Spring and Summer 2006

Undergraduate Courses

The Department of European Languages, Literatures, and Cultures offers the following courses in French. These courses are not only for its majors and minors, but also for students in other disciplines interested in language, literature and culture. For further information, please contact the department office at 632-7440, Library N4004, or send an e-mail to Professor Prosper Sanou, Director of Undergraduate Studies

All courses are 3 credits, unless otherwise stated.

Section A: Courses Taught in French

FRN 101-S3 Elementary Intensive French (6 credits)

An intensive course covering the elementary French program (FRN 111, 112) in one semester. This course is designed for students who have no prior knowledge of the language. A student who has had two or more years of French in high school (or who has otherwise acquired an equivalent proficiency) may not take FRN 101 without written permission from the supervisor of the course. May not be taken for credit after any other course in French.

This course satisfies the university entrance language requirement.

01 - MW: 9:30-12:40 — M. Watts

90 - Tu:Th: 5:20-8:10 — M. Kang

FRN 111 and FRN 112-S3 Elementary French I and II (4 credits each)

An introduction to spoken and written French, stressing pronunciation, speaking, comprehension, reading, and writing. Language laboratory supplements class work. FRN 111 is designed for students who have no prior knowledge of the language.

Remark: A student who has had two or more years of French in high school (or who has otherwise acquired an equivalent proficiency) may not take FRN 111 without permission.

Prerequisite to FRN 112: FRN 111

Students who have completed FRN 101 with a grade of C or higher may not take these courses for credit.

FRN 111-01 TuTh: 12:50-2:40 — L. Rasumova

FRN 111-90 - MW: 5:20-7:10 — M. Turan

FRN 112 - MWF: 11:45-12:40 — M. Turan

FRN 211 and FRN 212-S3 Intermediate French

A sequence of intermediate courses in conversation, composition, and the interpretation of French texts.

Prerequisite to FRN 211: FRN 101 or FRN 112;

Prerequisite to FRN 212: FRN 211.

Students who have completed FRN 201 with a grade of C or higher may not take this course for credit.

FRN 211-01 MW: 11:45-12:40 — M. Watts
FRN 211-02 ThTh: 9:50-11:10 — M. Kang
FRN 212 MF: 12:50-2:10 — Feldman

FRN 311-S3 French Conversation and Composition

A course in the active use of spoken and written French. Language laboratory supplements class work.

Prerequisite: FRN 201 or 212

MW: 3:50-5:10 — Feldman

FRN 312-S3 Introduction to Stylistics Analysis

Reading of selected short passages of prose and poetry in class with emphasis on improved writing skills, oral expression, and increased mastery of French syntax and techniques of literary analysis.

Prerequisite: FRN 311

MW: 2-20-3:40 — Feldman

FRN 331 Introduction to Advanced French (with the Novel)

A course aimed at bringing the gap between conversational and tourist French and advanced and formal French. Extracts from plays, supplements, and technological based material.

Prerequisite: FRN 312

TuTh: 2:20-3:40 — Cancelled

FRN 395-G Readings in French Literature I -- Analysis and Interpretation

The course teaches literary analysis and its application to representative texts chosen from various periods of French literature. All readings are done in French. Discussions are in French.

Prerequisite: FRN 312

TuTh: 12:50-2:10 — S. Leroy

FRN 411 Phonetics and Diction

A course designed to develop mastery of the spoken language. Students learn to express themselves in the current idiom with fluency and accuracy. At least one hour of laboratory is required weekly.

Remark: Meets with FRN 510
Prerequisite: FRN 312

TuTh: 11:20-12:40 — S. Leroy

FRN 435 Poetics of Damnation

The accursed poets of 19^th-century France and the poetics of damnation
A study the most prominent 19^th-century French poets who transcended their ill-fated existences into Modernity. Works by Paul Verlaine’s “Les Poètes maudits,” to whom Charles Baudelaire must be regarded as their forerunner. Other “minor” poets along with accursed painters of the time (Cézanne, Gaughin, Van Gogh, Bazille, Seurat, and Redon) will complete this panorama of “accursed” expression that fostered modern art and avant-garde movements in 20^th century.

Remark: Meets with FRN 552

Thu: 5:20-8:20 — F. Dalmas

FRN 441 French Civilization
A discussion of French civilization from the creation of the modern state to the present. The course is intended for those interested in studying the background and tradition of modern France.
Remark: Meets with FRN 501

Prerequisite: FRN 312 and FRN 395/ or 396

TuTh: 3:50-5:10 — F. Dalmas

HUF 216-I French Civilization Through the Ages

An overview of Rrench civilization seen through its diverse manifestations in various fields. The heritage of French society is analyzed through the arts, philosophy, literature, and theatre.

Advisory Prerequisite: Completion of DEC category B

TuTh: 11:20-12:40 — B. Petit

FRN 501 French French Civilization
A discussion of French civilization from the creation of the modern state to the present. The course is intended for those interested in studying the background and tradition of modern France.

Remark: Meets with FRN 441

W: 5:20-8:10 — F. Dalmas

FRN 510 Phonetics and Diction

See FRN 411 for description

TuTh: 11:20-12:40 — S. Leroy

FRN 552 Poetics of Damnation

See FRN 435 for description

Remark: Co-scheduled with FRN 433

W: 5:20-8:10 — F. Dalmas

FRN/ITL 571 – European Literary Theory & Methods.
A study of selected major schools of criticism that developed during the XX Century in Europe: formalism, structuralism, Marxism, reception aesthetics, and hermeneutics. Authors include Saussure, Jakobson, Mukarovsky, Todorov, Eco, Lukacs, Della Volpe, Sartre, Barthes, Segre, Iser, Ingarden, Gadamer, Ricoeur. Besides inquiring into the philosophical differences among these schools, students will apply the different approaches to the same prose and poetic texts.
Remark: This course is taught in English
Tu: 5:20-8:10 — P. Carravetta

For further information, contact Prof. Prosper Sanou

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Undergraduate Courses

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