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FREN 100 - Reading French in the Arts and Sciences
(0 cr; S-N only; offered Every Spring; 1 academic progress units; 1 financial aid progress units)
Basic reading knowledge of French language. Intensive reading/translation of texts from a wide variety of disciplines. Students successfully completing the course obtain language certification in French.
FREN 1001 - Beginning French I
(5 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: FREN 4001, MONT 1001 (starting 20-JAN-15)
Bonjour! Join us in learning the global language of diplomacy, culture, cuisine, and commerce! French is spoken on five continents, in approximately 40 countries, and even in Maine and Louisiana. Studying French will deepen your understanding of world history and the relationships between different cultures around the globe and close to home. Studying the language of Les Miserables, Monet, and joie de vivre allows you to access some of the most amazing art, thought, and food on the planet! Beginning French (French 1001) is designed for students with little or no knowledge of the French language. It focuses on developing your intercultural, reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills. By the end of this course, you will be able to communicate about family, housing, and school. You will also gain familiarity with French-speaking communities around the world. The course features preparatory and practice activities outside of class designed to encourage analysis of language structure so that class time can be primarily devoted to meaningful interaction in French.
FREN 1002 - Beginning French II
(5 cr; Prereq-C- or better in FREN 1001, or EPT (for students taking their first French course at the U); Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: FREN 1022 (starting 02-SEP-08), MONT 1002 (starting 03-SEP-13), FREN 4022, FREN 4002
Bienvenue en 1002! Ready to embark on a new journey to further develop your knowledge of the beautiful language of French? If you passed French 1001 or have taken the Entrance Proficiency Test (EPT) and were placed in 1002, this course is for you! While exploring topics such as French holidays and cultural celebrations and traditions, food, and ecology, you will further develop your listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. You will also learn about the concept of laicite, one of the pillars of French society, and the differences and similarities between the school systems in France and the U.S. Preparatory activities designed to encourage students to analyze grammar points need to be completed at home so that class time can be primarily devoted to meaningful interactions in French.
FREN 1003 - Intermediate French I
(5 cr; Prereq-C- or better in FREN 1002 or 1022, or EPT (for students taking their first French course at the U); Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: FREN 4003, MONT 1003 (starting 03-SEP-13)
Nous vous souhaitons la bienvenue dans le troisieme semestre de francais. In this course, you will explore current issues such as the role technology plays in today's society and living a healthy lifestyle. Other themes include family, friends, and current social issues such as environment, energy, and immigration. Students will use film, excerpts of literature, and other authentic texts as part of the curriculum. Upon completion of the class, you will have more confidence in expressing past, future, and hypothetical events as well as your own opinions, feelings, and regrets. French 1003 is a five-credit course, so you should plan to spend an additional 10 hours a week on coursework outside the classroom. Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to enroll in French 1004.
FREN 1004 - Intermediate French II
(5 cr; Prereq-C- or better in FREN 1003, or EPT/LPE (for students taking their first French course at the U); Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: FREN 4004, MONT 1004 (starting 20-JAN-15)
Vous etes les bienvenus! Come join us in exploring some of the foundations of cultural identity. What does it mean to be "French?" What does it mean to be "American?" What are some things that people living within a particular culture have in common as a function of living in that culture? Where do personal and cultural identities intersect? We pay special attention to development of intercultural competence, comparing how food, child-rearing practices, elements of national identity, and diversity are treated in France and the US. We revisit many grammar concepts you have seen before, focusing on accuracy and extended language use. This course will allow you to be much more confident in using comparisons, narrating (past and present), linking ideas together into longer discourse, describing, etc. Upon successful completion of this course, you should be solidly in the Intermediate ranges of proficiency in French, able to travel and/or use French for your own goals. You will also be prepared for more advanced study in French here or abroad (FREN 3015 and 3014 are options after this course).
FREN 1022 - Accelerated Beginning French
(5 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: MONT 1002 (starting 03-SEP-13), FREN 4022, FREN 1002 (starting 04-SEP-01), FREN 4002
Heureux de vous revoir! Because you have studied French before, you already know what a wonderful language it is. This course is designed to return you to studying the language of Les Miserables, Monet, and joie de vivre! French 1022 is an accelerated review of French 1001 followed by the material covered in French 1002. At the end of this course, you will be able to communicate about topics such as food, family, school, the environment, travel and much more. If you have had a gap of more than a year since your last French class, you need to take the EPT to place into French 1022.
