91920 |
FREN 201
Intermediate
French I |
Odile Chilton
|
M
T
Th 8:50
am-9:50 am |
OLINLC
120 |
FL |
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.
Students will meet in small groups with the French tutor for one
extra hour per week. Class size: 20
91921 |
FREN 202
Intermediate
French II |
Matthew Amos
|
M W F 1:30
pm-2:50 pm |
OLINLC
206 |
FL |
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. Students
will meet in small groups, with the French tutor for one extra hour per week. Interested students should consult with Prof.
Amos prior to registration. Class size: 20
91922 |
FREN 220
French
through Film |
Odile Chilton
|
M W 10:10
am-11:30 am |
OLINLC
208 |
FL |
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. Class
size: 20
91923 |
FREN 235
QUARRELS OF
THE ANCIENTS AND THE MODERNS: Past, Present, and Future in the French
literary tradition |
Matthew Amos
|
T Th 1:30
pm-2:50 pm |
OLINLC
120 |
FL |
FLLC |
We call the "Querelle des anciens et des modernes"
the conflict that raged at the heart of French letters from the late 17th to
the early 18th centuries and which pitted those who found the ancient Greeks
and Romans to be untouchable in terms of artistic merit against those who
considered contemporary esthetic innovations to be a progression beyond the
inheritance of Antiquity. Although we
will read several texts commonly included in the canon of the Querelle,
this course is not meant to be a survey of this specific historical conflict,
but rather a broader exploration of the roles played by the past, the present
and the future in the creation and reception of works of literature in the
French tradition. We will focus on
several authorial oppositions (Corneille/Racine, Voltaire/Rousseau,
Balzac/Flaubert, Sartre/Blanchot), oppositions which each time restate the
place of literature on the temporal spectrum. Readings from Montaigne,
Corneille, De Scudéry, De Sévigné, Racine, Boileau, La Fontaine, Perrault, Crébillon
fils, Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, De Staël, Constant, Balzac, Flaubert, Zola,
Huysmans, Sartre and Blanchot. Taught in
French. Students should have completed
an advanced French language course or speak with the professor before
registering for this course.
Class
size: 20
91926 |
FREN 325
Autrement Dit:
Paroles de Femmes |
Marina van Zuylen |
W 1:30
pm-3:50 pm |
OLIN
306 |
FL D+J |
FLLC DIFF |
Cross-listed: Gender and Sexuality Studies This
course introduces students to the diversity of French women’s voices in
literature and cinema in the 20th century. Readings of contemporary
women writers will include works by Colette, Simone de Beauvoir, Maryse Condé, Marguerite Duras,
Annie Ernaux, Anne Hébert, Catherine Millet, Amélie Nothomb and Nathalie Sarraute. Movies by Chantal Ackerman, Catherine Breillat, Claire Denis, Marguerite Duras
and Agnès Varda will be
shown and discussed. Conducted in French. Four years
of French required. Class size: 15