16151 |
FREN 106
Basic Intensive French |
Odile
Chilton Eric
Trudel |
M
T W
Th F 8:50 -9:50
am M
T W Th F 10:10 -11:10
am |
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 (with an extra hour of tutorial with the French assistant), using
a variety of pedagogical methods, and will be followed by a four‑week
stay at the Institut de Touraine (
Class
size: 22
16153 |
FREN 203
Intermediate French III |
Odile
Chilton |
M
T Th
10:10 am-11:10 am |
OLINLC 206 |
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 the week for workshops. Class
size: 20
16506 |
FREN 239
FROM THE STORMING OF THE BASTILLE TO STROMAE:
INTRODUCTION TO FRENCH CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION |
Matthew
Amos |
M W 1:30
pm-2:50 pm |
HEG 308 |
FLLC |
This course will
seek to improve your understanding of contemporary French civilization.
We will begin with a historical analysis of the political, socio-economic
and cultural reconfigurations that occurred in
16152 |
FREN 270
Advanced Composition AND ConversAtIOn |
Matthew
Amos |
T Th 1:30
pm-2:50 pm |
OLINLC 206 |
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 in
class discussion and debates. A general review of grammar is also conducted
throughout the course. Class size: 20
16192 |
FREN 321
CLASS MATTERS: Vocabularies of Contempt FROM BALZAC TO ERIBON |
Marina
van Zuylen |
Th 1:30
pm-3:50 pm |
OLINLC 118 |
FLLC |
Cross-listed: Literature In a rather shocking statement from Le Peuple (1846),
the French historian Michelet proclaims that almost all those who benefit from
social mobility end up betraying the character and originality of their initial
class. "The hard thing," he writes, "is not [so much] to ascend,
but while ascending, to remain oneself." What is gained in culture and
knowledge, he adds, is lost in "originality and authentic
distinction." This seminar will scrutinize novels and essays for their
insights about the ways in which various cultural and socio-economic mutations
shape and undermine the complex link between distinction and authenticity. It
will single out questions of ambition, snobbery, and exclusion through their
vocabulary of flattery and contempt. We will examine the psychodynamics of
prestige and acceptance, success and failure, as they are crystallized in the
deeply antagonistic class relations from Stendhal's Julien Sorel to Eribon's
Voyage à