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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA Review of French structures in a comparative approach with English. Guided practice in writing and development of style, as preparation for refined oral skills. Each written assignment consolidated with an oral activity. Substantial broadening of vocabulary and range of expression, with a stress on accuracy and nuances. Some literary readings. Offered every fall.
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Three Credits LA Intensive practice in oral expression: rapid conversation, professional presentations, theatrical performance, debates, joke-telling, and storytelling will be practiced in small group work. Practice include phonetics, self-recording, and video-dubbing. Offered every spring.
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA Dual listed as CSFR 250 Interdisciplinary survey of France's social, artistic, political, and intellectual history from its origins to the 20th century, with an emphasis on the manner in which the past has shaped and is still influencing the modern French consciousness. Offered every fall.
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA Dual listed as CSFR 251 Studied from a comparative perspective, the major events that have shaped France since 1945 and affected French reactions within its borders and in the international community. Special attention will be paid to cultural and political perceptions of the United States in the French community. Offered every spring.
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA A cultural/literary approach to French cinema. The course will maintain a comparative perspective with American cinema while studying the evolution of narrative form and the representation of French identity and concerns. Film selections range from early B&W classics to most recent releases. Discussions supported by cultural and literary readings. Taught in English. Students taking the course for credit in the French major or minor must complete all reading and writing in French. Fulfills Cinema Studies Minor requirement. Offered every year.
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits each LA An intensive language and grammar study, as required by study-abroad programs in France. Language study is conducted with the French methodology of systematic grammatical and syntactical analysis. Offered in France in Marist-approved study-abroad programs, and on campus as needed.
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA Study of French-speaking African and Caribbean literatures in their cultural context. Readings from the works of such essential authors as Cesaire, Sembene, Conde, Schwartz-Bart, Chraibi, Beti. Selections from African filmmakers are also viewed and discussed. Offered every two years.
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA The course explores the impact of the new communicative technologies on the French language and culture. Technical vocabulary, instant-messaging lingo, and assimilation of English structures into French are tracked and practiced. Students increase their familiarity with the major gateways of information and communication in the French-speaking world and research current issues from a non-American perspective. Technical environment includes desktop publishing, PowerPoint, electronic discussion forums, and web-page creation. An emphasis is placed on the ability to assess information for accuracy and credibility. Prior technical proficiency helpful but not required.
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA A study of the main currents of literature and thought in 20th-century France through its most representative writers in the fields of fiction, poetry, and drama: Proust, Gide, Mauriac, Camus, Sartre and the Existentialists, Claudel, Peguy and the Surrealists, St. John Perse, Rene Char, Beckett, Ionesco and the Theater of the Absurd. Offered annually in France and on campus when there is sufficient student interest.
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA When taken abroad, a course taught in French in a discipline other than literature, selected with departmental approval. When taken on campus, a parallel course of study, in French, to a Marist course relevant to French concerns in the student's other major discipline (Political Science, Communication, Business, Arts, etc.). The course is supervised by a member of the French faculty in consultation with the related discipline.
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