37 courses with the subject MLLC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
MLLC 150GSelf and Other
Formerly: FRENCH 150G Credit(s): 4 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: A study of personal and social identity through careful analysis of major works of world literature and media. This class explores essential human questions such as: How do we recognize ourselves as individuals? How do we understand ourselves as part of a social group? How we are perceived by others? How can cultural products reflect perspectives on identity and individuality? The class thus contributes to a deeper understanding of the cultural construction of self and offers more nuanced standpoints on identity politics and questions of diversity. Taught in English. Seminar: First Year Seminar Enrollment Requirements: Degree students only with fewer than 30 credits when they entered UMass Boston 1103
MLLC 155LGreat Books of East Asia: Classics of Love and War
Formerly: MDNLNG 155L Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This class introduces students to some of the most famous works of literature in China, Japan, and Korea before 1900. The semester is divided into two parts: the first half examines poetry and fiction in which romances are centrally featured, and the second half looks at stories that present specific points of view about major wars, battles, and acts of violence. The course will provide a broad knowledge of premodern literature in East Asia, as well as of cultural and historical contexts that are relevant to the texts. Course Note: ASIAN 155L and MLLC 155L are the same course. This course is cross-listed as: ASIAN 155L Distribution Area: World Cultures Diversity Area: International Course Catalog ID: 040031 Course Offer Number: 2
Formerly: MDNLNG 210G Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course provides instruction and practice in the careful reading, analysis, and enhanced understanding of a limited number of great or classic works of literature, ancient and modern, from various national literary cultures. The readings acquaint students with culturally and/or aesthetically significant literature and heighten their awareness of the centrality of great literature to human experience. Course Note: Please note: Students may receive credit either for this course or for CORE C150, but not for both. Capabilities addressed: Critical reading, critical thinking, clear writing. Seminar: Intermediate Seminar 1105
Formerly: MDNLNG 220L Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: Storytellers have always spun tales of mortals who managed to visit the beyond. Often these journeys are of critical importance to those left alive, instrumental steps to founding empire or earning salvation. This interdisciplinary course explores depictions of heaven and hell in European literature, film, and the arts. Because the desire to understand the afterlife cuts across geography and time, this topic affords us the opportunity to conduct comparative explorations of a range of national traditions, as well as various time periods: the ancient world, the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and modernity. Our focus is how these infernal and paradisal spaces reflect, critique, and animate the real world. Course Note: HUMAN 220L and MDNLNG 220L are the same course. This course is cross-listed as: ITAL 220L Distribution Area: Humanities Course Catalog ID: 000458 Course Offer Number: 2
Formerly: Europe at the Movies: a History of Postwar Cinema Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course will investigate the most significant developments of film history int he major European countries after World War II. National cinemas of France, Italy, Germany, Scandinavia, and Eastern Europe will be studied in detail through weekly screenings of classic films by some of Europe's most accomplished filmmakers. Films will be analyzed both in a broad socio-historical framework and in respect to authors' specific styles. Course Note: MDNLNG 235L and CINE 235L are the same course. This course is cross-listed as: CINE 235L Distribution Area: World Cultures 1107
Formerly: GERMAN 225G Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: From the Salem witch trials to Harry Potter, witchcraft has been of fundamental concern to virtually all societies and cultures. This course examines the figure of the witch, beliefs in witchcraft, and historical waves of persecution from a global perspective. By putting historical events in conversation with works of world media, we will deepen our understanding of witchcraft as a universal cultural phenomenon. All readings are in English. Seminar: Intermediate Seminar Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 101 or ENGL 102, and a minimum of 30 credits Degree Students Only Students may not take more than one 200G (Intermediate Seminar) course. Course Catalog ID: 018005 Course Offer Number: 1
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not Repeatable Description: Across political, cultural, and literary narratives, problematic representations of Muslim refugees are often fueled by distorted imaginations of their cultural and religious identities. In this course, students will explore literary texts and films that examine the contemporary global refugee crisis. Supplementary readings will provide critical context for studying the different constructions and realities of refugee lives. Students will emerge from this class with the ability to critically examine the cultural spaces refugees occupy in western discourse. They will further be 1108
MLLC 255LPacting with the Devil: The Faust Tradition
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: A reading and discussion course emphasizing critical interpretation of major texts in the Faust tradition from German folklore, Christopher Marlowe, J.W. von Goethe, Mikhail Bulgakov and others. Attention is given to the evolution of the legend and to other adaptations (in music and film) of Faustian material. Course Note: HUMAN 255L and MLLC 255L and GERMAN 255L are the same course. This course is cross-listed as: GERMAN 255L and HUMAN 255L Distribution Area: World Cultures Course Catalog ID: 000509 Course Offer Number: 1
