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  • FRE 244: Le Midi de la France

    3.00 Credits
    Hobart William Smith Colleges

    In this course, weconcentrate on Provence with incursions into the wider Occitanie region. The historian Fernand Braudel writes that "France is diversity... it is not only an appearance, a way of speaking, but a concrete reality, the triumph of plurality, heterogeneity, of something never really seen elsewhere...of something always different..." Similarly throughout its history, Provence has been shaped by a constant flux of immigrants. Its luminous landscape reflects this diversity from rugged and dry terrains (the garrigues) to mountains and the Mediterranean coast. Provence has been the site of many political and religious upheavals which are embedded in its cities and landscapes. It is difficult to look at Provence without "seeing" its history unfold. Since medieval times, poets, writers and artists have been inspired by its landscapes. We will look at the history, language, literature, and arts of Provence by following different itineraries marked by cities such as Arles, Marseilles, Avignon, Aix-en-Provence. We will study its rich folklore and traditions, and taste its fragrant cuisine...Prerequisites: 227, or 241, or 242, or 243. (Etienne, offered alternate years)
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  • FRE 251: Introduction to Literature I:Mystics,Friends and Lovers

    3.00 Credits
    Hobart William Smith Colleges

    The conventions governing erotic love and passion in Europe were first formulated by the troubadours in Southern France.This course traces the evolution of passionate lovefrom the Middle Ages to the Present, and analyzes its connections with mystical love. We will also study other traditions of love such as marital love and friendship Prerequisite: Any of 242,242,243,244 or permission of the instructor (Etienne, offered Spring '09)
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  • FRE 252: Introduction to Literature II:Que sais je

    3.00 Credits
    Hobart William Smith Colleges

    This course is an introduction to literary discourse and a study of essays by significant authors who have shaped French thought from the Renaissance to the present. The question 'Que sais-je ' is an epistemological question, that is, a question about knowledge. What we know, or think we know, shapes our vision of the world, and who we are. The subject determines the object of knowledge. So we must pay particular attention to the subject, the "je" of the question. We will try to consider the subject's position before the unknown, and in particular in front of the unknown and the other. Our journey, beginning with Montaigne's question about identity will lead naturally to analysis of contemporary Western attitude toward others. Prerequisite: Any one of FRE 241, 242, 243, 244 or permission of the instructor. (Gallou t, Offered Fall
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  • FRE 253: Introduction to Literature III:Paris Outre-mer

    3.00 Credits
    Hobart William Smith Colleges

    Depending on the instructor, this course follows various trajectories between Paris and Francophone countries and regions around the world. Students listen to voices in French from outside France. Paris is considered a starting point, rather than the center of Francophone cultures. Special attention is given to the ambiguous love-hate relations between France and other Francophone countries. . This course teaches explication de texte, the French approach to reading literary and other cultural texts. Prerequisite: Any one of FRE 241, 242, 243, 244 or permission of the instructor. (Joseph, Offered Fall '08, Spring '10)
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  • FRE 351: Francophone African Fictions

    3.00 Credits
    Hobart William Smith Colleges

    A study of the origins of Francophone African fiction in both French European and African traditions. It includes fragmentation of traditional models of identity in both men and women and the call for both master and slave to embrace a new freedom. Prerequisite: FRE 253 and one of the FRE 251, FRE 252, or permission of the instructor. (Joseph, offered occasionally)
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  • FRE 352: North African Literature:Narratives of Dissent and the Search for Identity

    3.00 Credits
    Hobart William Smith Colleges

    This course introduces narrative fiction from North Africa written in French. Students study the rise of Francophone narratives against colonialism and analyze their development into the national literatures of Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria. Paying particular attention to issues of gender, language, and religion, students analyze how these narratives of dissent evolve into fiction constructing individual and national identities. Prerequisite: FRE 253 and one of FRE 251, FRE 252, or permission of the instructor. (Gallou t, offered Fall '10)
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  • FRE 353: Vietnamese Voices:Language of Exile

    3.00 Credits
    Hobart William Smith Colleges

    This course concentrates on Vietnamese writers who chose to write in the language of the oppressor during the colonial occupation, and on contemporary writers living in France. In both cases, language (French) becomes the location of exile and the literary text is the site of alienation. Students also read texts about Indochina written by French writers in Vietnam. Prerequisite: FRE 253 and one of FRE 251, FRE 252, or permission of the instructor. (étienne, offered occasionally)
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  • FRE 355: Francophone Caribbean Identities

    3.00 Credits
    Hobart William Smith Colleges

    This course deals with ways in which Francophone Caribbean writers represent their society in a context of deep alienations, and how they try to reinvent themselves and their community through the diversity of their unique culture and humanity. Students improve their cultural and language skills by discussing these major topics: deconstructing colonization; the relation of self to other; memory, migrancy and the quest for identity; women in literature; French language and local language relations; writers and their imaginary homeland; Caribbean societies and the racial problem; images of society in literature (France or the French West Indies). Prerequisite: FRE 253 and one of FRE 251, FRE 252, or permission of the instructor. (Dahouda, offered every other year)
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  • FRE 364: Voix Lyriques

    3.00 Credits
    Hobart William Smith Colleges

    In this course, students participate in the metamorphoses of the world through in depth analysis of poems. Prerequisites: FRE 251 and FRE 252, or permission of the instructor. (Etienne, Offered occasionally)
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  • FRE 380: Images de Femmes

    3.00 Credits
    Hobart William Smith Colleges

    Mother or lover, sorceress or goddess, redeemer or temptress-she often is a path toward the divine and often brings total destruction. This course studies recurrent literary images of the feminine and explores the mythical and mystical dimensions of these images. Prerequisites: FRE 251 and FRE 252, or permission of the instructor. (Etienne, Offered occasionally)
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