Fall 2008

Shoggy Waryn

BASIC FRENCH : A two-semester course. Five meetings a week for oral practice. One hour of work outside of class is expected every day (grammar/writing, oral practice, reading). An accelerated track enables qualified students to go directly to FREN 0500 after FREN 0200. NOTE: This is a year course. Enrollment limited to 18 per section.

Section 01: M, W, F 9-9:50 & T, TH 9:00-10:20
Section 02: M, W, F 10-10:50 & T, TH 10:30-11:50
Section 03: M, W, F 11-11:50 & T, TH 1-2:20
Section 04: M, W, F 12-12:50 & T, TH 1:00-2:20
Section 05: M, W, F 1-1:50 & T, TH 2:30-3:50

INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I : A semi-intensive elementary review with emphasis on all four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). Class activities include drills, small group activities, and skits. Class materials include an audio CD, videos, a French film, short stories, and various other authentic documents. Four meetings per week plus a 50-minute conversation section with TAs. Enrollment limited to 18 per section

Section 01: M, W, F 9-9:50 & T 9:00-10:20
Section 02: M, W, F 11-11:50 & TH 10:30-11:50
Section 03: M, W, F 2-2:50 & T 2:30-3:50

INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II : Continuation of FREN 0300 but may be taken separately. A four-skill language course that stresses oral interaction in class (three meetings per week plus one 50-minute conversation section). Materials include audio activities, film, and a contemporary novel. Short compositions with systematic grammar practice. Enrollment limited to 18 per section

Section 01: M, W, F 10-10:50
Section 02: M, W, F 12-12:50

WRITING AND SPEAKING FRENCH I: Prerequisite for FR 600. A four-skill language course that stresses oral interaction in class (three meetings plus one conversation section). Materials include audio CD, film, press articles, and literary excerpts. Writing is organized around specific tasks and systematic grammar practice. Enrollment limited to 18 per section

Section 01: (Nathalie Etoke-Ilda) M, W, F 9-9:50
Section 02: M, W, F 10-10:50
Section 03: M, W, F 1-1:50
Section 04: M, W, F 2-2:50

INTRODUCTION TO THE LITERARY EXPERIENCE: Classroom discussion based on readings in French literature from the 17th century to the present, including narrative fiction, drama, poetry, and film. Texts are examined within their cultural and aesthetic context. Students are expected to keep a reading journal and to write short response papers. (Three meetings plus one conversation section).

WRITING AND SPEAKING FRENCH II: Prerequisite for study in French-speaking countries. Continuation of FREN 0500. Class time is devoted mainly to conversation and discussion practice. Writing instruction and assignments focus on essays, commentaries, and to a lesser degree, on story writing. Apart from reading assignments for discussion (press articles and literary excerpts), students select two novels to read. Three meetings plus one conversation section. Enrollment limited to 18 per section

Section 01: M, W, F 9-9:50
Section 02: M, W, F 11-11:50
Section 04: M, W, F 1-1:50

NOTE: Students interested in international relations and current events may register for section 03 - devoted to topics in political theory and practice.

WRITING AND SPEAKING FRENCH II FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Prerequisite for study in French-speaking countries. Continuation of FREN 0500 with a strong emphasis on IR content. Enrollment limited to 18 per section
Section 03: M, W, F 12-12:50

FIRST YEAR SEMINAR
From Courtly Love to Post Modern Desire
This course explores the enduring romance between French culture and Eros. The ambiguities of desire are brought to the fore across changing religious and social contexts. Readings include Duras, Flaubert, Barthes, Freud and Baudrillard. For first year students only, enrollment limited to 20.

INTENSIVE INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE AND LITERARY METHODS
Introduction a l'analyse littéraire
Intended for students preparing or ready for French courses at the 1000-level. Introduces students to the major literary genres (narrative fiction, poetry, drama) and to current approaches to literary texts. On what terms and with what tools can we "read" a literary text? An introduction to major genres (the short story, the novel, poetry, theater) of French and Francophile literature and to a range of analytical approaches to the text, including narrative theory, poetics, psychoanalysis and gender criticism.

Section 01: M, W, F 1:00-1:50

For Undergraduates and Graduates
General prerequisite for all 1000-level courses except 1510: one course from among French 500, 520, 600, 750, or 760.

MASTERPIECES OF FRENCH LITERATURE FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE PRESENT
Littérature intertexualité: du Moyen-Age jusqu'àla fin du XVII émes
A chronological survey of French literature from the Grail romance to neo-classical tragedy.   Topics will include the birth of courtly love, Crusades, lyric poetry and Humanism.   Course discussions will be devoed to close readings of texts by writers such as Marie de France, Chrétien de Troyes, Ronsard, Louise Labé, and Montaigne.

