Prerequisites
French 01:420:215 or 217 and 216 or
218, or 6 credits of literature at the 300 level are prerequisites to
all 400-level courses in culture and literature.
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01:420:101-102
Elementary French (4,4)
Functional use of the language in speaking, writing, and reading modern French. Laboratory exercises.
Not open for credit to students who have had two or more years of secondary school French.
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01:420:103,104
Elementary French Laboratory (1,1)
Instructor-guided laboratory practicum based on intensive use of media and designed for the improvement of aural/oral skills. Practice involves use of text-related audiotapes and videotapes, individual and group work, and recordings of student speech for evaluation of pronunciation and fluency.
Corequisites: (103) 01:420:101; (104) 01:420:102.
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01:420:105
French for Reading Knowledge (3)
Development of reading skills. Texts chosen from the humanities and social studies.
Not open for credit to students who have had two or more years of secondary school French.
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01:420:121
French Fundamentals (4)
Intensive review and practice of the fundamentals of French conversation, reading, and composition. Laboratory exercises.
Prerequisite: Placement test.
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01:420:131-132
Intermediate French (4,4)
Development of fluency in written and spoken French. Conversation, composition, and grammar review using short literary texts and audiovisual materials.
Prerequisites: 01:420:102, 121, or placement test.
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01:420:171
French Theater Workshop (1.5)
Production of selected scenes in French.
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01:420:210
Intensive French Conversation (3)
Development of facility and accuracy in oral expression and listening comprehension. Class exercises and discussion, written work, and extensive audio and video laboratory work.
Prerequisite: Placement test or 01:420:132 or both. May not be used to satisfy major requirements.
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01:420:213
Intensive Advanced Grammar (3)
Intensive study of the forms and structures of French grammar to complete mastery of foundations for advanced courses. Written work, class drill, laboratory exercises.
Prerequisite: Placement test or 01:420:132.
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01:420:214
Composition and Stylistics (3)
Study and practice in composition to perfect skills for written French. Analysis and imitation of writing styles and forms; vocabulary development, syntax; frequent written exercises.
Prerequisite: 01:420:213.
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01:420:215,216
Aspects of French Literature (3,3)
Introduction to French literature focusing on significant themes, genres, and literary movements. Readings of representative authors from the Renaissance to the present.
Prerequisite: Placement test or 01:420:132. Credit not given for both 01:420:215 and 217 or for both 01:420:216 and 218.
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01:420:217,218
Approaches to French Literature (3,3)
Introduction to French literature through close reading of texts from Renaissance to present; special attention to nature of literary work and to goals and methods of literary analysis.
Prerequisite: Placement test or 01:420:132. Honors. Credit not given for both 01:420:215 and 217 or for both 01:420:216 and 218.
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01:090:235,236
French Cultural Experience (1.5,1.5)
Cultural, social, and political life of peoples of France and other French-speaking countries. Emphasis placed on learning through direct contact with resource persons, audiovisuals, field trips, and programming of cultural events. Development of active communication skills through immersion in the daily foreign-language activities of the French House.
Limited to and required of the residents of the Douglass French House. May not be used in satisfaction of major requirements; may be repeated for credit.
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06:090:275,276
The French Language Experience (1.5,1.5)
Development of active language skills through formal instruction and the daily experience of foreign language immersion in the varied activities of the Ile de France house.
Limited to and required of residents of the Douglass French House. May not be used to satisfy major requirements. Course may be repeated.
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01:420:299
Language House/Dormitory Residence (E3)
Residence in a French-speaking dormitory section.
Prerequisite: Permission of the school housing authority concerned. Graded as satisfactory or unsatisfactory. Section number identifies the campus concerned.
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01:420:303
Advanced French Conversation (3)
Discussion of topics to develop fluency of speech and command of idioms. Group conversations and debates.
Prerequisite: 01:420:210 or 216. Not open to native speakers or to students returning from junior year in France.
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01:420:307,308
The French Film in French (3,3)
Film as a major expression of French culture; viewing and analysis of films by such directors as Truffaut, Chabrol, Rohmer, Renoir, Clair, and Cocteau. Introduction to methods of criticism.
Credit not given for these courses and 01:420:305,306.
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01:420:310
Introduction to Francophone Literature (3)
Survey of texts in French from Africa (including Maghreb and Madagascar), the Caribbean, North America, and Southeast Asia.
