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FREN 101 ELEMENTARY FRENCH I Credits 5.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION GROUP I (second semester must be completed) Introductory French. Concentration on all four language skills. Supplemented by work in the language laboratory. Enrollment is limited to 22 per section. 001 MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM RH*107 Bailar, Melissa *CURRENT ENR: 0 FREN 102 ELEMENTARY FRENCH II Credits 5.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I See Fren 101. Prereq- Fren 101 or placement exam. 001 MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM RH*109 Tysor, Susannah *CURRENT ENR: 0 002 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM HB*22 Bender, Jonathan *CURRENT ENR: 0 003 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM RH*107 King, Roger *CURRENT ENR: 0 004 MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM RH*109 Detiveaux, Georges *CURRENT ENR: 0 FREN 114 BEGINNING FRENCH FOR ENGINEERI Credits 4.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Continuation of introd. French for students in engineering or the sciences. Focus on communicative competence, cultural awareness, and engineering/science-related content. Multimedia integration. Prereq- French 113 or French 101 or consent of instructor. 001 TBA TBA Crull, Brigitte *CURRENT ENR: 0 FREN 201 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I Credits 4.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Intense oral and written grammar review; literary and cultural readings serve as basis for class discussions and compositions. Prereq- Fren 102 or placement exam. 001 MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM SH*562 Datta, Evelyne *CURRENT ENR: 0 FREN 202 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II Credits 4.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I See Fren 201. Prereq- Fren 201 or placement exam. 001 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM GL*105 Datta, Evelyne *CURRENT ENR: 0 002 MWF 02:00PM-02:50PM PL*120 Harter, Deborah *CURRENT ENR: 0 FREN 213 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH FOR ENGR & SCIENCE I Credits 4.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Intermediate French for student in engineering and the sciences. Expansion of Engineering/science-related content. Focus on communicative competence and cultural awareness. Multimedia integration. Preparation for professional language use during work and /or study abroad. Prereq- Fren 114, or Fren 112, or consent of instructor 001 MWF 02:00PM-02:50PM RH*320 Crull, Brigitte *CURRENT ENR: 0 FREN 214 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH FOR ENGR & SCIENCES Credits 4.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Intensive intermedite French for students of engineering or the sciences. Expansion of engineering/science-related content. Focus on communicative competence and cultural awareness. Multimedia integration. Preparation for professional language use during work and/or study abroad. 4 hours daily: 3 week session Prereq- Fren 213 or Fren 201, or consent of the instructor. 001 TBA TBA Crull, Brigitte *CURRENT ENR: 0 FREN 301 ADV FRENCH FOR WRITTEN AND ORAL COMMUNIC Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 The objective of the course is to stimulate language production at the advanced level through the examination of the lexical, syntactic, and stylistic characteristics of contemporary French. The course thus relates the contents of descriptive, narrative, and argumentative texts to specific functional and grammatical objectives. The course also features an individual or group research component through which students will be able to practice French in an academic field of their choice. Prereq- FREN 202 or placement exam. 001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM HB*22 Crull, Brigitte *CURRENT ENR: 0 FREN 305 FRENCH FOR THE PROFESSIONS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 An introduction to French for the professions, this course will deal with the essential vocabulary and syntax specific to the language of technology, ecology, law, and medicine. The area of focus will vary from year to year. Prereq- Fren 301 or 304. 001 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM HB*21 Datta, Evelyne *CURRENT ENR: 0 FREN 311 INTRO TO FRENCH LITERATURE I Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Main currents in French literature from its beginning to the nineteenth century. Lectures and discussions in French. Prereq- Fren 202 or placement exam. 001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM Nelson, Deborah *CURRENT ENR: 0 FREN 312 INTRO TO FRENCH LITERATURE II Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Main currents in French literature from the nineteenth century to the present. Lectures and discussions in French. Prereq- Fren 202 or placement exam. 001 TTH 01:00PM-02:20PM RH*319 Wood, Philip *CURRENT ENR: 0 FREN 372 THE MAKING OF MODERN FRANCE 1815-1895 Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II The emergence of modern France: the impact of war, industrialization, imperialism, and cultural mastery. Taught in English. Also offered as Hist 372. 