French: Spring 2010

Detailed French Course Descriptions:
Spring 2010

Are you interested in majoring or minoring in French?

French 1106 Guèye, Baek, Kenney, Ryan
PRE: 1105 (or the equivalent). Meets 9:05-9:55, 10:10-11:00 and 12:20-1:10 MWF

French 2106: Intermediate French Mizutani-Rousseau
PRE: 2105 (or the equivalent). Meets 9:05-9:55, 10:10-11:00 and 1:25-2:15 MWF

French 2164: Intermediate Business French Mizutani-Rousseau

French 3106: Grammar, Composition, and Conversation Joseph, Noirot-Maguire

Practice in communication skills in French to improve students' ability to read, write, speak and understand the French language. In addition, students will learn more about French and Francophone cultures through spoken, written and visual media. PRE: FR 2106, 2164 (or the equivalent). Meets 10:10-11:00, 11:15-12:05 and 12:20-1:10 MWF.

French 3126: Oral Proficiency Johnson

This course will help students speak French better using appropriate idiomatic expressions and correct grammar. PRE: FR 3105, 3106 and 3125, or admission by oral interview. Meets 11:15-12:05 MWF.

French 3206: French Culture and Civilization Teulon

A study of French culture and civilization from the French Revolution to the present. PRE: FR 3106. Meets 9:30-10:45 and 11:00-12:150 TR.

French 3304: Introduction to French Literature Joseph

Through studies of various literary genres, students will be introduced to literary terms, analytical techniques, and reading strategies. PRE: FR 2106 or 2164. FR 3105 strongly recommended. Usually taken with 3106. Meets 4:00-5:15 and 5:30-6:45 MW

French 3306: Survey of French Literature Guèye

Readings in French literature from the 18th century to the present to acquaint students with literary techniques and contexts. PRE: FR 3105-06 and FR 3304. Meets 2:30-3:45 MW

French 4164: Advanced Business French Johnson

"Cross-cultural Harmony and Discord: Merging Business Practices in Canada, France and the U.S."

cultures d'entreprise

French 4314 / 5404: Studies in French Literature Tuelon

La Littérature des salons

The course will analyze the relationship between writing and painting through a selection of fictional and theoretical texts by major French authors from the 18th and 19th centuries. We will read three novels (Le Chef-d'OEuvre inconnu by H. de Balzac, Manette Salomon by the Goncourt brothers, and L'‘uvre by E. Zola), a series of texts by D. Diderot, Stendhal, C. Baudelaire, S. Mallarmé, J. -K. Huysmans, and G. Apollinaire, as well as short texts written by artists, such as E. Delacroix, G. Moreau, G. Seurat, P. Cézanne, and M. Duchamp. These readings will help us further our understanding of questions dealing with the concept of representation, the evolution of art criticism as a genre, the nude in painting, and, finally, the emergence of modern art. PRE: FR 3105, 3106, and 2/3 of the following courses: 3305, 3306, 3314. FR 3205 and 3206 strongly recommended. Meets 2:00-3:15 TR

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