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FRENCH LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION (FRLT)
ITALIAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION (ITLT)
ITALIAN STUDIES (ITST)
SPANISH LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION (SPLT)
LATIN AMERICAN AND CARRIBBEAN STUDIES (LACS)
Email RLL@hofstra.edu if you have any questions, or wish to declare a new minor or major.
Email the professor if you have questions about a particular class Make an appointment with your advisor in the department to decide on what classes you should take.
FREN COURSES ARE TAUGHT IN FRENCH
They can serve to fulfill your language requirement and major or minor requirement. All French majors and minors should consult with a department faculty advisor when selecting courses.
FREN 003: INTERMEDIATE FRENCH 1
Professor Colette M. Sumner (Colette.M.Sumner@hofstra.edu) CRN 90940
Professor Steven Verolla (Steven.M.Verolla@hofstra.edu) CRN 91035
Description: Continued development of the fundamentals of structure, sound system, vocabulary building for effective communication and understanding. Speaking, understanding, reading and writing techniques are further developed.
FREN 107: CONVERSATION SKILLS
Professor Colette Sumner (colette.m.sumner@hofstra.edu) CRN 91195
Professor Steve Verolla (Steven.M.Verolla@hofstra.edu) CRN 91304
Professor Sultana Ehrlich (Sultana.S.Ehrlich@hofstra.edu) CRN 91686 Meeting times TBA
Description: Stresses authentic intonation patterns, oral proficiency and listening comprehension. Students meet once a week for twenty-five minutes with a French-speaking instructor. Syllabi are established between instructor and student in the first week and focus upon areas where student requires more practice and improved competency (grammatical and/or cultural).
FREN 122: (LT,CC) FRANCOPHONE EXP AFRICA
Professor Sabine Loucif (Sabine.Loucif@hofstra.edu) CRN 93536 Meeting TBA
Description: An introduction to Algerian, Moroccan and Tunisian cultures from the colonial era to post-colonialism through an analysis of literature and film.
FRENCH LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION: ALL MATERIALS ARE READ AND DISCUSSED IN ENGLISH
They can serve to fulfill your French major or minor, distribution requirement, and to complete the Alternate Language Option of the Foreign Language Requirement
FRLT 043: (LT, CC) DECOLONIZING THE MIND: CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE FROM AFRICA TO SOUTHEAST ASIA
Professor Sabine Loucif (sabine.loucif@hofstra.edu) MW 4:20-5:45 CRN 90985
Description: Examination of literary voices from Francophone countries including Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia. Topics include decolonization and the African identity, the search for self, the contradictions of life in the colonies and racism. Readings include works by Memmi, Ben Jelloun, Snow-Fall, Senghor. All works are read and discussed in English.
FRLT 046: (LT) SEX, GENDER, AND LOVE IN 20TH- CENTURY FRENCH PROSE
Professor Sabine Loucif (sabine.loucif@hofstra.edu) MW 6:00-7:25 CRN 92407
Description: Selected narrative and experimental texts examined to show the deconstruction and evolution of traditional concepts of sex, gender and love in 20th-century French literature.
Gender reading techniques constitute the principal methodological approach, along with close textual analysis. Readings include works by Andre Gide, Colette, Simone de Beauvoir, Marguerite Duras, Luce Irigaray, Julia Kristeva, Monique Wittig and Jean Genet. All works are read and discussed in English.
FRLT 120: (LT) #ME TOO MOVEMENT
Professor Sabine Loucif (sabine.loucif@hofstra.edu) MW 2:40-4:05 CRN 92718
Description: The course, taught in English, explores narratives centered around the idea of consent in French literature, film and media. It explores the ideological climate that led to the #MeToo movement in France, in the US, and in the world. No knowledge of French is necessary for this distribution course.
ITAL COURSES: ALL MATERIALS ARE READ AND DISCUSSED IN ITALIAN
They can serve to fulfill your language requirement and major or minor requirements. All Italian majors and minors should consult with a department faculty advisor when selecting courses.
FOR ITAL 1-2 See Online Schedule
ITAL 003: INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN I
Professor Riccardo Costa (riccardo.costa@hofstra.edu) MW 11:20-12:45 CRN 90848
Professor Rosetta Urgo (Rosetta.urgo@hofstra.edu) MW TR 1:00-2:25 CRN 90783
Description: Brief structural review followed by emphasis on the expression of opinions, ideas, desires and hypothetical scenarios both in short compositions and small group communicative activities. Reading and analytical skills in the target language are also developed further through the reading and discussion of short cultural passages and authentic materials.
