Prof. Johnson spoke on "A Forgotten Fairy Tale of Hermann Kesse: An Analysis of 'Iris'"] The next meeting of the research group will take place on April 15 at 7:00 pni in the Faculty Lounge of the Illini Union. The featured speaker will be Professor Herbert Knust, who will talk on "Brechts Dialektik vom Fressen und der Moral." AATG SPRING MEETING Professor U. Henry Gerlach of the Department reports: "The American Association of Teachers of German, "outhern Illinois Chapter, will hold its annual Spring meeting on Saturday, fay S, 1971, in the Illini Union on the campus of the UI at Urbana -Champaign. All chapter members as well as interested guests are invited to attend. The program was planned with a line from

Faust in mind: ' .er vielse bringt, wird manchem etwas bringen--*. It provides balance between literature, linguistics, and teaching methodology, varies in format from presentation of papers to a film showing to panel and group discussions, and draws on men and women, secondary school and college teachers as participants. The chapter officers believe it is the Und of program, which at its conclusion will permit the continuation of the above nuote, i.e. 'Und jeder geht zufrieden aus dem Haus.' Details will soon be mailed to chapter members. Others may write to the German Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801. -8-

TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES IK AUSTRIA

As reported recently in the Newsletter , the Department sponsors a 2 semester study pro pram in Austria, based at the Pedagogische Akademie in Eaden, a suburb of Vienna. In addition to serving undergraduates, the program also includes a limited number of assistantships for candidates for the Faster of Arts in the Teaching of German and for other graduate students interested in giving their preparation a pedagogical component. Participating students enroll in German 351 and 352. Students can as well attend lectures at the University of Vienna. Besides these study opportunities, the Austrian authorities have made available to UI graduates and graduate students positions in the teaching of English for one academic year at secondary schools in Niederosterreich (the province surrounding Vienna). The salary for these positions is approximately $160,00 per month (after taxes) and the teaching load is a- The 3J bout 20 hours per week. All of the appointments include medical insurance benefits also.

Special low-cost travel arrangements are available for both the study group and the teach- ^mt& ing program. A faculty member from the Department will be in residence at Eaden to teach, to advise students, to evaluate student work and to act as liaison with the Austrian authorities. orjC8 \ Both programs are open only to students who have completed at least one year of residence on the Urbana -Champaign campus. For the academic year 1971-72, in spite of the short notice, 11 have the teaching appointments. applications already been received for On ipi

at the Department Office, Hall, Urbana, 111. ' Detailed information is available 371 Lincoln Dearjj 61801 or from Professor Rudolf Schier in 271 Lincoln Hall, Urbana, 111, 61801. j> oor ;

SLAVIC NOTES — by Kenneth Brostrom PAPERS On March 4, Professor Edward Stankievich, an internationally known Slavic scholar from the University of Chicago, delivered 2 lectures at the UI. They were entitled: "Parts of Speech in 18th and 19th Century Linguistics" and "Rhyming Formulas in Serbo-Croatian Epic Poetry." Professor C. Harold Bedford of the University of Toronto spoke here on March 15, focusing his attention upon the writer and publicist Kerezhkovsky in a lecture, "Christ and Anti- Christ: the Historical Trilogy of Kerezhkovsky." Gerald Darring, a graduate student in the Slavic Department, has been invited to read a paper at the Northeastern Slavic Conference to be held at Sir George Williams University, in The a Montreal, Kay 6-9. His topic will be "Kickiewicz: Prophet of the New World," State RUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN CENTER A number of publications by Center members and associates have appeared recently and will be of interest: J. R. Millar, editor, The Soviet Rural Community : A_ Symposium with the intro- ^ duction by Prof. Millar, University of Illinois Press, 1970. Ctlltll! Jan Gorecki, "Industrial Accident Compensation in Eastern Europe: An Empirical CS?0, Inquiry," Stanford Law Review . Vol. 23, No. 2, Jan. 1971. Foreif

Gerald Darring (grad student in 5lavicJ_, "Structural Unity in Forefather 's Eve .

Part III ," Zagadnienia vodza.jow literackich . No. 27, Lodz, Poland. Professor John P. McKay of the History Department won the Herbert B. Adams by Api prize of the American Historical Association for his book. Pioneers for - Profit : Foreign Entre preneurship and Russian Industrialize tion , 1855 On Jar 1953 . The award is granted for the best book on European history published aaerit in even-numbered years. apsr CONFERENCES { A number of conferences in the area of Slavic Studies will be held in the near future besides the NE Slavic Conference noted above: actual March 25 - 27 The AAA3S Annual Meeting, in conjunction with the Western Slavic Association, in Denver, Colorado. Contact Stephen Fischer-Galati, C Dept. of History, University of Colorado. Person April 15 - 17 The Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in Detroit Michigan at the Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel. The theme will Dr.Rc be "Creativity in the Foreign Language Classroom." Contact Anthony spring Gradisnik, Milwaukee Public Schools, P.O. Drawer 10K, Milwaukee, '..'is honor;

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pril 23 - 25 The Second Congress of Scholars and Scientists sponsored by the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America in co-operation with the Institute on East Central Europe of Columbia University, at Columbia University. The theme will be "Poland in Vorld Civi- lization, 1918 - 1970." Contact Jan Librach, Executive Director, Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America, 59 East 66th St. New York, M.Y. April 23 - 25 The KA.SEES Annual Meeting at Vestfield College, London, England,

SLAVIC SOFTEALL The Slavic Department's softball team, in its 13th season, is looking forward to renewing old rivalries with the Spanish, German and English department teams, as well as with the other humanities departments in LAS. All staff members in those departments, from full professors to part-time research assistants, are invited to participate and get some outdoor exercise once a week. For details, contact Professor S. P. Hill, 260 Lincoln Hall.

COMING EVENTS Cn April 1, Professor James Bailey, of the University of Wisconsin, will present a lecture bearing the title, "Trochaic Bylinas of Riabynin as Collected by Hilferding," at 4:00 pm, in Room D, d the Law Building. March 31 Balanchine ballet, "Sylvia," at 8:00 pm, Festival Theatre, Krannert April 1 Balanchine ballet, "Themes & Variations," 8:00 pm, Krannert Center April 16 - 17 Czech film, "Closely V.'atched Trains," at Midnight, Lincoln Hall Theatre April 22 Russian film, "The Fate of Man," from Sholokov's famous story about World War II, 8:00 pm. University of Illinois Auditorium April 22 Rumanian-French film, "Codine," 8:00 pm, University Auditorium

SPANISH, ITALIAN ANID PORTUGUESE NOTES — by Felicia G. Sworsky AATSP The Downstate Chapter of AATSP will hold its annual meeting on Saturday, April 17, at Illinois State University, Normal. Professor Anthony M. Pas«uariello, Head, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, UI, will speak on "El dilema existencial en Escuadra hacia la muerte de Alfonso Sastre." Professor D. Lincoln Canfield of Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, will speak on "La cultura es comunicacion." Mrs. Tamara LaVille, Foreign Language Consultant of Area A in Chi- cago, will give an illustrated lecture on "The Use of Motivational Single Concept Films in the Foreign Language Classroom." Registration and Coffee is at 8:30, with the meeting beginning at 9:00, in Room 401, Stevenson Hall. Luncheon is at 12:30 in the Student Union Building. It is $3.00 and reservations are to be sent to Mrs. Luis Leal, 207 W. Iowa St., Urbana, 111. 61801 by April 12. LECTURES, PAPERS On January 22, Professor Luis Leal attended the XV Congreso del Lnstituto de Literature Ibero- americana in Tucson, Arizona as the official representative of the UI. There he delivered a paper entitled "La literatura raexicana del siglo diecinueve: en busca de una expresion." On Thursday, March 18, at 8:00 pm in the General Lounge of the Illini Union, Professor Enrioue Pezzoni delivered a lecture: "Transgresion y normalizacion en la narrative argentina actual." Cn Friday, March 26, at 8:00 pm in the General Lounge of the Illini Union, Professor Enrinue Anderson-Imbert, now at Harvard, delivered an extremely interesting lecture on "El persona je en la novela y el teatro." CONGRATULATIONS Dr. Robert Lott has been sppointed an Associate in the Center for Advanced Study for the spring semester 1972 in order to continue his intensive work on Juan Valera. This appointment honors the Department and also recognizes officially Dr. Lett's exceptional contribution to the University as a teacher and a scholar. He is to be warmly congratulated. Dean Alpert has announced tfaat Dr. Martha Francescato has been selected as a Faculty Fellow for the summer of 1971. Our congratulations to her. -10-

FUBLICATIONS Among Professor Luis Leal's recent publications are included the following: two books,

Kariano Azuela . Twayne's World Authors Series, no. 119 and Historia del cuento hispanoamericano . 2nd edition (Aumentada y revisada); and three articles, "Felix Varela and Liberal Thought," The Ibero-A merican Enlightenment, ed. A. 0. Aldridge, University of Ullinois Press,

1971, PP. 234-242; "La Vision de AnChuac de Alfonso Reyes: tema y estructura," El ensayo y_ la crltica en Iberoamerica . University of Toronto, 1970, pp. 49-53; and "La Feria de Juan

JosS Arreola: tema y estructura," Nueva Narrativa Hispanoamericana , I, 1 (enero, 1971), y pp. 41-48. Frofessor Spurgeon Baldwin and Thomas Montgomery's edition of Escorial Bible E6, the oldest Castilian translation of the Vulgate has been printed and presented to the Real Academia Espanbla. The authors are hardly able to wait to see their copies of the book, work on which was begun in 1962. Professor Richard Preto-Rodas 1 article "Anchieta and Vieira, Sermon as Drama and Drama as Sermon" has appearedin the most recent issue of the Luso-Brazilian Review , Vol. VII (Winter, 1970-71). "The Diccionario of Antonio de Alcedo as a Source of Enlightened Ideas" is the title of an article by Professor Isalas Lerner, which appears in The Ibero-A merican Enlightenment . ed. A. C. Aldridge, UI Press, 1971, on pages 71-93. MESA. REDONDA I'esa Redonda, the round table discussion group, met last on Friday afternoon, March 12, in the home of Professor Luis Leal, The topic for discussion, "Cervantes y la nueva novela" was presented by Prof. Isaias Lerner. UI PERSONALITY Harriet Carter, a graduate student and teaching assistant in the Department has been listed in the 1970 edition of "Personalities of the South." This places her among 5,000 leaders from 15 southern states included in the biographical reference book. In addition to having her biographylisted as described, Miss Carter obtained another honor in January of this year, when she was invited to become a member of the International Platform Association, an organization whose membership includes many of the nation's celebri- ties: President Richard Nixon, Lowell Thomas, David Brinkley, Rex Harrison, Art Linkletter and Victor Borge. Congratulations, Harriet! SUMMER CATALAN PROGRAM The University of North Carolina will sponsor a program of medieval studies in Catalonia, 2-18 August, 1971, in Sant Joan de les Abadesses in the Pyrenees. For further information, write Frederick W. Vogler, Dept. of Romance Languages, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. Carolina 27514.

The University of Illinois Modern Foreign Language Newsletter is published jointly by the modern language departments of the UI under the direction of the Head of the Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. Editorial offices are located in Apt. 9, 506 S. Matthews, Urbana, telephone (217) 333-3536. The Newsletter is available without charge to all interested persons in Illinois and other areas. All communications by mail should be addressed to: The Editor, MFL Newsletter, 224 Lincoln Hall, Urbana, Illinois 61301. THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSLETTER

October, 1971 Director: Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello Vol. XXV, No. 1 Editor: Alice Long Anderson

ILLINOIS YEAR-ABROAD PROGRAM IN SPAIN We are pleased to report the first in a series of innovations aimed at improving the curricular experience of undergraduate students of Spanish on the Urbana-Champaign and Chicago Circle campuses. The Illinois Year-Abroad Program in Spain was inaugurated in Madrid on September 8 by Dr. Anthony M. Pasquariello, Head of the Depart- ment of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese at Urbana, in the main reception room of the Instituto de Cultura Hispanica. In addition to the 33 students selected for the first year— 20 from the Urbana campus and 13 from the Chicago Circle —Dr. Ram<5n Bela, Director of the American section of the Instituto, Dr. Alberto Porqueras-Mayo, first resident Director of the program, faculty members and staff of the Instituto, and newspaper and radio reporters were also present to commemorate the event. Dr. Pasquariello's inaugural remarks were followed by Dr. Ram<5n Bela's warm, official greeting. The ceremony closed quite informally with several pleasant offerings of typical Spanish refreshments and "tapas" which were, in fact, the students' first introduction to new tastes and customs. This cordial reception, prepared by the Instituto staff, launched a program which was almost two years in the making and which might not have been possible without the cooperation of Dr. Brian Dutton, Head of the Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese at the Chicago Circle Campus. This is the first, comprehensive, cooperative program between any of the Foreign Language Departments on both campuses, and very soon we hope to negotiate a full partnership association with the Chicago Circle Department and aim for a total of forty student participants. The program will consist of three weeks of orientation in Madrid arranged by the Instituto, including intensive language study, tours to nearby places of interest and informal talks by such prominent Spanish scholars and creative writers as Dr. Rafael Lapesa and Spain's great dramatist Antonio Buero Vallejo. The group will then move on to the University of Barcelona where they will study for eight months a great variety of courses in language, arts, literature and social sciences taught by faculty members of the University of Barcelona. They will earn a total of 30 credit hours, the equivalent of two semesters of course work at the Urbana campus, or three quarters at the Chicago Circle campus. Most of the students will live in private homes. A special feature of the program is the integration of class work with lecture-tours to places mentioned in texts, as well as to museums, plays and concerts, and informal visits with novelists, musicians, dramatists and scholars. The students will not only be reading or talking about customs and cultural differences but also living them as part of their daily routine. Dr. Joseph Flores is the resident Chairman of the program on the Urbana campus. If you desire further information, write directly to him #Dept. of Spanish, ^1500 Foreign Language Building, Urbana, II. 61801. NEW EDITORIAL POLICIES On behalf of all foreign language and literature programs at the University, I take pleasure as Editor of the Newsletter in sending greetings to our colleagues throughout the state and beyond. Our welcome goes as well to the Classics Department at the UI who will be joining us for the first time in the Newsletter. We have therefore changed our name to the U.I. Foreign Language Newsletter, dropping the previous "Modern." As many of you are probably aware, the U.I. along with many other schools is presently facing severe budget cuts. These cuts are being felt at all levels and the Newsletter is no exception. In an effort to reduce costs and yet convey the same amount of information, the Departments have agreed to a reduction in the number of mailings (our main expense) along with a moderate increase in the size of each issue. There will now be four issues during the school year, two per semester. The other issues will be in December, February and early April. So that we may continue to issue the Newsletter free of charge to all interested persons, we will be completely revising our mailing list and request that each person (other than "

current members of contributing U.I. departments) now receiving the Newsletter who wishes to continue receiving the Newsletter, please return the coupon at the end of this issue. IMPORTANT: TO REMAIN ON THE MAILING LIST, YOU MUST RETURN COUPON ON LAST PAGE NO LATER THAN NOV. 20 —otherwise your name will be dropped. NEW ADDRESS With the completion of the Foreign Language Building (FLB), the foreign language and literature departments are finally together under the same roof. We hope this move will serve to further increase and strengthen the cooperation between departments. The editorial offices for the Newsletter are now located in 4119 FLB. All communications by mail should be directed to 4080 FLB in the following manner: The Editor, FL Newsletter, 4080 FLB, Urbana, IL 61801.

ACTFL ANNUAL MEETING The Fifth Annual meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages will be held November 25-28, 1971 at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago. The theme is "Pluralism in Foreign Language Education: Opportunities and Innovations." The featured speakers will be Edward T. Hall, Northwestern Univ. specialist in para- linguistics and author of The Silent Language ; and Jerzy Kosinski, Yale University, author of Being There and Steps . Also part of the meeting will be workshops, as well as sessions for teachers of all languages and at all levels of instruction. In addition there will be two pre-convention workshops on November 22-24-, 1971, of major interest to long-range planning and course supervisors. The registration fee for the annual meeting is $6.00 for members of ACTFL and $12.00 for non-members in a combined package of membership dues and registration fee. The fee for the pre- Convention workshops, including workpapers, is $30.00. For further information, write or call Inge Savelsberg, ACTFL Annual Meeting Manager, 62 Fifth Avenue, New York 10011; Telephone (212) 691-3210.

ACTFL PRESIDENCY Professor Scanlan of the Classics Department is a candidate for the presidency of ACTFL. He is hoping for your support.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE ARTICULATION CONFERENCE The fourth School-University Foreign Language Articulation Conference will be held in the late afternoon and evening of Thursday, October 28 and during the day of October 29, 1971 in the Illini Union Building of the U.I. The theme of theCon- ference will be "Foreign Languages in a Time of Change." For the first time representatives of the public junior colleges will be invited to participate, in view of their growing numbers and increasing importance in our educational system. On the agenda are teacher interviews with former high school students, classroom visita- tions and dinner with Prof. Wilga Rivers, U.I. Dept. of French as keynote speaker.

THE CLASSICS NOTES ~ by Prof. H. Michael Dunn FACULTY NEWS Awards - Professor John J. Bateman received a travel grant from the American Council of Learned Societies to attend the First International Congress of Neo-Latin Studies held in August at Louvain, Belgium. His contribution to the Congress was entitled "The Text of Erasmus' De recta Latini Graeclque sermonis pronuntlatione dlalogus . Professor Howard Jacobson has received a Fellowship for Younger Humanists from the National Endowment for the Humanities. His is the only such arard this year to a member of the faculty of our University. Prof. Jacobson is on leave this semester working on his book, Ovid's Heroldes . Three members of the faculty received Summer Faculty Fellowships: Prof. Howard

Marblestone for work on a translation of Philostratus ' Herolcus , with introduction and notes; Prof. Vernon Robbins, who is working on his manuscript of "The Christo- logical Structure of the Gospel of St. Mark"; and Professor Daniel Taylor, who is preparing an edition, translation and commentary of Varro's De Lingua Latina (Bk 10). "

SUMMER SESSION Professors David Bright and Michael Dunn spent the summer on oampus, Prof. Bright teaching courses in Latin and Greek literature and Prof. Dunn handling the administrative work of the Department. In addition Prof. Dunn assisted Dean Hinely in the advising of incoming freshmen. In June, with the assistance of Professors Bright, Dunn, Taylor, and Bekiaris (visiting from the Univ. of Minnesota), Prof. Scanlan held a highly successful High School Latin Conference. Thirty-five visiting students attended this five-day session. From July k-2k Prof. Scanlan directed the first Conference on the Classical Humanities ever held in this country. Twenty-five teachers, selected from several hundred applicants, took part in a vigorous program here at the University. Lectures and discussion on literature, ancient art and archaeology were conducted by Prof. Kevin Herbert of Washington Univ. Each afternoon Prof. Scanlan conducted a Practicum based on the morning presentations. Colloquia on various topics were conducted by visiting speakers twice weekly. The Conference was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Attending the Conference from Illinois were Henry Charles of New Trier and Mrs. Shirly Robeson of Chicago. Prof. Taylor attended the American Classical League Institute at Oxford, Ohio, " reading a paper Mures , lmmo Homines : Rationalism in Language Learning." Prof. Miroslav Marcovich participated in the Congress in August, presenting the paper "The Davidiad of M. Marulus (1^50-1524)." He also participated in the Sixth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in September at Oxford, where he read a paper "Hippolytus, Elenchos .

ARCHAEOLOGY Prof. Hubert Allen had a highly successful summer as director of the excavations at Morgantina Sicily. The 1971 session has been the occasion of the discovery of a decorated public bath of the Hellenistic period and an adjacent sanctuary. The 16- year project, a Joint endeavor of the U.I. and Princeton Univ., has been brought nearer to completion with the presentation of the final plans for the site museum. Prof. Allen will report details of his findings at the first meeting of the local chapter of the Archaeological Institute on Tuesday, Oct. 19, at 8:00 pm in 180 Bev.H. HONORED Prof. Scanlan has been appointed a member of the National Humanities Faculty, an organization offering consulting services for the purpose of assisting high school and junior high school teachers and administrators in developing courses, curriculum and teaching strategies. The program is sponsored by Phi Beta Kappa, the American Council on Education, and the American Council of Learned Societies. Congratulations to Dr. Ray DenAdel on the successful defense of his dissertation The Latin Vocabulary of Non-articulate Sound . Ray was hooded in June.

The Advisor , a publication devoted to student assessment of courses and instructors, in the introduction of this year's edition remarks that the instruction in elementary courses in Latin and Greek is "uniformly excellent." This may be in part responsible for increased enrollments in the Dept. of the Classics (up more than 30% over last fall's figures). The doubling of enrollments in the Classical Civilization program (presently 460 vs. 233 at this time last fall) contributed to the general increase.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NOTES — by Prof. Barbara Smalley PUBLICATIONS Prof. Rocco Montano has published the third and fourth volumes of his four-volume history of Italian literature from the Middle Ages to Pavese, which is entitled Lo spirlto e le lettere (Milano: Marzorati). The third volume (526 pages) deals with literature and thought from Rousseau and Kant to Oriani ; the fourth volume (^56 pages) deals with literature and thought from Croce to Structuralism. The volumes deal importantly with the development of aesthetic ideals and European literary and philosophical movements. "

Prof. Montano has published an article "Dante and Virgil" in the Yale Review , Summer issue, 1971. He has also published five articles in the June issue of

Umane s 1 mo . The articles are entitled: "Cultura e Societa in America"; "Delia Valle e il teatro del Seicento"; "From Italian Humanism to Shakespeare. Protestantism and Literature"; "Sulla storia della letteratura Obiezioni a G. Petronio"; and "The Defeat of Intellectualism. Prof. Herbert Knust has recently published an essay, "Camus' Le Malentendu and

Doderer's Zwei Lugen, " in Archlv fur das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literature n,

Heft 208/1, 2 3-34 • This represents an expanded form of an address delivered by Prof. Knust at the 1969 Convention of the Modern Language Association.

LECTURES At the Conference of the American Comparative Literature Association held at Yale on April 2-4, Prof. Francois Jost was elected a member of the board. During the month of April Prof. Jost also gave lectures and had professionas discussions with colleagues at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest, at the University of Cluj, Romania, and at the Academy of Sciences of Czechoslovakia in Prague. On April 24 he attended the meeting of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies at the University of Maryland and there delivered a paper entitled "Ludwig Tieck: French and English Sources of his William Lovell (1795-96)." Professor A. Owen Aldridge attended the meetings of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies at the University of Maryland on April 22-24. He served as Chairman of the Comparative Literature Section. On April 30 and May 1 Prof. Aldridge participated in a symposium on the picaresque novel held at Syracuse Univ. and delivered an address on the subject "The English Picaresque, Myth or Reality?" During June and July Prof. Aldridge delivered a series of ten lectures in various universities in Seoul, Korea; Chonju, Korea; Kwangju, Korea; and Taipei, Taiwan. The titles of the lectures were the following: "The Intellectual Background of the American Revolution"; "Benjamin Franklin and Nature's God"; "Comparative Literature: Matter and Method"; "Voltaire and the Cult of China"; "Comparative Literature East and West: An Appraisal of the Tamkang Conference." During August Prof. Aldridge delivered lectures in Manila, the Philippines, at the Univ. of the Philippines and also at De La Salle College. His topic was "The Theory and Practice of Comparative Literature." On August 30 Prof. Aldridge delivered a lecture entitled "Feijoo y el problema del color etifipico" at the meeting of the Asociaci6n Internacional de Hispanistas, IV Congreso, which was held in Salamanca, Spain. On June 7 Prof. Rocco Montano gave a lecture at the Instituto Universitario Orientale in Naples, Italy. His topic was "Barocco e Classicisrao nel teatro francese del Seicento." On September 22 Prof. Hans Galinsky of the Univ. of Mainz, Germany, delivered a lecture at the U.I. on "The Uses of American English in Modern German Drama and Poetry: Bert Brecht, Gottfried Benn, and Ingeborg Bachmann." Prof. Galinsky's lecture was sponsored by the Comparative Literature Program.

FRENCH NOTES — by Prof. Edwin Jahiel

LE TRETEAU DE PARIS HERE ON NOV. 1 In just one month, on November 1, the Tre*teau de Paris will produce on this campus Moliere's Le bourgeois gentllhomme . The Tre"teau is in its thirteenth season of touring U.S. campuses. It has by now become a tradition and a major annual event of much artistic, cultural and theatrical interest. The Tre"teau is sponsored by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and, as you probably know, the French Government's finlckiness when it comes to cultural exports plus the Tre*teau's brilliant record since 1958, constitute a guarantee of very high standards of quality. The Tre"teau has brought productions on this campus each year. This will be their third production in the superb Krannert Center for the Performing Arts which, for its architecture, comfort and acoustics, is rated by experts above other such centers in the country. Le bourgeois gentilhomme will be performed in French by the ComeMiens des Champs-Elyse'es in a new production directed by Maurice Jacquemont, with texts by La Fontaine, set to music by Claude Arrieu, choreography by Jacques Giraud, sets and costumes by Jose" Quiroga, musical direction by Steven Rosenberg, and a splendid cast. This production will perform the additional tour-de-force of presenting the play in its original form of a come*dle-ballet with the sixteen members of the cast appearing also as the musicians and dancers for the interludes and the ballet. The performance starts at 8 pm and will last approximately two hours. The text may be obtained by mail for 75 cents net from Follett's Bookstore, Champaign, II. 61820. Tickets: $3.25, 3.00,2.75 and for students 2.75, 2.50, 2.25 on sale at Krannert Center, Urbana, 111. 61801. Please enclose self-addressed, stamped envelope Le bourgeois gentllhomme is a particularly happy choice: it is a major play, a classical "musical," a spectacle, and tremendous fun all around. It is also easy to follow, not only for those students who only know a little French but for theater- goers who know no French. On a more serious note, you all know that the U.I. is in the middle of a financial crisis: our only guarantee for the reappearance of the Tre"teau or other French Cultural manifestations on this campus will be a full house on November 1, so that we can minimize our deficit. In any event, please order early, as we have always sold out whenever the Tre*teau has played at the Krannert. Teachers ordering tickets for groups of students at the student rate may include their own ticket at the same rate.

STAFF NEWS We are pleased to announce that Prof. Pierre Weisz, formerly of Scripp3 College and director of the Illinois and Iowa Year-Abroad Program in 1969-70 and 1970-71, has joined the French faculty at Urbana. Prof. Herbert De Ley after a semester's sabbatical leave, spent mostly in London, is directing the current Illinois Year-Abroad Program in Grenoble and Rouen. The change of name in the year-abroad program, now the Illinois Year-Abroad Pro- gram in France, is due to the withdrawal of the University of Iowa's sponsorship because of financial difficulties. The Dept. of French takes pleasure in announcing the promotions from instructor to assistant professor of Mr. Peter Varkonyi and of Mrs. Sandra Savignon and the change of appointment of Mrs. Luisa Velan-Chini from lecturer to assistant prof. Prof. Yves Velan is on appointment as an associate member of the Center for Advanced Study for the current semester. New teaching assistants are: Marilyn Bareiter (UI), Laure Blanchard (Sorbonne), Barbara Bova (UI), Charles Broadhurst (Duke Univ.), Danielle Butel (Univ. of Rouen), Brigitte Couchaux (Univ. of Rouen), Thierry Delalande (Univ. of Grenoble) Lorel Ellsworth (UI), Catherine Feilloley (Univ. of Rouen), Nancy Lust (UI), Gwendolyn Payne (UI), and Inge Rembe (UI). New fellows are: Eva Haupt (Univ. of Fla.), Deborah Hightsue (Ball State Univ.), Christina Kajkowski (UI Circle), Daniel Rivas (Maust Coll.), James Watterson (UI). Others are new tuition and fee waivers: Michele Foster (111. St. Univ.), Stephen Foster (111. St. Univ.), and Akiki Mochida (Univ. of Tokyo); new research assistant is Paulette Pelc (UI). Prof. Wllga Rivers gave a lecture to the orientation session for assistants organized by the Foreign Language Departments of Indiana Univ. in the last week of August on "Talking off the Tops of their Heads." She also addressed the Latin Teachers' Workshop at Brock Univ., Ontario, in September and will be speaking to the Vermilion County teachers at Danville and the Penn. and Ariz. Foreign Language Teachers fall meetings in October. A National Conference on foreign languages in Undergraduate Education will be held on the Urbana campus in two stages, March 1972 and March 1973. The ADFL Bulle- tin (9/7D states that "...the proposal originated among members of the foreign language departments at the University of Illinois at Urbana, under the leadership of Prof. Wilga M. Rivers, of the Dept. of French." We will keep our readers informed. Among Prof. Rivers' activities in recent times we also mention that she gave the keynote address at the International Meeting of Ontario and N.Y. State "

foreign language teachers; that she wrote a Position paper and directed a Committee Report for the Stanford Conference on Individualization of Instruction; she acted as Consultant in Washington, D.C. for the re-exaraination of teaching programs of the Defense Language Institutes; she gave a paper at the National Conference of TES at New Orleans; gave a seminar and a public lecture for the Linguistics Dept. at the Univ. of Pittsburgh; spoke to the language instructors at Lackland AFB's English Language Center in San Antonio, and also spoke at the October MLT meetings in Ariz, and Penn. Among the innovations in French course offerings this term is French 199 "La Litt£rature Ne*gro-Francophone" taight by Mr. Paul Emoungu.

THE FRENCH LUNCH The weekly French luncheon has changed locations to the University Club, 1201 W. Oregon St., Urbana, one block east of the Foreign Language Building. We still meet Thursdays at noon as in the past. A special room is at our disposal in the Univ. Club. All are cordially invited to attend.

THE CENACLE The Ce*nacle is a student-staff discussion group which meets once a month to discuss a topic related to French literature. For the first meeting of the academic year the topic was: "Qu'est-ee que le conte?" and the discussion was led by Mr. Bowen.

GERMANIC NOTES — by Prof. Roy Allen

The German Dept. is most happy to welcome three new additions to the faculty this fall. Mr. Rainer Sell, a native of Sprottau, Germany, will be familiar to some friends and to many former students of the Department from his last stay here three years ago. Mr. Sell has studied at three European universities: Univ. of Kiel (1958-59, 1960-61, 1962-6*0, the Univ. of Tubingen (1959-60) and the Univ. of London (1961-62). At the University of Kiel he completed the "Staatsexamen" in May, 1965, and in May, 1970 the degree of Dr.phil. with a doctoral dissertation on the topic "Representation and Function of Death in the Works of Thornton Wilder: A Study with Special Emphasis on Our Town . " Throughout Mr. Sell's university studies he was a recipient of the "Studienstif tung des deutschen Volkes" (1958-196*0 , and for the academic year 1965-66 he was also an Exchange Scholar at Brown Univ. and the recipient of a Fulbright Travel Grant. Mr. Sell's teaching experience has been varied: he has taught German at Brown Univ. (Teaching Asst., 1965-66), at the UI (Instr., 1966-68) and at the Middlebury Summer School (Instr., Summer 1968). Most recently he was a teacher of Latin and English at a secondary school ( "Oberschule" ) in Hamburg, Germany (1968-71). Mr. Sell joins the Department with the rank of Asst Prof Mr. Karl-Heinz Schoeps (b. Dinslaken, Germany) comes to the Department with the rank of Instructor from the Univ. of Wise, Madison. His educational background is broad: Univ. of Freiburg (1956-57), Univ. of Innsbruck (1957-58), Univ. of Bonn (1958-59, 1960-69), Univ. of London (1959-60), Univ. of Kan. at Lawrence (1962-64) and the Univ. of Wise. (1967-71). At the Univ. of Bonn Mr. Schoeps completed the "Staatsexamen" in 1962; and in 1968, while teaching at a "Gymnasium" in Wupperthal, Germany, he successfully took the "Assessorenpriifung. " At the University of Wise, he obtained the M.A. degree in 1968. Mr. Schoeps was the recipient of both an exchange scholarship for study at the Univ. of Kan. and of a Fulbright Travel Grant during the academic year 1962-63. At the Univ. of Wise, he was a University Fellow (1968-69) and a Knapp Fellow (1969-70). Mr. Schoeps 1 teaching experience is also varied: he has taught English and Physical Education at "Gymnasiem" in the Rhenish cities of Wipperfiirth (1964-65) and Wuppertal (196**— 67), and he has taught German, first as a Teaching Asst. at the Univ. of Kansas (1963-6*0 and most recently, with the same rank at the Univ. of Wise. (1967-69, 1970-71). For the latter institution Mr. Schoeps is currently in the final stages of completing his doctoral dissertation under Prof. Reinhold Grimm on the topic: "Bertolt Brecht und Bernard Shaw: Ein Vergleich. t

Mr. Rudolf Hofmeister, a native of Regensberg, Germany, Is a former UI graduate student who joins the Department for the current academic year as a 2/3-time Instr. Mr. Hofmeister' s education has been primarily in this country: he studied European Literature and Thought and German at the Univ. of Iowa (1963-67) where he obtained the B.A. in 1967, and studied German, Linguistics, and History at the UI (1967-71) where he obtained the M.A. degree in 1969. Mr. Hofmeister also studied for one semester at the Univ. of Erlangen in the spring of 1967. In June of this year he completed his doctoral dissertation under Prof. James Marchand here on the topic "Manu- script Evidence for Wolfram's Parzival . " Mr. Hofmeister was the recipient of a UI Summer Fellowship in 1970, and during the academic year 1970-71 he was a UI Disserta- tion Fellow. During his years of graduate study here Mr. Hofmeister also gained teaching experience as Teaching Asst. in the Department. He is currently continuing to pursue his interest in the study of the Parzival manuscripts.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THE FACULTY The Department will be represented this year at the annual meeting of the Illinois Foreign Language Teachers' Association (IFLTA) by Prof. U. Henry Gerlach. The meeting will take place from November 5-6 at the Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel in Chicago. Prof. Gerlach will read a paper in the College Section on "Language without Cul- ture...? or !" Prof. Ruth Lorbe held an orientation program on campus for all second-year Teaching Assts. in the Department on Sept. 7. Miss Lorbe also was represented recently in the Journal of English and Germanic Philology with a review of a study by Klaus Weissenberger of Paul Celan: Die Elegle bei Paul Celan (Francke Verlag: Bern und Miinden, 1969). Prof. Irmengard Rauch's paper "Evolution in the Germanic Verb," which she read before the Linguistics Club on campus on Feb. 22 of this year, has appeared in abstract in the Newsletter of the UI Dept. of Linguistics (vol. 2, no. 2). Prof. Rauch's book, Approaches in Linguistic Methodology (The Univ. of Wise. Press: Madison Milwaukee, and London, 1967), which she co-edited with Charles Scott, was recently reviewed in depth in Deutsche Literaturzeitung fur Kritik der lnternatlonalen

Wissenschaf . Miss Rauch is also the author of The Old High German Dipthongization : A Description of a Phonemic Change (Mouton & Co.: The Hague and Paris, 1967), which was recently reviewed in the Dutch journal Leuvense bl jdragen : ti jdschrlft voor moderne philologie .

GERMAN CLUB The German Club has a new and very enthusiastic faculty advisor this year: Prof. Rainer Sell (cf. New Faculty above). Together with the current President of the Club, Mr. Bill Freyman, Prof. Sell has planned a very full schedule of activities for this fall which promise an entertaining semester for members of the Club. The first, organizational meeting of the Club took place on September 23; this was followed the next week, on September 30, by the annual "Ok toberfest, " featuring music ( "amerikanisch-modern" and , "Bayrisch-traditionell" ) dancing and refreshments. On October 7 the first film in the Club's fall film series was shown: Der zerbrochene Krug. Scheduled for the next few months are also Die Buddenbrooks Tpart I, Oct. 28, 8:00, 112 Gregory Hall; part II, Nov. k, 8:00, 112 Gregory Hall) and a film on the life of Beethoven entitled The Magnificent Rebel (Dec. 16, 8:00, Lincoln Hall Theatr) On Dec. 9 the annual German Club Christmas Party will be held, and Dec. 10-11 the Club will participate in the International Fair on campus. For this fall the Club also plans a student production of Friedrich Durrenmatt's Play Strindberg and hopes to organize a softball team as well as to open a cabaret. Mr. Sell has expressed special interest in establishing contact with other German Clubs in the general vicinity of the UI. He can be reached by phone at (217) 344-3610 or by mail at 906£ S. Vine St., Apt. 202, Urbana, IL 61801. Mr. Freyman can be contacted by phone at (217) 384-5920 or by mail at 511 Illini Tower, 409 E. Chalmers St., Champaign, IL 61820.

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SLAVIC NOTES — by Prof. Frank Gladney WE'VE MOVED You may be having trouble getting in touch with us this fall. In August we left Lincoln Hall, the place where we split off from the French Department and grew into a graduate department, and moved across the Quad to the new Foreign Language Building Our offices stretch along the northwest corridor of the third floor. If you dialed our old number and we did not answer, it wasn't that we were out: the phone company was working through most of Sept., and the ringing you heard was only in the wires. The office staff is all new: Mrs. Sheila Barnes is our new secretary, being helped in the a.m. by John Dunkelberger and in the p.m. by Miss Dorothea Sir-Louis, both in Slavic. Prof. Rasio Dunatov is gone this year. He was last seen somewhere between the Dalmatian coast, where he is gathering data for his sabbatical year research project on Serbo-Croatian, and Vienna, where he has settled his family for the year. (Over the summer he directed the UI Serbo-Croatian program in Zagreb, Yugoslavia.) Although you may see Prof. Evelyn Bristol, she too is officially absent on sabbatical leave.

NEW FACES Among the new graduate teaching assts. in the Department this fall are several who did their undergraduate work here: Kenneth hunt, Paul Smith, and Ferdinand Woywod. TA*s Eugene Steingold and Svetlana Tverdochlebov studied at UI Chicago Circle. Two new lab assistants are Philip Cooper, a local product, and Mrs. Lavonne McClure from the Univ. of Wise. Nick Samijlenko from the Univ. of Chicago is a research asst. this fall, and Miss Christine Bilynsky from Kutztown State College will have that position in the spring. Miss Ilene Levine from the Univ. of Mass. is here on a University Fellowship, and the following have NDEA Fellowshfcs: Miss Esther Barsky from Temple Univ.; Stanton Felton, A Portland State grad. with graduate work at the Univ. of Wash.; and Mrs. Eugenia Greenfield from Ohio Univ., who is back in school after three years of high school teaching—Title VI; David Perlman from Lawrence Univ. in Wise. —Title IV. Arthur P. Aceto did his earlier work at SIU. Returning students who are teaching for the first time are Miss Susan Baker, Mrs. Marie Gies, and Mrs. Olga Yokoyama.

UI IN LENINGRAD The Slavic Department is happy to announce that the UI at Urbana-Champaign has been chosen to participate in the semester program of study at Leningrad State Univ., sponsored by the Council on International Educational Exchange. Students interested in spending either the spring 1972 or the fall 1972-73 semester at LGU may obtain forms and information sheets in 3092 FLB. Applicants (grad or undergrad) must have completed three years of Russian or the equivalent. Approximate cost is $2550 per semester, with some financial aid based on need. The deadline for the spring semester is Oct. 30.

SLAVIC STUDENTS ASSOCIATION Officers for the current year are Mrs. Marie Gies, President; William McCombe, Vice- President; Mrs. Barbara vonBaumgarten, Secretary; and Richard Weathers, Treasurer. The SSA has instituted an advisory program for new students in the Department and one for new TA's. In collaboration with Prof. S.P. Hill they have compiled a handbook entitled "Graduate Studies in Slavic Languages and Literatures," available from

the Dept. office. Another project of the SSA is publication of Slavic Papers , edited by Mrs. Gies and Gerald Darring, of which No. 7 was issued last month and deals with the Soviet poet Osip Mandel 'shtam. The SSA held a highly successful beer party for students and staff at the home of Miss Birute Lanys, a second-year TA.

SUMMER NOTES Prof. Temira Pachmuss attended the International Dostoevski j Symposium in Bad Ems, Germany, Aug. 31-Sept. 5, and presented a paper entitled "The Influence of Dostoev- sky's Themes on Contemporary World Literature." While there, Miss Pachmuss became a member of the International Dostoevsky Society. With the support of the UI Russian and East European Center, Prof. Pachmuss was able to travel to Helsinki for further research on the religious and socio-political activities of Zinaida Hippius. In Nice and Paris she interviewed the Russian emigre* writers Georgy Adamovich and Sergey Zhaba and the poet T. Velichkovskaya. Miss Pachmuss' Zinaida Hlppius : An Intellec - tual Profile was published earlier this year by the Southern 111. Univ. Press. The

Wilhelm Fink Verlag in Munich recently reproduced Zinaida Hippius ' literary memoirs Zhiyye litsa (Living Portraits) with an introduction by Prof. Pachmuss. The same publisher is bringing out the collected poetical works of Zinaida Hippius in two volumes, edited with introduction and notes by Miss Pachmuss.

FILM "Welcome — Or, No Trespassing!" a 1965 Russian film, some of the sharpest satire yet from the USSR, was screened in the Auditorium on Tuesday, Oct. 19 AATSEEL The fall meeting of the Illinois Chapter of AATSEEL will take place in Chicago Fri. evening, Nov. 5, in conjunction with the annual IFLA meeting. Further information is available from the Secretary of Illinois AATSEEL, Mr. Steven Stroud, 229 Lafayette, Wood Dale, IL60181. PH.D. AWARDED Eldon G. Lytle, now at the Linguistics Dept. of Brigham Young Univ., was awarded the Ph.D. degree earlier this month. Dr. Lytle' s dissertation is entitled "Structural Derivation in Russian."

SPANISH, ITALIAN AND PORTUGUESE NOTES — by Alice L. Anderson

1972 AATSP NATIONAL SPANISH CONTEST The national Spanish contest of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) is approaching; as in the past, contestants will be Judged on the basis of written as well as oral comprehension examinations, at the first through fifth-year levels. The test will be administered between March 18 and April 1, 1972. At present the Downstate Chapter of the AATSP is looking for schools that would be willing to set up area testing centers; a language laboratory or good tape recorder is required. All Illinois teachers are eligible to enter their Spanish students; however, only students of teachers who are national and chapter members of AATSP are eligible to compete for awards. Specific information and order blanks for exams will be mailed to all current chapter members. Orders must be received by February 1. 1972 . Non-members wishing information, as well as schools willing to set up area testing centers should write to: James E. McKinney; AATSP Contest Chairman; Sallee Hall 220; Western 111. Univ.; Macomb, 111. 614-55. Let's show our unity as teachers in these difficult times by joining AATSP. To become a member of AATSP, send $9.00 ($8.00 National dues, $1.00 Chapter) to: Dr. Rodolfo Vilarfi, Treasurer; University High School; Illinois State University; Normal, IL 61701.

SUMMER DOINGS Professor Anthony M. Pasquariello, Head of the Department, attended and participated in the annual Convention of AEPE (Asociacion Europea de Profesores de Espanol) in Oviedo, Spain, on the novel. There he performed in a dialogue written by Francisco Ayala, on Aug. 16-20; and was also the main speaker along with theater critic Ricardo Domenech in the second half of the Convention, held in Santiago de Compostela (Aug. 23-27) and devoted to the contemporary theater in Spain. Prof. Pasquariello also attended the IV Congreso de la Asociaci<5n Internacional de Hispanistas held in Salamanca, Aug. 30-Sept. k, where he read a paper entitled "La funcifin de la mentira poe"tica en Tres sombreros de copa de Miguel Mihura." Prof. Joseph S. Flores attended the Congreso Internacional de Hispanistas on Aug. 29-Sept. 5 at the Univ. of Salamanca, Spain, in which city he also met with other Illini and former Illini: the Shoemakers (now at the Univ. of Mo.), Dr. Morfnigo (from Argentina), the Ebersols (now at the Univ. of N. Car.), the Porqueras- Mayo (UI Resident Director of Year-Abroad Program at Barcelona), Dr. Paul Olson

(Ph.D., UI), and Dr. Owen Aldridge (Comparative Literature, UI ) . He was in Las 10

Palmas de la Gran Canaria, as well as being in Madrid where he met at the airport the first group of students of the UI Year-Abroad Program in Spain. In addition, preparations were made for the Program's second year at the Univ. of Barcelona in '72-73. Prof. M.H. Forster, recipient of a Pulbright-Hayes Research Grant, was in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and Peru during Jan. -Aug. 1971# Prof. Luis Leal taught at the Middlebury (Vt.) Language School during the summer session, 1971. Assoc. Prof. Richard Preto-Rodas travelled to Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Bahia. In Buenos Aires he visited old Departmental friends like M.A. Morfnigo and Enrique Pezzoni. Assoc. Prof. Mario Saltarelli spent much of the summer in Rome. He also went to the Universite" Laval in Quebec for the XHIe Congres International de Linguis- tique et Philologie Romane, where he read a paper entitled "Le Regole Fonologiche nella Classif icazione delle Lingue Neolatine." Many of the graduate students also studied overseas during the summer. Eva Abreu took a summer course in Portugal. John Aurand was at the Univ. of Lisboa. Francisco Gadea-Oltra completed studies for his law degree at the Univ. of Madrid, having graduated "summa cum laude." He"ctor Hernandez-Nieto received an M.A. in the

Classics from the UI . Kateri O'Shea attended literature courses at the Universidad Nacional Aut6noma in Mexico City. Mike Waag completed Peace Corps Service in Ecua- dorian Oriente. Eileen Zeitz travelled to South America, principally Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro.

FACULTY NOTES Congratulations to Thomas C. Meehan: he was promoted to the rank of Assoc. Prof, in Spanish. Assoc. Prof. Meehan teaches in the area of Spanish American literature and is also course supervisor for Span. 211-214, the advanced composition and conversation classes. The Department welcomes one new faculty member this year, Asst. Prof. Anthony Cassell. Asst. Prof. Cassell received his B.A. from the Univ. of Toronto and his Ph.D. in 1969 from Johns Hopkins Univ. in Baltimore. His dissertation was entitled " II Corbaccio of Boccaccio." Asst. Prof. Cassell teaches the Italian language and literature. Promoted to the rank of instructor are Adriana Aldridge and Don Bevelander. Mrs. Aldridge, appointed a part-time instr., is teaching Span. 400 and Span. 215. She is also working on her dissertation, "De la teorfa a la prSctica en la novela histfirica hispanoamericana. " Mr. Bevelander, a full-time instructor who now directs

Span. 103-104, is writing his thesis Point of View in the Fiction of Vargas Llosa .

PUBLICATIONS

Professor Merlin H. Forster has published an article, "Vicente Huidobrcte Altazar : A

Re-evaluation," in the Kentucky Romance Quarterly . XVII (1970), 297-307. Prof. Luis Leal's publications include Breve historla de la llteratura hispanoamericana . New York: Albert A. Knopf, 1971 (392 pp. ) ; "The Spanish American Novel and Short Story," in Robert Esquenazi-Mayo and Michael C. Meyer, Latin American Scholarship since World War II, Lincoln: Univ. of Neb. Press (197D, 227-245; "The Nature of Latin American Literature," Topic 21 (Spring, 1971 ), 5-11 J and "Octavio Paz y la literatura nacional: afinidades y oposiciones, " Revlsta Iberoamericana XXXVIII, 74 (Jan. -Mar., 1971), 239-250. Assoc. Prof. Mario Saltarelli has published "Per una semantica generativa delle coordinate" in Grammatica Trans formazlonale Italiana, Rome: Bulzoni, 1971. Asst. Prof. Martha Francescato, with the aid of the Faculty Fellowship awarded by the Graduate College, is completing work on the Antologfa de Bestarios Hispano- amerlcanos . to be published by Editorial Di6genes; included will be a text by Julio CortSzar written especially for the anthology. Miss Michiko Nonoyama, graduate teaching assistant, has translated into Japanese several works of Gracfa Lorca and Buero Vallejo. Mr. Andre's Avellaneda, Univ. Fellow and graduate student in Spanish, has published an article, "Mito y negacifin de la historia en Zona Sagrada de Carlos Fuentes," in Cuadernos Americanos 2 (1971), 239-248. 11

DISSERTATION DEFENSE During the summer Elizabeth Q. Espadas, now at the Univ. of Del., successfully defended her dissertation, The Language of Azorfn, which was directed by Prof. Robert E. Lott. Mrs. Espadas and her husband Juan then visited Mr. Espadas' family in Ciudad Real, Spain.

PHI KAPPA PHI The UI Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, graduate honor society, initiated the following from the Department in 1971: Susan Kingston Flynn, Theda Herz, William Impens, Roberto Severino, and Pamela Strange.

SIGMA DELTA PI The local chapter of the Spanish honorary Sigma Delta Pi, advised by Assoc. Prof. Hugo Cowes and under the direction of graduate asst. Luis Vera, has elected its officers: Roger Stein, President and Almeda Lahr, Secretary.

SPANISH CLUB The Spanish Club is continuing its tradition of Tertulias, which all Spanish speakers are invited to attend. The Tertulia gives intermediate and advanced students of Spanish the opportunity to practice conversing in an informal atmosphere. They are being held every other Thursday at 4:00 in the Thunderbird Restaurant on Goodwin St. In addition, the Spanish Club is planning a Christmas Party, which will take place in the Illini Union on Wednesday, Dec. 15, at 8 p.m. The party is for students, faculty and their families (children are welcome). The Soanish Club is under the direction of graduate asst. Armando Armengol; for further information please contact him in 4133 FLB.

SPANISH LUNCHEONS The department-sponsored Spanish luncheons have again resumed, with the location changed this year to the University Club, 1201 W. Oregon, Urbana. All department members are invited to attend. Advance reservations are requested. *»»#*»»** LATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED NATIONAL FL CONFERENCE Notice has just been received of a proposed National Conference on the Role of For- eign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures in Undergraduate Education. The project envisages an Exploratory Conference in Urbana from March 22-24, 1972, at which working committees of cooperating scholars from the Midwest C.I.C. region will draw up position papers for a March 1973 National Conference. Scholars in public, private, junior, or senior colleges who would like to be involved in some rigorous thinking and hard work in this vital area of foreign language education are asked to write, giving information about themselves and their institutions, the languages they are concerned with, and forward this to Prof. Wilga M. Rivers, Dept. of French, 2090 FLB, Urbana, IL 61801, who will send them further information. Interested scholars are asked to get in touch immediately since work must be begun within the next month in the various sections.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSLETTER

December, 1971 Director: Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello Vol. XXV, No. 2 Editor: Alice Long Anderson

FOREIGN LANGUAGE ARTICULATION CONFERENCE The School-University Foreign Language Articulation Conference was held Oct. 28-29, 1971, at the U.I. This was the fourth conference held under the auspices of the foreign language departments of the U.I. Letters of invitation were sent to all high schools, to all junior colleges, to all foreign language coordinators working for the county superintendents of public instruction, and to the teaching staff of all foreign language departments of the U.I. There were 220 people (about 60 tess than in 1969) present at the dinner meeting, at which the main speaker was Prof. Wilga Rivers Among the various activities were the teacher interviews with former high school students. The demonstration of language instruction via PLATO was well attended. It was suggested, however, by several teachers that in the future the time and place of the demonstration be changed in order to increase the number of visitors. The tours of the newly completed Foreign Language Building were successful. Four graduate students and one instructor served as guides; more than 100 persons visited the F.L.B. during the first hour. During the luncheon meeting Prof. Lawrence Aleamoni's speech sought to answer the concerns of the high school teachers who are always very concerned about how their students are doing in the foreign language classes at the university. At this conference the section meetings on Friday morning and afternoon were planned more carefully than for the previous conferences. There were speakers scheduled for the morning session, while in the afternoon all the sections discussed in small groups a series of questions worked out by Prof. Wilga Rivers. The teachers were divided into small discussion groups of about 15 persons with a discussion leader. This experiment turned out to be very successful and stimulating, in that the teachers themselves had the possibility to participate actively and to express their opinions on matters which were of concern to them. A special feature of this conference was the presence of about thirty-five foreign language instructors from the junior colleges, who for the first time participated in the conference. After the conference Prof. Wilga Rivers and several faculty members of the U.I. had a meeting with thirty-one faculty representatives from the junior colleges. This meeting was one of the most successful parts of the conference The persons present participated actively in the discussion of the points presented to them by Prof. Rivers. Three basic points were discussed at this meeting: inter- institutional patterns of cooperation, curricular patterns and development, and technology and experimentation. It was also decided to hold a conference of the foreign language teachers of the junior colleges in association with the Foreign Language Depts. at the U.I., at Urbana in March, 1972. The conference committee in its evaluation session following the conference agreed that the Dept. of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese would be in charge of the next articulation conference in Oct., 1973.

A THANK-YOU The Editor wishes to express her thanks to all of you who cooperated in returning the mailing-list coupon. A special thanks to the many who took time to express theii appreciation for the FL Newsletter. Any comments, critical or otherwise, are always welcome — your continuing interest is the "raison d'etre" for the Newsletter! CONFERENCE ON DIACHRONIC ROMANCE LINGUISTICS The Dept. of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, in collaboration with the Depts. of the Classics, French, and Linguistics, and the Center for Latin American Studies wil] hold a conference dealing with historical aspects of Romance languages in a transformational view, tentatively scheduled for April 21-22, 1972. Semantic, syntactic, morphological, and phonological questions in historical perspective will be presented For further information, please contact Prof. D. Wanner, ^080 FLB, Urbana, IL61801. " s

MLA ANNUAL CONVENTION The Annual Convention of the Modern Language Association of America will be held on December 26, 1971, at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago. Five workshop sessions will be held, in addition to papers. Included in the papers will be one by U.I. Prof. Wilga M. Rivers, "The Undergraduate Program, Continuiing and Terminal."

TRANSLATORS' WORKSHOP The Translators' Workshop is an on-going group of people interested in translation, mainly literary rather than technical. At the monthly meetings the discussion mainly centers around specific problems relative to translation, such as types of aides for translation, the economics of translation, and publishing. It is hoped in the future that a file might be initiated for the U.I. with a listing of those available for translating or interpreting. Please direct any further questions regarding meeting times, etc. to: Prof. William McDonald, Center for Asian Studies, 1208 W. California, Urbana, IL. 61801; (21?) 333-0451.

THE CLASSICS NOTES -- by Prof. H. Michael Dunn

THE AMERICAN PHILOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION This year the annual meetings of the APA will be held in Cincinnati, Dec. 28-30, at the Netherland Hilton Hotel. Prof. John J. Bateman, Head of the Department, is the Secretary-Treasurer and serves on the Program Committee. The following papers will be presented by members of the Dept.: Prof. John Heller - "Classical Poetry in the Systema Naturae of Linnaeus."

Prof. Howard Marblestone - "Philostratus ' Heroicus : 'bizarre but insufficiently utilized...'" (Prof. Marcovich will preside at this section meeting). " Prof. Daniel J. Taylor - Mures , Immo homines : Rationalism in Language Learn- ing . Prof. Luitpold Wallach - "The Textual History of a Greek Ambrose Text." Prof. Taylor, in addition, will serve as Moderator at the Seminar on Classical Lin- buistics. At the December meeting of the MLA in Chicago, Andrew Horton, graduate teaching assistant in the Humanities Program, will read a paper on "The Poetry of Angelos Sikileanos," the modern Greek poet.

THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA This year at the annual meetings of the AIA (held jointly with the APA) Prof. Hubert Lo Allen, the Director of the joint excavations of the U.I. and Princeton Univ. will present his report, "Morgantina, 1971." On Nov. 17, Evelyn L. Smithson, Assoc. Prof, of Classics at SUNY Buffalo, gave a lecture "Athens in the Dark Age," under the auspices of the UI Dept. of the Classics and the Central II. Society of the AIA. A large group of professional scholars and enthusiastic amateirs derived much information and enjoyment from Prof. Smithson' illustrated talk on the continuities and discontinuities of material civilization in Athens between the end of the Mycenaean era and the beginning of "Archaic Classical" civilization. The next lecture in the series will be given by Prof. Bernard Bothmer of the Brooklyn Museum on Feb. 15, 1972; his subject will be "The Landscape and Architec- ture of Ancient Egypt." WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES Profs. Bateman, Dunn, and Scanlan represented the Department at the ACTFL meetings held in Chicago over the Thanksgiving recess. Prof. Scanlan has so far this fall conducted workshops for the following groups: The Classical Alliance of Western New York in Buffalo, The Minnesota Classical Con- ference in St. Paul, and Illinois Latin teachers in Decatur. Attendance at the various sessions was high, and enrollment reports were most encouraging. Prof. Scanlan also met recently in New York City with the Latin Advanced Place- ment Committee of the College Entrance Examination Board to discuss changes in the National Latin Advanced Placement Program. The syllabus and examination will remain the same for the May 1972 administration, but the following year's course will include a large component of sight translation. The committee also discussed the possibilities for an Advanced Placement program in the Classical Humanities, since such courses are rapidly developing around the country. Many teachers from the state attended the Foreign Language Articulation Con- ference held at the U.I. on Oct. 28-29. Guest speakers at the afternoon Latin sectional meeting included Prof. Arthur Rupprecht, President of the 111. Classical Con- ference, and Prof. George Kerford, a visiting professor from England who was on campus to deliver colloquia for the Depts. of the Classics and Philosophy. He discussed the state of the Classics in Great Britain. The morning session, conducted by Prof. Dunn, concerned itself primarily with college and university requirements about which much confusion had arisen, and the coordination of high school and college/university programs in Latin. Among those attending were: Mrs. Ward Dare, Bement; Mrs. Mary Gould, Bergan (Peoria); Mary Jeanette Munce, Bloomington; Lois Bottenfield, Champaign; Wilfrid McWilliams, Elgin; Marjorie Olson, Elk Grove; Edward Plichta, Geneva; Joseph Soltis, Ottawa; Henrietta Davis, Pekin; Dorothy Coyne, Pontiac; Helen Lamont, Univ. H.S. (Urbana); Mrs. Messling, Ursuline Academy (Springfield); and Arthur Rupprecht, Wheaton College.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NOTES — by Prof. Barbara Smalley

PUBLICATIONS Professor A. Owen Aldridge's study, "Prom Sterne to Machado de Assis," was recently - published in A.H. Cash and J.M. Stedmond, eds., The Winged Skull : Bicentenary Con ference Papers on Lawrence S te me (Kent State Univ. Press, 197D , pp. 170-185. LECTURES Prof. Rocco Montano delivered two lectures on Nov. 19-20 at Indiana Univ. His topics were "Italian Aristotelism and Elizabethan Drama" and "II mancato Risorgimento. " His lectures were sponsored by the Indiana Univ. Horizons of Knowledge Committee and by the Depts. of English, French and Italian, and Comparative Literature. Prof. A. Owen Aldridge gave a lecture, "The Ancients and Moderns, " at the Univ. of Colo, on Nov. 8. On Nov. 10, he delivered the A.J. Dickman Memorial Lecture at the Univ. of Wyoming. His address there was entitled "The Literature of Primitivism in the Eighteenth Century."

