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Basic French I (4) |
Staff |
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Handling the immediate context of daily experience in spoken and written French: identifying, describing, and characterizing people, objects, places, and events; giving information and instructions; issuing simple commands and requests. Laboratory fee, $50. (Fall, spring, and summer) |
| 2 |
Basic French II (4) |
Staff |
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Speaking and writing in French about past and future events: telling a story (narrating and describing in the past), promising, predicting, and proposing simple hypotheses and conjectures. Prerequisite: Fren 1 or equivalent. Laboratory fee, $50. (Fall, spring, and summer) |
| 3 |
Intermediate French I (3) |
Brant and Staff |
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Increasing active vocabulary, reinforcing mastery of basic grammar, dealing with more complex structures (verbal phrases, subordinate clauses), and using some patterns of indirect speech (e.g., repeating or relaying messages, giving reports, summarizing). Prerequisite: Fren 2 or equivalent. Laboratory fee, $50. (Fall, spring, and summer) |
| 4 |
Intermediate French II (3) |
Brant and Staff |
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Consolidation and further expansion of the ability to understand as well as produce a more complex level of oral and written discourse emphasizing subjective expression: issuing indirect commands and requests; giving opinions; making proposals, building arguments; defending and criticizing ideas. Prerequisite: Fren 3 or equivalent. Laboratory fee, $50. (Fall, spring, and summer) |
| 9 |
Language, Culture, and Society I (3) |
Huvé and Staff |
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Development of strong conversational skills and the rudiments of expository writing. The vocabulary and structures necessary to move from handling everyday experience and subjective expression to the exposition of more abstract thought and ideas and discussion of political, social, and cultural issues. Prerequisite: Fren 4. Laboratory fee, $50. (Fall, spring, and summer) |
| 10 |
Language, Culture, and Society II (3) |
Huvé and Staff |
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Continued expansion of the range and complexity of conversational skills and further development of the writing of effective expository prose on a broad range of subjects. Short literary texts serve as the basis for oral discussion, analytical reading, and writing brief critical essays. Prerequisite: Fren 9. Laboratory fee, $50. (Fall, spring, and summer) |
| 20 |
French Pronunciation (3) |
Huvé |
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The sounds of French. Oral readings, presentations, recitation. Poetry, scenes from plays. Emphasis on phonetics and diction, with attention to accent, rhythm, and intonation. Prerequisite: Fren 10. Laboratory fee, $50. (Spring) |
| 30 |
Introduction to French Literature (3) |
Belenky, Brant, Chang |
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Readings, textual analysis, and writing on a broad selection of texts from different genres and periods. French and Francophone literatures in their cultural contexts. Close reading approach and introduction to literary vocabulary. Prerequisite: Fren 10. (Fall and spring) |
| 49 |
French for Graduate Students (0) |
Staff |
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For graduate students preparing for reading examinations. No academic credit. Tuition is charged at the rate of 3 credit hours. (Fall, spring, and summer) |
| 53 |
Medieval and Early Modern French Literature in Context (3) |
Chang and Staff |
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Texts of the Middle Ages to the 17th century studied in their historical, social, and cultural contexts. Topics may include feudal society and the literature of courtly love; humanism, Rabelais, and Renaissance poetry; women and salon writing; Versailles, absolutism, and classical theater. Prerequisite: Fren 30 or equivalent. (Fall) |
| 54 |
Modern French Literature in Context (3) |
Belenky |
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Texts of the 18th century to the present in historical, social, and cultural contexts. Topics may include philosophes and the rise of social consciousness; the French Revolution and Romanticism; dada and surrealism; existentialism and World War II; decolonization and francophone literature. Prerequisite: Fren 30 or equivalent. (Spring) |
| 56 |
Topics in French and Francophone Literatures and Cultures in Translation (3) |
Belenky, Thibault, Chang |
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Dynamics of French-speaking societies and their cultures studied through literature, art, or film. Topics vary. Readings and lectures in English. The course may be repeated for credit. A laboratory fee may be required. (Spring) |
| 90 |
Textual Analysis (3) |
Thibault and Staff |
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Methodology and vocabulary of literary criticism. Application of various principles of textual analysis and critical approaches to literature. Prerequisite: Fren 30 or equivalent. (Spring) |
| 108 |
