Learning outcomes

FRENCH

• Recognize and appreciate key periods, genres, modes and techniques in French and Francophone Literature 
• Describe, contextualize and interpret French texts of major writers of literary movements in written and oral reports. 
• Develop critical thinking by establishing connections between literary works and cultural/historical traditions and apply critical insight from secondary sources to primary sources. 
• Write expositive and interpretative essays on literary texts, and their aesthetic, cultural and historical contexts. 
• Establish connections across historical periods and within interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks (for example: cultural studies, gender studies, political theory). 
• Improve grammatical skills at the advanced level. 
• Be able to write complex texts reflecting syntactic and morphologic skills at an intermediate level; be able to distinguish genres and registers in written prose. 
• Improve phonetics and diction skills based on standard practices in advanced French. 
• Be able to translate texts from a variety of genres and registers into the proper register in French. 

ITALIAN

• Recognize and appreciate key periods, genres, modes and techniques in Italian Literature
• Describe, contextualize and interpret Italian texts of major writers of literary movements in written and oral reports.
• Develop critical thinking by establishing connections between literary works and cultural/historical traditions.
• Apply critical insight from secondary sources to primary sources.
• Write expositive and interpretative essays on literary texts, and their aesthetic, cultural and historical contexts.
• Establish connections across historical periods and in the interdisciplinary framework of cultural and gender studies.
• Improve grammatical skills at the advanced level.
• Be able to write complex texts reflecting syntactic and morphologic skills at an advanced level; be able to distinguish genres and registers in written prose.
• Improve phonetics and diction skills based on standard practices in professionally spoken advanced Italian.
• Be able to translate spoken and written English texts from a variety of genres and registers into the proper register in Italian.

SPANISH

• Practice speaking and writing in Spanish that is clear and correct.
• Identify authors and works by style and by historical period, and literary movements by their salient characteristics.
• Discuss the central social, cultural, and political developments of Spain and Latin America.
• Discuss the major cultural and historical tropes pertaining to specific literary (or cinematic) works across centuries and continents
• Analyze how literary (or cinematic) works produce meaning and other effects.
• Apply critical concepts across genres or periods.
• Evaluate competing perspectives or claims in a comprehensive way before formulating an opinion or conclusion.