MEETINGS On Nov. 11, Prof. Francois Jost met with the students of Comparative Literature in order to discuss various projects and goals of the Program. After the meeting the students gathered at the Josts' home for a social evening.

VISITING FACULTY Members of the Comparative Literature Program are pleased to have with us this semester Prof. Manfred Gsteiger, who is conducting a course on Symbolism in the Compara- tive Literature Program.

PH.D. DEGREES Four Comparative Literature students were awarded Ph.D. degrees in October of this year. Names and dissertation topics are: Agnes Brandabur, "The Faust Theme and the Descent into Hell"; Arthur Flodstrom, "Par Lagerkvist and the Cubist Movement"; Thomas Noel, "The Rise and Fall of a Genre: Theories of the Fable in the Eighteenth Century"; and Arline Thorn, "The Waif as a Literary Type in the Nineteenth Century Novel." FRENCH NOTES — by Prof. Edwin Jahiel

LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME The Nov. 1, 1971, production of Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (by the Tre*teau de Paris) at the Krannert Center of the U.I., Urbana, was again a success. It was also a sell- out, as in past years, and more people than in past years were unable to purchase a ticket. Whether or not two performances are possible in the future is a moot point and not to be decided for some time. In 1972 the Tre"teau will probably come again to this campus, approximately at the same time of year, and for a production of Le Bar- bier de Seville by Beaumarchais. Since many schools within a wide radius bring impressive contingents of students to Urbana each year, we would like to know whether the out-of-town audience prefers that performances start at 7:30 rather than at 8:00. In case you have strong feelings one way or another, please let me know at 2090 FLB, Urbana, IL. 61801. Thank you.

STAFF NEWS Prof. Philip Kolb has been awarded a Senior Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Humanities, beginning July 1, 1972. Prof. F.W. Nachtmann recently attended in New York the biennial meeting of the Fe'de'ration Internationale des Organisations de Correspondances et d'Echanges Sco- laires; he also attended another series of meetings in New York, intended to coordinate more closely the work of the various professional language organizations. Profs. Sandra Savignon, Stanley Shinall, Wilga Rivers, Paul Griffith, Gabriel Savignon, and Robert J. Nelson, all of the Department, were involved in activities and presentations at the 1971 FL Articulation Conference at the U.I., Oct. 28-29. Prof. Jahiel read a paper on "Maupassant and Godard" at the recent MMLA meeting in Detroit, and participated (for the U.I.) in the Nov. 20 meeting of the C.I.C. Film Panel at O'Hare (Chicago). Prof. Nelson is the Dept.'s Job Placement Officer and all communications regarding positions for our students should be addressed to him. Several staff members have attended other meetings, including the IFLTA and the AATF of Nov. 5 in Chicago, and the AATF meeting in Washington in late Nov. Prof. Mainous, Head of the French Dept., has been especially active in professional groups. Prof. Sandra Savignon was one of the Liberal Arts and Sciences staff members whom seniors, in their annual questionnaire, named as "the most stimulating teacher they had had in their entire college career." Prof. F.W. Nachtmann has organized once more a French Choral Group, a recital of chich is forthcoming.

The Ce*nacle , organized by Prof. Barbara Bowen, had for its second subject this term "Que veut dire le mot existentialisme dans son sens purement litte"raire?" and for its third subject the explication de texte game. Students and staff have organized the Cercle Litte*raire Ne*gro-Francophone which has had its first lively meeting and which later co-sponsored Prof. N'Dao's lecture of Nov. 22 (see below).

TALKS The French Journal Club has sponsored the following talks: "Bipolarite" du Classi- cisme" by Prof. R.J. Nelson on Oct. 18; "Un Etudiant stranger a Paris en 1810: Uhland et les Chansons de Geste" by Prof. C.A. Knudson on Nov. 15; and "La Nouvelle Litte"rature" (on African writers) by Prof. Cheik N'Dao on Nov. 22. Prof. N'Dao, a playwright and poet from Senegal, is currently a Fullbright Exchange Professor at Oaklnad City College, Indiana; in addition tc his talk, he participated in several meetings and classroom or informal discussions. On Oct. 27, Madame Heurgon-Des jardins, who directs the yearly "Entretiens de Cerisy-la-Salle, " talked about the "Entretiens de Pontigny" which her father Paul Paul Des jardins had founded. This talk was sponsored by Prof. L. Burl Price, thanks to his gift of $150 to the "French at Illinois" Fund in the U.I. Foundation. 5 THE NATIONAL FRENCH CONTEST The thirty-seventh annual National French Contest (sponsored by the American Assoc. of Teachers of French (AATF)) will be held March 23-25, 1972. About 48,000 students competed in the 1971 contest; a greater number is expected this year. Pupils of FLES and Secondary Schools are invited to participate. To enter students, teachers can contact their Chapter Contest Chairman (listing of names can be found in the Oct. 1971 French Review). Practice examination sheets (35 cents) and practice tapes ($3*50) are available for each level (I to V) for 1969, 1970, and 1971. To be published by World Press Review Co. shortly is a series of review books of NFC examinations presenting a Student Edition and a Teacher's Edition for each level U1.25 each); for information, write to: Sidney L. Teitelbaum, Box 86, Plainview, N.Y. 11803. Teachers, to acquaint themselves with the contest, should read the article "The Contest" in the Dec. 1970 French Review by Emma J. Blanch, National Publicity Chmn. ATTENTION— in 1972, a new level examination called French 01 has been inaugurated, intended for students grades 7-12 who began their study of French during the current school year. National winners for 1971 Contest: level 2A, first place, Camilla Kennedy, Chicago (York Comm. High School); level 3A, first place, James McClure, Chicago (York Comm. High School); level 5B, third place, Adrienne Lebailly, New Trier Twp. High School, East Chicago. Regional winners, all of Chicago: level 1A, first place,

Louis Svaldi ; level IB, first place, Chris Alimanestano; level 2B, first olace, Linda Jones; level UA, first place, Debora Bodeau; level 4B, first place, Amey DeSoto. For local winners, contact State Contest Chairman: Sr. Jean Murray, Rosary College, River Forest, IL. 60305.

AATF SUMMER SCHOLARSHIPS Six unrestricted summer scholarships of 8750 each will be granted for study in France during the summer of 1972. Applicants must be elementary or secondary scnool teaches of French who have been AATF members since Jan.l, 1969, who are currently teaching and plan to continue teaching during 1972-73* Deadline for applying is Jan.l, 1972. Contact the National Chairman, Miss Evelyn Vandiver, 2246 Cumberland Ave., Charlotte, N.C. 28203.

S0CIETE DES PROFESSEURS FRANCAIS EN AMERIQUE This Society offers various types of scholarships: "Bourses de voyage en France"; "bourses de voyage et d'e"tudes en France"; "bourses d'e'te' pour e"tudier dans la province de Quebec." Space being limited, we cannot give details. However, the Quebec grants have a deadline of Nov. 25— to late for this year; the others have a Feb. 1 deadline. Travel grants are for Ph.D. candidates under thirty-five; travel and study grants are for those who have been high school teachers for more than five years. Write: M. J. P. Cauvin, at the Soc. des Profs. Francais en Ame"rique, 1111 Lexington Ave., New York City 10021.

GERMANIC NOTES — by Prof. Roy Allen

U.I. STUDY AND TEACHING PROGRAMS IN AUSTRIA The Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures of the U.I. now sponsors a two- semester study program based at the Padagogische Akademie in Baden, just 15 miles south of Vienna. The Akademie trains future Austrian teachers in a two-year course; it has an enrollment of approximately 300 students and 18 full-time faculty members. Officials in the Austrian Ministry of Education have very graciously agreed to admit up to thirty students from the U.I., who pay no tuition or fees and are able to live in government-subsidized housing. At the Akademie, American notions of class size have been taken as a model: aside from a small number of lectures attended by about a quarter of the student body, the course work is done in small seminars, averaging twenty students. U.I. students will attend regularly-scheduled classes, taught by Austrian professors, along with Austrian students. A faculty member from the Dept. at the U.I. will accompany the American students to advise them and to evaluate their work; he will also teach courses open to both American and Austrian students. A graduate administrative assistant will also accompany the group. Students from the U.I. will devote at least half their work to courses in language, literature, education, and civilization at the Akademie. Several courses will benefit from the fact that the students in Baden are preparing to become teachers. The remainder of the work in Baden will consist of electives taken either at the Akademie or at another institution of higher learning in Vienna (the Univ. of Vienna; the Academy for Music and the Performing Arts; the Academy for Architecture, Sculp- ture and Painting; the Academy for Applied Arts; the Business School; the School of Agriculture). Upon successful completion of the program of study, 32 hours of residence credit will be applied to the student's record at the U.I. Students in the Curriculum Preparatory to the Teaching of German can fulfill several College of Education requirements in Baden. Qualified students in colleges outside the Liberal Arts and Sciences are encouraged to participate and develop, with the aid of their advisers, individual programs which will take advantage of the facilities and opportunities for study in Vienna. Transfer students are eligible for admission, but must be enrolled at the U.I. during the time of their participation. Unless the student desires a single room, each American participant in the program will be housed with an Austrian roommate in the new dormitory at the Akademie. Special low-cost transatlantic travel arrangements are available. The cost of room and board at the U.I. campus in Urbana-Champaign will normally cover not only the room and board expenses in Baden, but also the cost of transatlantic travel. Stu- dents will also be required to pay, in addition, U.I. tuition and off-campus fees. Fellowships, loans and tuition and fee waivers will be applicable to the program. The study program places first priority on teacher education. A large proportion of the participants will be future teachers of German; the Padagogische Akadenfe is, as already mentioned, a professional school for teachers. Students in other fields will find it convenient to participate in the Baden program, but work in other major areas must be pursued either by independent study or by attendance at the institutions in Vienna. Positions in the teaching of English for one academic year at secondary schools in the province surrounding Vienna have also been made available by the Austrian government to U.I. graduates and graduate students. The salary for these positions is approximately $lo0 per month; the teaching load is about 20 hours per week. Spe- cial low-cost transatlantic travel arrangements are available. The faculty member from the Dept. at the U.I. who will accompany the study group to Baden will provide the liaison between the American teacher and the Austrian authorities. It is hoped that the Austrian Study and Teaching Programs will eventually be able to develop exchange arrangements which will permit Austrian students and teachers to do advance work in Illinois. Such arrangements would go hand-in-hand with increased participation by American graduate students in the study program. Both programs are administered by the Head of the Dept. at the U.I., working with the Students Abroad Office and administratively responsible to the College of Liberal Arta and Sciences. A director and his administrative asst. reside in Baden. More detailed information about both programs is available from the Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures, 3072 Foreign Language Bldg., U.I., Urbana,IL6l801

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THE FACULTY Prof. Elmer Antonsen lectured recently before a joint meeting of the Depts. of Languages and Linguistics of the Univ. of N. Car. in Chapel Hill. The title of Prof. Antonsen's talk was "The Linguistic Analysis of Runic Inscriptions." The meeting took place on Nov. 8. Prof. Irmengard Rauch-Carr has written a study addressed to the question "Were Verbs in fact Noun Subsidiaries?" Prof. Rauch-Carr' s paper on this topic has been selected for presentation before the Eleventh International Congress of Linguists when it meets in Bologna, Italy, from Aug. 28-Sept. 2, 1972. THE GERMAN CLUB A very entertaining evening of folksongs, ballads, and literary chansons was sponsored by the U.I. German Club on Friday evening, Nov. 19, at 8:00 p.m. in Gregory Hall. The featured performer was the talented European chanteuse Elena Cardas, who was accompanied by the Prague-born musician Ales Andryszak. Miss Cardas specializes in the songs of some sixteen languages, paying special attention to the interpretation of the texts, since they, as she feels, "express a nation's character most eloquently." She began her singing career entertaining in the "backyard theaters" of Berlin at the age of 13; she has since done broadcasts with the London BBC, Terhan and the German Television Network. At her evening at the U.I., Miss Cardas presented songs from Prance, Greece, Spain, Germany, the United States, Russia, England, and other countries.

SZENE 71 DOES KAFKA AT U.I. Under the auspices of the Goethe Institute of Munich, the theater ensemble Szene 71 performed a dramatic adaptation of Franz Kafka's novel Per Prozess in the Festival Theater of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on Friday evening, Oct. 15. Szene 71 is made up of a professional ensemble of actors and actresses drawn from the municipal theater in Schweinfurt, Germany. The fine cast of performers is currently making a tour of fifteen American cities under the sponsorship of the Goethe Institute. The director of the ensemble is the noted Oscar Fritz Schuh, who, since the beginning of his career as a stage director in Munich in 1923, has directed the Hamburg State Opera, the Vienna State Opera, the Salzburg Festival Theater and legitimate theaters in Berlin, Cologne, and Hamburg.

SLAVIC NOTES -- by Prof. Frank Y. Gladney

The U.I. Foreign Language Articulation Conference on Oct. 28-29 included two Russian section meetings. The morning meeting on Oct. 29 was chaired by Prof. Steven P. Hill and hear David Gottshall (College of DuPage) speak on "Russian in the Junior College" and Gregory Perun (U.I. College of Education) speak on "Humanizing Foreigh Language Teaching and Learning." The film "Po Sovetskomu Soiuzu" was screened, in Russian without subtitles. The afternoon meeting was chaired by Steven Stroud (Maine Twp. High School East, Park Ridge, and Gemini Jr. H.S.) and heard papers entitled "Use of Media in the High School Classroom" by Trudy Whyte (Thornton Fractional, Lansing) and "A Russian Program that is Actually Growing" by Mr. Stroud.

DRAMA PRODUCTIONS The Depot in Urbana will present Slawomir Mrozek's Tango on Jan. 13-16. It is being directed by William McCombe, a graduate student in the Dept., and the part of Stomil is being played by Gary Davis, also a graduate student. Early in the second semester the Russian Club and the Slavic Students Association will present Daniel Kharm's

Elizabeth Bam . LECTURE Prof. Antoni Maczak, a visiting lecturer in history from Warsaw Univ., gave a lecture on December 14 on "Poland's Place in the European Economy, l6th-l8th Centuries: an Essay in the Comparative Approach."

VISITOR The U.I. campus was visited before Thanksgiving by Prof. Alexe Popescu, the Rumanian Deputy Minister of Education, who was exploring the possibilities of interuniversity exchange.

RUSSIAN CLUB The Russian Club sponsored a booth at the International Fair, Dec. 10-11, organized by Russian Club President, Fred Woywod. It offered glimpses of Russian life and culture through a display of Russian artifacts contributed by members of the Department. 8

Russian students have been meeting at the Thunderbird Restaurant Friday afternoons at four to speak Russian, and efforts are being made by Birute Lanys to revive the Russian Club Tea Hour (Chashka chaiu).

STAFF NOTES In connection with the U.I.'s participation in the Cooperative Russian Language Pro- gram at Leningrad State Univ., Prof. Clayton L. Dawson attended a meeting at the Council on International Education Exchange in New York City on Nov. k and was elected to the Steering Committee. Two graduate students in the Department, Dorthea Sir Louis and Ben Fairfax, have been nominated as participants in the spring semester program in Leningrad. The American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies held a Planning Conference on the Future of Slavic Studies in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 29-30. The U.I. was represented by Profs. Dawson and Gladney, and by Ralph T. Fisher Jr., Director of the Russian and East European Center. While in Columbus, Prof. Gladney chaired a meeting of AATSEEL's Committee on Publications. Prof. Dawson attended a meeting of CIC Slavic Dept. chairmen at O'Hare Airport on Nov. 20. Prof. Temira Pachmuss gave a lecture on "Russian Literature in Exile" and one on "The Russian Novel and Dostoevsky" at Principia College on Nov. 11 and 18, respectively. At Rice Univ., Houston, on Dec. 2 she delivered "Dostoevsky 's Influence on Contemporary World Literature" and "Russian Literature in Exile." She is scheduled to present "Zinaida Hippius as an Emigre* Poet" at the annual AATSEEL Conference in Chicago, Dec. 30* Her article "Zinaida Hippius: Zhenskom" appeared in the October issue of Melbourne Slavonic Papers . Instr. Maria Zalucky attended the Midwest Modern Language Assoc, meeting in Detroit Nov. k-6 and presented "Some Ethical Problems in Solzhenitsyn 1 s Work" (in Russian. Ph.D. Candidate Gerald Darring's Bibliography of Mayakovsky, which covers all Russian and Soviet criticism of the Soviet poet's work between 1912 and 1930, will be published in the second issue of Russian Literature Triquarterly . Instr. Louis Iribarne's translation of Witold Gombrowicz's play Operetta was published in England by Caldar & Boyars Ltd. in June, and will be published in the United States by Grove Press.

SPANISH, ITALIAN AND PORTUGUESE NOTES — by Alice L. Anderson

U.I. YEAR-ABROAD PROGRAM IN SPAIN Applications are now being taken for the U.I. Year-Abroad Program in Spain. Anyone interested should write to: Prof. J. Flores, Dept. of Spanish, ^080 FLB, Urbana, IL. 61801. FACULTY PUBLICATIONS - Prof. Luis Leal has just published a Revised Edition of Me*xico , civilizaciones v_ cul turas (Houghton Mifflin Co.), originally published in 1955- The new edition contains a new chapter on the chicano movement. He has also published an article, "Entre la fantasfa y el compromiso: los cuentos de Fernando Alegrfa," Nueva Narrativa Hispano - americana I, 2 (Sept., 1971) 65-71. Prof. Alberto Porqueras-Mayo, Resident Director of the Year-Abroad Program in Spain, has published a book in collaboration with Joseph L. Laurenti, Ensayo biblio - gr£f lco del prdlogo en la literatura , Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificos (Madrid, 1971), 77 pp. He has also published an article, "El 'New Criticism', de Ivor Winters," in Coloquios de Hlstoria £ Estructura de la Obra Ljteraria . C.S.I.C. (Madrid, 1971), pp. 82-87. Assoc. Prof. Richard A. Preto-Rodas has published a book Francisco Rodrigues

Lobo : Dialogue and Courtly Lore in Renaissance Portugal . Chapel Hill, 1971. (195 PP) (Number 109 in the U. of N. Car.'s Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures.) "

Prof. Emeritus W.H .Shoemaker, currently visiting at the U. of Mo. (Columbia) has published three articles: "Gald<5s escribe sobre el Ateneo," in La Estafeta

Literaria . 447 (July 1, 1970), 3-8; "Benito Pe'rez Gald<5s, 1843-1920," in Hispania . LIU, 4 (Dec, 1970), 1; "'Los Pepes' of Galdds in 1868 and 1887: Two Stages of His

Style," in Hispania , LIU, 4 (Dec, 1970), 887-398. Asst. Prof. Gary Eugene A. Scavnicky (U.I. '69, now at Wayne State Univ., Detroit) has published an article, "La sufijaci<5n y la formacidn de palabras nuevas espanolag"

Revista de lingufstica te6rica y_ apllcada , 8(Dec, 1970), 89-94.

LECTURES AND CONFERENCES Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello, Head of the Department, presented a lecture, "The Spanish Short Story and its Potential for the Secondary and College Classroom," on Nov. 26 at the ACTFL meeting in Chicago. On Dec. 6, he lectured at the U. of Miami, Coral Gables, on the topic "El destino de tiranos y vfctimas en dos obras de Alfonso Sastre: Escuadra hacia la muerte y La mordaza . Prof. Luis Leal gave a lecture, "El realismo magico y la nueva novela," at the Symposium on the New Latin American Novel, Univ. of Cincinnati, on Oct. 15. He also participated as a discussant at the MMLA meeting held in Detroit on Nov. 4-6. Assoc. Prof. David Hershberg participated in a conference on "Justice for Fresh- men," sDonsored by the American Assoc for Higher Education (AAHE) at Bradley Univ., Peoria, on Oct. 13. He also attended a pre-convention workshop at the ACTFL in Chi- cago on Nov. 22-24.

Assoc Prof. Mario Saltarelli read a paper, "Congruity and the Comparative, " at the Mid-America Linguistics Conference, U. of Mo. (Columbia), on Nov. 12-13. Prof. Emeritus W.H. Shoemaker read a paper, "Problemas galdosianos sin resolverj at the IV Congreso of the Asociaci6n Internacional de Hispanistas in Salamanca, Spain, in August. In April, 1971, he lectured on Spanish literature at Tulane Univ. and the Univ. of Ala. and the Univ. of Ga., and on Nov. 5> 1971, at Washington U. (St. Louis \ LECTURER AVAILABLE Jose" Ruibal, Spanish avante-garde dramatist in residence at the State Univ. of N.Y. at Binghamton, is available for lectures from Jan.l through the end of March. The world Dremiere of the English version of his play "El hombre y la mosca" was performed at SUNY Binghamton on Nov. 5 and reviewed in the N.Y. Times on Sun., Nov. 21 or Nov. 28. Ruibal has already lectured at many universities including Harvard, Wellesley, and N.Y. Univ. He is a very exciting dramatist and a very interesting speaker. Invitations for Ruibal to lecture can be sent directly to Prof. George E. Wellworth, Theater Dept., SUNY, Binghamton, N.Y. 13901. Write immediately to ensure a date on Ruibal 's western tour.

REPORT ON ARTICULATION CONFERENCE The Spanish section meetings of the Foreign Language Articulation Conference were held on Oct. 29. The morning session was dedicated to reports about the current state of affairs with respect to several areas: the new Year-Abroad Program in SDain; the placement test, requirements and substitutions for entering students (both presented by Prof. Flores who also acted as chairman); accelerated beginning language instruction and the use of PLATO (Prof. Saltarelli); and the changes in the Spanish Major curriculum effective Fall, 1972 (Prof. Hershberg). In the afternoon session, chaired by Mrs. Kawasaki (Chicago AATSP), smaller discussion groups concentrated on proposed questions of concern to high school and jinior college faculty. With respect to the appropriate scope of foreign language courses, the consensus was that language in itself was not sufficient, but that culture as wdl as any language/culture related topic can prove valuable for stimulating motivation on the part of students. A number of specific suggestions were made in answer to the question of how future teachers could be prepared better. These included better coordination between the University and the master teacher in the student teaching program, better textbook use and more information about adolescent psychology. Finally, as to the evaluation of those entering the teaching profession, it was pointed out that the attitude is essential; creativity and flexibility are essential. 10

NEW COURSE The Spanish Dept. will offer a special course for the Spring semester, 1972. En- titled Span. 199: Spanish for Near-Native Speakers, the course will offer a rapid review of Spanish grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation for students whose major contact with the Spanish language has not been in the classroom.

DISSERTATION DEFENSE Flora Breidenbach, now in San Jose, Calif., successfully defended her dissertation on May 29, 1971: "Jose" Lins do R€go: Ciclo da cana de acficar e fogo morto , " directed by Prof. J.H.D. Allen.

SIGMA DELTA PI The local chapter of the Spanish honorary society Sigma Delta Pi, advised by Assoc. Prof. Hugo Cowes and under the direction of Grad. Teach. Asst. Luis Vera, initiated the following into the honorary last spring: Honorary members Assoc. Prof. Richard Preto-Rodas and Asst. Prof. Enrique Pezzoni; student initiates include Debbie Berger, LuAnn Boone, Karen Dean, Filis Franchi, Jamie Friedman, Francisco Gadea-Oltra, Nancy Green, Lena Hamrick, Donna Hennenfent, Kathy Jarchow, Almeda Lahr, Regina MacDonald, Linda Marshalla, Sandra Massey, Jean Maxheimer, Kathleen McDermott, Myriam Mendoza Shell, Ronald Messman, Margaret Nicholas, William Overman, Katherine Philippe, Lois Rifkin, Nancy Schmedake, Marilynn Solof, Linda Sonna, Roger Stein, Anita Louise Summitt, Luis Vera Cedena, Nancy Wallace, Diane Ward, Penny Sue Weber, Gail Wolf.

The University of Illinois Foreign Language Newsletter is published jointly by the foreign language departments of the U.I., under the direction of the Head of the Dept. of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese. Editorial offices are located in 4-119 FLB, Urbana. The Newsletter is available without charge to all interested persons in Illinois and other areas. All communications by mail should be addressed to: The Editor, FL Newsletter, 4080 FLB, Urbana, IL. 61801. THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSLETTER

March, 1972 Director: Prof. Anthony M. Pasquarlello Vol. XXV, No. 3 Editor: Alice Long Anderson

PLATO PLATO, Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operation, is a computer-based teaching system which provides teachers a means for individualizing student instruction. The unique PLATO system has been developed by Prof. Donald L. Bitzer, director of the U.I. Computer-Based Education Research Laboratory, with the first terminal in operation in June, i960. With PLATO, teacher, computer, and students interact as a team. The teacher designs the instructional material; the computer presents the material to the students, at the same time monitoring and evaluating their performance; and students interact with the computer, providing information on lesson effectiveness. Each student works at his own pace on material which can provide special information and help when problems arise. The teacher can easily revise instructional material to modern- ize or improve the instruction. PLATO frees the teacher for special work with students which conventional teaching styles do not usually permit. The equipment for a current PLATO III terminal consists of: 1) a keyset (related to the typewriter and keypunch), which transmits the user's input (or request) to a central computer, and 2) a video display, which simultaneously shows computer- generated graphic information and computer-selected photographic slides to the user. All PLATO III terminals are controlled by a single Control Data Corp. 16C4- computer. The terminals share an electronic slide projector, and each has a television screen which provides the computer-generated graphics. Auxiliary equipment, controllable by the computer, can be added to a PLATO III terminal. Film projectors, audio systems, equipment for research in physics and psychology, and other devices have been used. PLATO III lesson storage is located on magnetic disks allowing rapid random access to large amounts of material for use in either the student or the author modes. During student operation, the lessons are stored in the high-speed computer memory. PLATO Is a versatile teaching system. It can present drill and practice routines, dictations, tutorial material, problems to be solved, information to be re- trieved, simulated experiments, and computations. A wide range of classroom subjects have been taught on PLATO, including Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Demography, Foreign Languages (French, Latin, Russian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese), Mathematics, Nursing, Physics, and Veterinary Medicine, as well as programs for election statistics, psychological experiments, and on-line physics experiments. The above list is not complete, but serves to show the wide range uses for PLATO. A typical lesson In a foreign language might be as follows: 1) a presentation on the screen of material to be taught; 2) a fully-randomized drill on the material; 3) a review, only of material not correctly answered in first trial; k) student either goes on to next section or if percentage correct is low (below 75-80$ generally), he is given remedial exercises. The computer "grades" the student in a foreign language on the basis of misspellings, wrong words, and words out-of-order. A student is allowed partial credit when he correctly answers a question which he miss- ed on the first trial, thus giving an added incentive for thorough learning. The PLATO III teaching system presently consists of seventy-five terminals. Thirty-six are located at the U.I. in Urbana-Champaign. Thirty-nine terminals are located at remote sites, including one in Springfield, ninety miles from the central controlling computer In Urbana. With a grant from the National Science Foundation, plus money from state, local, and outside agencies, the PLATO IV system will begin expansion within an approximate 150-mlle radius, to Include other remote terminals, such as the five projected for Chicago, three in elementary schools and two in community colleges. Present plans include a system of ^,000 consoles hooked by telephone lines to a central computer and would Include programs for all levels of instruction. The first sixty, assembled by Magnavox, Inc., are scheduled to be placed on the U.I. campus for the fall of 1972; the F.L.B. basement will house the first units, with a future capability of 250 stations. The other remote units are projected to be in place around 197^. "

The new PLATO IV consoles feature two devices developed at the U.I.: a plasma display panel to replace the television screen and a random-access audio device, which can select from over 2,000 messages, including foreign sentences and music. The U.I. has also developed a language called "TUTOR," which permits persons with no computer experience to prepare PLATO lessons. Estimated costs for the new system are 35^-50^ per student per terminal hour. Please direct further inquiries regarding PLATO to: Prof. Donald L. Bitzer, Computer- based Education Research Laboratory, 252 Engineering Research Laboratory, U. of 111., Urbana, 111. 61801.

PEN PALS AVAILABLE Prof. Jose" Ricardo can get as many English-speaking Brazilian penfriends for your students as you may require, free of charge. For the proper matching, please send him the list of interested students, with the following information (print, please): name; sex and age; and full address (with zip code). This program is good for all levels from the seventh through the twelfth grade. Letters with lists or individual names should be mailed to: Prof. Jose" Ricardo; 1625 K Street, Suite 104, N.W.; Washington, D.C. 20006.

CONFERENCE ON DIACHR0NIC ROMANCE LINGUISTICS On April 21-22, 1972, the U.I. at Urbana-Champaign will host a Conference on Dia- chronic Romance Linguistics, sponsored by the Depts. of Spanish, Italian, and Portu- guese; the Classics; French; Linguistics; and by the Center for Latin American Studies. The chairmen are Profs. Mario Saltarelli and Dieter Wanner. The tentative program includes the following papers: Prof. Emer. Henry RKahane: The Etymologist as a Transformationalist; James W. Harris (M.I.T.): A Topic on Span- ish Phonology; Robin Lakoff (Univ. of Mich, and Center for Advanced Study in the Be- havioral Sciences): Contextual Pitfalls in Translation; or, Facilis Descensus Averno; Sanford A. Schane (Univ. of Calif., San Diego): A Topic on French Phonology; and U.I. Prof. Georgia M. Green: Tracing the Source of a Lexical Gap. More than ten additional papers will be presented, covering syntax, morphology, phonology, and semantics in such areas as Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, and Comparative Romance. For further information, write to: Conference on Diachronic Romance Linguistics, ^Dept. of Spanish, 4080 F.L.B., U. of 111., Urbana, 111. 61801. The final program will be available later in March.

CENTRAL STATES CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO The Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Language will take place this year at the Sheraton-Chicago Hotel in Chicago on April 6-8, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Pat Castle of the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Springfield. The theme of the conference is "Student-Centered Foreign Language Programs . U.I. faculty will be active at the meeting. Prof. Wilga Rivers (French) as key- noter will speak on "The Foreign Language Teacher and the Psychologist." Prof. Sandra Savignon (French) will present a paper on "Communicative Competence," and Prof. Richard Scanlan (the Classics) will speak on "The Student and the Computer." Prof. Robert Nelson (French) will be discussion leader for a session on "An Inter- disciplinary Curriculum." Profs. Angelina Pietrangeli and Henry Gerlach will be discussion leaders for the Italian and German separate language sessions, and Prof. Lee Hawkins (Education) will be the moderator of a panel discussion on teacher training. For further information, the registration chairman for the Conference is Mrs. Irene Ruenne, 408 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, 111. 60202.

ILL. CONFERENCE ON FL IN JUNIOR AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES In the October, 1971, FL Newsletter the Urbana project for a National Conference on the Role of Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures in Undergraduate Education was described. As the project evolved it seemed appropriate to begin where the problems were most severe and urgent. The concept of the Exploratory Conference was therefore changed to give immediate attention to the needs of the junior and community colleges which in Illinois are being more and more discussed as the future locus of a great deal of the early undergraduate education. )

The state was divided into five regions, in each of which the local coordinators organized working; sessions in January, 1972, to pinpoint problems, propose solutions, and describe innovations. The results of these regional groups are being incorporated into working papers for the Conference, to be held March 23-2 5, 1972, at Urbana- Champaign, 111. At this Conference a report will be discussed and refined on the areas of curricular and teacher-training needs, possibilities for further development of cooperation between junior and senior institutions, the use of technology (particularly, in Illinois, the PLATO computer-assisted instruction system), and promising innovations in FL education. The Conference will be co-hosted by the U.I. at Urbana-Champaign and Parkland Community College, Champaign. Working on preparation of the conference papers are Profs. Wilga M. Rivers, Sandra Savignon, and Richard Scanlan of the U.I. and Louise Allen of Parkland College. Persons interested in attending this working conference should write to Vincent Dell'Orto, Dept. of German, U. of 111., Urbana, 111. 61801, for information on registration and accommodations.

MARGARET VARNEY VAN HORNE ( 1895-1971 Word has been received of the death of Margaret Varney Van Home, for 42 years a resident of Urbana, at Northern Virginia Doctors Hospital on November 16, 1971. A memorial service was held on December 2 at the Urbana Unitarian Universalist Church. Mrs. Van Home, a native of Chelsea Mass., and a Radcliffe graduate of the class of 1912, was married in 1915 to John Van Home, who preceded her in death in 1959. Prof. Van Home was for many years Head of the Dept. of Spanish, Italian, and Portu- guese at the U.I. Prof, and Mrs. Van Home traveled widely in Europe and in Latin America; they spent the World War II years in Madrid, Spain, where Prof. Van Home was the cultural attache" with the United States embassy. Mrs. Van Home was an active member of several local organizations, including AAUW and the Score Club. Her many friends will remember the hospitality of her home, her warm interest in civic affairs, and her understanding of the academic life.

THE CLASSICS NOTES — by Prof. H. Michael Dunn

THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OP AMERICA Prof. Bernard V. Bothmer, Curator of Ancient Art, The Brooklyn Museum, presented on February 15 the lecture, "The Landscape and Architecture of Egypt." The next lecture in the series, "Ecuador and the New World Neolithic," will be presented by Prof. D.W. Lathrap of the U.I. Dept. of Anthropology on Tuesday, March 14, 1972 at 8:00 p.m. in 180 Bevier Hall. There is no admission charge for the AIA lectures, and all are cordially invited to attend.

ILL. CLASSICAL CONFERENCE Profs. Scanlan and Dunn represented the Department at the annual meetings of the ICC, held this year in St. Louis on Feb. 10-12. They presented, respectively, "The Teach- ing of the Classical Humanities 11 and "Epicureanism and Roman Law." Prof. Scanlan has been elected President-Elect of the ICC and Prof. Dunn has been appointed to the Executive Committee as Director of Public Relations.

MEDIEVAL CLUB The Medieval Club of the U.I. met on Feb. 21. Prof. Wallach presented "The Textual Criticism of a Greek Ambrose Text." This paper will be published by the Harvard

Theological Review .

FACULTY NOTES Prof. Hubert L. Allen has been invited to contribute an article to the volume of

Opuscula Romana , the periodical of the Swedish Institute which will be dedicated to his professor, Erik Sjoqvist, who first brought Morgantlna to the attention of Princeton Univ. Prof. Allen has also been invited to present a paper on Morgantina at the Third International Congress for Sicilian Studies, to be held in April at Palermo. He was recently appointed to the National Planning Committee of the Archaeological Institute of America. "

Prof. Vernon K. Bobbins, on February 19 at the meeting of the Chicago Society for Biblical Research held at De Paul Univ., delivered a paper entitled " Dynamels and semela in the Gospel of Mark." Prof. Richard T. Scanlan, as a member of The National Humanities Faculty, visited in January with teachers and curriculum specialists in Philadelphia in order to help organize the new program in Classical Humanities. It is hoped that some of the courses in the program, designed for senior high school students, will begin next fall. Prof. Daniel J. Taylor will be presenting a paper entitled "Varro's Mathematical Models of Inflection" at the Univ. of Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. He will also visit the Univ. of Mass., Amherst, and lecture on "Rationalism and Language

Learning." The paper has been accepted for publication by the Classical Outlook . A volume of Studies in Honor of Professor Luitpold Wallach with the subtitle - Society Culture - Literature , edited by the historian Prof. Karl Bosl of the Univ. of Munich, will be published by Karl Hierseraann of Stuttgart. Prof. Wallach has been reelected to the Executive Committee of the North American Patristic Society, which met with the APA in Cincinnati, Ohio, in December. He has also been invited to address Ovidianum , the international Ovid society at its meeting in the fall of 1972. The meeting will be held at Constanza, Rumania, the ancient Roman city of Tomi on the Black Sea to which Ovid had been exiled by the Roman Emperor Augustus and where he died.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NOTES — by Prof. Barbara Smalley LECTURES Prof. A. Owen Aldridge delivered a lecture on Nov. 2k at the Univ. of Bristol, Engl. His topic was "Primitivism in Eighteenth-Century Thought." On Feb. 2 Prof. Aldridge gave a lecture on "New Trends in Comparative Literature: the Far East and Eastern Europe" at the Johannes Gutenberg Universitat in Mainz, and on Feb 4 he lectured at the Univ. of Miinster on "The Quarrel of the Ancients and Moderns in the Eighteenth Century.

MEETINGS During Nov. 17018 Prof. Aldridge was in Budapest, Hungary, for meetings of the Inter- national Comparative Literature Association. He attended a meeting of the Advisory Board of this association, and he also attended a meeting of the Committee of the International Association for the Organization of a Comparative History of European Literature. He delivered a paper on "The Concept of Classicism as Period or Move- ment," at a colloquium on literary history at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. During the MLA meetings in Dec. in Chicago, Prof. Aldridge presented a paper, "Mandeville and Voltaire," at a Seminar on Bernard Mandeville. Andrew Horton, graduate student in Comparative Literature, also attended the MLA meetings. At a Seminar of the Modern Greek Studies Association, Mr. Horton presented a paper entitled, "Nicos Kazantzakis and Angelos Sikelianos: Visionary Poets." PUBLICATIONS Miss Asela C. Rodrfguez-Seda, who has just passed her Ph.D. preliminary examination and is writing her dissertation on George Bernard Shaw in Spain and Latin America, has published "Shaw and the Hispanic World: A Bibliography" in Modern Drama , XIV (Dec, 1971), 335-339. VISITING FACULTY Prof. Emile Snyder is teaching a course this semester on Contemporary Drama in the Comparative Literature Program. )

FRENCH NOTES — by Prof. Edwin Jahiel

RECENT PUBLICATIONS Prof. Vincent Bowen: "Techniques of Fiction in Some of Diderot's Non-Fictional Writ-

ings" in Kentucky Romance Quarterly . XXVII-3 (1971).

Prof. Yves Velan: "Roland Barthes" in Modern French Criticism . U. of Chicago Press, 1972, edited by John K. Simon (pp. 311-339).

Cahlers Marcel Proust , Nouvelle Se'rle , Textes retrouve"s , by Prof. Philip Kolb with Prof. Larkin B. Price. Paris (Gallimard), 1971. Prof. Wilga Rivers: "From the Pyramid to the Commune: The Evolution of the Foreign-Language Department" (Address to the Association of Depts. of FL, in Chicago, Dec. 1971). Also, "Linguistic and Psychological Factors in Speech Perception and their Implications for Teaching Materials" a reprint from The Psychology of Second

Language Learning , edited by Pirasleur and Quinn, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1971.

Entretlens sur Marcel Proust , collected papers of a Conference of the Centre Culturel International de Cerisy-la-Salle, and compiled by Prof. Philip Kolb and Georges Cattaui, includes a paper by Prof. Kolb. Prof. R.J. Nelson: "Classicism: The Crisis of the Baroque in French Litera- ture" in "Paths to Freedom," a Memorial Number (in honor of E.B.O. Borgerhoff) of

Esprit Createur , XI, 2 (1971), 169-186. Prof. R. Nelson: "Further Remarks on Interdisciplinary Programs" in ADFL Bulletin . (A reply to an article on the subject by Roger Shattuck in ADFL Bulletin of Sept. 1971.)

Prof. R. J. Nelson: a new hardcover edition of Play Within a Play : The Drama- tist's Conception of His Art, Shakespeare to Anouilh. New York (Da Capo Press), 1971. (Originally published in 1958 by Yale Univ. Press.

Prof. Fred M. Jenkins: "The Phonetic Value of Mute -e" in French Review . XLV, 1, 82-87. "Histoire d'une prairie" by Jean Cayrol, reviewed by Prof. Yves Velan, French

Review . XLV, 1. "Dialogue sur la traduction: a propos du Tombeau de Rois" by Hubert and Scott,

reviewed by Prof. Emile J. Talbot, French Review , XLV, 1. Prof. Edwin Jahiel: "The Cinematic World of Antonis Samarakis" in The

Charioteer . Samarakis Number, New York, 1971, 12-23 of the introduction. Also translations of "The Blond Cavalier," "The River," "War Story," "Ideas, Inc." and "The Jungle," in the same number. The Proust Anniversary Issue of L'Esprlt Cre~ateur (Spring, 1971) is almost a U.I. number, as five of its seven articles represent work done in Urbana by: P. Kolb, H. DeLey, Randi Marie Birn, Barbara Bucknall, and Larkin B. Price.

FILM AT MLA Although the Dec, 1971, Modern Language Association Convention was a bit depressing because of general gloom and crisis in Academe, this correspondent, given his double interest in traditional literature as well as in cinema, was particularly gratified to see the large amount of film, film and literature, film as literature, film in language teaching, etc. etc. meetings at this conference. There were at least twelve seminars, symposia, forums, and workshops devoted to these subjects, plus a feature film (Wanda) showing—not counting the presence of this emerging (in Universities) form in countless reports, papers, etc. in "straight" literature sections.

FACULTY NOTES Prof. Philip Kolb was a principal speaker at the Clarement College's (California) commemoration of the centenary of Marcel Proust's birth, held on Nov. 12-14, 1971. He spoke of Proust's methods of composing his novel, as they are revealed by the author's notebooks in the Bibliotheque Nationale. Prof. Kolb also participated in a round-table discussion on the Modernity of Proust Among those attending the sessions were two of Mr. Kolb's former students, The"rese Ballet Lynn and James Greenlee. Mrs. Lynn recently published in one of the Proust numbers of "Europe" an article taken from a paper she did in Mr. Kolb's Proust seminar. Mr. Greenlee spent last year pursuing his research on a sabbatical leave with his family, and has returned to Pasadena where he is teaching at CalTech. Prof. Yves Velan recently spent one month in Europe, where he gave a talk at the Zurich Polytechnicum on "Art et Non-Art." Prof. Fred M. Jenkins was recently appointed to the ACTFL Bibliography Committee which prepares the Annual Bibliography on the Teaching of Foreign Language that appears in the Foreign Language Annals. Manfred Gsteiger, visiting professor in Comp. Lit. for the first semester was the December speaker of the Journal Club. He spoke on "La Litte"rature Suisse d'expression francaise." Prof. Gabriel Savignon is going on sabbatical leave and has relinquished his Chairmanship of the U.I. Year-Abroad Program. For the spring semester, 1972, Prof. R. J. Nelson is the new Year-Abroad Chairman. The Ce"nacle'a latest meeting, on Feb. 8, had for its topic "Le probleme du mal dans la litte"rature. " Discussion was led by Prof. Yves Velan. Prof. F.W. Nachtmann was a member of the accreditation panel of the North Cen- tral Association, held in Princeton (111.), Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 1972. A program devoted to Prof. Velan* s novel Je was broadcast recently by Radio Lausanne, Radio Geneve, and the Paris ORTF. Prof. Wilga Rivers spoke to the Journal Club on Feb. Ik on "The Foreign Language Teacher and the Psychologist, or, Where Do We Go from Here?" Following the meeting, a reception was held for Miss Rivers. Prof. Wilga M. Rivers has been elected to the MLA Delegate Assembly as Delegate- at-Large for Teacher Education.

NATIONAL FLES CONTEST The French National FLES Contest (offered to students grades 1-6) will be held April 12-21, 1972, as part of the thirty-seventh annual National French Contest sponsored by the 11,000 members of the American Association of Teachers of French. The contest features a speaking test, a listening comprehension test, and a reading comprehension test, to be administered and graded by teachers who will send the top scoring tests to the National Director, Sidney L. Teitelbaum. If interested, please write to: National French Contest; FLES Division; Box 86; Plainview, N.Y. 11803. The deadline for applications is March 20, 1972.

"FRENCH AT ILLINOIS" FUND The U.I. Foundation is a non-profit agency of the U.I. It makes possible for the University to accept gifts (contributions) which are tax-deductible. The Dept. of French has a fund in this foundation, whose title is "French at Illinois Fund." Gifts to this Fund are used for the purchase of materials, for lectures, for financing the French Poetry Contest, and for many other worthwhile activities, all of whicl' contribute significantly to the quality of the French programs available to all the citizens of the State of Illinois. The major advantage of this Fund— other of course than its being often the only means to accomplish certain goals — is its flexibility, the basic simplicity of its use, as opposed to the Kafkaesque complexities that Uni- versity red tape can cause, sometimes even for the expenditure of a few dollars! This fund has been fueled mainly through gifts, and specifically through the generosity of Prof. Larkin B. Price (of the Urbana campus French Dept.) who recently gave $150, and that of Prof. Bruce H. Mainous (Head of the Dept.) who has been turning over to the Fund the royalties from his textbook, Basic French , an Oral Approach . At this time the Fund is extremely modest, partly because the public knows little about it —but although small, it can be of tremendous service to all those whc are affected by French culture. We would like to see it grow, especially in these very lean fiscal times when so many programs, students, teachers, and citizens are hurt by our unprecedented budget cuts. Your contribution, be it of $1 or of $100 or more will be put to good use and will benefit the public. If this appeal is successful, we ought to get a large number of gifts and should be able to report soon what exactly is being done with these funds. Through this Newsletter, the French Dept. will begin to publish the names of all contributors, and, upon their request, specify the amount of their contribution. Or, upon request, we will not mention your name. Remember that your gifts are tax -deductible. They should be made out to "French at Illinois" Fund (be sure to specify this), % U.I. Foundation, 224 Illini Union, Urbana, 111. 61801. With many thanks. GERMANIC NOTES — by Prof. Roy F. Allen

An article by Prof. Marianne Burkhard, based upon a talk she presented at a meeting of the Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft of the Department, has just appeared in print:

"Bacchus Biformis: Zu einem Motiv ira Werk Conrad Ferdinand Meyers" ( Neophllologus , Vol. 55, No. 4, 418-432). Prof. James Marchand presented two reports at the German I meeting at the MLA convention in Chicago in December; the first report was on "Computer-Aided Analysis'i n and the second on "Work in Progress." At that same meeting, Prof. Marchand circulated copies of a handout on "The Recently Discovered Leaf of the Codex Argenteus." Both Prof. Marchand and Prof. Ernst Philippson were elected at the Chicago conference to the next German I Executive Committee of the MLA. At a recent joint session of the American Historical Association and the Society for the History of Science, which was held in New York, Prof. Marchand spoke on "The Reception of Science among German Men of Letters in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century"; the same talk will appear in print this year in a symposium volume, edited by Wilson Scott and entitled The Influence of Early Enlightenment Thought upon Classical Science and Letters (New YorV Neale Watson Academic Publications, 1972). A final note on Prof. Marchand' s recent activities: he also represented the Department at the Nov., 1971, meeting of the MMLA in Detroit. Here he both commented on a paper give by Paul Schach en "The Norse Tristan-Saga" and gave a talk himself on "The Newly-Discovered Leaf of the Codex Ar- genteus." Prof. Marchand was elected Secretary in Detroit of the German I section of the MMLA convention for the coming year. It was reported in the last issue of the Newsletter that Prof. Irmengard Rauch- Carr's paper "Were Verbs in fact Noun Subsidiaries?" has been selected for presentation before the Eleventh International Congress of Linguists at its meeting in Bologna, Italy, Aug. 28-Sept. 2 of this year. A travel grant recently awarded Prof. Rauch-Carr by the Linguistic Society of America and the National Science Foundation will enable her to attend the conference and present her paper in person. Prof. Rauch-Carr has also recently been granted the distinction of being included in the forthcoming Eighth Edition of Who's Who of American Women . Finally, Prof. Rauch-Carr wrote an in-depth review of Gunnar Bech's study Das germanische reduplizlerte Prateritum which has just been published in Lingua (Vol. 27, 367-381).

UPCOMING MEETING OF THE AATG The Southern 111. Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German will hold its spring meeting this year on Saturday, May 13, 1972, at Western 111. U. at Macomb. Prof. Henry Gerlach, Vice President of the chapter, cordially invites all AATG members and other interested German teachers to attend. Programmes of the meeting will be mailed out to members.

MISS CANDACE WIDMAR WINS NATIONAL DELTA PHI ALPHA AWARD A senior in the Teacher Training Program of the Department, Miss Candace Widmar, has been named the recipient of the National Delta Phi Alpha Scholarship for the academic year 1972-73. This scholarship, which includes a $400 cash award, simultaneously be- stows upon Miss Widmar the additional honor of being made the nominee sponsored this year by Delta Phi Alpha in the annual DAAD award competition.

GERMAN CLUB ACTIVITIES The German Club of the U.I., which sponsored a very interesting and full program of activities last fall, has already laid the foundation for a similar program this spring. At the outset of the current semester, on Feb. 12, the Club presented a very successful production of Friedrich Diirrenmatt ' s Play Strlndberg . The performance, which was executed in German, was put on by members of the Theater Group of the Club. As in the previous fall, the Club will again sponsor this spring a series of films relating to Germany or German culture. The series will be opened on March 6 with a film entitled The Germans (in English). On March 16 there will be a screening of one of the most popular, and at the same time controversial, films to come out of Germany under the dire* since the end of the last World War: Wir Wunderklnder . Made in 1958 tion of Kurt Hoffmann and starring Hansjorg Felmy, Robert Graf, Wera Frydtberg, Johanna von Koczian, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Wolfgang Neuss, Liesl Karlstadt, et .

8 al., Wlr Wunderklnder attempts to come to terms with some of the prominent aspects of German socio-political history in the twentieth century. The film has been shown all over the world, including the U.S. (English- language version: Aren't We Wonderful ) The March 16 showing at the U.I. will be in German and will be of special interest to present and past students of German 104 in the Department, which reads, as one of two basic texts in the course, the edited version of the original script of the film (based on the novel of Hugo Hartung). The third film scheduled thus far for the spring series is Pussball 70 , a film in English on the World Soccer Championships in Mexico. Besides the traditional spring picnic, which will take place this year in May, the German Club is also sponsoring a series of semi-formal gatherings, in order to provide a frame in which undergraduates, graduates, faculty and other interested persons can meet and discuss subjects of mutual interest. Talks presented on specific topics by featured speakers on these evenings provide a basis for the discussions which follow. The gatherings are all taking place at the German House, 108 S. Greg- ory in Urbana, commencing at 8:00 p.m. The first session was held on Feb. 1? and centered around a discussion of Play Strindberg . presented that same month by the German Club. Future sessions are now planned for March 9, 23; Apr. 13, 27; May 11,2 5 The Theater Group cast of Play Strindberg is willing to "go on the road" with its production; the Club advisor (Rainer Sell) or president (Bill Freyman) would, therefore, like to hear from German Departments at colleges and universities throughout 111. and neighboring states which are interested in taking advantage of the possibility of having the Diirrenmatt play performed in German on their campuses. The pro- ceeds from ticket sales would have to defer only the basic travelling expenses of the Theater Group and the royalty fees for the play, the latter of which totaled $15 for the U.I. performance on Feb. 12.

FILMS IN GERMAN FOR BEGINNING CLASSES In place of one of the usual laboratory periods each week in the first-year German classes (101-102), the Department is showing films from the series "Guten Tag." The content of the films is reviewed in class following the screenings and is used as a basis for conversation practice. The films are shown from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., on the hour and the half hour throughout the day, and this makes it possible for students enrolled in courses within the Department but outside the 101-102 series, who are interested in practice in aural comprehension, to attend as well. The co-ordinators of the 101-102 program, Profs. Vincent Dell'Orto and Richard Figge, have discovered that the students in the program have in general welcomed this kind of change from the traditional laboratory session.

SLAVIC NOTES — by Prof. Frank Y. Gladney

KT0-NIBUD' KHOCHET ZHIT 1 V RUSSKOM DOME? A coed co-op Russian House is being organized. It will cost about $50 per month for a room and be open to anyone (graduate or undergrad) who will have completed Russian 104 by the fall. For further information, or to assist in the project, please contact Pamela Kirk, URH Wardall 410, Urbana, 111. 61801 or (217) 332-4366.

LENINGRAD STATE UNIVERSITY March 15 is the deadline for application to the U.I. fall semester program at LGU for advanced undergraduates (three years of Russian) and beginning graduate students. The program is sponsored by the Council on International Education Exchange, and the Ford Foundation is providing good support for part or all of the $2600 cost. Further information and application forms are available from Prof. Clayton L. Dawson, 3092 FLB, Urbana, 111. 61801, or (217) 333-0680. Two Slavic Dept. students are on the program in Leningrad this semester, Dorthea Sir Louis and Ben Fairfax. Two other Slavic Dept. students, Robert Hagen and George Hoyer-Booth, are serving as guides in a USIA traveling trade exhibit in the USSR this semester. "

NEW COURSE An innovation in the Department this semester is a course entitled "The Jew in Slavic and East European Literatures." It is being offered by Mr. Eliot Cohen to both undergraduates (Slavic 199) and graduate students (Slavic 491). The reading, in translations from Russian, Yiddish, Polish, and Ukranian, deals with such topics as pogroms and false messiahs, minority and majority cultures, Haskalah (Enlightenment), Hasidism, assimilation, and revolution.

FILMS WANTED Prof. S.P. Hill is looking for used copies of Russian or East European film for purchase, to build up a collection that can be used, inter alia, next fall in his new course on Russian and East European Cinema (Slavic 319). He has already made a couple of rare finds and is on the track of two or three more.

FOLKLORE DISCUSSION Graduate student William McCombe has formed a folklore discussion group to which he is planning to invite guest speakers specializing in various folklores of the world.

ENROLLMENT AND CURRICULA CHANGES The Slavic Dept. enrollment is down about twenty percent compared to last spring's figure. The culture and literature-in-translation courses, however, are holding their own: the fall ten-day total (82) represented a thirty percent increase over the previous fall, and the spring early total of 91 is the same as last spring's. The Slavic faculty at its Dec. 9 meeting approved the following changes in the graduate degree programs: at the M.A. level two courses must be successfully completed in the nonmajor field (in Russian or Slavic linguistics for literature majors, in Russian literature for linguistics majors), rather than, as before, certain specific courses. If the two nonmajor courses are passed with a grade of B or better, no minor examination will be required. There are no longer any nonmajor requirements beyond the M.A. level, except for the following: Ph.D. candidates in Russian literature must take two graduate-level courses in another Slavic language or literature (in the original); those in linguistics must take at least three courses in at least two other Slavic languages. The faculty also approved in principle a Polish program extensive enough to constitute a strong minor.

FACULTY NOTES Russian and East European Center Director Ralph T. Fisher, Jr. is on leave this semester; in his absence Prof. Keith A. Hitchins (History) is acting director. Prof. Robert F. Miller (Political Science) is on a Fulbright in Yugoslavia this year. Prof. James R. Millar (Economics), accompanied by his wife Gera of the Slavics Dept., is spending his sabbatical leave with IREX in London and Zurich. His research topic on the Soviet economy during World War II was apparently unacceptable to the Soviet authorities, but the Millars hope to visit the Soviet Union at least briefly later in the semester. Prof. Benjamin Uroff (History) is also on leave, doing research in London. Miss Ann M. Kleimola, post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Advanced Study, is teaching a seminar in Muscovite Russian this spring. Prof. Peter B. Maggs (Law) is on leave at the East-West Center in Honolulu, researching legal regulation of the Soviet economy. Mr. Gary Wiggins, who joined the professional staff of the Slavic Division of the Special Languages Dept. las fall (coming from Indiana U. ) is publishing in the current issue of the U.I. Graduate School of Library Science Occasional Papers a paper entitled "English Language Reference Sources for Questions Relating to Soviet Science. Prof. Temira Pachmuss gave a paper at the emigre" literature section of the annual meeting of AATSEEL in Chicago last December. The title was "Ziniada Hippius as an Emigre" Poet." 10

ILLINOIS AATSEEL MEETING Mr. Steven R. Stroud (Maine Twp. H.S. East, Park Ridge), president of the Illinois chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages, has announced that the spring meeting will he held April 29 at Gemini Jr. H.S. in Niles. It will include the Illinois High School Russian Contest, a workshop for teachers, a buffet lunch featuring Russian dishes, and Russian films and entertainment.

SPANISH, ITALIAN, AND PORTUGUESE NOTES — by Alice L. Anderson

PROF. KAHANE HONORED

Prof. Emeritus Henry R. Kahane , internationally known for his work in linguistics and the cultural heritage of the West, has been appointed Acting Director of the U.I. Center for Advanced Study. In 1968 he was appointed to a professorship at the Centei; the highest recognition the University can bestow upon members of the faculty. He held that position until his retirement last August. It might be added that Dr. Kahane' s retirement is in name only, as he can be seen daily at the Library with his wife Rene*e, together doing research and writing articles.

THIRTEENTH-CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT Assoc. Prof. Spurgeon Baldwin of our Department has published in collaboration with Prof. Thomas Montgomery of Tulane an edition of a thirteenth-century New Testament

( El Nuevo Testamento segun el manuscrito escurialense I-I-6 ; desde el Evangelio de

San Marcos hasta el Apocalipsls ( BRAE , Ane.lo 22) Madrid, 1970. 64-7 pp.). Their study complements Prof. Montgomery's 1962 edition of the Gospel according to St. Matthew in the same series. Aside from the the text proper, the present volume contains an extensive prefatory essay by Prof. Baldwin on the textual history of the manuscript and a concluding section by Prof. Montgomery with notes on orthographic variants, morphological peculiarities, and a vocabulary study. This welcome edition contributes to our knowledge of Vulgate traditions, translation techniques, and the structure of literary Castilian in the Alfonsine period.

