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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
2010 usually offered fall semester; 2020 usually offered spring semester. Continuing development of the four skills of comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Study of selected texts and cultural materials. Web-based study of cultural and social tasks, with extensive student oral reports. Films, computer drills, and audio-visuals required. Readings from texts by Francophone writers, especially North African ( 2nd. semester.)Prerequisites: FREN 1010-1020 or equivalent as determined by placement exam. ( 3-3)
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3.00 Credits
Intensive review of grammar. Emphasis is on verbs, idioms, the subjunctive, and the spoken language. Extensive use of films and readings to place structures under study in context, Prerequisites: FREN 2020 or permission of instructor and department chairperson. ( 3-3)
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3.00 Credits
A survey of literary and cultural documents written in Western Europe, with emphasis upon the literary traditions in Latin and the vernacular. From the Benedictine Rule to the Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pisan, students situate texts within their cultural context to understand both the impact of such texts upon the society which produced them and the effect of the social milieu upon literary production. Modern French versions of vernacular texts and translations of Latin works such as the Rule, the poetry of the Goliards, and the Sermon on the Song of Songs of St. Bernard Clairvaux. The influence of the classical period, upon the rise of Renaissance literature. The lyric poets; the Pleiade. This course may be expanded to two semesters by continuing as a directed reading. (3 Credits)
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3.00 Credits
Conversation based upon texts, videos, and Webbased sources. Analysis of cultural and some literary texts. Emphasis upon modern films and journalistic writings. Prerequisites: FREN 2010-2020 or permission of instructor and department chairperson. ( 3-3)
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3.00 Credits
A reading course designed to build advancedlevel skills in comprehension of the text. Readings are taken from throughout the Francophone world. Prerequisites: FREN 2010-2020. (3 Credits)
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of works by significant authors of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in France, with emphasis upon the theatre in the seventeenth century and the Enlightenment philosophes of the eighteenth. Through viewing of films and dramatization in class and from on-line audio sources as well as through more traditional classroom discussions, students will discern the main themes and genres of the best-known works of the two centuries and will situate them in their historical and cultural backgrounds. (3 Credits)
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3.00 Credits
Readings in an area of French literature mutually agreed upon by teacher and student which is not covered by a current course. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and department chairperson. ( 1-1, 2-2, 3-3)
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3.00 Credits
Placement in a supervised work or research situation using French. Prerequisite: Permission of department chairperson. ( 3 Credits)
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12.00 Credits
Critical analysis and exploration of language, culture, or literature. Topics vary according to the needs and interests of department faculty and majors. May be repeated for up to 12 hours of credit. Prerequisites: 6 hours of French beyond French 2020, a rating of Intermediate High on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency Interview, or permission of the instructor. ( 3-3)
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3.00 Credits
This course is a capstone course designed for the upper-level students majoring in either French or Spanish. Through readings of both critical texts and literary works, students develop a comprehension of the relationships among history, culture, ideology, and literary production. Students read the literary works under study in their target languages. Discussion is in English in order to accommodate majors from both languages. (3 Credits)
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