MLLC 265LIcons of East Asia: Stereotypes, gender, and cultural history from geisha girls to
martial masters Formerly: MDNLNG 265L Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: The purpose of this class is to explore, critically and comparatively, various discourses about popular cultural icons of East Asia. We will focus on two specific well-known examples - women entertainers and male figures adapt at martial arts- with the following aims: 1) to focus on specific historical contexts, which suggest how and why these categories were formed and became important; 2) to understand how dynamic and motivated these seemingly unchanging and timeless icons actually are; and 3) to investigate how gendered identities are constructed and manipulated for particular goals. Course Note: ASIAN 265L and MDNLNG 265L are the same course. 1110
Formerly: MDNLNG 270 Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This interdisciplinary course examines food cultures and traditions across the globe to explore how food has shaped human identities and societies throughout history. Distribution Area: World Cultures Course Catalog ID: 040751 Course Offer Number: 1
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: An in-depth look into the thematic and technical development of the Italian cinema from the period of Neorealism to the present day, seen through the lens of the cultural and political transformations in Italian society since the end of World War II. Weekly screenings by Rossellini, Visconti, De Sica, Fellini, Antonioni, and Pasolini. Taught in English. Course Note: ITAL 276L and CINE 276L and MLLC 276L are the same course. 1111
Formerly: History of French Cinema Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course will acquaint students with films and filmmakers that have made an impact on French cinema and society from the early 20th century to today. It provides a broad survey of cinematic practices in France and explores the major social issues political debates, and historical memories that have preoccupied French society. The course focuses on how French film interrogates social and national identity in France, but also in Africa and Europe more broadly. Course Note: FRENCH 285L and CINE 285L and MLLC are the same course. This course is cross-listed as: FRENCH 285L and CINE 285L Course Catalog ID: 038686 Course Offer Number: 3
MLLC 308LFeminist Histories: Renaissance France, Italy and Beyond
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: Students will study one important branch of the history of global feminism: women's writing in medieval and Renaissance France and Italy. In addition to literature, we will also consider the social history of these women. We will also trace the impact of their feminist thinking on the rest of Europe and beyond, through to our contemporary world. Course taught in English; readings available in the original French or Italian, as well as in English. Course Note: FRENCH 308L and WGS 308L and ITAL 308L and MLLC 308L are the same course. This course is cross-listed as: FRENCH 308L , WGS 308L , and ITAL 308L Course Catalog ID: 040746 Course Offer Number: 4
MLLC 314LWomen of the Caribbean: Literature, Art, and Resistance
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This seminar explores how women in the Caribbean use fiction writing and visual/performing arts to make their voices heard about prevailing issues in the Caribbean islands and territories, but also on a global scale. These issues can be (but not limited to): colonialism, misogyny, racism, climate change, body autonomy, the legacies of slavery, and female solidarity. Our schedule is divided into three modules: Module 1 "The woman's body, between oppression and resistance", Module 2 "Women of Letters", Module 3 "Women & Eco-resistance". While we will focus primarily on French speaking zones: Haiti, Martinique, 1113
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: Film festivals play a key role in today's global independent motion picture industry. They shape contemporary film culture and greatly impact communities outside of the film industry. In this course, students will be introduced to the history, structures and practices of today's film festival world and their political, economic and aesthetic impact from a local and global, theoretical and practical perspective. This is a hands-on, interactive course designed with the support of the Mellon Foundation. Course Note: CINE 325L and MLLC 325L are the same course. This course is cross-listed as: CINE 325L Distribution Area: Humanities Diversity Area: International Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or permission of instructor Course Catalog ID: 041281 Course Offer Number: 2
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: It is difficult to think of any American who has had greater influence on narrative and visual culture around the world than Walt Disney. Yet the quality of Disney's creations has given rise to much debate, famously leading one critic to ask: "It's Disney, but is it art?" This course traces the first 65 years of the Walt Disney Animation Studios in an attempt to answer that question. A major focus will be the company's heavy reliance in these years on 'high art' from the Middle Ages and Renaissance. From illuminated manuscripts to palatial architecture, European art "especially French, Italian, and German" is pervasive in Walt Disney Studios storytelling. Beyond questions of adaptation, class discussion will also center issues of social commentary, analyzing how gender, sexuality, race, class, and ability were presented onscreen, and how they were treated in Studio culture. Through formalist, narrative, and sociohistorical analysis, students will achieve a better understanding of how European art shaped Disney, and how that art has engaged (or failed to engage) with societal change. Assignments are built around Disney's feature films, to be supplemented by the premodern texts and visual arts that inspired them, as well as relevant critical studies. Course taught in English; readings available in English and in original languages, where relevant. This course is cross-listed as: CINE 337L and FRENCH 337L and GERMAN 337L and ITAL 1115
