16:420:500
Introduction to Rhetorical and Stylistic Analysis (3)
Techniques of literary interpretation of prose fiction, theater, and poetry. Critical readings and analyses of selected texts.
Cornilliat, Eisenzweig, Piroux ,Tamas
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16:420:502
Phonetics (3)
Theory and practice of French phonetics with emphasis on pedagogical approaches. Special attention to regional, social, and cultural influences on the production of speech.
Déprez
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16:420:503
Advanced Grammar, Stylistics, and Theory of Language (3)
Advanced French grammar and theory of language with special attention to typical problems of idiomatic expression; themes, oral presentations, and translation exercises.
Déprez
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16:420:504
Translation (3)
Translation as a linguistic, cultural, and creative exchange of signs from one language into another. Intensive practice in oral and written translation from literary, journalistic, and official sources.
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16:420:505
Studies in Contemporary French Culture (3)
Aspects of French society, history, geography, economy, intellectual, and artistic life; institutions, codes of behavior, and patterns of thought; Franco-American relations and influences.
Flieger
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16:420:508
Studies in Francophone Culture (3)
Civilization and literatures of French-speaking Africa and the Americas. Overviews and close examinations of the society, language, and literature of places as diverse as Senegal, Haiti, and Quebec.
Allamand, Larrier, Serrano
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16:420:509,510
Topics in French Literature for Teachers of French (3,3)
Approaches to French literature of various periods, genres, or themes appropriate for adaptation to secondary school curricula.
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16:420:511
Methodology of Language Teaching (3)
Methods of teaching language. Theories of second language acquisition and applications for either college or K-12 teaching.
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16:420:512
Teaching Apprenticeship in French (N1)
Observation of elementary and intermediate language classes; supervised practice teaching.
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16:420:513
History of the French Language (3)
Development of the French language from its origins to the present. Consideration of the cultural forces that have influenced linguistic evolution in France.
Pairet
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16:420:514
French across the Curriculum (3)
Methods, materials, and language skills for teaching schoolchildren in French in a variety of disciplines. Development of teaching materials and application of national standards in the foreign language classroom.
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16:420:516
Studies in French Film (3)
Approaches to the French cinema or its history as an expression of a literary or cultural theme.
Hippolyte, Williams
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16:420:601,602
Individual Studies in French Literature and Theory (3,3)
Independent study course of directed readings in areas of particular interest, such as linguistics, critical theory, cinema studies, and studies of individual genres or issues.
Available only by special arrangement with permission of the graduate adviser.
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16:420:611,612
Old French Language and Literature (3,3)
Readings of selections from the various forms and periods of medieval French literature, with an introductory study of French philology.
Pairet
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16:420:613
Medieval French Romance (3)
Selected works and authors, with attention to linguistic problems as well as to medieval and contemporary critical approaches.
Pairet
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16:420:614
Medieval Lyric Poetry (3)
Reading and analysis of selected poems, authors, or genres in medieval French and/or Occitan.
Pairet
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16:420:615,616
Studies in Medieval French Literature (3,3)
Intensive study of a medieval genre, theme, author, or major work; literary and linguistic analysis; problems of textual criticism.
Pairet
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16:420:621,622
French Literature of the Renaissance (3,3)
Introduction to the principal ideological and aesthetic currents of the 16th century through selected texts by the major poets (Marot, Scève, DuBellay, Ronsard, and D'Aubigné) and prose writers (Rabelais, Marguerite de Navarre, and Montaigne).
Cornilliat
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16:420:623
Rabelais (3)
Rabelais as humanist and storyteller; problems of language and the narrative in the early French Renaissance.
Cornilliat
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16:420:624
Poetry of the French Renaissance (3)
Lemaire, Marot; Scève; Labé; the Pléiade; religious and satirical poets of the century's end.
Cornilliat
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16:420:625
Montaigne (3)
Critical reading of the Essais with attention to the dynamics of form and meaning.
Cornilliat
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16:420:631,632
French Literature of the 17th Century (3,3)
Against the background of the age, a study of the main literary currents and an analysis of some of the significant works of the major writers.
Merlin-Kajman, Piroux, Swenson, Tamas
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16:420:633
The Classical Theater (3)
Intensive study of the forms, rhetoric, and meaning of the plays of Corneille, Racine, and Molière.
Merlin-Kajman, Piroux, Tamas
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16:420:634
La Fontaine and the Moralistes (3)
Study of La Rochefoucauld, La Fontaine, Pascal, Sévigné, La Fayette, Boileau, Perrault, or other selected writers whose work addresses moral, social, or political issues, with particular attention to rhetoric and subjectivity.
Merlin-Kajman, Tamas
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16:420:637,638
Studies in French Literature of the 17th Century (3,3)
Intensive study of a major figure, theme, movement, or single work.
Merlin-Kajman, Piroux, Swenson, Tamas
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16:420:641,642
French Literature of the 18th Century (3,3)
The rise and development of new literary forms and their relationship to intellectual and social changes of the Enlightenment.