MEXICAN AUTHOR AT U.I. The young Mexican writer Jose* Emilio Pacheco is in residence this semester in the Dept. of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. He is very highly esteemed for his creative literature, in the form of poetry, novels, and short stories, as well as for several anthologies and works of criticism. Mr. Pacheco is giving two courses, a graduate course on modern Spanish American literature and an undergradute course on Latin American culture.

NERUDA SYMPOSIUM A symposium in honor of Pablo Neruda, 1971 Nobel laureate, will be held at the U.I. on May 3-'+, 1972. Off-campus participants will include Fernando Alegrfa (Stanford),

Leslie Fielder (SUNY-Buffalo) , Emir Rodriguez Monegal (Yale), and the program will range from from formal lectures to films, poetry readings, and round-table discussions. Printed announcements will be available by the end of March.

BRAZILIAN CRITIC LECTURES Marfa Luisa Ramos, noted Brazilian critic, was recently at the U.I. and delivered a lecture on the evening of Feb. 2^, 1972.

AATSP MEETING The Spring meeting of the Downstate Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese will be held on Sat., Apr. 22, 1972, at the Limestone Community High School, Bartonville (Peoria), 111. from 9:00-12:00 noon; luncheon will be served at 12:30. Further details will be announced when they are available. " ,

CIC SUMMER PROGRAM IN MEXICO The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), consisting of the universities of the Big Ten plus the Univ. of Chicago, offers the CIC Summer Program in Mexico. The purpose of the program is to provide qualified undergraduates with an opportunity to enhance their facility in the use of the Spanish language and to enrich their special fields of concentration. Participants will be housed with Mexican families. The program, to be held at the Universidad Ibero-Americana from June 19-Aug. 11, 1972, is intended primarily for students whose area of specialization is Spanish. It is open, however, to undergraduate students from other disciplines who have demonstrated ability in the use of Spanish. The Director is Prof. James Maharg, a recent Ph.D. from the U.I. The approximate cost for the 1972 Summer Program will be $625. For application forms and further information, students should write to: Prof. James Maharg, Director; CIC Summer Pro- gram in Mexico; Dept. of Romance Languages; Univ. of Mich.; Ann Arbor, Mich. 48104.

U.I. YEAR-ABROAD PROGRAM IN SPAIN The U.I., Urbana-Champaign and Chicago Circle, will again sponsor a year-abroad program in Spain which constitutes the equivalent of a year in residence on either campus. The program is designed primarily for students majoring in Spanish or the teaching of Spanish, although other students may apply. Minimum requirements are the completion of a fourth-semester course in Spanish, an overall 3-5 grade average, and a 4.0 average in Spanish courses. The total cost of the program to each student is comparable to the average expenses incurred during the academic year on campus at Urbana-Champaign. Students will attend courses in Spain during the nine-month period equivalent to two semesters at the Urbana-Champaign campus or three quarters at the Circle campus. Part of September will be spent in a preliminary orientation session in Madrid, handled by the Spanish government's Instituto de Cultura Hlspanica , and the following eight months (October through May) in special classes at the Univ. of Barcelona. The application deadline is March 15, 1972. The candidates selected by a local screening committee will be notified in April. Application forms are available from the Spanish Dept. Office, 4080 Foreign Language Bldg. or from Prof. Joseph S. Flores, Chairman of the Illinois Year-Abroad Program in Spain, 4150C F.L.B., Univ. of 111., Urbana, 111. 61801, telephone (217) 333-1739, and from the Spanish Dept. Office, U.I. Chicago Circle Campus, Chicago, 111. 60680.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS - Prof. M.H. Forster has published a book: Letras de Me"xico (1937-1947) : Indice Ano tado . Mexico: Ed. Ibero-Americana, 1971. 200 pp. Prof. Luis Leal has recently published a book and two articles. His book is

Cuentlstas hispanoamericanos del slglo velnte . New York: Random House, 1972. 243 pp. His articles include "La nueva narrative mexicana," Nueva Narrativa His panoame r i c ana, II, 1 (Jan., 1972), 89-97; and "La realidad autdnoma de Conversacion en la Catedral ,"

Norte . Hispanic Journal of Amsterdam, XII, 5-6 (Oct. -Dec, 197D, 122-125. (Number dedicated to Mario Vargas Llosa). Asst. Prof. Dieter Wanner has published a review of Strutture sintattiche del predlcato in itallano by Annarita Puglielli (Biblioteca di filologia romanza, 15) Bari : Adriatica Editrice, 1970, which appeared in Papers in Linguistics , IV, 2 (197U 395_404. Grad. Teaching Asst. Michiko Nonoyama completed two papers in a seminar given last summer by Prof. Anthony Pasquariello, Head of the Dept. Her papers have been accepted by Hispandfila for publication: "Personalidad en los dramas de Unamuno y " de Buero Vallejo" and Gulllermo Tell tlene los o.jos trlstes , Ana'lisis de tema y de te'cnica. Prof. Alberto Porqueras-Mayo corrected and proof-read an article for Grad. Teaching Asst. Frank H. Nuessel, Jr. which was the result of research done in a seminar on Calder6n taught by Prof. Porqueras-Mayo. The article is "Observaciones sobre el verbo 'estStico' o la cesura dram5tica de Calderon," which appeared in Boletfn de Filologfa Espanola, XI, 38-89 (1971), 23-31. Mr. Nuessel also reviewer)

Noble, Fouad, and LaCasa, Spanish— A Basic Course , New York: Holt, Rinehart and

Winston, 1971. This review appeared in Mode rn Language Journal , Feb., 1972. 12

FACULTY NOTES Prof. M.H. Forster gave a paper "Four Contemporary Mexican Poets: Montes de Oca, Zaid, Pacheco, Aridjis" on Feb. 10, 1972, at Indiana Univ., Symposium on Contemporary Latin American Poetry. Prof. Luis Leal will read a paper at a symposium on the New Latin American Novel to be held at Houston Univ. on March 17-18. He also read a paper, "La ensenanza de la literatura hispanoamericana en los Estados Unidos" at the AATSP meeting held in Chicago on Dec. 29, 1971. He served as Discussion Leader at Seminar 41, Modern Language Association Convention in Chicago, Dec. 28, 1971, on "New Directions on Spanish American Fiction." Prof. Leal also spoke earlier on the short story at the ACTFL meeting; it was incorrectly reported in the Dec. Newsletter that Prof. Anthony Pasquariello spoke on the short story. Prof. Alberto Porqueras-Mayo, Resident Director of the U.I. Year-Abroad Program in Spain, read a paper "La verdad universal y la teorfa drama"tica del Siglo de Oro" at the last International Congress of Hispanists, which took place in Salamanca. Prof. Porqueras-Mayo was also chairman of one session at the Congress. Assoc. Prof. David Hershberg attended the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Convention at Chicago in December, 1971. Asst. Profs. Martha Francescato and Anthony Cassell received U.I. Faculty Fellowships for Summer, 1972, which will enable them to continue their research.

The U.I. Foreign Language Newsletter is published jointly by the Foreign Language Departments of the U.I., under the direction of the Head of the Department of Spanish Italian, and Portuguese. Editorial offices are located in 4119 FLB, Urbana. The Newsletter is available without charge to all interested persons in Illinois and other areas. All communications by mail should be addressed to the Editor, FL News- letter, 4080 FLB, Urbana, 111. 61801. THE UNIVERSITY OP ILLINOIS FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSLETTER

April, 1972 Director: Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello Vol. XXV, No. k Editor: Alice Long Anderson

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES This issue marks the close of the twenty-fifth year of publication of the Foreign Language Newsletter . Change has been the only constant over the years. Many Insights into education and the languages are to be gained by an overview of the Newsletter through the years, with its many references to methodology, professional societies and meetings, and growth of interest in foreign languages. The Foreign Language Newsletter itself has been subject to a variety of changes in its twenty-five years. It was established during the school year of 19^7-^8, as a result of a questionnaire sent to all Illinois foreign language teachers by the late Dr. John Van Home, former Head of the Department of Spanish and Italian. The News - letter was solely authored by the Dept. of Spanish and Italian (later Portuguese was added to the title) until the addition of French in 1955. The first issue as the Modern Foreign Language Newsletter (including German) appeared in February, 1956. This title remained until last fall, 1971, when the Classics Dept. was added, thereby necessitating the deletion of the word "Modern," giving the present name Foreign

Language Newsletter . The Newsletter was originally sent to all high school teachers of foreign languages in Illinois. Today it goes to a large percentage of the teaches with the addition of interested teachers from elementary schools, junior colleges, and universities, as well as alumni. The circulation by mail is about 1300, including nearly all fifty states and several foreign countries; there has never been any charge to subscribers. The purpose of the Newsletter was originally stated to be a medium through which teachers could tell what they were doing and thereby get ideas from each other. Earlier issues included many interesting features, such as summa- ries of the conclusions of professional meetings, articles on current methodology, stories of world Christmas customs, linguistic topics (such as the explanation of phonemes and allophones), as well as book reviews and bibliography for teachers. Professional societies and meetings have flourished from the beginning. The MLA and the AAT's have strongly influenced trends in teaching. Many local and regional meetings have been held and are still well attended by area language teachers. The Articulation Conference for high school teachers held each fall since 19^8 is another direct result of Dr. Van Home's original questionnaire. Early efforts made at the various conferences and in the Newsletter were to eliminate the word "foreign" (i.e., strange or peculiar) and substitute it with "world" languages. Pan American Day had an important role; the Newsletter from its beginnings showed much interest in printing what the individual schools and teachers did to celebrate Pan American Day, inclid ing exhibits, plays, bazaars, and all-school assemblies. Started in 1957 by a resolution of the AAT's, National Foreign Language Week was to be observed every Febr., with similar attempts to heighten public awareness of the role of foreign languages. The linguistic organizations as well were concerned with the development of foreign languages. As early as 1952 the Summer Institute of the Linguistic Society of Ameiica (meeting at Indiana U.) spoke of an increased interest in the "rarer" languages, such as American Indian languages, Sanskrit, and African languages. Times have changed, however, as the 1952 Newsletter mentioned various talks, of which "one of the more interesting of these dealt with reversed speech as produced on a tape recorder. . .this is an efficient means of studying distinctions of sound." Another sign of the times from 1950 was when a meeting date was changed because all University buildings were shut down on that Saturday due to the coal shortage. The Newsletter is also a rich source of insights into previous language teaching methods. The "spoken" method captured much interest already twenty-five years ago. Both Array methods and texts were used, with modifications; it was considered best always to submerge the student first into the target language, by listening and speaking, even if the goal was only reading ability. "Students should rarely be corrected and should be encouraged to talk to themselves in the language as they walk down the street or sit in their rooms." Techniques stressed were learning dialogs with wide variety in classroom procedure and emphasis on "oral-aural" approach. By 1951 there was a disenchantment with the Army method: teaching; a specific skill to highly mo- tivated, select groups. Instead, teachers were urged to use the "living material" of newspapers, magazines, etc. Next in vogue was the "pattern" method (also called "mim-mem"), fostered by the descriptive grammarians, which stressed rote learning of the most common patterns of speech, repeated until automatic. The actual teaching of grammar was subordinated to pattern practice, and translation into the target language was largely eliminated. Nonetheless, no hope was felt that "regular" and "oral" methods might be merged. Presumably this (1952-55) was a period of "experimentation, out of which will emerge some security regarding method. This is a problem for solution in the future." The language laboratory was early named as one cause of the most successful results in recent foreign language teaching. In 1950 the U.I. Spanish Dept. got a new laboratory, consisting of four soundproof booths, each equipped with a record player. In 1952 the AATSP concluded that the language lab had not too bright a future for the high school because individual machines and soundproof rooms were usually unavailable. By 1959 the U.I. had a sixty-booth lab equipped with tape recorders and various high schools had similar, though smaller arrangements. Television was also a medium for teaching, with various experiments conducted in classroom teaching and also adult education. In 1961-62 the U.I. received $7 million from the government for experimental airborne television instruction; converted airliners were outfitted with television transmitters which were to increase the reception area to 150-200 miles in all directions. With regard to the teachers themselves, teacher training was stressed more and more, the polemic being whether teacher trainees should take more culture courses than literature courses. In 1951 a "professional semester" was set up to include six weeks of practice teaching. Much further discussion centered around introducing foreign languages in the elementary schools (FLES). Foreign languages were taught a century ago in certain schools, such as German schools, until laws were passed during the War to eliminate foreign language teaching as "dangerous" to the national security. The beginnings of the current FLES interest are rooted in UNESCO, which in 1949 advised the grade schools to undertake the teaching of foreign languages "for broader and more understanding world relationships." FLES was slower to catch on in Illinois than in states such as Texas with large ethnic populations. In 1951-53 only one school system in Illinois (Alton) was known to be involved. By the end of 1954 the program had mushroomed, until it included 145,000 pupils in 145 communities. FLES was so popular in El Paso, Texas, that starting in 1949 special classes were given to parents who wanted to learn with their children. After Sputnik jolted national complacency in 1957, interest burgeoned in foreign languages and in science. The MLA warned: "Foreign language study is essential to the survival of our nation." The Conant report on secondary-school teaching under- scored weaknesses and made positive recommendations in foreign language teaching and programs. Federal government appropriations {$6 million) enabled the establishment of NDEA Institutes during 1959-61, which a very substantial number of Illinois teachers attended. The first textbook ever created by the MLA, Modern Spanish (i960), was based on the "aural-oral" approach. In the early ' 50's Latin was the predom- inant foreign language in the high schools. A 1955 survey showed 900 high schools in Illinois (135 in Chicago alone); Latin was taught in 550 schools (in nearly 200, the only language taught); Spanish, 400 schools; French, 240; German, 90; nearly 200 of the 900 offered none at all. Then the great jolt of Sputnik came and increased enrollment was reflected in the figures: in one year (1958) U.I. Russian enrollment increased 350£, to 240 students; in 1957 Russian was taught in 16 high schools in the U.S., 140 in 1958 and 450 in 1959. Calls for foreign language teachers from the U.I. were up: 275 calls in 1957; 431 in 1959, a much greater demand than the number available. Interest increased in college placement tests and in liaison between high school and university. The lack of graduate students was la- mented and their interest in teaching assistantships was solicited. An attempt to bring the libraries up to the standard of excellence found in Europe was fostered in 1959, known as the Farmington Plan. This cooperative program of over sixty libraries designated each one to certain areas; the U.I. was designated for most of the principle languages and some areas of engineering. During 1962 alone 16,000 Slavic language volumes were acquired. It is our sincere hope that the recession that foreign languages are experiencing in some places today will be short-lived, as mankind once again recognizes the need to communicate face-to-face with our brothers the world over.

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT RETAINED The college foreign-language requirement was retained, by an overwhelming vote of 225-118 of the Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty (the largest college within the Urbana campus) on March 23. During the past several months the foreign language requirement had been under attack by some faculty and student reformers, and the test came when the LAS faculty was presented with a recommendation of the Policy and Development committee to eliminate totally the college level foreign language requirement. This brought a vigorous response from LAS faculty members in many departments who believe in the value of foreign language study, and who pointed out that the reformers were unable to offer any good reason for eliminating the requirement. As a result of the overwhelming support shown for the foreign language requirement in the March 23 vote, some of the opponents of languages admitted defeat and expressed the belief that the LAS college will maintain a foreign language requirement for many years to come.

CONFERENCE ON DIACHRONIC ROMANCE LINGUISTICS A very unusual event took place at the U.I. on April 21 and 22. This was the first Conference of its kind ever held on this campus or anywhere else on this particular topic. The Conference was well-attended, with more than 100 reg istrants . The sixteen speakers in the program came from many universities located in all areas of the United States. Dr. Henry R. Kahane (U.I., Professor Emeritus) spoke eloquently on "The Etymologist as a Transformationalist." Eric Hamp (U. of Chicago) discussed

"Relatives in Albanian and Latin." F. B. Agard (Cornell U. ) discussed the split in Romance, between East-West, Insular-Mainland, etc., with regard to phonological chan® James Harris (M.I.T.) elucidated a theory of "Third Conjugation Metaphony," to explain vowel raising in the stem of Spanish third-conjugation verbs. Jurgen Klausenburger (U. of /lash.) discussed Latin vowel quantity and quality, suggesting; that it is in reality a pseudo-problem; he claimed that in Late Latin there were distinctions of ooth quality and quantity and that by the time of the Romance languages quality became more prevalent. Carlos Otero (UCLA) espoused a theory to explain the development of the unstressed personal pronouns from Old Spanish to Modern Spanish. Sanford Schane discussed some of the phonological deletion processes from Latin to French. Prof. Schane is from the U. of Calif, at San Diego. Robin Lakoff (U. of Mich.) discussed "Contextual Pitfalls in Translation," using as her example the difficulty of translating from the Latin of Virgil's Aeneid to English, "Romanos, rerum dominus, gentemque togatum" (lit., "Romans, dominators of things, and people of the toga"). The main difficulties lie in preservation of the original epic style, without equivalent in English, and in the translation of "toga" which carries the additional cultural connotation of "free, white, voting citizen." Many other papers were presented on the development of syntax, semantics, and phonology from Latin to Romance . In the Workshop on Current Issues moderated by Prof. Emeritus Henry R. Kahane, discussion centered around the effectiveness of the transformational technique and what the traditional grammarians had to offer. The hope was expressed that a similar conference could be held each year at various universities. Much of the success of this Conference is due to the hard work of the Co-Directors Mario Saltarelli and Dieter Wanner, as well as the interdepart- mental committee, and the organizing committee of graduate students. This Conference was jointly sponsored by the Depts. of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, the Classics, French, and Linguistics and the Latin American Studies Program.

SUMMER PROGRAM OF U. OF WISC .-WHITEWATER The Foreign Language Education Center of the Univ. of Wise, at Whitewater offers the following programs for foreign language teachers and advanced students during the summer of 1972: 1. Individualized Instruction Workshop. A two-week workshop in June on individualizing instruction in the foreign language program for teachers of French, Cerman and Spanish. The workshop will focus on the preparation of materials which each participant can put to use in the classroom. 2. Culture Workshop. A two-week workshop in July on the teaching of culture in the foreign language classroom for teachers of French, German, or Spanish. Native informants will help participants increase their familiarity with the foreign culture as well as help prepare cultural materials for classroom use. 3. Summer School in Mexico. Universidad Ibero-Americana, Mexico City from June 14- July 28. An opportunity to live with a Mexican family while studying the language and culture of Mexico. For more information, please write to: Dr. Roland Durette, Director, Foreign Language Education Center, Univ. of Wise. -Whitewater, Whitewater, Wise. 53190.

MMLA MEETING The 1972 meeting of the Midwest Modern Language Association will be held Oct. 26-28 in St. Louis, Chase-Park Plaza Hotel, with the University of Missouri-St. Louis serving as host institution. Among the meeting's activities will be nine special forums dedicated to promoting a cross-sectional colloquium between secondary, junior college, and college and university teachers of language and literature. All persons who take part in forum and section programs must be current members of MMLA or must join before July 1, 1972. Dues and other inquiries should be mailed to MMLA, Eng.- Philo3ophy Bldg., U. of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52240.

ACTFL MEETING The 1972 Joint Annual Meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Lan- guages and the Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT) will be held Nov. 23-26 at the Regency Hyatt House in Atlanta, Ga. There will be sessions for language teachers at all levels of instruction Several affiliated associations will hold their annual meetings or plan sessions at the ACTFL/SCOLT conference. There will be over 75 exhibits of textbooks and other teaching aids. Preceding the conference, on Nov. 20-22, there will be several three-day workshops: 1. Black Literature of French Expression; 2. Student-Centered Language Pro- grams; J. Bilingual Education Programs; 4. Teaching Culture, Part II; 5« Behavioral Objectives, Phase III. If you wish additional information at this time, please contact: C. Edward Scebold, ACTFL, 62 Fifth Avenue, New York 10011.

THE CLASSICS NOTES ~ by Prof. H. Michael Dunn

ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA Prof. D. W. Lathrap of the U.I. Dept. of Anthropology, on March 14, presented "Ecuador and the New World Neolithic." The final lecture of the year under the sponsorship of the Central Illinois Society of the AIA has been presented by Ezat 0. Negahban, the Norton Lecturer, Head of the Dept. of Archaeology, Univ. of Tehran. His topic — "Haft Tepe, an Elamite Capital," which was delivered on April 20. C0LL0QUIA Colloquia were delivered by Prof. Nathan Greenberg of Oberlin College on March 20, "Epanastrophe in Latin Poetry"; and by Prof. Gilbert Lawall of the Univ. of Mass. on April 3, "Theocritus, Tibullus and Thomas Rosenmeyer: Where is the Pastoral?" CONFERENCES Prof. Richard T. Scanlan was in charge of one of the general sessions at the Junior College Conference sponsored by the U.I. and Parkland College on March 23-25, where he presented a paper "The Applications of Technology to the Teaching of Foreign Lan- guages." He also spoke at the Central States Conference in Chicago on the topic "The Student and the Computer." .

Prof. Michael Dunn represented the Department at the annual meetings of the Classical Association of the Midwest and South held this year in Durham, "J. C. and he also attended the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages as a member of the Advisory Council. A Conference on Diachronic Romance Linguistics was held on the campus Apr. 21-22. Five of the sixteen papers presented were of special interest to students of the classical languages. The High School Latin Conference has been scheduled for this summer, June 18-24. Prof. Scanlan will direct the Conference with assistance from other members of the Department.

SUMMER SESSION The following courses are planned for the summer session, June 16-August 12, 1972: Latin 102, 103, and 104; Classical Civilization 111 (Mythology of Greece and Rome) and 112 (Greek Drama in English Translation); Greek 382 (Lyric Poetry) and Latin 381 (Roman Comedy); Greek 491 and Latin 491 (Directed Reading).

FACULTY NOTES Prof. Allen has been Invited to present a paper on Morgantina to the Third Inter- national Convention for Studies on Ancient Sicily. His paper, "Per una definizione della facies preistorica di Morgantina: l'eta del ferro," represents a synthesis of the stratigraphy of the Iron Age levels excavated at Morgantina from 1955-1970, and will introduce insights into the chronology of the pottery and the history of central

Sicily from ca. 850 to 500 BC . Prof. Allen will be a guest of the Convention and will be sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies. Prof. Dunn served on the team which evaluated Bloomington High School. Their program in the teaching of Foreign Languages was reported as "exemplary." Prof. Daniel Taylor's article "Aspects of Negation in Classical Greek" appears in the most recent issue of Studies in the Linguistic Sciences . His review of Naming - Const ructions in Indo-European by E. Adelaide Hahn is forthcoming in the

Classical Journal . Prof. Wallach has been invited to contribute to The Epigram and the History of Literary Criticism to be dedicated to Prof. James Hutton of Cornell Univ. on the occasion of his retirement. His contribution is "An Unpublished Epigram by the Venerable Bede in the Library of the U.I., Urbana." He also has contributed a long article "The Greek and Latin Testimonia in Hadrian I's Synodica of 785 (JE 2448): A Diplomatic Study" to Studies in Honor of Professor Karl Bosl (of the Bavarian Acad- emy of Sciences and the U. of Munich)

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NOTES — by Prof. Barbara Smalley

MEETINGS Prof. A. Owen Aldridge served as chairman of the comparative literature section of the annual meeting of the American Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies, which met at UCLA on March 23-25. At this meeting Prof. Aldridge also read a paper, "Feijoo and Theories of Skin Color" as part of a panel on racism in the eighteenth century. During his trip to California Prof. Aldridge lectured at the Univ. of Southern Calif, on "New Trends in Comparative Literature" and at Long Beach State College on "Tradition and Innovation in Augustan Literary Criticism." On April 8 Prof. Aldridge lectured at the Ninth Annual New York Comparative Literature Conference, on "The Picaresque: Underdogs Then and Now."

PUBLICATIONS - In the April 1972 issue of the Tamkang Review , A Journal Mainly Devoted to Compara tive Studies between Chinese and Foreign Literatures , Prof. A. Owen Aldridge has an article "Voltaire and the Cult of China" (Vol. Ill, pp. 25-49). FRENCH NOTES — by Prof. Edwin Jahiel

FRENCH PLAY FOR FALL 1972

Le Barbier de Seville by Beaumarchais will be performed (in a Tre'teau de Paris production already touring the U.S. and proving very successful) on Monday, October 30, 1972, at the Krannert Center of the Urbana campus. There is a possibility that there will be two performances, a matinee and an evening one —but most probably there will be only one. If possible, and to make things easier for out-of-town spectators, curtain-time will be at 7:30 rather than 8. But all these details (also information on tickets, texts, etc.) will be finalized later on. Hopefully, the first Newsletter for next academic year will contain all this information; however, the Newsletter mailing process is slow. May we suggest that those who are interested contact me by mail early next fall and we will send them advance notice, assuming we have it by then. It seems certain that inexpensive editions of the play will be stocked by Follett's Bookstore in Champaign, IL 61820, so that you can get your quantity orders in as soon as your classes start again. The cost will be around 95 cents.

JOURNAL CLUB Prof. Henry Kahane of the U.I. spoke on "Le Francais hors de France" on March 20. Prof. Emile Talbot of our Department spoke on April 10 on "Stendhal, the Artist and Society." Prof. Emile Snyder, Visiting Prof, of Comp. Lit. this term, spoke on March 21 on "From Harlem to Senegal: A View of Modern African Literature."

OTHER TALKS & EVENTS Prof. Michel Fabre of the Univ. of Paris III gave a lecture on March 10 on "Richard Wright in France." William McLean, Visiting Asst. Prof, at the Institute of Communications Research, introduced his film on graffiti (made in France), "A bas les murs du silence," on March 15. The CSnacle's subject for the March 13 meeting consisted of explications de texte of MallarmS's Les Fleurs by Prof. P. Leroux, Prof. Y. Velan and Miss Carole Deering. Misses Butel, Couchaux, and Feilloley led a discussion on "La Cuisine Francaise" on March 22, among the other activities of the Cercle Francais. Brice Ghanoui of the Ivory Coast was the featured speaker, on "Jeunesse Afri- caine: Quelle direction?" at the March 9 meeting of the Cercle litte"raire ne"gro- f rancophone.

OTHER FACULTY NEWS Prof. Fernand Marty of the Univ. of Ottawa (Canada) will join the staff next fall. Prof. Marty's work will be mainly in the field of FL learning and teaching, particularly in connection with PLATO. Guy Laprevotte, Sandra Savignon, and Brigitte Wanner of our staff have received Faculty Summer Fellowships (U.I.) for 1972.

Prof. Snyder of Undiana will again be Visiting Professor here next fall ( in French and Comp. Lit.) and will teach a graduate course on the Black Literature of French Expression. Prof. Philip Kolb was recently the guest of the French Foreign Ministe in Paris to organize the lectures which he will give in France and elsewhere next year during his sabbatical. CONFERENCE The first Conference on Diachronic Romance Linguistics was held at the U.I. on April 21-22. Three papers are of particular interest to students of the French language: Casagrande, "Diachronic Fossilization in French Syntax"; Scheme, "Some Synchronic Deletion Processes and Their Synchronic Consequences in French"; and Skousen, "The Verbal System of French." GERMANIC NOTES ~ by Prof. Roy Allen

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THE FACULTY A singular honor was recently bestowed upon Prof. Elmer Antonsen by the Federal Republic of Germany when he was invited to Join six other American linguists on a tour of a number of West German universities. The following is Prof. Antonsen 's rSsume" of his very interesting trip: I was one of seven American linguists invited by the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany to tour West German universities from February 28 to March 18 and to attend the annual meeting of the Institut fur deutsche Sprache in Mannheim from March 8-11 of this year. Included in the program were visits to the universities in Bonn, Cologne, Munich, Marburg, Saarbrucken and to the Freie Univer- sit'at and the Technische Universitat in West Berlin. In addition to meeting with colleagues at these universities, the Americans were received by representatives of the ministries of education in the various states visited and by officials of the universities and given an opportunity to learn about latest developments in the reform of higher education in Germany, which has undergone a severe crisis in recent years. It was particularly interesting to learn that many of the reforms already initiated or in the planning stage tend to introduce a system much closer to that found in American universities, including the academic and administrative structures and specific courses of study with more frequent examinations and a time limit for the completion of requirements. In addition to the professionally-oriented meetings and receptions, the participants in the tour were guests of the Federal and state governments at numerous concerts, plays and opera performances. Other members of the group were W. P. Lehmann (Texas), Herbert Penzl (California), W. Freeman Twaddell (Brown), Frans van Coetsem (Cornell), Emraon Bach (Texas), and Carroll Reed (Mass.). Prof. Richard Figge was the Department's official representative on the Advisory Council of the 1972 Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Lan- guages. The conference was held in New York City from April 13-15. Profs. U. Henry Gerlach, Clayton Gray, Jr. and Karl-Heinz Schoeps have been awarded Summer Faculty Fellowships by the Graduate College of the U.I.

FRUCHTBRINGENDE GESELLSCHAFT Mr. Rudolf Hofmeister, a Ph.D. from the U.I. and an Instructor in the Department, was the featured speaker at the April 6 meeting of the Fruchtbringende Gesellschaf t. Mr. Hofmeister spoke on "The Unique Manuscript in Medieval German Literature."

STUDENT AWARDS Miss Mariella Lansford, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department, has recently been granted a Danish Marshall Award by the George C. Marshall Memorial Fund in Denmark. The award, which covers all expenses, is for study in Denmark for ten months in 1972-73. Miss Lansford is currently completing a doctoral dissertation on "The Danish Ballad in Germany in the Nineteenth Century." Miss Candace Widmar, a senior in the Teacher Training Program of the Department, has just been awarded a DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst ) Fellowship for study in Germany for 1972-73- This award will enable Miss Widmar to study Modern German Theater at the Univ. of Munich.

SPRING MEETING OF THE AATG The Spring meeting of the Southern Illinois Chapter of the AATG will be held this year on Saturday, May 13, 1972 in the Union Building of Western 111. Univ. at Macomb. Prof. U. Henry Gerlach, who is the Vice President of the chapter, invites all AATG members and other interested German teachers to attend. The program of the meeting will include a reception (with coffee and donuts : 8:30-9:30 a.m.), a business meeting (9:30 a.m.) and a lecture with discussion by Prof. Lange, Chairman of the Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures of Princeton Univ., on the topic "Understanding

Another Culture" (10:30-11 :^+5) . Following the luncheon, at which awards will be presented to the winners of the AATG High School German Contest (12:00), there will be a performance of excerpts from Georg Buchner's play Woyzeck (1:30 p.m.) and a 8

special presentation (2:15-3:30). Registration fee, including the cost of the luncheon, is $4.00. Checks for the registration fee should be mailed to the local host of the meeting: Prof. Luise A. Lenel, Dept. of Foreign Languages and Litera- tures, Western 111. Univ., Macomb, IL 61455.

NEW PROGRAM OF SUBSTITUTE AND SUPPLEMENTARY GERMAN LANGUAGE COURSES Prof. James McGlathery, the Executive Secretary of the Department, recently issued a report on a new program of German language courses at the U.I.: the Department has initiated two new sequences this spring on the second-, third- and fourth-semester levels of language study (102-104) which may be taken either as substitutes for, or as supplements to, the regular, "four-skill" sequence of German 102-104. (At present there is no provision for choice or supplement on the first-semester, or 101, level.) Any of the sequences leads directly toward fulfillment of the LAS College's foreign language requirement. The student may even chart his own course from among these courses, since the LAS requirement basically provides only that the student complete a four-hour, fourth-semester level course (or the equivalent). One of the two new sequences (German 112, 113, 114) is devoted to practice in speaking German, the other (German 122, 123, 124) to practice in reading, with emphasis on non-fiction, especially expository prose. Both of these sequences are experimental in that vocabulary, grammar, and translation are not presented or drilled but only touched upon tangentially in class. Instead, games and exercises which provide direct practice in talking and reading have been developed. The guiding thought in these experiments is to take quite literally the principle that we learn to do by doing and that practice makes perfect. No exercise is allowed which does not involve spontaneous speech in the speaking sequence, or thoughtful comprehension in the reading sequence. About half of our students follow the regular, four-skills sequence through the fourth-semester level. Another forty percent switch to the reading sequence after one, two, or three semesters in the regular sequence. (These students almost always proceed to the next level despite the change of sequence.) About ten percent current ly elect the speaking sequence, but this figure will probably increase over the next two years at the expense of the regular sequence. The result will probably be a ratio of k0% in four-skills, 205? in speaking and 40$ in reading. Almost all of our students use the speaking and reading sequences as substitutes, not as supplements, although there are some students who add a course from another sequence in order to gain additional practice in that skill. The Department also offers one two-hour supplementary course in each of the three levels beyond the first semester. A student who has had one semester of Ger- man may take a two-hour Introduction to German Studies (German 142). After two semesters he can take Practice in Conversation (German 153) and after three semesters, Practice in Writing (German 164). In the first-semester course (German 101) there is a weekly lecture on German language and culture. Further opportunity for study for language students on the elementary and intermediate level is provided by topics offered under German 199, The Undergraduate Open Seminar.

SLAVIC NOTES — by Prof. Frank Y. Gladney

The Slavic Dept. has nominated eight students for participation in the fall semester at Leningrad State Univ.; they are Birute Lanys and Ilene Levnie, presently graduate students in the Department, and students (one each) from Beloit College, Grinnell Coll., Univ. of Chicago, Univ. of Iowa, Northwestern Univ., and Washington Univ. The program is sponsored by the Council on International Education Exchange, and Dr. Dawson, a member of the steering committee, will be in New York this month participating in the work of the selection committee. Two students in the department will participate in the program over the summer. They are John Calderonello and Svetlana Tverdochlebov. Their participation is being supported in part by the Russian and East European Center's summer scholarships for intensive language study. The other three recipients of the $250 scholarship are Laura Applebaum (sociology), William C. Howell (comparative education), and John W. Chase (Princeton Univ.). ,

Mark Skwarnicki, a Polish poet participating in the Univ. of Iowa poetry workshop this year, visited the campus April 18 and took part in an informal colloquium on contemporary Polish poetry.

PUBLICATIONS

The Wilhelm Fink Verlag in Munich has published Z. N. Hippius : Collected Poetical

Works . 1899-1945 , first comprehensive edition, compiled, annotated, and with an introduction by Temira Pachmuss, Vol. 1: 1899-1918 (528 pp.), Vol. 2: 1918-1945 (580 pp.). The February, 1972, Modern Language Journal carries Miss Pachmuss' review of Richard Peace, Doestoevsky : An Examination of the Ma j or Novels . Louis Iribarne's 30-page article, "Babel's Red Cavalry as a Baroque Novel," which was presented as a lecture here in spring, 1970, has been accepted for publication by Contemporary Literature (Univ. of Wise. Press). His translations from Witold Gombrowicz were favorably reviewed in a recent article on Gombrowicz in the Times Literary Supplement (11 Feb. 1972). His translation of Leszek Kolakowski's essay,

"An Epistemology of the Striptease," appeared last fall in Tri - Quarterly . The spring Slavic and East European Journal includes Evelyn Bristol's review of

Ostanovka v pus tyne , a volume of verse published in New York by Soviet poet Iosif Brodsky, and Steven P. Hill's review of the British edition of G. 0. Vinokur's The Russian Language . The summer issue carries a review of Russian-English technical dictionaries by Henry Zalucky, a review on the Croatian language by Rasio Dunatov, and a review on Dostoevsky by Miss Pachmuss. Clayton L. Dawson's review of the

Rudy-Youhn-Nebel Russian : A Complete Elementary Course appeared in the December

Slavic Review .

SUMMER PLANS Summer plans for most department members are still fluid. Miss Pachmuss will continue her research on Russian literature in emigration (for the publication of Zinaida Hippius' diaries in English translation) in Stockholm and Paris in August and September. Frank Gladney will be organizing a small research team to work on his handbook of Polish, on a contract between the U.S. Office of Education and U.I.

SPANISH, ITALIAN, & PORTUGUESE NOTES -- by Alice L. Anderson

U.I. YEAR-ABROAD PROGRAM IN SPAIN Screening of applicants for the U.I. year-abroad program in Spain has begun. There are still a few openings for qualified students from other institutions in Illinois. For further information and application, please contact at once: Prof . Joseph Flores 4080 F.L.B., Urbana, 111. 61801.

HILARI0 S. SAENZ (1896-1972) Word has been received of the death of Hilario S. Saenz, retired Spanish professor from the Univ. of Nebraska (Lincoln), in February, 1972. Prof. Saenz was born in Spain in 1896. He came to the United States in 1916 and entered the Univ. of Indiana, where he received his B.A. He received his M.A. from the Univ. of Chicago and his Ph.D. from the U.I. He joined the Univ. of Nebr. staff in 1931, and in 1945 became an associate professor of Spanish language and literature; in 1952 he was promoted tc Professor. His retirement came in 1967. Prof. Saenz was a member of the MLA, the AATSP, the American Association of Univ. Professors, and Phi Sigma Iota.

REVISED SUMMER COURSES The following is the revised summer schedule of advanced undergraduate and graduate courses for 1972, including the name of the professor and the time to be given: Span. 305 (Romanticism and Realism), Pasquariello, 3; 309 (Medieval Literature), Baldwin, 2; 310 (Contemporary Span. -Am. Lit.), Meehan, 12 noon; 314 (Golden Age Poetry & Drama), Hershberg, 9; 331 (Cultura hispanica: Spain), Flores, 10; 351 (Phonetics), Allen, 8; 352 (Syntax), Allen, 9; 428 (Studies in 19th Century Lit.: "Costumbrismo y novela"), Cowes, 2; 429 (Studies in G.A. Lit.: "La Celestina and its .

Continuations"), Baldwin, 1; 430 (Studies in 20th Cent. S.A. Lit.: "Fiction of Azuela Fuentes"), Meehan, & 11; 436 (Seminar in S.A. Novel), Leal, 2; 439 (S.A. cuento ) Leal, 9. Also included in the summer offerings are: Port. 40? (Studies in Brazilian Lit}, Aiex, 11; Port. Ill (Elementary Port., 8 hrs. credit), staff, 8-10 & 1-3; Ital. 400 (Beginning; Ital. for Graduate Students), 8-10; and Span. 400 (Beginning Span, for Graduate Students), 8-10.

NEW THIRD- AND FOURTH-SEMESTER SPANISH COURSES Mew options are available to the student in both third- and fourth-semester Spanish, whether he is taking the course as a requirement, an elective, or a supplement to other Spanish courses, beginning in September, 1972. In the third semester, the student may take either Spanish 123 (Reading and Speaking Spanish, I), with readings in Spanish of literary and cultural texts with discussion in Spanish, as well as some essential grammar; this course, along with Span. 104 or 124 or 134 or 114, fulfills the foreign language requirement. Or he may take Span. 103 as his other third-semester option. Students planning to enroll in advanced courses in Spanish should take Span. 103 Even more options are available in the fourth-semester of Spanish. A continuation of Span. 103 is Span. 104, which should be taken by students planning to enroll in advanced courses in Spanish. For those taking the fourth-semester as a requirement or as a supplement to other Spanish courses, the following are available: Span. 114, 124, and 134. Spanish 114 (Conversational Spanish) provides practice in conversation in Spanish on topics of current interest, with brief grammar review as necessary to improve oral skills. Another option is Span. 124 (Reading and Speaking Spanish, II), which is a continuation of Span. 123. The final option available is Span. 134 (Reading Spanish), which consists of readings in Spanish texts with discussion in English. Any of these courses in fourth-semester Spanish will fulfill the foreign language requirement; however, any student planning to take advanced Spanish courses must enroll in 103-104.

UMBERTO SCO LECTURE The distinguished critic and researcher Umberto Eco delivered a lecture on April 7, "Approccio semiotico a una definizione del linguagecio poetico." Prof. Eco is presently Visiting Professor at Northwestern Univ.

FACULTY NOTES Professor Emeritus Henry R. Kahane has been appointed to the Committee on Honorary Memberships of the Linguistic Society of America. Prof. J. H. D. Allen delivered a paper at the U. of Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, April 27-29, "Spanish Reflexes of Latin /s/." Prof. Luis Leal read a paper, "Contemporary Mexican Novel and Short Story," at the Conference on Contemporary Latin American Literature held at the Univ. of Houston March 16-18. Among others participating were Jorge Luis Borges, Fernando Alegrfa, Seymour Menton, and Ben Belitt. Also attending were Profs. Olga Martfnez (111. State), and Warren L. Meinhardt (Southern 111. Univ.) who served as discussant for the paper on Argentine literature. Prof. Alberto Porqueras-Mayo, Resident Director for the U.I. Year-Abroad Program in Spain, has been appointed "Secretario-Relator" of one of the sessions of the Primer Congreso Internaclonal sobre el Arcipreste de Hita, to be held in Madrid June 21-24. Jose" Emilio Pacheco, Visitins; Prof, at the U.I. and renowned Mexican author, participated in the International Poetry Festival in Austin, Texas, February 26-27. He also gave a poetry reading and participated in a poetry rap with students of the Dept. of Spanish, Indiana Univ., on March 24-2 5. Assoc. Prof. Richard Preto-Rodas gave a lecture on April 13 at Indiana Univ. " His topic was Rus and Urbs : Two Views of the Negro as Seen in the Poetry of Jorge de Lima and Molegue Rlcardo of Jose* Lins do Rego." This lecture formed part of a symposium, "The Picaresque of Africa," sponsored by their Latin American Program in conjunction with the Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese. Prof. Preto-Rodas also spoke to the Spanish Club at the U.I. in February: "Dos Culturas de Espaldas." 11

PUBLICATIONS Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello, Head of the Department, has published an article,

"Miguel Mihura's Tres sombreros de copa : A Farce to Make You Sad," in Symposium, XXVI, 1 (1972), 57^oT. Professor Emeritus Henry R. Kahane with Rene"e Kahane has published "Prom Land-

mark to Toponym," in Harrl Meier Testimonial , Munich, 1971, 253-258. Prof. Kahane has also published a review of R. Quilliot, The Sea and the Prisons: A Commentary on

the Life and Thought of Albert Camus . in Books Abroad , 46 (1972), 77. Among; Prof. Luis Leal's recent publications are "Mito y realismo social en Miguel Angel Asturias," in Helmy F. Giacoman (ed.), Homenaje a Miguel Angel Asturias (New York: Las Americas, 1971 (1972)), 311-324; and "Entre la fantasia y el compromise: los cuentos de Fernando Alegrfa," in Helmy F. Giacoman (ed.), Homenaje a Fernando Alegrfa (New York: Las Americas, 1972), 189-201. Visiting Prof. Jose" Emilio Pacheco has many publications to his credit. Among , the more recent are the following six: " Lange rhaus " a short story, Cuadernos

Americanos . Nov. -Dec, 1971; "Homenaje a Nezahualc<5yotl, a poem, Diorama , Jan. 6;

"In Memoriam Francisco Pina," an article, La Cultura en Mexico . Jan. 21; "Respuesta , a Salvador de Madariaga," Excelsior . Jan. 29; "Parque de diversiones " a short story,

in Luis Leal: Cuentistas Hispanoamericanos del Slglo Velnte , Random House; "Three

Poems" in The Penguin Book of Latin American Verse , edited by Enrique Caracciolo. Prof. Alberto Porqueras-Mayo, Resident Director of the U.I. Year-Abroad Program in Spain, has published (with F. S. Escribano) Preceptlva dramdtlca espanola del

renaclmiento y barroco , Second Edition, revised and greatly amplified, Gredos (Madrid, 1972), 406 pp. He has also published another book, Temas y_ formas de la

llteratura espanola , Gredos (Madrid, 1972), 182 pp. Prof. Porqueras-Mayo (with F.S. Escribano) has also published "La verdad universal y la teorfa drama"tica en la Edad de Oro," in Homena.le a W. L. Flchtar . Castalia (Madrid, 197D, 601-609. Asst. Prof. A. Aiex has an article "Necessidade e Liberdade segundo Hume," which apoeared in Estudos Hist(5ricos . revista da Faculdade de Filosofia, Clencias e Letras de Marflia . Number 8 (1969), 155-173. Mr. Frank H. Nuessel, Jr., graduate teaching assistant, has a review of Hilario S. Pena, Rumbos de Espafia (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 197D in Modern

Language Journal , Vol. 56, 4 (1972).

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pf^SpLFfl l\^j ^A# November, 1972 Director: Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello \^^W Vol. XXVI, No. 1 Editor: Alice Long; Anderson

ON THE PROBLEM OF "DEFINITION" Increasing importance is being attached to the establishment of criteria for evaluating quantitatively and qualitatively the many facets of the academic world. Academicians are being asked to redefine their responsibilities in the framework of the managerial precepts of business and industry, a task for which they are more often than not ill-prepared and generally otherwise unsuited. The major problem lies in the need to distinguish between the evaluation of performance and that of productivity —when the measure of productivity loses definition, it becomes more difficult to define performance. The resulting dilemma has produced an increasing incom- patibility between the academic responsibilities of educational institutions and the supportive nonacademic functions required in the administration of the institutions. Nowhere is the rift brought into sharper focus than in the humanistic disciplines, and in the study of foreign languages in particular—areas which inherently defy general definition in terms of "productivity" and "performance." There are areas in the study of foreign languages which can be evaluated quantitatively and qualitatively. Productivity and performance can be measured, for instance, in the areas of syntax and vocabulary. But foreign language study exceeds the mechanical limits of words, phrases, and grammar, and accordingly challenges systems of evaluation limited to these areas. There are definable limits to evaluation, and these limits should be set by the discipline, not by the inadequacies of the evaluation or measurement. The principle applies throughout the humanistic disciplines — they tend to defy standardized procedures of evaluation. This lack of definition is pointed out in a much more general way in the case of students encountering the college curriculum. Generally speaking, the humanistic areas of high school curricula have been confined to several years of English and probably two or three of a foreign language. The student and, equally as important, the guidance counselor upon whom the student depends for direction have generally not associated specific studies in English and foreign languages with the term "humanities." The terms sociology, psychology, biology resound with the ring of relevance and convey overtones of social conscience and environmental concern of general appeal. Political science and economics suggest ideologies which project the glamour of conflict. The image of the humanities has not generally been projected in these lively terms. Furthermore, these other areas tend to lend themselves to a form of categorical analysis more easily than the humanities. The "either/or" format is particularly suited — the basis for evaluation can be either that of inspiring research of long- term benefit or that of providing an immediate impact on the human environment, or both. Either concept does not defy definition. There is, however, a significant academic area where such an analysis falls short, an area which commands a marvelously potent force. The overwhelming support last spring in favor of retaining the foreign language requirement represented considerably more than a struggle for headcount on the part of isolated interest groups protecting their self-interests. It was a resounding acknowledgement by nearly two-thirds of the faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences supporting an area of their curriculum which although defying definition, nevertheless is still of fundamental importance.

NIXON'S STAND ON FL STUDY The following correspondence between Herbert Lederer (President of the National Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations) and Richard Nixon indicates the President's position on the value of foreign language study. NIXON (CONT.) Dear Dr. Lederer: Before any more time passes, I want to thank you for your letter of January 11, in which you rightly point out the important role that foreign language study will play in the emerging era of negotiations and peaceful international relationships. At the conclusion of my recent visit to China our two countries agreed to facilitate trade and contact between our citizens. This is an encouraging step forward in our search for peace, and it is symbolic of the exciting future which lies ahead for Americans, and especially for our young people. The youth of today will live in an age of unparalleled international exchange and cooperation, and those who have studied a foreign language will be better prepared to help this nation work with others to build a better future for mankind. I hope you will convey to the language teachers in your Association my very best wishes for every success in their valuable efforts to help America realize the great opportunities of the coming era. With my best wishes, Sincerely, (signed) Richard Nixon

RESOLUTION ON FOREIGN LANGUAGES At a time when overtures are being made for international understanding, when cultural, commercial and industrial interdependence is growing and the need for knowledge of foreign languages is more pressing than ever, the study of foreign languages in American schools are facing an uncertain future. We direct your attention to the following resolution, adopted by the Associa- tion of Assistant Principals (Foreign Languages), and urge you to support it. Any- one who agrees with their thesis can help immensely by sending on letterhead a short statement supporting the teaching of foreign languages in the secondary schools, to: Association of Assistant Principals; Theodore F. Nuzzi, President; 33-5^ 171 Street; Flushing, N. Y. 11358. The draft resolution is as follows: WHEREAS foreign languages are an important tool of communication in the modern world; WHEREAS, in view of the cosmopolitan nature of New York City, foreign languages are of special significance in the commerce industry and social and health services of the city; WHEREAS every child, in exercising his rights and responsibilities as a citizen and developing his potential as an individual, needs the cultural insights inherent in foreign language study; WHEREAS life in a culturally pluralistic society requires greater intercultural understanding; WHEREAS foreign languages can provide the individual with the cultural mobility and adaptability so essential to living and working in the modern world; and WHEREAS foreign languages are therefore an important part of the general education of every child BE IT RESOLVED 1. That a minimum of two years of foreign language study with alternative language curricula to meet different student needs be required of all high school students; 2. That students be allowed to take as many years of the foreign language sequence as their abilities, interests, vocational goals, and life objectives indicate; and 3. That linguistically talented students be encouraged to study a second foreign language. 1972 ACTFL CONVENTION The '72 ACTFL/SCOLT (Southern Conference On Language Teaching) Joint Annual Meeting will be held November 23-26, 1972, at the Regency Hyatt House in Atlanta, Georgia. The theme of the conference will be "Let Us Talk to Each Other Now." There will be sessions for language teachers at all levels of instruction. Several affiliated associations will hold their annual meetings or plan sessions at the ACTFL/SCOLT conference. There will be over 75 exhibits of textbooks and other teaching aids. This year the banquet is scheduled for Saturday, November 25, 1972. Preceding the conference will be several three-day workshops on l)Black Litera- ture of French Expression; 2) Student-Centered Language Programs; 3) Bilingual Edu- cation Programs; 4) Teaching Culture, Part II; 5) Behavioral Objectives, Phase III. They are planned for Monday—Wednesday, November 20-22, 1972. For additional information write: ACTFL/SCOLT Joint Meeting, 62 Fifth Ave., New York 10011.

THIRD SYMPOSIUM ON ROMANCE LANGUAGES The Third Annual Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages will be held at Indiana University (Bloomington) on March 29-31, 1973. This Symposium continues the tradition begun at the University of Florida in February, 1971, and continued by the Conference on Diachronic Romance Linguistics at the U.I. in April, 1972. The subject matter of the Symposium is limited to the intersection of generative grammar and the Romance languages. Its aim is to bring forth novel contributions in the descriptions of Romance languages, to draw attention to phenomena that might be of importance in the constant re-examination of our theoretical views, and to suggest formulation of more adequate methods for foreign language teaching. The conference will include several sessions for the presentation and discussion of papers grouped in closely related areas, as well as a workshop involving group discussion. It is planned for papers to be distributed in advance for all participants in a session, so that they will be especially prepared for discussion in that area. The topics presented will deal with a variety of linguistic fields such as syntax, semantics and applied linguistics, in addition to phonology and morphology. Especially encouraged is work on the less well-known Romance languages and Vulgar Latin, as well as the major standard languages. Good, original papers are sought, whether from established scholars or from graduate students. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is November 15« If interested in receiving further information about the Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages, please write directly to: Third Annual Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages; Department of Spanish and Portuguese; Ballantine Hall 8*44; Indiana University; Bloomington, Indiana ^7^01.

FINAL REPORT OF JUNIOR COLLEGE CONFERENCE A Conference on Foreign Languages in the Two-year College took place March 23-25, '7* at the U.I. at Urbana-Champaign, with joint sponsorship by Parkland Coll., Champaign. Major topics considered by the fifty participants included FL curriculum in two- year colleges, teacher training for such institutions, and recent technological advances appropriate to FL teaching. There was discussion also of textbooks and materials, articulation with high schools and with senior institutions, non-traditional courses and methods, relationships with boards of governance and state agencies, proficiency and placement examinations, and the non-teaching functions (including student guidance and counseling) of the two-year instructor. A highlight of the Conference was a demonstration of the PLATO computer-assisted instructional system developed at the U.I. The participants represented two-year and senior institutions from throughout Illinois and from several other states, and a broad span of language offerings, both credit and non-credit. Earlier preparatory regional conferences had brought together representatives of most 111. junior and senior public colleges for preliminary talks. A report of the Conference, Changing Patterns in Foreign Language Programs .will be published by Newbury House, Rowley, Mass. in the fall of 1972. Editors are Profs. Rivers, Savignon and Scanlan of the U.I. and Louise Allen of Parkland. Inquiries and orders ($5.00 postpaid) for the report should be addressed to Prof. Vincent J. Dell'Orto, Germanic Dept., 3070 FLB, U.I., Urbana, IL 61801. THE CLASSICS MOTES -- by Prof. H. Michael Dunn

SUMMER ACTIVITIES Profs. Bright, Dunn, Naoumides, and Taylor spent the summer on campus teaching in the summer session. In addition to handling the administration of departmental affairs, Prof. Dunn again assisted Dean Hinely, advising incoming freshmen in the foreign language programs and humanities. Prof. Marcovich spent the summer at the U. of Cambridge, England, in research for his forthcoming book in Comparative Literature, The Tragedy Medea in World

Literature . The 1972 High School Latin Conference was held on the campus from June 18-24. Twenty-six students from throughout the state attended classes in Latin literature, beginning Greek, Classical Civilization and Archaeology, and participated in such events as chariot races, Olympic contests, Greek folk dancing, and Plautine comedy. Profs. Bright, Dunn, and Taylor assisted Helen Lamont from University H.S. and Byron Bekiares from Bloomington H.S. in Minnesota. The program was directed by Prof. Scanlan of the Department.

FACULTY ITEMS Prof. Allen was guest of honor at the annual banquet of the Rockford chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America on Sept. 26. He spoke on "Triumph and Tragedy in Greek Sicily: The Hellenization of Central Sicily." Prof. Bright has been named Secretary-Treasurer of the Central 111. Society of the AIA for the academic year 1972-73. Prof. Marcovich is currently working on a book on Homer and the heroic epic. He has been invited to read a paper at the annual meeting of the North American Patristic Society at Philadelphia in December and a paper at the Second International Congress of Neo-Latin Studies which is scheduled for August in Amsterdam. Last year the position of Director of Graduate Studies was established in the Department. Prof. Mark Naoumides is the first appointee to this position. Prof. Scanlan directed a workshop in Sept. for secondary school Latin teachers in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Over 100 Latin teachers were present and approximately 600 FL teachers from schools and colleges attended the annual Virginia FL teachers' conference. At the Statewide Leadership Conference sponsored by the 111. State Dept. of Public Instruction and held at Mundelein College on Oct. 14, Prof. Scanlan spoke on "The Role of Foreign Languages in the Curriculum Today." He also presented the Latin programs on the PLATO computer-assisted instruction system as part of a demonstration for the Head of the National Science Foundation in Washington, D.C. on September 12.

Prof. Taylor is currently reviewing C. M. Bowra, Homer , for the Classical Outlook . He will address the Cincinnati Association of Teachers of the Classics at their fall dinner meeting. Prof. Robbins attended the International Congress of Learned Societies in the Field of Religion held at Los Angeles in September. At the Annual Meeting of the Illinois Foreign Language Teachers Association, held in Peoria on Nov. 3-4, Prof. Scanlan spoke on "Teaching Culture in the Foreign Language Classroom." In conjunction with this meeting, Prof. Dunn addressed the ICC on "The Poetry of Love and the Love of Poetry —Catullus 50 and 51 •"

THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA The most extensive lecture program ever offered by the Central 111. Society began on Oct. 17 when Prof. Hubert L. Allen, Director of the Illinois-Princeton Expedition to Morgantina, Sicily, spoke on "Morgantina Sea Monsters, Lions and 'Baroque' Sicilian Workshops." The next presentation at Urbana will be on "Archaeology in Boiotia without Excavation," on Weds., Nov. 8 by John Fossey, McGill U. The public is invited. FALL ENROLLMENTS The Dept. is pleased to announce a 26^ increase in enrollments this fall. Continu- ing growth in the program in Classical Civilization and an unusually large beginning Greek class are largely responsible for the increased enrollments. , .

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NOTES -- by Prof. Barbara Smalley

FACULTY NOTES Prof. Herbert Knust, who returned from his sabbatical leave this fall, has resumed the duties of Chairman of the Program in Comparative Literature for the academic year 1972-73. During the past year Prof. Knust worked in the Archives in East and West Berlin, doing research on Bertolt Brecht and completing a manuscript for a book on the Schweyk theme to be published by the Suhrkamp Verlag in 1973. Prof. Francois Jost, who is on sabbatical leave this semester, will return to the U.I. campus by the beginning of the spring semester, 1973. PUBLICATIONS During his leave last year, the following publications by Prof. Herbert Knust appeared: "Brechts Fischzug . " in Brecht heute —Brecht Today . Jahrbuch der Internatlonalen Brecht-Gesellschaf t, (eds., Bentley, Fuergi, Grimm, Hermand, Hinck, Spalek, Weissteln),

I (1971), 98-109; "Der junge Brecht als Exorzist," German Quarterly . XLV (1972), 20- 32, (co-author: Christine Sahayda). Among Prof. Knust's recent reviews are The

Playwright and Historical Change : Dramatic Strategies in Brecht . Hauptmann . Kaiser and Wedekind, by Leroy R. Shaw. JEGP, LXX, 3 (July, 197lT, 513-516; Stefan George , by ( ,184-6 Eckhard Heftrich. Frankfort/M. 1968, in Comparative Literature XXIV 1972 ) Prof. A. 0. Aldridge has recently published the following articles: "Polly Baker and Boccaccio," in Annali dell 'Istituto Universitario Orientale, Sezlone

Romanza . XIV (Gennaio, 1972), 5-18; "The Modern Spirit: Kazantzakis and Some of His

Contemporaries," in Journal of Modern Literature . II (No. 2, 1972), 303-313. Recent publications of Prof. Rocco Montano (while he was on leave of absence % during the spring semester of 1971-72) include the following: "E vero che per salvarsi bisogna perdersi? Pavese in fuga"; "II messaggio e la lezione dell'ultimo De Sanctis"; "Per i Sei personaggl di Pirandello"; and "Solzenitsin: un vero scrittore contro il sistema." These articles appeared in the January, March, and

August, 1972 issues of II Mattino .