001 TTH 01:00PM-02:20PM HB*21 Lorcin, Patricia *CURRENT ENR: 0 FREN 387 IMAGES OF CONTEMPORARY FRANCE Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I The course will deal with the sociopolitical and intellectual history of post-war France. Based upon texts by Wylie, Edmiston, and Dumenil, it will also examine various analyses of French culture by Valery, E.Faure, R. Aron, Furet, Barthes, Baudrillard, Lipovetsky, Lyotard. The course will cover such topics as the advent of the Fifth Republic, decolonization, May 68 and political dissent, modernization and the postmodern condition, France and the construction of Europe. Prereq- Fren 202 or placement exam. 001 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM FL*517 Goux, Jean-Joseph *CURRENT ENR: 0 FREN 403 SPECIAL TOPICS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Prereq- FREN 301 or 304, and FREN 311 or 312. 001 TBA TBA TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0 FREN 404 BEGINNINGS OF THE LANGUAGE & LITERATURE Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 001 TH 01:00PM-04:00PM TBA Nelson, Deborah *CURRENT ENR: 0 FREN 420 MOTIF OF "VOYAGE"IN WRITINGS FROM THE FR Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 This course examines the written experience of travelling in the context of 16th century France. It invites reflection on such topics as travel motivations, ethnography, exoticism and colonization. It also explores the process of writing travel accounts (e.g. representation of the "Other" or disclosure of oneself). The readings include: explorations of Canada (Cartier), the fantastic voyage (Rabelais), and travels in the Middle East (Chesneau), in Italy (Du Bellay Montaigne), and in Brazil (Lery). Prereq- FREN 310 OR 304 and 311 OR 312. 001 TTH 01:00PM-02:20PM TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0 FREN 487 TWENTIETH-CENTURY NOVEL IN FRENCH Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I This course will explore the construction of the modern self in a variety of French and Francophone novels of the twentieth century. We will focus on the relationship between the self and narrative form; the role of memory; violence and representation; and the construction of gender, sexuality, nationality and race in the modern novel. Readings will include: Proust, Colette, Camus, Perec, Hebert, Duras Ben Jelloun, and Djebar. Prereq- FREN 301 and FREN 311 or FREN 312. 001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM FL*414 Huffer, Lynne *CURRENT ENR: 0 FREN 500 THESIS RESEARCH (M.A.) Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 001 TBA TBA TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0 FREN 503 SPECIAL TOPICS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 001 TBA TBA TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0 FREN 504 BEGINNINGS OF THE LANGUAGE & LITERATURE Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 This course includes an external history of the French language, an examination of hagiographic literature and the chanson de geste in their cultural and artistic contexts, as well as a bibliographic component to acquaint the students with library tools available for research emphasizing medieval resources but not excluding those for later periods. Students will acquire a reading knowledge of Old French. 001 TH 01:00PM-04:00PM TBA Nelson, Deborah *CURRENT ENR: 0 FREN 580 GILLES DELEUZE Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 This course provides an advanced introduction to Deleuze's work, from the earliest writings to the final period. Emphases: Deleuze's relation to the philosophical tradition, his differences from and similarities to other French "poststructuralists," and the uses to which his work has been put by others. Taught in English. 001 W 07:00PM-10:00PM RH*239 Wood, Philip *CURRENT ENR: 0 FREN 584 POETICS AND POLITICS OF THE AVANT-GARDES Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Exploration of such artistic and literary movements as Cubism, Dada, Surrealism, "Refus Global," "Lettrisme," "Situationnisme," "Oulipo," "Tel Quel", and "Les Perpendiculaires"...How does one define the "avant-gardes"? What are their strategies in the cultural, aesthetic and political fields? What do group, program, and manifesto represent in the "avant-garde" movements? Which role do the notions of utopia, innovation, rupture, and marginality play? Why do avant-garde movements promote a correspondence between all the arts (literature, painting, music, fashion, cinema, architecture, etc.)? What are the socio-historical conjunctures that favor the emergence of avant-garde movements or that can lead to their dissolution? 001 T 01:00PM-04:00PM HB*22 Goux, Jean-Joseph *CURRENT ENR: 0 FREN 800 THESIS RESEARCH (PhD) Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 001 TBA TBA TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0
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