STUDIES IN FRENCH LITERATURE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
Espace public; espace privé
This course will study the interpenetration of spacesin the 18 th century, the domination of the public space but the emergence of the private.   We will attempt to draw the frontiers of these spaces in a variey of texts.   We will explore social spaces (the salon, the café) the domestic space (cabinet, bedroom) places of leisure and exteriority (gardens).   Readings in Crébillon fils, Denon, Bastide, Diderot, Mme de Charriére, Rutlidge, Palissot.

STUDIES IN THE FRENCH THEATER
Le théâtre femmes au XXe siècle
We will discuss French and Francophone female playwrights and directors among whom Marguerite Yourcenar, Marguerite Duras, Nathalie Sarraute, Arianne Mnouchkine, Hélène Cixous, Marie Redonnet, Claire Lejeune, Suzanne Lilar, Pascale Tison, Antonine Maillet, Anne Hébert, Carole Fréchette, Jeanne-Mance Delisle, Louise Roy, Simone Schwartz-Bart, etc...Two short essays, one class presentation and a final paper.

STUDIES IN FRENCH CINEMA
French Cinema: The First Fifty Years
This course explores the history of French Cinema and its relation to politics, history, technology and art during the first half of the 20th century.  Readings, discussions, lectures in French and English. Films with English and French subtitles.   Screenings outside of class.

FRENCH CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION
Being Marie Antoinette
This course will explore the life of the last queen of France, Marie Antoinette through a variety of materials: memoirs, pamphlets, films. We will follow her from her arrival at Versailles to the fires of the revolution, her trial and her demise. We will read some of the critical literature that has dealt with her legacy in the historiography (Hunt, Frazer, Thomas, Weber), the fiction (Ch. Thomas) and art history (Maza).

FRENCH CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION
Liens communautaires et culturels au Moyan Age
Study of writings and art forms that shed light on world views, modes of belief, social attitudes, cross ethnic relations, and collective yearnings that shaped and animated several French speaking cultures from 1100 to 1500.   We will also look at some modern legacies of medieval art works and legends.

FRENCH CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION
Présence française en Amérique du Nord au XXe siècle
We will examine varieties of French spoken in North America (Acadian French, chiac, joual, creole) as well as the French culture and literature of Québec, New England and Louisiana. Students will choose between fieldwork in a New England francophone community of their choice or writing a solid essay on North American Francophone culture/literature

ADVANCED WRITTEN AND ORAL FRENCH
Le Voyage
Follows FREN 0600 in the sequence of language courses Development of oral skills via presentations, debates, conversation, and discussion based on a variety of topics. Writing activities: essays, e-mails, commentaries, journals, etc. May be repeated for credit. Enrollment limited to 18 per section

SENIOR THESIS
Independent study in an area of special interest to the student, with close guidance of a member of the staff, and leading to a major paper. Required of candidates for honors, and recommended for all senior concentrators. Section numbers vary by instructor. Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course.

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Primarily for Graduates

Summer Course

READING FRENCH IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES
Designed to develop the reading competence in French for graduate students (or advanced undergraduates with permission of the instructor). Fundamentals of grammar and syntax are emphasized as well as reading skills in the fields of individual students. Successful completion should satisfy the foreign language requirement for graduate students in other departments. (Consult the relevant department.) Not for graduate-level credit. Written permission required for undergraduates.

FREN 2130D

STUDIES IN FRENCH LITERATURE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Les Modernités du XVIIe siécle
By examining how recent thinkers have used the period to (re) define "classicism", "modernity", "modernism", or the "post modern" and confronting these classifications with selected 17th century texts, we will explore the crucial role the century plays in French cultural, literary, and theoretical debates.   Readings include Barthes, Bourdieu, Derrida, Foucault and Descartes, Cyrano de Bergerac, Pascal, La Rochefoucauld, Racine, La Bruyére and Perrault.

STUDIES IN FRENCH LITERATURE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Decadence
Study of the notion of Decadence in fin-de-siécle French Culture.   From scientific theories of degeneration to literary representations of sexual perversion, writers of the period were consumed by the specter of moral decay and social disease.   This course will analyze fictional and non-fictional texts of the period by authors such as Péladan, Lorrain, Rachilde, Mendés and Nordua.

SEMINAR IN FRENCH STUDIES
France-Afrique/ Afrique-France: Je t'aime moi non plus
Historically the relationship between France and Africa has been characterized by a permanent tension. We will use literature to reflect on the historical events and socio-political processes that have shaped the encounter between France and Africa.   Topics include: the Colonial Encounter, "World War II" Decolonization, Negritude and immigration.

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION PREPARATION
For graduate students who have completed their course work and are preparing for a preliminary examination. No course credit.

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FREN 2980

READING AND RESEARCH
Work with individual students in connection with special readings, problems of research, or preparation of theses. Section numbers vary by instructor. Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course.

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THESIS PREPARATION
For graduate students who have met the tuition requirement and are paying the registration fee to continue active enrollment while preparing a thesis. No Course credit.

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