LECTURES, PAPERS During his stay in Germany, Prof. Knust delivered a lecture at the Univ. of Cologn upon "Kulinarisches und moralisches Theater: Zur Bildersprache Bertolt Brechts." Profs. A. 0. Aldridge and Francois Jost attended meetings of the Twelfth International Federation for Modern Languages and Literatures, which were held at Cambridge Univ., England, during Aug. 20-26. Prof. Aldridge delivered a paper entitled "The Vampire Theme: Dumas pere and the English Stage"; Prof. Jost addressed another meeting, upon "L'abbe* Pre"vost, traducteur de Richardson." During his leave of absence last spring, Prof. Montano delivered the following lectures: "Possibilita e necessita della storia letteraria," March 23, at the Istituto Magistrale Statale di Maratea; "Per uns nuova storia della letteratura, " April 15, Galleria del Libro Guida, Napoli; and two lectures on the theme, "Ufficio della critica," May, 1972, at the Univ. of Salerno.

NEW GRADUATE STUDENTS Members of the Comparative Literature Program are happy to welcome the new graduate students who entered the Program this fall. They are Robert Guignon, Jr., Judith Ann Myers, William J. Walker, and Clara I. Yu. Prof, and Mrs. Herbert Knust recentlj held an evening party at their home for graduate students —both new and those previously enrolled—and faculty. SYMPOSIUM The Comparative Literature Program co-sponsored a Symposium on "Utopian Social Thought in Literature and the Social Sciences" during Oct. 26-28. Distinguished American and European professors spoke on a series of topics: Irving Horowitz, Prof, of Sociology (Rutgers, The State Univ.), "Future Society of the Marxists"; Helmut Klages, Prof, of Sociology (Technische Universitat, Berlin) "Models for a Future Society: Literature and the Sociologist"; Darko R. Suvin, Prof. of English (McGill Univ.), "Wells' Time Machine and More's Utopia as Structural Models for Science Fiction"; Walter~HoTlerer, Prof, of German and Comparative Literature (U.I.). "The Prospects of Literature in Future Society"; Peter Demetz, Prof, of German and Comparative Literature (Yale Univ.), "Literary Scholarship: Past and Future." The addresses were followed by panel discussions, in which members of several departments of the U.I. participated. The proceedings of the Symposium will be pub-

lished by Comparative Literature Studies .

FRENCH NOTES — by Prof. Edwin Jahiel

HONORS We have the honor of announcing that Prof. Robert J. Nelson was awarded the Palmes Acade*miques by Mr. Jean Beaulieu, Cultural Attache* at Chicago, on Thurs., Sept. 28. Mr. Beaulieu delivered a lecture the same evening on "Pe*guy, la France et le nationalisme" at the Illini Union. The award ceremony, after the lecture, was followed by a reception. Prof. Emile Talbot has been appointed as a Fellow in the Center for Advanced Study for the second semester, 1972-73, to continue the preparation of his book on Stendhal and Romanticism.

STAFF NEWS We must say with much regret that for the first time in many years we are opening the fall semester without the presence of Profs. Charles A. Knudson and Claude P. Viens, both of whom retired in June. We are proud to announce, however, that Prof. Henry Kahane has agreed to replace Prof. Knudson for one year to teach the courses in Old French. It is also with much regret on the part of all our staff that our friend and super-secretary, Harriett Hatchel, after several years in the Dept. of French, is leavins; us (but staying in the building) to work for the new Unit on FL Research. A special celebration and Pause-Cafe" was held for Harriett at the French House. We are, however, glad that Yvonne Koster, one of our ace teachers, is taking over Mrs. Hatchel 's duties, and wish both of them the best of luck. Joining the Dept. of French this year is Prof. Fernand Marty, whose main work for the time being will be in the field of Compute r-Aided Instruction for foreign languages, particularly in relation to PLATO. Prof. Marty comes to us from the Univ. of Ottawa, Canada. Mr. Marty will also help to develop the new unit for foreign language studies and research established by the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences effective this fall, under the direction of Prof. B. H. Mainous. We wish to welcome back to the staff as instructor in French Madame Anna-Maria Sagi, who spent the past year in Spain. Madame Sagi will be working mainly in the advanced oral French courses. Prof. Emile Snyder of Indiana Univ. is offering a course on French African Literature, in English, with readings in English and French, dealing with the historj and themes of black African writers from the inception of the literature to present. Prof. Frederic M. Jenkins has been appointed to the ACTFL Bibliography Committee, 1972-75. He will participate in the preparation of the ACTFL Annual Bibliography on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Being welcomed back to the campus this fall are Profs. Gabriel Savignon and Herbert DeLey. Prof. Savignon was on sabbatical the spring of 1972. Prof. DeLey was on sabbatical leave the second semester of 1971 and in 1971-72 was in Grenoble and Rouen as Director of the Illinois Year-Abroad Program in France. Away on sabbatical for the first semester is Prof. Francois Jost, in Germany and Switzerland, and Prof. Philip Kolb is in France for the full year on sabbatical to continue his research and publication on Proust. Prof. DeLey remains connected with the Year-Abroad Pro- gram as departmental director of the program. Prof. Wilga Rivers has been appointed to the seven-member Steering Committee for

the Modern Language Program for the 1970' s (FLP-1970 's ) . This committee is charged with developing "a detailed analysis of critical aspects of language study in America during the 1970's with proposed strategies for depth study of these critical issues ." The Program is supported by the Institute of International Studies in the U.S. Office of Education. The committee began its work in New York on Sept. 21-22. While in the East Prof. Rivers also addressed the teaching assistants of the FL departments of Harvard Univ. Her new book, Speaking in Many Tongues , will be available from Newbury House Publishers, Rowley, Mass., in November.

How Nice to See You , the book by Roger Kempf , was reviewed by Prof. Yves Velan in the French Review , and the review also appeared in Zurcher Zeitung and Les Cahiers du Ghemin (Gallimard). Also, a recent poll by the "Communaute* des programmes radio- phoniques de langue francaise," places Je, the novel by Prof. Velan, in the list of the ten best books 1962-72 and the best of 1959, the year it appeared.

FRENCH STUDENTS AVAILABLE FOR VISITS Every year the French Dept. welcomes a number of teaching assistants on exchange from France. These young people would be very interested to visit other parts of Illinois and see American life on farms, in small towns or in Chicago. Any teacher of French who would like to arrange hospitality for a French-speaking student should contact Prof. W. Rivers, Dept. of French, FLB, U.I., Urbana, IL 61801. Hospitality at Thanksgiving and Christmas would be particularly welcomed.

ACTIVITIES The French Dept. has diversified its elementary and intermediate required courses in approach and content. There are now 16 possible course choices for students, of whxh eight are at the fourth-semester level. High school teachers and counselors who would like detailed information so that they may help their students select courses according to their interests and level of attainment are invited to write to Prof. Wilga Rivers, French Dept., FLB, U.I., Urbana, IL 61801 for information sheets.

The informal staff-student discussion group, Le_ Ce"nacle . as well as the Cercle Litte"raire Ne"gro-f rancophone have had their first meetings, respectively on n 0u va la litte"rature?" and on "Peau Noire, Masque Blanc" by Frantz Fanon. The organizers are Prof. Barbara Bowen and Mr. Patrick Abanime. Also, the French Chorus (director, Prof. F. W. Nachtmann) has had a number of rehearsals. The weekly French Luncheon has also resumed, Tuesdays at the New Faculty Center. Everyone is welcome. The list of French films shown by campus organizations is lengthy. Among them, this semester: Pierrot le Fou, L'Enfant Sauvage, Journal d'un Cure* de Campagne, Weekend, Les Oliviers de la Justice, Une Femme Douce, l'Atalante, Tirez sur le Pianiste, La Voie Lacte*e, La Prise de pouvoir de Louis XIV, Masculin-Feminin, Domicile Conjugal, Le Clan des Siciliens, etc., etc. —not to mention commercial shows and the large number of French films in the increasing offerings in film study. And, in theater, Ionesco's La Lee on and La Cantatrice Chauve as well as Giraudoux's Judith have been already performed locally this fall.

The play, Le Barbier de Seville , was presented by Le Tr£teau de Paris on Monday, Oct. 30 at the Festival Theatre in the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. A reception at the home of Prof, and Mrs. Waldbauer followed the play.

FRENCH FIELD TRIP AT THE U.I. As an experiment this year, a tour was organized of several points of interest on the Urbana campus by the Dept. of French, the Krannert Center, and Student Services for approximately 150 high school students and their teachers who came to see the French play, some of them from quite far.

GERMANIC NOTES — by Prof. David Chisholm

STAFF NEWS The German Dept. welcomes two new additions to the faculty this fall: Mr. Philip Grundlehner, who joins the dept. with the rank of Asst. Prof., studied at the Univ. of Pa., the Univ. of Tubingen, Tufts Univ., and Ohio State Univ. He received academic awards at all four universities, including a dissertation year fellowship at Ohio State, where he wrote on "The Symbol of the Bridge in German Lyric Poetry." During the academic year 1971-72 Prof. Grundlehner taught as instructor and asst. prof, of German at Middlebury College. Mr. David Ghisholm, who joins the dept. with the rank of Visiting Asst. Prof., studied at Oberlin College, the Univ. of Erlangen, the Univ. of Chicago, and Indiana Univ. His dissertation, written at Indiana, is a study of the prosodic structure of Goethe's Knittelvers. During 1970-71 Prof. Chisholm taught as a lecturer at Indiana Univ., and in 1971-72 he was a post-doctoral fellow and lecturer in German at the Univ. of Cincinnati. Two new appointments in Scandinavian have been made for the fall term: Dr. Bj'ornar Bergethon as Lecturer in Norwegian and Mrs. Eva Wetzel, MA, as Asst, Swedish. The following are new teaching assistants thie year: Priscilla Drake (UI), Gerald Driskell (Auburn U.), Rebecca Dvorak (Grinnell Coll.), Charlotte El Shabrawy

(UI), Margaret Fisher (Conn. Coll. for Women), Jane Fry (UI), Dorothy Martin ( U. of Mo.), Miriam Marx (UI), James Rendel (Wabash Coll.), Steven Schaller (UI), Janet van Valkenburg (Southern 111.), David Krooks (U. of Wise), Edith Graf (see below), Franz Neubacher (see below), and Franz Tades (see below). New fellows are Virginia Coombs, J'urgen Dollein, Karl Fink, David Krooks, and Nelson McMillan. The German Dept. takes pleasure in announcing the promotions of Assoc. Profs. Ruth Lorbe and Irmengard Rauch to Prof., and Instructors Vincent Dell'Orto and Karl- Heinz Schoeps to Asst. Prof. The following members of the dept. are on leave for 1972-73: Prof. James McGlathery (to Austria to finish a book on E.T.A. Hoffmann), Prof. Clayton Gray (to finish a book on the Minnesang, in Urbana), and Prof. Elmer H. Antonsen (to accept a visiting professorship at the Univ. of N. Carolina).

AUSTRIA-ILLINOIS EXCHANGE PROGRAM The German Dept. extends a very cordial welcome to six Austrians who are now teaching and studying on the Urbana campus: Miss Edith Graf, who attended the Teachers Train- ing College in Wiener Neustadt and the Padagogische Akademie in Baden, has taught

English, German, Physical Education, and Handicrafts in Windhag and Pottendorf ; Mr. Franz Neubacher, after attending the Handelsakademie in Waidhofen/Ybbs and the Pada- gogische Akademie in Krems, taught English and German last year in Randegg; and Mr. Franz Tades attended the Teachers Training College at Wiener Neustadt and has taught English, Mathematics, and Physical Education in Drosendorf. All three are teaching assts. in the German Dept. for 1972-73* Mr. Alexander Lichtmannegger, Miss Waltraud Primer, and Mr. Wolfgang Ziegler, all graduates of the Padagogische Akademie in Baden are pursuing graduate studies in Urbana this year. Meanwhile seven 111. graduate students are teaching in Lower Austria and nine- teen undergraduates (from Urbana, Chicago Circle, and other college campuses) are studying in Baden. Seventeen undergraduates have already returned from the Baden Study Program and several graduates have completed their year with the teaching program. Further efforts are being made to provide teaching positions for Austrians in the public school system and to attract more transfer students for the Study Program. For more information contact the Co-ordinator, Austria-Illinois Exchange Programs, Dept. of German, FLB, Urbana, IL 61801.

STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN GERMAN Prof. Karl-Heinz Schoeps, Acting Executive Secretary of the Dept. for 1972-73, reports that total student enrollment in German courses offered this fall is higher than it was a year ago. Prof. P.M. Mitchell reports that enrollment in Scandinavian has increased so that there are now three sections of Scandinavian 101.

GERMAN CLUB The first activity of the German Club this year was a well-attended presentation on

Oct. 12 of the cinematic masterpiece Olympia , a documentary about the 1936 games in Berlin. Pres. Fred Bennett and faculty advisor Rainer Sell have planned a stimulating program of activities for the coming year, including seven outstanding films, Christmas and Fasching celebrations, and a spring picnic. Regular activities of the club include a choir which presents music from the Middle Ages to the present, and a soccer group which participates in the Graduate Soccer Spring Competition. " t

EVENTS SYMPOSIUM: The German Dept, with the assistance of the Dept. of Sociology, organized a symposium on Utopian Social Thought in Literature and the Social Sciences , which took place Oct. 26-28 on the Urbana campus. The following speakers participated in the program: Prof. Irving Horowitz (Rutgers), Prof. Helmut Klages (Technische Univer- sitat, Berlin), Prof. Darko R. Suvin (McGill Univ.), Prof. Walter Hollerer (Tech- nische Universitat, Berlin and U.I.) and Prof. Peter Demetz (Yale). Each lecture was followed by a discussion period, and a panel discussion concluded the program. AATG: The fall meeting of the AATG Southern 111. Chapter was held on Friday evening, Nov. 3 at the Hotel Pere Marquette in Peoria. On the program were: "Fun, Service and Learning— the ILFSG" by Mr. Maurice D. Kindle, Mr. Mark Graham, and Mr. Joe Bacica; the film "Anywhere You Go" by the national AATG; and the presentation "Effective Hand-outs" by U. Henry Gerlach. The meeting was held in conjunction with the annual convention of the IFLTA, attended by over 1,000 teachers. WOYZECK by Georg Buchner will be performed in German by the traveling ensemble "Die Brucke" on Fri., Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. in the theater of Lane Technical H.S., 2501 W. Addison St. in Chicago. Tickets at $3 ($2 for students) can be secured via pre- payment and self-addressed envelope from: German Consulate General, 104 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago 60603 or the German Dept of the U. of Chicago, Northwestern U., Roose- velt U., or the U.I. Circle Campus.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THE FACULTY Prof. Irmengard Rauch gave a paper in July "On the semantic base of the Germanic dental preterite" at the summer meetings of the Linguistic Society of America in Chapel Hill, N.C. She also chaired a section of one of the meetings. Supported by an LSA and NSF grant, Prof. Rauch went to Bologna in August to present before the Eleventh International Congress of Linguistics a paper entitled "Were Verbs in fact Noun Sub- sidiaries?" This paper is in the Preprints to the 11th Congress, pp. 36I-367. On Oct. 5 Prof. Marianne Burkhard read a paper at the 182nd meeting of the Fruchtbringende Gesellschaf entitled "Hofmannsthals Reitergeschichte —ein Gegenst'uck zum Chandos-Brief . Prof. Herbert Knust, who holds a joint appointment in German and Comparative Literature and who also is chairman of the Program in Comparative Literature, has returned from sabbatical. His research is listed in the Comparative Literature Notes.

SPECIAL HONORS Prof. Emeritus Alfred Philippson received in July a special honor from the Univ. of Cologne in the form of a renewed PhD. degree. The occasion was the fiftieth anniversary of his 'Promotion.* Prof. Philippson's dissertation, Per Marchentypus von

Konig Drosselbart . was written under Friedrich von der Leyen in 1922 and published a year later. The accompanying letter from the Dean of the College of Philosophy indicated that this award was given for the first time. For his role in developing and promoting German-American cultural relations, Prof. Henri Stegemeier has received the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal

Republic of Germany. This distinguished service medal, known as the Verdienstkreuz , erster Klasse . is the highest honor of this order. The award was conferred in Bonn by President Gustav Heinimann, and the medal was presented to Prof. Stegemeier in July by Hans Rolf Kiderlen, the German consul general in Chicago.

SLAVIC NOTES — by Prof. Elliot Cohen ENROLLMENTS Enrollments this year have climbed back to 1970 levels, with Russ 101 showing a 50i increase over last year, plus encouraging enrollments in our literature courses taught in translation. New courses include a survey course in Polish literature in translation taught by Prof. Iribarne; a course on East European cinema by Prof. Hill; and a course now being planned on NABOKOV (c.f. below). 10

PROMOTION Congratulations to Kurt Klein who has been promoted to full professor. Prof. Klein teaches Russian language and linguistics, and is in charge of the MAT program.

NEW FACES New in the office are Pamela Reitz, Sharon Niraer, Lee Becker, and Marc Sperling; among graduate students are Christine Bethin, Gloria Kenski, James Levine, Steven Nielsen, Lily Schoch, Mary Theis, Jeffrey Tyler, Wayne Uhle, Constance Waring, and Nancy Wood. SLAVIC PAPERS Slavic Papers, an original enterprise of the Dept.'s graduate students has celebrated its longevity by devoting its 18th issue to a Polish-Russian symposium, including a paper by Maria Zalucky on the problem of power and personality in the works of Hickiewicz and Pushkin.

INTERVIEWS WITH RUSSIAN EMIGRE WRITERS Interviews with Russian emigre" writers were conducted this past summer by Prof. Temira Pachmuss on her research trip partially financed by the Russian and East European Center of the U.I. Interviewed were Vladimir Nabokob in Montreaux, Switz. (this interview will be very helpful in the introduction of Prof Pachmuss' new course to be given in English, entitled Vladimir Nabokov), the poet and critic Yury Terapiano in Paris, and the prose writer Irina Saburova in Munich.

RUSSIAN EDUCATIONAL FILMS The Slavic Dept. has built up a small collection of 16mm documentary short films with varying degrees of language and/or cultural interest. Teachers around the state may borrow them free for classroom use. Requests should be directed to: Secretary, Dept. of Slavic Langs., FL3, U.I., Urbana, IL 61801. -means printed script available. Eastern Europe (15 min., 1962, in English). High-school level Dresentation of the geography and peoples of East Europe. * Marsianin v Moskve (8mm, k min., 1967). Color animated film made in Britain for languas-e teaching, accompanied by Russian language tape. Moscow and Leningrad (8mm, 10 min., i960). Silent travelogue. * Moskve i Leningrad (13 min.~, 1963, in Russian). From the Syracuse series. Slow speech, intended for intermed. students; travelog scenes filmed in the middle 1950' s.

Pasternak and Dr . Zhivago (10 min., 1964, in English). Color preview of the Omar Sharif f film, with some glimpses of Pasternak and Russian culture. *Po Sovetskomu Soiuzu (1968, 10-min. each, spoken in fast Russian). A newsreel series suitable for advanced students; interesting visuals. Consists of: *#5^: Leningrad and the Revolution, Construction project boss, Ballet Theater in Perm *#55: Lenin's archives, New Belorussian dump trucks, figure skating champs *#56: Mrs. Lenin, Univ. of Tartu (Estonia), Vologda lace-making *#57: Lenin's father & home in Simbirsk; photographer shoots Sino-Soviet border clashes; Vasiliev, Bolshoi Ballet soloist (#56 has the simplest vocabulary, with #57 second; but all are difficult) * Poguliam po Moskve and * Poezdka na iug (1968, 10 min. each, in Russian). Two British films of the Syracuse type, intended for students, with medium-speed narration. Shows teenagers visiting Moscow and Kiev, respectively. Polet Vostoka - II (I963, 5 min., in Russian). Excerpt from actual Soviet TV newsreel of one of the Soviet space shots, with Titov in orbit. Language difficult. Russia in the 1930's (10 min., silent). Old pre-war travelogue whose scenes now have nostalgic interest. Russian- Polish Armistice (1950's, 5 min., in English). Documentary on the treaty negotiations of 1920 after the brief Soviet-Polish clash.

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS Faculty publications include Louis Iribame's article "Revolution in the Theatre of Witkacy and Gombrowicz, " and an excerpt from his English-language translation of of Quintofron Witkiewicz's Insatiability , a piece called "The Little Theatre and just publish- Wieczorowicz, " both to appear in the winter issue of Polish Review ; ed by the U.I. Press is Prof. Temira Pachmuss' book, Selected Works of Zinaida by Prof. Pachmuss. Her recent articles wOL Hippius , 15 stories translated and edited Frank Gladney is conducting a research proj- be listed in the next Newsletter. Prof. Office tauo. ect on the Polish handbook, under a contract between the U.I. and the 01 11 SPANISH, ITALIAN AND PORTUGUESE NOTES — by Alice L. Anderson

1973 AATSP NATIONAL SPANISH CONTEST The Downstate Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portu- guese wishes to set up area testing centers for the AATSP National Examinations. The test will be administered between March Zk and April 7, 1973. The test administration time is 75 minutes and requires laboratory listening facilities. Schools that are willing to set up area testing centers should advise James E. McKinney, Downstate AATSP Contest Chairman, Western 111. Univ., Macomb, IL 61455. As usual, schools with facilities may admimister their tests locally. All testing materials for the Downstate area should be ordered from Mr. McKinney. The deadline for ordering is February 1, 1973.

SECOND-YEAR SPANISH FILMS AND LECTURES A unique opportunity is available for third- and fourth-semester Spanish students to learn about Spanish and Spanish-American culture and history. On Tuesdays, every hour on the hour from 8-5 p.m. (except vacations), a film or lecture is given in G13 F.L.B. This series is open to students, faculty and visitors to the U.I.

WELCOME HOME A welcome back to the U.I. is extended to Prof. Alberto Porqueras-Mayo, Earl and Denise Thompson, and Mr. Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr. Prof. Porqueras-Mayo served as Director of the U.I. Year-Abroad Program in Spain during 1971-72. His assistants were Instructor Earl Thompson and graduate student Denise Thompson; Denise now holds an assistantship in the College of Education as field supervisor in the foreign language section of the student teaching program. Mr. Mowry, teaching assistant in Spanish, has returned from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he did dissertation research and wrote feature articles and drama reviews for the English-language newspaper, the Buenos Aires Herald . Many of you will probably recognize him as a past editor of this Newsletter.

FACULTY NOTES Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello, Head of the Department, has been honored with the invitation to be listed in the second edition of Who's Who in the World . Prof. Pasquariello also attended and participated in a meeting by the "National Committee in Support of Foreign Languages," sponsored by all the AAT's and the ACTFL in Philadelphia on Sept. 29-30. In addition, Prof. Pasquariello is a member of the National Committee to Evaluate Graduate Programs in Spanish, which met in Wichita, Kansas on October 5-7'• Prof. J. H. D. Allen has been invited as foreign language consultant to the Thunderbird Graduate School in Glendale, Arizona. This school of foreign trade, which grants the M.B.A. degree, each winter is the subject of a symposium-seminar visit, this time on Jan. 7-19, 1973- Prof. Allen will look in on classes for Ameri- can business men whose position requires a knowledge of a foreign language. Prof. Allen is also a member of a team from the North Central Association that spent Nov. 7-10 on a visit to Fenton H.S. in Bensenville. In addition, Prof. Allen has gone to the Univ. of Northern la. in Cedar Falls to evaluate the Spanish program there. Prof. Merlin H. Forster has been named Director of the Center for Latin American Studies. His current research is on the chronology and terminology of Latin American vanguard is mo . Graduate student and fellow Regina Harrison Macdonald conducted supple mentary research on this topic in Quito, Ecuador and also interviewed authors and critics of these movements, such as A. P. Diez Canseco, Jorge Icaza, B. Carrion, M.A. Aguirre and A. A. Robelino. Prof. Robert E. Lott spent five months in Madrid, working on a new book on Juan Valera, as Associate Member of the U.I. Center for Advanced Study. Prof. Lott participated as Secretary of the Spanish II section in the Midwest Modern Language Associa- tion meeting, held in St. Louis on Oct. 26-28, 1972. Assoc. Prof. David Hershberg is now Chairman of the U.I. Year-Abroad Program in Spain. Assoc. Prof. Thomas C. Meehan will be Chairman of the Spanish Section 7 of the M.L.A. Convention in New York 12 Asst. Prof. Anoar Aiex received a grant from the Center for Latin American Studies and spent six weeks in Brazil doing research on Ensaistas Brasileiros do Periddo Modernista . Asst. Prof. Anthony K. Cassell received a summer Faculty Fellowship and spent two months in Florence, Italy doins- research. Javier Martfnez-Palacio has been appointed visiting lecturer and teaches courses at the U.I. in 19th and 20th century Soanish literature. He received his B.A. from the Univ. of Madrid and did his graduate work at the Univ. of Texas at Austin. He is the author of several books, Historia de mi pueblo (fiction, 1962), Castellano

Interno (poetry, 1963), and Romerfa (poetry, 1963) , as well as numerous articles in Insula and other professional journals. Mr. Reynaldo Jimenez of the U.I. has been appointed full-time Instructor and is currently working on his dissertation, "Guillermo Cabrera Infante y Tres Tristes Tigres ."

PUBLICATIONS Faculty and graduate students alike have spent a rewarding summer completing many books and articles. All of these fine publications deserve a place in the Newsletter; Since space is limited in this issue, they will be presented in the December number.

LECTURES On Oct. 24 Jorge Icaza, author of Huasipungo (1934), delivered a lecture entitled, "De Huasipungo a Atrapados . " Huasipungo is a novel of intense social criticism and is one of the most important social documents of our times. Hugo Arguelles, Mexican playwright and movie script writer, directed a round- table discussion on "Teatro y cine" on October 9.

SPANISH CLUB The Spanish Club is continuing its tradition of Tertulias, which all Spanish speakers are invited to attend. The Tertulia gives intermediate and advanced students of Spanish the opportunity to practice conversing in an informal atmosphere. They are being held every other Thursday at 4:00. In addition, the Spanish Club is planning a Christmas party, which will take place during the last week of classes before Christmas, with music, entertainment, and refreshments. The Spanish Club is under the direction of Graduate Assistant Eva Abreu; for further information please contact her in 4123 FLB.

The U.I. Foreign Language Newsletter is published jointly by the Foreign Language Departments of the U.I., under the direction of the Head of the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. Editorial offices are located in 4119 FLB, Urbana. The Newsletter is available without charge to all interested persons in Illinois and other areas. All communications by mail should be addressed to the Editor, FL News- letter, 4080 FLB, Urbana, IL 61801. —

THE UNIVERSITY OP ILLINOIS FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSLETTER

March, 1973 Director: Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello Vol. XXVI, No. 3 Editor: Alice Lone Anderson

STANDING OVATION FOR PROFESSOR PASQUARIELLO Professor Anthony M. Pasquariello received a standing ovation after his Presidential Address which he delivered at the banquet closing the Fifty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese held in New York City recently. The title of the address, "A Cause in Search of Understanding and Leader- ship: Bilingual and Bicultural Education," is almost self-explanatory, but a few pre-publication excerpts may offer some insight into the urgency and scope of Prof. Pasquariello' s plea for massive action in meeting the special and unique educational needs of children who have limited English-speaking ability and who come from environ- ments other than English:

"The estimated Spanish-speaking population in the United States numbers more than 16,000,000. About 2,000,000 of their children are studying in our elementary schools. These are not foreigners in our midst, and Spanish is no longer a 'foreign' language in this country. ... It is a living reality of the American scene and we are an important part of that reality as teachers and students of Spanish. The responsibility for leadership in the area of bilingual teaching is, consequently, thrust upon us whether we like it or not.

"A new chapter in American education will be written when we abandon systematically the notion that Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Chicanos should forget who they were, and when we recognize and respect linguistic and cultural differences for what they are, just differences —not aberrations which will in the short and long run enrich the lives of a multitude of so-called Americans in so many communities. It is nice to package everything neatly with fancy trimmings but education and the lives of young people cannot be packaged with an assembly-line psychology.

"There are so many ethnic groups today in all of the States of this large and varied country which have lost their identity in all except the name itself. However different the atmosphere and mood of our country may be today, I still fear a repetition of the same errors which created the false ideal of sameness among us. This must not happen and it will not happen if schools and community programs create an environment in which there is respect, not scorn, for young people who speak a language which is different, whose values are different, whose economic status is different, but who also have an American dream, an American dream which does not demand loss of identity, an American dream which reinforces rather than erodes a sense of pride in their heritage.

"The AATSP has piloted many worthwhile causes since its inception more than a half century ago. I cannot recall any cause, however, which will touch so many people, and will arouse the social conscience of the United States more than the cause to which I have addressed myself on this occasion. The bilingual and bicultural dilemma may, in fact, be the last great cause we will be called upon to sponsor in this century. But let us not wait for official action from the top to get this grass-roots action started. Official proclamations often take a long time to compose and an even longer time to implement. Let us not wait for the other person to start something. I am asking you, therefore, all of you, to carry this message home with you. Start organizing colloquiums now; get as many people involved as possible inside and outside the profession. We need your help and your counsel now. Let us hear from you."

The complete Spanish version of this address will be published in the March, 1973

issue of Hispania , the official journal of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.

FESTIVAL OP NEW FRENCH FILMS A festival of new French films will take place in Urbana on May 1-3- Ten to twelve 1972-73 French- language, subtitled major productions will be shown, ranging from solid entertainment features to political features and more experimental films. Further details appear in the French Notes section of this number.

ILLINOIS TEACHER TRAINING WORKSHOP The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, State of Illinois, has extended an invitation to all foreign language educators to attend the Workshop for the Training of Teachers in Foreign Language Education in Illinois for the 70' s. This workshop will be held at the U.I., Champaign- Urbana, March 30-31, 1973, and is specially designed for chairmen of the departments of Foreign Languages, teachers of methods in Foreign Languages, and supervisors of Foreign Language student teachers. The purpose of the meeting is to coordinate the efforts of all foreign language teachers in the colleges and universities recognized for approved programs for teacher certification in Illinois. There will be several conferences and demonstrations with time allotted for discussion. Included is teacher training, FLES, use of films, and individualized instruction. Preregistration should be completed at once by writing to: Sister Marie Celeste, Director of Foreign Languages, Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Springfield, IL 62706. The registration fee of $2.00 is payable at the workshop.

CENTRAL STATES CONFERENCE The theme of the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages is "The Foreign Language Teacher: Present and Future Tense." The Conference will take place on April 26-28 at the St. Paul Hilton in St. Paul, Minn. The keynote speakers will be Edward Allen, "The Teacher as a Catalyst: Motivation in the Classroom"; Frank Grittner, "The Teacher as a Co-Learner: Interest-Centered Materials"; and Helen Warriner, "The Teacher as a Quality Control: Program Options." Registration and hotel reservation information can be obtained from: Anthony Gradisnik, Milwaukee Public Schools, P.O. Drawer 10K, Milwaukee Wis. 53201; (414) 475-8091.

FORUM ON ARTICULATION In an attempt to identify successful or promising approaches to the problem of articulation among high school, junior college, and four-year college foreign language programs, the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (ADFL) is sponsoring a forum for teachers and administrators at all levels, as part of the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, April 26-28 at the St. Paul Hilton. Principal speaker at the Central States/ADFL forum will be Dr. Louise H. Allen, Chairman of the Division of Communications at Parkland College in Champaign, 111. To provide material for the discussion, individual teachers or departments that have developed or are in the process of developing programs, conferences, or other solutions to the problems of articulation are invited to report them by letter or post- card to the chairman of the forum, Mrs. Rosemary H. Thomas, Dept. of French, Forest Park Community College, 56OO Oakland Ave., St. Louis, MO 63IIO. Further information may be obtained from Mrs. Thomas or from the national office of the ADFL, c/o MLA, 62 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10011.

ACTFL Membership in the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages is open to all who are interested in the teaching of foreign languages. Membership includes four issues of Foreign Language Annals , four issues of Accent on ACTFL . invitation to the Annual Meeting, election of new members to the ACTFL Executive Council, and professional information services. Annual dues are: Regular Membership, $10.00; Student Membership, $6.00. Write to ACTFL, 62 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10011 Future meetings are as follows: the 1973 ACTFL Convention in Boston on Nov. 22- 25; in 1974 ACTFL will hold the Annual Meeting in cooperation with the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Nov. 28 - Dec. 1, 197^ at the Denver Hilton; and the 1975 ACTFL Meeting will be held in New York City on Nov. 27- 30 at the New York Hilton, with workshops on Nov. 24-26.

U.I. EARLY CALENDAR The U.I. goes on the early calendar starting with the Fall 1973 semester. The 1973 summer session ends on Aug. 11; registration for the fall term begins on Aug. 22 and classes commence on Aug. 27.

LANGUAGE BY RADIO NEWSLETTER A newsletter is now available to those interested in language by radio. The second number appeared in Jan. 1973 and requested more interested readers to be on its mailing list. It is free of charge, except for postage. To receive the Newsletter, send five self-addressed and stamped legal size envelopes to: Alan Garfinkel, Dept. of Modern Languages, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, Ind. 47907. International reply coupons or loose foreign stamps are also acceptable. News items, short articles, information, opinions and most anything else readers may care to send for inclusion in the newsletter will be welcomed.

COLLOQUIUM FOR LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY The Unit for Foreign Language Study and Research has announced the founding of the Colloquium for Language Pedagogy, under the chairmanship of James W. Marchand. Activities of the Colloquium will be coordinated by the Unit for Foreign Language Study and Research. The Colloquium was inaugurated on Nov. 21 with a panel discussion on the Use of PLATO in Language Teaching. Each of the panelists presented some of the results of his own research in the use of PLATO. The session was intended to inform people interested in languages and language teaching of the capabilities and limitations of PLATO. A second panel discussion on the Teaching of Culture and Civilization took place on Feb. 20.

THE CASE FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGES In the Joint National Committee for Languages set up by the various AAT's and ACTFL last September, Illinois was one of the four states chosen for special experimentation in bringing the case for foreign languages before the public. (See German

Quarterly . Sept. 72, p. 1; Fr. Review . Oct. 72, p. 97; Hispania . Oct. 72.1 Other states chosen were Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Texas. The sub-committee formed to supervise this activity consists of Edward Scebold, Executive Secretary of ACTFL, F. W. Nachtmann, U.I., Executive Secretary of AATF, and Prof. William Harvey of Commerce, Texas. The intention is to use the existing structure of the AAT chapters, particularly as they cooperate through the state foreign language association, to communicate with the public through the media, through the community service clubs, the PTA's, and all other appropriate groups. Also, it is recognized that high school administrators and counselors need to be educated to the value of foreign language study, and so it is hoped to bring the message to them by offering first- rate speakers and panel discussion to their local meetings. Simultaneously the Joint Committee expects to help upgrade language teaching by assisting with teacher training and facilitating placement of foreign language teachers. Foreign language teachers in Illinois and in the other states mentioned who would like to participate actively in this program are invited to make contact with one of the three committee members mentioned above or with the president of their state language association. In Illinois the President of the IFLTA is Prof. James McKinney, Western 111. Univ., Macomb. SUMMER LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Middlebury College (Vermont), long known for its programs in advanced language study, will offer beginning instruction in five Western foreign languages for the first time next summer. Students attending the intensive seven-week session at the Vermont liberal arts college may study French, German, Italian, Russian or Spanish in the nev* program. Beginning Portuguese is also available to those who already have a command of Spanish. Students should be able to make progress equal to that gained through two normal year-long college courses. Eastern Wash. State College (Cheney) offers a three-week total immersion program for foreign language teachers from June 18 to July 6. This intensive program offers a live-in situation in language dormitories on the campus. The daily weekday schedule includes regular sessions on cultural components (sports, eating habits, social graces, fashions, industry, mass media, politics, etc.), geography and its impact on culture, extracurricular motivational techniques, conversation and oral drill, phonetics and diction, recreational methods, and evening social activities. June 18-29 in Seattle are the dates and location of the Second Annual Institute on Individualizing Foreign Language Instruction, jointly sponsored by the Univ. of Wash, and the Bellevue (WA) Public Schools. Entitled "Implementing Individualized Instruction: Strategies for Foreign Language Leaders," the Institute is designed for high school and college department heads, local and state foreign language supervisors, teacher trainers, curriculum developers, consultants, and others in leadership positions locally, regionally, or nationally. The School of Education and the Office of Summer Studies of Indiana Univ., in cooperation with the Office of the Coordinator for School Foreign Languages, announce an intensive summer workshop for teachers of French, German, Latin, and Spanish. Dated June 25-July 12 and entitled "Teaching Culture: An Option to Individualized Instruction," the workshop will offer three graduate or undergraduate credits. Its purpose will be to help participants become more familiar with the foreign culture as well as help prepare cultural materials for classroom use. Special attention will be paid to the use of individualized instruction as a vehicle for the teaching of culture. Further information may be obtained by writing Robert C. Lafayette, Sec- ondary Education, School of Education, Ind. Univ., Bloomington, Ind. ^7^01. Each year, for six weeks of the summer, Augustana College in Rock Island, 111., offers to college students in the U.S. and Canada an opportunity to study in Spain. In addition to study lead by native Spanish professors, group tours are scheduled to places of cultural and historical interest. For more information, contact Dr. A. Doreste, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL 61201. The historic city of Soria, Spain, will be the site of a nine-week study travel program for high school students next summer. The program is being offered by the Univ. of Northern la. extension service and the department of teaching. High school juniors and seniors who have successfully completed at least two years of high school Spanish may apply. Enrollment is limited to 25 students. For more information, write to: James Price, UNI High School Students Abroad: Spanish-1973, Malcolm Price Laboratory School, Cedar Falls, IA 50613.

THE CLASSICS NOTES — by Prof. H. Michael Dunn

ILLINOIS CLASSICAL CONFERENCE The department was well represented at the annual meeting of the ICC held in Chicago on Feb. 8-10. Profs. Allen and Newman delivered papers; Profs. Dunn and Scanlan are on the Executive Board as Chairman of Public Relations and President-elect, respectively. Prof. Scanlan also attended a meeting of the ACTFL Executive Council in New York. The Council established the theme and format for this year's meeting, which will be held on Nov. 22-25 in Boston. ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA The U.I. Dept. of History and the Central Illinois Society of AIA jointly sponsored the Norton Lecture "The Destruction of Crete ca. 1^50 B.C." Prof. Sinclair Hood of Oxford Univ. presented the lecture on Feb. 26.

HUMANITIES Mr. Andrew Horton's translations of poems by Yannis Ritsos, the modern Greek poet, will appear in the spring issue of the Minnesota Review .

RELIGIOUS STUDIES Prof. Schoedel has been invited to appear in a program entitled "Wisdom in an Age of Anxiety," held at the Univ. of Notre Dame this spring. His presentation on March 3 was entitled "Jewish Wisdom and the Formation of the Christian Ascetic."

HONORED Prof. Miroslav Marcovich has been initiated into the Phi Kappa Phi honor society, 111. Chapter. Prof. Marcovich has also been appointed to a seven-man Advisory Com- mittee on the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae by the Board of Directors of the American Philological Association. Prof. Daniel Taylor has been appointed to the advisory board of Historiographia

Linguistica . the new international journal for the history of linguistics. Prof. Taylor has also been appointed a summer fellow for 1973. OTHER FACULTY ACTIVITIES Prof. Marcovich has been invited to present a paper on the poems of Franciscus Natalis for reading at the Second International Congress of Neo-Latin Studies to be held in Amsterdam in 1973* He is presently working on two major contributions for the Pauly - Wossowa RE on Empedocles and Anaxagoras. Prof. Taylor will read a paper "Verbs of 'fearing' in Greek and Latin" at the " Kentucky Foreign Language Conference in April. His article Mures , immo homines — Rationalism in Language Learning" will appear in the fall edition of Classical Outlook A book entitled Changing Patterns in FL Programs and edited by Profs. Rivers, Savignon, and Scanlan of the U.I. and L. H. Allen of Parkland College, Champaign, has recently been published by Newbury House. The book deals with teaching of foreign languages in junior and community colleges.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NOTES — by Prof. Barbara Smalley

MEETINGS Prof. Francois Jost is back on campus this spring semester after a sabbatical leave for the first semester. Since last June he delivered a paper at the Congress of FILLM in Cambridge, England, and lectured at the Univ. of Mainz and also at Tubingen, Zurich, and Lausanne. He participated in the meeting of the German Comparative Lit- erature Association in Regensburg in July 1972, and also in the meeting of the French Comparative Literature Association which was held in Strasbourg in October 1972. Prof. Herbert Knust attended the MLA convention in New York in Dec. and participated in the Brecht Seminar. On Feb. 21 he delivered a lecture at the Univ. of Southern Calif. During March 9-10 Prof. Knust will chair a section on German Theater and also deliver a paper in the film section at the Univ. of Louisville Conference on Twentieth-Century Literature. Prof. A. Owen Aldridge also attended the annual MLA meetings in Dec. and while there attended meetings of Editors of Learned Journals, the ACLA Advisory Board, and the Nominating Committee of American Literature I. In Jan. Prof. Aldridge gave a lecture at the Univ. of Tubingen, Germany, upon "Primitive Themes in Eighteenth-Century Literature." PUBLICATIONS Prof. A. Owen Aldridge recently published "The State of Nature: an Undiscovered in the History of Ideas," Country in Studies in Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century . Vol. XCVIII, 7-26; and also "Fenimore Cooper and the Picaresque Tradition," in Nineteenth Century Fiction (Dec. 1972), Vol. 27 (No. 3), 283-29?. Prof. Jost's article, "Li tte"rature corapare'e et litte'rature universelle" appeared this fall in the Danish Comparative Literature Journal, Orbis Litterarum (1972), XXVII, 13-27.

FRENCH NOTES — by Prof. Edwin Jahiel

FESTIVAL OF NEW FRENCH FILMS Prof. Edwin Jahiel, as Chairman of the U.I.'s Committee on Cinema Studies, and as Prof, of French, has been involved in lengthy negotiations with the U.I. and the French Cultural Services of New York, in order to organize a Festival of New French Films in LJrbana. As of this writing, the Festival is a certainty (except for trivia such as funds) and will take place on May 1, 2, and 3, 1973. It is possible that it may even start a day earlier (in the evening of April 30) and finish as late as the afternoon of May 4. Ten to twelve brand new, French-language, subtitled, unreleased (in the U.S.) major productions of 1972-73 will be shown, films ranging from the solid commercial-type entertainment feature (dramas, comedies, etc.) to political features and more experimental films. Some three or four film-makers (perhaps more) and/or critics from France will accompany the films, introduce them, discuss them, and be available for classes and meetings. This is a major cultural event which should be attended by any cunephile or francophile within driving distance. The films will be free (most probably) or there may be a very low charge made. The detailed schedule is still being worked on: it looks as though—depending on whether this event runs 3 or 4 or 5 days — there will be 3 to 4 features shown each day, afternoon and evening, at the U.I. Auditorium. All films are brand new prints in 35mm. As we are short of help and my phone is always busy, if you want details, please send me a note exactly as follows: Prof. E. Jahiel, French Film Festival, French Dept., Univ. of 111., Urbana, IL 61801, and enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope. You will hear from me as fast as the program is finalized—which may be quite late in April—but you can keep the above information and dates in mind to plan your visit. (Please see related item on German Film Festival in German Notes below.)

FRENCH EXCHANGE STUDENTS We have several visiting French exchange students who would be happy to visit an American high school and talk with the students. Please contact Prof. W. Rivers.

PEACE CORPS At a recent Pause-Cafe" Miss Le"ontine Paul-Emile showed some slides on the Ivory Coast. During her commentary, she mentioned that the Peace Corps is looking for people who are proficient in French to work in French-speaking African countries. At present, there are programs in the following fields: teaching (TESL mainly), agriculture, construction, health. Also, teachers in the Peace Corps have the ot>- tion of combining their work experience with a special studies program leading to the M.A. degree.

AATF The Executive Council of the American Association of Teachers of French convened in extraordinary session on the Urbana campus on March 2-k, to take up matters which pressures prevented from being discussed at the annual convention, flany distinguished scholars are members of the council, including Pres. D.W. Alden (iJniv. of Va.), Former Pres. Henry Owens (E. Mich. Univ.), and Executive Secretary Prof. F. W.

Nachtmann (U.I . ) . MOLIERE SUMMER AT URBANA The U.I. at Urbana will offer a Summer Session program of particular interest to students and teachers of French. 1973 being the Moliere Tricentenary, the theme of Moliere and the comic will be emphasized. At the same time, a choice of French language and civilization courses will be available for advanced students and teachers wishing to refresh or update their linguistic skills, methodology, or knowledge of contemporary France. Prof. Gabriel Savignon will give attention to crucial questions of today's France in French 336 — French Civilization, II; he will also teach his course in "Stylistics. " Prof. Fernand Marty, in his first year with us after teaching principally at Hollins College and Middlebury, will give "Linguistics Applied to the Teaching of French"; Prof. Edwin Jahiel will offer his ever updated "Language Lab- oratory Techniques" with full attention to visuals (film, photography, video-tape) as well as the latest audio. For students more concerned with increasing their fluency in the spoken language, Mme . Ana Marfa Sagi will teach French 212-oral French. To honor Moliere in this tricentenary observance, the theme of Moliere and the comic will be approached from different viewpoints in our literary offerings and other activities. Prof. Robert J. Nelson will give a course in "Transformations of the Comic — Moliere, Marivaux, Musset, Ionesco." Prof. Francis Nachtmann will give a theater workshop course to include the study and practice of several Moliere works, with short productions and play-readings, and a full-scale production of one of the major comedies. Prof. Edwin Jahiel in his course on the French cinema will include Moliere and the comic both in his course films and in his extracurricular film showings, which together will afford the opportunity to see several French films weekly. For those looking ahead to the two-hundredth birthday of the U.S., when the close American relationship with eighteenth-century France will be brought to the fore (and for those who simply want to study Rousseau) Prof. Francois Jost will offer the seminar, "J. J. Rousseau and his time." Finally the opportunity for independent study for credit with all of the professors named above is available, and with Stanley Shinall (French teacher education), Pierre tfeisz (modern French novel), Bruce Mainous (French civilization). For students still at the language acquisition stage, the usual elementary and intermediate courses will be given, with the exception of French 102 (second semester). For more information, write to B. H. Mainous, Head, Dept. of French, 2090 Foreign Lang. Bldg., U.I., Urbana, IL 61801.

STAFF NEWS After five years of loyal and efficient service as Executive Secretary of the French Dept., Prof. Stanley Shinall has resigned in order to pursue more Dersonal teaching and research. We thank him most sincerely and wish him well in his new endeavors. We also congratulate Prof. Brigitte banner on being awarded a Summer Fellowship for 1973, to work on themes and techniques in the poetry of Rene" Char. The U.I. Alumni News for Feb. 1973 carries a full and interesting article on

Prof. Emeritus Henry Kahane and Dr. Rene*e Kahane . Highly recommended reading. Prof. Robert J. Nelson will be lecturing at various Midwest universities this semester: on Feb. 22 he spoke at the Univ. of Kansas on "Search or Research: Con- temporary Problems in Graduate Education in Foreign Languages and Literatures"; on March 22, he will lecture at the Univ. of la. in a special program on the Moliere

Tri-Centenary, on "Moliere's School for Wives , O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms ,

Edward Albee's The American Dream : Love Postponed"; on April 27, he will read a paper at the Kentucky Conference on "Beckett and Pascal: Orders and Disorders." Prof. Nelson's paper at the fall meeting of the MMLA, "Foreign-Language Study: Bride or Bridesmaid" appears in the March 1973 ADFL Bulletin and his review article, "Accounts of Mutual Acquaintances to a Group of Friends: The Fiction of John

Williams" appears in the March 1973 Denver Quarterly . At the Nov. ACTFL Meeting in Atlanta, Prof. Wilga Rivers read a paoer: "From linguistic Competence to Communicative Competence." Prof. Pierre ^eisz read a paper at the last MLA's section on 17th Cent. Lit. on "La Princesse de Cleves: l'envers de la trage"die?" 8

The Dec. 1972 meeting of the Journal Club had as Its topic "La Revolte Linguis- tique," with participation by the audience and the special help of Prof. Bernard, U.I. Dept. of History, and Prof. Velan. On Jan. 10 Prof. Barbara Bowen spoke to the Gutenberg Galaxy (a group of biblio- philes) on her collection of early editions of P. G. Wodehouse. Showings have been made of excellent cultural French films (of a refined, TV-essay and -news type) in conjunction with all Oral French Sections as well as some

literature, civilization, etc. courses. A report will be made in the Newsletter , probably next fall, after usage and evaluation.

PUBLICATIONS

Prof. Wilga M. Rivers has published Speaking in Many Tongues : Essays in Foreign-

language Teaching . 148 pp.; and Profs, tfilga M. Rivers, Louise H. Allen, Sandra J. Savignon, and Richard T. Scanlan, eds., Changing Patterns in Foreign Language Pro - grams . Report of the Illinois Conference on Foreign Languages in Junior and Commu-

nity Colleges . 341 PP. In this volume, as well as contributions from each of the co- editors, were articles by Gabriel Savignon, Glenda Brown, Paul Griffith ( two articles), Bernice Melvin, Paulette Pelc, and Samia Spencer of the French Dept., Richard Figge and James McGlathery of the German Dept., and Mary Hussey (ESL). Prof. Sandra J. Savignon has published "Teaching for Communicative Competence: - A Research Report," The Audio Visual Language Journal . X, iii (Winter, 1972) ; and "A l'Ecoute de France-Inter: The Use of Radio in a Student-Centered Oral Franch

Class," French Review , XLVI, ii (Dec. 1972).

GERMANIC NOTES — by Prof. David Chisholm AUSTRIA-ILLINOIS EXCHANGE PROGRAM Ten students selected for the Teaching Program in Austria will be making preparations this spring for their assignments for 1973-74. They will teach English on the junior high school level in towns in Lower Austria. Twenty undergraduate students have beer selected to participate in next year's Study Program in Austria. In Feb. applicants from the Urbana campus had an opportunity to meet with Prof. Rudolf Schier, Program Director in Baden, during his visit here. When he returns to Austria, Prof. Schier will make the final selection of those students and teachers who will join us in Urbana next year.

STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND BUDGETARY RESTRICTIONS Spring 1973 enrollments have increased considerably at both the 200- and 400-levels. Eighty-nine students are now enrolled in German 211-12, as compared with 63 students in Spring 1972. Similarly, enrollment in German 250-99 has increased from 60 to 83 students. This represents an increase in the number of German majors. Enrollment in 400-level courses shows a gain of 32 students over last Spring. A similar trend appears in the 102- and 103-level courses: enrollment at the 102-level is now 379 students, an increase of 27#. This notable change is primarily due to interest in the Reading Track (German 122-24) which introduces students to outstanding examples of scientific, Dhilosophical and historical prose, and encourages them to develop independent reading habits. The proportion of 100- level students in the Reading Tract has increased from 17# in Spring 1972 to 263 in Spring 1973. Due to lack of adequate funds, the German DeDt. was forced to droo both an undergraduate and a graduate course in spite of enrollment figures above the limit at which a course is normally dropped.

GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL Prof. Richard Figge of the German Dept. and Prof. Edwin Jahiel of the French Dept., who are co-teaching again a course (German 392) on the German Film, are planning a Festival of the New (or "Young") German Cinema sometime this spring, with the cooperation of the BRD's Cultural Services. The Festival would include several recent features of the "New Wave" Renaissance of German Cinema, such as Abschled von gestern . Tatowierung, Es, Fata Morgana, Wie Ich eln Neger wurde . Lenz . etc., that is, top-notch films which were included in major film festivals. Please note again: this is a plan and not a certainty; dates and titles are yet uncertain; and scheduling may have to be spread over several weeks rather than in one compact package.

There will probably be no time to announce this again in this Newsletter ; therefore, please, if interested, send a letter addressed precisely as follows to: Prof. R. Figge, German Film Festival, German Dept., U.I., Urbana, IL 61801, and enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope. You will be notified of the program as soon as it materializes. (Related item also appears in French Notes.)

THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY A unique feature of the language laboratory much appreciated by students is the 2k- hour telephone service which enables the user to gain access to instructional tapes by telephone at any time of day or night. The German Dept. uses the language laboratory not only for language-learning exercises, but also as an aid in introducing students to German literature; in German 10^, for example, students become acquainted with masterpieces of German lyric poetry by listening to interpretations of poems.

GERMAN CLUB On Feb. 15 the German Club held a "Generalversammlung" to discuss plans for the Spring Semester. Students showed great interest in Thurs. -night gatherings at the German House and expressed a desire to hear talks on the contemporary political scene as viewed from Central Europe. The following events have been scheduled: 22 2 Feb. — Film The Last Ten Days ; March — Fasching Celebration; March 22 —Film 2*4- Paarungen ; April 26—Film Good Soldier Schweik ; May —Film Berlin Alexanderplatz ; End of May—Picnic. FflUCHTBRINGENDE GESELLSCHAFT On March 1 Prof. John Howard read a paper before the Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft entitled "Hebrew German: Early Yiddish Literature."

AATG SPRING MEETING The Southern 111. Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German will hold its Spring Meeting on Sat., May 5 at Belleville High School West at Belleville, 111. A varied program is expected to draw together a sizable group of college and high school teachers of German. During the business meeting the group will elect officers for 1973-75* Please plan to be there. Further details will be announced.

ACTIVITIES OF THE FACULTY Prof. Richard Figge is the author of an article entitled "Beginning German: Rethink- ing the Problems," which appears in Changing Patterns in Foreign Language Programs , published by Newbury House Publishers. Prof. Irmengard Rauch's review of Bernhard Sowinski's Grundlagen des Studiums der Germanistik . Vol. I: Sprachwissenschaft appears in the German Quarterly ^5 TNov. 1972), pp. 78*4-787. Prof. Marianne Burkhard will chair a German section of the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference in Lexington, Kentucky, April 26-28.

SUMMER FACULTY FELLOWSHIPS Prof. Vincent Dell'Orto has received an award for a study on German Travel Literature from 1770-1830. Prof. Roland Folter received an award to work on a bibliography of catalogues of the libraries of German writiers and scholars. Prof. Lathrop Johnson is the recipient of an award to carry out a systematic re- assessment of language levels in the poetry of the German gallant period (1695-1720). 10

SLAVIC NOTES — by Prof. Elliot Cohen

ON SABBATICAL THIS SEMESTER On sabbatical this semester are Chairman of the Dept., Prof. Clayton Dawson, who will be spending the spring in Vienna; and Prof. Kurt Klein who will be in Innsbruck. Both are expected to return around Aug. 15. If necessary they can be contacted through the Slavic Dept.

ACTING CHAIRMAN Acting Chairman of the Dept. this semester is Prof. Rasio Dunatov. He can be reached at 3092 Foreign Lang. Bldg., Urbana, IL 61801 or at (217) 333-0680.

VISITING PROFESSOR FROM TEHERAN Visiting Professor from Teheran is Prof. Mehry Ahy who is the head of the Russian Dept. in Teheran and who has translated several works of Russian literature into Persian. She is offering one course in the Dept. and is available to speak with students and faculty.

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENT —THE GRADUATE HANDBOOK After a grueling series of meetings the departmental faculty has succeeded in revising, editing, and compiling a new handbook for graduate students listing rules, procedures, and relevant information pertaining to graduate study in our department. Copies of our "new bible" are available in the Slavic Office.

FACULTY NOTES New Assoc. Editor of the Slavic and East European Journal (edited at the U.I. by Prof. Frank Y. Gladney) is Kenneth Brostrom. Paper on Dostoevsky and the Grotesque written by Prof. Pachmuss was read at the New York AATSEEL conference. Dunatov chaired the Slavic linguistics section at the same meeting.

ALUMNI NOTE An authentic Russian evening at Bates College took place under the sponsorship of U. I. grad James H. Price. A dinner featuring an all-Russian menu was served and the singing of Russian folk songs and folk dances highlighted the evening. (No word has been received about Russian beverages.)

ENROLLMENT FIGURES Enrollment figures, like a breeze from the steppe, are reviving. Enrollment in Russian 101 in both fall and spring semesters was almost double that of the corresponding semesters for 1971-72.

GRADUATE STUDENT PUBLICATION Congratulations to Marie Geis on the appearance of her review of a translation of the Symbolist novel Kotik Letaev by Belyj.

SPANISH, ITALIAN AND PORTUGUESE NOTES -- by Alice L. Anderson

CONFERENCE ON ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE The Eighth Triennial Congress of the International Association for the Study of Italian Language and Literature will take place on April 25-28, 1973 in New York Citj at New York Univ. The themes of the panel discussions will center on the distinctive contributions of Italian literature, aesthetics, and linguistics in the mid- twentieth century. This new theme is in contrast to the former emphasis on traditional Italian authors. For more information, write to: The Administrative Center for the VIII AISLLI Congress, 701 Main Building, New York University, New York, N.Y. 10003. 11

BILINGUAL TEACHER AIDE PROGRAM This fall a new education program for teacher aides was instituted at Sauk Valley College in Dixon, IL. The purpose of the program is to provide students with a specialized vocational skill. This will qualify them for employment in the elementary schools in a community where a number of Spanish-speaking children are enrolled. The bilingual teacher aides presently enrolled are working at Wallace School, Sterling Illinois in the Teacher Aide Practicum. The population of Mexican surname families in Sterling amounts to 15$ of the entire population. A corresponding percentage of children are entering the lower grades, unable to understand the procedures and instruction in an English-speaking learning experience. There the talents and assistance of the bilingual teacher aide may be utilized to help solve the communication barrier presented by language difference. To the core courses outlined in the Human Services Curriculum, the Bilingual Aide Program adds courses which will assure the student's proficiency in Spanish, where both conversational and reading skills are emphasized. A knowledge of the culture of their ancestors' country is also incorporated in the course and courses aim- ing toward the mastery of English communication and reading ability are included. For further information, contact Mrs. Kathryn Lillyman or Noel Adams at the College.