FREN 1501 - Gateways to French and Francophone Studies: English Only [AH GP]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: FREN 1502
What key moments in French and Francophone culture can help us understand our world today? What are French and Francophone Studies? This course taught in English answers these questions by letting you discover the diverse cultures of France and French-speaking countries (such as Senegal, Canada or Belgium), and the ways we study them in the humanities. You will encounter texts, visual material, films, music, and historical events from various eras and learn how to make sense of them. Faculty from the French program will come and share with you what they research and why. A portion of the semester will be devoted to one of two role-playing simulations. During these weeks, you will delve deeply into the material, researching your historical character and working with other students whose goals converge with yours to sway the opinions of your other classmates. Along the way, you will enhance your skills in public speaking and writing. (1) The French Revolution. Where did the notion of the social contract and human rights come from? What dilemmas did the people of France face in this turbulent attempt to transition from monarchy to a new form of government? (2) The 1889 Universal Exhibition in Paris, which was a focus of debates about art, esthetics and urbanism. Do you want to be a traditional painter, Van Gogh, an art critic, a woman patron, an anarchist, or a worker on the Eiffel Tower? How did each of these groups or individuals understand the role of art? You can take French 1501 as a freestanding class or at the same time as a language class (FREN 1001-1004, depending on your level). The class is required for new majors and minors in French Studies, but you can take it simply to discover the fascinating cultures of French-speaking communities worldwide! No prerequisites. All materials for French 1501 are in English, and students in all programs are welcome!
FREN 1502 - Gateways to French and Francophone Studies: Bilingual [AH GP]
(3 cr; Prereq-FREN 1004 (or equivalent through the LPE); A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: FREN 1501
What are French and Francophone Studies? What key moments in French and Francophone culture can help us understand our world today? This course taught in English answers these questions by letting you discover the diverse cultures of France and French-speaking countries (such as Senegal, Canada or Belgium), and the ways we study them in the humanities. You will encounter texts, visual material, films, music, and historical events from various eras and learn how to make sense of them. Faculty from the French program will come and share with you what they research and why. A portion of the semester will be devoted to one of two role-playing simulations. During these weeks, you will delve deeply into the material, researching your historical character and working with other students whose goals converge with yours to sway the opinions of your other classmates. Along the way, you will enhance your skills in public speaking and writing. (1) The French Revolution. Where did the notion of the social contract and human rights come from? What dilemmas did the people of France face in this turbulent attempt to transition from monarchy to a new form of government? (2) The 1889 art exhibition in Paris, which was a focus of debates about art, esthetics and urbanism. Do you want to be a traditional painter, Van Gogh, an art critic, a woman patron, an anarchist, or a worker on the Eiffel Tower? French 1502 is taught in English, but it includes some readings in French. In some semesters, it may also include occasional discussions or small group activities in French. You can take French 1502 as a freestanding class or at the same time as a language class (FREN 3015-3016, depending on your level). The class is required for new majors and minors in French Studies, but you can take it simply to discover the fascinating cultures of French-speaking communities worldwide!
FREN 3014 - French Phonetics
(3 cr; Prereq-1004; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: MONT 3014 (starting 03-SEP-13)
Survey of major institutions/components of modern French culture with special attention to lexical enrichment/pronunciation practice. Study of linguistic description of French sounds/transcription.
FREN 3015 - Advanced French Grammar and Communication
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: MONT 3015 (starting 03-SEP-13)
Taught entirely in French. Prerequisite: French 1004 or LPE. Voila, c'est fait: You have completed French 1004 or passed the LPE. You are certified as an intermediate speaker of French. Don't lose your momentum! French 3015 allows you to start working toward a new goal: advanced proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing French. Along with this higher proficiency comes a deeper understanding of French and Francophone culture around the world. In this class, you will focus on grammar in context, reading longer, more complex texts in the original language. You will write short compositions that include various genres such as the first-person narrative, the business letter, and the essay. You will learn how to use the correction software Antidote as a means of perfecting your writing skills. In class, you will participate in group work to boost your oral comprehension skills and in writing workshops to boost your writing skills. Listening activities include a film, an audiobook, a song, and videos related to readings. Written exercises include translation, grammar, and vocabulary building. Literary readings include excerpts from a medieval text (La legende de Tristan et Iseut), as well as four 20th-century texts (by Danielle Cadorette, Annie Ernaux, Albert Camus, and Pierre-Jakez Helias). Journalists include Kamel Daoud (published in the Le Monde) and Fatym Layachi (published in the Moroccan newspaper Tel Quel). Based on these readings and discussions of the themes of friendship, family, education, work, technology, and bilingualism, you will explore notions of identity in the French and Francophone world.
FREN 3016 - Advanced French Composition and Communication
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: MONT 3016 (starting 03-SEP-13)
Taught entirely in French. In this class, you will continue the work you began in FREN 3015, keeping your eyes on the goal of advanced proficiency. You will continue to focus on grammar in context, reading challenging texts in the original language. You will write short compositions that include various genres: a summary of an online article of your own choosing, an argumentative essay, and a film or literary analysis. You will perfect your use of the correction software Antidote as you move toward advanced proficiency in writing. In class, you will participate in group work to boost your oral comprehension skills and in writing workshops to boost your writing skills. Listening activities include several films, a song, and videos related to readings. Written exercises include translation, grammar, and vocabulary building. This course explores identity in the French and Francophone world through the themes of youth, travel, immigration, and colonisation. Literary readings include excerpts from the 18th century (Voltaire and Louis Sebastien Mercier), the 20th century (Ying Chen and Driss Chraibi), and the 21st century (Tahar Ben Jelloun, Abdellah Taia, and Mina Oualdlhadj). Newspaper articles include the sociologist Edgar Morin (published in Le Monde) and the columnist Reda Allali (published in the Moroccan newspaper Tel Quel). But French 3016 adds new genres of writing as well. We will read selections from crime novels (Rene Fregni and Michel de Roy), a graphic novel (Marjane Satrapi), and science-fiction (Pierre Boulle). This course is a good stepping-stone for an advanced course in French and Francophone film as we read about and view samples of Algerian, Canadian, and French films. Prerequisite: FREN 3015.
