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ROMS 1102

FWS: The Craft of Storytelling

We tell stories for many reasons: to entertain; to seduce; to complain; to think. This course draws upon the literatures and cultures of the romance languages to explore the role of narrative ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

FWS Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Section Topic

Topic: FWS: The Cannibal and the Explorer
Class Number & Section Details

17716 ROMS 1102 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- MWF 10:10am - 11:00am Goldwin Smith Hall 124
- Instructors
  
  Sieffert, A
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

Syllabi: none

FWS Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Section Topic

Topic: FWS: Weird Fiction from Latin America and the Worl
Class Number & Section Details

17717 ROMS 1102 SEM 102
Meeting Pattern
- MWF 12:20pm - 1:10pm Goldwin Smith Hall 122
- Instructors
  
  Paz-Soldan, E
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

Syllabi: none

FWS Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Section Topic

Topic: FWS: The Decameron
Class Number & Section Details

17953 ROMS 1102 SEM 103
Meeting Pattern
- MWF 11:15am - 12:05pm Klarman Hall KG42
- Instructors
  
  Di Fenza, A
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

ROMS 1108

FWS:Cultural Identities/Cultural Differences

What is a culture, and how do we know one when we see it? This course draws upon the histories and texts of French, Spanish, Italian, and/or Portuguese speaking worlds to discuss issues of identity, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

FWS Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Section Topic

Topic: FWS:Literature Afloat, Identities in Motion
Class Number & Section Details

17677 ROMS 1108 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 11:40am - 12:55pm Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3331
- Instructors
  
  Vu, Y
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

Syllabi: none

FWS Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Section Topic

Topic: FWS: Writing Italy
Class Number & Section Details

17678 ROMS 1108 SEM 102
Meeting Pattern
- MW 8:40am - 9:55am Uris Hall 302
- Instructors
  
  Eibenstein-Alvisi, I
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

ROMS 1109

FWS: Image and Imagination

What kind of information do images - in photography, painting, and/or film - convey? What kind of impact do they have on the minds and the bodies of their audiences? This course foregrounds the role ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

FWS Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Section Topic

Topic: FWS:Women in Horror: A Feminist Perspective
Class Number & Section Details

17670 ROMS 1109 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 1:25pm - 2:40pm White Hall B06
- Instructors
  
  Dani, V
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

Syllabi: none

FWS Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Section Topic

Topic: FWS:Human and Non-Human inEuropean Visual Cultures
Class Number & Section Details

17671 ROMS 1109 SEM 102
Meeting Pattern
- TR 10:10am - 11:25am Uris Hall 498
- Instructors
  
  Turtas, L
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

ROMS 1113

FWS: Thinking and Thought

Some of the most important and intriguing thinkers, from the Middle Ages to postmodernity, have done their thinking in the romance languages. This course explores a body of work that would be ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

FWS Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Section Topic

Topic: FWS:Dante's Examined Life
Class Number & Section Details

17712 ROMS 1113 SEM 102
Meeting Pattern
- MWF 10:10am - 11:00am Uris Hall 302
- Instructors
  
  Eibenstein-Alvisi, I
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

Syllabi: none

FWS Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Section Topic

Topic: FWS:Dante's Examined Life
Class Number & Section Details

17713 ROMS 1113 SEM 103
Meeting Pattern
- MWF 12:20pm - 1:10pm Goldwin Smith Hall 160
- Instructors
  
  Eibenstein-Alvisi, I
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

Syllabi: none

FWS Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Section Topic

Topic: FWS:On Love
Class Number & Section Details

17711 ROMS 1113 SEM 104
Meeting Pattern
- TR 1:25pm - 2:40pm Caldwell Hall 400
- Instructors
  
  Rodriguez de Rivera, I
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

ROMS 1114

FWS: Semiotics

What allows us to make assumptions about people based on the way they speak or dress? How can we understand the deeper meaning of a fairy tale or an episode of The Simpsons? What does macaroni and cheese ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

FWS Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

17714 ROMS 1114 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- MWF 2:30pm - 3:20pm Goldwin Smith Hall 164
- Instructors
  
  Alkire, T
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

ROMS 1120

FWS: Animals in Global Cinema: Human and Nonhuman

This course explores the human-animal bond and conflict represented in international films, especially from Hispanic and Francophone countries. We will discuss wildlife, companion and farm animals in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

FWS Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

17622 ROMS 1120 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 10:10am - 11:25am Statler Hall 441
- Instructors
  
  Bachminska, E
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

ROMS 3802

Fantasies of Avant-Gardes

What is it to be avant-garde? What do avant-gardes want, and for what purposes? How have desires to be avant-garde changed over time? What does it mean to be avant-garde in the 21st century? Focusing on ... view course details

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Syllabi:

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3802, ENGL 3902
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18336 ROMS 3802 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 1:25pm - 2:40pm Klarman Hall KG44
- Instructors
  
