Summer study abroad programs with SJSU faculty
Japan, Paris, Portugal, Spain.
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The Spanish Program of the Department of World Languages and Literatures is hosting three famous Cuban authors in May and June. The three are Mirta Yáñez, Nancy Alonso and Marilyn Bobes. This is the first time Alonso and Bobes have been to the United States and the first time that any of them have been to California. All are award-winning authors who are widely translated. Mirta Yáñez is the author of literary criticism, essays, novels and short stories. Marilyn Bobes is a literary critic, editor and poet who also writes novels and short stories. Nancy Alonso, a later arrival on the literary scene, is the author of three collections of short stories that have gained her a growing body of admirers.
Bobes will appear on Friday May 25 in Clark Hall 206 from 10:00 to 12:00 and will discuss her work and answer questions. . Copies of her stories will be available in both Spanish and English.
Yáñez and Alonso will participate in a bilingual reading with translators Sara Cooper and Anne Fountain at the King Library 255-257, 4:00- 5:45 on Monday, June 4th. For questions call Anne Fountain 408-924-4626 or send an email to: anne.fountain@sjsu.edu
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The Department of World Languages & Literatures at San José State University is a comprehensive, full-service foreign language department. It offers challenging and rich programs of study in a variety of languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Under the guidance of a highly qualified and dedicated faculty, students may earn minors in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and baccalaureate degrees in Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish. They may also earn Master of Arts degrees in French or Spanish.
The Department contributes to the preparation of teachers by offering courses in the subject matters, teacher preparation courses and supervised teacher training leading to a secondary teaching credential, awarded in conjunction with the College of Education. The Department of World Languages & Literatures contributes to the University, and the community at large by providing instruction in foreign language and culture to students from departments and colleges across the University.
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0091
Main Office: Clark Hall 421
Phone: 408 924-4602
Fax: 408 924-4607
Email: worldlanguagesandlit@sjsu.edu
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