FREN 3017W - Advanced Writing in French: Genre, Style, Rhetoric [WI]
(3 cr; Prereq-3016; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: MONT 3505W (starting 03-SEP-13, was MONT 3505 until 26-MAY-15)
Workshop in journalistic/literary prose writing in French. Theme of journalistic/literary readings varies. Article, editorial, review, essay, biography, tale, prose poem. Word order, sequence of tenses, indirect discourse, literary tenses. Overview of stylistics/use of rhetorical figures.
FREN 3018 - French Oral Communication
(3 cr; Prereq-3014, 3015; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: MONT 3018 (starting 03-SEP-13)
Intensive work in oral expression, listening comprehension. Incorporates wide variety of cultural topics.
FREN 3022 - The Language and Culture of Business in France
(3 cr; Prereq-3015; completion of 3016 recommended; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Examines French business language as well as business practices and culture in France. Includes cross-cultural analysis.
FREN 3101W - Methods in French and Francophone Studies [LITR WI]
(3 cr; Prereq-3016 or equiv; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FREN 3101 until 04-FEB-00
Taught entirely in French. In this course, you will delve deeply into original stories, lyrics, plays, and films in French, from around the world and across time. What verbal and visual codes carry meaning in a given culture? How do cultures create a space for the subject or the self? As you discuss these questions, you will become a faster and more independent reader, gain sensitivity to the sonorities and rhythms of the French language and the nuances of sense it makes possible, and learn to perceive implicit meaning in texts. Theoretical readings and lessons in developing thesis statements and organizing arguments will enhance your ability to understand and create complex arguments in French. Each individual section of this course addresses these questions with a different selection of readings and films grouped around a specific theme, so please consult the Class Info page to find out more! nonfiction texts, cultural artifacts, and audio/visual media pertaining to France and Francophone communities across the centuries.
FREN 3333 - The Idea of Paris: Writing and Viewing the City
(3 cr; Prereq-3101W; Student Option; offered Fall Odd Year)
Meanings that Paris acquired in modern French cultural imagination, particularly as protean metaphor, myth or allegory for effects of urban, national, global modernity. Literature, painting, photography, film, architecture, urban theory from Enlightenment to present.
FREN 3345 - The Holocaust in France: Literature, History, Testimony
(3 cr; Prereq-FREN 3015; it is recommended that students have taken, or take concurrently, FREN 3101W.; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: FREN 3745 (inactive), JWST 3745 (inactive)
This course examines the event of the Holocaust (which we call "Shoah" in France since the 80s and especially since the film of the same name by Claude Lanzmann) in literature, film, and archives. France has a complex relationship with Jews since the Middle Ages. During the French Revolution (1789), then under the Empire (Napoleon Bonaparte, 1800-1815), the Jews benefitted from political emancipation. The Republic defended the equality of Jews before the law as French citizens. But France was also the country of political anti-Semitism and of the Dreyfus Affair (there were in the nineteenth century some very virulent anti-Semitic propaganda writers, for example Edouard Drumont, author of Jewish France, in 1880, just before the Dreyfus Affair). This history of the Jews in France culminates with the Vichy regime, the policy of collaboration with Nazi Germany, antisemitic writings and propaganda emanating from important writers such as Louis-Ferdinand Celine and politicians, and the deportation of part of the Jewish population to the extermination camps. How does this story affect fictional writing, and debates on how to represent this event? More than a course on the Holocaust, we explore the story of its reminiscence in French culture. It is not a history class, but a class in culture, literature, memory and testimony.
FREN 3350 - Topics in Literature (Topics course)
(3 cr; Prereq-3101; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Focuses on a problem, period, author, or topic of interest. Specific content posted in department and listed in Course Guide.
FREN 3431 - Gender and Sexuality in Francophone Literature and Cinema
(3 cr; Prereq-3101W. All courses counted toward a major/minor must be taken on an A-F basis. ; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: FREN 5431
This course will introduce students to colonial and postcolonial representations of gender and sexuality in Francophone contexts. Through literary and cinematic works from the Caribbean, Maghreb, West Africa, and Quebec, we will examine constructions and deconstructions of gender roles and sexual norms in relation to other identity categories such as race, class, nation and religion. We will consider topics such as exotic portrayals of the other, repressive and rebellious eroticism, and ambivalent or unruly affirmations of identity. Taught in French.
FREN 3471 - Topics in Francophone African Literature and Cultures [GP]
(3 cr; Prereq-3101W; Student Option; offered Fall Odd Year)
Issues relevant to cultures/societies of francophone Sub-Saharan Africa as reflected in literature, film, and cultural critique.