  Monroe, J
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

ROMS 4210

Existentialism or Marxism

The most intense public encounter between Existentialism and Marxism occurred in immediate post-WWII Europe, its structure remaining alive internationally. Existentialist questions have been traced from ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4251, GERST 4210, GOVT 4015
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

16853 ROMS 4210 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 2:55pm - 4:10pm Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
- Instructors
  
  Waite, G
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

ROMS 4225

Technologies of Verse

Poems disrupt the flow of reading. In so doing, rather than rendering them transparent, they call attention to their media – often the page or voice. This course will examine the experimental writing techniques ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4413, GERST 4220, VISST 4221
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

17021 ROMS 4225 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- MW 2:55pm - 4:10pm White Hall 104
- Instructors
  
  Solanki, T
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

ROMS 4350

Images and History:Siegfried Kracauer

As an outstanding figure of critical theory in the twentieth century, Siegfried Kracauer left an astonishingly rich body of work spanning literature and the sociology of mass culture, film criticism and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 4355, GERST 6355, HIST 4235, HIST 6235, JWST 4350, ROMS 6350
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

16169 ROMS 4350 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 2:30pm - 4:25pm McGraw Hall 145
- Instructors
  
  Traverso, E
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

ROMS 5080

Pedagogy Practicum

This practicum is designed to better enable the TAs to meet the needs of their students in the understanding and acquisition of the linguistic forms, notions, and functions covered in their course. view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)

Class Number & Section Details

6504 ROMS 5080 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Instructors
  
  Amigo-Silvestre, S
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Required for all graduate TAs teaching language for the first time in the Department of romance Studies.

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)

Class Number & Section Details

6669 ROMS 5080 SEM 102
Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Instructors
  
  Bevia, M
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Required for all graduate TAs teaching language for the first time in the Department of romance Studies.

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)

Class Number & Section Details

6670 ROMS 5080 SEM 103
Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Instructors
  
  Bevia, T
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Required for all graduate TAs teaching language for the first time in the Department of romance Studies.

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)

Class Number & Section Details

10134 ROMS 5080 SEM 104
Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Instructors
  
  Fulginiti, V
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)

Class Number & Section Details

10135 ROMS 5080 SEM 105
Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Instructors
  
  Glidja, F
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)

Class Number & Section Details

10136 ROMS 5080 SEM 106
Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Instructors
  
  Torea, T
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)

Class Number & Section Details

10137 ROMS 5080 SEM 107
Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

ROMS 6070

Prose of the World: 19th C. Letters

This seminar takes as its theoretical starting point Hegel's notion of the "prose of the world" to describe the modern age, and the 19th c in particular—an age no longer defined by the exception and heroes, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 6894, GERST 6070
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

16849 ROMS 6070 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- T 2:30pm - 4:25pm A D White House 110
- Instructors
  
  Fleming, P
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Taught in English. Anchor course. All texts available in English.

ROMS 6100

Romance Studies Colloquium

Designed to give insight into how to formulate projects, conduct research, and publish one's work, the colloquium offers a venue for faculty-graduate student dialogue in a collegial, intellectual setting. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

2 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

18506 ROMS 6100 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- T 5:00pm - 8:00pm Goldwin Smith Hall 158
- Instructors
  
  Keller, P
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

ROMS 6350

Images and History: Siegfried Kracauer

As an outstanding figure of critical theory in the twentieth century, Siegfried Kracauer left an astonishingly rich body of work spanning literature and the sociology of mass culture, film criticism and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 4355, GERST 6355, HIST 4235, HIST 6235, JWST 4350, ROMS 4350
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

16170 ROMS 6350 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 2:30pm - 4:25pm McGraw Hall 145
- Instructors
  
  Traverso, E
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

ROMS 6944

Biopolitics

This course explores the philosophical concept of biopolitics and its diverse translations and/or adaptations across multiple disciplines and across the globe (Africa, Far East, South East Asia, and the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 6944, GOVT 6946
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

17280 ROMS 6944 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- R 12:20pm - 2:15pm Rockefeller Hall 127
- Instructors
  
  Diabate, N
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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ROMS 1102 FWS: The Craft of Storytelling

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ROMS 1108 FWS:Cultural Identities/Cultural Differences

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ROMS 1109 FWS: Image and Imagination

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ROMS 1113 FWS: Thinking and Thought

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ROMS 1114 FWS: Semiotics

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ROMS 1120 FWS: Animals in Global Cinema: Human and Nonhuman

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ROMS 1102

FWS: The Craft of Storytelling

ROMS 1108

FWS:Cultural Identities/Cultural Differences

ROMS 1109

FWS: Image and Imagination

ROMS 1113

FWS: Thinking and Thought

ROMS 1114

FWS: Semiotics

ROMS 1120

FWS: Animals in Global Cinema: Human and Nonhuman

ROMS 3802

Fantasies of Avant-Gardes

ROMS 4210

Existentialism or Marxism

ROMS 4225

Technologies of Verse

ROMS 4350

Images and History:Siegfried Kracauer

ROMS 5080

Pedagogy Practicum

ROMS 6070

Prose of the World: 19th C. Letters