Advanced French Grammar and Style (3) |
Brant and Staff |
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Composition, drills, dictations. Translations into French. Study of vocabulary and syntax, with emphasis on stylistic devices. Prerequisite: Fren 10. (Fall) |
| 109 |
Contemporary France (3) |
Huvé and Staff |
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Emphasis on advanced oral work. Discussion of French culture and civilization, based on contemporary writings and video documents. Prerequisite: Fren 10. Laboratory fee, $50. (Fall) |
| 110 |
Business and Commercial French (3) |
Huvé |
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Structure and language of French economic institutions. Discussion of legal, financial, and administrative documents. Oral and written reports. Preparation for the certificate of the Paris Chamber of Commerce. Prerequisite: Fren 10. (Spring) |
| 120 |
Studies in Medieval French Literature (3) |
Chang |
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Readings and analysis of the major literary texts from the 11th through 15th centuries. Chansons de geste, courtly literature, fabliaux, drama, lyric and didactic poetry. |
| 121 |
French Literature of the Renaissance (3) |
Chang |
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Sixteenth-century prose and poetry in the context of cultural and historical movements. Topics may include humanism; concepts of self and subjectivity; the wars of religion; the discovery of the New World; court and city life; the private and public spheres; religious and secular love. (Fall, alternate years) |
| 122 |
The Age of Classicism (3) |
Staff |
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Drama, philosophy, criticism, poetry, and fiction of the 17th century. Topics may include préciosité, baroque, Jansenism, classicism, and rationalism in the context of the major social, political, and religious movements of the period. (Spring, alternate years) |
| 123 |
The Age of Enlightenment (3) |
Staff |
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The major novelists, dramatists, and philosophes of the 18th century. The works of Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Diderot and their relationship to the social, political, and philosophical thought of the period. (Fall, alternate years) |
| 124 |
19th-Century French Literature and Culture (3) |
Belenky |
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Key aspects of 19th-century French literature in its historical, cultural, and political context. Major authors and literary movements are studied through the lens of a particular theme, which varies from year to year. (Fall, alternate years) |
| 125 |
Studies in 20th-Century French Literature (3) |
Thibault |
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Major literary movements of the 20th century: avant-garde, surrealism, existentialism, nouveau roman, and nouveau thé‰tre. (Spring) |
| 130 |
Studies in Genre (3) |
Thibault, Ludlow, Chang, Belenky |
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Study in narrative, dramatic, or lyric form. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit. (Spring) |
| 131 |
Topics in the History of French Cinema (3) |
Thibault |
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French cinema from its inception to the "New Wave." The relationship of filmmaking and audience reception to the evolution of French society and political institutions. The language of cinema as it evolves according to periods and genres and as critics and filmmakers create a theoretical discourse specific to film. Laboratory fee, $30. (Spring) |
| 132 |
Topics in 20th-Century Francophone Literature and Cinema (3) |
Ludlow |
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Analysis of relations between France and its former colonies as manifested in the literature and cinema of France and the Francophone world. Race and gender relations; exile; nationalism; and identity and place as seen through various literary and cinematic responses to the discourses of metropolitan France by its former colonies. Laboratory fee, $30. (Fall) |
| 133–34 |
Special Topics in French Literature (3–3) |
Staff |
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May be repeated for credit provided the topic differs. |
| 140 |
Writing Women (3) |
Belenky, Chang |
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Dynamics of gender in French literature and culture with emphasis on women as agents and objects of representation. Gender roles in the formation of social biases, norms, and power structures. Texts range from the Middle Ages to the present. (Spring) |
| 197 |
Independent Study (arr.) |
Staff |
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Admission by permission of department chair and instructor. May be repeated for credit. |
| 198–99 |
Proseminar (3–3) Thibault and |
Staff |
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Required of all majors; preparation for the major field examination. Literature in relation to the other arts and the social sciences. Fren 198: textual analysis, literary criticism, theory, and methods. Fren 199: the concepts of literary history and the history of French literature; periods, authors, genres, topics. (Academic year) |
