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Fall 2012
Sign-up sheets will be posted outside of Milbank 304 for all French language courses until Monday, 4/16/2012. If you are currently studying abroad or are otherwise unable to sign-up for a course, please contact Tomara Aldrich, the Department Assistant.
All courses are worth 3 points unless otherwise noted.
FREN BC 1001: 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 │Santos Da Silva
Section 3: M-F 12:00 - 12:50 │Santos Da Silva
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│Bloom
FREN BC 1203: Intermediate French I
Further development of oral and written communication skills.
Section 1: M/W 10:10-11:25 | Bloom
Section 2: T/R 2:40-3:55 | Sanders
Section 3: T/R 10:10-11:25 | Jouanneau-Fertig
Section 4: T/R 11:40-12:55 | Cooke
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: T/R 10:10-11:25 | Mimran
Section 2: T/R 11:40-12:55│Wolfe
Section 3: M/W 2:40 - 3:55 | O'Keeffe
Section 4: M/W 4:10 - 5:25 | O'Keeffe
Section 5: T/R 2:40 - 3:55 | Mimran
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: M/W 2:40 - 3:55 | Santos Da Silva
Section 2: T/R 1:10-2:25 | Jouanneau-Fertig
Section 3: 4:10-5:25 | Mimran
Advanced Language Courses
All courses are worth 3 points.
French 3012: Advanced Composition and Grammar Review
Systematic study of morphology, syntax, and idiomatic expressions. Weekly writing assignments.
Section 1: T/Th 10:10-11:25 | Postlewate
Section 2: T/Th 1:10-2:25 | Postlewate
French 3019: Advances Phonetics
Detailed study of all aspects of French pronunciation; theoretical linguistic concepts will be followed up with intensive oral drills.
Anne Boyman
T/Th 2:40-3:55
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
Advanced Literature and Culture Courses
All courses are worth 3 points.
French 3021: Major French Texts I
Medieval, Renaissance, and Classical literature in their cultural context.
Phillip Usher
M/W 11:40-12:55
French 3035: 18th Century French Fiction
Readings of novels and novellas by Prevost, Rousseau, Diderot, Charriere, Laclos, and Sade, with a particular focus on issues of selfhood, gender, sexuality, authority, and freedom.
Caroline Weber
T/Th 1:10-2:25
French 3038: 19th Century French Novel
Evolution of the novel, aesthetics of Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, and Symbolism. Particular attention is paid to the formal problems of narrative, the rhetoric of sentiment, decadence, and issues of sexual identity.
Peter Connor
M/W 1:10-2:25
French 3065: Surrealism
An examination of the relationship between traditional & avant-garde literature and visual culture; the use of word-play & language games as tools of artistic expression; the thematization of the unconscious and dreams; the vexed relationship between aesthetics & politics; the poetics and politics of sexuality & gender. Authors and artists will include Andre Breton, Louis Aragon, Man Ray, Dorothea Tanning, and Salvador Dali.
Caroline Weber
T/Th 4:10-5:25
FREN BC 3073: Africa in Cinema
Representations of African culture by filmmakers from various cultural backgrounds. Social and ideological positions and the demands of exoticism. The constructions of the African as other and the responses they have elicited from Africaïs cineastes.
Kaiama Glover
T/Th 4:10-5:25
