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3.00 Credits
A fourth-year French language course designed to consolidate skills and to extend student's mastery of the language at a very advanced level. Major emphasis on writing, grammar review and development of a literary vocabulary. Prerequisite: FREN 245 or FREN 309. Four hours.
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3.00 Credits
A continuation of FREN 313. Prerequisite: FREN 313 or equivalent. Four hours.
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This course is a third year language course designed to consolidate linguistic and grammatical skills and extend student's mastery of the language at an advanced level. A major emphasis will be on writing, translation skills (English to French and French to English) and grammar review. Given in French. Prerequisite: FREN 220 and 232 or 241 or departmental permission. Three hours. Ms. Teixidor.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with the opportunity to consolidate their speaking skills at an advanced level. Class discussion will focus on topics related to French culture which will be studied through the media of French films T.V. broadcasts. Given in French. Prerequisites: FREN 232 and 316 or departmental permission. Three hours. Staff.
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3.00 Credits
Also listed as GERM 349 and SPAN 349, this course fulfills a state requirement for students seeking certification in the teaching of foreign languages. Students will explore the theories of language acquisition, current research and various methods of language instruction to form a personal statement of teaching. This course will emphasize the national standards and proficiency-based objectives for foreign language instruction. Through the development of a teaching portfolio for future classroom use, learners will demonstrate the ability to present, reinforce and assess communicative language skills including speaking, writing, reading and listening. In addition, learners will develop practices to employ media for language teaching. Given in English. Prerequisite: seven courses beyond the 212-215 level and admission to the Randolph-Macon Education Department's teacher preparation program. Course must to be taken no earlier than the academic year during which student teaching is to take place. Offered as needed. Three hours. Staff.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to French literature and a survey of important trends from the Middle Ages through the 21st century. Individual works will be studied in their social and historical contexts and students will learn basic techniques of "explication de texte."Given in French. Prerequisite: FREN 241 or departmental permission. Partially satisfies the AOK requirements for literature and art. FREN 351 not open to students who have completed FREN 251. FREN 356 not open to students who have completed FREN 252. Three hours each. Ms. deGraff, Ms. Hilliard, Ms. Teixidor.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the historical, political, cultural and social background of France since the French Revolution. It will study the impact of 1789 and analyze French contemporary society through major historical events such asWW II, the end of colonization and the Algerian war, May 68 and the construction of Europe. It will also discuss the issues of immigration, regionalism and nationalism, cultural exception, socialism and look at some of the major figures of French history. Textbook will be supplemented by the use of films and newspaper articles. Given in French. Prerequisite: FREN 261 or 351 or departmental permission. Not open to students who have completed FREN 262. Three hours. Ms. Teixidor.
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3.00 Credits
Intensive work in an area of language or literature not covered in the general curriculum, tailored to the needs of advanced students. Three hours each. Staff.
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3.00 Credits
This course presents an in-depth study of the great classical writers of the age of Louis XIV. Authors studied include Corneille, Racine, Moliere, Pascal, Mme. de LaFayette, La Fontaine, La Rochefoucauld, and La Bruyere. Given in French. Prerequisite: FREN 351 and 356, or departmental permission. Offered every four years. Not open to students who have completed FREN 335. Three hours. Ms. deGraff.
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3.00 Credits
A study of selected works by the major writers of the French Enlightenment, illustrating the evolution from Classicism to Preromanticism. The course will also examine the literature of ideas leading to the French Revolution in the works of the leading "Philosophes:"Montesquieu, Voltaire, Diderot, and Rousseau. Special attention will be given to the development of the memoir and epistolary novels and to the social criticism in the theater of Marivaux and Beaumarchais. Given in French. Prerequisite: FREN 351 and 356, or departmental permission. Offered every four years. Not open to students who have completed FREN 337. Three hours. Staff.
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