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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Prerequisites: FR 11-FR 1, or permission of instructor Corequisites: None Type: LEC Provides a more sophisticated understanding of French syntax and improves skill in fluent, written self-expression. Brief weekly compositions serve as a basis for the discussion of points of syntax and style. Students also become familiar with reference works, which will be of continuing use.
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Prerequisites: FR 11-FR 1, or permission of instructor Corequisites: None Type: LEC Introduces the objectives, techniques, and difficulties of translation to and from French. At the theoretical level, and through a number of explications de texte, students reflect on such issues as the distinction between an author and a narrator, the voice in a text, textual intentions vs. reader response. In practical terms, weekly translations of selected short texts should foster the development of respect for the linguistic, stylistic, and occasional cultural differences between English and French.
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Prerequisites: FR 11 and FR 1 Corequisites: None Type: LEC Surveys a selection of modern French short stories sampling from French as well as Francophone writers and explores the means by which short stories achieve their effects within the restricted economy of the genre. Considers the stories both as narrative constructs and as reflections of the historical and cultural contexts in which they were written.
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None Type: LEC Upper-level literature course offered to non-majors who have an interest in literature but little or no training in the language. Organized by topic, the course sometimes focuses on an author (e.g. Montaigne, Flaubert) and sometimes on critical perspectives (e.g. French feminism).
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Prerequisites: FR 11-FR 1, or permission of instructor Corequisites: None Type: LEC Examines the evolution of the narrative genre (centered on the novel with reference to a few short stories) from La Princesse de Clèves to the New Novel. Offers a close reading of some of the major works of Mme de Lafayette, Prévost, Balzac, Stendhal, Aurevilly, Camus, and Claude Simon.
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1.00 Credits
Credits: 1 Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None Type: TUT For students enrolled in the Study Abroad Program sponsored by the University at Buffalo (see Study Abroad section in this catalog).
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Prerequisites: FR 11-FR 1, or permission of instructor Corequisites: None Type: LEC Describes present-day French from a modern linguistic standpoint. Successively covers phonology, morphology, and syntax and lexical change to give the student a better understanding of the structure of French and a broader comprehension of the function of language in general. Weekly travaux pratiques enable students to apply the analytical theory to real language problems.
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Prerequisites: FR 11-FR 1, or permission of instructor Corequisites: None Type: LEC Acquaints students with the internal and technical linguistic changes that characterize the emergence of French from Latin, as well as the external and historic events that influence this development. Discusses the nature of language change, the development of dialects, and the emergence of national standards. Consists of two lectures and one discussion period per week involving linguistic problem sets and brief translations of early French texts.
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Prerequisites: FR 11 - FR 1, or permission of instructor Corequisites: None Type: SEM Seeks to familiarize students with the cultural and professional aspects of doing business in France. Topics include tariffs and quotas, the role of the EU and the euro, genetically modified foods, the environment, and globalization. Also covers French domestic issues, including the 35-hour work week, the strained retirement system, domestic political wrangling, the French press, and activist trade unions. This course also stresses practical skills such as business correspondence, how to read reports and other documents, how to follow the news (both written and televised) with full knowledge of its bias (national and political), and how to interview or give a business presentation.
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Prerequisites: FR 11-FR 1, or permission of instructor Corequisites: None Type: SEM Variable content.
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