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This course provides an overview of some of the most relevant topics in the syntax of Spanish. The focus will be on the left periphery of the Spanish clause and will include discussion of syntactic issues such as the subject position, topic, focus, wh-movement and inversion. This course is targeted towards advanced M.A./Ph.D. students with some background in syntax. One (ideally two) of the following courses is required before taking this course: LIN5510 “Transformational Grammar”, SPN5805 “Spanish Morphosyntax”, and LIN5932 “The Acquisition of Spanish Syntax”. Area Requirement: Formal Linguistics

LIN 5932-02 Topics in Linguistics

Prof.   M. Leeser
Office: Diffenbaugh 302B
Phone: 644-4938
Email:  @fsu.edu
W 3:30 – 6:00PM BEL 006

This course will provide graduate students with an in-depth examination of predominant research agendas in instructed second language acquisition (SLA) in order to assess the “state of the field”. Specifically, we will examine primary research on the following topics: Processing Instruction, Corrective Feedback, Tasks and L2 Interaction, and Content-Based Instruction. Furthermore, we will explore issues related to research design and methodology to prepare students to carry out their own research projects. Area Requirement: Applied Linguistics

SPN 5900 Acoustic Phonetics of Spanish

Prof.   M. Gonzalez
Office: Diffenbaugh 302B
Phone: 644-4938
Email:  @fsu.edu
MWF 12:20 – 1:10PM DIF 214

Using a hands-on approach, we will examine the acoustic characteristics of sounds found across Spanish dialects and how they compare to English sounds. We will also learn about experimental methods and procedures in acoustic and perceptual phonetics. Additionally, we will practice essential research skills, including the design, performance and reporting of original experiments. Pre-requisite: A good background in phonetics/phonology, or permission from the instructor. Area Requirement: Formal Linguistics

LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES FOW 5025 Epistemologies of the Other: Queer Theory Now and Then

Prof.   E. Alvarez
Office: Diffenbaugh 306
Phone: 644-4938
Email:  @fsu.edu
TR 6:00 – 7:15PM HCB 309

For some practitioners, queer theory is almost synonymous with lesbian and gay theory. Fort others, however, it designates a radical rethinking of the relationship between subjectivity, sexuality and representation which, based on poststructuralist critical tenets, calls into question the fundamental assumptions upon which identity markers like “lesbian” and “gay” are based. In this seminar, we will investigate the development of different perspectives taken by queer theories in order to come to terms with this split theoretical heritage. We will be paying particular attention to the relationship of queer theory with other contemporary critical approaches such as trauma theory, cultural geography and ecocriticism/environmental studies. The main objective of this course is to familiarize graduate students with questions of subjectivity and sexual difference within an important field in literary criticism and cultural studies. Through examining issues that relate sexual difference to history, psychoanalysis, gender studies, cultural geography, and mass media, students will be able to discuss the problems arising from these theoretical paradigms and to develop their own critical perspectives. The course will be taught in English and is open to all graduate students in Modern Languages & Linguistics and graduate students from other interested disciplines.

SPW 5337 Spanish Poetry Thru 1700: Survey of Spanish Golden Age Lyric Poetry

Prof.   K. Howard
Office: Diffenbaugh 304
Phone: 644-8185
Email:  @fsu.edu
M 5:15 – 7:45 DIF 114

In this course, offered exclusively for graduate students, we will study Spanish Petrarquismo as a tradition, in the sense that we will assume that each subsequent author was familiar with all previous authors in the same tradition. In this way we may track the evolution of this movement through the Renaissance and the Baroque, as the poets attempted to "imitate" their predecessors, but with some difference. We will begin with Juan Boscán and Garcilaso de la Vega, who brought Petrarquismo to Spain, and cover the major Spanish Golden Age lyric poets and commentators in roughly chronological order, taking into consideration the material circulation of the texts as much as possible. In the end students not only will be deeply familiar with Spanish Petrarquismo as a whole but also will be able to carry out sophisticated analyses of individual poems.
Area Requirement: Early Iberia

SSPW 5365 Spanish-American Prose (Non-Fiction): Identidad, raza y colonialismo en el ensayo hispanoamericano

Prof.   K. Gomariz
Office: Diffenbaugh 340
Phone:
Email:  @fsu.edu
W 5:15-7:45

El curso ofrece una visión panorámica de la fundación y evolución del ensayo hispanoamericano, así como un examen crítico de las corrientes de pensamiento y debates culturales, principalmente la identidad, la raza y el colonialismo, desde fines de la colonia a la época contemporánea. Comenzaremos con un sucinto estudio del pensamiento ilustrado de fines del siglo XVIII y comienzos del XIX, para trazar la representación del colonialismo y los diferentes proyectos de modernización en los albores de la independencia, antes de pasar a examinar un conjunto de obras mayores de la ensayística moderna y contemporánea. Leeremos textos teóricos de Juan Loveluck. Germán Arciniegas. Roberto Fernández Retamar. José Carlos Chiaramonte. José Luís Romero. Además de otros ensayistas, la selección de lecturas incluirá obras de Simón Bolívar. Andrés Bello. Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. José Martí. Rubén Darío. José Enrique Rodó. José Vasconcelos. Fernando Ortiz. Roberto Fernández Retamar. Area Requirement: May be used for Colonial, Modern, or Contemporary Latin America

SPW 5486 Contemporary Spanish Women Writers

Prof.   B. Cappuccio
Office: Diffenbaugh 333
Phone: 644-
Email:  bcappuccio@fsu.edu
MWF 12:20 – 1:10 DIF 112

This course considers a variety of works by Spanish women writers from the late 19th century to the present. The genres of narrative, poetry, and drama are covered. Sociocultural and historical as well as critical information is incorporated into the class to complement and illuminate our discussions on the literary works. In addition to the required readings for the course, students are responsible (with a partner) for facilitating the discussion of one work and (individually) for a written research paper and presentation of that paper at the end of the semester. Area Requirement: Contemporary Iberia

SPW 6934 Latino Lit Seminar

Prof.   D. Poey
Office: Diffenbaugh 326
Phone: 644-
Email:  @fsu.edu
MW 3:35 - 4:50PM DIF 214

This course will cover Chicano, Puerto Rican, Dominica-Am. and Cuban-Am literatures. It meets the Contemporary Latin American requirement and will be taught bilingually (most of the readings are in English). It is linked with an undergraduate section number. Area Requirement: Contemporary Latin America