FREN 3479 - Francophone Writers of the African Diaspora
(3 cr; Prereq-3101; Student Option; offered Fall Even Year)
Literature from Francophone North Africa, Africa, the Caribbean of the colonial and/or post-colonial eras, examined in its historical, cultural, or ideological contexts. Reading selections may include texts by immigrant or exiled writers in France.
FREN 3500 - Linguistic Analysis of French
(3 cr; Prereq-3015; A-F only; offered Fall Even Year)
Introduction to scientific study of French language. Concepts/terminology to describe nature/functioning of sounds, words, sentences/meaning, and variation. Taught in French.
FREN 3611 - Speaking of Love in Medieval France: Stories, Songs, and Letters [LITR GP]
(3 cr; Prereq-FREN 3015; A-F only; offered Fall Even Year)
Equivalent courses: FREN 3711 (inactive)
How did people talk about love in the Middle Ages? What songs did they sing about it? What stories did they tell? How did it define the self? In this course, we will study troubadour songs, short tales, romances, and letters composed in twelfth-century France and Anglo-Norman England. We will examine their historical context: the patronage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and her family, the broader context of medieval court life, and the erudite circles that formed during the rise of the Parisian schools. Because what people say is determined by the language, motifs, and forms that they have available to them, we will discuss the transmission of ideas about love and the interpretation of exemplary figures (Tristan and Iseut, Lancelot and Guinevere). We will also consider the literary form of these texts in relation to their meaning. But at the heart of our inquiry will be the notion of the self. How did "speaking of love" allow medieval writers to cultivate their own subjectivity or individuality? Texts will include troubadour songs, the Lais of Marie de France, the romances of Tristan and Iseut by Thomas of England and Beroul, Chretien de Troyes's Arthurian romances, and the letters of Abelard and Heloise. We will also study a film about Eleanor of Aquitaine and her family (The Lion in Winter, 1968) and a contemporary opera about a troubadour and his lady, Kaija Saariaho's L'Amour de loin (2000). FREN 3611 and 3711 meet together. Both FREN 3611 and 3711 are taught in English. Reading and writing assignments for FREN 3611 are in modern French. FREN 3611 may count towards the major or minor in French Studies. Reading and writing assignments for FREN 3711 are in English. FREN 3711 does not count towards the major or minor in French Studies.
FREN 3632 - Revolution and Human Rights: The French Revolution and its Legacy [AH CIV]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Spring Even Year)
Equivalent courses: FREN 3732
What role did the French Revolution play in shaping how we think about the possibility of massive social change, justice, and rights today? How especially did 18th-century philosophy, culture, politics, and economics influence the development of what we call universal individual "human rights." We also ask: could we have done better? To do so, we will play "Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791," a Reacting to the Past flipped-classroom role-playing game. Working individually and in teams, students will prepare speeches, produce pamphlets and newspapers, not only to learn about the stakes of this historical turning point and the philosophical debates surrounding it, but also to imagine changing it. We will also seek out and document the legacy of this Revolution in our lives and around the world today. This class offers students the knowledge and skills to participate in substantive debate aimed at solving problems collectively, to effect change aligning with their beliefs and philosophies, and to reflect critically on historical legacy. prereq Fren 3015; Fren 3016 recommended
FREN 3650 - Topics in French/Francophone Cultures (Topics course)
(3 cr; Prereq-3015; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
French/francophone cultures in various historical, social, political, and geographical contexts.
FREN 3661 - Francophone North America
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Ce cours est une introduction aux differentes communautes francophones en Amerique du Nord. Nous retracerons l?histoire de ces communautes au Canada, aux Etats-Unis et a Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (une collectivite d?outre-mer francaise) et examinerons les differentes manifestations des cultures francophones qui se sont developpees: leur langue, leur musique, leurs traditions, leurs drapeaux, leur cuisine, leur litterature et leur cinema. Nous explorerons aussi l?impact que ces cultures exercent sur une region majoritairement anglophone. This course is an introduction to the different Francophone communities in North America. We will retrace the history of these communities in Canada, the United States, and Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (a French collectivite d?outre-mer), and examine the different manifestations of the Francophone cultures that developed: language, music, traditions, flags, cuisine, literature, and cinema. We will also explore the impact that these cultures exert on a region predominantly English speaking.
FREN 3732 - Revolution and Human Rights: The French Revolution and its Legacy [AH CIV]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Spring Even Year)
Equivalent courses: FREN 3632
What role did the French Revolution play in shaping how we think about the possibility of massive social change, justice, and rights today? How especially did 18th-century philosophy, culture, politics, and economics influence the development of what we call universal individual "human rights." We also ask: could we have done better? To do so, we will play "Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791," a Reacting to the Past flipped-classroom role-playing game. Working individually and in teams, students will prepare speeches, produce pamphlets and newspapers, not only to learn about the stakes of this historical turning point and the philosophical debates surrounding it, but also to imagine changing it. We will also seek out and document the legacy of this Revolution in our lives and around the world today. This class offers students the knowledge and skills to participate in substantive debate aimed at solving problems collectively, to effect change aligning with their beliefs and philosophies, and to reflect critically on historical legacy No prerequisites. All materials for Fren 3732 are in English, and students in all programs are welcome!
