>Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:18:44 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Nancy D'Antuono <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: literature pre 1800
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>Dear Robert,
>I would like to echo the sentiments of the 
>colleague who referred to the "preparación 
>macarrónica" of a goodly number of graduate 
>students. We have interviewed candidates who 
>could talk about Quevedo but had never had a 
>course on the Quijote, nor a course on the 
>Spanish Middle Ages. A young woman who taught 
>for us briefly  said she couldn't teach a course 
>on Spanish Civilization because she had not had a course in it.
>
>The late Edward Glaser, who was director of 
>graduate studies at the University of Michigan 
>in the 60's and early 70's insisted that all of 
>us take a course with every professor in the 
>department regardless of our area of 
>specialization. As a specialist in Spanish 
>Golden Age literature (prose, poetry and drama) 
>and Italian Renaissance literature Dr. Glaser 
>insisted I take a course in Portuguese 
>literature of the parallel eras - and I had 
>never studied Portuguese.  He was sure that with 
>my knowledge of Spanish and Italian, Portuguese 
>would not be a problem.  I must admit I enjoyed the challenge.
>
>As for linguistics - we were required to take 3 
>courses in that area as well so that we would 
>have a full sense of the development of the 
>Spanish language across the centuries.
>
>I remain forever grateful to Edward Glaser and 
>the Spanish faculty at the University of 
>Michigan who demanded that we "know it all" - or 
>at least as much as possible.
>
>Nancy L. D'Antuono
>Ph.D. Romance Languages, University of Michigan 1975
>Professor of Spanish and Italian
>Saint Mary's College
>Notre Dame, IN 46556

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