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01:420:315
French Civilization from the Middle Ages to the Revolution (3)
Analysis of Old Régime foundations of French culture; concentration on interaction and evolution of social and intellectual phenomena.
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01:420:316
French Civilization from the Revolution to the Present (3)
Analysis of development of modern French culture; concentration on interaction and evolution of social and intellectual phenomena.
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01:420:317
French: Culture and Community (4)
Developed through the universitywide CASE program, this course combines a study of the evolving themes of community and education in French literature with service by teaching of French at community schools.
Special permission required; contact department.
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01:420:319
Women Writers from 1789 to the Present (3)
Analysis and discussion of the cultural contexts, modes of expression, and self-definitions of women writers in modern France from the Revolution of 1789 to the post-1968 revolutions in feminist theory and practice.
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01:420:320
Theater Workshop (3)
Reading, discussion, and production of representative texts from French dramatic literature.
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01:420:324
French Commerce (3)
Fundamental principles governing commercial organizations in France. Practical business correspondence.
Prerequisites: 01:420:215 or 217; 216 or 218.
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05:300:331
Materials and Methods in French (3)
Solutions to classroom problems. Course planning: teaching aims, pedagogical devices, language content, cultural background, selections of text.
Only for students in the French teaching program; others by permission of instructor. May count as education credit but not toward the major in French.
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01:420:332
French Phonetics and Applied Linguistics (3)
French phonetics in theory and practice. A comparative study of English and French sounds. Exercises in transcription and correct pronunciation.
Prerequisite: 01:420:132. Not open to first-year students.
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01:420:333
Introduction to French Syntax (3)
Introduction to the methods and concerns of modern theoretical linguistics and to the practice and theory of syntax through the study of particular problems in the syntax of French.
Prerequisite: 01:615:201 or permission of instructor.
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01:420:335,336
The French Novel (3,3)
Forms and techniques of the novel from La Princesse de Clèves to the present.
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01:420:337
The French Theater (3)
Analysis of dramatic structure and meaning in texts selected from the classical tradition to the Theater of the Absurd.
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01:420:338
French Poetry (3)
Critical interpretation of French poetry with particular attention to the unique problems of French prosody and poetic theory. Selected texts from the 16th century to the 20th century.
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01:420:341,342
One French Writer (3,3)
Intensive study of the work of a single author. Analysis of elements
such as writer's place in literary or cultural history, critical
approaches, the writer's role in a given genre.
Author chosen each semester/year dependent on faculty and student interest.
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01:420:351
Literature in French Society (3)
Exceptional role of literature in French culture, politics, and day-to-day life. Generally studies one topic in a given historical period.
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01:420:371,372
Topics in French Cinema (3,3)
Topics such as relations between film and other genres (novel, theater); film in relation to cultural history; introduction to critical approaches to film. Consult departmental announcement.
One course in French cinema, 01:420:305,306,307, or 308 recommended.
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01:420:391,392
Topics in French/Francophone Literature and Culture (3,3)
Special topics selected to meet the interests and needs of the students.
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01:420:393,394
Topics in French Literature and Culture (1.5,1.5)
Special topics selected to meet the interests and needs of the students. Seven-week courses.
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01:420:395,396
Junior Honors Seminar (3,3)
In-depth examination of a problem, topic, or theme in French literature or culture, in order to develop analytic and research skills. Subject announced by department.
Open to students in departmental or school honors programs or by permission of department.
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01:420:399
Service Learning Internship (1)
One-credit community service placement in teaching French.
Corequisite: Must be taken in conjunction with a designated CASE (Citizenship and Service Education) course offered in the Department of French.
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01:420:401
Translation (3)
Techniques of translation; study of dictionaries and specialized vocabularies; texts selected from the humanities and the social sciences.
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01:420:402
Advanced Stylistics and Composition (3)
Study of rhetoric through the detailed stylistic analysis of literary texts and the imitation of writing techniques.
Prerequisite: A 300-level French course.
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01:420:403
History of the French Language (3)
Development of the French language from its origins to the present; suggestions of possible future evolution. Emphasis on phonology, morphology, syntax, and lexicon; consideration of cultural forces influencing linguistic stability or change at crucial points in French history.
Prerequisites: 01:420:213,214,215 or 217; 216 or 218.