FREN 3750 - Topics in French or Francophone Literature and Culture (Topics course)
(3 cr; Prereq-Non-French major; knowledge of French helpful; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Theme, problem, period, or topic of interest in French or Francophone literature or culture. See Class Schedule. Taught in English.
FREN 3801 - Cinema and Culture: The City of Paris
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was FRIT 3804 until 02-SEP-14
How French cinema, from the silent era to the present, reflects and constructs the pleasures and anxieties of urbanization, new modes of entertainment, and new cultural roles for men and women. Taught in English. Knowledge of Italian and French helpful but not necessary.
FREN 3850 - Topics in French and Francophone Media (Topics course)
(3 cr; Prereq-FREN 3015.; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Topics in French and Francophone media. Content varies by instructor; topics may include studies in French and/or Francophone cinema, film, theater, television, and/or other media.
FREN 3852 - Memory in French and Francophone Cinema
(3 cr; Prereq-Students should have completed FREN 3016 with a minimum grade of B.; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: FREN 5852
This course will examine cinema?s privileged relationship with memory. Our itinerary will take us through key French and Francophone films, asking how these works record, construct and deconstruct ?individual? and ?collective? memories. Topics will include bearing witness to the traumas of war, genocide and colonization; commemorating resistance and fostering emancipation; interventions in identity politics; (re)partitions of rural and urban spaces; and the elusive divide between fiction, documentary and memoir. Students will be expected to master a vocabulary for the formal analysis of film.
FREN 3861 - The Francophone World in Film : West and Central Africa and the French Caribbean [AH GP]
(3 cr; Prereq-FREN 3016; Student Option; offered Spring Odd Year)
This course focuses on films representing peoples and cultures from Francophone Africa south of Sahara, the French Caribbean as well as black populations in France. It explores historical developments, cultures, and current issues facing the above populations through a set of contemporary films that stand out both for their exceptional aesthetic quality as well as their remarkable ability to confront pressing political and social issues. We will first discuss the ways in which visual media from the west have contributed to creating and perpetuating dominant tropes concerning black peoples, looking especially at the contribution of colonial imagery to the creation of such perceptions. We will subsequently examine the emergence of film-making in Africa before focusing on films by black directors from West and Central Africa, France, and the French Caribbean. Issues explored include migration, race, the colonial legacy, postcolonial identities, gender, sexuality, globalization, and development. The course is taught in French.
FREN 3896 - Internship in a French-Speaking Milieu
(1 cr [max 4]; Prereq-3016, 3014 [3018 strongly recommended], [3022 strongly recommended for students undertaking internships in business, government, or law]; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Equivalent courses: MONT 3303 (starting 03-SEP-13)
Volunteer or paid work in French-speaking milieu, undertaken at initiative of individual students. Work under direction of work supervisor/advisor chosen from among regular or adjunct faculty. Complete two-three written assignments designed to enhance language/field-specific learning.
FREN 4001 - Beginning French for Graduate Student Research I
(5 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: FREN 1001 (starting 20-JAN-15), MONT 1001 (starting 20-JAN-15)
Bonjour! Join us in learning the global language of diplomacy, culture, cuisine, and commerce! French is spoken on five continents, in approximately 40 countries, and even in Maine and Louisiana. Studying French will deepen your understanding of world history and the relationships between different cultures around the globe and close to home. Studying the language of Les Miserables, Monet, and joie de vivre allows you to access some of the most amazing art, thought, and food on the planet! Beginning French (French 1001) is designed for students with little or no knowledge of the French language. It focuses on developing your intercultural, reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills. By the end of this course, you will be able to communicate about family, housing, and school. You will also gain familiarity with French-speaking communities around the world. The course features preparatory and practice activities outside of class designed to encourage analysis of language structure so that class time can be primarily devoted to meaningful interaction in French.
FREN 4002 - Beginning French for Graduate Student Research II
(5 cr; Prereq-FREN 1001/4001 or equivalent.; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: FREN 1022 (starting 02-SEP-08), MONT 1002 (starting 03-SEP-13), FREN 4022, FREN 1002 (starting 04-SEP-01)
Bienvenue en 4002! Ready to embark on a new journey to further develop your knowledge of the beautiful language of French? If you passed French 1001/4001 or have taken the Entrance Proficiency Test (EPT) and were placed in 1002, this course is for you! While exploring topics such as French holidays and cultural celebrations and traditions, food, and ecology, you will further develop your listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. You will also learn about the concept of laicite, one of the pillars of French society, and the differences and similarities between the school systems in France and the US. Preparatory activities designed to encourage students to analyze grammar points need to be completed at home so that class time can be primarily devoted to meaningful interactions in French.
