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and Baroque. Reading through the lens of gender, works of prose, poetry and theater are examined. Students develop independent research projects that interrogate stereotypes and hegemonic expectations. Elizabeth Rhodes RL 943 Historiography, Memory, and Autobiography in Colonial Spanish American Texts (Spring: 3) Conducted in Spanish An in-depth examination of narrative technique in major chronicles of the Conquest of America. We will explore the ways in which these authors inscribe themselves as narrators as well as their writings in the context the historiographical tradition and humanist norms for historiography. Consideration will also be given to recent thinking on problems of writing history. Special attention will be given to the Historia verdadera by Bernal D az and the Comentarios reales by Garcilaso Inca de la Vega. Theoretical readings by White, de Certeau, Rigney, Cohn, and Lejeune. Sarah Beckjord RL 945 Introduction to Literary Theory (Fall: 3) Conducted in Spanish. Offered Periodically Organized as a seminar, this course will discuss some of the most influential theoretical schools of the last hundred years. From Structuralism, through Deconstruction to Cultural Studies and beyond we will read a selection of essays as if in direct dialogue with each other not so much to create a linear sense of history but to point at the different concerns put forward by each of them. Those readings will include critical works by Latin American critics such as Josefina Ludmer, Carlos Monsivais, Silviano Santiago, N stor Garc a Canclini and George Y dice among others. Ernesto Livon-Grosman RL 961 The Dynamics of Dissent in Contemporary Spanish- American Novels (Fall: 3) Conducted in Spanish. Offered Periodically A study of the ideological formation and stylistic development of major Spanish American novelists of the twentieth-century, with special attention to the Boom and post-Boom periods. Works by such writers as Carpentier, Fuentes, Vargas Llosa, Allende, Garc a M quez, Poniatowska, Mastretta, and Ferr , among others, will be examined in detail. Focus on structure, characterization and use of language will lead to an understanding of the directions that genre has taken in recent decades. Harry L. Rosser RL 971 Exilic Textualities: Narration of the Spanish Exile during the Dictatorship of Franco (Spring: 3) Conducted in Spanish. Offered Periodically Exile will be examined as a literary theme and as a condition of literary production in some of the most representative novels of the Spanish exile during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco (1939-1975). Subthemes will include: the efficacy of language in exilic writing; love and lyric after the exile of the poets; memory and oblivion in the exile narrative; narrative as escape or witness; the possibility of art or the necessity of political engagement. Readings from various theoretical perspectives will supplement and challenge the literary texts of the course. Christopher Wood RL 998 Doctoral Comprehensive (Fall/Spring: 0) For students who have not yet passed the Doctoral comprehensive, but prefer not to assume the status of a non-matriculating student for the one or two semesters used for preparation for the comprehensive. Harry L. Rosser RL 999 Doctoral Continuation (Fall/Spring: 1) All students who have been admitted to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree are required to register and pay for the doctoral continuation during each semester of their candidacy. Doctoral Continuation requires a commitment of at least 20 hours per week working on the dissertation. Harry L. Rosser Slavic and Eastern Languages Faculty Lawrence G. Jones, Professor Emeritus; A.B., Lafayette College; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., Harvard University Maxim D. Shrayer, Professor; Chairperson of the Department; Co- Director, Jewish Studies Program; B.A., Brown University; M.A., Rutgers University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University Cynthia Simmons, Professor; A.B., Indiana University; A.M., Ph.D., Brown University Michael J. Connolly, Associate Professor; A.B., Boston College; Ph.D., Harvard University Margaret Thomas, Associate Professor; B.A. Yale University; M.Ed., Boston University; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University Sin-Chen Lydia Chiang, Assistant Professor; B.A. National Taiwan University; M.A., University of Washington; Ph.D., Stanford University Franck Salameh, Adjunct Assistant Professor; B.A., University of Central Florida; M.A., Boston University; Ph.D., Brandeis University Contacts Administrative Secretary: Demetra Parasirakis, 617-552-3910, demetra.parasirakis@bc.edu Website: http://fmwww.bc.edu/SL/SL.html Undergraduate Program Description The Department administers undergraduate majors in Linguistics, Russian, and Slavic Studies, as well as minors in Linguistics (departmental), Russian (departmental), East European Studies (interdisciplinary), and Asian Studies (interdisciplinary). The Department co-administers the interdisciplinary minor in Jewish Studies. Departmental honors require successful completion of honors requirements. For information, contact the department at http://fmwww.bc.edu/SL/SL.html. The Department maintains listings of related courses from other departments that satisfy various program requirements. Substitutions and exemptions from specific program requirements, as well as the application of courses from other institutions, require express permission from the Chairperson or the Undergraduate Program Director. Students fulfilling the undergraduate Core requirement in Literature should consider Core offerings taught by members of the Department under the title SL 084 (EN 084) Literatures of the World. Major in Linguistics (ten courses) The focus of the Linguistics program does not lie alone in the acquisition of language skills, but rather in learning to analyze linguistic phenomena with a view toward making significant generalizations about the nature of language. 236 The Boston College Catalog 2006-2007 ARTS AND SCIENCES

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