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01:420:405,406
Modern France (3,3)
First semester: economic and social background; interpretive analysis of major problems affecting French life; audiovisual materials. Second semester: analysis of major trends in French culture and institutions.
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01:420:407
Advanced French Syntax (3)
Study of advanced problems in French syntax in conjunction with theoretical problems in linguistics.
Prerequisite: 01:420:333 or equivalent course in linguistics.
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01:420:409
Studies in Cultures of the Francophone World (3)
Analysis of the cultural production (including film, music, visual and performing arts, and literature) of regions in which the French language plays a major role.
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01:420:410
Sub-Saharan African Literature (3)
Study of literature in French by writers in or from sub-Saharan Africa.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:016:410.
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01:420:411
North African Literature (3)
Study of literature in French by writers in or from the Maghreb.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:016:411.
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01:420:412
Canadian Literature (3)
Study of literature in French by writers in or from Québec and other regions of Canada.
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01:420:413
Caribbean Literature (3)
Study of literature in French by writers in or from the Caribbean (Haiti, Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana).
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01:420:415
Medieval French Literature (3)
The French Middle Ages: readings in epic, romance, didactic literature, and lyric poetry of the 12th through the 15th centuries; texts usually read in modern French translations.
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01:420:416
Sixteenth-Century French Literature (3)
The French Renaissance: tradition and innovation in the writings of such authors as Marot, Rabelais, Marguerite de Navarre, Montaigne, and the poets of the Pléiade.
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01:420:421
French Poetry and Prose of the 17th Century (3)
Selected works from the major writers representing the aesthetic and intellectual currents of the age.
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01:420:422
French Classical Drama (3)
Major plays of Corneille, Molière, and Racine.
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01:420:431,432
The Age of Enlightenment (3,3)
Great writers of the 18th century--Montesquieu, Voltaire, Diderot, and Rousseau--and their relationship to the social, literary, and intellectual currents of the period.
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01:420:441
Romanticism in France (3)
French romanticism, its origins, psychology, and development, with readings from Madame de Staël, Hugo, Balzac, Stendhal, and their contemporaries.
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01:420:451
Twentieth-Century French Drama (3)
French drama from Claudel through Beckett to Kolté; new concepts in dramatic art. Relations among authors, actors, the public, and the period.
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01:420:452
Twentieth-Century French Novel (3)
Readings in works by such authors as Proust, Gide, Camus, Sartre, Duras, and Perec; the "nouveau roman." The novel in relation to social, philosophical, and political thought.
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01:420:455,456
Major Currents of French Thought (3,3)
Critical and formal analysis of literary texts selected to illustrate the development of ideas in France from the Roman de la Rose to the present.
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01:420:469,470
Topics in French Studies (3,3)
Topics such as detailed studies of issues in French culture, civilization, or literature; in-depth study of an author, movement, genre, or period.
Offered only in the Rutgers Summer Program in Paris. Consult departmental announcement.
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01:420:471,472
Advanced Topics in French Cinema (3,3)
Topics such as detailed studies of issues in film theory, analysis, or history; in-depth study of schools, movements, or specific filmmakers. Consult departmental announcement.
Two courses in French cinema, 01:420:305, 306, 307, 308, or 371, recommended.
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01:420:480
Senior Seminar in French Literature (3)
Thorough and probing study of an important theme, topic, or movement within the history of French literature. Subject announced by the department.
Open only to senior majors in French literary studies.
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01:420:481
Senior Seminar in French Culture (3)
In-depth examination of a problem or period in French civilization, with a focus on development of interpretive and analytic skills. Subject announced by the department.
Open only to senior majors in French cultural studies.
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01:420:490
Advanced Topics in French and Francophone Linguistics (3)
Prerequisites: 01:420:333 and 01:615:201, or permission of instructor.
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01:420:491,492
Advanced Topics in French/Francophone Literature and Culture (3,3)
Special topics selected to meet the interests and needs of the students.
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01:420:493,494
Independent Study (BA,BA)
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and departmental chairperson.
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01:420:495-496
Honors Project: French (3,3)
Preparation for written and oral honors examination and honors paper based on research under the direction of the departmental honors committee.
Prerequisite: Permission of departmental honors committee.
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01:420:497-498
Honors Research Thesis: French (4,4 or 6,6)
Research thesis and defense under the direction of the departmental honors committee.
Prerequisite: Permission of departmental honors committee. Both semesters must be completed to receive credit.
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