FREN 4003 - Int French for Grad Research I
(5 cr; Prereq-C- or better in FREN 1002/4002 or 1022/4022, or EPT (for students taking their first French course at the U); Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: FREN 1003 (starting 20-JAN-15), MONT 1003 (starting 03-SEP-13)
Nous vous souhaitons la bienvenue dans le troisieme semestre de francais. In this course, you will explore current issues such as the role technology plays in today's society and living a healthy lifestyle. Other themes include family, friends, and current social issues such as environment, energy, and immigration. Students will use film, excerpts of literature, and other authentic texts as part of the curriculum. Upon completion of the class, you will have more confidence in expressing past, future, and hypothetical events as well as your own opinions, feelings, and regrets. French 4003 is a five-credit course, so you should plan to spend an additional 10 hours a week on coursework outside the classroom. Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to enroll in French 4004.
FREN 4004 - Intermediate French for Graduate Student Research II
(5 cr; Prereq-C- or better in FREN 1003/4003, or EPT/LPE (for students taking their first French course at the U); Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: MONT 1004 (starting 20-JAN-15), FREN 1004 (starting 02-SEP-08)
Vous etes les bienvenus! Come join us in exploring some of the foundations of cultural identity. What does it mean to be "French?" What does it mean to be "American?" What are some things that people living within a particular culture have in common as a function of living in that culture? Where do personal and cultural identities intersect? We pay special attention to development of Intercultural Competence, comparing how food, child-rearing practices, elements of national identity, and diversity are treated in France and the US. We revisit many grammar concepts you have seen before, focusing on accuracy and extended language use. This course will allow you to be much more confident in using comparisons, narrating (past and present), linking ideas together into longer discourse, describing, etc. Upon successful completion of this course, you should be solidly in the Intermediate ranges of proficiency in French, able to travel and/or use French for your own goals. You will also be prepared for more advanced study in French here or abroad.
FREN 4022 - Accelerated Beginning French for Graduate Student Research
(5 cr; Prereq-1001/4001 or equivalent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: FREN 1022 (starting 02-SEP-08), MONT 1002 (starting 03-SEP-13), FREN 1002 (starting 04-SEP-01), FREN 4002
Heureux de vous revoir! Because you have studied French before, you already know what a wonderful language it is. This course is designed to return you to studying the language of Les Miserables, Monet, and joie de vivre! French 1022 is an accelerated review of French 1001/4001 followed by the material covered in French 1002/4002. At the end of this course, you will be able to communicate about topics such as food, family, school, the environment, travel and much more. If you have had a gap of more than a year since your last French class, you need to take the EPT to place into French 1022.
FREN 4101V - Honors Capstone Seminar in French and Francophone Studies [WI]
(2 cr; Prereq-French 3101W and at least three electives completed.; A-F only; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 3 credits)
Equivalent courses: FREN 4101W (starting 20-JAN-15, was FREN 4101 until 05-SEP-00), FREN 4109W (starting 20-JAN-15)
Course for French and FRIT majors only, to be taken during the final semester. This is the capstone experience of the major in French and Francophone or FRIT Studies. Building on your prior coursework, your linguistic expertise in French, and your analytical skills, it gives you the opportunity to do independent, original work on a topic of particular interest to you. This project is designed to bridge two upper-division French courses: a 3-credit elective of your own choice in the areas of literature, culture, or linguistics (i.e., one of your required electives numbered 31xx-36xx) and the senior project course itself (4101W/V). The elective provides background in the general field of research, while French 4101W/V allows you to learn the basics of research and advanced academic writing while working with a faculty member and a group of peers involved in similar projects.
FREN 4101W - Capstone Seminar in French and Francophone Studies [WI]
(2 cr; Prereq-French 3101W and at least three electives completed.; A-F only; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 3 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FREN 4101 until 05-SEP-00, FREN 4101V (starting 20-JAN-15), FREN 4109W (starting 20-JAN-15)
Course for French and FRIT majors only, to be taken during the final semester. This is the capstone experience of the major in French and Francophone or FRIT Studies. Building on your prior coursework, your linguistic expertise in French, and your analytical skills, it gives you the opportunity to do independent, original work on a topic of particular interest to you. This project is designed to bridge two upper-division French courses: a 3-credit elective of your own choice in the areas of literature, culture, or linguistics (i.e., one of your required electives numbered 31xx?36xx) and the Senior Project Course itself (4101W/V). The elective provides background in the general field of research, while French 4101W/V allows you to learn the basics of research and advanced academic writing while working with a faculty member and a group of peers involved in similar projects.
FREN 4109W - Capstone Independent Study in French and Francophone Studies [WI]
(2 cr; Prereq-instr consent, [completion of most major coursework or permission of DUS]; A-F only; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: FREN 4101W (starting 20-JAN-15, was FREN 4101 until 05-SEP-00), FREN 4101V (starting 20-JAN-15)
Completion of research paper based on paper written for previous course or expansion of project undertaken in concurrent course.
FREN 4110V - Honors Capstone Independent Study in French and Francophone Studies [WI]
(2 cr [max 4]; Prereq-[Completion of most major coursework or permission of DUS], candidate for honors in French, instr consent; A-F only; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 8 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Directed study used to develop or complete honors thesis in French and Francophone studies.