ITAL 102: ADVANCED ITALIAN LANGUAGE
Professor Lori J. Ultsch (lori.j.ultsch@hofstra.edu) CRN 93538 Meeting time TBA
Description: Spoken and written Italian is the basis of classwork and written assignments while reading skills are developed through a variety of strategies and text types: advertisements, music, poetry, short stories, newspaper, and magazine articles. Focus on further vocabulary acquisition and acquisition of grammatical concepts such as the subjunctive and the historic past as they naturally occur in a variety of texts.
ITAL 108: CONVERSATION SKILLS
Professor Lorenza Colletti (lorenza.colletti@hofstra.edu) CRN 91194
Professor Riccardo Costa (riccardo.costa@hofstra.edu) CRN 93539
Description: Stresses authentic intonation patterns, oral proficiency, and listening comprehension. Students meet once a week for 25 minutes with an instructor who is a speaker of standard Italian. Syllabi are established between instructor and student in the first week and focus upon areas where student requires more practice and improved competency (grammatical and/or cultural).
ITALIAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION: ITLT--ALL MATERIALS ARE READ AND DISCUSSED IN ENGLISH
These courses can serve to complete your LT distribution requirement, and to complete the Alternate Language Option.
ITLT 070: (LT) THE GOTHIC IMAGINATION
Professor Gregory Pell (Gregory.m.pell@hofstra.edu) MW 2:40- 4:05 CRN 939
Description: In a departure from the postcard image of sunny Italy, this course explores the country’s darker imagination through literature, film, art, and cultural traditions. From haunted castles and early Gothic fiction to film noir, superstitions, and mysterious legends, we will investigate the social and cultural forces behind Italy’s Gothic and fantastic worlds. Readings and screenings will include the first Gothic novel ever written, short stories and novellas, films, and cultural essays, alongside selected works from the English and American Gothic traditions. By examining literature, film, and other cultural sources, students will discover an Italy far removed from the familiar images of Vespas, pasta, beaches, and romance. *This course is taught in English; all readings will be in English; any Italian films will include English subtitles.
ITALIAN STUDIES-- ITST: ALL MATERIALS ARE READ AND DISCUSSED IN ENGLISH
These courses can serve to complete your major in Italian, your minor in Italian Studies, fulfill your AA or IS distribution requirement, and to complete the Alternate Language Option.
ITST 141E: (AA) INTRODUCTION TO EUROPEAN CINEMA
Professor Simone Castaldi (simone.castaldi@hofstra.edu) TR 4:20-5:45 CRN 93540
Description: An introduction to significant trends of European cinema including works by major directors such as Federico Fellini, Jean-Luc Godard, and Ingmar Bergman. The course analyzes important trends like Surrealism, Neorealism, the French New Wave, and the success of genre cinema in the 1960s and 1970s (Horror, Crime, Western). All texts are in English and all movies are screened with English subtitles.
ITST 142: (IS) The Italian Mafia: Historical Reality and Fictional Representations
Professor Simone Castaldi (simone.castaldi@hofstra.edu) TR 2:40-4:05 CRN 93541
Description: This course examines the wide spectrum of representations of Italian organized crime, from historically oriented works to fictional popularizations. Some of the major narratives dealing with southern organized crime will be presented. At the same time, students will learn about the origins and the development of the Mafia and its economic and political background, with a special focus on the period between the post-war years to the present. This course is taught in English.
SPAN COURSES: ALL MATERIALS ARE READ AND DISCUSSED IN SPANISH.
SPAN courses can serve to fulfill your language requirement and major or minor requirement. Those marked (LT) can fulfill Literature distribution credit. All SPAN courses in this flyer count towards the Spanish major (33 s.h) or minor (18 s.h), and many of them count towards the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program (LACS) major or minor as well. Spanish majors and minors should see an advisor to decide on their courses.
