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.