FREN 4993 - Directed Study
(1 cr [max 4]; Prereq-instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 9 times)
Equivalent courses: was FREN 4970 until 19-JAN-21
Designed to meet unique requirements agreed upon by a faculty member and a student. Individual contracts are drawn up listing contact hours, number of credits, written and other work required. Each contract will vary.
FREN 5265 - Graduate Proseminar in French Studies
(2 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
This course introduces new graduate students to the goals, skills, practices, standards and other components of academic careers in the fields of French and Francophone studies, mostly in the US context. It is an introduction to all major aspects of our profession. The seminar combines readings, lectures and presentations by the instructor and guest lecturers, collective discussions, individual and group research, and writing assignments. The final product of the seminar is a talk ready to be delivered at a graduate or national conference, or a book review or short article ready to be submitted for publication.
FREN 5301 - Critical Issues in French Studies
(3 cr; Prereq-Grad or instr consent; Student Option; offered Spring Even Year)
Introduces the methods of interpretation and critical debates that have shaped and continue to define the discipline of French studies. Provides a practical introduction to graduate-level literary research.
FREN 5350 - Topics in Literature and Culture (Topics course)
(3 cr; Prereq-3101 or equiv; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Problem, period, author, or topic of interest. See Class Schedule.
FREN 5410 - Topics in Quebecois Literature (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Study writing produced in Quebec as a literature of its own, not simply as a part of Canadian literature. Literature will be studied in relation to other North American literatures and to Francophone literature produced elsewhere in the world.
FREN 5431 - Gender and Sexuality in Francophone Literature and Cinema
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: FREN 3431 (starting 17-JAN-17)
This course will introduce students to colonial and postcolonial representations of gender and sexuality in Francophone contexts. Through literary and cinematic works from the Caribbean, Maghreb, West Africa, and Quebec, we will examine constructions and deconstructions of gender roles and sexual norms in relation to other identity categories such as race, class, nation and religion. We will consider topics such as exotic portrayals of the other, repressive and rebellious eroticism, and ambivalent or unruly affirmations of identity. Taught in French.
FREN 5614 - Disabled Bodies, Minds and Selves in French Literature, Culture and Art
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: FREN 3614 (inactive)
At any given moment in history, what are the socio-cultural forces that give rise to an understanding of physical difference? What forces enable self-expression, self-determination, and liberation from this understanding? This course explores the history of disability and the representations of disability in literature, art, and culture. We will investigate theory and praxis of disability studies in France. Spanning the Renaissance to the present day, this course seeks to understand the experiences of disabled people and their communities in different periods, through a variety of genres and media, exploring medical histories, representation (for a public presumed to be able-bodied), memoir, activism, and art and literature by disabled people.
FREN 5852 - Memory in French and Francophone Cinema
(3 cr; Prereq-Students should have completed FREN 3016 with a minimum grade of B.; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: FREN 3852 (starting 21-JAN-20)
This course will examine cinema's privileged relationship with memory. Our itinerary will take us through key French and Francophone films, asking how these works record, construct and deconstruct individual and collective memories. Topics will include bearing witness to the traumas of war, genocide and colonization; commemorating resistance and fostering emancipation; interventions in identity politics; (re)partitions of rural and urban spaces; and the elusive divide between fiction, documentary and memoir. Students will be expected to master a vocabulary for the formal analysis of film.
FREN 5995 - Directed Teaching
(1 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Directed teaching.
FREN 8110 - Topics in Early Medieval French Literature (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Equivalent courses: was FREN 8112 until 03-SEP-02
Introduction to epic, romance, allegory, and theater in Old French readings (12th-13th centuries). Specific topics/texts studied vary. Taught in French.
FREN 8111 - Introduction to Old French
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Studies in medieval French: instruction in reading Old French, sources of bibliography, and topics in medieval studies (language and literature). Taught in French.
FREN 8114 - Troubadour Lyric and Old Occitan Language
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Language and literature of Old Occitan (Old Proven[c]al), chiefly troubadours' songs. Some language instruction, reading of lyrics, consideration of social context, introduction to scholarly tradition. Knowledge of French, Spanish, Italian, or Latin desirable. Taught in English.
FREN 8120 - Topics in Later Medieval French Literature (Topics course)
(3 cr; Prereq-8110 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Fall Odd Year; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Equivalent courses: was FREN 8113 until 03-SEP-02
Problems presented by texts written in France ca. 1300-1500. Evolution of Middle French language. Specific topics/texts vary. Taught in French.
FREN 8125 - Short Narrative in the Middle Ages
(3 cr; Prereq-grad student; A-F only; offered Fall Odd Year)
Short forms of medieval narrative. Examples from French literary production within context of socioeconomic history from ca. 1100 to ca. 1550.
FREN 8190 - Old French Workshop
(1 cr; Prereq-French 5571 or other prior course on Old French language, concurrent registration in the related Ph.D. seminar.; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall; may be repeated for 3 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Workshop runs concurrently with seminars on Old French literature. Advanced practicum in reading Old French, with discussions of the particularities of seminar texts and formal, aesthetic, and hermeneutic issues directly related to the original language. Students read portions of texts in Old French and prepare an original translation. The workshop is not an introduction to Old French Students planning to make medieval French literature their research field should register for the workshop each time it is offered.