SUMMER IN LATIN AMERICA Sangamon State Univ. in Springfield, IL, with the Latin American Studies Dept., is sponsoring a summer in Latin America. Students will register at Sangamon State for classes; after the intensive classes are completed, students will depart for Peru. The group will tour various Latin American countries and complete the tour in Ecuador. Various classes will also be given during the tour. For further information, please contact the Latin American Studies Dept., Sangamon State Univ., Springfield, IL 62?03.

THIRD SYMPOSIUM ON ROMANCE LANGUAGES The Third Annual Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages will be held at Indiana Univ. (Bloomington) on March 29-31* This Symposium continues the tradition begun at the Univ. of Fla. in Feb., 1971, and continued by the Conference on Diachronic Romance Linguistics at the U.I., in April 1972. The subject matter of the Symposium is limited to the intersection of generative grammar and the Romance languages. For further information, please contact: Third Annual Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages; Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese; Ballantine Hall 844; Indiana Univ.; Bloomington, Indiana 47401.

TEACHING AIDS A new bi-monthly publication called YELMO is being published in Madrid for Spanish teachers throughout the world. It contains articles and features in methodology and literature. A free sample copy will be sent, upon request, to anyone interested before considering subscription. Write to: YELMO La Revista del Profesor de Espanol, Apartado 877, Madrid, Spain. Lincoln Canfield has prepared a slide presentation, "Spanish with a Flourish!", 35 color slides with a script and taped commentary in English or Spanish. The presentation is concerned with the meaning and use of some of the gestures, postures, and facial expressions most generally used among Spanish-speaking peoples. AATSP members may obtain this presentation on rental from: Mrs. Elizabeth P. Jones, 735 Litchfield, Wichita, Kansas 67203. The rental fee is 32.00. Source materials are available from the U.S. Department of Agriculture consisting of consumer information and food programs written in Spanish. Soon to be available will be Spanish publications on subjects such as food stamps, household income, school breakfast program, etc. To be on the mailing list write to U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Information Division, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10007.

FILM LECTURE SERIES the Film A feature-length commercial film, Tropici . was the first presentation of Lecture Series, on Feb. 15. It dealt with the mass migration of destitute families from the impoverished NE Brazil to the developing industrial centers. 12

PUBLICATIONS AND FACULTY NOTES Prof. Emeritus Henry Kahane and his wife Dr. Rene"e Kahane are featured in a highly- interesting article in the U.I. Alumni News for Feb., 1973. Prof. Robert E. Lott has published an article, "From Irony to Empathy and Am- biguity in Galdos's Use of Free Indirect Style in Misericordia . " in Studies in Honor of Tatiana Fotitch (Washington, 1972), pp. 254-260. Prof. Alberto Porqueras-Mayo will present a paper at the Da"maso Alonso Confer- ence on March 16-18 at the Univ. of Oklahoma. On Feb. 21 Assoc. Prof. Richard A. Preto-Rodas gave the luncheon address at the twenty-third annual Latin American Conference at the Univ. of Florida. The topic of the Conference this year was Man in the Amazon, and the address was entitled "Amazonia: Themes and Changing Perspectives as Seen in Literature." Asst. Prof. Anthony K. Cassell has published "II Corbaccio and the Secundus

Tradition," in Comparative Literature . 1973. Asst. Prof. Martha Francescato participated in a round-table discussion on the Teaching of Culture and Civilization on Feb. 20. This was the second panel discussion of the Colloquium for Language Pedagogy. She has also been appointed Associate Member of the graduate faculty. Prof. Francescato will participate in the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference in Lexington, April 26-28 and will read a paper on "Literature and the Movies" on April 27. Asst. Prof. Dieter Wanner has published "The Derivation of Inflectional Para- digms in Italian," in Generative Studies in Romance Languages, ed. by J. Casagrande and B. Saciuk; Rowley, Mass.; Newbury House; 1973. Grad. Asst. Miss Michiko Nonoyama has published "Vida y muerte en Bodas de Sangre " in Arbor, Dec. 1972, 5-13« Congratulations to Miss Nonoyama for having been

awarded a prize of publication from the newspaper Mainichi . Tokyo for the translation of Roteino da viagem que em descobrimentodor India pelo Cabo da Boa Esperanca fez Pom Vasco da Gama em 14-97 and Carta dirigida al Rey por Vasco N~unez de Balboa desde Santa Marfa del Darien, pidiendo los auxilios necesarios para asegurar la poblaci<5n y_ adelantar los descubrimientos en aquellas tierras .

THE UNIVERSITY 0^ ILLINOIS FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSLETTER

May, 1973 Director: Prof. Anthony H. Pasquariello Vol. XXVI, No. k Editor: Alice Lone: Anderson

TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY Foreign languages are frequently regarded by the schools and the community as something of a puzzle and the value of foreign language study is often underrated. Foreign language teachers and their departments can do much to improve this situation The following public relations test provides positive suggestions in many areas. Give yourself four points for each "yes" answer; if your score is less than 72, you know that there is much work to be done! The FL Teacher and Her Class 1. Are you firm, but fair? 2. Are you sympathetic and understanding? 3. Do you recognize the fact that not every student is gifted in all aspects of the FL? 4. Is there a warm, comfortable atmosphere in your classroom? 5. Are you enthusiastic about the subject you teach? 6. Is your enthusiasm communicated to your students? The FL Teacher and the Parents of Her Students 7. Do your students' parents have an opportunity to see and examine their children's work? 8. Do you phone or write the parents when there is a problem to be worked out? 9. Do you make appointments to see parents of students with more serious problems? 10. Do you believe in the eternal triangle: the teacher, the student, and his parents? The FL Department and the Guidance Department 11. Does the FL chairman meet frequently with guidance counselors and grade advisors to clarify course offerings, course credits, credits from junior high school, credit for native ability? 12. Does the FL chairman make known to the guidance department the many careers for which a knowledge of a FL is most beneficial? 13. Is there a cooperative relationship between FL chairman and guidance staff? The FL Department and the Administration 14. Does the administration know of the exciting, new ideas you are trying in your classes? 15. Are new career openings in FLs made known to the principal and his assistants? 16. Does the FL department of the high school reach out to the feeder schools (or vice versa) in an effort to bring about a smoother transition from one level to the next? The FL Department and the PTA 17. Do representatives of the FL department occasionally attend PTA meetings? 18. Has a member of the FL department or the chairman addressed the PTA on the importance of FLs in today's world? 19. Have parents been invited to workshops in each of the languages you offer workshops which provide a glimpse into how languages are taught today? 20. Have you invited the parents to be students in the language laboratory for a brief linguistic experience? 21. Have announcements regarding FLs been sent for inclusion in the PTA newsletter? (You might announce new courses, trips, exhibits, programs, carnivals, jobs available to students, etc.) The FL Department and the Community 22. Have you reached out into the community for resource people to enrich your students' experience? 23. Have you involved your students in research into the many career opportunities available requiring a knowledge of foreign languages? 2k. Do you have attractive and informative bulletin boards and showcases? 25. Has the department held PL exhibits, sponsored FL tables at lunch, food festivals, carnivals, dramatic presentations? The above was presented by Pearl M. Warner (Jamaica, N.Y.) at the New York State A.F.L.T. Colloquium, May 5, 1972 and reprinted from the Language Association Bulletin (N.Y.) of January, 1973.

SUMMER LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES In addition to the summer workshops and institutes reported last time in the March

number of the Newsletter , announcements have been received of further opportunities: The U. of Colo. (Boulder) modern language departments are offering two workshops The Workshop in Promoting Foreign Languages, July 17-28, will deal with a number of techniques for strengthening the position of foreign language study in our schools and communities through effective professional leadership. The Production Workshop for Language Teachers, July 17-Aug. 6, consists of three graduate courses, of which teachers may take one, two or all three: Educational Media in the FL Classroom, Testing Foreign Language Skills, and Trends in Language Teaching: Performance Ob- jectives and Individualization. These courses deal with current developments in instructional theory with emphasis on the construction of materials for classroom use during the coming year. For further information and application: Charles W. Stansfield, Foreign Language Institute, McKenna 126, U. of Colo., Boulder, Colo. 80302; (303) ^3-2211, ext. 7308 The Foreign Language Education Center of the U. of Wisconsin-Whitewater offers the following program for foreign language teachers and advanced students during the summer of 1973; Individualized Instruction Workshop. A two-week workshop on individualizing instruction in the foreign language program for teachers of French, Ger- man, or Spanish, from June 19-29. Two graduate or undergraduate credits. The workshop will focus on the preparation of materials each participant can put to use in the classroom. For more information/application, please write to: Dr. Roland Durette, Director, Foreign language Education Center, Univ. of Wise. -Whitewater, Whitewater, WI 53190.

ACTFL ANNUAL MEETING The seventh annual meeting of the ACTFL will be held Nov. 22-25 at the Sheraton- Boston (Mass.), with the pre-conference workshops scheduled for Nov. 22-25. The theme of this year's meeting will be "Many Goals — Many Roles." The three pre- conference workshops are Teacher Education, Bilingual Education, and Francophone Literature in the French Classroom. Additional information may be obtained from: ACTFL, 62 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011; (212) 691-3210.

TEACHING MATERIALS The Foreign Language Association of Missouri has approved for distribution some games and other teaching materials created by its members. The following are now available: Proverb Bingo (in French, German, or Spanish). Bingo cards are printed in English on one side, FL on reverse. Teacher calls the proverbs in either of the two languages, and students cover the corresponding FL nroverbs that they find on their cards. There are 72 proverbs in each game, with cards for 2h students. Teacher cards bear equivalent proverbs on their reverse sides; student cards are not matched in this way. "Mono" or "Singe" (in Spanish or French) — to learn the colors and numbers to 10. As player earns points, his monkey climbs a tree to get a coconut. Very much liked by 7-12 year olds. Five players. Games are .$2.50 each, postage and tax included. Please order from Dr. Reva Abelson, 7730 Cornell, St. Louis, MO 63130. MANDATORY BILINGUAL EDUCATION The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ruled early in 1972 that any city, town, or school district in Massachusetts having 20 or more children with limited knowledge of Eng- lish must provide instruction for these children in their native tongue. The new law, which became effective in Sept. 1972, is the first of its kind in the United States. Educators estimate it may affect as many as 100,000 children primarily of French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Polish extraction. In the Boston area alone, some 40,000 children who do not speak English do not attend school, and it is hoped that the new program will draw these students into the schools.

ERASING THE UGLY AMERICAN Last year 3 million people discovered America, the country that speaks only American. This is the number of non-English speaking visitors to America, who could not communi cate with taxi drivers, waitresses, doctors, store clerks, and Americans from all walks of life. The Bicentennial Language Incentive Program is playing a dual role to help solve these problems. It's teaching kids a second language. The program is voluntary. It isn't directly related with their school, and they're given unusual incentives. They get paid. They travel. They earn scholarships. They get into colleges and technics! schools. And then they're placed in bilingual-related careers. The Bicentennial Language Incentive Program is a non-profit, tax exempt organization that is federally funded by the U.S. Department of Health, Education & Welfare. Some of its participating multi-national corporations are Air Canada, Air France, Hertz, MacAndrews and Forbes, Marriott and Pan American Airlines. If you would like to find out more about BLIP and how you can get involved, write to: Harry Jay Katz, Executive Director, Bicentennial Language Incentive Pro- gram, Camden, N.J. 08101; or call (609)5^1-2222 or (215)564-2860.

SIGN OF THE TIMES To help save the U.I. and taxpayers money, Steven P. Hill of the Slavic Department reports the following suggestion. He has found that he does not need his office telephone and has thus informed the University. By disconnecting it, he has helped the U.I. save a considerable sum for the academic year. Mr. Hill suggests that other faculty members consider whether they might do likewise.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NOTES ~ by Prof. Barbara Smalley PUBLICATIONS Prof. Herbert Knust's article, "Brecht braver Schweyk," appeared in P M L A, Vol. 88 (March 1973), 219-232. MEETINGS Prof. A. 0. Aldridge gave a lecture in March in connection with Modern Languages Week at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. His subject was "Aspects of Enlighten- ment. " In April Prof. Aldridge was the principal speaker and consultant at the Spring Comparative Literature Conference at the U. of Tenn., Knoxville. Prof. Aldridge spoke on "Comparative Literature and the American University." Mrs. Danielle Johnson and Prof. Herbert Knust have been nominated to serve as Midwest Regional Delegates for the MLA Delegate Assembly.

FORMER STUDENT Miss Lee Hai-soon, who received her Master's degree in Comparative Literature at the U.I. in 1968, was recently examined by the Ministry of Education at Taipei, Taiwan and awarded the Doctorate of Philosophy degree. A Taiwan newspaper announces that Miss Lee has the honor of being the first woman to receive her Ph.D. degree in Chinese literature in Taiwan. Dr. Lee has returned to her native Korea, where she will teach at Seoul National University. THESES DEFENSES Our congratulations to Mrs. Barbara Makers and to Mr. Christopher Kertesz for their completion of all the requirements for the Ph.D. degree, including the defense of their thesis.

THE CLASSICS NOTES ~ by Prof. H. Michael Dunn

LECTURES AND MEETINGS A Colloquium sponsored by the Classics Department takes place on Monday, May 7 at 4:00 p.m. in Room 209 of the Illini Union. Prof. Otto Skutsch, Professor Emeritus of Latin at University College, London, and visiting Mellon Professor of Classics at the U. of Pittsburgh will speak on "Catullus, Text and Transmission." All are invited. The next lecture of the Illinois Chanter of the Archaeological Institute of America will be delivered May 14 at 8:00 p.m. in 180 Bevier Hall. Prof. Ann Perkins of the Dept. of Art will speak on the subject of Monsters. The annual High School Latin Conference will be held at the U.I. from June 24 through June 30. Additional information and application forms may be obtained from Prof. R. T. Scanlan, 4072 FLB, U.I., Urbana, IL 61801. Students from hierh schools throughout the state attend the Conference.

SUMMER SESSION Among the offerings for the summer session in the Department of the Classics will be a course in Caesar and Latin Elegy, an independent reading course in Greek, and courses in mythology and Roman civilization.

ANNUAL LATIN TOURNAMENT The annual Latin Translation Contest was held at the U.I. on Sat., April 28. Over 100 students who were finalists in the tournament wrote papers at the second, third, and fourth year levels. Prof. R. T. Scanlan is the local director.

FACULTY NOTES Prof. Hubert Allen will be working on the prehistory of Morgantina during the summer. During the winter Prof. Allen has presented lectures on various aspects of the Mor- gantina excavations, of which he is Director, at the Illinois Classical Conference, the Department of Classical Studies at the U. of Ottawa, the Hartford Conn., Provi- dence R.I., New Haven, and Wesleyan U. Societies of the AIA. He also has articles

forthcoming in Opuscula Romana and Kokalos .

FRENCH NOTES — by Prof. Edwin Jahiel

GUT THOMAS TRAIL (1934-1973) Our former student, colleague and friend, Guy Trail, died suddenly in Hattiesburg, Miss., on March 19. Guy was a long-time resident of Champaign, and a native Chicago- an. He held his AB, MA, and Ph.D. degrees from the U.I., where he had been teaching assistant, research assistant, and instructor. Between studies, Guy Trail served as Army translator in Germany, radio announcer, producer, and writer for the "Stars and Stripes" and other publications. Guy was one of the most brilliant students this University has ever known (and for this writer, the most brilliant ever). The honors he had received (NDEA Fellowships, memberships in Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Delta Phi, Phi Eta Sigma, etc.) were but a small recognition of his enormous talents. He was an astoundingly versatile, learned, and gifted person. A first-rate poet (one of the Young Poets of Illinois and the Port Poets of Chicago), he had published much verse as well as scholarly papers, translations, and various creative works. His command of English was phenomenal, as were his wit, perception, and interests in many fields, from comparative literature to television techniques. After his graduation from the U.I. (with a remarkable Ph.D. thesis on Andre" Malraux) he taught at I.S.U. (Normal, IL) and then went to the U. of S. Miss. There, as professor of Foreign Lan- guages and Director of the Curriculum in Comparative Literature, Guy really turned on his immense pedagogical powers: he set up a multitude of programs, taught Russian, French, Chinese, hieroglyphics, etc., collected rare items for the library, advised students, published, edited, and acted as administrator. He was a one-man academic and scholarly revolution, the type that any school ought to have now and then. For those of us who knew him best, his tremendous kindness, his acerbic humor, his faith- fulness to friends, his splendid paradoxes, and—without exaggerating— his genius, have made Guy's death what is so often called—yet so seldom really meant— a truly irreparable loss.

STAFF ACTIVITIES Prof. Luisa Velan-Chini addressed the Journal Club of the Dept. of French on April 30 on M Les problemes du roman historique conside're's a travers le cas d' Alexandre Dumas." Prof. Jahiel participated recently in several conferences, including that of the Society for Cinema Studies (held at the U. of Maryland and in Washington, D.C.); the C.I.C Film Panel (Chicago), etc. Teachers of undergraduate courses have been showing films in conjunction with - assigned readings: Sartre's Huis Clos ; Les Jeux sont Faits ; Madame Bovary ; etc. Prof. Francois Jost addressed the Journal Club on March 5, on the subject of "Baudelaire et l'art du sonnet," auspices of the Dept. of French and the Program in Comparative Literature. Prof. Alphonse Roche, who was once Visiting Professor here and is now at the U. of Ariz., visited us recently, sponsored by the Unit for FL Study & Research, and presented a program on Modern Provencal. Prof. Barbara Bowen attended the Central Renaissance Conference in Lincoln, Neb.

April 12-14, and read a paper entitled: "Montaigne's anti-Phaedrus : Sur des vers de

Virgile ( Essais , III, v)." Prof. Bowen will be giving a lecture at Chicago Circle in May, on "French Renaissance Words and Things," and reading a paper on French farce at the Congres of the Association Internationale des Etudes Francaises in July in Paris.

FESTIVAL OF THE NEW FRENCH CINEMA

As announced in the last Newsletter , the Festival took place May 1-k. Films shown were Rak by la Socie'te' Dovidis, Pic et Pic et Colegram by Rachel Weinberg, Papa les Petits Bateaux by Nelly Kaplan, Paulina 1880 by Jean-Louis Bertucelli and Remparts d' Argile by the same director, Petit k Petit made in Niger and Paris by Jean Rouch, Le Viager by Pierre Tchernia, La Mandarine by Edouard Molinaro, and others. Film- makers were also present.

TRETEAU DE PARIS, FRENCH PLAY FOR FALL 1973 This annual event has been fixed for Monday, Oct. 29, 1973 at the Festival Theatre of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The play will be Moliere's L'Avare . A novelty: for the first time there will be two performances, a matine"e as well as an evening performance. Times will be announced later, as well as prices. We will also combine this event with a field trip to the U.I. by interested H.S. students and teachers, as our recent experiment proved a success (on the occasion of the Fall 1972 production of "Le Barbier de Seville" by the Tre*teau Company in Urbana). Details will be announced in the next Newsletter , that is, the first (Fall) Newsletter for 1973-74. But, just in case the Newsletter reaches you too late, all interested parties are invited to drop a line (and a self-addressed envelope) to: Prof. E. Jahiel,

French Dept., ATTN: L'Avare , 2090 FLB, U.I., Urbana, IL 61801. We will communicate with you in due time, both about the performances and about the field trip. Impor- tant Note : teachers who want to prepare their classes in advance, please order your texts of L ' Avare from: French and European Publications, Inc., 610 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10020, addressing your order to the attention of Mr. E. Molho. The text ought to cost around 90-95 cents but check first. There is probably also an LP album of the play available from them, at $7 or so. Again, check. ATTENTION TEACHERS OP FRENCH Films for French , edited by Sandra J. Savignon and published with the cooperation of the Visual Aids Service of the U.I. (April 1973) is an evaluative guide to over a hundred currently available educational films. For a free copy, write Prof. SavLgnon, Dept. of French, 2090 PLB, U.I., Urbana, IL 61801.

THE MOLIERE SUMMER The U.I. at Urbana will offer a Summer Session program of particular interest to students and teachers of French. 1973 being the Moliere Tricentenary, the theme of Moliere and the comic will be emphasized. At the same time, a choice of French language and civilization courses will be available for advanced students and teachers wishing to refresh or update their linguistic skills, methodology, or knowledge of contemporary France. For more detailed information, consult the previous (March) number of this Newsletter or write to B. H. Mainous, Head, Dept. of French, 2090 FLB, Urbana, 111. 61801. The dates are from June 14 to August 11, 1973. FRENCH WEEK-END CAMP The Downstate Illinois Chapter of the AATF held its second week-end French camp for high school and college April 6-8 at the Boy Scout camp at Mossville, north of Peoria. The camp was attended by 45 high school and college students from the central and western part of Illinois and from downstate as far as Edwardsville and Collinsville. Mrs. Penny Pucelik, vice-president of the chapter and a professor at Bradley U. in Peoria, was in charge of the weekend. Six teaching assistants from the U.I. -Urbana, most of them French natives, served as counselors. The activities included singing, dramatic sketches, and games. The Downstate Chapter assembled at the camp on Sat. afternoon for its usual annual spring meeting.

POETRY CONTEST The annual Doetry recitation contest was held at the Illini Union on April 11 with 64 participants from all levels of undergraduate French courses. Students were divided into four categories according to linguistic competence and were required to give interpretive readings of French poetry before three panels of judges composed of French Dept. faculty members. This year's contest was renamed "Concours de Poe*sie Guy Trail" to honor the memory of a former graduate student, colleague and friend of the Department who died suddenly on March 19 in Hattiesburg, Miss, at age 39. Mr. Trail was also a poet of stature whose reputation was not confined to this area. Awards for the contest, donated by the Office of the French Cultural Attache* in Chicago and several members of the Department, were renamed as "Guy Trail Prizes" with special book plates inserted in each prize. The winners of the poetry contest are as follows: (with teacher also listed) First Category: 1. Mary Staunton (B. Greenfeldt) 2. Oksana Akulov (E. Treible) 3. Barbara Cassidy (L. Wierenga) — in French 101-102; Second Category (French 103-104- 123-134-174) 1. Jean Castellani (C. & D. Johnson) 2. Suzanne Meyer (K. Davison)

3. Liz Tobin (K. Davison) 4. Veronica Wallace ( C. & D. Johnson); Third Category (French 211-212-213-214-215) 1. Margaret Evangelista (H. Cohen) 2. Janice Whitfield (A.M. Sagi) 3. Nancy Putz (A. Souillard) 4. Alysa Aron (H. Cohen) 5. Steven McMurray (A.M. Sagi) and Larry Welch (H. Cohen); Fourth Category (French 217-218 & other advanced courses) 1. Karen Christiansen (G. Laprevotte) 2. Ellen Black (Ch. Elkabas) Honorable Mention, Cynthia Lewis (A. Souillard/H. Cohen).

ILLINOIS YEAR ABROAD The 111. Year-Abroad Program, hatched five years aero in Rouen, France, will spread its wings in la grande ville when it moves to Paris for the 1973-73 school year. Courses in French language, literature, and civilization will be offered in cooperation with the Cours de Civilisation Francaise of the Sorbonne and its exceptionally distinguished faculty. In addition, students will be able to take part or all their class work in one or more of the thirteen Universities de Paris, Ecole du Louvre, Institut d'Etudes Politiques, etc. " ,

In addition to the demi - pension or breakfast-only housing in French families previously announced, the session in Paris makes available residence hall spaces in which U.I. students may elect to live with French students as roommates. Of course, the Illinois Year-Abroad Program in Paris offers the incomparable cultural advantages of residence in Paris — museums, concerts, cafe's, theatre, and la vie parisienne .

GERMANIC NOTES — by Prof. David Chisholm STAFF NEWS Subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, Prof. Elmer Antonsen, currently a Visiting; Professor at the U. of N. Car., will return to the U.I. and assume headship of the German department beginning in the summer of 1973* Prof. James McGlathery will return from a leave of absence in the fall of 1973. Prof. Walter H'ollerer will be on a leave of absence during the year 1973-74. Visiting Asst. Prof. David Chisholm will join the German department of the U. of Arizona at Tucson in the fall of 1973.

GERMAN 101 LECTURE SERIES The linguistics lecture series for German 101 was introduced in 1972-73 to expose students to a variety of lecturers both inside and outside the department. Speakers have included Prof. Emeritus Henry Kahane, who compared linguistic reconstruction in Germanic to that in Romance, and Prof. Howard Maclay, who discussed the psycholinguistics of language learning. Prof. Irmengard Rauch, Prof. Virginia Coombs, and Prof. Edward Anderson delivered lectures designed to give students an overview of the fundamentals of human languages. Lectures for the German 101 culture series were delivered this year by Profs. Henri Stegemeier, Karl-Heinz Schoeps, Richard Figee, Marianne Burkhard, Edith Graf, and Franz Tades.

AWARDS Prof. Clayton Gray has received a fellowship for 1973-74 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to complete a book on Minne - Imagery in the Works of Wolfram von

Eschenbach . Jan Tunnicliff has received a Fulbright-Hays grant to study for a year at a German university. Julie Benthaus, a German major who is presently a student teacher at Urbana HJEL, has received a Fulbright-Hays grant for a year's study at the U. of Kiel.

EVENTS

Deutsches Seminar : At the March 14 meeting Prof. Vincent Dell'Orto led a discussion on the topic "Forms of German Non-fiction in the Eighteenth Century. At the next '| meeting of the seminar, which took place on April 24, Prof. Walter Hbllerer introduced and lead a discussion on the topic "Problematik literarischer Eliten im Massen- zeitalter.

Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft : On April 5 Prof. David Chisholm read a paper on "Meter and Language: Two Approaches to Versification." On May 3 Prof. Clayton Gray presented a paper dealing with "Wolfram von Eschenbach and the Image of the Black Man in Medieval Spain, France and Germany."

Colloquium for Language Pedagogy : On March 27 Prof. Richard Figge participated in a panel discussion, sponsored by the Unit for Foreign Language Study and Research, on the topic "Options in the 100-Level Foreign Language Program."

German Film Festival : The Festival of the Young German Film, which was described in the March Newsletter , will take place from May 7-10 and May 14-17 in room 314 of Altgeld Hall. The following films are scheduled: Tatowierung and Notizen zum

jungen deutschen Film (May 7). Abschied von Gestern (May 8). Wilder Reiter , GmbH (May 9), Fata Morgana (May 10),, Per Paukenspieler (May 14), Mahlzeiten (May 15) Malatesta (May 16) and Warum lauft Herr R. Amok (May 17). 8

Delta Phi Alpha : The U.I. chapter of the German National Honorary Fraternity, Delta Phi Alpha, will formally initiate 16 graduate and 23 undergraduate students on May 14. Prof. Walter H'ollerer will receive an honorary membership and will speak to the chapter about his recently completed novel Elefantenuhr .

ACTIVITIES OP THE FACULTY On May 11 Prof. Marianne Burkhard will read a paper entitled "State and Man: The Social and Political Dimensions in Swiss German Novels from Keller's Salander to Ottc F. Walter's Die ersten Unruhen " at a regional meeting of the Swiss-American Histori- cal Society in New York. Prof. Burkhard is the author of an article on "Die Entdeckung der Form in 'Huttens letzte Tage' n in the Archiv fur das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen . Vol. 209, 259-72. At the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (Apr. 26- 28) Prof. Vincent Dell'Orto served as reactor to Louise H. Allen's paper "The Treadmill: Improving Articulation among Schools, Junior Colleges and Colleges." Prof. U. Henry Gerlach is the author of an article entitled "Neuere Hebbel- Briefe—Eine Ubersicht" which appeared in the 1973 Hebbel-Jahrbuch, pp. 51-83. At the suggestion of other Hebbel scholars, Prof. Gerlach 's dissertation, Hebbel as a

Critic of his own Works , has been published in Goppinger Arbeiten zur Germanistik , No. 82 TT972T. Prof. James Marchand presented a paper entitled "Wolfram's Theology" in one of the German sections of the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference at Lexington, Apr. 26-28. He also chaired one of the linguistics sections. Prof. Irmengard Rauch's review of Herbert Penzl's Lautsystem und Lautwandel in den althochdeutschen Dialekten appears in the Journal of English and Germanic Philol - 1 ogy . Vol. 71. 561-564. Prof. Rauch has read a paper entitled "The Minimal Contin- uant: Evidence from Germanic" at the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. Prof. Walter Hollerer recently participated in colloquia on "Die Aesthetik von Walter Benjamin" at the U. of Wise .-Milwaukee and on "Literatur und Massenmedien" at the Goethe-House in New York.

SLAVIC NOTES — by Elliot Cohen

AN APOLOGY TO OUR GRADUATE STUDENTS In the previous issue of this newsletter, I (your Slavic correspondent) unintention- ally slighted our graduate students and their heroic endeavors over a long period of time to get the Departmental Handbook of Rules and Procedures codified. I had congratulated the faculty for their efforts in bringing the project to completion, but in my enthusiasm for the accomplishment of the deed, I shortsightedly neglected to mention the initial and continuing effort of the students. Sorry.

A NEW DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE Kenneth Brostrom successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, "The Novels of Boris Pil'njak as Allegory" at the U. of Mich, on April 6, 1973. Congratulations from all of us.

PAINTINGS OF A RUSSIAN PRISONER On May 3-8 there was an exhibition on campus of the paintings of Boris Penson, a Russian-Jewish artist who is presently serving a 10-year sentence in Soviet prison camps. Twenty-two of his paintings will be on display in the Y.M.C.A., all unusual and personal works. All are invited to write to Premier Kosygin c/o the Kremlin asking him to set the artist free.

ALL COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS INVITED TO AN EVENING OF SLAVIC CULTURE On May 12, 1973 at 8 p.m. in the Bevier Hall Theater, the Dept. of Slavic is presenting an Evening of Slavic Culture. The program will consist of Russian songs, poems (in the original and translation) from several Slavic literatures, and a Russian play. The play, "The Squire's Daughter," is based on Pushkin's short story "Mistress into Maid." Most of the behind-the-scenes production is being handled by graduate —

students of the department, while the acting is being done by undergraduates. The play will be performed in Russian with English subtitles . Everyone concerned has put a great deal of effort into the production, so the evening; should be very entertaining. Everyone is cordially invited.

YEVTUSHENKO FILM AVAILABLE On the recommendation of some of our faculty members, the Visual Aids Center has just purchased for distribution a 20-minute film, (Y)evtushenko at Project Artaud. This film shows Evgenii Evtushenko reading three of his poems in Russian at a poets' con- clave in the U.S. recently, introduced in English by Allen Ginsberg. The poems are: Babii Iar, Gorod "Da" i Gorod "Net." and Jarmaka. Evtushenko puts a good deal of emotion and body language into his readings, and viewers can find much of interest for Russian culture as well as literature. As to language, the poet's rapid, manner- istic delivery makes understanding difficult for non-advanced students, with the exception of Babii Iar.

FORMER SOVIET AMBASSADOR NIKOLAJ FEDORENKO Former Soviet ambassador Nikolaj Fedorenko has been a visiting professor in Chinese literature at the U.I. this spring. He has given several public lectures on his literary and diplomatic careers and has met with students and faculty.

SLAVIC FORUM The Slavic Dept. is starting a new series of lectures by its staff, students, and invited guests to be called Slavic Forum. The first speaker was Prof. Temira Pachmuss speaking on "Dostoevsky s Influence on Contemporary World Literature." The talk was given on April 25 at the Illini Union.

RUSSIAN IN THE SUN—BETH BYRNE HEADED FOR HAWAII Elizabeth Byrne of Mt. Prospect, IL, a senior in the Russian Teacher Training curriculum, has been accepted for graduate study at the U. of Hawaii, and has been awarded a teaching assistantship for her first year there. She has our department's best wishes for continued success in her academic and teaching career.

PUBLICATIONS BY PROFESSOR PACHMUSS

Omitted in previous newsletters was the publication of Intellect and Ideas in Action ! :

Selected Correspondence of Zinaida Hippius (Munich, Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1972 ), 784 pp. The following have recently been published by Prof. Pachmuss: 1. "Dostoevsky, Werfel, and Virginia Woolf: Influences and Confluences," Comparative Literature Studies . Vol. IX, No. k (Dec, 1972), 416-28; 2. Introduction to Z.N. Hippius, Chortova kukla / Roman-Tsarevich (Munich, Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1972, v-xiv); 3. "Lukacs, George.

Solzhenitsyn . Translated from the German by William David Graf, Cambridge, Mass., the M.I.T. Press, 197L"

The Modern Language Journal , vol. lvii ( Jan. -Febr. 1973) , nos. 1-2, pp 63-64. Also included in Temira Pachmuss' publications are: Introduction to" Z.N. Hippius, People of Today (Munich: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1973), v-xxxiv; and Introduction to Z.

N. Hippius, The Victors (Munich: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1973) » i-vii.

GUEST LECTURES BY PROFESSOR PACHMUSS "The Influence of Dostoevsky's Literary Themes on Contemporary World Literature" is the title of a lecture delivered at the U. of N.Y. at Albany in Nov. of 1972 and also presented at the U. of Ottawa on March 9, 1973. On the same date Prof. Pachmuss' paper "The Alienated Man in World Literature" was read at the Conference on Twentieth Century Literature at Louisville, Ky.

Hifrh school students in the gifted French and Spanish classes at Mt. Zion High School, Mt. Zion, IL 6254-9 are teaching French and Spanish to sixth- and seventh- grade pupils. Classes are held for twenty minutes on alternating days. .

SPANISH, ITALIAN AND PORTUGUESE NOTES — by Alice L. Anderson ADVANCED COURSE OFFERINGS FOR SUMMER 1973 The following 300- and 400-level courses are of interest to advanced undergraduate students and graduates. For further information, write to Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello, 4080 FLB, LI. I., Urbana, IL 61801, or call (217) 333-3390. Included in the summer courses are: Spanish 306 (The Generation of 1898), Prof. Lott, 2:00 M-F & 3:00 F; Spanish 308 (Spanish-American Modernismo), Prof. Leal, 12 F & 1 M-F; Spanish 311 (Don Quixote and the Prose of the Golden Age), Prof. Porqueras-Mayo, 10 M-Th; Spanish 351 (Phonetics), Prof. Allen, 9 M-Th; Spanish 352 (Syntax), Prof. Saltarelli, 12 M-Th; Spanish 371 (Spanish for Teachers), Prof. Flores, 11 M-Th; Spanish 400 (Beginning Spanish for Graduate Students), 8-10 M-Th; Spanish 428 (Studies in Nine- teenth Century Spanish Literature), Prof. Lott, 1 M-Th; Spanish 429 (Studies in Golden Age), Prof. Porqueras-Mayo, 11 M-Th; Spanish 430 (Studies in Twentieth Century Spanish-American Literature), Prof. Leal, 3 M-Th; and Italian 400 (Beginning Course for Graduate Students), 8-10 M-Th. The 300-level courses may be taken by either undergraduate or graduate students, while the 400-level courses are for graduates.

FALL COURSE OFFERINGS Spanish 107, Intensive Intermediate Spanish, will be offered in the fall semester of 1973. It is particularly suitable to students who desire to finish the second year of Spanish in one semester. Conversation, reading, and writing are emphasized in a balanced manner. Grammer review, readings, cultural history, and writing are included in this intensive course, which is conducted in Spanish. It meets from 8-10 Tu-F for eight hours credit. Catalan 301, Studies in Catalan Language, is offered by Prof. Alberto Porqueras- Mayo on Mondays, 3-5 p.m. This Catalan language course will be followed by a course in Catalan literature in the spring of 1974. Catalan is a language very much alive, spoken by more than six million people in Catalonia (with Barcelona as capital), Valencia, the Balearic Islands, some areas in the South of France, some parts of the island of Sardinia (in Italy) and Catalan is the official language of a small nation in the Pyrenees, Andorra.

CONGRESS ON LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE The Instituto Internacional de Literatura Ibero-americano, an international organization of professors, graduate students, authors and critics concerned with Latin American literature, holds two congresses every two years, one in Latin America and the other in North America. In 1973 the first session took place in Valdivia, Chile, at the Universidad Austral, Jan. 3-6. Its theme was "The Evolution of Language in Contemporary Latin American Poetry." The second congress on "Fantasy and Magical Realism in Latin American Literature" will be held at Mich. State U., Aug. 26-31.

OAS BOOKLET Image of Guatemala is the latest supplement of Americas magazine to be issued by the OAS. The profusely illustrated booklet covers all important aspects of this Central American country, from scenic and cultural attractions to economic and social progress Copies of Image of Guatemala as well as of the other publications in the IMAGE series (Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, and Peru) may be obtained, for 25 cents each, by writing: (specify English or Spanish version) OAS, Sales and Promotion Division, 19th St. and Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.

ITALIAN BULLETIN The Italian Culture Council, Inc. publishes a monthly bulletin of interest to teachers of Italian. For more information, write to: Elvira Adorno, Executive Director, 1140 Edgewood Pkwy., Union, New Jersey 07083

EVENING CLASS Spanish 417 (Golden Age Theater) will meet this fall on Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. It is hoped that area teachers will be able to attend. —

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Prof. Emeritus Henry Kahane has published "Cultural Criteria for Western Borrowings Byzantine Greek" (with Rene"e Kahane and from Angelina Pietrangeli ) , in Homena.le a" Antonio Tovar . po. 205-229; and with Rene"e Kahane, Greek in Southern Italy, III: Byzantine Notes, Byzantinische Zeitschrift . 66 (1973), 1-37. In February Dr. Kahane save a lecture on Dante in the Great Books series of Unit I. He also attended conferences in Bloomington, Ind. on Romance Linguistics and on Ordered Rules. Robert E. Lott has published "El arte descriptivo de Pfo Baro.ia," Cuadernos Hisoanoamericanos, Vol. 89, Nos. 265-267 ("Homenaje a Baroja"), Julv-Sept. 1972, Dp. 26-5*1. i Alberto Porqueras-Mayo read a paper on March 17 at the U. of Okla. on "Tono y forma en la crftica poe*tica de Da"maso Alonso," at the Symposium honoring D. Alonso, who was present at Oklahoma. Prof. Porqueras-Mayo also participated at the Third International Colloquium of Catalan Studies, April 9-1^, at the U. of Cambridge (Eng). Sourgeon Baldwin presented a lecture at the March 19 meeting of the Medieval Club on "The Narrative Techniques of Gonzalo Berceo." David Hershberg recently returned from Spain, having made arrangements for the 1973-7^ Year-Abroad Program in Spain, of which he will be the Resident Director. Thomas C. Meehan has completed a 70- page monograph on Jenaro Prieto for oubli- cation in a volume of studies of the Humanities Research Program, of the Center for Latin American Studies. He has published "Estructura y tema de El sue no de los he* roes por Adolf o Bioy Casares," in Kentucky Romance Quarterly . Vol. XX, No. 1 (1973), pp. 31-58. Congratulations to Milton M. Azevedo on his promotion to Asst. Prof, of Spanish and Portuguese on March 1, 1973« Congratulations also on the successful defense of his Ph.D. thesis (On Passive Sentences in English and Portuguese ) at Cornell U. on Dec. 22, 1972. He also delivered a lecture on "Current Sociolinguistic Problems of Catalan" in the Main Hall Forum, Lawrence U. (Appleton, Wise.) on Febr. 21, 1973* Dieter Wanner read a paper at the Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages III (Ind. U.-Bloomington), on March 29-31, 1973, entitled "The Evolution of Romance Clitic Order" and which will be published in the proceedings of the Symposium. Alice Anderson, graduate student in Spanish linguistics, will publish a Teacher^ Guide to accompany the Spanish Phonetic Reading Program by Pope and Medina, a beginning reading program for bilingual education. It will be published in summer, 1973, by Research Press Co, Champaign, IL. Frank H. Nuessel, Jr. presented a paper entitled "Sentential Complementation An Overview" at the U. of Utah in Salt Lake City.

Dear Colleagues: The next issue of the Newsletter will appear in Oct. 1973. Any items of general interest sent to the Editor before Sept. 15 will be included in the first issue. For those who will be moving during the summer, a change-of-address form is orovided. I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to all of you who have been helpful in contributing information and articles for the Newsletter . I also wish to thank my fellow editors of this past year for their earnest hard work and cooperation: Mike Dunn, Barbara flmalley, Edwin Jahiel, Dave Chisholm & Elliot Cohen. My special thanks to Prof. Pasquariello for his helpful suggestions & advice. Our sincere and best wishes for a pleasant summer. Alice L. Anderson, Editor

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THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSLETTER

October, 1973 Director: Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello Vol. XXVII, No. 1 Editor: Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr.

A PLEASAOT SURPRISE: STUDENTS LIKE FOREIGN LANGUAGESl The gloomy autumn days characteristic of the U.I. Urbana carpus at this time cf year have been considerably brightened by the results of a survey taken last Jan. by Frof, WJlga M. Rivers of the U.I. French Dept. in preparation for a paper which she delivered at the 2l4.th Annual Georgetown Round Table on Languages & Linguistics. Prof, Rivers' survey, consisting of an 8l-item questionnaire distributed to 1821 students cf 12 languages at elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels, shows that 2/3roint in learning a foreigr

language." Only 21% of the respondants (1 in 5 ) feel this way. Myth [(.--"Americans in general, and those in the Midwest, feel isolated from contact with foreign languages." 25% of those surveyed (1 in I4.) have parents wno speak a foreign language, and 66% have friends fluent in a foreign tongue. Myth 5-- "Students see no relevance to their career interests in foreign language study." \\S% (just under 1/2) are preparing to work in a field where they feel command of a foreign language will be useful. These fields include such diverse areas as science, antnropology, philosophy, music, journalism, business, aviation, law, inner city medicine, linguistics, engineering, social work in the U.S.A., social and religious service abroad, diplomacy, international law, interpreting, library science, advertising, speech therapy, archaeology, astrophysics, and military careers. This I|.5% is far larger than the 9% who declarod themselves foreign language majors,, Myth 6--"Grades in foreign language courses lower a student's average." Stu- dents' estimates of their final grades in foreign language courses showed 82% of A' and B's, as compared with 75% f°r their overall average,. Myth 7 — "For most students at the elementary and intermediate level, foreign language study is an unpleasant and unprofitable experience." In the U.I. beginning and intermediate courses, 20% of the respondants were majors, minors, and electives; of the remaining 80% taking the language as a requirement, 1/3 said they would have studied a foreign language even if there had been no requirement, and another 1/3 who studied a language because of a requirement said that they enjoyed studying the language anyway. Prof. Rivers' survey further showed that 63% of elementary-intermediate students want more listening and speaking, and 62% want more reading. These non-parallel dis- tributions are due to an overlap of students who want more of both, while 36-38% a ^ each extreme would prefer more exclusively aural-oral or reading-oriented courses. Prof. Rivers summarized the preferences of the LAS requirement students: more listening and speaking, more reading (not only literature but also newspapers and magazines), more culture and foreign language films. Only 20% are interested in scientific and technical reading, and no one wants more grammar. "Grammar kills mel" was an oft-voiced complaint of the students surveyed. "Internalization of the rules of grammar is basic to all active use of a language," stressed Prof. Rivers, adding "but it is equally certain that strong dislike of a particular aspect of study -2-

impedea effective learning." She feels that the learning of grammar should be made more functional and integrated more closely with natural language activities. "We also need to find out just how much grammar and what areas of grammar in particular are essential for comprehension of the written and spoken word," she added. Prof. Rivers concluded that foreign language interest is far from lacking among students. "We have often bemoaned the fact that we spend much of our time producing more teachers of future foreign language teachers in a seemingly unending cycle," she contended. "Surely this is because we have not realized who many of our students really were." Prof. Rivers feels that our students come from broader backgrounds and bring with them far more good will than has hitherto been realized. "It is for us," she stated in conclusion, "to use our imagination in devising courses which will keep this interested group with us and attract more of their kind." [The full text of Prof. Rivers' article entitled "The Non-Major: Tailoring the Course to the Person— Not the Image" will be published both in the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages' ADFL Bulletin (Dec. 1973) and in Language and In- ternational Studies (ed. Jankowsky, Washington: Georgetown Univ., forthcoming ) ,T~ ACTFL MEMBERSHIP DRIVE The Illinois Foreign Language Teachers Association, as ACTFL constituent for our state, is sponsoring a membership drive for the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in the hopes of doubling the 111. enrollment. Membership in the ACTFL includes a year's subscription to Foreign Language Annals and to Ac c e nt on ACTFL and other reports as issued. Yearly dues are $10 for U.S. members^ $12 for foreign members, and $6 for student members. ACTFL is the national organization which includes all foreign language teachers, and its publications help its members keep abreast of the latest developments in the profession. For further information, contact Dr. Florence Steiner (IFLTA immediate past president and currently state membership chairman) at Glenbrook S. H. S., i;000 W. Lake Ave., Glenview, IL 6002£ o

MIDWEST MLA The 15th annual meeting of the Midwest Modern Language Association will be held Nov. 1-3 at the Conrad Hilton, Chicago, with the program theme "Lost Literature: Disco- very and Rediscovery." Speakers include Robert Scholes on "Stillborn Literature" and

Jay Martin on " Jump Back, Honey! : Paul Laurence Dunbar and the Rediscovery of Amer- ican Poetics." There will be 3^ sections in English and foreign languages as well as forums on the following topics: Current Issues in Rhetorical Theory, Current Issues in Stylistics, Approaches to the Teaching of Writing, Problems in the Definition of Feminist Criticism, The Study and Teaching of Literary History, Currant Issues in American Studies, The Teaching of Minority Literatures, and Alternatives to the Con- ventional Design of the Literary Course. Inquiries about MMLA, the convention, or membership applications should be sent to Gerald L. Bruns, Exec. Secty., MMLA, Eng- lish/Philosophy Bldg., Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA £221|0.

IFLTA CONVENTION The annual convention of the Illinois Foreign Language Teachers Association will be held Nov. 2-3 at the Sheraton Blackstone Hotel, Chicago. The main theme is "Job Security" and featured speakers will be Miss Barbara Ort of the Mich. Dept. of Edu- cation and Prof. Robert LaFayette, Ind. Univ. Discussions will center on what is being done to maintain or increase enrollment in foreign language classes,,

ACTFL CONVENTION The 7th annual convention of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Lan- guages will be held Nov. 22-25 in Boston, with pre-conference workshops on Nov. 19-

21. The theme is "Many Goals--Many Roles" and the speakers include Kai-yu Hsu ( Cal. State Univ.) on "Of Man and Letters in the People's Republic of China"; Jack Frymier (Ohio State Univ.) on "A School for Tomorrow"; and C. Edward Scebold (ACTFL Exec. Secty.) on "ACTFL in Wonderland." There will be specific sessions in English and foreign languages. The pre-conference workshops will deal with Bilingual Education, The Francophone World in the French Classroom, Relevant Teacher Education for the 1970' s, and Humanizing Foreign Language Instruction. NEWSLETTER FOUNDER HONORED On Wednesday, May 16, the U.I. Dept. of Spanish-Italian-Por tuguese dedicated its ; o "

faculty-student lounge in 1|136 FLB to the memory of the late John and Margaret Van iiorne . Prof. Van Home was head of the departrent in 1939-57 and founded this News- letter in I9I4.8. The program began with an afternoon lecture by Prof. Richard J. '/alter, Prof. & Mrs. Van Home's grandson, now at the Dept. of History, Washington Univ. St. Louis, speaking on "Urban Guerrilla Warfare in Argentina and Uruguay." Later that evening formal dedicatory ceremonies were held with Prof. Anthony M. l-'asquer- iello, department head, handling introductions, and Prof. Emeritus Henry H. Kahane reminiscing on the roles of both John and Margaret Van Home in the development and growth of the department. Prof. Kahane made special mention of Prof. Van -iorne's contribution to the language teacaers in the state of 111. as founder and first director of the Newsletter. Following Prof. Kahane' s remarks, a reception was held in tne John & Margaret Van Home Hoom. Members of the Van Home family who attended included (in addition to Prof. & Mrs. Walter) Mrs. David Walter (Margaret Van Home, the Van Homes' daughter), Mrs. Burt Warren (claire Walter, their granddaughter), and Mrs. Warren's children, Jaime age 5, Kathy age 3 (the Van Homes' great-grandcaildren).

THE CLASSICS NOTES -- by Prof. H. Michael Dunn

LECTURES A:MD hSSTI-flGS Profs. M. Marcovich and J. K. Newman participa ted in the 2nd International Congress of Neo-Latin Studies, Univ. of Amsterdam, Aug. I9-2I4.. Prof. Marcovich read a raper, " "The loems of Franciscus Natalis ( II4 69-1 ih?- )» while Prof. Newman read paper, "Ora- zio, Ariosto and Orazio Ariosto, " both to appear in Acta Conventus Neo-La tlni

Amstel.idamensls . Prof. J. L. Heller read a paper "Linnaeus on Sumptoi.s Books, 1753" at tne lunt Botanical Library, Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, June 2. This presentation was part of the celebration of the opening of the library's newly acquired Strandell collection of Linnaeana. Other contributions came from Swedish and British scholars. Prof. Marcovich was guest of the Spanish Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Instituto Antonio de Nebrija, May 1-6. He gave a colloquium on "Aes- chylus, Agamemnon" at the Univ. of Madrid, and another on "The Heraclitean Froblems" at the Consejo Superior, both papers to be published in Smerita (Madrid).

PUBLICATIONS Prof. J. L. Heller revised and annotated an English translation of the preface by Leonhart Fuchs to his De h i s t or i a 3 1 i rp i urn comnentaril (15l4-2) Prof. M. Marcovich has published during the summer 6 articles, among them "80 " Fresh Hippolytean Emendations" in Festschrift M.D. Petrusevski ; Voces animantium and ) Suetonius" in Festschrif t M. gudimlr ; "On the Davidiad of Marcus Marulus ( 3450-1 52i|. in Acta Conventus Neo-Latini Lovaniensis (Munich, 1973)o Prof. J. J. Bateman has published his ntudy on "The Text of Erasmus 1 De recta Latini Graecique sermonis pronuntiatione Dialogus " in Acta Conventus Neo-Latini Lovanisnsis (Munich. 1973) Prof. Marcovich currently has 2$ other articles in print. Prof, D. F. Bright has submitted for print an article on " Conf ectum earn! ne munus: Catullus 68.

RECOGNITIONS Prof. D. J. Taylor received a faculty summer fellowship to continue work on his book

Declinatio A Study of the Linguistic Theory of Marcus Terentius Varro . The monograph will be forthcoming in the series "Studies in the History of Linguistics," Ben- jamins Publishing, Amsterdam. Prof. M. Marcovich was appointed member of the Program Committee of the 3rd In- ternational Colloquium on Ancient Philosophy, to be held in Toledo, Spain, Aug. 26- 30, 197U» as the sole representative from the U.S.A. He is also serving on the Amer- ican Philological Association's 8-man Advisory Committee on the Thesaurus Linguae

Graecae .

THE LATIN CONFERENCE 36 high-school Latin students attended the 8th annual Latin Conference at the U.I. for a week this past June. Various members of tne department held classes in Greek and Roman drama, mytnology, Greek and Latin poetry, and ancient history. There were chariot races, plays, banquets, and folk dances as well. The students of tne a

ancients even did a bit of study on the computer (faster than the abacus). The conference was directed by Prof. Richard T. Scanlan. The annual meeting of the 111. Classical Conference will be held at the U.I. on Feb. 7-9. Please mark these dates on your calendar and be sure to attend. Prof. H. Michael Dunn again assisted the LAS College office advising incoming freshmen in the areas of humanities and foreign languages.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA The first lecture of the Central 111. Society of the AIA was delivered by Prof, Don- ald Lathrop on "Shaman's Stools and the Time Depth of Tropical Forest Culture." The Dept. of Anthropology shared the sponsorship.

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS On Oct. 10-12 the Classics Dept. at Urbana will be host of the 3rd meeting of the Am- erican Philological Association Advisory Committee on t he Thesaurus Linguae Graecae . a multi-million computor-assisted project. The members of the committee are Profs. Winfried Btthler (Hamburg), Albert Henrichs (Harvard), Bernard M. W. Knox (Center for Hellenic Studie s, Washington), Miroslav Marcovich (U.I. Urbana), Bruce M. Metzger (Princeton Theological Seminary), Lionel Pearson (Stanford), John M. Rist (Univ. of Toronto), and Douglas C. C. Young (Univ. of N.C.). The director of the TLG project is Prof. Theodore F. Brunner (Univ. of Cal., Irvine),,

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NOTES — by Prof. Barbara Smalley PUBLICATIONS Prof. Herbert Knust recently published "Schwejk und kein Ende" in Ge rmano - SI a vi c (vol. 1, spring 1973), 65-85, and another article (in collaboration with Leonie Marx) entitled "Brechts Lux in tenebris t "2, Monatshef te (vol. 65, no. 2, summer 1973), 117-

2$, His review of "Die Zeit im Drama by Peter Ptftz (GKttingen, 1970) appears in JEPG , (LXII, 1973), 103-0FT" Prof. Knust has been elected to the Editorial Advisory BoarT" of Germano-Slavlca, the Canadian journal of Germanic and Slavic comparative studies. Prof. Francois Jost has recently published the following: "Evaluation esthe- tique et genologie : l'exemple du sonnet," Neohelicon, Ac ta Comparationis Litteraru m Universarum (I, 1973), 66-79; "Tiegel Tieck: William Lovell et Le paysan perverti ,"

Etudes germaniques , (XXVIII, 1973), 29-^8. Prof. Roc co Montano has completed and published the two following volumes: Shakespeare (Firenza: Accademia); Limit! e_ valore di Machiavelli (Firenza: Sanson!),, Prof. Montano 's article, "L'umanesimo giuridico, " appears in Filosof la (April 1973). INTERDISCIPLINARY LECTURE SERIES In connection with the Kurt Schwitters and George Grosz exhibitions in the Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, Oct. 20-Nov. 10, the Program in Comparative Literature, in cooperation with the Dept. of Germanic Languages & Literatures, the Division of Art History, the George Miller Univ. Lecture Committee has planned an interdisciplinary lecture series. The first two lectures will draw upon the material from the exhibitions in order to define the unique contribution of each artist to the cultural life of the times,, We would like to invite Dr. Kate Steinitz (Artist, Curator, UCLA Art Library) who knew Schwitters personally and who collaborated on the original exhibition at the Mu- seum of Modern Art in New York to speak on the relationship between art and literature in Schwitters' works. Prof. Herbert Knust (U.I.), vho was instrumental in arranging the Grosz Exhibition as a joint venture between the U.I. and Harvard and who also prepared the catalogue for the exhibition, has offered to lecture on Grosz. Prof. Alex Ringer (U.I„) has kindly agreed to lecture on the music of that period (especially in relation to satire), whereas Prof. Emeritus Henry Kahane will present a centennial lecture on the great theatre director Max Reinhardt. The other lectures In the series would investigate several questions suggested by the works of Grosz and Schwitters. Reinhold Grimm, Alexander Hohlfeld Prof, of German & Comparative Lit- erature at the Univ. of Wise, Madison, and one of the world authorities on Brecht, has agreed to speak on "Bertolt Brecht' s War Primer . " In this talk, which will be illustrated by a number of slides, he will snow how Brecht used montage techniques for the purpose of anti-war propaganda. The subject is especially appropriate because the Grosz sketches to be displayed at the Krannert Museum were made for the -5-

! Berlin production of Brecht's stage adaptation of 'lasek's Schweyk . Jost Ierriand, Vilas Frof. of German at the Univ. of Wise, Madison, and one of the few scholars wr.o have consistently synthesized the fine arts and literary history in their teach- inc; and i ublications, will speak on the topic: "Meister Fi dus : From Jugendstil Hippie to Aryan Fad i sin. " In this illustrated lecture Prof. *errnand will trace the manifestations of conservative forces in art, literature, politics, and philosophy in central Europe during the first half of the 20th century. rlis talk will also relate so.ie disputed ideological trends of the 1920' 3 to youth movements on the modern Amer- ican scene. Finally, Prof. Richard Figge (U.I.) has volunteered to speak on the use of montage in the film of the twenties. The lecture series would be of interest to a general audience, in particular to students and faculty engaged in art, art history, history, literature, music, philo- acp'iy, political science, and theatre. In addition, students in several courses will se dealing with material related both to the works on exhibition and to the subjects t.nat will be discussed in the lecture. The exact dates of tne individual lectures will be announced shortly.