Piroux, Swenson, Tamas
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16:420:643
Diderot (3)
Major works and editorial activity, with emphasis on the variety of forms and genres, development of aesthetic theory, and materialist epistemology and ethics.
Piroux, Swenson, Tamas
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16:420:644
Rousseau (3)
Major works, particularly Confessions, Emile, La Nouvelle Heloise, and Social Contract. Consideration of Rousseau's reception and influence in both literary and political developments.
Piroux, Swenson, Tamas
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16:420:645,646
Studies in 18th-Century French Literature (3,3)
Intensive study of a theme, period concept, stylistic practice, or major figure of the French Enlightenment.
Piroux, Swenson, Tamas
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16:420:651,652
French Literature of the 19th Century (3,3)
Study of the main literary currents; analysis of significant works by major writers, with emphasis on cultural history and the evolution of art forms.
Eisenzweig, Shaw
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16:420:653
French Romanticism (3)
Study of the movement from a theoretical and historical perspective, with an emphasis on one or more major authors or works.
Eisenzweig, Shaw
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16:420:654
Nineteenth-Century French Poetry (3)
Intensive study of a poetic movement (romanticism, symbolism), or of one or more major poets.
Shaw
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16:420:655
The 19th-Century French Novel (3)
Intensive study of one or more major authors or works, with emphasis on theoretical and aesthetic perspectives.
Eisenzweig, Parker
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16:420:657
Fin de Siècle (3)
An unusual moment in literary history, observed through the study of one or more major authors, works, events, or of the period as a whole.
Eisenzweig, Shaw
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16:420:659,660
Studies in 19th-Century French Literature (3,3)
Intensive study of a movement, a genre, one or more major authors or works, or of a specific theoretical or thematic topic.
Eisenzweig, Parker, Shaw
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16:420:661,662
French Literature of the 20th Century (3,3)
Survey of the main literary currents; analysis of significant works by major writers.
Allamand, Flieger, Hippolyte
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16:420:663
French Theater of the 20th Century (3)
Study of major authors and works from Claudel to Koltès, with emphasis on the theory and practice of performance.
Flieger, Shaw
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16:420:664
Twentieth-Century French Poetry (3)
Study of major authors and works from Apollinaire to the contemporary poetic scene.
Serrano, Shaw
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16:420:665
The 20th-Century French Novel (3)
Study of major authors and works, with emphasis on the critique and evolution of the genre.
Allamand, Flieger
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16:420:667
Intellectual and Aesthetic Movements of the 20th Century (3)
Studies in literature and philosophy; literature and politics; and the role of the intellectual.
Allamand, Eisenzweig, Flieger, Parker
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16:420:669,670
Studies in French Literature of the 20th Century (3,3)
Intensive study of a major writer, concept, or theme.
Allamand, Flieger, Larrier, Shaw
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16:420:671
Sub-Saharan African Literature (3)
Study of literature in French by major writers from West and Central Africa.
Larrier, Serrano
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16:420:672
North African Literature (3)
Study of literature in French by major writers from the Maghreb.
Serrano
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16:420:673
Caribbean Literature (3)
Study of literature in French by major writers from the Caraibes and French Guiana.
Larrier
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16:420:674
Francophone Literatures in Europe and North America (3)
Study of major Francophone writers from Belgium, Switzerland, or Quebec and other regions of Canada.
Allamand
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16:420:675
Studies in Francophone Literature (3)
Intensive study of a theme, movement, genre, or culture, with special emphasis on comparative contexts.
Allamand, Larrier, Serrano
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16:420:677,678
History of the French Cinema (3,3)
History of the French cinema from Lumiere and Melies to the New Wave and beyond.
Williams
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16:420:679
Studies in Film and Film Theory (3)
Intensive study of one or more movements, authors, or genres, with emphasis on critical approaches and theoretical issues.
Hippolyte, Williams
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16:420:681
French Rhetoric and Poetics (3)
Evolution of rhetoric and poetics and their application to literature from the Renaissance to modern times.
Cornilliat
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16:420:682
Perspectives of Contemporary Criticism (3)
The New French Criticism: theory and models of the phenomenological, structuralist, generative, or poststructural enterprise.
Eisenzweig, Flieger, Parker
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16:420:683,684
Topics in Theory (3,3)
Study of individual theorists, theoretical tendencies, or interdisciplinary theoretical approaches, such as feminist theory, psychoanalysis and literature, Foucault, or narratology.
Eisenzweig, Flieger, Parker. Prerequisite: 16:195:501 Introduction to Literary Theory.
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16:420:685
Literature and Gender (3)
Study of intersection of literature, gender, and culture. Topics might include individual writers, specific periods, generic topics, and theoretical problems.
Allamand, Flieger, Larrier, Parker
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16:420:687,688
Topics in French Literature (3,3)
Analysis of problems or themes across genre and century boundaries.
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16:420:691,692,693,694
Half-Semester Projects (1.5,1.5,1.5,1.5)
Half-semester courses devoted to an aspect of critical theory, a single literary work, a scholarly or textual problem, or a theme spanning more than one literary period.
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16:420:701,702
Research in French (BA,BA)
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