FOR SPAN 1-3 See the online schedule
SPAN 004: GATEWAY TO COMMUNICATION
Professor Manuel Galofaro (manuel.s.galofaro@hofstra.edu) TR 11:20-12:45 CRN 90492
Description: This course is intended for students who have achieved an intermediate level of Spanish (the equivalent of SPAN 003 at Hofstra). The course will help students improve in the three modes of communication: Interpersonal, Interpretive and Presentational. The class emphasizes communication, while at the same time reviewing some of the most challenging aspects of grammar. At the end of the course, students will have increased their ability to communicate in Spanish and will be eligible to take the whole array of advanced-level Spanish courses.
SPAN 005: ADVANCED SPANISH READING
Professor Maria Anastasio (maria.j.anastasio@hofstra.edu) CRN 92410 TR 1:00-2:25
Description: the main goal of this course is to enhance student's Spanish-language skills through reading, discussion and analysis of a range of texts: essays, investigative reports, chronicles, poetry, short novels, films and documentaries from across the Spanish-speaking world. Besides reading, and the acquisition of new vocabulary, the course emphasizes conversation and writing skills. This course, as all courses with the SPAN prefix, is taught in Spanish.
SPAN 106: SPANISH IN THE MEDIA
Professor Alvaro Enrigue (alvaro.enrigue@hofstra.edu) TR 11:20-12:45
Description: This is an intensive non-fiction writing language course based on a communicative approach and is designed to help professionals in communication and the media and preprofessionals preparing to work in these areas, allowing them to develop real-life Spanish language skills they can use in this line of work. The course will be structured as a contentgenerating workshop that will enhance aural, oral, and written communication skills through a focus on multimedia outcomes. It will expose students to multimedia platforms in Spanish and will require student responses in similar formats: written journalism pieces, podcasts, streaming newscasts and documentaries. This course, as all courses with the SPAN prefix, is taught in Spanish.
Professor Benita Sampedro (benita.sampedro@hofstra.edu) CRN 91913
Professor TBA CRN 92720
Meeting Times: TBA (0.5 Semester Hours)
Description: In this course, students practice their conversation skills in Spanish in a relaxed environment where they feel comfortable with the language while improving their fluency. Conversation topics for each session are tailored to individual students’ needs and interests, and
include discussion of current events, films, or readings. Students meet individually with their instructor, once a week for 30 minutes, either in person or via Zoom.
Professor Benita Sampedro (Benita.sampedro@hofstra.edu). CRN 93479 MW 2:40-4:05
Description: In this course, we will engage with reading and visual materials –from poetry to journalism, music albums, and films, and from Ernesto Cardenal to Bad Bunny— to address issues of concern in current Latin America. Those issues include national sovereignty, a vindication of the right to live in one’s own country, touristification, migration, and the defense of the local. We will use both historical and critical and analytical tools to approach them. This course, as all courses with the SPAN prefix, is taught in Spanish.
Miguel-Angel Zapata (Miguel-angel.zapata@hofstra.edu) CRN 93542 MW 4:20-5:45
Description: This course analyzes in-depth the presence of the fantastic genre in certain remarkable short stories by Spanish-American authors from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. These stories denote the presence of unusual events, which can be supernatural or paranormal, recreating different levels of meaning as diverse as dissimilar. Among the authors to study are: Rubén Darío (Nicaragua) Leopoldo Lugones, Jorge Luis Borges (Argentina), César Vallejo (Perú), Horacio Quiroga (Uruguay), Augusto Monterroso (Guatemala), Gabriel García Márquez (Colombia), José Emilio Pacheco (México), among others. This course, as all courses with the SPAN prefix, is taught in Spanish.
Prof. Vicente Lledo-Guillem (Vicente.Lledoguillem@hofstra.edu) CRN 93543 MW 11:2012:45
Description: This course examines representations of death in Spanish literature from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Through the study of both canonical and lesser-known authors, students will explore how literary texts engage with mortality as a philosophical, religious, social, and political theme. Readings may include works by Don Juan Manuel, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Federico García Lorca, and Alejandro Casona, among others.
Particular attention will be given to the historical and cultural contexts in which these works were produced, as well as to the ways in which their treatment of death resonates with contemporary concerns. The course emphasizes close reading, critical analysis, and discussion. Students will develop their ability to interpret literary texts, articulate independent arguments, and situate works within broader intellectual and historical traditions. By focusing on a central thematic thread across periods, the course offers both thematic coherence and a comprehensive understanding of Spanish literary history.
This class is taught in Spanish and fulfills the (LT) requirement.