FREN 8200 - Topics in Early Modern French & Francophone Literatures and Cultures (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Critical issues relating to the early modern period in French and Francophone literatures and cultures. Content varies by instructor.
FREN 8210 - Narrative, History, and Memory: Topics (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Equivalent courses: was FREN 8201 until 03-SEP-02
Significance of narrative paradigm in literature, history, and cultural memory. Specific topics/texts treated vary. Taught in French.
FREN 8220 - Staging the Common (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Equivalent courses: was FREN 8202 until 03-SEP-02
Developments in 20th-century drama/performance in relation to French theatrical tradition. Post-1945 avant-garde innovation, interculturalism in contemporary theater. Specific topics/texts vary. Taught in French.
FREN 8230 - Critical Issues: Criticism and Thought (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Fall Odd Year; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Critical issues relating to works in criticism/thought related to French/Francophone literature, philosophy or culture.
FREN 8240 - Critical Issues: French and Francophone Cinema (Topics course)
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Fall Odd Year; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Critical issues relating to French/Francophone cinema.
FREN 8250 - Critical Issues: Poetry (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Significant critical issues relating to poetic writing of selected authors or periods.
FREN 8260 - Critical Issues: Theatre (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Significant critical issues relating to dramatic writing of selected authors or periods.
FREN 8270 - Critical Issues: Prose (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Significant critical issues relating to prose writing of selected authors or periods.
FREN 8271 - The Novel of the Ancien Regime
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Considers major novels of the 17th and 18th centuries in connection with developments in such areas as esthetic theory, intellectual currents, social transformations, and reading practices.
FREN 8280 - Ethics and Aesthetics in French and Francophone Writing (Topics course)
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Spring)
Issues related to the articulation of ethics, politics, and aesthetics in French/Francophone literature and culture.
FREN 8290 - Critical Issues: Perspectives on an Author (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
In-depth study of major author's writing, critical tradition this writing has occasioned, and theoretical issues upon which this writing may be brought to bear.
FREN 8291 - Jean Genet's Writings and French Institutions
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Jean Genet's writings at the crossroads of several disciplines (politics, psychoanalysis, religion, and law). Genet's novels, dramas, and political essays explore the power of institutional settings and strategies imagined by individuals to short-circuit their impact.
FREN 8333 - FTE: Master's
(1 cr; Prereq-Master's student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
(No description)
FREN 8371 - The Rule of Reason, The Reign of Madness: Readings in Early Modern France
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Relationship between construction of reason and madness in philosophy, legitimation of political rule, and the institution of literature in early modern France.
FREN 8410 - Topics in Quebecois Literature (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Equivalent courses: was FREN 8401 until 03-SEP-02
Quebecois in relation to other North American literatures and to Francophone literature produced elsewhere in the world. Specific topics/texts vary. Taught in French.
FREN 8420 - Critical Issues: Francophone Literature (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Critical issues relating to literature of Francophone world. Specific topics/texts vary. Taught in French.
FREN 8444 - FTE: Doctoral
(1 cr; Prereq-Doctoral student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
(No description)
FREN 8521 - History of the French Language
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
History of French from its origins in Latin to the present day. Aspects of diachronic phonology (sound change), morphology, syntax. Taught in French.
FREN 8666 - Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits
(1 cr [max 6]; Prereq-Doctoral student who has not passed prelim oral; no required consent for 1st/2nd registrations, up to 12 combined cr; dept consent for 3rd/4th registrations, up to 24 combined cr; doctoral student admitted before summer 2007 may register up to four times, up to 60 combined cr; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
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FREN 8777 - Thesis Credits: Master's
(1 cr [max 18]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 10 cr total required [Plan A only]; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 50 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
(No description)
FREN 8812 - Seminar: Dissertation Preparation and Writing
(3 cr; Prereq-Completion of doctoral prelims; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Initiates dissertation writing process after preliminary exams. Students work with faculty mentors, peer writing groups to develop productive writing/revising strategies. Issues related to professional research/writing. Conceptualizing the dissertation. Developing chapter outlines. Using feedback. Producing a chapter draft.
FREN 8888 - Thesis Credit: Doctoral
(1 cr [max 24]; Prereq-max 18 cr per semester or summer, 24 cr required; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 100 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
(No description)
FREN 8888W - Thesis Credit Dissertation Seminar
(1 cr [max 3]; Prereq-Doctoral student who has passed oral prelims; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 24 credits; may be repeated 24 times)
A means for students to make progress on the dissertation in a structured setting. Brings together students writing on related topics. Credits are applied to doctoral thesis credits. Contact instructor for description.
FREN 8980 - Directed Teaching
(1 cr [max 5]; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 25 credits; may be repeated 25 times)
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FREN 8992 - Directed Readings for Graduate Students
(1 cr [max 5]; Prereq-instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 25 credits; may be repeated 25 times)
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FREN 8994 - Directed Research
(1 cr [max 5]; Prereq-instr consent; may be taken as tutorial with instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 25 credits; may be repeated 25 times)
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