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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: FRE 251 or consent of instructor. This course is designed for students who would like to maintain their proficiency in speaking and listening skills. Course content will include discussion of current topics from Frenchlanguage newspapers, magazines, newsletters, videos, and films. One credit-hour per semester not to exceed four credit hours; does not count toward major or minor; non-optional "Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory" grading. (Every year)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: FRE 252 or consent of instructor. Concentrated study of everyday French by means of class discussions and short compositions. Various grammatical difficulties will be studied. Phonetic exercises will be performed in the language lab. (Every fall)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: FRE 301 or consent of instructor. Continued work in oral comprehension as well as the study of a more abstract vocabulary and complex grammatical structures through the reading of short literary extracts. (Every spring)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: FRE 302. Students will continue to improve their linguistic and cultural competence by examining some of the fundamental works that are essential to the development and understanding of French culture and society. Class discussion will focus on such early writings as La Chanson de Roland and Les Lais de Marie de France and may also address works of Rabelais, Montaigne, Corneille, Racine, Du Bellay, Molière, Mme. de Sévigné, Voltaire, Rousseau, anothers. (Every two years)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: FRE 302. Students will continue to improve their linguistic and cultural competence by examining some of the significant shifts in society and literature that resulted from the French revolution and that are essential to the development and understanding of French culture and society. Class discussion will focus on works of Chateaubriand, Lamartine, Hugo, Baudelaire, George Sand, Flaubert, Proust, Apollinaire, Camus, Sartre, and others. (Every two years)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: FRE 302. A chronological overview of the most notable achievements, customs, and traditions in French history, art, architecture, and literature. Other distinctive features of contemporary France, such as cinema, music, geography, and politics, will be treated as well. (Every two years)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: FRE 302. Advanced practice in the four communications skills through reading, discussing, and writing about major literary works and the cultural context out of which they grew in the seventeenth century in France. Emphasis on the theater of Corneille, Racine, and Molière, as well as the philosophy of Pascal and Descartes, along with other writers such as Mme de Sévigné, Mme. de LaFayette, La Fontaine, and La Rochefoucauld. Study of special socialdynamics such as the "salon mondain" and court life at Versailles. (Occasional)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: FRE 302. Advanced practice in the four communications skills through reading, discussing, and writing about major literary works and the cultural context out of which they grew in the nineteenth century in France. Emphasis on such movements as Romanticism, Realism, Parnassian poetry, Symbolism, Positivism, and Naturalism. Study of such cultural phenomena as the growing gap between artist and public and the importance of social justice during this century. (Occasional)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: FRE 302. Advanced practice in the four communications skills through reading, discussing, and writing about major literary works and the cultural context out of which they have grown in France and Francophonie since 1900. Movements such as Surrealism, the Renouveau Catholique, the Nouveau Roman, Theater of the Absurd, Existentialism, Feminism, and Postmodernism will be highlighted, as well as the works of less easily classified writers (Proust, Gide, Duras, Queneau, etc.). (Occasional)
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for major or minor credit. (Occasional)
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