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TCXIN 109 Elementary Intensive German Study Abroad (6)
Provides students with the basic skills necessary for speaking, listening, reading, and writing the German language at different levels of proficiency. Emphasizes contextual learning of the German language in relation to its culture, history, and philosophy in the context of a study abroad program in Frankfurt, Germany. Credit/no credit only.
TCXIN 209 Intermediate Intensive German Study Abroad (6) VLPA
Provides students with the basic skills necessary for speaking, listening, reading, and writing the German language at different levels of proficiency. Emphasizes contextual learning of the German language in relation to its culture, history, and philosophy in the context of a study abroad program in Frankfurt, Germany. Credit/no credit only.
TCXIN 210 The African Diaspora through Music: The Rhythm, the Blues, and Beyond (5) I&S
Traces the evolution of the blues from its African indigenous roots, through slavery in the American South, and the cultural assimilation of various elements that influenced its development. Examines the impact on U.S. and global culture, and explores the contemporary African immigrant population in our region.
TCXIN 230 German Cultural History (5) VLPA Reusch
Examines German cultural and social history from the Middle Ages to the post-unification era of the 21st century. Traces the broad development of German civilization through popular culture, literature, art, theater, film, music, and modern media.
Instructor Course Description:
Johann Reusch
TCXIN 272 Film Studies (5) VLPA
Introduction to the languages and forms of cinema. Topics include narrative and non-narrative film; mise-en-scene, cinematography, and editing; the soundtrack; film directors, genres, and historical movements.
TCXIN 277 Latin American Literature (5) VLPA
Introduction to Latin American literature in English translation, with emphasis on how literary texts reflect culture. Includes works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama from Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.
TCXIN 281 Art and Culture in India (5) VLPA/I&S
Examines contemporary India in historical and comparative contexts. Emphasizes production of diverse material objects and how they produce and represent value and significance for South Asian conceptions of self, society and the real world.
TCXIN 282 Art and Culture in China (5) VLPA/I&S
Examines major aspects of contemporary Chinese culture in broad historical and comparative contexts. Emphasis on family, self-cultivation, virtues, and artistic refinement in the constitution of unequal social power in China. Examines modern faith systems in relation to Daoist, Confucian, Buddhist, and popular folk conceptions of life and reality.
TCXIN 283 Art and Culture in Japan (5) VLPA/I&S
Examines material production of value and meaning for contemporary Japanese people. Explores a framework for interpreting the present in relation to the past, and recognizing common cultural strategies for cultivating a respected self in Japanese culture. Includes topics of family, gender, work, business, and aesthetics as they relate to various identities.
TCXIN 284 Art and Culture in the Pacific (5) VLPA/I&S
Examines the personal, social, economic, and political predicaments of selected modern island nations in relation to their ancient and colonial histories. Explores complex adaptations and/or rejections of European ways, migrations, contemporary sovereignty movements, and vigorous re-assertions of local mana (modes of power, knowledge, and prestige).
TCXIN 309 Advanced Intensive German Study Abroad (6) VLPA
Provides students with the basic skills necessary for speaking, listening, reading, and writing the German language at different levels of proficiency. Emphasizes contextual learning of the German language in relation to its culture, history, and philosophy in the context of a study abroad program in Frankfurt, Germany. Credit/no credit only.
TCXIN 374 Myth and Literary Sagas in Creative Expression (5) VLPA
Explores the creative depictions of mythological themes, legendary heroes, and literary sagas. Special attention given to myth, legend, and literature in traditional cultural expression and their dramatic transformation in cinema. Themes include "the hero of many faces," and "love and tragedy."
TCXIN 376 Latin AmericanFilm (5) VLPA
Examines the ways in which Latin American film reflects history, society, class, and gender issues. Develops understanding of film as an art form within a specific formal cultural context. Films in Spanish or Portuguese with English subtitles. No knowledge of Spanish required.
TCXIN 377 Spanish Film (5) VLPA
Examines the ways in which Peninsular Spanish film reflects history, society, class, and gender issues. Develops understanding of film as an art form within a specific cultural context. Films in Spanish with English subtitles. No knowledge of Spanish required.
TCXIN 378 The Magical Land: A Cultural Exploration of Latin America (5) VLPA
Focuses on Latin American history and culture, and is designed to help students improve written and oral communication skills as well as oral comprehension. Taught in Spanish
TCXIN 385 Russian Civilization (5) I&S/VLPA
Examines aspects of Russian culture from the perspective of individual Russian cultural figures. Includes: Andrei Rublev and Russian Orthodoxy; the Age of Pushkin; Turgenev and the Populist Tradition; Chaikovsky and the Development of a Russian National Music; the Cinema of Eisenstein; and Socialist Realism from Gorky to Rybakov.
TCXIN 386 Silent Cinema (5) VLPA
Surveys film history from 1895 to 1927. Studies masterpieces of international cinema in historical, aesthetic, technological, and social contexts.
TCXIN 400 Afro-Hispanic Culture (5) VLPA
Uses literary texts in translation, film, music, and art as a basis for exploring the importance of Afro-Hispanic in the development of the cultural richness of Latin America. Focus on issues of race, gender, self-representation and nationalism from an interdisciplinary perspective.
TCXIN 410 Postcolonial Fiction (5) VLPA
Examines selected works of fiction by postcolonial authors while building a foundation in postcolonial history.
TCXIN 420 Contemporary World Cinema (5) VLPA
Study of trends in current international cinema: genres, geographical areas, technology, economics, and criticism.
