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Fall 2013
Sign-up sheets will be posted outside of Milbank 304 for all French language courses until Monday, 4/22/2013. If you are currently studying abroad or are otherwise unable to sign-up for a course, please contact Tomara Aldrich, the Department Assistant.
Fall 2013
All courses are worth 3 points unless otherwise noted.
FREN BC 1002: Elementary French I (4 points)
Basic elements of French grammar. Oral, writing, and reading skills.
Section 1: M-F 10:00 - 10:50 │Wolfe
Section 2: M-F 11:00 - 11:50 │Mimran
Section 3: M-F 12:00 - 12:50 │Mimran
Section 4: M-F 9:00 - 9:50 │Wolfe
FREN BC 1102: Review of French Fundamentals
Oral and written review of basic grammar and syntax. Readings in modern French and Francophone literature.
Section 1: T/R 8:40 – 9:55│Jouanneau-Fertig
Section 2: M/W 1:10pm-2:25│Evanson
FREN BC 1203: Intermediate French I
Further development of oral and written communication skills.
Section 1: M/W 2:40 – 3:55 | Mimran
Section 2: T/R 1:10-2:25 | Evanson
Section 3: T/R 10:10-11:25 | Jouanneau-Fertig
Section 4: T/R 11:40-12:55 | Mimran
Section 5: M/W 2:40-3:55│Bloom
FREN BC 1204: Intermediate French II
Advanced work in language skills. Readings in French literature.
Section 1: M/W 2:40 – 3:55 | Mimran
Section 2: T/R 11:40-12:55│Santos da Silva
Section 3: M/W 2:40 - 3:55 | O'Keeffe
Section 4: M/W 4:10 - 5:25 | O'Keeffe
Section 5: T/R 4:10 – 5:25 | Santos da Silva
FREN BC 3006: Composition and Conversation
Discussions on contemporary issues and oral presentations. Creative writing assignments designed to improve writing skills and vocabulary development.
Section 1: T/R 2:40 - 3:55 | Santos da Silva
Section 2: T/R 1:10 – 2:25| Jouanneau-Fertig
Section 3: M/W 1:10 – 2:25 | Bloom
Advanced Language Courses
All courses are worth 3 points.
French 3006: Composition and Conversation
Discussions on contemporary issues and oral presentations. Creative writing assignments designed to improve writing skills and vocabulary development.
Isabelle Jouanneau-Fertig Karen Santos da Silva Sam Bloom
T/Th 1:10-2:25 M/W 2:40pm-3:55pm M/W 1:10-2:25
French 3012: Advanced Composition and Grammar Review
Systematic study of morphology, syntax, and idiomatic expressions. Weekly writing assignments.
Laurie Postlewate
T/Th 10:10-11:25
French 3016: Advanced Oral French
Oral presentations and discussions of French films aimed at increasing fluency, acquiring vocabulary, and perfecting pronunciation skills.
Anne Boyman
M/W 2:40-3:55
French 3021: Major French Texts I
Medieval, Renaissance, and Classical literature in their cultural context.
Phillip Usher
M/W 1:10-2:25
French 3037: 19th Century French Poetry
Readings of poems by Lamartine, Hugo, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, and Mallarmé. Focuses on the turn from Romanticism to Modernism in the 19th century.
Anne Boyman
T/R 11:40-12:55
French 3040: 20th Century French Fiction
Topics will include the theory of the gratuitous act, literature and the rise of Fascism, war and the literature of commitment, erotic violence.
Loren Wolfe
M/W 1:10-2:25
French 3078: Literature of Francophone North America
Discussion of the literary production in French emanating from Canada, New England, and Louisiana with special consideration of the sociohistorical context of North American Francophone culture. Texts to include fiction, correspondence, historical narrative, theater and poetry.
Laurie Postlewate
TR 1:10-2:25