MLLC 340LMoving Across Borders: Migration and Diversity
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: Focusing on questions of identity and migratory experiences across the globe, this comparative class introduces students to key works of world media and culture. It examines the discursive construction of diversity in today's de-centered, globalized world and discusses the analytic benefits of `transculturality' for literary and cultural studies. Taught in English. Course Note: MLLC 340L and FRENCH 340L and GERMAN 340L and ITAL 340L are the same course. This course is cross-listed as: FRENCH 340L or GERMAN 340L or ITAL 340L Distribution Area: World Cultures Diversity Area: International Course Catalog ID: 041616 Course Offer Number: 1
MLLC 350LGreen Germany: Environmental Thought and Policy
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course will introduce students to German conceptions of nature and to the environmental debates and policies that have emerged from those ideas. Over the course of the last two centuries, environmental thought has had a major impact on German politics, history and culture. Comparing German perspectives and policies to those of other countries, this course will foster an understanding of the factors that have shaped German national identity, sustained the country's environmental movement and elicited Germany's current image as a world leader in environmental policy. Course Note: GERMAN 350L and MLLC 350L and ENVSCI 350L and ENVSTY 350L are the same course. 1117
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course focuses on how Middle Eastern and North African films have reflected, perpetuated, and criticized national ideologies, as well as how themes of individual and collective identity, memory, and trauma have been represented by filmmakers. By exploring how films have told stories about socio-cultural conflicts, we will open further questions about the place of cinema in nation building and in the formation of historical narratives. The course's specific theme varies from semester to semester, depending on the national contexts being studied. Taught in English. This course is cross-listed as: CINE 352L and ARABIC 352L Distribution Area: Humanities Diversity Area: International Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or ENGL 102 or permission of instructor Semester(s) typically offered: Fall and Spring Course Catalog ID: 042089 Course Offer Number: 3
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course introduces students to German popular culture, focusing on stories that have shaped our civilization over the centuries, including their modern adaptations in various media. It explores major themes and tendencies in the German cultural imagination and reflects how concepts of "Germanness" and national identity developed over time. By critically analyzing a variety of popular aesthetic traditions, students expand and deepen their understanding of today's cultural landscape. Taught in English. This course is cross-listed as: GERMAN 365L Distribution Area: World Cultures 1119
MLLC 366LRe-made in Asia: Tellings and re-tellings from the Buddha to Godzilla
Formerly: MDNLNG 366L Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: What is a "remake"? Why are people interested in stories that are told and re-told, sometimes in many versions? This class explores narratives that travel across time and space in Asia, in order to find some answers to these questions. The purpose of this class is to consider how texts from the past are rendered relevant to concerns contemporary to the remakes. Course Note: Students are expected to have taken at least one 200-level course related to Asia. ASIAN 366L and MLLC 366L are the same course. This course is cross-listed as: ASIAN 366L Distribution Area: World Cultures Diversity Area: International Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisite: One 200-level course Course Catalog ID: 038364 Course Offer Number: 2
MLLC 377LRebellion! On Being Young in European Fiction
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This comparative literature course examines youth cultures, intergenerational relationships and conflicts, coming-of-age stories, narratives of filial rebellion, and the quest for one's own identity in French, German, and Italian fiction. Through this thematic lens, the class introduces students to key authors, genres, and movements in European literary history between the 18th century and today, while also focusing on the interconnectedness between literature and culture. Taught in English. MLLC 377L, FRENCH 377L, ITAL 377L and GERMAN 377L are the same course. Course Note: MLLC 377L and FRENCH 377L and ITAL 377L and GERMAN 377L are the same course. This course is cross-listed as: FRENCH 377L and ITAL 377L and GERMAN 377L Distribution Area: World Cultures Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisite: ENGL 101, or ENGL 102, or instructor permission consent required for enrollment: Instructor 1121
Formerly: MDNLNG 390 Credit(s): 1-3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Repeatable - total credits: 999 / total completions: 99 Description: This course offers study of selected topics within this subject. Course content and credits vary according to topic and are announced prior to the registration period. Course Catalog ID: 034789 Course Offer Number: 1
Formerly: MDNLNG 488L Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course examines the imagination of Asia from a variety of perspectives: historical, economic, religious, philosophical, literary, and artistic. It begin from the extreme social 1124
