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3.00 Credits
The chronological evolution of French literature and its relation to French culture and ideas are studied. Major works by representative authors from the 17th century are read and discussed with emphasis on ideas and style. Included are selections from Corneille, Molière, Racine, la Fontaine, Bossuet, Fenelon, Fontenelle, and Marivaux (introduction to early 18th century trends and post-revolution changes in classical literature). Written and oral reports are required.
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Prerequisite: FRN 210 or departmental approval, or any 400 level French course, except FRN 476
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3.00 Credits
This course concentrates on the literature of the Enlightenment and the 19th century as reflected in the works of Voltaire, Rousseau, Montesquieu, Balzac, Flaubert, Stendhal and the Romantic and Symbolist poets. Written and oral reports are required. This course may be taken before French V.
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Prerequisite: FRN 210 or departmental approval, or any 400 level French course, except FRN 476
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3.00 Credits
In this study of the major writers and literary movements (surrealism, avant-garde, existentialism) of the 20th century, emphasis is placed on novelists like Proust, Mauriac, and Camus; playwrights such as Claudel, Giraudoux, Sartre, Anouilh, Ionesco, and Beckett; and the poets Valéry, Eluard and Aragon. Written and oral reports are required. This course may be taken before French V and French VI.
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Prerequisite: FRN 210 or departmental approval, or any 400 level course, except FRN 476
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to literature and cinema from French speaking West African countries. We will study various works from the 1950s up to the present through five major themes: oral tradition, cultural alienation, social and political criticism, women’s condition and the old/new generation conflict. Documents studied will include novels, documentaries, fiction, films and songs. Some of the authors to be considered include: D.T. Niane, Camara Laye, Ahmadou Kourouma, Sembene Ousmane, Djirbril Diop Mambety, Maraima Ba and Safi Faye. This course is taught in French.
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Prerequisite: FRN 210 or departmental approval, or any 400 level course, except FRN 476
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3.00 Credits
The course reviews grammar and syntax and includes advanced translation and composition, with emphasis on building essential business vocabulary and idioms, basic writing styles, and speech structures most frequently used in French correspondence and office communications. This course is open to Business, Liberal Arts and Office Administration students.
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Prerequisite: Functional knowledge of French, FRN 210, or departmental approval
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3.00 Credits
The objective of this course is to increase the ability to communicate both orally and in writing in more complex business situations. Emphasis is placed on writing commercial letters and on intensive oral practice of related speech structures.
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Prerequisite: FRN 455 or departmental approval
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3.00 Credits
The course brings to life the essentials of existentialist philosophy in plays and novels of French authors such as Sartre and Camus, with modern insights into the age-old question of free choice and predestination, the relevancy or irrelevancy of God, commitment or alienation, and the meaning or the absurdity of life. Readings are in French; class discussions and written work in English/French.
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Prerequisite: FRN 210 or departmental approval, or any 400 level French course, except FRN 476
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3.00 Credits
Based on works by Chateaubriand, Stendhal, Balzac, and Zola, this course analyzes the relationship between the individual and society undergoing critical changes. Special attention is given to the problem of the Romantic ego in a materialistic society and the coming of age of a new "hero" emerging from the Industrial Revolution. Readings are in French; discussion and written work in English or French.
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Prerequisite: FRN 210 or departmental approval, or any 400 level French course, except FRN 476
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3.00 Credits
This is a history survey of the theories of French Theater evolved from the Greek Tragedy through medieval, classical Romantic, Realistic, Symbolist and Surrealist theater up to Avantgarde Theater and the Theater of the Absurd. Readings are in French, discussion in English.
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Prerequisite: FRN 210 or departmental approval, or any 400 level French course, except FRN 476
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3.00 Credits
The main aspects of French life and culture as expressed in social, intellectual, and philosophical history are studied in this course. Emphasis is given to the geographic situation, economic, and social changes; the main trends of thought in French tradition, and their impact on modern France. Readings are in French, discussion in English and French.
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Prerequisite: FRN 210 or departmental approval, or any 400 level French course, except FRN 476
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