MSETI NGS The j-i.erican Comparative Literature Association will have its 5th Triennial Meeting; In Los Angeles, Apr. lj-6, 197U* There will be 5 sessions with the following themes: I. Symbolism; II. Literatyro & the Social Sciences; III. Baroque; IV. Status of the Profession; V. Film. Prof. Francois Jost has been appointed chairman of tne section on Status of the Profession. Information about these meetings is available in the Comparative Literature Office, 2070 FLB, Urbana. The ?th Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association, which took place last Aug. 13-19 in Montreal and Ottawa, Canada, was attended by approximately liOQ persons from over 30 countries. Three U.I. faculty members (A. Owen Ald- ridge, Francois Jost, and Jrnest Wolff) participated in the congress. JUrgen "ioegl, Ph.D. candidate in the Comparative Literature Program, represented the U.I, students. Themes of tne congress were The Literatures of the Americas; Dependence, Independence, Interdependence; and Comparative Literature and Modern Literary Scholarship. Two sym- pesia were held during the congress, an East-'..'est Symposium (with Prof. Francois Jost as chairman) and an Africa -America Symposium. Papers presented during these meetings are expected to appear in print early in 1975. During his sabbatical leave in the spring of 1973> Prof. Rocco Montano took part In various activities commemorating the centenary of Alessandro Manzoni, whom Frof. Montano describes as the "greatest European novelist in the 19th century." During May 9-11 Prof. Montano gave a seminar on Manzoni at the Liceo Classico in Matera; on May 15 he delivered a lecture on "Manzoni e noi" at the Univ. of Salerno; from May 20-29 he took part in a symposium sponsored by the City of Milan and the Centro Nazi- onale di Studi Manzoniani for the official national celebration of Manzoni 's Centen- ary. The leading Italian scholars in the field delivered lectures at this symposium; Prof. Montano spoke on "Manzoni in America." These lectures will be published by the Centro Nazionale di Studi Manzoniani. A colloquium on "The Coppet Group" will take place in early July, 197l|, at Mme de Stael's castle in Coppet, near Geneva, Switzerland. Provisionally the colloquium will include papers followed by discussions, an excursion, a memorial ceremony at Mme de Stae'l's tomb, and a candlelight reception at the castle. Persons interested in attending (and possibly giving a paper) should write Mme B. d'Andlau, Vor£, 61110 Remalard, France,

FFENCH NOTES -- by Prof. Edwin Jahiel

PROF. NELSON REPLACES PROF. MAI NOUS AS HEAD Frof. Bo H. Mainous, after several years as head of the French Dept., resigned last June in order to assume a new position at the U.I., director of the Unit on Foreign Language Research, while, of course, retaining his professorship in French, The new head is Prof. Robert J. Nelson, who assumed duties last summer as acting head, and in Aug. 1973 as head of the Dept. of French. Prof 3. Mainous and Nelson are quite well known to cur readers, many of whom have met them in person on numerous occasions, locally in state meetings (e.g. AATF), and at national conference. MOLIERE A story: "Who," the aging Sun King (Louis XIV) asked Boileau, Racine's fellow his- -6- toriographer at Versailles, "would you consider the finest of the great writers honoring France during my reign?" "Moliere, Your Majesty," came the reply. "I would not have thought so," said Louis reflectively, "but you know more about such things than I." (The story was told by Racine's son.)

So, Moliere 's L' Avare , one of the great plays by the Master, will be performed by the ever-excellent Treteau de Paris (actually by the Theatre National de l'Est Pa- risien, director Guy Retore), on Monday, Oct. 29, at the Festival Theatre of the Krai* nert Center, Urbana, IL 61801. This year as an experiment and a public service there will be 2 performances, a 3 Pm matinee (to approximately 5:15) and an 8 pm evening performance (to approximately 10:15). In spite of the 2 performances, there may well be a sell-out of tickets, so we urge you to order soon, by mail or at the Krannert Box Office. Prices: general public $3*75, 3*25, 3«00; students (college, high schcol and their teachers) $2.75, 2.50, 2.25| additional 10$ discount for group orders of 25 or more tickets. Do not miss what will be an exceptional event, and the most fitting celebration of Moliere 's tricentenary. Speaking of Moliere, the French Dept. has been celebrating all along during the 300th anniversary of the playwright's death in 1673* There have been special courses exhibits, and last summer, a highly successful evening, "Une soiree du theatre de Moliere." It consisted of excerpts from 3 pl&ys, produced and directed (as well as acted) by Prof. F. W. Nachtmann, an incorrigible thespian, and with the following students as actors: Mary Lynch, Steve Hackett, Vera Lidia Krawczuk, Lorrie Riordan, Barbara Gallisath, Elizabeth Horton, Steve Foster, Jim Hurst, Terry Jones. Involved in the production were James Campbell, Vera Lidia Krawczuk, Andrew Horton, Judy Myers. And speaking of theatre, Prof. Charles Shattuck, a Francophile professor of Eng- lish and a true theatre man, has just completed directing a very good production of Waiting for Godot at the Urbana Depot Theatre, an off-campus institution which though independent, is closely allied to the U.I. and has been supplementing our theatrical campus productions with much energy and originality for a long time.

PROF. RIVERS During the fall semester Prof. Wilga Rivers is an associate in the Center for Ad- vanced Study, completing work on her Practical Guide to the Teaching of French for the Oxford Univ. Press. Collaborators at the U.I. , Buffalo, Knoxville, and Montreal are paralleling the material for separate Guides for German, Spanish, and English as a second language. In June, Prof. Rivers attended the 1st International ATESOL Con- ference in Dublin, Ireland, where she gave one of the main conference papers on "Testing and Student Learning" and organized 3 workshops in testing in English as a second language. In Oct. she will be speaking at fall conferences of language teachers in Philadelphia and Calgary. One of Prof. Rivers' recent articles is being translated into Russian in Moscow for Russian Abroad , which is distributed in 80 countries,

AATF NATIONAL FRENCH CONTEST The National French Contest sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of

French is a contest , not a test ; there are no failures, but varying degrees of achievement. Each participant receives a certificate, and local winners are awarded the Fleur-de-Lis pin. The next testing dates are Mar. 30-Apr. 6, 19714-. For more information write (for elementary schools) Al Jekenta, 255 S. Lasky Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; (for secondary schools) Sidney L. Teitelbaum, Box 86, Plalnview, NY H8O3. Only students of AATF members may enter.

STAFF NOTES Profs. Barbara Bowen and Emile Talbot have been promoted to full professor and associate professor respectively. Prof. Talbot is currently doing research in France, Prof. Stanley Gray is on a research-and-writing leave (on campus) this year. Prof, R. J. Nelson has just published "Speaking of Speaking," Improving College and University Teaching (vol. 21, no. 2, spring 1973), l50-53« This number of the journal is devoted to teaching the humanities.

LE BON MOT The following is a news item from France which shows the continuing passion of the French for their language; Sur instruction du Premier Ministre, des commissions de terminologie avaient et5 constitutes en 1970 dans un certain nombre de ministeres en vue de faire l'inven- -7-

taire du vocabulaire utilise dans cnaque secteur d'activite, de l'enriehir et de le clarii'ier en proposant des equivalents de bon aloi a des expressions etrangeres dif- I'icilement assimilable s. Les travaux de six commissions viennent de faire l'objet d'arretes contresii-nes par le ministre de l'Education nationale (i.ndustrie petroli- ere, techniques spatiales, techniques nucleairea, equipement et logement, transports,

radiotele vision) : ils ont ete publies au Journal on iciel du 17 Janvier 1973. D'- autres coronissions de 1 oseront leurs conclusions dans le courant de l'annee 1973 (eco-

norr.ie et finances, sante publique, construction aeronautioue , telecommunications, in- format inue, defense na t ionale, Industrie automobile, sports, tourisme). Tous les termes approuves par l'Academie francaise seront desormais employes dans les documents enanant de 1' adminis tration et leur usape sera recommande au public. Ils fer-

ont l'objet d'une publication commune dans La banque des mots , revue semestrielle de terminologie constituant un complement permanent au dictionnaire du francais contem- pcrain.

COPPET COLLOQUIUM F'rench scholars, teachers, and students may be interested in the colloauium on "The Cor pet Group" to be held in July 1974 i° Switzerland. An announcement about this colloquium is included in Comparative Literature Notes under "MEETINGS" on page 5«

GERMANIC MOTES -- by Prof. Karl -Heinz Schoeps

STAFF MEWS

The Germanic Dept . welcomes back Prof. James McGlathery from a sabbatical in Austria and Prof. Elmer Antonsen from a year at the Univ. of N„ C. Prof. Antonsen assumed the headship of the department when Frof. H. G. Haile stepped down after almost 10 years of meritorious service. We also welcome 2 visiting faculty members this fall: Mrs. Inger Birgitta Bjornnson and Prof. (Dr.) Hans lienningo Mrs. Bjornsson comes to us from Goteborg, Sweden, where s he is a teacher of Swedish and English in a secondary school. We are particularly pleased to have a scholar from the Deutsche Demokratiscbe Republik (DDR) with us: Prof. Uenning, visiting professor of German and Comparative Literature, is the director of the central library of the Nationale Forschungs- und Gedenkstatten in '-.'eimar, and a renowned Goethe scholar. The Germanic Dept. takes pleasure in announcing the promotions of Assoc. Prof. Herbert Knust to full professor and Instructor Lathrop Johnson to assistant professor,

The following members of the department are on leave for 1973-74 : Prof, '/alter 'iollerer and Frof. Clayton Gray.

AUSTRIA-ILLINOIS EXCHANGE I ROGRAM Now in its 3r d year of operation, the U.I.'s venture into Austria is gaining in reputation and stability. Prof. Schier, the director in Baden, and his administrative assistant, Edward Anderson, have charge of 18 participants in this year's Study Pro- gram in Austria. 13 of the students come from the Urbana campus, and 3 from Chicago Circle, with 1 each from Loyola and De Paul. NEW I AUSTRIA-ILLINOIS TEACHER EXCHANGE: A recent amendment to the school code now makes it possible for the Austria-Ill. Exchange Program to place 111. junior and senior high school teachers in 1-year positions in Austrian schools, filling the vacancies here with qualified Austrian exchange teachers. In most cases, the exchange will probably take place between and 111. German teacher to teach English and an Aus- trian English teacher to take over German classes here, but 111. teachers in otner fields are also encouraged to apply. Teachers Interested in exchange positions for 1974-75 should write for further information and application materials before Christmas to the director : Prof. Lath- rop P. Johnson, Austria-Ill. Exchange Program, Dept. of Germanic Languages, 3072 FLB, U.T., Urbana, IL 61801.

STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN GERMAN & SCANDINAVIAN Student enrollment in German and Scandinavian has again increased this year. The grand totals for the fall semesters were 1545 in 1971, 1611 in 1972, and 1742 in 1973< We can also report an increase in majors: 37 German majors and 44 German teaching majors. Due to the increase in enrollment and a reduction in teaching staff the average number of students in the beginning language courses is significantly higher r

-8- this fall. The 3-track system for beginning language courses has proved a success. The speaking and reading tracks continue to enjoy great popularity. The telephone tape system is operating again: 333-6308 (Ger 101), 333-8151 (Mon Swedish, Tue-Sun Ger 102), 333-63014- (Ger 103), 333-&306 (Ger 101|, Mon-Wed short stories, Thu-Sun poetry). It should also be pointed out that students who come to use with a knowledge of German or Scandinavian languages can take proficiency examinations. To "proficiency" Scandinavian lOlj., however, a student must be able to read Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, not just one language.

SCANDINAVIAN This is the 7th year of the experimental Scandinavian program which teaches students the 3 major Scandinavian languages in the course of l± semesters. The sequence of languages varies; this year the emphasis is on Swedish (Scan 101 and 103) since we have Mrs. Inger Bj6*rnsson and Mrs. Eva Wetzel with us, Mrs. Wetzel is again a teaching and research assistant as last year.

GERMAN CLUB Major events of the German Club for the fall semester include: Oct. 5» Oktoberfest; Oct. 11, Pre igrosche nope (film); Oct. 25, German dialects (an evening with native speakers who will tell anecdotes from various German provinces, read and explain texts written in dialect); Nov. 8, German protest songs (students and faculty will introduce protest songs with records, texts, and commentaries); Nov. 15, Per Haupt - mann von KSpenick (film); Dec. 7, Weihnachtsfeier. In addition to this program there are the following regular German Club activities: German Choir every Monday at the Lutheran Foundation (corner Wright & Chalmers in Champaign) at 8 pm; Soccer every Tuesday night 9-11 pm at the Armory; Thunderbird Restaurant in Urbana every Thursday night for informal meeting of club members for beer, talk, and the chance to meet native speakers of German,

INTERDISCIPLINARY LECTURE SERIES German scholars, teachers, and students will be interested in the George Miller Univ. Lecture Committee's plans for an interdisciplinary lecture series in connection with the Kurt Schwitters and George Grosz exhibitions in the Krannert Art Museum, Cham- paign, Oct. 20-Nov. 10. Detailed programs will be distributed at a later date. Please see Comparative Literature Notes on pages l|-5 for more details.

DEUTSCHES SEMINAR On May 15 Prof. Karl-Heinz Schoeps led a discussion on the topic "Die Literatur der DDR." On Sept. 19 Prof. Rainer Sell introduced and discussed the topic "Das Groteske in der Literatur."

PRUCHTBRINGENDE GESELLSCHAFT On Sept. 13 Dr. Giles Reid Hoyt (who received his Ph.D. from the U.I. on the same day] presented a paper on "Main Features of Hnton Ulrich's Linguistic Development." On Oct. 11 Prof. Rainer Sell spoke about "Kasper und Moritat: Motiv, Form und drama- tische Perspektive in dem Dramen von Peter Weiss." The next session of the FG is also the last lecture in the interdisciplinary lecture series (see pages U-5); on Nov. 7 Prof. Emeritus Henry Kahane will speak about Max Reinhardt in the Krannert Art Mu- seum. All other lectures of the FG are given in the Faculty Lounge, Illini Union.

FACULTY PAPERS At the International Conference on Computers in the Humanities, Minneapolis, on July 21;, Prof. James Marchand chaired a section and gave a talk on "Computer Aided In- struction in the Humanities: The U.I. PLATO System." In the spring at the Ky. For- eign Languages Conference, Prof. Marchand also lectured on "Wolfram's Theology," and chaired a linguistics section. Prof. Irmengard Rauch presented a paper, "Where Does Language Borrowing End and Genetic Relationship Begin? ' to the 9th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. Chicago, Aug. 28-Sept. 8. The paper is being published in the "Language and Thought" volume of World Anthropology.

FACULTY AWARDS AND HONORS Prof. James Marchand received the Undergraduate Instructional Award in the summer of 1973 and also the Undergraduate Instructional Prize, 1973* Prof. Clayton Gray received a grant from the National Endowment for the Human- ities to do research in Leyden, the Netherlands. Prof. U. Henry Gerlach was appointed Director of External Communications by the Board of the 111. Foreign Language Teachers Association. In this assignment, he will oversee all public relations efforts of the IFLTA. Prof. Gerlach was elected to a 2- year term as President of the Southern 111. chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German, alsc

SLAVIC MOTES -- by Prof. Elliot Cohen

SLAVIC DEPT. FILM SERIES Prof. Steven Hill reports that the Slavic Dept. hopes to show a free Slavic film each month in this and future semesters as a means of acquainting the university community with various aspects of Eastern European art and culture: Sunday, Oct. 21, 8 pm, new

Hungarian rrize-winner Red Psalm ; Wednesday , Oct. 31» 8 pm, modern Ukrainian classic

l S iadows of Forgotten Ancestors ; Wednesday, Nov. 11;, 8 pm, Russian film version of Gorky's autobiographical work Childhood . All showings are in the U.I. Auditorium.

ATTENTION: ALL ILLINOIS RUSSIAN TEACHERS B. Lanys and Prof. Rasio Dunatov are compiling a collection of Russial culture materials for use in 1st- and 2nd-levels of high school Russian courses. These materials will be available to all teachers in 111.

RUSSIAN FESTIVAL PLANNED FOR NOVEMBER Plans are underway for the presentation of several films and a panel discussion to be held at noon in the Illini Union during the week of Nov. 1-8. Among the film possibilities being investigated is Doctor Zhivago . Since this Russian beauty is highly desirable, she is rarely available. The probable topic of a panel discussion will be the Soviet Nobel-prize-winning (but not receiving) author Solzhenitsyn.

INNOVATIONS A cultural component has been added to Russian 101. Films, lectures, and Russian cuisine comprise a supplement to the basic language element of the course. Prof, Rasio Dunatov has started a pro-seminar and now presents to our new grad students an introduction to the Slavic field, to sources and how to use them.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES At the orientation meeting for new graduate students, the Slavic Student Association chose the following quadrumvirate of officers: Christine Be thin, Katherine Brailer, Mary Theis, and Jeffrey Tyler. The composition of this quadrumvirate reflects the schizoid nature of a department split between linguistics and literature majors. Russian Club rebornl If you have any questions or suggestions for the club, contact Mary Theis, 3092 FLB or 367-01;69. A current activity is "razgovor i pivo" on Fridays at 1;. : 30 pm at the Thunderbird Restaurant, Urbana. Other activities, including some Russian language plays (after last spring's triumph) are projected.

Undergraduates are encouraged to participate I

STUDENT iOTSS A welcome is extended to the new graduate students in our department, who are: Fide- lis Balogun, Richard Charlton, Barbara Galik, Roberta Goldblatt, Elizabeth Johnson, Peter Pluwak, Eugene Rosypal, Maureen Sinicki, Cherry Underwood, Nancy Vinokur. An interesting fact to ponder is that several of these students come from colleges (Buffalo and Kutztown) which have sent students to our department in the recent past. Word of mouth...? The student who has come the farthest to get here a pp ears to be Mr. Balogun, who comes to us originally from Nigeria after several years of study in the U.S.S.R. The department has an alumnus in Moscow. Paul Smith is currently working as an evaluator of the U.S. exhibition "Recreation in America" now touring the U.S.S.R. A current student, Ban Fairfax, will be joining the exhibit soon.

FACULTY NOTES Prof. C. L. Dawson (department head) and Prof. Kurt Klein are back with us after "

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spring sabbaticals. Both of them spent some time in Austria on their peregrinations. Now on sabbatical is Prof. Temira Pachmuss who will spend her leave under the sponsorship of ACLS and the Russian & E. European Center of the U.I. in Europe doing further research on the archival materials of D. S. Merezhkovsky and Z. N. Hippius. Prof. Frank Gladney, editor of the Slavic and East European Journal here at the U.I., attended the 7th International Congress of Slavists in Warsaw this Aug. On Oct 10 he presented this semester's 1st Slavic Forum at which he shared some of his slides of Warsaw, especially those taken at the congress. The Slavic Forum is an innovation of last year which will continue this year with talks and presentations by students and faculty. One topic already set concerns Soviet underground literature. Prof. Kurt Klein has been elected vice-president of Region III of the National Honor Society Dobro Slovo. Prof. Louis Iribarne has been invited to give a lecture on the Polish dramatist, novelist, painter, modernist par-excellence Witkiewicz at Towson State College, Md. Prof. Kenneth Brostrom will read a paper at the Southeast MLA Conference in Fort Worth on "The Aenigma of Pilnyak's The Volga Falls into the Caspian Sea .

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS

Prof. Temira Pachmuss has y ublished a book Z^_ N^ Hippius : Collected Dramatical Works (Munich, 1973) and 2 articles, "Zinaida Hippius: Istoriya intelligentskoy emigrat- sii, " Russian Language Journal (spring-fall 1972), 3-19, and "Zinaida Hippius: Nevi- dimy lik ili voploshchenny Budda, " The Contemporary (no. 2\\, Toronto, 1973), 33-7U*

SPANISH, ITALIAN, & PORTUGUESE NOTES -- by Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr.

PAN AMERICAN COUNCIL Teachers and students of Spanish and Portuguese in the Chicago area may be interested in the programs and activities of the Pan American Council of Chicago. The PAC was chartered in 1939 to promote friendship, understanding, and good will among the peoples of the Americas. It is the oldest continuous voluntary organization in the Chi- cago area dedicated to the principles of hemispheric unity and friendship. PAC members hear speakers on Latin American history, law, journalism, government, economics, science, medicine, art, and literature at bilingual programs from Oct. -June on Satur- day afternoons in the Ben Franklin Lounge, 1st Federal S&L Assoc., 7 S. Dearborn St., with conversation groups in Spanish and Portuguese preceding the meetings,, In addition, the PAC cosponsors with Northwestern Univ. Evening Division a series of popular movies from Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries. The new series begins in Thorne Hall on the Northwestern campus on Saturday, Nov. 17, at 8 pm with 2 films, Martin Fierro (Argentina) and Al ponerse el sol (Spain). Films will be presented on the 3rd Saturday of each month except Dec. Annual dues are $12.50, sustaining $20 (no charge for Saturday programs), business $25, patron $100, family membership additional fee $7.50, and full-time student $3*50. Annual subscriptions to Americas Magazine is $[|..25 for members, $6 for non- members; the magazine is available in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. For memberships, information, or subscriptions, contact Pan American Council, P„0. Box 1233, Chicago, IL 60690.

JUNE GRADUATION The department awarded 5 doctoral and 3 masters degrees in June. The doctoral recipients were Pedro Francisco Campa and Frank Henry Nuessel Jr. in Spanish, and Fiore Antonio Matteis, Roberto Severino, and William Anthony Zanghi in Italian. Eileen Zeitz received an M.A. in Spanish, and Mary Jeannette Haritos and Bertha Arias Hevia received masters in Spanish through the Urbana-Chicago Circle Joint Graduate Program,

NEW FACULTY- STAFF The department welcomes Andrls Oscar Avellaneda as Asst. Prof, of Spanish,, Prof. Avellaneda was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1937, and studied at the Univ. of Buenos Aires in the Facultad de Filosofia y Letras, receiving his profesorado degree in Dec. 1961;,, He taught at the Univ. of Buenos Aires in 1966, at Arecibo Regional College (Univ. of Puerto Rico) in 1967-70, and was head of the Spanish Dept. at Are- cibo in 1968-70. Prof. Avellaneda came to this department in 1970 as a graduate teaching assistant, and later held a University Fellowship and a Woodrow Wilson "

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Fellowship, He completed his Ph.D. dissertation El tema del peronlsmo en la narra - tiva argentina in July. His area of concentration is Latin American literature, and among his publications he includes 2 books, Lo que nos pasa , a volume of original poetry (Buenos Aires: Nueva Expresion, I96I4.), and an annotated edition of Martin Fierro (Buenos Aires: Centro Editor de America Latina, 1968). In addition to Prof. Avellaneda, there are 27 new graduate teaching assistants on the departmental staff.

VOLUME HONORS THE KAHANES Prof. Emeritus Henry R. Kahane and Mrs. Kahane (Renee Toole) were honored by the U.I. Linguistics Dept . with the presentation of a special publication on Sept. 19 in the

Levis Faculty Center. The volume, Issues in Linguistics : Papers in Honor of Henry & Ren§e Kahane (U.I. Press, 1973), containing 57 original articles, was presented to the Kahanes by Dean Robert W. Rogers, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, following introductions by Prof. Braj. B. Kachru, Linguistics Dept. head Members of our department represented in this volume include Prof. Angelina R Fietrangeli on "The Writings of Henry & Renee Kahane," Prof. W. Curtis Blaylock on "Observations on Sound Change, Especially Loss, with Particular Reference to Hispano- Romance," Assoc. Prof. Mario Saltarelli on "Orthography, Naturalness, and the Binary Feature Framework," and Asst. Prof. Dieter Wanner on "Is Stress Fredic table in Ital- ian?" In addition, Prof. Pietrangeli served as one of the co-editors of the volume.

FACULTY LECTURES During the 1973 Summer Session at the U.I our department sponsored a lecture series which included speeches by the following faculty members: July 11, Prof. Luis Leal on "La narrativa de Julio Cortazar"; July 18, Prof. Alberto Porqueras-Mayo on "Tono y forma en la critica poetica de Damaso Alonso"; July 25, Assoc. Prof. Mario Salta- relli on "Language and Imagination"; Aug. 1, Graduate Teaching Asst. Rosendo Diaz- Peterson on "Unamuno y San Manuel Bueno, martir . Prof. Emeritus Henry Kahane delivered a lecture in the U.I. Linguistics Dept. on Aug. 27 on "Linguistics Resources Available at the U.I, Library." Prof. Leal lectured on "El cuento mexicano contemporaneo" at the Univ. Nacional Aut6noma de Mlxico in May.

FACULTY NOTES Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello (department head), attended the American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese meeting in Mexico, D.F., in Aug. Prof. Pasquariello is presently a member of the AATSP's Executive Council. Prof. Alberto Porqueras-Mayo will offer Spanish I1I8 (Poetic Theories in Golden Age) during the spring semester as an evening course (7-9 pm Tuesdays). This course fulfills the M.A. requirement in Spanish for a literary theory course and is offered at night so that area teachers can attend. Prof. Porqueras-Mayo has also been instru mental in forming a "taula catalana" for conversational Catalan which will meet Thurs. days at noon in the Thunderbird Restaurant, 710 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana. All speakers of Catalan at any level are invited to attend,, Assoc. Prof. David R. Hershberg is in Barcelona for the academic year as director of the U.I. Year-Abroad Program in Spain. Prior to his departure, both he and

Assoc. Prof. Thomas C. Meehan prepared 3 new courses (Spanish X2[|.0, X21+1, X2l\.2 ) for the U.I Extension Division. These correspondence courses are the equivalent of the 3 survey of literature courses offered at the undergraduate level for Spanish majors, and they satisfy a departmental requirement toward the B.A. in Spanish, Assoc. Prof. Richard A. Preto-Rodas spent the summer in Brazil with a grant from the Latin American Center for his research into "Irony as a Perspective in Poetry from the Portuguese-Speaking World." Assoc. Prof. Mario Saltarelli was in Rome, Italy, in June to attend the annual meeting of the Italian Linguistics Society, Asst. Prof. Dieter Wanner spent the summer in central Italy where he conducted preliminary dialectical investigations. Graduate Teaching Asst. Sherilyn Hope Freeman studied this summer at the Insti- tuto de Fllologla Hispanica in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. Graduate Teaching Asst. David M. Kirsner was the recipient of a Gulbenkian Foundation Scholarship grant for study at the Univ. of Lisbon this summer. Graduate Teaching Asst. Kathryn Carol Lewis studied in Salamanca this summer. " t s " :

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FACULTY PUBLICATIONS Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello (department head) participated in the 1972 AATSP Confe- rence on Graduate Studies in Spanish at Wichita State Univ., Oct. 1972. The committee's complete report appears in the Sept. 1973 Hispania (vol. $6, no. 3), 541-^9* In addition, Prof. Pasquariello 1 s review of Parris Anderson's Alfonso Sastre appears in the Mar. 1973 Hispania (vol. 56, no. 1), 178-79. Prof. W. Curtis Blaylock's review of Ralph J. Penny's El habla pasiega appears in the Sept. 1973 issue of Language (vol. 1;9, no. 3), 729-32T Prof. Emeritus Henry R. Kahane and his wife Dr. Renle Kahane and Prof. Angelina R. Pietrangeli have co -authored an article "Egyptian Papyri as a Tool in Romance Ety- mology, II. Gulf: Hyper correct! on or Dialect Borrowing?" in Romance Philology (vol, 27, 1973), i|0~-59» Prof. & Mrs. Kahane also published "Greek in Southern Italy, III. Byzantine Notes" in Byzantinische Zeitschrif (vol. 66, 1973, Munich), 1-37, and "Graeco-Romance Etymologie s, III" in Studia Hispanica in honorem R. Lapesa (Madrid, 1972), 323-33. Prof. Luis Leal has edited a version of Mariano Azuela's Paginas escogidas (Mex- ico: Univ. Nacional Autonoma, 1973) and has published several articles! "Iraagen de la nueva novela hispanoamericana, " Exilio (vol. 6. ho. 2, summer 1972), ij.7-57; "Mexican American Literature: A Historical Perspective," Revista Chicano-Riquefla (vol. 1, no. 1, spring 1973), 32-i|i(.; "La ensenanza de la literatura hispanoamericana," Hispania (vol. 56, no. 3, Sept. 1973), 626-27; "Contemporary Mexican Novel & Short Story, Contemporary Latin American Literature (ed. Johnson & Taylor, Houston: Univ. of Hous- ton, " 1973), l4.°-U7; "Prose Fiction: Mexico, Handbook of Latin American Studies , 2>k (Gainesville: Univ. of Fla., 1972), l;I(.6-58; "El nuevo cuento mexicano, " El cuento hispanoamericano ante la crltica (ed. Pupo Walker, Madrid: Ed. Castalia, 1973), 280-95< Assoc. Prof. Hugo W. Cowes has published "Circuns tancialidad y universalidad en la lirica de Antonio Hector Giovannoni, Cuadernos Hispanoamericano (Madrid, Apr 1973), and "Realidad y superrealidad en Los santos de Pedro Salinas," Cuadernos Amer- icanos (Mexico, May- June 1973). Assoc. Prof. Mario Saltarelli's article "Italian qua Neo-Latin" appears in Gen- erative Studie s in Romance Linguistics (Eds. Casagrande & Saciuk, Boston: Newbery). Asst. Prof. Andr§s 07 Avellaneda has published an article "Encuentro, perdida, busqueda, en los cuentos de Daniel Moyano, " Hispamerica (no. 3, 1973), 25-38. Asst. Prof. Milton M. Azevedo has reviewed Rafael Llufs Ninyoles' Conf licte linguistic Valencia and Idioma i pre.judici in Language (vol. hfi , no. 3, Sept. 1973)» 733-36 and Joaquim Mattoso Camara Jr. 's The Portuguese Language in Papers in Linguis - tics (vol. 6, no. 1, spring 1973), 135-1+7. Asst. Prof. Martha Paley de Franc escato was the author of "La circularidad en la poesla de Pablo Neruda" in a special number of Iberoamericana (no. 82-83, Jan. -June 1973), 189-20[|., dedicated to Chile's late Nobel-laureate poet. Instructor Reynaldo Jimenez has written an article "'Marcha triunfal' de Ruben Dar£o" to be published in Antologia c omenta da del modernismo (ed. Porrata, Sacra- mento: Cal. State Univ.). Graduate Teaching Asst. Rosendo D£az-Peterson has published an article "Unamuno iCreacion o encarnacion?" in Revista Interamericana de Bibliograf ia (no. 60, 1972), 7 39O-I4.O3, and a short story "Valmarnico" ' (Sigma Delta Pi 3rd prize winner) in Entre Nosotros (Apr. 1973), 17-18. He has also translated 2 articles "Delicado y Aretino: asrectos de una perspectiva literaria" and "Algunas observaciones en torno a El mo do de adoperare- el legno de India Occident ale " to be included in a book on Francisco De- " li cadoTedT Damiani, Catholic Univ. ) . An article by Mr. Diaz-Peterson San Manuel

Bueno . martir : Dos persona jes en conflicto" will appear in Arbor (Madrid"]"^ and his short story "Quince dias en la vida de un mon je " will appear in Insula (Madrid) Graduate Teaching Asst. Regina H. Macdonald has published "The Order of Things: An Analysis of the Ceramics from Santarem, Brazil" in Journal of the Stewar d Anthro - pological Society (vol. l\., no. 1, fall 1972), 39-57. - The U.I, Foreign Language Newsletter is published i| times a year by the foreign Ian- guage departments of the U.I. under the direction of the head of the Dept . of Spanish* Italian-Portuguese. The Newsletter is available without charge to all interested persons in 111. and other areas. All communications by mail should be addressed to: The Editor, U.I. F.L. Newsletter, Dept. of Spanish-Italian-Portuguese, h.080 PLB. Urbana. IL 61801. THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSLETTER

December, 1973 Director: Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello

Vol. XXVII, No. 1 Editor: Maxwell Reed Mo wry , Jr.

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA SENDS DELEGATION TO UIUC CAMPUS Eight language teaching specialists from the People's Republic of China visited the

UIUC campus on Nov. 27-29. Prof. Wilga M. Rivers of the French Dept . was the host- coordinator of the visit which was arranged by the Committee on Scholarly Communica- tion with the People's Republic of China (a joint committee of the National Academy of Sciences, American Council of Learned Societies, and Social Sciences Research Council). The coordinating office for the tour was the National Committee on United States-China Relations in New York. This Language Teaching Study Group has been visiting universities and language institutes in Washington, New York, Boston, Ann Ar- bor, Urbana-Champaign, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Monterey, and Honolulu, to investigate methods of teaching English to speakers of other languages, the teaching of Chinese in the United States, current research in linguistics, and language learning. All but two of the visitors were making their first visit to the U.S., and the members of the group showed a keen interest in the various language-oriented programs at the UIUC. They saw demonstrations of the teaching of English as a Second Language and Chinese, and were able to discuss problems of language teaching with a number of specialists on campus. In particular, members of the delegations were impressed with PLATO, the Ul-developed computer-based teaching system. They were welcomed with a message in Chinese and saw how students are taught to form Chinese characters with the correct order of strokes. Later, they were able to enter into various PLATO programs and experience for themselves interaction with the computer program. Although there are computers in China, it seems that they have not as yet been adapted for use as teaching machines. During the three days of their visit, the members of the delegations were able to give their American hosts interesting insights into the teaching of foreign languages in China. English and Russian are the most widely taught foreign languages, followed by French, Spanish, and Japanese. Most language teaching begins at the junior high school level, but there is some experimentation in teaching foreign languages at the elementary level. Because there are not enough foreign language teachers at present, many students are not able to study a foreign language until the university level.

Chungshan Univ. in Kwangchow(Canton ) offers a 3-year intensive program in Eng- lish which can be considered typical. The first year is devoted mainly to speaking and listening; students do a great deal of listening to help them develop skill in speaking. At this stage they write only what they are learning orally. During the second year, when they can handle the pronunciation and basic speech patterns, they begin to do a good bit of reading and writing. Finally, they are encouraged to develop free expression in writing and practice translation and oral interpretation. Using an audio-lingual approach, Chinese instructors rely on recordings as a guide to correct pronunciation. In some cities students have access to radio broadcasts of English language lessons. In Kwangchow (Canton), for example, the educational radio station broadcasts beginning English lessons seven times a day. When foreign visitors come to China, they are frequently requested to make tapes in their language which the students then use for listening comprehension. The Chinese student spends 14-18 hours a week at the college level on his language classes and an equal amount of time out of class. During the first year of his 3-year language program, he also studies Chinese history, the works of Mao and Marx- ist classics, and the history and geography appropriate to the language studied. Many Chinese university language departments compile their own teaching materials. Texts are not standardized throughout China, but may be so within a province. In the teaching of English, instructors use current materials, such as articles from the New York Times, Washington Post, and other newspapers, as well as selected chapters from books in English, to afford their students a wide variety in the kinds of English studied. Many language students take positions as government translators and interpreters. Chinese institutions for the most part teach British English, since China has had more contact with the United Kingdom in recent years. American English forms are taught later in the sequence of study. The aim of the Chinese instructors of English is that their students should be able to converse intelligibly with people from any English-language area. The delegation leader of the Language Teaching Study Group was Mr. Ch'en Chia -2- (Prof. of English, Nanking Univ.) and the deputy leaders were Mr. Chou Chueh-liang (Prof, of English, Foreign Language Institute, Peking) and Ms. Fang Shu-chen (Assoc.

Prof, of English, Chungshan Univ., Kwangchow) . The other members of the group were Mr. Chu Te-hsi (Assoc. Prof of Chinese, Peking Univ., and a leading Chinese linguist), Mr. Lin Chun-chiu (Director of Machine Teaching Programs, Foreign Language Institute, Shanghai), Mr. Lu Pi-sung (Lecturer, Institute of Linguistics, Peking), Ms. Kuo Yi- ch'ing (Lecturer in English, Nankai Univ., Tientsin), and Mr. Li Shun-hsing (staff member of the Science & Education Group under the State Council, Peking, an agency which approximates the U.S. Office of Education). Mr. Chang Chih-hsiang, representative of the Liasion Office of the People's Republic of China in Washington, D.C., accompanied the group. The Language Teaching Study Group arrived in Champaign on Tuesday, Nov. 27, (after a detour of their flight to Decatur because of fog), in time for a reception given in their honor by the Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Prof. Morton Weir. On Wednesday, Nov. 28, part of the group spent the morning in the Dept. of English as a Second Language while the others visited the Center for Asian Studies. In the afternoon they visited the Language Laboratory and observed a demonstration of the PLATO equipment. On Thursday, Nov. 29, the delegation visited Westview School, Cham- paign, where they observed the teaching of reading to native English speakers at 1st- and 2nd-grade levels. They were then welcomed at the head office of the National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, by Mr. Robert Hogan, National Secretary of NCTE. After a presentation ceremony and farewell by the Dean of the College of Lib- eral Arts & Sciences, Prof. Robert W. Rogers, they left in the late afternoon for San Francisco, leaving behind an impression of warmth, openness, friendliness, and serious purpose. Wilga M. Rivers & Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr.

MLA CONVENTION The Modern Language Association annual convention will be held in Chicago on Dec. 27- 29, with English sessions in the Palmer House and foreign languages in the Conrad Hilton Hotel. There will be 72 discussion groups and sections, over 40 associated meetings, and 157 seminars on diverse topics, plus four special forums: "Affirmative Action: Will It Change the Profession?", "Androgyny: Fact and Fiction," "New Method- ologies in Literary Studies," and "Minority Literature: The Problem and the Prospects',! The annual meetings of both the Association of Departments of English and the Asso- ciation of Departments of Foreign Languages will be held during the MLA convention.

OUTSTANDING UIUC EDUCATORS HONORED AT DINNER The Modern Community Coordinating Council of Champaign-Urbana sponsored a Recognition of Scholarship Dinner on Oct. 16 in honor of 27 prominent UIUC scholars, including 3 foreign-language professors, Henry R. Kahane (Prof. Emeritus of Spanish & Linguistics and now Visiting Prof, of French), James W. Marchand (Prof, of Germanic & Linguis- tics), and Miroslav Marcovich (Head of the Classics Dept.). The purpose of the dinner, which may become an annual event, was as a gesture of appreciation to the UIUC faculty not only for their contributions to scholarship but also to the cultural and intellectual life of Urbana-Champaign. Among the 400 guests at the dinner were 111. Gov. Daniel Walker, UI Pres. John E. Corbally Jr., Pres. Emeritus David D. Henry, UI Chancellor Jack Peltason, and the mayors of Champaign and Urbana.

TELEVISION COMMERCIALS IN THE LANGUAGE CLASSROOM The American-Swiss Association offers a series of films for rent, "Language in the Marketplace ," utilizing actual television commercials provided by Maggi Foods, a division of Nestle Alimentana (Vevey, Switzerland). Three reels in each of three languages (High German, Parisian French, and Iberian and Latin-American Spanish) are offered, each reel containing 8-12 30- and 60-second commercials. A reel in Italian is now in preparation. Each reel comes with a script in its language with an English translation and suggestions for its use in the language classroom. For further information on these and other Swiss films in French, German, Italian, and Spanish, contact the American-Swiss Association, 60 E. 42nd St., New York, NY 10017.

• TEXAS SYMPOSIUM ON ROMANCE LINGUISTICS The Texas Symposium on Romance Linguistics will take place on the Austin campus of the Univ. of Texas on March 7-9, 1974. The symposium will be the fourth in a series begun at the Univ. of Fla. in 1970 and continued at the UIUC in 1972 and Ind. Univ. in 1973. The qoal, then as now, is to bring forth novel contributions to the study -3- and teaching of Romance languages in the light of contemporary linguistic theory. Those wishing further information, as well as those desiring to submit an abstract of a paper, should contact the Texas Symposium on Romance Linguistics, c/o Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712.

PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLUBS High school (and even college) foreign language teachers responsible for the direction of their schools' foreign language clubs will find interesting program ideas in a series of books published by the National Textbook Co. : The French Club in High The , Wood, No. 8442-1039-0; German School by Roberta Quick Club in High School , by

Elisabeth Schmidt, No. 8442-2039-6; and The Spanish Club in High School , by Eloise Roach, No. 8442-7039-3. All three books are hardbound and written in English. Each title is $4.75 apiece, or 5 or more of the same title $3.80 each. Orders may be

National Textbook Co., 8259 Niles Center Rd , IL placed with the . Skokie, 60076.

THE CLASSICS NOTES — by Prof. R. T. Scanlan MEETINGS Four members of the Classics faculty participated in the annual meeting of the Ameri- can Society of Biblical Literature (founded 1880) which was held in Chicago, Nov. 8- 11: Profs. M. Marcovich, D.L. Petersen, V.K. Robbins, and W.R. Schoedel. Prof. Mar- covich read a paper entitled "Phanes, Phicola, and the Sethians: An Orphic Fragment in Hippolytus," while Prof. Petersen presented a paper on "Saga--A Response" within the section dedicated to "Form Criticism: Task Group on Narratives." Prof. R.T. Scanlan attended the annual meeting of the Latin Advanced Placement (college level programs in high school) Committee in Princeton, N.J. on Nov. 15-18. A most encouraging sign can be seen this year in the increasing number of registrations nationally for the Latin examination program--up almost 15% from last year. Profs. J.J. Bateman and R.T. Scanlan attended the annual meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages held in Boston, Nov. 21-25. Prof. Scan- lan chaired one of the general sessions; he also is a member of the nationally elected Executive Council of ACTFL. Over 1300 foreign language teachers were in attendance at the meeting, coming from all parts of the world. A highlight was a visit by a delegation of foreign language teachers from the People's Republic of China. The 105th annual meeting of the American Philological Association will take place in St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 27-30. Prof. Marcovich will present a paper, "Pherecy- des, Anaximander, Anaximenes, and Iran." All Latin and Greek teachers and others interested should note that the annua] meeting of the 111. Classical Conference will be held at the UIUC on Feb. 7-9. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend!

A NEW CURRICULUM: CLASSICAL CIVILIZATION The LAS faculty has approved a new curriculum in Classics, the Classical Civilization major with 20 hours of CC courses and 24 hours of cognate work in Archaeology, Archi- tecture, Art, Comparative Literature, English, Greek, History, Humanities, Latin, Linguistics, Modern Foreign Languages, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious Stu- dies, and Speech. The department now offers a total of 15 courses in Classical Civilization. The total Classics enrollment for fall 1973 semester is 1593 for courses in CC , Classical Archaeology, Greek, Latin, and Hebrew.

AN ACCELERATED LATIN SEQUENCE The department will begin an accelerated program in elementary and intermediate Latin in the fall 1974. The sequence will consist of 2 semester courses each offered for 8 hours credit. The classes are designed to "cover" the material ordinarily presented in 4 semester courses of 4 hours each. The unique component of the new sequence will be the use of computer-assisted instruction on the PLATO IV system. PLATO is a computer-based teaching arrangement which provides a means for individualizing student instruction.

PUBLICATIONS Prof. M. Marcovich has published 3 short articles in Greek, Roman and Byzantine Stu- dies. 14 (1973); Journal of Theological Studies (Oxford), N.S. 24 (1973); and in Zeit - schrift fur Papyroloqie und Epiqraphik (Koln) 12 (19 73). Prof. V.K. Robbins b?s published the article "The Healing of Blind Bartimaeus )

-4- (10: 46-52) in the Marcan Theology," Journal of Biblical Literature 92 (1973) 224-43.

Prof. R.T. Scanlan has published 2 articles in Accent on ACTFL : "Latin Review Comes in Fun Format" in the Sept. 1973 issue, p. 17, and "Latin Goes Forward with Games" in the Nov. issue, pp. 30-32. Prof. L. Wallach has published the article "The Testimonia of Image-Worship in Hadrian I's Synodica of 785 (JE2448)," Festschrift Karl Bosl (Stuttgart, 1973)409-35.

ILLINOIS CLASSICAL STUDIES: A NEW SERIAL PUBLICATION The Executive Committee of the School of Humanities has approved the establishment of a new serial publication entitled Illinois Classical Studies , to be published by the UI Press beginning this academic year.

The 111 . Classical Studies will include original contributions of outstanding scholarly quality dealing with classical antiquity and with its impact upon Western culture. Articles of varying length up to 25 typewritten pages may deal with any topic or aspect of Greek and/or Roman literature, language, history, art, culture, philosophy, religion, etc., as well as with their transmission from antiquity through Byzantium or Western Europe to our time. The publication is open to contributors coming from 111., the rest of the U.S. and Canada, and from other countries. The subject of each contribution must be convincingly argued, succinctly and elegantly presented, and substantiated in a scholarly manner.

The editor is Prof. M. Marcovich, Classics Dept., 4072 FLB , UIUC , Urbana, IL 61801. Members of the Advisory Committee for Vol. I are Profs. M. Naoumides (for Greek Poetry), R.P. Oliver (for Latin Poetry), Ann Perkins (for Classical Archaeology T.J. Tracy (from UI Chicago Circle for Greek Prose), and L. Wallach (for Latin prose).

LECTURES On Nov. 8 Prof. Peter Fraser of All Souls College, Oxford Univ., presented a lecture on the topic "The World of Alexander the Great. " His talk was jointly sponsored by the History and Classics Depts. Prof. H.L. Allen was selected as a traveling lecturer for the AIA this fall. He delivered lectures to 4 archaeological societies (Staten Island, Northern N.J., Le- high Valley, and Southern Pa.) on the joint Ul-Princeton excavation at Morgantina in Sicily. Prof. Allen is the director of the "dig."

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NOTES — by Prof. Barbara Smalley

NEW' GRADUATE STUDENTS Prof. & Mrs. Herbert Knust held an evening party this fall for former and new students in the Comparative Literature Program. Students who entered the graduate program this year are Gary Case, Christian Gollub, Kathryn Lewis, Pedro Lopez, America Martinez, General Burns, Scott Filderman, Clia Goodwin, Lenita Kiepura, Maria Merkelo, JoAnne Oedewaldt, Scott Parkay, Kenneth Schulze, Kenneth Ober, Constance Ostrowski, Deborah Schwartz, and Ashton Townsley. THESES DEFENSES Congratulations to the following comparatists who have recently completed their doctoral dissertations and theses defenses: Kathryn Campbell, Andrew Horton, Barbara

Lynch, Asela Rodriguez-Seda , Olena Saciuk, and Marilyn Smith.

MEETINGS AND LECTURES Graduate students in Comparative Literature have participated in a number of meetings recently. Barbara Lide delivered a paper entitled "Strindberg and Moliere" at the

Rocky Mountain MLA meeting held in Laramie, Wyo , during . Oct. 12-13. She was elected chairperson of the Comparative Literature section of the RMMLA. Joseph Ficklen recently read a paper entitled "Cinema Banal: Why Popular Films are Popular" at the Popular Culture Convention which met in Indianapolis, Ind . William Walker spoke on "The Political Theatre in Germany" at the annual NSGA convention which met at Ball State Univ. a short time ago. This has also been a busy time for the faculty of the Comparative Literature Program. Prof. A.O. Aldridge (who is on leave this year) delivered an address entitled "The Decline of the British Empire" on Sep. 29 at the 1st Annual Symposium of the Lawrence Henry Gipson Institute, Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, Pa. On Oct. 19 he was the after-dinner speaker at the Johnsonian Society of the Pacific Northwest, Univ. of Victoria, B.C. On Oct. 16 Prof. Aldridge was conference speaker for the Dept. of Comparative Literature at the Univ. of Wash., Seattle; on Oct. 19 he delivered the "

-5- Univ. Address at the Comparative Literature & Humanities Symposium, Univ. of Ore., Eugene. Prof. Francois Jost was the guest speaker at the Comparative Literature Sym- posium held at Miami Univ. on Nov. 3. The title of his address was "Humanism Re- vised: Comparative Literature." Prof. Herbert Knust delivered a lecture on Bertolt Brecht's Theatre at the Univ. of N.C. in Chapel Hill on Nov. 19. OTHER STUDENT ACTIVITIES Mr. Robert Sewell (alternately with Prof. Robert Oram) reviews books on the WILL radio program, "Books in the News," which is broadcast on Wednesday evenings at 9:40 (on FM) ' and on Saturday mornings at 8:50 (on AM). On this program Mr. Sewell reviews primarily current international fiction. Prof. Kiyoshi Hasegawa, a visiting Ful- bright scholar from Ochanomiya Univ. in Tokyo, and Mr. Sewell have made 2 radio programs to be broadcast in Japan--the programs will be a part of Prof. Hasegawa ' s program for English language students in Japan. PUBLICATIONS Graduate student publications include: Ashton Townsley, "Zur Ikonographie des Leben- Jesu-Zyklus in der St . -Martins-Kirche von Zillis," in Zeitschrif t f tir Schweizerische

Archaoloqie und Kunstqeschichte , Bd . 30 (1973), 40-53, and "Michelangelo's Last

Judgement and its Aesthetic Implications," Franciscan Studies , X (1972), 218-24; Wil- liam Walker, "Innovations in German Language Teaching," in ACTFL Magazine (July, 1973). The Journal de Geneve (Samedi litteraire, Nov. 17) published an interview which Danielle Cousin Johnson had with Francois Jost on guestions concerning Compara- tive Literature. Faculty publications include: Prof. Francois Jost, "L'Abbe Prevost traducteur de Richardson," Revue des langues vivantes , XXXIX (1973), 346-59; Prof. Herbert Knust,

, Drawings Watercolors , , (with Hedy Landman ) Theatrical and by George Grosz Busch- Reisinger Museum, Harvard Univ., 1973.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE STUDIES The winter issue (1973) of Comparative Literature Studies is a special issue on Uto- pian Social Thought in Literature and the Social Sciences--edited by Herbert Knust. The issue includes "Zamiatin's We_ and Orwell's 1984 " (by Gordon Beauchamp), "Women in Utopia" (by L.T. Sargent) and the 1972 Proceedings of the Symposium on "Utopian So- cial Thought in Literature and the Social Sciences" held at the UIUC: "Introduction" (by H.G. Haile), "Capitalism, Communism, and Multinationalism" (by I.L. Horowitz), "Models for a Future Society: Literature and the Sociologist" (by Helmut Klages), " The Time Machine versus Utopia as a Structural Model for Science Fiction" (by Darko SuvinT^ "The Prospects for Literature in Future Society" (by Walter Htillerer and Ri- chard Figge), "Literary Scholarship: Past and Future" (by Peter Demetz), "Utopian Thought and Modern Society: Interdisciplinary Perspectives" (summary of a panel discussion, by Herbert Knust).

FRENCH NOTES — by Prof. Edwin Jahiel

ACTIVITIES AMONG THE FRANCOPHILES

The Dept. of French, together with the Dept . of English and the Program in Compara- tive Literature, sponsored a lecture by Jules C. Brody (Prof, of French, City Univ. of N.Y.) talking on "Racine and Shakespeare: A Freudian View" on Nov. 13. Under the auspices of the French Dept. Prof. Priscilla P. Clark (UICC) gave a talk on Dec. 6 on "Suicide, Societe et Sociologie: de Durkheim a Balzac." The National French Contest-FLES (Mar. 30-Apr. 6) is listing its Contest Chair- men in the French Review , Oct. 1973, issue. On Oct. 18 Prof. William McLean spoke on "Semiologie et Discours Cinematogra- phique," followed by a showing of his film, A Bas les Murs du Silence . Prof. Pierre Weisz has just published the book Incarnations du roman (Editions Mallier, 214 pp., 1973). This is a study of the novel as art form, in which Mr. Weisz attempts to define the content, structure, and limits of the genre and its various metamorphoses—from La Princesse de Cleves (the inception of the modern novel) through early 19th century works. Prof. Barbara Bowen was invited by the Medieval House of the Univ. of Rochester to give a lecture on Oct. 15. Her subject was "Medieval French farce and the problem of genre . On Oct. 26, about 45 students in all levels of French classes, led by Teaching Asst. Molly Melchinq, went to visit the Art Institute in Chicaoo (for the manor .

-6- French paintings) and eat lunch at the Bordeaux Restaurant. Since then, we have received favorable feedback and we hope that this experience can be repeated soon. FIOCES Prof. F.W. Nachtmann of the Dept. of French, UIUC, attended the biennial convention of FIOCES in Portsmouth, England, Oct. 4-6. FIOCES (Federation Internationale des

Organisations pour Correspond ance et Echanges Scolaires ) is based in Paris and has members all over the world. Its members comprise pen friend agencies and agencies for the exchange of student personnel. Prof. Nachtmann, as Executive Secretary of the American Association of Teachers of French, is also Director of the Bureau de Correspondance Scolaire, which is a member of FIOCES. The BCS matches American students studying French with students in France and other francophile areas of the world, pairing about 20,000 American names a year, including a considerable number of class-to-class combinations and a certain number of American teachers with teachers in France. The biennial meeting of FIOCES follows the invitation of its constituent organizations and this year was the guest of the International Friendship League in Ports- mouth. Two years ago it met in New York City. The delegates at the Portsmouth meeting, numbering about 40, came from France, England, the United States, Germany, Aus- tria, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Belgium, Holland, Japan, and Barbados. The meeting was very well organized and the delegates were treated with the most gracious hospitality by the population of Portsmouth, which as the great naval base of England has the habit of receiving foreign visitors. After an unusually pleasant summer in England the weather was still very mild on the southern coast of England in early Oct., and the guests had the privilege of all being housed in the Royal Beach Hotel facing the ocean. The meetings took place in the Guildhall, a building completely reconstructed after its destruction in World War II. The highlight of the sojourn in Portsmouth was a civic reception and ball given the delegates by "The Right Worshipful the Lord Mayor of Portsmouth" and "The Lady Mayoress," at which the visitors had the unusual experience of having their names called out at the door by a liveried usher.

FIPF On Saturday, Oct. 27, a meeting was held in Montreal to organize a North American conference of the FIPF (Federation Internationale des Professeurs de Francais) and to launch plans for a symposium next June in Montreal on the subject of psycholinguistics. The FIPF is encouraging the formation of regional groupings of teachers of French, and this meeting was intended to implement this intention. Present at the meeting, which was held at the Univ. of Montreal at the invitation of Emile Bessette of the faculty of that institution, were Rene Bismuth, Brock Univ., St. Catherines,

, Ont . President of the Association des Professeurs de Francais des Universites Cana- diennes (APFUC); Gilles Dorion, Laval Univ., President of the Association Quebec- quoise des Professeurs de Francais (AQPF); Madeleine Vitols, Marymount, N.Y., Vice President of the Association des Professeurs Francais en Amerique (APFA); and F.W. Nachtmann, UIUC, Executive Secretary, AATF The regional conference of the FIPF is intended to be a permanent organization and will eventually include not only the Canadian and U.S. associations of teachers of French but also the Mexican and Haitian groups if they wish to participate. Its first major activity will be the symposium in Montreal next summer, which will last 5 days and is expected to bring an attendance of about 200 persons from Europe and North America. This symposium will prepare for the next international congress of the FIPF, which will be held jointly with the annual AATF meeting in New Orleans in

Dec. 1975. Jacques Hardre, editor of the French Review , is the president of FIPF.

JOINT NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR LANGUAGES On Sep. 21-22 the Joint National Committee for Languages held a meeting at the Holi- day Inn of O'Hare Airport in Chicago. Present at the meeting were the officers of

AATF, AATSP, AATG , ACTFL, and an observer from NFMLTA. Attending from the UIUC was Prof. F.W. Nachtmann, Executive Secretary of AATF.

ARCACHON STUDY -ABROAD PROGRAM The Arcachon Study-Abroad Program, sponsored by ACTFL from 1970-72, will again take place in the summer of 1974. This highly successful program, which emphasizes speaking and living the language and culture, features an all-native staff of young group leaders from the Bordeaux region as well as French teenagers from Paris who serve as . s , ,

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"camarades. " American chaperones, fluent in French, will be made part of the program for the first time this year. For further information, please write Jane M. Bourque Director, Arcachon Study-Abroad Program, 170 Bulmer Dr., Stratford, CN 06497.

19 74 SUMMER INSTITUTE IN FRANCE The Univ. of Northern Iowa will hold an 8-week institute for French teachers in An- gers, France, June 19-Aug. 14, 1974. The program is designed for teachers who want intensive training in speaking and understanding French, and who would like to live among the French people. The program includes studying in Angers for 5 weeks, plus a study-tour of France. The program carries 8 hours of credit. For further information contact Andre Walther, French Summer Institute, UNI, Cedar Falls, IA 50613.

GERMANIC NOTES — by Prof. Karl-Heinz Schoeps ACTIVITIES OF THE FACULTY —PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS Prof. Elmer H. Antonsen published 4 articles: "Inflection and Derivation in German,"

Issues in Linguistics : Papers in Honor of Henry and Renee Kahane , 32-40; "The Runic

Inscription from Opedal," Studies for Einar Hauqen , 46-52; "Zur schwachen 'Flexion'

, im Deutschen " Linguistische Studien 3:1 137-44; and " Suprasegmentalia im Deutschen,"

Jahrbuch f tlr Internationale Germanistik , July 1973. His 2 reviews of Phonetisch- phonoloqische Untersuchunqen zur Vok a lent wick lung in den deutschen Dialekten , I , II by P. Wiesinger, and Islandskaja Prosodika by A.S. Liberman appeared in JEGP July 1973

Prof. James W. Marchand published a book, The Sounds and Phonemes of Wulf ila '

Gothic ; articles on "Proto, Pre- and Common: A Problem in Definition" in Issues in

Testament Studies , and "Computer Aided Instruction in the Humanities: The UI PLATO System: Realities and Possibilities," in International Conference on Computers - In the Humanities : Final Program ; and the following reviews: SI avo teutonic a : Lexikal ische Untersuchungen zum slawisch -deutschen Sprachkontakt im Ostmitteldeutschen by Gunter Bellman, in S 1 av i c and East European Journal 16 361-63; Formulierunqstheorie - - Poetik-Strukturelle Literaturgeschichte , by Gotz Wienold , in JEGP 72 236-38; Biblio qraphie zu Gottfried von Strassburq by Hans Hugo Steinhoff , in JEGP 72 262-65; Frtlhes Mittelalter by Henry Kratz and Spates Mittelalter by George F. Jones in JEGPh 72 265- - 68; and Studien zum Cambridqer Codex 'f-S 10 . K. 22 by Keikki J. Hakkarainen, in Mon atshef te 65 189-91. Prof. Irmengard Rauch published an article entitled "Old High German Vocalic

Clusters" in Issues in Linguistics : Papers in Honor of Henry and Renee Kahane . To- gether with Jtlrgen Eichhoff (Univ. of Wise., Madison) Prof. Rauch also edited the

Heliand in the Wissenschaf tliche Buchgesellschaf t , Darmstadt, 1973. In the Henry Nordmeyer Festschrift (Ann Arbor: Univ. of Mich., 1973) Prof. Rauch published an article on "Some North-West Germanic Dental Conditioners and Laryngeal Effect." Prof. H.G. Haile's biographical study of Goethe in Italy, Artist in Chrysalis , appeared in the UI Press in Aug., 1973. He also wrote an article on "Humanities Edu- cation" in Humanities Forum , Vol. I, No. 2, Sept. 1973. Prof. U. Henry Gerlach published a Hebbel-Bibliographie 1910-1970 in the Carl

Winter Universitatsverlag , Heidelberg, 1973. The following faculty members presented papers: Prof. Rauch at the Mid-America Linguistics Conference at the Univ. of Iowa ( "The Transformational Ethnological Pas- sive: Degree and Type Grammar"), Prof. Antonsen at the Heimskringla (Scandinavian research group), Prof. Haile at the Ky . Foreign Language Conference ("Luther and the Student of Literature") and at the Renaissance Society ("Luther's Interpretation of the 117th Psalm"). Prof. Henning lectured at the following universities: Col.