SPANISH LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION: SPLT--ALL MATERIALS ARE READ AND DISCUSSED IN ENGLISH
They can serve to complete your LT or CC distribution requirement, and to complete the Alternate Language Option requirement at Hofstra.
SPLT 050N: (CC, IS) (CC, IS) MUTANTS AND MONSTERS IN NEW LATIN AMERICAN FICTION
Prof. Alvaro Enrigue (alvaro.enrigue@hofstra.edu) CRN TBA TR 4:20-5:45
Description: A generation of young Latin American authors has created, a readership for what was considered, until very recently, minor genres: narco-westerns, cyber-punk epics, Andean gothic tales in order to problematize societies in a process of change that we may not be able yet to understand. In this class, we will read four new Latin American short novels by three younger than 50 writers to review how they confront global warming, inequality, lack of political representation, and structural class violence. (Crosslisted with LACS 015X.)
SPLT 050S: (CC, IS) LATIN AMERICAN SPANISH IN THE UNITED STATES
Prof. Vicente Lledó-Guillem (Vicente.LledoGuillem@hofstra.edu) MW 4:20–5:45 CRN 93922
Description: This course explores the presence of the Spanish language in the United States and its relationship to Latinx identity, culture, and literature. What does it mean to speak Spanish in the U.S.? Is there a distinctive U.S. Spanish variety? What is “Spanglish,” and what does bilingualism really entail? Through close readings of selected passages from two contemporary novels, we will examine the sociolinguistic, cultural, and literary dimensions of Spanish in contact with English. Students will analyze how language shapes questions of migration, belonging, ethnicity, and national identity, while also considering broader debates about linguistic diversity and cultural change in the United States. (Crosslisted with LACS 016J).
AMERICAN AND CARRIBBEAN STUDIES PROGRAM (LACS)
Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Hofstra University offers a wide array of courses on Latin America, the Caribbean, and related diasporas in the United States. The LACS major requires 33 semester hours, while the minor requires 18 total semester hours. Additionally, these courses may also be used to fulfill the interdisciplinary course or cross-cultural course requirement at Hofstra. For details on the program, please go to: https://www.hofstra.edu/latin-american-caribbean-studies/ba-degree.html
LACS 001: (CC, IS) PUTTING LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ON THE MAP
Miguel-Angel Zapata (Miguel-angel.zapata@hofstra.edu) CRN MW 2:40-4:05
Description: This course is intended to introduce students to the two diverse regions with which the United States shares the Western Hemisphere: Latin America and the Caribbean. The course draws from several of the academic fields that participate in Hofstra’s Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program (LACS) and offers a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of the countries lying south of the US border. The geography, social, economic, and political histories, ethnicities, cultures, languages and literatures, artistic projects, revolutionary movements, and struggles of these societies will be critically analyzed. The course follows a chronological approach (from pre-Columbian societies to the present), but it will simultaneously pay close attention to current events in the region all throughout the semester. This course may be used to fulfill either the interdisciplinary course (IS) or the cross-cultural (CC) course requirement at Hofstra.
015X: (CC, IS)
Prof. Alvaro Enrigue (alvaro.enrigue@hofstra.edu) CRN TBA TR 4:20-5:45
Description: A generation of young Latin American authors has created, a readership for what was considered, until very recently, minor genres: narco-westerns, cyber-punk epics, Andean gothic tales in order to problematize societies in a process of change that we may not be able yet to understand. In this class, we will read four new Latin American short novels by three younger than 50 writers to review how they confront global warming, inequality, lack of political representation, and structural class violence. (Crosslisted with SPLT 050N.)
LACS 016J: (CC, IS) Latin American Spanish in the U.S.
Prof. Vicente Lledo-Guillem (Vicente.Lledoguillem@hofstra.edu) CRN: 93503 MW 4:20–5:45
Description: This course explores the presence of the Spanish language in the United States and its relationship to Latinx identity, culture, and literature. What does it mean to speak Spanish in the U.S.? Is there a distinctive U.S. Spanish variety? What is “Spanglish,” and what does bilingualism really entail? Through close readings of selected passages from two contemporary novels, we will examine the sociolinguistic, cultural, and literary dimensions of Spanish in contact with English. Students will analyze how language shapes questions of migration, belonging, ethnicity, and national identity, while also considering broader debates about linguistic diversity and cultural change in the United States. (Crosslisted with SPLT 050S).