15001 |
FREN 106 Basic Intensive French |
Odile Chilton / Eric Trudel |
M T W Th F M T W Th F |
8:50am-9:50am 10:10am- 11:10am |
OLINLC 208 OLINLC 208 |
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 (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.
Class size: 20
15036 |
FREN 203 Intermediate French III |
Odile Chilton |
M T . Th . |
10:10am- 11:10am |
OLINLC 118 |
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
15039 |
FREN 270 Advanced Composition & Conversation |
Matthew Amos |
. T . Th . |
1:30pm-2:50pm |
OLIN 201 |
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. Class
size: 20
15038 |
FREN 355 DEFYING
DEATH: THE Literary
ExperIENCE in THE French TradITIOn |
Matthew Amos |
. . W . . |
1:30pm-3:50pm |
OLIN 310 |
FLLC |
Aristotle
states in his Poetics that the representation (mimesis)
of death does not result in the disgust or depression that tends to follow
upon actually witnessing a carcass or cadaver. Instead,
he argues, the representation of death allows us to learn about
the state that inevitably awaits us all. Aristotle touches here on the
ultimate point of human experience (death), by limiting its intellectual contemplation
to the realm of representation, of art. This very gesture traces the path
to rebirth: what is dead lives again (albeit differently)
in its representation. This seminar will explore how exactly literature
deals with and challenges the task that Aristotle assigns it. From advice
on how best to prepare for death to the argument against the death penalty;
from ritual sacrifice to suicide; from the resurrection of the dead to the
euthanasia of the living; this course will address many of the ways in which
literature veritably defies death. Readings from (but not limited to)
Chrétien de Troyes, Montaigne, Racine, Rousseau, Hugo, Nerval,
Baudelaire, Sartre, Camus, Bataille, Blanchot and Quignard. Taught in French. Students should have
completed an advanced French language course, or talk to the instructor prior
to online registration. Class size:
15