99105 |
FREN 201 Intermediate French I |
Odile Chilton |
M T . Th . |
9:20 - 10:20 am |
OLINLC 210 |
FLLC |
For
students who have completed three to five years of high-school French or who
have already acquired a solid knowledge of elementary grammar. In this course,
designed as an introduction to contemporary French civilization and culture,
students will be able to reinforce their skills in grammar, composition and
spoken proficiency, through the use of short texts, newspaper and magazine
articles, as well as video.
99106 |
FREN 202 Intermediate French II |
Odile Chilton |
M T . Th . |
10:30 - 11:30 am |
OLINLC 210 |
FLLC |
For students with three to four years of high
school French or who have acquired a solid knowledge of elementary grammar. In
this course, designed as an introduction to contemporary French civilization
and culture, students will be able to reinforce their skills in grammar,
composition and spoken proficiency, through the use of short texts, newspaper
and magazine articles, as well as video.
99107 |
FREN 220 French through Film |
Odile Chilton |
M . W . . |
1:30 -2:50 pm |
OLINLC 120 |
FLLC |
In this intermediate course we will
explore major themes of French culture and civilization through the study of individual films ranging from
the silent era to the present and covering a wide variety of genres. We will
examine the interaction between the French and their cinema in terms of
historical circumstances, aesthetic ambitions, and self-representation.
Conducted in French.
99112 |
FREN 341 Art or Virtue? Rousseau's Legacy
in French Literature |
Marina van Zuylen |
. . W . . |
1:30 -3:50 pm |
OLIN 301 |
FLLC |
Rousseau’s
brutal condemnation of the arts in his Discours
sur les sciences et les arts sets the stage for a debate that will rage
from the Enlightenment to Sartre’s Qu’est-ce
que la littérature? What does
literature want? To please or to
instruct? From his biased endorsement
of Molière’s Misanthrope to his mordant
critique of Montaigne and Voltaire, Rousseau pinpoints the arts as the culprit
of our moral demise. Continuing Plato’s
legacy, he identifies “entertainment” as the single most dangerous obstacle to
virtue. Taking Rousseau as its point of
departure, this seminar will examine a wide spectrum of works that have pitted
art against social or ethical responsibility.
Works include Montaigne, Molière, Rousseau, Sade, Hugo, Baudelaire,
Zola, and Sartre. Conducted in French.