(Boulder), Wyo . (Laramie), Emory (Atlanta), Purdue (Lafayette). The following faculty members will present papers: Prof. Marchand on "Wolfram's Bawdy" at the MLA conference in Chicago (German 2) (as secretary of German 1 he will also give a report on "Work in Progress" and "Computer Studies in Germanic Philo- logy"); Prof. Burkhard on "Ambivalence and Fragmentation: Structural Similarities in the Works of C.F. Meyer and Baudelaire" at the MLA conference (CompLit 7) and "Zum Anfang des deutschen Symbolismus: Strukturelle Verwandtschaf ten zwischen Baudelaire und C.F. Meyer" at the Univ. of Zurich, Switzerland, in Jan. 1974; Prof. Sell on "Sexuality and Revolution: Pinter's Homecoming and Weiss' Marat/Sade " at the 2nd An- nual Conference on 20th Century Literature in Louisville, Ky EVENTS The committee on the true discovery of America, known as the First America Committee, declared Oct. 12 the day of Frija, Bjarni Herjolfsson Day. Herjolf sson . the first " ,

-8- discoverer of America, had languished too long in the Scandinavian fog of forgetful- ness. The event was duly celebrated in the department. On Oct. 15, Mr. Rolf Kiderlen, German Consul General in Chicago, visited the campus, and on Oct. 18-19 we had the noted Indo-Europeanist and Eskimologist Prof. L.L. Hammerich with us. The interdisciplinary lecture series in conjunction with the Kurt Schwitters and George Grosz exhibitions, which were announced in the last Newsletter, turned out to be a great success. At the Deutsches Seminar on Oct. 17, 2 doctoral candidates of Prof. Rauch, Miss Ginny Coombs and Mr. David Krooks, led "An Informal Discussion of Transformational- Generative Theory." On Nov. 15 Prof. Henning introduced and led a discussion on the topic "1st Weimar noch eine Musenstadt?" At the Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft on Dec. 6, Prof. Henning spoke on "Heine's Faust. Major events of the German Club included: Nov. 29, Protestlieder (Biermann,

SuverkrUp, Degenhardt); Dec. 7, Weihnachtsf eier , Great Hall, Wesley Foundation; Dec. 14, Prof. Henning, questions and answers about the German Democratic Republic.

JOB PLACEMENT Our placement officer Prof. Haile reports that our 1st job candidate this year has been placed. Jack Howard accepted a position at the Univ. of Ga.

PH.D. AWARDS Recent recipients of the Ph.D. degree were: Ruth Sault, Janet Hudson, Giles Hoy t Helmut Ziefle, Uwe Klinger, David Armborst.

GERMAN SERVICE BUREAU The German Service Bureau is part of the activities of the Dept. of German, Univ. of Wise . -Extension and exists for the sole purpose of helping teachers of German, Ger- man clubs, students of German, and other groups and individuals interested in Ger- man and German-speaking countries. For more information write to: German Service Bu- reau, Univ. of Wise . -Extension, 635 Lowell Hall, 610 Langdon St., Madison, WI 53706.

SLAVIC NOTES - by Prof. Elliot Cohen

NEW HEAD A search committee has been named by the School of Humanities and the LAS College to seek a new head for the department. After 8 years as head at U.IUC in addition to 10 years as departmental chairman at Syracuse Univ., Prof. Clayton L. Dawson has asked to be relieved of his duties as head effective Aug. 1974. From then on he will concentrate his energies on teaching and research. ATTENTION RUSSIAN TEACHERS The fall meeting of the 111. chapter of AATSEEL was held Nov. 2 at the Sheraton- Blackstone Hotel, Chicago. About 20 high school and college teachers attended.

During the business meeting Winnie Lamons , Hinsdale H.S., was elected president and

Dr. Kurt Klein, UIUC, secretary -treasurer . Prof. Rasio Dunatov, UIUC, distributed buttons during the meeting. He devised these buttons to promote the study of Rus- sian. High school students too can wear them to arouse curiosity: "DA, JA GOVORJU PO-RUSSKI," "JA IZUCHAJU RUSSKIJ JAZYK," "MIR." If you are interested in ordering some of these, contact Prof. Dunatov (Slavic Dept., 3092 FLB, UIUC, Urbana, IL 61801). The cost should be about 15-20C per button. Prof. Wilma Hoffman and Mr. Frank Petronaitis were elected to encourage increased attendance of college and high school teachers at 111. AATSEEL get-togethers. Do arms need to be twisted?

MORE FILMS AVAILABLE The Slavic Dept. and Prof. Hill's film collection of East European short subjects has expanded in recent months with the following titles: Sports in Russia (1945),

Camera on Russia (1958, general travelog) , Hungary and Communism (1964, human interest and travelog , Report from ( 3 ) , II , ( ) ) Russia 194 World War Joseph Stalin 19 65 , Communist Challenge (1962, panel discussion, politics, travelog). To borrow these films, or to obtain a list of other departmental films available, write Prof. S.P. Hill, Slavic Dept., 3092 FLB, UIUC, Urbana, IL 61801. -9- SOLZHENITSYN SYMPOSIUM Solzhenitsyn, that embattled writer-moralist, was the subject of discussion by Profs. Evelyn Bristol, Kenneth Brostrom, Elliot Cohen, and Louis Iribarne of the UIUC in a public forum which encouraged audience participation. Questions touched upon were the relation of the writer to the state in the U.S.S.R., the prison world depicted by Solzhenitsyn, his place in the Russian literary tradition, and his relationship to other dissident writers.

THE THREE SISTERS MAKE IT TO URBANA INSTEAD OF MOSCOW On Thursday, Feb. 7, 1974, at 8 pm Chekhov's The Three Sisters will be performsd by the N.Y. City Center acting company in the UIUC Krannert Center. This is a rare opportunity to see the master dramatist interpreted by a top-flight professional stage troupe. Don't miss it; For tickets (public $6-$5-$4, students $5-$4-$3) contact the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, enclosing remittance and self -addressed stamped envelope for return of tickets

i STUDENT NOTES From borsch to vodka, with many delicious dishes in between--such was the fare at the heartily attended (ca. 80 people) and enjoyed Russian feast impressarioed by Prof. Rasio Dunatov. Entertainment of dance and song was provided by the natives of Ms. Nancy Vinokur's Russian 101 class. M.A. degrees awarded or soon to be awarded go to Christine Bettin, James Levine, and Thomas McCann and to Steven Nielsen, Lily Schoch, and Jane Purdy.

FACULTY NOTES — SHE AND HE At the 15th annual meeting of the Midwest MLA on Nov. 1-3 Prof. Maria Zalucky was a member of the Advisory and Nominating Committee of Slavic 1 (Russian Language & Lit- erature). As a discussant of Vladimir Maksimov's novel The Seven Days of Creation , she presented a co-report to the paper read by Prof. V. Alekseev. She also was elected secretary of Slavic 1 for next year's meeting. Prof. Henry Zalucky was secretary at Slavic 2 (all non-Russian Slavic languages and literatures). Mr. Zalucky will be on leave of absence during the spring semester 1974. He has been invited as a visiting lecturer to the Defense Language Institute in Washington, D.C., where he hopes to prepare some up-to-date teaching materials for the new course, Business Russian, offered by our department.

PUBLICATIONS

Prof. S.P. Hill has recently published ( Slavic Review , Sep. 1973) a proposal that

Russian names be transliterated for popular publications with i_ serving for both 1/1 and , and . is j/J y_ only for Q His main conclusion that inconsistencies with these letters should be eliminated and that we should use spellings like Sergei, Bely, Dos- toevski, istoria, etc., in our college catalogs, popular magazine articles, and books for large audiences. In other words, the unconscionable inconsistency that \/\ =i_ and

Yl =i^, but^ +fl =y_ (sic.' ) should be abolished from the usage of all those who call themselves scholars. Prof. Temira Pachmuss, recently returned from a European research foray-lecture tour with such trophies as extensive interviews with eminent Russian writers in emigration anj the personal icon of the poetess Zinaida Gippius (which the latter held in her arms as she died), reports the acceptance for publication by the UI Press of

Between Paris and Petersburg: Selected Diaries of Zinaida Gippius .

"DON'T REMEMBER EVIL AGAINST ME'' This is what the Russians say in parting. The current Editor of the Slavic Notes, Elliot Cohen, will be on leave during the spring semester. I command you to the care of my wise colleague, Pan Iribarne.

SPANISH, ITALIAN, & PORTUGUESE NOTES -- by Maxwell Reed Mowry , Jr.

EXTRAMURAL EDUCATION Are you a high school Spanish teacher or a student of Spanish who would like to earn an M.A. degree in Spanish (or even an M.A. Plus 30) but you do not wish to attend 4 consecutive summer sessions nor can you afford to take a year off from your work to attend the U.I.? If you can answer "Yes" (or even "Maybe") to this guestion, then extramural courses in Spanish may be of interest to you. This department is considering the possibility of offerina various 300-level .

-10- courses on an extramural basis. These courses would be given off -campus at any of several central locations throughout the state of 111., and would be within easy driving distance of those participating. Each course would meet once a week for a 2- or 3-hour session either on a weekday evening or a Saturday morning during an academic semester. Any extramural course would count for credit toward an M.A. or M.A. Plus 30, and a serious participant could combine extramural courses with courses offered during the UIUC summer session, thereby reducing the time necessary to spend working toward a high degree. If you are at all interested, please fill out the coupon on the last page of this issue and send it to Prof. A.M. Pasquariello at the address shown. He will contact you further if a sufficient number of people show interest in this program.

LIST OF DEPARTMENTAL JOB APPLICANTS AVAILABLE Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello, department head, has issued a list of 15 graduate students in this department who expect to finish doctoral dissertations in Spanish, Italian, and Comparative Literature by May, 19 74, and who will be available for employment at the university, college, or junior college level. Any department head or dean interested in receiving a copy of this list can contact Prof. Pasquariello

at the Dept. of Spanish-Italian-Portuguese , 4080 FLB, UIUC, Urbana, IL 61801.

UIUC-UICC YEAR ABROAD IN SPAIN Applications will soon be accepted for the Year Abroad in Spain program sponsored by both campuses of the UI (Urbana-Champaign and Chicago Circle) in Barcelona for 1974- 75. The program is the equivalent of 2 semesters at UIUC or 3 quarters at UICC. The group is limited to 40 participants, and the minimum requirement is completion of a 4th-semester Spanish course. Total cost (including transportation, room, board, tuition, insurance) will be around $2450. For applications and more information contact the UI Year Abroad in Spain Program either at UIUC (Dept. of Spanish-Italian-Portu- guese, 4080 FLB, Urbana, IL 61801) or UICC (Spanish Dept., 1733 University Hall, Box 4348, Chicago, IL 60680).

19 74 AATSP NATIONAL SPANISH CONTEST The Downstate Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese will offer the National Spanish Contest during Mar.23-Apr. 6, 1974, at the 1st- through 5th-year levels. Orders for the tests and tapes must be received by the contest chairman (Prof. James E. McKinney, Sallee Hall 220, Western 111. Univ., Macomb, IL 61455) by Feb. 5, 1974. Directions for administering the test will be included with the examination booklets; language laboratory facilities or a good tape recorder is required for the auditory comprehension section. All 111. teachers are eligible to enter their students, but only students whose teachers are members of both the national and chapter AATSP are eligible for awards. Schools willing to set up area testing centers should also contact Prof. McKin- ney at the above address. The testing time is 75 minutes and requires listening facilities Persons interested in joining AATSP should send $9 ($8 for national dues, $1 for chapter dues) to Prof. Logan Cobb, Foreign Languages Dept., Eastern 111. Univ., Charleston, IL 61920.

SUMMER INSTITUTE IN SPAIN The Univ. of Northern Iowa is sponsoring its 4th Summer Institute in Soria, Spain, for teachers of Spanish. This 8-week program provides 9 hours of graduate credit, and an M.A. in Spanish can be earned after 3 summers in Soria. The price is $995 plus UNI graduate tuition (Iowa residents $195, non-residents $320) and includes round-trip air fare U.S. -Spain (departure June 20, return Aug. 12, 1974), room and board with a Soria family, plus side trips through northern and central Spain. For further information contact Prof. Adolfo Franco, Director, Summer Institute in Spain, Dept. of Foreign Languages, UNI, Cedar Falls, IA 50613.

RECENT GRADUATES The department awarded 4 masters degrees in Aug. plus 3 masters and 2 doctorates in Oct. Masters in Spanish in Aug. went to Doris M. Koubek, Roger D. Stein, David 0. Wise, plus an M.A. in Spanish to Rogelio Ramirez Guerrero through the UIUC-UICC Joint Graduate Program. The Oct. masters recipients were Regina H. Macdonald and Kathryn Tomsula Priven in Spanish, and Patricia S. Willett in Portuguese. The doctoral recipients were Andres Oscar Avellaneda (now a member of this department's s

-11- faculty) and Francisco Gadea-Oltra (now at Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg , Pa.), Spanish.

PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST The Spanish Heritage Association gives its members discounts on films, tapes, and records from Spain, as well as a reduced rate for ABC de las Americas . For further information regarding services and membership costs, contact the Spanish Heritage Association, 105 W. 55th St., Suite 8B, New York, NY 10019. The 1974 Directory of Suppliers of Spanish Materials lists many companies which supply Spanish materials in various categories, including free materials for teachers. It also has a list of all embassies and information centers of Spanish-speaking countries in the U.S. The Directory is available at $2 a copy from Cruzada Spanish Publications, P.O. Box 1269, Homestead, FL 33030.

1 , 000 Spanish Idioms by Dr. J. Dale Miller contains over a thousand of the most freguently used Spanish idiomatic expressions graded on a l-to-5 scale according to acceptability and freguency. Copies are $2.95 each from Brigham Young Univ. Press, Publication Sales, 205 UPB, Provo, UT 84602. The Organization of American States has several publications of interest available in either English or Spanish (please specify which language when ordering): "Image of the Dominican Republic: The Dominican Miracle," "Image of Haiti: Magical Haiti," "Image of Panama: Center and Juncture of the Americas," "Image of Peru: Eter- nal Peru," "Image of Chile," "Image of El Salvador," 'Toward Latin American Develop- ment," and "Monumental Cities, I" (includes Potosi , Bolivia; St. Augustine, Fla.; Ouro Preto, Brazil). All publications are 25C each from Sales & Promotion Division,

General Secretariat of the OAS , Washington, DC 20006. A complete catalog of OAS publications is also available upon reguest.

DEPARTMENTAL NOTES The department sponsored 2 lectures in Nov. The Portuguese historian Antonio H. de Oliveira Marques (now at the Univ. of Chicago) spoke on 'Medieval Portuguese Cities" on Nov. 5 in a lecture cosponsored by this department, the History Dept., and the Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies. On Nov. 12 Prof. Donald Walsh, former editor of Hispania . gave a reading in Spanish with English translations of the poetry of Pablo Neruda, Chile's late Nobel-prize-winning poet. The memory of Pablo Neruda was also honored by SIPGSA (the department's graduate student association) with an Homenaje a_ Neruda on Oct. 5. The program began with a recording of Neruda reading a section of his Las alturas de Machu Picchu , followed by a synopsis of his life by Grad. Teaching Asst. Armando Armengol. Several of Neruda' poems were read by Assoc. Prof. Thomas C. Meehan, Asst. Prof. Martha Paley de Fran- cescato, and Grad. Teaching Assts. Eva J. Abreu, Rosendo Diaz-Peterson, Vivian C. Reyes, and Duane Rhoades. The Spanish Club under the direction of Grad. Teaching Asst. Maria del Rosario Ferrer de Cowes sponsores 2 weekly activities, a tertulia for conversation in Spanish every Wednesday from 7-8 pm at the Thunderbird Restaurant, 710 S. Goodwin, Urbana, and a "singalong" in Spanish every Thursday from 4-5 pm in 1030 FLB. At the meeting on Dec. 6, Undergraduate Student Nicholas Slaughter, a participant in last year's Year Abroad in Spain Program, showed slides of that country. The Mesa Redonda with Prof. Luis Leal as president and Grad. Teaching Asst. Ro- sendo Dias-Peterson as secretary sponsores informal group discussions among the departmental faculty and graduate students. At the Oct. 18 meeting Asst. Prof. Anoar Aiex and Grad. Teaching Asst. Regina H. Macdonald led discussions on the Indianist- indigenous novel in Brazil and Spanish America. On Nov. 15 Prof. Anthony M. Pasquar- iello led a discussion on the report of Graduate Studies in Spanish (published in

Hispania , vol. 56, 541-49). Prof. Pasquariello had served on the committee which compiled this report.

FACULTY -STAFF NOTES Various department members participated in the Midwest MLA meeting in Chicago, Nov. 1-3. Prof. Robert E. Lott was chairman of Spanish 2 (Peninsular Literature after 1700) at which Prof. Anthony M. Pasguariello was a discussant on a paper "Picasso Revisited, or Is Fernando Arrabal a French Writer?" presented by Dr. Constance A. Sullivan, a departmental alumna now at the Univ. of Minn. Another departmental alumna, Dr. Lynette Hubbard Seator, now at 111. College, Jacksonville, presented a paper "The Antisocial Humanism of Cela and Hemingway" at the same session. Assoc. Prof. Thomas C. Meehan was the discussant of a paper 'Ernesto Sabato y 'La muerte de Marco Bassan 1 ," presented at Spanish 3 (Latin American Literature). " " ,

-12- Prof. J.H.D. Allen resigns at the end of the present semester as coordinator of the department's graduate program, to be replaced by Prof. Spurgeon W. Baldwin. Assoc. Prof. Mario Saltarelli represented our department on an 8-person panel discussion "The Linguistic & Pedagogical Bases of PLATO Instruction" on Nov. 13. Several department members have participated in UIUC Linguistics Dept. seminars this semester. Assoc. Prof. Mario Saltarelli spoke on "Functional Constraints on Subject Raising in the Syntax of Periphrastic Causative Verbs" on Nov. 2. Grad. Teaching Asst. Marc Stephen Rosenberg, a doctoral candidate in linguistics, discussed the word "Pretend" on Nov. 8. Asst. Prof. Dieter Wanner 's Dec. 6 address was on "Morphological Alternation in Swiss German. Assoc. Prof. Richard Preto-Rodas attended the South Atlantic MLA meeting in At- lanta, Ga. , Nov. 14-16, where he presented a paper "The Ironic Humor in the Satiras of Tolentino de Almeida. Grad. Teaching Asst. Duane Rhoades holds an NDEA Title VI Fellowship for 1973-74 Grad. Teaching Asst. Roger D. Stein spoke to a student assembly at Champaign Centennial High School, Nov. 19, discussing such topics as the UIUC curriculum in Spanish, the Year Abroad in Spain Program, and job opportunities for Spanish majors.

FACULTY -STAFF PUBLICATIONS Prof. Luis Leal has an article "Medico novelista" included in the volume Mariano

Azuela y_ l_a critica mexicana , Francisco Monterde ed . (Mexico: Secretaria de Educa- cion Publica, 1973) 151-55 ( SepSetentas , 86). Prof. Emeritus William H. Shoemaker, former department head and Newsletter Dir- ector and now Visiting Prof, at the Univ. of Mo. in Columbia, has published 2 books, Los articulos de Galdos en "La Nacion" 1865-1866, 1868 (Madrid: Insula, 1972) and Las cartas desconocidas de Galdos en "La Prensa" de Buenos Aires (Madrid: Ed. Cultura " Hispanica, 1973), plus an article "La 'escena clasica ' de Galdos en La de Bringas in Benito Perez Galdos , D.M. Rogers ed . (Madrid: Taurus series El Escritor y la Cri- tica, 19737^ a~translation of his previous "Galdos' Classical Scene in La de Bringas ' in Hispanic Review (vol. 27, 1959, 423-34) and Estudios sobre Galdos (Madrid: Cas- talia, 1970, 145-58). Grad. Teaching Asst. Margo Corona DeLey has an article " Razon de amor and the Provencal Biographical Tradition" which will be published by Tamesis, London, in a book on Razon de amor studies. EXTRAMURAL EDUCATION Please use this coupon if you are responding to the article on pages 9-10.

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The UI Foreign Language Newsletter is published 4 times a year by the foreign language departments at UIUC under the direction of the head of the Dept. of Spanish- Italian-Portuguese. The Newsletter is available without charge to all interested persons in 111. and other areas. All communications by mail should be addressed to: The Editor, UI Foreign Language Newsletter, Dept. of Spanish-Italian-Portuguese 4080 Foreign Languages Building, UIUC, Urbana, IL 61801. . . . .

THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSLETTER

February, 1974 Director: Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello Vol. XXVII, No. 3 Editor: Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr.

MLA/ERIC CLEARINGHOUSE PUBLICATIONS The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is sponsored by the U.S. National Institute of Education and supported by the U.S. Office of Education, with the ob- jective of providing information on significant current publications. The Modern Language Association conducts the ERIC Clearinghouse responsible for educational information on languages and linguistics, with emphasis on information which would be of assistance to teachers, researchers, and administrators. Below are a list of MLA/ERIC publications which may be of interest; all are available from at least one of two ources (and most are carried by both): MLA Pub- lications Center in N.Y. (referred to as MLA in the listings below) and ERIC Docu- ment Reproduction Service in Md . (referred to as EDRS ) . MLA publications listed below are $.50 each unless otherwise noted. EDRS publications are available in microfiche (M/F) for $.65 each (a 4"x6" sheet of microfilm with up to 70 pages of text) or in paper copies (PC) for $3.29 each unless otherwise noted. Each source (MLA or EDRS) has its own code number for each publication. Information on ordering follows the listings below. GENERAL PEDAGOGY

Anthony, E.M. & W.E. Norris. Method in Language Teaching , Focus Report 8. 1969. lOp. (MLA: R8) (EDRS: ED 031 984).

Arendt, J.D. New Scheduling Patterns and the Foreign Language Teacher , Focus Report 18. 1970. 16p. (MLA: R18) (EDRS: ED 043 269).

Birkmaier , E.M. & D. L. Lange , cotips . A Selective Bibliography on the Teaching of Foreign Langu ag es, 1920-1966 . 1968. 43p. (MLA: B60 $2) (EDRS: ED 024 293).

Brooks, N. Speaking of Language . 1971. 172p. (EDRS only: ED 048 791, PC $6.58L

Brooks, N. Teaching Culture in the Foreign Language Classroom . 1968. 14p. (EDRS only: ED 022 388)

Campbell, H. Extracurricular Foreign Language Activities , Focus Report 29. 1973. lOp. (MLA only: R29 )

Clark, J.L.D. The Foreign-Language Teacher and Research . 1971. 29p. (MLA: H130 $2.50) (EDRS: ED 056 598).

Disick, R.S. Performance Objectives in Foreign Language Teaching , Focus Report 25. 1971. lip. (MLA: R25) (EDRS: ED 055 522). - Donoghue, M. Foreign Languages in the Elementary School : Effects and Instruc tional Arrangements According to Research , Focus Report 3. 1969. lOp. (MLA: R3) (EDRS: ED 031 979)

Fearing, P. Nongraded Foreign Language Classes , Focus Report 4. 1969. 7p. (MLA: R4) (EDRS: ED 031 980) Grittner, F. Maintaining Foreign Language Skills for the Advanced Course Drop- out , Focus Report 1. 1968. 9p. (MLA: Rl ) (EDRS: ED 031 977).

Harrell, D.D. The Question as a_ Technique in Foreign Language Teaching , Focus Report 26. 1971. lip. (MLA: R26) (EDRS: ED 056 624).

Haukebo , G.K. Summer Foreign Language Programs for School Students , Focus Re- port 10. 1969. 6p. (EDRS only: ED 031 986).

John, V.P. & V.M. Horner. Early Childhood Bilingual Education . 1971. 207p. (MLA: A290 $4) (EDRS: ED 047 593, M/F only).

Leamon, P. Foreign Study for High School Students : What ' s Going On? Focus Re- port 5. 1969. 9p. (MLA: R5 ) (EDRS: ED 031 981).

Mathieu, G.B. Poems in Early Foreign Language Instruction , Focus Report 15. 1970. 14p. (MLA: R15) (EDRS: ED 040 624).

McKim, L. et al. The Supervisor ' s Role in Foreign -Language Teacher Training . 1971. 42p. (EDRS only: ED 049 665).

Michel, J. & P. Patin. Some Techniques for Teaching Vocabulary , Focus Report 27.

(MLA: R27) (EDRS: ED 066 084) .

Munoz, O. Songs in the Foreign Language Classroom , Focus Report 12. 1969. lOp. (EDRS only: ED 034 450). Nelson, R.J. Using Radio to Develop and Maintain Competence in a_ Foreign Lan - guage , Focus Report 11. 1969. lOp. (EDRS only: ED 036 215). Sheppard, D.C. Certifying Teachers of Modern Languages for American Public

Schools — 1969 . 1970. 17p. (MLA: C180 $1) (EDRS: ED 038 071).

Torres, E.E. et al . Foreign Language Dropout : Problems and Solutions . 1970. . . . . : ) ,

-2- 74p. (MLA: H140 $1) (EDRS: ED 043 262).

Twaddell, F. Linguistics and Foreign Language Teaching , Focus Report 21. 1970. lOp. (MLA: R21) (EDRS: ED 044 981).

Valette, R.M. Directions in Foreign Language Testing . 1969. 66p. (MLA: D300 $3) (EDRS: ED 034 460)

Wrenn, J. The Overhead Projector , Focus Report 19. 1970. 12p. (MLA: R19 (EDRS: ED 043 267) LANGUAGE LABORATORY Hutchinson, J.C. & J.O. Hutchinson. Criteria for Selecting Types of Foreign-

Language Laboratory Systems , Focus Report 20. 1971. 12p. (MLA: R20) (EDRS: ED 049 662). Keck, M.E.B. & W.F. Smith. A Selective Annotated Bibliography for the Language

Laboratory, 1959-1971 . 1972. 47p. (MLA: B65 $2) (EDRS: ED 065 006).

Medley, F.W. Maintenance of the Language Laboratory , Focus Report 28. 1972. 16p. (MLA: R28) (EDRS: ED 069 190).

Stack, E.M. The Mechanical Potential of the Language Laboratory , Focus Report 14. 1970. 16p. (EDRS only: ED 038 072).

Turner, E.D. Jr. Correlation of Language Class and Language Laboratory , Focus Report 13. 1969. 12p. (EDRS only: ED 034 451). SPECIFIC LANGUAGES Birkenmayer, S.S. comp. A Selective Bibliography of Works Related to the Teach -

ing of Slavic Languages in the U. S. and Canada, 1942-67 . 1968. 41p. (MLA: B61 $2) (EDRS: ED 025 988)

Campa, A. Teaching Hispanic Culture through Folklore , Focus Report 2. 1968. lip. (MLA: R2) (EDRS: ED 031 978). de la Portilla, M. & T. Colchie. Textbooks in Spanish and Portuguese A Descrip -

tive Bibliography, 1939-1970 . 1972. 128p. (MLA: B63 $7.50) (EDRS: ED 060 761, PC $6.58)

Morain, G.G. French Culture: The Folklore Facet , Focus Report 9. 1969. 9p. (MLA: R9) (EDRS: ED 031 985) Norton, M.E. comp. A Selective Bibliography on the Teaching of Latin and Greek

1920-69 . 1971. 47p. (MLA: B62 $2.50) (EDRS: ED 046 311).

Strasheim, L.A. Teaching the Latin Student to Translate , Focus Report 17. 1970. 16p. (MLA: R17) (EDRS: ED 042 391). Striano, A. & E Adorno. Italian in the Colleges and Universities of the U.S. 1970. 149p. (EDRS only: 040 620).

Weiss, G. Folktale and Folklore --Useful Cultural Tools for Teachers of German ,

Focus Report 6. 1969. 8p . (MLA: R6 ) (EDRS: ED 031 982). INFORMATION ON ORDERING MLA: Send all orders to Publications Center, MLA, 62 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10011, making checks payable to Modern Language Association. Order by title and number; $0.50 handling charge on all orders under $5; orders under $10 cannot be billed; 10% discount on orders of 20 or more of same item sent to a single address. All MLA publications listed above are $0.50 each unless otherwise indicated. EDRS: Send all orders to ERIC Document Reproduction Service, P.O. Drawer 0,

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UNIT FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGES STUDY AND RESEARCH BULLETINS The Unit for Foreign Languages Study and Research publishes several bulletins each semester with information on programs, speakers, scholars dealing with foreign languages on the UIUC campus, as well as developments in the field of foreign language study and research. All persons interested in receiving these bulletins should write the Unit for FL Study & Research, G-70 FLB, UIUC, Urbana, IL 61801.

CSCTFL The Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages will be held Apr. 18-20 at the Marc Plaza Hotel, Milwaukee, Wise. The theme is "Foreign Language Edu- cation: A Kaleidoscopic Perspective." Keynote speakers include Naida Dostal, "The People Principle in a Foreign Language Kaleidoscopic Perspective"; Howard Altman, "The Making of a Precedent: Foreign Language Education and the American Bicentennial" Genelle Morain, "A Concrete Response to the Call for Humanism in the Classroom." -3- For further information, contact William Clapper, 2715 Welsey St., Jefferson City, MO 65101, tel. (314) 751-3504. FLB DEDICATION

The Foreign Language Building, UIUC , will be officially dedicated Apr. 4-6 under the auspices of the School of Humanities. Present-day approaches to literature and linguistics will be discussed in lectures and panel discussions. The program is still incomplete; so far, both colleagues from here and outside have agreed to contribute to the program. Among the off -campus speakers are John H. Fisher (Univ. of Tenn. and President of the Modern Language Association), on the changing motive for literature in American education; Norman Perrin (Univ. of Chicago) on symbols in the New Testa- ment; Murray Edelman (Univ. of Wise.) on the language of politics; Stanley Kauffman

(film critic, New Republic ) on American and European influences on film-making; Eric Lenneberg (Cornell Univ.) on language acquisition; and Michael Halliday (UICC) on urban linguistics. The lectures and discussions will be open to the public. The formal program will be circulated in the near future.

THE CLASSICS NOTES — by Prof. R. T. Scanlan HIGH SCHOOL LATIN CONFERENCE It's time again for Latin teachers to have their students apply for admission to the High School Latin Conference which will be held this year June 2 3-29 at UIUC. The 9th annual conference is open to all students who will have completed 2 years of high school Latin by June, 1974. Participants will live in the Florida Ave. Resi- dence Halls and attend special classes in various places on campus. Mr. Byron Beki- ares will again be one of our instructors. He will be teaching the oral interpretation of Latin, supervising the production of Latin plays, and leading the Greek folk dancing. We shall have classes in ancient drama, in mythology, in archaeology, in ancient amusements and athletics, and in Latin taught with the aid of the PLATO computer. We've already greased the chariot for the annual race, the golden fleece awaits the f actio with the quickest feet and the swiftest minds, and the questions for the Latin football and baseball games are prepared. If you are a member of the 111. Classical Conference, you will receive a copy of the Conference brochure in the mail (or you were able to obtain one at the ICC meeting in Feb. ). If you haven't received an announcement by Mar. 1 and have students who may wish to attend, please write to Prof. R. T. Scanlan, Dept . of the Classics, 4072 FLB, UIUC, Urbana, IL 61801

MEETINGS Profs. H.L. Allen, J.J. Bateman, D.L. Bright, H. Jacobson, M. Marcovich ,M. Naoumides , and D.J. Taylor attended the 105th annual meeting of the American Philological Asso- ciation in Dec. The 34th annual meeting of the 111. Classical Conference was held at the UIUC Feb. 7-9. Prof. J.L. Heller presided at one of the sessions of papers, and Profs. J.J. Bateman and M. Marcovich greeted the group on behalf of the School of Humanities and the Classics Dept. respectively. Among the many speakrs were Prof. D.L. Bright who described the new Classical Civilization speciality which exists in the department, Prof. R.E. Mitchell of the History Dept. who presented a paper on "Roman Coins as Historical Evidence," Prof. Ann Perkins of the Art Dept. who made a presentation on "Monsters in Greek Art," and Prof. R. Mooney also of the Art Dept. who talked on "Contemporary Architecture: An Expression of Our Classical Past." Prof. R.T. Scan- lan, who is president of the organization, arranged the program and presided at the annual banquet and at the business meetings.

MYTHOLOGY BIBLIOGRAPHY A very convenient and useful annotated bibliography of mythology is available, from the American Philological Association for $1. The bibliography has been prepared by Prof. John Peradotto and each entry is rated as to the specific level of its application. Books are grouped under headings such as: Surveys of Classical Myth, Com- parative Mythology, Myth and Art, Myth and Literature, Myth and Psychology, Myth and Anthropology, Myth and Religion, etc. Copies may be ordered from the APA, c/o Prof. R. Carrubba, Dept. of Classics, Pa. State Univ., University Park, PA 16802. PUBLICATIONS Prof. M. Marcovich has sent 3 articles to press: "Epicurus' Shipwreck," "Quatrains .

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on Byzantine Seals," and "Theophylact , On Predestination." Prof. M. Naoumides has written "Miscellanea Paleographica" in the festschrift for Prof. N.B. Tomadakes. A few of Prof. R.T. Scanlan's computer programs are described in the new book titled

Options and Perspectives , pp. 265-68, published by the MLA, 62 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10011. The book, which describes innovative FL projects throughout the U.S., should be of considerable interest to teachers. LECTURES Prof. M. Marcovich read a paper on "Pherecydes, Anaximander, Anaximenes, and Iran" at the APA meeting in St. Louis. Prof. R.T. Scanlan presented a lecture entitled "In- terpretations of Myth" at Parkland College, Champaign, on Jan. 9. On Jan. 25 the department sponsored a lecture by Hans Herter, Prof. Emeritus of the Univ. of Bonn, on "The Problematic Mention of Hippocrates in Plato's Phaedrus . " On Feb. 4 Prof. Ludwig Koenen of the Univ. of C i gn e spoke on "Egyptian Influence upon Tibullus 1,7" and on Feb. 11 Dr. James Zetzel of Harvard Univ. spoke on "The Transmissions of Latin Liter- ature. " HONORS Prof. M. Marcovich was reappointed a member of the APA Advisory Committee for the - Thesaurus Linguae Graecae . He was also appointed editor of the 111 . Classical Stu dies for the first 2 volumes of the publication. Prof. M. Naoumides was reappointed to a second 2-year term as the department's director of graduate studies. Prof. Scanlan was appointed to membership on the 3-person committee which plans the annual meeting for the American Council on the Teaching of FLs

ENROLLMENT FIGURES IN LATIN AND GREEK Registration figures collected by MLA for colleges and universities in the fall of 1972 show a decline of 11.6% for Latin nationally from 1970 to 1972 compared with an 11.5% decline for all FLs. Greek enrollments on the other hand enjoyed a 23% increase. Details are available from MLA. Departmental figures for the current semester show an increase of approximately 200 in Classical Civilization courses (over last term), while Latin and Greek registrations remained about the same.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NOTES — by Prof. Barbara Smalley

PH.D. DEGREES Congratulations to the following comparatists who have recently been awarded the Ph.D degree in Comparative Literature: Sonja Eilenberger (Development of Dialogue in the Novel: Wieland & Diderot) and Adele Palmberg (The Quest for Transcendence: The Con- templation of Death in the Lyric Poems of Novalis, Keats, & Shelley).

NEW GRADUATE STUDENTS Enrollment in the Comparative Literature Graduate Program has been steadily increasing. In addition to those who entered the program this fall are the following students who entered this semester: Saad Ahmed, John Oleksinski, Marilyn Friesen, Sue Moretto, and Nick Samijlenko.

NEW SEMINARS IN THE GRADUATE PROGRAM Prof. Barbara Bowen (of the UIUC French Dept.) is teaching a seminar entitled "Love in the Renaissance" this spring in the Comparative Literature Program. Prof. Philip Mitchell (of the UIUC German Dept.) is presenting a seminar on "Studies in Literary Taste." Prof. Emile Snyder (Indiana Univ. Dept. of Comp. Lit.) is currently conducting a seminar in Modern Poetry. We feel fortunate to have these distinguished scholar-teachers and their innovative courses in our program and appreciate their contributions to our discipline.

UNDERGRADUATE FIELD OF CONCENTRATION IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE The following proposal for an undergraduate field of concentration has recently been approved by the Faculty Senate and will be forwarded for approval to the Higher Board Df Education. The field of concentration in Comparative Literature offers an international alternative to the various fields of concentration in national literatures (or national area studies). It provides a comparative approach to problems common to nore than one literature, and to the inter-relation of literature and other disciplines. This field of concentration is composed of a number of methodological "core" -5- courses in Comparative Literature combined with special courses already existing in Dther departments. It focuses on masterwords of world literature, critical theory, thematology, genre, cultural/literary movements and relations. The distribution of course work which allows for considerable flexibility must include the following: 1. At least 12 hours in Comparative Literature courses, including "Introduction to Comparative Literature" (3 hours). The other 9 hours should be selected from different types of courses (thematology, genre, movements, relations). 2. At least 15 hours in one literature (western, ancient, or modern, including Far Eastern and African) studied in depth and in its historical development. (Nor- mally this is the primary literature of the student's educational background.) 3. At least 9 hours in a second literature. With the assistance of the advisor these courses should be carefully chosen so as to correlate meaningfully with the student's primary literature (emphasis on periods such as medieval, Renaissance, neo- classical and Enlightenment, or modern--19th and 20th centuries). 4. At least 9 hours in any literature (including courses in Comparative Litera- ture), or in the Humanities, History, Philosophy, Speech, Art, Music, Psychology, So- ciology, Theatre, and Asian Studies. Since some of the courses in these subjects are more suitable than others to balance a student's individual program with an area of concentration in Comparative Literature, it is essential that students abide by the guidelines given to them by their advisor. The widespread interest in an undergraduate degree in comparative literature reflects a national trend in the high schools and universities toward interdisciplinary courses and areas of concentration that are less specialized than formerly. The international orientation of comparative literature provides much interest and challenge for students from diverse backgrounds. PUBLICATIONS Prof. A.O. Aldridge has recently published the following articles in Dictionary of the History of Ideas (Scribners, 1973): "Ancients and Moderns in the JBth Century," I, 76-87; "Primitivism in the 18th Century," III, 598-605. His "Feijoo and the Prob-

lem of Ethiopian Color" appears in Studies in 18th-century Culture : Racism in the 18th Century (Case Western Reserve Press, 1973), pp. 263-77; another article by Prof. Aldridge, "The Vampire Theme: Dumas Pere and the English Stage," appears in Revue des

Langues Vivantes , No. 4, 312-24. Prof. Barbara Smalley's "The Compulsive Patterns of

Dostoyevsky ' s Underground Man* was published in Studies in S hort Fiction , X (Fall, 1973), 389-96. William Walker, a graduate student in Comparative Literature, has pub-

lished "German Language Summer Camps" in Options and Perspectives , a publication of the ACTFL.

MEETINGS Prof. Herbert Knust has recently been elected regional delegate to the Delegate Ass- embly of the MLA. He is also one of 4 nominees for president of the International Brecht Society (1974-75). Prof. Knust will be chairman of a Comparative Literature section of the Conference on 20th-century Literature which will he held Feb. 28-Mar. 1 in Louisville, Ky. Joyce Fullard (a doctoral candidate in the Comparative Literature Program) read a paper at the Dec. 1973 MLA meeting entitled "Women Poets of the 18th Century." Danielle Johnson (graduate student in Comparative Literature) was elected regional delegate to the Delegate Assembly of the MLA.

FRENCH NOTES — by Prof. Edwin Jahiel YVES VELAN PUBLISHES SECOND NOVEL Prof. Yves Velan has just published, in Ecriture 9, ONIR, a lengthy text: essay, poems, and stories on dream. Recently, too, Prof. Velan, whose reputation was established with his first novel, Je_, published a second novel, La statue de Condillac retouchee (Seuil, 1973). Our colleague, Prof. Stanley Gray, wrote last fall, for the French Dept.'s own newsletter, the following comments, which we reprint here in their near totality. Je (Seuil, 1959), a gagne deux prix litteraires et l'estime de critiques aussi

serieux que Barthes et Merleau-Ponty . (Voir, par exemple, "Ouvriers et pasterus,"

3ans les Essais critiques de Barthes. ) Le nouveau roman, meme plus remarquable, n'a Das tarde a s'imposer. Son importance et son originalite ont deja ete signalees en " .

-6- France et en Suisse. Decrire ce roman en quelques paragraphes est, tout simplement, impossible, vu sa difficulte. Disons tout de suite que cette diff iculte ^considerable au debut du ro- , au fur et a mesure qu'on lit et disparait, presque quand on relit. nan, se dissipe , Mais c'est une difficulte absolument essentielle au pro jet du romancier et a 1" experience de la lecture. On se contentera done de quelques eclaircissements partiels, plus exactement quelques jugements personnels et tentatifs, pour situer un peu plusieurs temoignages de l'ecrivain lui-meme. 1'- On said le pro jet de Condillac dans son Traite des sensations . II decompose homme pour le reconstituer ensuite, procedant par une methode d 'induction. Pour cela, il imagine une statue douee progressivement des cinq sens que possede l'homme, d'a- bord l'odorant, ensuite l'oule et ainsi de suite, l'un apres ou en combinaisons de deux ou trois, jusqu'a la reunion de tous , ce qui doit nous montrer comment on peut saisir ce que c'est que l'homme sans quitter le plan des sensations. Le pro jet ne manque pas d 'humour pour un lecteur de notre epoque : il y a des moments ou cette statue ressemble a certains personnages de Beckett, doues mysterieusement de cer- taines capacites, prives d'autres. Le monde romanesque d 'Yves Velan "prend corps" d'une fagon analogue. Puisque c'est un livre qui prend corps, un etre fait de mots, a qui manquent 1'- innocence et 1' ignorance attribuables a de vrais enfants, on ne part pas a zero ni a partir de quelque stage primitif du langage pour suivre son developpement embryonique On ne trouve pas ici les balbutiements enf aiitins qui ouvrent le Portrait d 'un artiste de Joyce, ni une evolution organique de styles comme dans une section celebre d 'Ul-

. Ce naissant est prive c'est justement le corps que ce corps ysse dont cet etre , soit envisage comme passe ou memoire personnelle d'un "je" historique, ou qu'il soit la forme vers laquelle il va, son telos . II est doue seulement du desir de devenir livre, de quelques fragments romanesques nucleaires et surtout de quelques modeles. Ceux-ci sont des passages tires de plusieurs livres de Dostoiewsky. L'obscurite du debut du roman s'explique par l'etat provisoire et fragmentaire de ce qui va essayer de se faire un corps. C'est la portee ideologique ce ces modeles qui informe tout le livre. II s'agit de 1 'opposition des lignes de force ou de savoir qui sont le capitalisme et le marxisme, ce dernier accepte au debut comme le savoir "vrai". A partir du nucleus d'elements romanesques fragmentes, disparates, mais transperces par un sens ideologique qui les relie, se forme, peu a peu et par a-coups , un ensemble qui voudrait se con- vaincre de l'efficacite du savoir marxiste, par un processus de "verification" non sans parallele dans l'induction de Condillac. Mais cette verification se fait sur ses propres inventions. Circularite qui donne le vertige. Le processus de verification passe cependant par des vicissitudes romanesques engendrees par 1' expansion du savoir fictif, triomphante, malgre des moments de contraction ou de rupture, Les cer- titudes etablies au debut sont minees . Le texte decouvre ou cree en quelque sorte par lui-meme le phenomene que tout contemporain reconnait: le pouvoir de recupera- tion irresistible du capitalisme avance. Est pose alors un probleme que j'espere ne pas trop deformer par cette formulation: Que peut l'ecriture, a quoi sert l'ecrivain- intellectuel dans le royaume de capitalisme triomphant, royaume qui "comprend" et re- cupere tout negation? Le marxisme, lui , se trouve pris, compris dans le capitalism^. (Dans les usines Olivetti, qui figurent dans le roman, on fait voir aux ouvriers, sans risque, Le_ cuirasse Potemkin ) . Ce qui mene a la formulation paradoxale qui conclut le roman en opposant le volonte a la fatalite: "La revolution est impossible. II la faut. II la faut. Ce resume, qui separe forme et fond, ne peut pas tenir compte de ce qui est pour moi le plus impressionnant : c'est l'homologie rigoureuse entre les divers plans du livre, entre sa forme et son fond, entre les series tres nombreuses de polarites dial- ectisees qui sont en jeu (capitalisme et marxisme, Freud et Marx, corps et pensee, a- nalyse et synthese, debut et fin, je et moi, spontaneite et calcul, etc. etc.), homologie qui comprend les plus petits details du texte, qui a exige un travail inoul, qui conne son vrai sens au roman. Ce qui se fait ainsi, c'est une forme qui est en meme temps et a tout moment roman, statue pygmalienne, ideologique, le "je" qui parle ou est parle et la prise de conscience du monde. Stanley Gray

COLLOQUIUM IN MONTREAL IN JUNE 1974 There will be a colloquium in Montreal June 10-15 on the subject of psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics in their relation to the teaching of French. It is being spon- :

-7- sored by the North American Conference (which includes the American Association of Teachers of French) of the Federation Internationale des Professeurs de Francais. It will examine what research has been done on the subject of psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics in America and in Europe, what courses are being offered on these subjects to prospective teachers of French, and what courses ought to be offered in such programs. The participants will come from Europe as well as from North America. They will be housed in the dormitories of the University of Montreal, and the governments of Quebec and of the City of Montreal expect to offer special social events for the entertainment of the visitors. Anyone who is interested in attending may obtain further information and the necessary pre-registration forms from Prof. F.W. Nacht- mann of the UIUC Dept. of French. You may address your inquiries to him at the AATF National Office, 57 E. Armory, Champaign, IL 61820. STAFF NEWS Prof. Wilga M. Rivers has completed the manuscript of her Practical Guide to the Teaching of French for the Oxford Univ. Press. The separate volumes for French, Ger- man, and Spanish should (energy crisis permitting) be available in time for ACTFL 1974. Prof. Rivers recently addressed the state conference of the Conn. TESOL. She will be giving a series of seminars and public lectures in Egypt during her spring vacation, under the auspices of the American Univ. in Cairo. Prof. Edwin Jahiel was recently the guest of the Chicago Circle Campus Alumni Association. In the 3rd program of their current film festival he showed the film A bout de souffle and spoke about Jean-Luc Godard.

GERMANIC NOTES — by Prof. Karl-Heinz Schoeps ENROLLMENT Again we can report an increase in enrollment. In the spring semester of 1973 the grand total was 1435; for spring 1974 the figure is 1480. The greatest increase occurred at the 4th semester level and in the German literature in translation classes.

COPE Together with several other departments the German Dept. was selected for an in-depth evaluation of its programs and its structure. For this purpose a Committee on Pro- gram Evaluation (COPE) has been created which is composed of 3 members of the German Dept. faculty and 4 members from other departments.

EVENTS AND STAFF NEWS The Germanic Linguistics Colloquium will present "An Excursion into Transformational Semantics" on Feb. 21 in the Faculty Lounge, Illini Union. A panel consisting of Wayne Harbert, Barbara Greim, and Clara Evans, all of them graduate students in our department, will lead the discussion.

Fruchtbringende Gesellschaf t , the German Research Group, has so far planned 3 events. On Thursday, Feb. 7, Prof. Roland Folter spoke on "Mundus titulis titilla- tur--Zur Stilistik des modernen deutschen Buchtitels." The next lectures will be on Mar. 14 and Apr. 11, both at 7:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge, Illini Union. The speakers will be Prof. Vincent Dell'Orto in Mar. ("Changing Attitudes toward Audience and the Tradition of the German Essay in the 18th Century") and Prof. Peter Pabisch in Apr. ("Die literarischen Absichten H.C. Artmanns durch den Einsatz des Wiener Dial-

ektes" ) Prof. U. Henry Gerlach will attend the American Association of Teachers of Ger- man meeting on May 3-4 at Eastern 111. Univ., Charleston. On Dec. 14 the department held a luncheon for Prof. Hans Henning, who returned to Weimar, German Democratic Republic, after 1 semester as visiting professor. Prof. James Marchand escaped unharmed after being trapped in one of the FLB elevators. He was extricated with the efficient assistance of one of our faculty members plus secretaries.

JOB PLACEMENT We are very happy to report that another one of our job candidates has been placed. Miss Ginny Coombs, a student of Prof. Iremengard Rauch, accepted an offer from Ind. Jniv. in Bloomington. a )

-8- GERMAN CLUB PROGRAM This semester's program includes: Jan. 29, Triumph of the Will (film); Jan. 31, Gen- eralversammlung; Feb. 15, Faschingsparty ; Feb. 21, Singeabend; Feb. 28, Kuhle Wampe (film); Mar. 14, Aspects of Germany: Schleswig-Holstein; Mar. 28, Aspects of Austria; Apr. 11, Aspects of Switzerland; Apr. 18, Tonio Kroger (film); Apr. 25, Wir Wunder - kinder (film); May 4, Picnic. In the planning stage are a talk on East Germany and trips to Germantown, Chi- cago, and a German restaurant in Gibson City. The German Choir meets every Monday at 8 pm in the Lutheran Foundation, the soccer group every Friday 4-6 pm on the soccer field at First & Gregory, Champaign. In- formal gatherings every Thursday night from about 9 pm are held in the Thunderbird Restaurant, 710 S. Goodwin, Urbana. For more information, call the president of the German Club, Robert Zuurdeeg, (217) 332-1766, or the faculty advisor. Prof. Rainer Sell, (217) 333-1288.

BASIC LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION The following information supplied by Prof. James McGlathery should be of particular benefit to high school German teachers and advisors: The German Dept. in spring, 19 72, initiated 2 new language-course seguences on the 2nd-, 3rd-, and 4th-semester levels (102-104 levels) which may be taken either as substitutes or as supplements to the regular "four-skill" sequence , German 102-104... Any 1 of the 3 sequences leads directly toward fulfillment of the Liberal Arts & Sci- ences College's foreign language requirement... One of the 2 new sequences (German 112, 113, 114) is devoted to practice in speaking German , the other (German 122, 123, 124) to practice in reading , with emphasis on non-fiction, especially expository prose. Both of these sequences are experimental in that vocabulary, grammar, syntax, and translation are not presented or drilled and are only touched upon tangentially in class. Instead, games and exercises which provide direct practice in talking and reading have been developed. The guiding thought in these experiments is to take quite literally the principles that we learn to do by doing and that practice makes perfect. No exercise is allowed which does not involve spontaneous speech in the speaking sequence, or thoughtful comprehension in the reading sequence. In these courses the object is to have the students constantly proving to themselves that they can say or read things in German, and that they are making progress in these language skills. (From Changing Patterns in Foreign Language Programs 248-49. , pp.

SLAVIC NOTES -- by Prof. Louis Iribarne

INNOVATIONS In response to mounting student interest, the Slavic Dept. has broadened its list of courses designed especially for both majors and non-majors. Among the new offerings this spring is a course on Revolution and the Arts in Russia (199B), taught by Prof. Louis Iribarne. An interdisciplinary study (in translation) of revolution in art and art in revolution, it uses samples of avant-garde Russian cinema, literature, music, fine arts and performing arts as they figured in one of the most unique cultural experiments in modern history. Also projected for the same 199 series are courses on Alexander Solzhenitsyn

(Fall 1974) and Samizdat : Russia's Underground Literature (spring 1975). Another new course being offered this spring is a section of 491 dealing with the art and practice of translation. Both translation in the strict sense and oral interpretation are practiced in the seminar which is being conducted by Prof. Steven Hill (491F, Mondays and Wednesdays at 12, Fridays at 8). Vladimir Nabokov, the man and his work, will be the subject of a new course to be offered for the first time this sunnier by Prof. Temira Pachmuss. Special attention will be give to Nabokov's major works in English (viz., Lo 1 i t , Ada ) , with tentative plans to show several films inspired by his work. Prof. Pachmuss 1 course on Russian emigre literature is also in the process of being revised; in the future, works by such authors as Nobel-prize winner Bunin, Aldanov, Hippius, Remizov and others, will be read in English. Approved by the curriculum committee are recent title changes for Russian literature courses 322, 323, 324; henceforth they shall appear in the timetable as Russian Romanticism, Russian Realism, and Russian Modernism. The lectures in this series will be given in English, with non-Slavic majors being allowed to do the readings in -9- English translation. A new course has been approved by the curriculum committee, Russian 290 (Read- ings in Russian). This is an individual topics course for undergraduates patterned after similar courses in Spanish-Italian-Portuguese. Heretofore, Russian 199 was used to provide students with an opportunity to work on individual projects.

A RUSSIAN FEAST OF THE ARTS Of considerable interest to campus Slavophiles were the following events held during Jan. and Feb: a local showing of The First Circle (Jan. 31-Feb. 3), Alexander Ford's film based on the celebrated novel by Alexander Solzhenitsyn; a stage version of Che-

kov ' s classic The Three Sisters performed in the Krannert Center (Feb. 7) by the N.Y. City Center Acting Company; a film version of the same play, starring Lawrence Oli- vier and Alan Bates, shown locally in the American Film Theatre Series (Feb. 4-5); a television production on ETV of Maxim Gorky's little known but recently revived play Enemies (Jan. 23, 27); and a tantalizingly brief program on Solzhenitsyn and the So- viet penal system telecast by NBC (Jan. 27) in connection with the widely-publicized

Russian-language publication of Solzhenitsyn ' s documentary expose Gulag Archipelago ,

excerpts of which were printed recently in the N. Y . Times . Also shown during the month of Feb. on ETV as part of the Humanities Film Forum, were the Soviet films The Cranes are Flying (Feb. 7) and Ballad of a Soldier (Feb. 14). Connoisseurs of Russian poetry were greatly warmed by the appearance in English of poetry by Joseph Brodsky, Osip Mandelshtam, and a study of Vladimir Mayakovsky. The cause of Russian poetry was also assisted by Prof. Evelyn Bristol who read selections at a recent Poetry Meet (Feb. 1) on the UIUC campus. ENROLLMENTS Departmental enrollments are up over 20% this semester as compared with last. En- rollments in Russian 101 were the highest they have been in an off-semester since spring 1967, and the department has been able to offer beginning intensive Russian (111) for the first time since fall 1969. The largest enrollments in non-language courses have been in Russian 116 (Russian Literature in Translation II), Russian 114 (Russian Civilization) and a special course, Russian 199B (Revolution and the Arts in Russia) and Russian 317 (20th Century Russian Literature in Translation). Among the new non-Russian language courses, Ukrainian was handsomely rewarded with a total of 11 students.

ACQUISITIONS To the Slavic Dept . 's growing film and book library has been added a slide collection of Russian avant-garde art. Included are selections of revolutionary poster art, graphic and architectural design, proletarian art, as well as works by such well-known

artists as Chagall, Kandinsky, Malevich, Goncharova, Tatlin, Gabo , and others. Plans are also under way to create a music library consisting of tape recordings of opera- tic, symphonic, vocal, and dramatic works by Russian artists.

FACULTY NOTES The Slavic Dept. welcomes to its faculty Mr. Edward Frost as a visiting lecturer. Mr. Frost, who is presently teaching Russian Civilization 114, recently completed his doctoral dissertation on the prose of Anton Chekhov. Prof. Kenneth Brostrom appeared with Prof. Peter Maggs of the UIUC Law School on the TV program At Issue (WHBF-TV, Rock Island, 111.), Feb. 3. The topic under discussion was detente with the Soviet Union, with particular emphasis on its effects on the business community of the Midwest. Prof. Brostrom will also deliver a public lecture in the Slavic Forum Series. His talk, "The Pilnyak Affair," will be held Wed- nesday, Feb. 20, Illini Union. Prof. Louis Iribarne will be a guest participant at a symposium on the Polish avantgardist Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz and Polish drama to be held this spring in New York. On leave this semester are Profs. Henry Zalucky and Elliott Cohen.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES By now a tradition, the 2nd annual student stage production is now in preparation. Rehearsals are presently under way for Nikolai Erdman's grotesque Samoubijstvo (The Suicide) in what may well be the American Russian-language premiere of this long-neglected but legendary "underground" classic. There will be one performance in Russian -10- (with English subtitles) on Saturday, Apr. 27, 8 pm. The cast will be made up entirely of undergraduates and the performance will be sponsored by the Russian Club, For more information, contact Mr. Steven Nielsen, Slavic Dept., 3092 FLB, UIUC, Ur- bana, IL 61801, tel. (217) 333-0497. Also projected is a 2nd annual Slavic Spring Festival to coincide with the dedication of the Foreign Language Building (see story pg. 3). The department also welcomes freshly appointed Teaching Assistants Monika Zgus- tova and Christine Bethin, and Research Assistant Roberta Goldblatt.

SPANISH, ITALIAN, & PORTUGUESE NOTES — by Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr.

