19014

FREN 106 Basic Intensive French

Odile Chilton / Eric Trudel

M T W Th F M T W Th F

9:20 -10:20 am 1:25 pm -2:25 pm

OLINLC 210 OLINLC 210

FLLC

(8 credits) This course is designed for students who wish to acquire a strong grasp of the French language and culture in the shortest time possible. Students with little or no previous experience of French will complete the equivalent of three semesters of college‑level French. The semester course meets ten hours a week, using a variety of pedagogical methods, and will be followed by a four‑week stay at the Institut de Touraine (Tours, France). There the students will continue daily intensive study of the French language and culture while living with French families (successful completion of the course in France carries 4 additional credits). Students must consult with Profs. Odile Chilton or Eric Trudel before on-line registration.

19015

FREN 203 Intermediate French III

Odile Chilton

M T . Th .

10:30 -11:30 am

OLINLC 208

FLLC

In this continuation of the study of 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 the French tutor for one extra hour during week for workshops.

19376

LIT/ FREN 2405 Nothing Sacred: Twentieth-Century French Literature & the Reign of Terror

Eric Trudel

. T . Th .

10:30 -11:50 am

OLIN 204

ELIT

See Literature section for description.

19188

FREN 270 Advanced Composition and Conversation

Marina van Zuylen

. T . Th .

2:30 pm -3:50 pm

OLIN 101

FLLC

This course is primarily intended to help students fine-tune their command of spoken and written French. It focuses on a wide and diverse selection of writings (short works of fiction, poems, philosophical essays, political analysis, newspaper editorials or magazine articles, etc.) loosely organized around a single theme. The readings provide a rich ground for cultural investigation, intellectual exchange, in-class debates, in-depth examination of stylistics and, of course, vocabulary acquisition. Students are encouraged to write on a regular basis and expected to participate fully to class discussion and debates. A general review of grammar is also conducted throughout the course.

19189

LIT 3013 In Praise of Idleness: Literature and the Art of Conversation

Marina van Zuylen

. . W . .

1:30 pm -3:50 pm

OLIN 107

ELIT

See Literature section for description.

19017

FREN 324 Survey of 20^th Century French Poetry

Eric Trudel

M . . . .

9:30 -11:50 am

OLIN 201

FLLC

This course surveys major trends in modern and contemporary French poetry, and documents the evolution of poetic language from Mallarmé’s “Crise de vers”, to Surrealism’s celebration of the “image”, Ponge’s rejection of the “poetic magma” all the way to contemporary playful experiments or attempts to disfigure a literary form often considered “inadmissible”. This survey, while providing students with the opportunity to practice close readings, intends to examine the precarious nature of most of modern French verse, consider the many accounts of a “crisis” in 20^th century poetry (for its outcome is not inevitably negative), and study the fate of a rather emaciated and breathless lyrical “I”. Works (poems and essays) by Alferi, Albiach, Apollinaire, Bonnefoy, Cadiot, Char, Denos, des Forêts, Éluard, Gleize, Jaccottet, Perros, Prigent, Ponge, Roche and Roubaud. Taught in French.