SPA3101, Spesialpensum, hispanisk spr?kvitenskap

 

V?ren 2005

 

 

Dr. Sandra Breitenbach????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Klassisk og romansk Institutt, 3 floor, Room 317

Office hour: Tuesday, 2:00-3:00 pm

Course in Spanish Linguistics: SPA3101

Email: baishan30@yahoo.ca,

sandra.breitenbach@kri.uio.no

Ph.: 228-56114

Web-page: in preparation

 

Course description:

 

This course consists of two main parts. Firstly, it provides academic methodology for developing research skills and methods for textual study in preparation for the master level and a master thesis. Secondly, it surveys background knowledge and the state of the arts in the domain of linguistics, the history of ?Humanism? and ?Renaissance?, and the politics of language. The varied disciplines of linguistics and the spectrum of related fields will be introduced.

The emphasis is on Spanish-European language study in the framework of Spanish cultural history, as well as expansionism and colonial politics. This course explores the role of prominent Renaissance scholars and imperialists in setting a trend for the development of modern society, sciences, politics, and globalization.

 

This course will be taught in English with some presentations and summaries in Spanish. Since the themes of Spanish linguistics will be taught from an interdisciplinary perspective, students from all faculties and disciplines are welcome. There are no specific course-related pre-requisits for taking this course.

 

Coursework/Exams:

 

1.    Final exam: Students who require credits for this course will prepare a fifteen-minutes interview based on the preparation of some research questions or topics of their choice, based on extracts and interpretation of one to two books and/or two to three articles (See enclosed a list of literature to choose from). Potential topics for the interview will be discussed with me beforehand, and can be related to your Master thesis, research directions and interests, and perhaps to conference or colloquium presentations. The topics for this interview as well as literature will be discussed at the very beginning of the course, so that you can begin to prepare for it early.

2.    You will prepare one short presentation on a topic of your choice within the framework of this course, and will submit a three page outline and summary of your presentation with a short bibliography (at least eight titles) seven days before the presentation is due.

3.    The course-outline for each session will be available in copies at my office door, Romansk institut, 3 Floor, Room D-17.

 

 

I. Required course reading: Choose two of these books

 

Breitenbach, Sandra. Leitf?den in der Missionarslinguistik. Inauguraldissertation. Frankfurt u.a. 2004: Peter Lang Verlag.

 

Breitenbach, Sandra. Der Mandarin-Code: Sprache, Geheimsprache und Macht aus historischer und zeitgen?ssischer Perspektive. Berlin 2004: Verlag Dr. K?ster.

 

Breitenbach, Sandra. Die Kunst des Indoktrinierens der Magier, unbekannte H?ter geheimen Wissens, und neue Friedenspolitik. (Berlin, Dez. 2004.) (An English version of this book is in preparation, completed approx. in February 2005).

 

Mazzocco, Angelo. Linguistic Theories in Dante and the humanists: Studies of language and intellectual history in late Medieval and early Renaissance Italy. Brill?s studies in intellectual history 38. Leiden 1993.

 

Seuren, Pieter A. M. Western Linguistics. An historical introduction. Oxford 1998.

 

 

II. Further reading, references for course-work and interviews, and background information*: (*for students who don?t read German or Spanish, the English and Norwegian literature applies)

 

Breitenbach, Sandra. Introduction. In Coblin, W. South, u. Joseph A. Levi (2000). Francisco Varo?s Grammar of the Mandarin Language (1703): An English translation of ?Arte de la lengua Mandarina?, Amsterdam Studies in the Theory and History of Linguistic Science. Ser. III, Studies in the History of the Language Sciences. Bd. 93. Amsterdam u. a. 2000.

 

Freire, Paulo. Pedagog?a del oprimido. Madrid 1970.

 

Galeano, Eduardo. D?as y noches de amor y guerra. Madrid 1998.

 

Galtung, Johan. Fred, vold og imperialisme: 6 essays i fredsforskning. Oslo u.a. 1974.

 

Garc?a de la Concha, Victor. Hg. Nebrija y la Introducci?n del Renacimiento en Espa?a. Salamanca 1983.

 

Gonz?lez Prada, Manuel. Horas de la lucha.

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Grafton, Anthony T., u. Lisa Jardine. From humanism to the humanities: Education and the liberal arts in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Europe. London 1986.

 

Guzm?n Betancourt, Ignacio u. Er?ndira Nansen D?az. Hg. Memoria del coloquio ?La obra de Antonio de Nebrija y su recepci?n en la Nueva Espa?a?. Quince estudios nebrisenses (1492-1992). M?xico 1997.

 

Johnston, Arthur. Hg. Francis Bacon: The Advancement of Learning and New Atlantis. Oxford 1974.

 

Lemus y Rubio, Pedro. ?El Maestro Elio Antonio de Lebrixa, 1441?-1522.? Revue Hispanique 22. Nachdr. 1963, 459-508.

 

Lepschy, Giulio. Hg. History of Linguistics. Bd. 3: Renaissance and Early Modern Linguistics. London u.a. 1997.

 

Lucie-Smith, E. Symbolist Art. London 1977.

 

Meyer, Reinhold. Studies in classical history and society. American classical studies 45. Oxford u.a. 2002.

 

Nansen D?az, Er?ndira. ?Nebrija en la descripci?n de las lenguas de M?xico durante la colonia.? In Guzm?n Betancourt u.a. 1997, 81-95.

 

Padley, G.A. Grammatical Theory in Western Europe 1500-1700: The Latin Tradition. Cambridge u.a. 1976.

 

---. Grammatical Theory in Western Europe 1500-1700: Trends in Vernacular Grammar. 2 Bde. Cambridge u.a. 1985/1988.

 

Paetow, L.J. ?The Arts Course at Medieval Universities with Special Reference to Grammar and Rhetoric.? University of Illinois. The University Studies 3/7 (1910): 1-134.

 

---. The battle of the seven arts. Memoirs of the University of California 4/1. Berkeley 1914.

 

Percival, W. Keith. Studies in Renaissance grammar. Variorum collected studies series, CS, 774. Aldershot, Hampshire u.a. 2004.

 

Robins, Robert H. Ancient and Mediaeval Grammatical Theory in Europe, with particular Reference to Modern Linguistic Doctrine.? London 1951.

 

---. A Short History of Linguistics [1967]. 3. Aufl. London u.a. 1990.

 

Royal, Robert. 1492 and All That: Political Manipulations of History. Washington 1992.

 

Sacks, Norman P.? ?Antonio de Nebrija: Founder of Spanish Linguistics.? Hispanica Linguistica 1/1; 1/2 (1984): 1-33; 149-176.

 

Schnaubelt, Joseph C. Hg. Columbus and the New World. American University Studies: Series 9, History 185. New York u.a. 1998.

 

Schwaller de Lubicz, Ren?. Sacred Science. New York 1982.

 

S?arez Roca, Jos? Luis. Ling??stica misionera espa?ola. Oviedo 1992.

 

Tavoni, Mirko. ?Renaissance Linguistics?. Lepschy 1997, 1-108.

 

Wels, Volkhard. Triviale K?nste: Die humanistische Reform der grammatischen, dialektischen und rhetorischen Ausbildung an der Wende zum 16. Jahrhundert. Studium Litterarum 1. Inauguraldissertationn. Berlin 2000.

 

Zilsel, E. ?The Sociological Roots of Modern Science.? American Journal of Sociology 1942.