RICH TWP. H.S. TO PRESENT GARCIA LORCA PLAY The Spanish National Honor Society of Rich Township High School East, Park Forest,

111. , will present Federico Garcia Lorca's El_ amor de don Perlimplin y_ Belisa en su jardin along with recitations from the poet's Romancero gitano on Mar. 4-7 at 1 pm, and Mar. 7-8 at 8 pm. Reserved seats are $1.50 each. Teachers interested in having their students attend this production can order mimeographed copies of the play and poems for $.40 each. In addition, the Rich Twp. H.S. cafeteria will serve a Spanish dinner (ensalada mixta, arroz con polio, bolillos con mantequilla, flan, ponche tropical) for $2.95 each. The dinners will be served at 3 pm after the matinee performances, and at 6 pm prior to the evening performances. There must be a minimum of 100 for each dinner or else a dinner may be cancelled. Separate checks for tickets, play books, and dinners should be sent to Dr. Harry E. Babbitt, Rich Twp. H.S. East, Park Forest, IL 60466. For further information, write or telephone Dr. Babbitt, weekdays at (312) 748-5800, ext. 56, nights at (312) 748-1839. (If ordering dinner reservations after Feb. 18, phone Dr. Babbitt first.)

AUGUSTANA SUMMER SCHOOL IN SPAIN The 10th Augustana College Cummer School in Spain will be held in Madrid at the Ciu- dad Universitaria, July 1-Aug. 8, with courses ranging from elementary Spanish to literature and culture and civilization, including a course on Cervantes. All interested persons should contact Dr. Arjibay Doreste, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL 61201 for complete information and brochures.

UIUC-UICC JOINT GRADUATE PROGRAM IN SPANISH FOR M.A. DEGREE The Dept. of Spanish-Italian-Portuguese at Chicago Circle (UICC) offers an intercam- pus program with the department in Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) leading to a master of arts degree in Spanish. The degree will actually be granted by the Urbana campus, but a student will register and complete all coursework at Circle Campus. The 3 areas of specialization are applied linguistics and teaching, Latin American studies, and Peninsular studies. Admission requirements are a minimum grade-point average of 3.75 (where A is 5.0) with a 4.0 (B) average in major Spanish courses. A minimum of 48 quarter hours is required, and the student must maintain a 4.0 average, moreover no courses awarded a C may be counted for credit. Upon completion of the coursework, a student must take a comprehensive examination; a thesis is no longer required. In- quiries for more information and application forms should be directed to Prof. Audrey

Kouvel , Director of Graduate Studies, Dept. of Spanish-Italian-Portuguese, UICC, Box 4348, Chicago, IL 60680.

FILM PROGRAM IN SPANISH The department's weekly series of films and lectures on Hispanic topics, which is offered in place of language laboratory work to 2nd-year Spanish students, now enters its 4th semester under the direction of Grad . Teaching Asst. C. Michael Waag. This semester's program includes documentary films on Mexico, Cesar Chavez, Puerto Rico, Goya, Andres Segovia, and the Spanish Armada, as well as f eature T length films such as

El chacal de Nahuel Toro (Chile) and Bunuel 's Los olvidados (Mexico) , plus a lecture with slides on the Inca Empire. Most of the programs will be held Tuesdays in G13 FLB. Persons interested in a more complete program may contact Mr. Waag at the Dept. of Spanish-Italian-Portuguese, 4080 FLB, UIUC, Urbana, IL 61801, tel. (217) 333-8056. Mr. Waag can also supply interested persons with a list of his film sources, and he also solicits information from our readers on sources for suitable films for this series program. .

-11- PLATO FOR SPANISH 101 (This statement was prepared by Assoc. Prof. Mario Saltarelli, director of this department's PLATO computer-based teaching program for Spanish 101.) This is the 7th semester for the special Spanish 101 section which uses the PLATO machine as a teaching aid. The course allows lst-semester students to cover the language material usually presented in a 2-semester sequence (101-102) in just one semester without increase in contact hours. The underlying hypothesis is that the basic grammar of Spanish can be introduced to English speakers in one semester provided that a more "natural" form of presentation is conducted. The pivotal assumption motivating such a "compressed" course is that there exists a body of essential grammatical information which must be mastered by the student as early as possible during his learning experience; the optimal period being the 1st 6-12 weeks of study. The pedagogical claim is made that the future success of a student in a foreign language will be a function of the quantity and quality of that fundamental body of knowledge he was able to acquire during the initial learning period. The courses uses a set of Essentials of Spanish which have been developed for the purpose, along with a textbook and other material as aids. Essentials are also available on PLATO. Once fully implemented PLATO will administer, evaluate, and keep record of a set of teaching/learning devices covering the essential grammatical points. The results of the students' performances are made available to the instructors who accordingly gear the operation of the class as a whole and advise individual students Mario Saltarelli

PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST

Colombia Today , a newsletter in English, is available free from the Colombia Infor- mation Service, Colombian Center, 140 E. 57th St., New York, NY 10022. Materiales en marcha is a report on materials for bilingual and bicultural education. Single copies are available free from the San Diego City Schools, 2930 National Ave., San Diego, CA 92113.

MERWIN LECTURE The department cosponsored (with the Miller Lecture Committee and the Humanities Com- mittee on Public Events) a lecture and poetry reading on Feb. 4 by W.S. Merwin, poet- translator, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry as well as the P.E.N. Prize for translation. Mr. Merwin is well known for his verse translations into English of the Poema de Mio Cid in addition to the poems of Chile's Pablo Neruda.

JANUARY GRADUATION The department awarded 3 Ph.D. degrees and 2 M.A. degrees in Spanish in Jan. The doctoral recipients were Donald Edgar Lenfest (now at Ohio Wesleyan Univ.), Earl G. Thompson Jr. (UIUC), and Berardo Jose Valdes (Iowa State Univ.). In addition, Dr. Thompson was promoted from part-time to full-time instructor in this department, and next fall will take a teaching position at Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, 111. The masters recipients were Julie Jean Bickus and C. Michael Waag.

FACULTY-STAFF NOTES Prof. Alberto Porqueras-Mayo addressed the Instituto de Espaiia in Munich, Germany, on "Hispanismo en los Estados Unidos" on Jan. 9. He has also been appointed to serve on the editorial board of Seqismundo , Revista Hispanica de Teatro (Madrid). The Taula Catalana, organized by Prof. Porqueras-Mayo for conversational Catalan will meet this semester on Fridays at noon in the Thunderbird Restaurant, 710 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana. All speakers of Catalan at any level are invited to attend. Assoc. Prof. Thomas C. Meehan is on sabbatical leave this semester to do research on the Argentine novelist and short-story writer Adolf o Bioy Casares. Assoc Prof. Mario Saltarelli read a paper "Periphrastic Causatives and Func- tional Squish" at the Linguistic Society of America's annual meeting in San Diego,

Cal. , in Dec.

PARTICIPATION IN MLA Department members and doctoral alumni are active in the Modern Language Association. From our faculty, Prof. Merlin H. Forster is chairman of Spanish 7 (Modern Spanish- American) Executive Committee and serves on that section's Bibliographic Committee. . " , " "

-12- Prof. Alberto Porqueras-Mayo is chairman of Spanish 2 (Renaissance & Golden Age) Exe- cutive Committee. Assoc. Prof. Thomas C. Meehan is serving on the Spanish 7 Execu- tive Committee. Asst. Prof. Andres 0. Avellaneda participated in the MLA meeting in Chicago in Dec. by presenting a paper "German Rozenmacher, un narrador de la promo- cion del sesenta" at Seminar 63 (Perspectives of the Post-Cortazar Generation). Two of this department's doctoral alumni participated in the Dec. meeting in

Spanish 7 (Modern Spanish-American); Dr. Daniel R. Reedy (Univ. of Ky . ) read a paper "Cortazar Through the Looking Glass" and Dr. L. H. Quackenbush (Brigham Young Univ.) presented a paper "La desavencia religiosa: una clave a El_ tuerto es rey de Carlos Fuentes." Dr. Reedy is also the chairman of Spanish 6 (Early Spanish-American) Exe- cutive Committee. Dr. Frank H. Nuessel ( Ind . State Univ.) is a member of the Compar- ative Romance Linguistics Bibliography & Research Committee. FACULTY PUBLICATIONS

Prof. Emeritus Henry R. Kahane ' s review of 2 books by Marius Sala ( Estudios sobre el judeoespanol de Bucarest and Phonetigue et phonologie de judeo-espagnol de Bucarest ) appeared in Language , vol. 49, no. 4 (Dec. 1973), pp. 943-48. Prof. Luis Leal has published several articles on Spanish American literature in the Gran Enciclopedia Rialp of Madrid. His topics include: "La literature de Mex- ico," "Amado Nervo," "Manuel Jose Othon," "Carlos Pellicer," "Jose Peon Contreras , , "Alfonso Reyes," "Ignacio Rodriguez Galvan, " "Jose Romero," "Juan Rulf o " "Rodolfo Usigli," "Agustin Yanez," "La literatura de Nicaragua," "Realismo en Hispanoamerica, "Historiograf ia de la literatura Iberoamericana, " "Jose Marti," "Arturo Uslar Pietri,'" "La literatura de Venezuela. Assoc. Prof. Mario Saltarelli and Asst. Prof. Dieter Wanner served as editors of Diachronic Studies in Romance Linguistics (consisting of papers presented at the Con- ference on Diachronic Romance Linguistics, UIUC, Apr. 1972) which is being published by Mouton (The Hague) as vol. 207 of the Janua Linguarum series. Prof. Emeritus Hen- ry R. Kahane was the author of one of the papers "The Etymologist as a Transforma- tionalist," and a department doctoral alumnus, Dr. Daniel E. Gulstad (now at the Univ. of Mo.) contributed "Syntactico-Semantic Reconstruction in Romance." Asst. Prof. Anthony K. Cassel published "The Corbaccio and the Secundus Tradi- tion"**********************in Comparative Literature , vol. 50 (fall 1973). ENGLISH LIKE SHE OUGHT TO BE SPOKE From an Italian hotel brochure: This hotel is renowned for its peace and solitude. In fact, crowds from all over the world flock here to enjoy its solitude. From a Lisbon hotel: If you wish desinfection enacted in your presence, please ring for chambermaid From a Rome hotel: FireJ It is what can doing we hope. No fear. Not ourselves. Say quickly to all people coming up down everywhere a prayer. Always is a clerk. He is assured of safety by expert men who are in the bar for telephone for the fighters of the fire come out. From a Polish tourist brochure: As for the tripe served you at the Hotel Mono- pol, you will be singing its praises to your grandchildren as you lie on your death- bed. From a Moscow hotel: If this is your first visit to the U.S.S.R., you are welcome to it. From a French hotel: A sports jacket may be worn to dinner but no trousers. From a French restaurant menu: Extract of fowl, poached or sunside up. Turkish dentist's sign: American Dentist, 2th Floor — Teeth Extracted by Latest Methodists.

(From Canadian Business , May 19 73, and the N.J. Record , April 29, 19 73, by way of the N.Y. State Assoc, of FL Teachers Language Association Bulletin , Nov. 1973.)

The UI Foreign Language Newsletter is published 4 times a year by the foreign language departments at UIUC under the direction of the head of the Dept. of Spanish-

Italian-Portuguese . The Newsletter is available without charge to all interested persons in 111. and other areas. All communications by mail should be addressed to: The Editor, UI Foreign Language Newsletter, Dept. of Spanish-Italian-Portuguese 4080 Foreign Languages Building. UIUC. Urbana, IL 61801. " "

THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSLETTER

April, 1974 Director: Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello Vol. XXVII, No. 4 Editor: Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr. ^HH£ HOW OUR COLLEAGUES SEE FOREIGN LANGUAGES

The Univ. of Mich. Foreign Language Courier , published by the language departments of that university, asked key personnel in the various schools and colleges of the Univ. of Mich, at Ann Arbor to contribute statements about the place of foreign language study in their particular areas or in the students' overall educational backgrounds. These heartening replies were published in the May 1973 issue of the Univ. of Mich. Foreign Language Courier (Waldo E. Sweet, editor), and excerpts from these responses are reproduced below. G.E. Hay, Assoc. Dean, Rackham School of Graduate Studies: "...about 60% of all doctoral programs in this Graduate School have a firm foreign language requirement... A student contemplating graduate study, who has not made specific plans to enter a specific program with no foreign language requirement, is well advised to prepare by acquiring some foreign language competence before entering graduate school... There are a number of reasons supporting the requirement... modern ease of transportation throws the scholar in frequent contact with scholars from other countries .. ./and/ there is increasing scholarly publication in a wider distribution of foreign languages, and the scholar who must rely on others for translations is often at a severe handicap. Jane M. Waterson, Asst. Dean, Law School: "One learns a good deal about the English language when studying a foreign language, and skill in the use of the Eng- lish language is mandatory for lawyers. A knowledge of a language can also be a direct, practical asset to the lawyer who works with people whose native tongue is not English /as in/ the international field or... legal aid work. Furthermore, as an academic discipline, foreign languages have their place in any student's program. Students often have difficulty in this area and thus must put in a good deal of effort in order to learn the material well. One who is accustomed to such discipline in study in any area will be more fully prepared for law school work." Colin Campbell, M.D., Asst. Dean for Student Affairs, Medical School: "There seem to be two opposing camps relative to the place of foreign language in a medical student's education. The minority group. . .believes that the study of a foreign language is the key to the understanding of a foreign culture, and that if medicine is to make any pretense of being a learned profession we ought to expect its practition- ers to have some understanding of at least one culture other than their own. The majority view seems to be that a foreign language studied solely to meet a requirement is of no benefit to the student; the study of a foreign language is appropriate when it arises out of a wish by the student to master the subject." Wilbur J. Cohen, Dean, School of Education: "It would seem desirable, particularly with the broader needs of the high school students in mind, to maintain a close link with the living present of the native speakers of the language being learned.

Many young people are eager to experience foreign living. . ./yet/ there is a disparity between this interest and the lack of parallel interest in language skills and culture. We might profitably study this imbalance and perhaps refine our curriculum approaches in consequence. (Striking statistics in Time , March 12, 1973, report that in 1971 a million Americans were living in Europe and 2 million move traveled in ) Europe .

Robert C. Metcalf, Chairman, Dept . of Architecture: "We no longer require foreign language in the two years of liberal arts and science prerequisite for admission to the professional program in architecture. We do recommend foreign language as an elective of value for the discipline imposed by its study." D.V. Ragone, Dean, College of Engineering: "American businessmen and engineers are more frequently involved in dealings in foreign countries... I personally do not believe it is essential to know a foreign language to do this, because most of the people with whom we deal speak English. But, an appreciation of foreign culture gained through the study of foreign language is certainly important." Rebecca A. Vaughan, Assoc. Dean for Special Services & Admissions, and Phillip A. Fellin, Dean, School of Social Work: "...knowledge of a foreign language has val- idity for Social Workers in at least two areas. The School of Social Work makes a special effort to enrich its program by providing for racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity in its student body, faculty, staff, and in the curriculum... Secondly, Social Work is an international profession. Students from abroad study in our School ) " V

-2- Some of our American students seek and take jobs in other countries." S.B. Preston, Assoc. Dean, School of Natural Resources: "Ever increasing numbers of people with a background in Natural Resources are becoming involved directly or indirectly with international activities. Because of this and the feeling that some knowledge of an additional language is an important component of a higher education, many of our faculty strongly urge undergraduates who have not previously developed some competence in a second language to elect a foreign language as a part of the distribution of requirements in the humanities." Russell E. Bidlack, Dean, School of Library Science: "The same background in foreign languages is not required for all types of library positions and we try to point out to students that certain careers, such as those in reference work and technical services in academic libraries, will be closed to them if they do not have a reading knowledge of at least two foreign languages." Mrs. Norma E. Marshall, Acting Dean, School of Nursing: "Although the study of a foreign language is not essential in the preparation of a professional nurse, it extends the parameter of her general education. Proficiency in a second language is of definite advantage to students working with multi-ethnic communities and in caring for patients representative of other cultures." James B. Ardis, Director of Admissions, School of Business Administration: "...foreign language study is recognized as a major component in the liberal studies portion of our professional degree curriculum." Myron E. Wegman, M.D. Dean, School of Public Health: "' Disease recognizes no international boundaries' is... as true today as ever.. . Those who engage in any field of public health have a special reason therefore, to appreciate the_importance of understanding another language besides their own native tongue... /The/ study of one or more foreign languages has great importance as part of the general educational background of the student in public health. Allen P. Britton, Dean, School of Music: "Because of the international nature of music, foreign languages are essential to its study. All musicians are the better for having knowledge of foreign languages. Specifically, voice majors are required to know French, German, and Italian. Musicologists must show command of Latin, Frenchj_ and German."

/These statements were taken from the Univ. of Mich. Foreign Language Courier , no. 47, May 1973V PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST Look for the Latin Word is a creative game book on Latin derivatives, which should be of interest to teachers of Latin and Romance languages. Copies are $1.50 each from Dr. I. Ezra Staples, Assoc. Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction, School Dis- trict of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19103. (Make checks payable to the School District of Philadelphia.

. Realia , the Gessler Publishing Co ' s catalog of teaching aids in French, German, and Spanish, is available free from the company at 131 E. 23rd St. , New York,NY 10010. The National Textbook Co. recently published its 1974 catalog for foreign languages. It includes such materials as textbooks, readers, duplicating masters, tapes, records, and other resources in Spanish, French, German, and Bilingual Educa- tion. For a free write the company at Box R, 8259 Niles Center Rd , copy, . Skokie, IL 60076.

AN INTERESTING STATISTIC TO PONDER According to Svein 0ksenholt of Eastern Mont, College, 45 students in Billings, Mont. place successfully on the preliminary examination of the National Merit Scholarship tests last fall, and 20 of these passed the semi-finals. All of these 45 students save one had studied a foreign language. "There seems therefore to be a correlation between the study of a foreign language in general and academic^ success in particular," wrote Mr. 0ksenholt, who also asked, "Might we presume /on a national level/ that over 95% of all of these talented National Merit Scholarship high school students are also students of foreign languages?" /The above information was taken from a letter by Mr. 0ksenholt published_in the

Mont. Assoc, of Language Teachers Bulletin , vol. 28, no. 2, Dec. -Jan. 1973-74 FLB DEDICATION This issue went to press a week before the Foreign Languages Building Dedication on Apr. 4-6. In order to present a more complete coverage of this event, we will publish a report of the dedication in the Oct. 1974 issue. "

-3- THE CLASSICS NOTES — by Prof. R.T. Scanlan SUMMER PROGRAMS The summer program this year for the Dept. of the Classics is varied but by necessity limited. We hope, beginning in the summer of 1975, to offer more courses directly helpful to Latin teachers. Our program this summer includes 2 Classical Civilization courses, one in mythology and the other in Roman Civilization, 2 literature classes, one in Pl3to's Phaedo and the other in Petronius ' Satyricon , and independent reading courses in both Latin and Greek. Dates for the sumtier session are June 12-Aug. 2. Teachers and students are also reminded that the 9th Annual High School Latin Conference will be held the week of June 23-29 on the UIUC campus. The program is open to students who will have completed 2 years of Latin study by this June. For further information write to Prof. R.T. Scanlan, Classics, 4072 FLB, UIUC, Urbana, IL 61801. Teachers should also note that our neighboring institution, Ind. Univ., will sponsor a special workshop on "New Directions in Latin Teaching: Language & Culture" to be held on the Bloomington campus June 24-July 19. The workshop is designed to address itself to some of the problems of Latin education today. Interested Latin teachers should write the Dept. of Classical Studies, Ballentine 457, Ind. Univ., Bloomington, IN 47401. PUBLICATIONS Prof. Emeritus Alexander Turyn published an article "Demetrius Triclinus and the Pla- nudean Anthology" in Epeteris Hetaireias Byzantino n Spoudon , vol. 39-40, in honor of N.B. Tomadakes (Athens, 1972-73), pp. 403-50. Prof. M. Marcovich has recently published 3 articles: "Problemas Heracliteos" in Emerita 41 (Madrid, 1973), 449-73; "The First Foot Dactyl in Aeschylus" in Anti - quite Vivante 22 (1974) 35-38; and "On the Davidiad of Marko Marulic" in Acta Conven - tus Neo-Latini Lovaniensis (Munich, 1973) 371-80. Prof. R.T. Scanlan 's computer programs were described on p. 194 (Jan. 1974) of

Calculi , a bimonthly newsletter of computer developments. INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES Prof. M. Marcovich is on the program of the 6th International Congress of Classical Studies which will be held Sept. 2-7 in Madrid, Spain. He will deliver a paper on . "Hippolytus " He is also on the program of the 3rd International Conference on An- cient Philosophy which will take place Aug. 26-30 in Toledo, Spain. He will give a . paper on "Democritus " Prof. Marcovich has also been invited to read a paper at the 13th Eirene International Congress of Classical Studies which will take place in Du- brovnik, Yugoslavia, Oct. 7-12.

MEETINGS Prof. R.T. Scanlan attended a meeting of the Executive Council of the American Coun- cil on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in New York. The Council planned ACTFL activities for the coming year. Special attention was given to the annual meeting to be held in Denver in Nov. 28-30. He also attended the CAMWS meeting in New Orleans, Apr. 11-13, as a state vice-president, and will attend the Central States FL Confer- ence in Milwaukee, Apr. 18-20, as a delegate of the Liberal Arts College.

LECTURES " Prof. Gerald M. Browne of Harvard Univ. lectured on Mar. 1 on Sortes Astrampsychi . Prof. Reinhold Merkelbach of the Univ. of Cologne lectured on Apr. 4 on "Greek Lexi- cography on the Papyri." Prof. Mark Naoumides will lecture on Apr. 19 on "The Tradi- tion of a Byzantine Lexicon." Lecturers scheduled for May are Prof. Georg Luck of the Johns Hopkins Univ. and Prof. Elizabeth R. Gebhard of the Chicago Circle Classics Dept. Prof. M. Marcovich will lecture on Apr. 22 at the Univ. of N.C. at Chapel Hill and on Apr. 25 at UICC. Prof. R.T. Scanlan will take part in a conference at Pa. State Univ. in Apr.

RECORD ENROLLMENTS The department this spring semester has achieved an all-time record enrollment figure of 1667. This total is distributed as follows: Classical Civilization 1213, Latin 330, Greek 94, Classical Anthology 19, Hebrew 11. -4- SUMMER READING The summer months will soon be upon us. Perhaps you'll have a little extra time for reading. If so, here are a few suggestions. If you haven't yet had to list behavioral objectives for your classes, you are certain to have to do so in the near fut- ute. A good book to initiate you (painlessly) into the mysteries is Preparing In - structional Objectives by Robert F. Mager, Fearon Publishers, Palo Alto, CaL Two sensible books on education which relate classical thoughts on pedagogy to the modern scene and make us more aware of the tradition in our trade are Exemplars of Teaching - Method (Harry S. Broudy & John R. Palmer, published by Rand McNally & Co. ) and Philo sophers on Education (Robert S. Brumbaught & Nathaniel M. Lawrence, published by Houghton Mifflin Co.). Finally, for leisure reading, you might consider the novels of Mary Renault. You have a real treat in store if you have yet to read any of these fascinating books. We especially recommend The King Must Die and The Bull from the Sea (2 novels based on the Theseus myth), The Mask of Apollo (which portrays the life of an actor in ancient Greece), and The Last of the Wine (which describes life in Athens about the time of the death of Socrates). HAVE A VERY PLEASANT AND RESTFUL SUMMER.'

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NOTES — by Prof. Barbara Smalley

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: A DEFINITION "Comparative literature is the study of literature beyond the confines of one particular country, and the study of the relationships between literature on the one hand and other areas of knowledge and belief, such as the arts (e.g., painting, sculpture, architecture, music), philosophy, history, the social sciences (e.g., politics, economics, sociology), the sciences, religion, etc., on the other. In brief, it is the comparison of one literature with another or others, and the comparison of literature with other spheres of human expression." -- Henry H.H. Remak, "Comparative Literature

--Its Definition and Function," in Comparative Literature : Method and Perspectives (Southern 111. Univ. Press, 1961).

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE STUDIES

As of 1974, the journal Comparative Literature Studies , supported by the Program in Comparative Literature and the School of Humanities, will have a local editorial board (at present Profs. A. Owen Aldridge, Francois Jost, Herbert Knust, and Rocco Montano) and an International Advisory Board consisting of Rene Etiemble, professor at the Sorbonne , Paris; Walter Htillerer, professor at the Technical Univ. (Berlin) and UIUC; Shunsuke Kamei professor the Univ. of Tokyo; Eva Kushner, professor at , at Carlton Univ., Ottawa, and president of the Canadian Comparative Literature Assoc.; Estuardo Nunez, professor at the Univ. of San Marcos, Lima, Peru; and Robert Shackle- ton, chief Librarian at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England. Mr. Shackleton is the former president of the International Comparative Literature Association. Comparative Literature Studies is one of the 2 official journals of the Americar Comparative Literature Assoc"! (In addition, there is the Yearbook for Comparative

&_ General Literature . ) The next issue of CLS (spring 1974) is a special 10th Anni- versary Issue containing the following contributions: Prof. Rene Etiemble, "Sur une bibliographie du haiku dans les langues europeennes " ; Prof. Wai-lim Yip, "Toward a Convergence: Chinese Poetics and Western World View"; Prof. Shlomo Elbaz, "Traduc- tion litterale ou litteraire"; Prof. Clayton Koelb, "'Tragedy' as an Evaluative Term"; Prof. Hans-George Ruprecht, "Aspects du baudelairisme mexicain." Another enlarged issue of CLS is being planned for later in 1974. This issue will include the George Miller Lecture Series on "Media and Society: Montage, Satire, and Cultisn between the Wars." The lectures in this series were delivered in the Krannert Art Museum in the fall of 1973.

PUBLICATIONS Prof. Herbert Knust has published a book Materialien zu Bertolt Brechts "Schweyk im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Frankfurt: Edition Suhrkamp, 1974), a critical edition of hithertc unpublished versions, fragments, letters, and diary entries concerning the dramatization and stage history (especially Brecht's) of Jaroslav Hasek's novel Adventures of the Good Soldier Schwejk . Prof. Knust has been appointed an associate to the Center for Advanced Studies for spring 19 75. He plans to complete a book on the playwright Bertolt Brecht. :

-5- MEETINGS The 5th Triennial Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Assoc, was held in Los Angeles Apr. 4-6. Prof. Francois Jost represented the UIUC and chaired the Apr. 6 meetings dealing with the reports of the ACLA Committees on the Job Market, Gradu- ate and Undergraduate Curricula, and Translation. In addition to business meetings, the following 5 symposia were held: "What is a Comparative Literature Dissertation?" "Symbolism and International Literary History"; "The Comparative Method: Sociology and Literature"; "The Baroque"; and "Narrative Form in Film and Literature." GRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITIES Ashton L. Townsley has published "Die Prasentationsszene in der St . -Martinskirche in Zillis: Anzeichen eines moglichen vorikonoklastischen Einflusses" in Zeitschrif t f tlr

Schweizerische Archaologie und Kunstqeschichte , Bd . 30 N. 3 (1973), and "Individua- tion?: John of Naples' Purification of the Thomistic Notion" in Salesianum Anno XXXV N. 4 (1973), 621-33. Alison Weber has published a review of Literature as System:

E s s ay s toward the Theory of Literary History by CI audio Guillen , in Comparative Lite- rature Studies, Vol. X, No. 4 (Dec. 1973), 392-93. Danielle Cousin Johnson will teach French for foreign students (Cours d' Introdu- ction aux Etudes Universitaires ) at the Univ. of Fribourg from July 17-Oct. 9. Ursula Howard passed her thesis defense on Thursday, Mar. 28. Her dissertation topic (under the direction of Prof. Francois Jost) was "A Comparative Study between " the Poetry of Emily Dickinson and Annette von Droste-Htilshof f .

PROGRAM EVALUATION Our efforts to have the Program in Comparative Literature evaluated finally met with success. Prof. John H. Fisher, president of the Modern Language Assoc, of America, is one of the evaluators; another is Rene Wellek, Sterling Professor of Comparative Literature, Yale Univ. (presently Visiting Prof, at Ind. Univ.).

FRENCH NOTES — by Prof. Edwin Jahiel

FILMS FOR FRENCH: A TEACHER'S GUIDE

There remains a limited supply of Films for French A Teacher ' s Guide , an evaluative review of some 100 currently available educational films. If you do not yet have a copy and would like one, send your request along with $0.20 in stamps to the editor of the Guide , Prof. Sandra Savignon, 2090 FLB, UIUC, Urbana, IL 61801.

ILLINOIS YEAR ABROAD PROGRAM IN FRANCE The 111. Year Abroad Program in France reports unusual success this year. Participa- tion in the program has been opened for the first time to graduate students. Since the program's move to Paris for 1973-74 and hereafter, interest in the program has increased remarkably. As many as 50 students may be going to France with the program this year.

Prof. Herbert DeLey , program chairman, recently returned from a visit to the program's operation in Paris as well as a side trip to Dakar, where he worked to negotiate a Graduate Student Exchange Program with the Universite de Dakar.

AATF DOWNSTATE CHAPTER MEETING The annual spring meeting of the Downstate Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French will be held Apr. 26-27 at the Champaign Hilton, 302 E. John St., Champaign, 111. The program chairperson, Mrs. Penny Pucelik, vice-president of the chapter, has organized a particularly enticing program. Ms. Judy Kappetto, a teacher at Lake Park High School, Roselle, 111., will speak on individualized instruction. Mrs. Diane Jotterand, noted hostess of Swiss television programs, including one for children like our own "Capt. Kangaroo," will speak on her experience as a TV hostess and producer. The program will begin at 9 am Saturday and last until noon. (It will also include a brief business meeting at which chapter officers for 1974-76 will be elected.) Those needing room reservations for Friday night, Apr. 26, should contact the Champaign Hilton reservation desk (217-384-2100). For further details on the program and speakers, please contact Mrs. Pucelik at the Dept. of Foreign Languages,

Bradley Univ. , Peoria, IL 61606.

PROF. KOLB TO PUBLISH ON PROUST Prof. Philip Kolb has received word that the Editions Gallimard have obtained Mme

Mante-Proust ' s authorization to publish his study Agenda 1 : la Genese du Temps "

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Perdu . In it he traces the steps in the creation of Proust's novel through the early stages of its composition.

The basis of this study is a near indecipherable notebook ( Agenda 1_) for which Prof. Kolb provides a chronology, a facsimile of the notebook with his transcription on opposite pages, and more than 500 annotations tracking down references to Proust's own works, quotations from other authors, and otherwise elucidating the text of the notebook. He thus resolves the difficult problem of the essay on Sainte-Beuve , and other enigmas related to A l_a recherche du temps perdu . The long-awaited volume represents the results of some 10 years' work. It will undoubtedly constitute another landmark in Proust studies.

SUMMER PROGRAM AT CARLETON Carleton College (Northfield, MN 55057), which is one of the best and most prestigi- S ous liberal arts colleges in the country, announces a Summer Institute for econ cj ary School Teachers of French, July 13-Aug. 3. For information please contact M. Michel Monnot, Director, at Carleton.

DEPARTMENTAL NOTES Prof. Sandra Savignon was invited to present a paper at the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Milwaukee, Wis., Apr. 20. Her paper, 'Talking With My Son: An Example of Communicative Competence," will be published in the Con - ference Proceedings (Skokie, 111.; National Textbook Co.). On Feb. 7, Mrs. Savignon gave a Ottawa, Ont , Canada, the invitation of the Ont. talk in . at Psychological Assoc. Her subject was "Communicative Contexts for Second Language Learners." The following students were selected as "assistants d 'anglais" for 1974-75 for positions in France: Joyce Davenport, Lindell McKie, Cheryl Shapiro, Tinh Minh Ha, Judy Watkins, and Lynn Waverly. Prof. Wilga Rivers lectured to the AATF in Austin, Texas, on Mar. 16, then left for Cairo, Egypt. From Mar. 20-27 she gave a series of lectures in Cairo and Beirut --by invitation, of course. Visiting Prof. Franck Jotterand presented a 2-part program on Swiss cinema on Apr. 8-9. The first part consisted of the film by Alain Tanner, Charles mort ou vif (1969) and selected Swiss shorts, with an introduction and a discussion led by Prof. Jotterand. Part two included some more shorts and a lecture, "Le cinema Suisse." The annual initiation ceremony and banquet of Pi Delta Phi took place in Urbana on Apr. 16. Prof. Edwin Jahiel is the guest of Unif ranee Films, via the French Embassy, for the French Short Film Fair (screenings and discussions) in New York City during Apr. 22-25. Prof. Barbara Bowen attended the Central Renaissance Conference in Columbia, Ma, Mar. 28-30, and chaired a session on French Renaissance literature. Prof. Bowen has been invited to attend a colloquium on "Le comique verbal a la Renaissance" at the Univ. of Warsaw in Apr. 1975. She will give a paper on "Les Andouilles de Rabelais." Two former UIUC colleagues, Prof. Paul Barette (Univ. of Tenn.) and Prof. Roy Jay Nelson (Univ. of Mich.) were expected to be the guests of the department at the FLB Dedication ceremonies and symposium. M. Paul Coustal, Deputy Consul General (Chicago) represented the French government.

GERMANIC NOTES — by Prof. Karl-Heinz Schoeps FACULTY PUBLICATIONS Prof. James Marchand published an article on "Der Engel Cherubin" in the Mar. 1974 issue of Germanic Notes . Prof. Vincent Dell'Orto's article "The Essay of Carl Julius Weber" appeared in German Quarterly, Mar. 1974. In addition, Prof. Dell'Orto and his wife Mrs. Kathlene Dell'Orto have coauthored an article "Jantzenism in Its Relation to Weavers and Frogs: A Socio-Zoological Study in Baltic Mores. Prof. Richard Figge coauthored with Prof. Htillerer an article in the Jan. issue of Comparative Literature Studies entitled "Prospects for Literature in Future So- ciety. " Prof. Herbert Knust's recent publications are listed in the section of Compara- tive Literature Notes, and he recently published an article on Brecht in Stucke. Ms. Virginia Coombs' article "Beowulf Negative Indefinites: The Klima Hypothe _ sis Tested" will appear in Orbis XXIV in 1975. " " —

-7- Prof. Karl-Heinz Schoeps has published an article on "Bertolt Brecht and Ber- nard Shaw" in Brecht Heute/Brecht Today , Yearbook of the International Brecht Soci- - ety, 1973, and a book review of Werner Brettschneider , Zwischen literarischer Autono mic und Staatsdienst: Die Literatur der DDR in JEGP , Oct. 1973. Prof. U. Henry Gerlach is the author of "Hebbel, Hippel, Happel--Ablautgesetze bei deutschen Dichtern: Versuch einer Syntheses von Literaturwissenshcaf t und Lin- guistik, Prof. P.M. Mitchell became editor of the new JEGP (Journal for the Elimination of Gottsched Problems). FACULTY PAPERS Prof. Iremengard Rauch presented a paper "Predictive Phonology: New High German Syl- lable—Final Stops" at the International Linguistic Assoc, in New York on Mar. 9.

Conference on 20th-century Literature in Louisville, Ky , Feb. At the 2nd Annual . 28-Mar. 2, Prof. Rainer Sell chaired the comparative literature section 1, and read a paper "Sexuality and Revolution: Peter Weiss' Marat/Sade and Harold Pinter's Homecoming . At the Central Renaissance Conference Prof. James Marchand and Dr. Karl Fink spoke about "On Defining the Renaissance: A Humanistic Approach" and Prof. H.G. Haile spoke about "Martin Luther and the Culmination of the Renaissance in Germany." On Mar. 13 Prof. Karl-Heinz Schoeps talked to the UI German Club about "DDR The Other Germany."

At the forthcoming Ky . Foreign Language Conference on the campus of the Univ. of Ky. in Lexington, Apr. 25-27, several members of our department will present papers: Prof. James Marchand on "The Laryngeals in Deep Structure," Prof. H.G. Haile on "An den christlichen Adel deutscher Nation: A Literary Analysis," and Ms. Virginia Coombs on "Sub-Surface Negation." Prof. Richard Figge will give a paper on "Technique and Symbolism in the German Film" at Chicago Circle, May 3. At the spring meeting of the Southern 111. Chapter of the AATG in Charleston

( Eastern 111. Univ.), May 3-4, Ms. Virginia Coombs will speak about "Formation of the Subjunctive." Further speakers from our department will be Profs. U. Henry Ger- lach, Vincent Dell'Orto, and Philip Grundlehner, and Ms. Donna Zych.

EVENTS The American Association of Teachers of German, Southern 111. Chapter, will hold its annual spring meeting Friday and Saturday, May 3-4, at Eastern 111. Univ. in Charles- ton. The Friday evening program consists of a "Gemeinsames Abendessen," a panel/ group discussion on "Culture as Part of the Language or Literature Lesson," and a

German color movie entitled Das Glas Wasser . Saturday's schedule includes a business meeting, a workshop on "Variety in the Classroom," and the luncheon, complete with an address on a literary theme and the recognition of outstanding students from the AATG National Testing and Awards Program. Overnight accommodations at $4.20 for a shared room are available in a dormitory. Please inquire about details from the Chapter president. Prof. U. Henry Gerlach, 3072 FLB, German Dept., UIUC, Urbana, IL 61801, tel. 217-333-6330. On Mar. 6 at the Deutsches Seminar Dr. Karl Fink led a discussion on "Genetic and Generic Distinctions in Comparative Studies: A Concern for Literary Relation- ships." Prof. H.G. Haile discussed "Five Social Constants Affecting German Litera- ture, 1500-1800" at the Apr. 2 meeting.

EXAMINATIONS PASSED Three candidates have successfully defended their dissertations recently: Karl Jul- ius Fink, Richard Arthur Lippman, and Peter Karl Pabisch. Congratulations;; The following students passed their MA examinations: Rebecca Dvorak, Russell Snyder, Pricilla Drake Snyder, and Gerald Driskell. Congratulations;.'

JOB PLACEMENT We are happy to report that Mr. Jim Rendel has found a position as teacher of German and English at the brand-new Westmont High School, Westmont, 111.

SLAVIC NOTES -- by Prof. Louis Iribarne

EVENTS A varmarka -like atmosphere prevailed in the department recently (Mar. 28-29) as Rus- sian books, records, and posters were sold and auctioned in 3114 FLB. The sale-auc- tion was arranged by the Russian Language Specialties (P.O. Box 711, Pullman, MI 49450) and succeeded in drawing a number of the more affluent as well as a handful of the idly curious. New and old books were featured as well as publications by both Soviet and emigre houses (Fink, Possev, Bradda, etc.). Although Russian Language Specialties will continue to honor mail orders as before, it was announced that no more invitations will be accepted for visits to other campuses. The Russian Club sponsored an on-campus showing of the Sidney Lumet film version of Anton Chekhov's Seagull , Mar. 30, starring Vanessa Redgrave, James Mason, David Warren, and Simone Signoret. Tentatively planned was a visit to the UIUC campus by the famous young Polish film director Krzysztof Zanussi on Tuesday-Thursday, Apr. 9-11, accompanied by a showing of some of his prize-winning new feature films, e.g. Illuminations , Behind the Wall . These and other films by Zanussi have won him acclaim in the last couple of years at the Chicago Film Festival and elsewhere. Other films scheduled to be shown during Apr. and May included The Fixer (1969), a British-Hungarian film bssed on the famous Malamud novel of the celebrated anti- Semitism case in Tsarist Russian (Apr. 9); Ninotchka (US, 1939), starring Greta Garbo and directed by Ernst Lubitsch (Apr. 17) ; One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (UK-Finland, 1970), based on the celebrated Solzhenitsyn novel (Apr. 26-28); and The Twelve Chairs (US-Yugoslavia, 1972), inspired by the comic picaresque novel by Soviet authors Ilf and Petrov. Appearing as a guest lecturer in the Slavic Forum (Mar. 13) was Prof. Natalya Reber who spoke on the Soviet dissident movement. A professor of Russian language and literature at the Univ. of Munich, Prof. Reber was recently on a lecture tour of the USA and Canada. She very graciously left behind a tape and transcript of a telephone interview which she conducted with the Soviet dissident writer Vladimir Maximov. Prof. Robert Ruck, director of Radio Free Liberty, spoke on the role of radio broadcasting in an era of detente.

NEWS OF THE FACULTY Profound condolences to former Slavic Notes co-editor Prof. Elliot Cohen who recently inaugurated a semester's leave by breaking a leg somewhere in the Canadian tundra. The department welcomes back Prof. Kurt Klein from a brief leave of absence. Works by the Slavic faculty were among those displayed in connection with the dedication of the Foreign Languages Building.

Prof. Temira Pachmuss ' book, Between Paris and St. Petersburg : Selected Diaries of Zinaida Hippius , is scheduled to be published by the UI Press in spring 19 75. Prof. Pachmuss is also just returned from a lecture tour that included a talk at

Emory Univ. (Atlanta, Ga. ) on Dostoevsky's influence on contemporary world literature and a seminar on Nabokov and lecture on "Dostoevsky: The Technique of the Dream Lo- gic" at the Univ. of Ky . (Lexington, Ky . ) . This summer she will read a paper at the 2nd Dostoevsky International Congress in St. Wolfgang, Austria; the title of her paper is "Dostoevsky, D.H. Lawrence, and Carson McCullers." Prof. Louis Iribarne was recently promoted to assistant professor. His doctoral dissertation, a 2-volume translation-cum-commentary of Witkiewicz's novel Insatiabil - ity , was completed at the Univ. of Calif, in Berkeley. Prof. Iribarne was also appointed by the UIUC Graduate College as a Summer Faculty Fellow for the summer 1974. DLYA POL'ZY SOLZHENITSYNA In addition to the showing of the Solzhenitsyn film recently and a special 199 course on Solzhenitsyn projected for fall 1974, the campus FM radio station WILL is planning a special 3-4 hour program on the man and his work. Members of the Slavic literature faculty (Profs. Evelyn Bristol, Kenneth Brostrom, Louis Iribarne, and Temira Pachmuss) will participate in the program which will feature a BBC dramatization of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich , a Paul Scofield reading of Solzhenitsyn ' s Nobel Prize speech, and a survey-lecture on the Soviet dissident movement. Scheduled to be broadcast the first Saturday in May, the program will begin at 1 pm and should be received within a 100-mile radius of the Urbana campus.

NEWS FROM THE MARKETPLACE Congratulations to Vasily Kostun who was recently appointed as a Russian language instructor in the US astronaut program in Houston, Texas. Congratulations also to Gary Davis on his recent appointment to the faculty of Bates College (Lewiston, Me.) where he will be teaching Russian language and litera- .

-9- ture in translation beginning fall 1974. No. 8 of Russian Literature Tri-Quarterly (Ann Arbor, Mich.) will carry Mr. Davis' translations of _3 stories by the influential Russian moderni_st Alexei Remizov ( "The_Holocaust" /Pozhar/, "The Court Jeweller" /Pri- dvoryj yuvelir/, and "A White Heart" /Beloye serdtse/).

The Slavic Dept . is also currently represented in the Soviet Union by former students Ben Fairfax and Paul Smith in the USIS and present student Maurice Cook in the CIEE Semester Program.

THE RUSSIAN CLUB In addition to sponsoring a student production of Erdman's Suicide (Apr. 27), the Rus- sian Club is also actively soliciting student interest on the prospect of living in a Russian Club either during the summer term of 1974, or during the 1974-75 academic year. Those interested should contact Birute Lanys , 3092 FLB, 333-0497, 367-4761. SUMMER ACTIVITIES The 111. Summer Research Laboratory in Slavic & East European Studies is now in its second year of operations and response continues to be energetic. Sponsored by the Russian & East European Center, the program is designed to attract scholars of all disciplines and to alert specialists to the university's bountiful library resources.

SPANISH, ITALIAN, & PORTUGUESE NOTES — by Maxwell Reed Mowry , Jr.

1974 SUMMER SESSION The department will offer a variety of courses during the 1974 Summer Session, June 10-Aug. 2. Spanish courses for undergraduates include Spanish 101, 102, 103, 123, 124, 200, 209, 211, 233, and 242. Courses for graduates and advanced undergraduates are 305 (Romanticism/Realism), 310 (Contemporary Spanish American Literature), 314 (Poetry/Drama Golden Age), 351 (Phonetics), 352 (Syntax) and 382 (Language Laboratory Techniques). Courses for graduate students include 405 (Bibliography), 427 (20th- century Spanish Literature--Theory & Practice in Contemporary Spanish Fiction), 429 (Golden Age--Plays of Calderon), 430 (20th-century Spanish American Literature--La narrativa: realismo magico y realismo social), and 471 (Applied Linguistics & Teach- ing College Soanish). Graduate students in Portuguese can take Portuguese 407 (Bra- zilian Literature--0 indianismo na literatura brasileira).

JOSEPH HEATLY DULLES ALLEN This department will lose one of its most distinguished teachers and scholars at the end of the coming Summer Session with the retirement of Prof. Joseph Heatly Dulles Allen. Prof. Allen, born in Enfield, Pa., studied Romance Philology and holds an AB from Harvard (1933), MA from the Univ. of Pa. (1936), and the Ph.D. also from the Univ. of Pa. (1940). He was an assistant instructor of French at the Univ. of Pa. in 1937-38, and an instructor at the UI in 1939-43, and an instructor of French and Span- ish at the US Naval Academy in 1943-46. He returned to this campus in 1946 as assistant professor of Spanish and Portuguese. He was promoted to associate professor in 1953, and to full professor in 1955. Prof. Allen is a lieutenant in the US Naval Re- serves, and is a member of the Modern Language Association, the Linguistics Society of America, and the American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese. His - publications include Portuguese Word Formation with Suffixes , Two Old Portuguese Ver - sions of the Life of Saint Alexis , Tables of Transitional Freguencies of English Pho nemes (co-author), and "Tense/lax in Castilian Spanish" fWord , 1964) In an age of increasing scholarly specialization, Prof. Allen has stood out as a master of many academic areas. His scholarship includes competence in Spanish, Port- uguese, French, linguistics, and medieval literature. For years he mesmerized students in his bibliography course with his profound and extensive knowledge of bibliographic sources and materials. His work on departmental and university committees has made him one of the most well-known faculty members in the Champaign-Urbana area. Prof. Allen will continue to live in Champaign, where his wife, Dr. Louise Hatch Allen, is Chairman of the Division of Communications at Parkland Community College. The best wishes of Prof. Allen's friends, colleagues, and students will accompany him on his retirement in Aug., with the hopes, however, that this retirement will not make him a stranger either to this university or our department.

WHY STUDY PORTUGUESE? Portuguese, ranking in 4th place among the world's tongues, is spoken in Europe, Africa, Asia, and by more than half the people in South America. Portucruese is orow- -10- ing in importance as a language of commerce and diplomacy. There has been a rapid increase in recent years of immigration from Portugal. This has been recognized by the US and in June, 19 72, the 2nd session of the 9 2nd Congress of the US amended the Education Code to recognize Portuguese as a "minority group. " There is a great need for the knowledge of Portuguese in the field of education, government positions as interpreters or translators, social work and public health, as well as in business and industry. /This paragraph was taken from "A Language of the Future: Portuguese" appearing in the Mar. 19 74 issue of the Northern Cal . Foreign Language Newsletter published by the Foreign Language Assoc, of Northern Cal. The article goes on to describe plans by the Cal. State Dept. of Education to set up bilingual programs in areas with la_rge concentrations of Portuguese-speaking students with minimal abilities in English^/

PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST The Spanish Tourist Information Office for US Schools supplies data on materials available for classroom usage, such as posters, brochures, slides, and films. Span- ish teachers wishing to be added to the mailing list should send their names and addresses to the above office at Box 1920, Salt Lake City, UT 84110.

Images of Costa Rica , published as a supplement of the Aug. /Sept. 1973 issue of

Americas , is available in either English or Spanish from the Organization of American States, Sales & Circulation, 19th & Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20006, for $0.25 per copy. (For other publications in this series, please see p. 11 of the Dec. 1973 Newsletter. A complete catalog of OAS publications is also available.)

FACULTY -STAFF NOTES

Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello , head of this department, participated in a panel discussion in Bilingual-Bicultural Education at the Ohio Modern Language Teachers Assoc, annual meeting in Columbus on Mar. 28-29. Prof. Spurgeon W. Baldwin plans to participate at the 27th annual Ky. Foreign Language Conference, Apr. 25-27, at the Univ. of Ky. in Lexington by presenting a paper "Narrative Techniques in Gonzalo de Berceo" at the Medieval Spanish Literature section. In addition, Dr. Sandra M. Cypess, a departmental doctoral alumna now at Point Park College, Pittsburgh, Pa., will be chairwoman of the Portuguese & Brazilian section. Prof. Emeritus Henry R. Kahane addressed a joint meeting of the Linguistics Club and the Medieval Club on "Linguistic Evidence in Historical Research" on Apr. 1. Assoc. Prof. Hugo W. Cowes will be on sabbatical leave during the coming fall semester, and will do research in London and Buenos Aires. Assoc. Prof. Richard Preto-Rodas will participate in the Collum 3rd World Series at the Univ. of Ga. in Augusta Apr. 29-30. The Collum deals with a different 3rd World country each year; this year the country under study is Brazil, and Prof. Preto- Rodas' topic is "Brazilian Literature: A Search for National Identity." Assoc. Prof. Mario Saltarelli and Asst. Prof. Dieter Wanner, accompanied by 7 graduate students from this department, attended the Texas Symposium on Romance Lin- guistics, Univ. of Texas at Austin, Mar. 7-9. Prof. Saltarelli presented a paper "Theoretical Implications in the Development of Accusativus cum Inf initivo Construc- tions" and Prof. Wanner chaired a section on syntax and semantics. A departmental doctoral alumnus, Dr. R. Joe Campbell (now at the Univ. of Texas at San Antonio), chaired a section on Spanish and Portuguese syntax. Prof. Saltarelli also served as moderator of a 7-person panel discussion on "Bi- lingual Studies & Research on Campus" on Mar. 12, sponsored by the Unit for Foreign Language Study & Research. In addition, Prof. Saltarelli is one of 14 UIUC faculty members (and the first from our department) chosen to receive an Undergraduate In- structional Award for the Summer 1974. Prof. Saltarelli 's project will be to develop a course manual for the Spanish 101 PLATO course. (For a description of this course, please see Prof. Saltarelli's article on p. 11 of the Feb. 1974 Newsletter.) Asst. Prof. Andres O. Avellaneda was one of 16 participants at the Conference on Ideology & Literature held Mar. 2-3 at the Univ. of Minn, in Minneapolis. The conference, sponsored by the Univ. of Minn. Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese and the Joint Committee on Latin American Studies, explored ways to integrate sociological aspects into the study of literature. Asst. Prof. Martha Paley de Francescato has a sabbatical leave for the fall semester. Her research projects will take her to Europe, Argentina, and Mexico. Asst. Prof. Dieter Wanner presented a paper "Correlational Paradigms in Swiss German" at the International Linguistics Assoc, meeting in New York Mar. 9-10. " "

-11- DEPARTMENTAL HAPPENINGS Lambda Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Spanish Honorary Society, will initiate 2 3 graduate and undergraduate students at ceremonies in the Illini Union on Thurs- day, Apr. 25, under the direction of Grad. Teaching Assts. Robert Alston Cloward as president and Maxwell Reed Mowry, Jr., as treasurer, and Instructor Earl G. Thompson, Jr., as vice-president. Following the ceremonies, a group of undergraduate students under the direction of Grad. Teaching Asst. Maria del Rosario Ferrer de Cowes plans to present Pedro Salinas' one-act play "Los santos." The general public is invited to attend the play, which will be presented at 8 pm in the Illini Union General Lounge. This department cosponsored a Latino Film Festival with the Center for Latin Am- erican & Caribbean Studies, the Office of Campus Programs & Services, and the Urban Hispanic Student Organization, on Mar. 1-3, at which the following short films were shown: "Yo soy chicano," "I Am Joaquin," "Si se puede," "Requiem 29," "What Really Happened at the East Los Angeles Chicano Riot," "Cuba: Art & Revolution," "Puerto Rico: Pais colonizado," "The World of Piri Thomas," and "Manuel from Puerto Rico."

The Mesa Redonda met on Mar. 14 with Prof. Alberto Porqueras-Mayo , Grad. Fellow Susan Hill Connor, and Grad. Teaching Assts. Sherilyn Hope Freeman and Manuel Puerta introducing a discussion of the topic "El Siglo de Oro y su relevancia. Grad. Teaching Asst. Margo Corona DeLey will give a talk on "Provencal Biograph- ical Tradition and the Razon de amor " at the Medieval Club meeting on Tuesday, Apr. 23

FACULTY -STAFF PUBLICATIONS

Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello , head of this department, is serving in editorial capacities on 5 journals. He has been appointed Associate Editor of Primer Acto , Spain's major scholarly journal on theatre. This journal is an indispensable source of information for students and specialists of the theatre in Spain and Spanish America. (Libraries and individuals may request subscriptions by writing to Sr. Jose Monleon,

Editor, Primer Acto , Calle Sanchez Barcaiztegui 37, Madrid 7, Spain.) Prof. Pasquar- iello has also been appointed Associate Editor of a new journal called Estreno which will have its inaugural issue in late fall 1974. The editor of this new journal will be Dr. Patricia O'Connor of the Univ. of Cincinnati. Estreno , subsidized by the Charles Phelps Taft Memorial Fund, will feature such items as plays in Spanish by established, new, exiled, and underground dramatists that have not previously been available in print; articles and documents on 20th-century Spanish theatre; and news of current events in Spanish theatre, such as openings, closings, censorship changes, etc. (For further information about this journal write Dr. Patricia O'Connor, Edi- tor, Estreno , Dept. of Romance Languages, Univ. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221.) In addition, Prof. Pasquariello is currently on the editorial staffs of 2 other new scholarly journals: Far Western Forum (published in Berkeley, Cal. ) and Journal of

Spanish Studies : 20th Century (published at Kan. State Univ.). He is also Co-Editor of Modern International Drama , which he founded in Sept. 1967. Prof. Spurgeon W. Baldwin has published "Irregular Versification in the Libro de Alexandre and the Possibility of a Cursus in Old Spanish Verse" in Romanische

Forschungen , vol. 85, no. 3 (1973), 298-313. In addition, a review by M. Roy Harris of Prof. Baldwin's edition of El_ Nuevo Testamento segun el manuscrito escurialense I -1-6 desde el Evanqelio de San Marcos hasta el Apocalipsis (co-edited by Thomas

Montgomery) appears in Zeitschrif t fur Romanische Philoloqie , vol. 89, nos. 1-3 (1973), 376-79 Prof. Luis Leal and Asst. Prof. Martha Paley de Francescato represent our department in Revista Iberoamericana , nos. 84-85 ( julio-diciembre 1973), an issue dedicated to the Argentine writer Julio Cortazar. Prof. Leal's article is "Situacion de Julio Cortazar" and Prof. Francescato has contributed both a review of Cortazar 's latest novel Libro de Manuel and an annotated "Bibliograf ia de y sobre Julio Cortazar. The Canadian Modern Language Review has reprinted, from ACTFL, Prof. Leal's article "The Spanish Short Story and Its Potential for the Secondary and College Classroom" vol. 30, no. 2 (Jan. 1974), 152-56. Asst. Prof. Anthony K. Cassell's book, Boccaccio's Corbaccio (first English translation with introduction and notes) has been accepted for publication by the UI Press. Grad. Teaching Asst. Rosendo Diaz-Peterson has had 2 articles accepted for pub- " lication: "Los lectores de San Manuel Bueno , martir in Hispanof ila, and "Los " origenes de San Manuel Bueno , martir in Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos . -12- EVEN MORE ENGLISH LIKE SHE OUGHT TO BE SPOKE From an Athens hotel: Visitors are expected to complain at the office from 9 to 11 am daily. From a Tokyo hotel: Is forbidden to steal towels, please. If you are not a person to do such is please not to read this. From a Swiss menu: Our wines leave you nothing to hope for. From a Leipzig elevator: Do not enter the lift backwards and only when lit up. From a French swimming pool sign: Swimming is forbidden in absence of the Saviour. From a Spanish hotel ad: The provision of a large French widow in every room adds to_ the visitor's comfort.

/From the North Dakota FLAND News , by way of the Univ. of Idaho Foreign Language Dec. 19 Newsletter***************, 73V ***************"The man who knows two languages is worth two men." (Napoleon Bonaparte) FROM THE EDITOR Dear Colleagues & Readers: This issue closes Volume 27 of the University of Illinois Foreign Language News- letter. Our next issue will appear in Oct. 1974. Any items of general interest sent to the Editor before Sept. 15 will be considered for the first issue. If you are moving during the summer, a change-of -address form is provided. Our issues are mailed at a special bulk rate for a non-profit organization, and as such they are not f orwardable . Even if you leave a forwarding notice at your old post office, an issue of the Newsletter sent to an old address will not be forwarded but will be returned to us--with $0.10 postage due.1 A dime here, and ten cents there, and it soon adds up. By sending us your address changes in due time, you save us money and help us to serve you better. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you, both on and off the UIUC campus, who have been helpful in contributing information, articles, and suggestions for the Newsletter. I would like to thank my Co-Editors for their cooperation in putting out the Newsletter, as well as for representing their various departments so well: Profs. H. Michael Dunn and R.T. Scanlan (The Classics), Barbara Smalley (Comparative Literature), Edwin Jahiel (French), Karl-Heinz Schoeps (Germanics), Elliot Cohen and Louis Iribarne (Slavic). My sincerest thanks to the Newsletter Dir- ector (and my boss) Prof. Anthony M. Pasquariello for all his help, as well as the Spanish-Italian-Portuguese office staff (Mesdames Frances Carter, Florence Robb, Marcia Shelton, and Alina Fuentes) for their cooperation. Special thanks go to Prof. Wilga Rivers (French) for providing information for the lead articles in the Oct. and Dec. issues, as well as for calling my attention to the material used in this issue's lead article. The Newsletter has weathered some rough storms since I was last Editor (in 1969- 70), but what has kept us going is the good will of our main public, the foreign language teachers of 111. and other areas. So, in giving thanks where they are due, I nust thank all of you for your heartening and continued support of the Newsletter.

Have a happy summer J _Maxwell Reed Mo wry, Jr^ Editor 1973-74

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