Instructor Course Description:
Claudia L. Gorbman
TCXIN 461 Contemporary Mexican Culture (5) VLPA
Uses contemporary literary texts in translation, film, music, and art as a basis for exploring the ways Mexicans see themselves and the world around them. Focuses on class, race, and gender issues from an interdisciplinary perspective. Taught in English. Topics vary.
TCXIN 462 Women in Latin America (5) I&S/VLPA
Uses memoirs, letters, histories, biographies, literary texts in translation, film, and music as a means of exploring the lives of women in Latin America. Examines a variety of gender issues from an interdisciplinary perspective. No knowledge of Spanish required.
TCXIN 463 Contemporary Cuban Culture (5) VLPA
Examines contemporary Cuban literature in English translation, film, music, dance, and the visual arts in Cuba as a representation of cultural identity. Focuses on class, race, and gender issues from an interdisciplinary perspective. Includes work by Cubans on the island and in exile. No knowledge of Spanish required.
Instructor Course Description:
Cynthia Duncan
TCXIN 464 The Arts, Cultures, and History of Mexico (12) I&S/VLPA
Uses literature film, art, architecture, music, and history to explore the cultures of Central Mexico. Develops Spanish conversational skills through immersion experience in Mexico. Fieldwork, lectures, small group activities. Topics vary. Taught in English and Spanish.
TCXIN 465 Latin American Visual Arts (5) VLPA
Uses visual art as a basis for exploring different cultural/historical issues in Latin America in the twentieth century. Focuses on issues of colonization, self-representation, nationalisms, globalizations, and cultural appropriation from an interdisciplinary perspective.
TCXIN 474 Russian History and the Soviet Film (5) I&S
Examines the major events of the Russian past by using Russian and Soviet films as primary resources. Provides an opportunity for a dialogue between the facts of Russian history and the esthetic and ideological views of Russian and Soviet cinema.
TCXIN 475 Russian Literature and Society (5) I&S/VLPA
Examines the relationship between Russian literature and the society that stimulated and reacted to it during the three centuries following the Europeanization of Russia by Peter I at the beginning of the 18th century. Explores the complex interplay of ideas, politics, religion, generation change, and the recurring moral and spiritual crises of Russia as expressed and exemplified in literature. Focuses on social analysis using literature, the most important Russian contribution to world culture.
TCXIN 476 Latin American Women Writers (5) VLPA
Examines novels, short stories, poetry, drama, and essays by contemporary Latin American women writers. Includes such themes as dictatorship, political and sexual repression, colonialism, racism, class issues, and the obstacles faced by women writers in a society where they are often considered second-class citizens.
TCXIN 477 Reformation and Counter-Reformation Europe (5) VLPA/I&S
Explores the Reformation and Counter Reformation and their impact on institutions, governments, and individuals from the 16th through the 17th centuries. Examines politics, religion, culture, and intellectual thought in a socioeconomic context. Considers changing emphases, such as Papal Rome, the European courts, and the Dutch Republic.
Instructor Course Description:
Johann Reusch
TCXIN 478 Revolution, Industrialization, and Modernity in European Culture 1760-1870 (5) VLPA
Covers cultural developments in Europe from the Industrial Revolution to the Frano-Prussian War. Emphasizes the analysis of social, economic, and political conditions -- such as industrial progress and the struggle for democratic forms of government -- as key influences on cultural production and its expression of the experience of modernity.
Instructor Course Description:
Johann Reusch
TCXIN 479 Modern European Culture (5) VLPA
Surveys the history of modern European culture from 1870 through 1945. Explores the intersection between the arts, popular culture, intellectual thought, and politics with a focus on individual representatives of the avant-garde.
Instructor Course Description:
Johann Reusch
TCXIN 480 Contemporary Art and Society-1945 to Present (5) VLPA
Studies major artists and creative trends since World War II within framework of popular culture. Investigates contemporary modes of creative expression within regional, national and international art scene. Frames discussions within context of historical conceptions and critical debates. Current exhibitions serve as case studies. Participation in field trips required.
TCXIN 481 Film Theory and Aesthetics (5)
Examines 20th century's major film theorists' conception of the raw materials, forms, and values and effects of the film medium. Considers how critical theory adds to the understanding and enjoyment of film. Explores how commercial and experimental films exemplify and challenge ideas presented in readings.
Instructor Course Description:
Joanne Clarke Dillman
TCXIN 484 French Cinema (5) VLPA
Provides an overview of the art of film in France from 1895 to the present. Includes readings and screenings which place the study of French film culture in its historical, economic, social, political, philosophical, and aesthetic contexts.
Instructor Course Description:
Claudia L. Gorbman
TCXIN 486 Feminist Perspectives in Film and Literature (5) VLPA
Examines distinctions between male and female readers/viewers. Explores a variety of literary works and films by women, as well as a selection of relevant essays in feminist criticism.
Instructor Course Description:
Joanne C Dillman
TCXIN 489 Topics in Cultural Expression (5, max. 15) VLPA
Advanced course offerings in Cultural Expression designed to respond to faculty and student interests and needs.
TCXIN 490 Contemporary Spanish Culture (5) VLPA Alcaide
Uses contemporary literary texts in translation, film, music, and art as a basis for exploring the way Spanish people construct their identity and relate to the outside world. Focuses on issues of gender, immigration, racism, terrorism and nationalisms form an interdisciplinary perspective. Taught in English.
