Past Course Listings
Spring 2023 Schedule
COURSE # | COURSE | DAY/TIME | INSTRUCTOR |
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FREN |
Elementary II |
M/W/F |
E. Stephan |
FREN |
Elementary II |
M/W/F |
E. Stephan |
FREN |
Elementary II |
M/W/F |
E. Stephan |
FREN BC1002.04 |
Elementary II | M/W/F 11:40-12:55 |
P. Guedj |
FREN |
Elementary II |
M/W/F |
A. Bournery |
FREN |
Intermediate I |
M/W, |
M. Heydari |
FREN |
Intermediate I |
M/W, |
M. Heydari |
FREN |
Intermediate I |
T/R |
A. Bournery |
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FREN |
Intermediate II * Course does not fulfill the Columbia College and GS language requirement |
M/W, |
K. Santos da Silva |
FREN BC1204.02 |
Intermediate II * Course does not fulfill the Columbia College and GS language requirement |
M/W, |
H. Suter |
FREN |
Intermediate II * Course does not fulfill the Columbia College and GS language requirement |
M/W, |
H. Suter |
FREN |
Composition & Conversation |
M/W, |
K. Santos da Silva |
FREN |
Advanced Oral French |
M/W, |
A. Boyman |
FREN |
Major French Texts II |
T/R, |
B. O'Keeffe |
FREN BC3067 |
Golden Age of Versailles Prereq: completion of FREN BC1204, Int II or equivalent |
R, |
L. Postlewate |
FREN |
Senior Thesis |
R, |
B. O'Keeffe |
FREN BC3104 |
History of the French Language | T, 12:10-2:00 |
L. Postlewate |
FREN BC3102 |
Women of the Left Bank |
M/W, |
H. Suter |
FREN BC3110 |
French New Wave Cinema |
T/R, |
A. Boyman |
Fall 2022 Schedule
COURSE # | COURSE | DAY/TIME | INSTRUCTOR | OFFICE HOURS |
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FREN |
Elementary I |
M/W/F |
E. Stephan |
MIL 308 |
FREN |
Elementary I |
M/W/F |
E. Stephan |
MIL 308 W, 4:00-5:00; F, 1:00-2:00 |
FREN |
Elementary I |
M/W/F |
E. Stephan | MIL 308 W, 4:00-5:00; F, 1:00-2:00 |
FREN BC1102.01 |
Review of French Fundamentals | M/W 10:10-11:25 |
H. Suter | MIL 308 M, 1:00-2:00 |
FREN BC1102.02 |
Review of French Fundamentals | M/W 11:40-12:55 |
H. Suter | MIL 308 M, 1:00-2:00 |
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FREN |
Intermediate I |
T/TH, |
M. Heydari |
MIL 315 |
FREN |
Intermediate I |
T/TH, |
M. Heydari |
MIL 315 M/W, 10:30-11:30; T, 2:30-4:30 |
FREN |
Intermediate I |
M/W, |
A. Bournery |
MIL 315 M/W, 10:30-11:30; T, 2:30-4:30 |
FREN BC1203.04 |
Intermediate I | M/W, 6:10-7:25pm |
A. Bournery | MIL 315 M/W, 5:30-6:00; By Appt. |
FREN BC1203.05 |
Intermediate I | M/W, 2:40-3:55 |
B. Kilgo-Kelly | MIL 315 M/W, 4:00-5:00 |
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FREN |
Intermediate II * Course does not fulfill the Columbia College and GS language requirement |
M/W, |
K. Santos da Silva |
MIL 309 T, 10:00-12:00 |
FREN BC1204.02 |
Intermediate II * Course does not fulfill the Columbia College and GS language requirement |
M/W, |
K. Santos da Silva | MIL 309 T, 10:00-12:00 |
FREN |
Intermediate II * Course does not fulfill the Columbia College and GS language requirement |
M/W, |
P. Guedj |
MIL 308 W, 1:30-2:30 |
FREN |
Intermediate II * Course does not fulfill the Columbia College and GS language requirement |
T/R, 2:40-3:55 |
B. O'Keeffe |
MIL 310 T/R, 10:00-11:00 |
FREN |
Composition & Conversation |
M/W, |
K. Santos da Silva |
MIL 309 T, 10:00-12:00 |
FREN |
Advanced Oral French |
M/W, |
A. Boyman |
MIL 313 M/W, 1:45-2:30; By Appt. |
FREN |
Major French Texts I |
M/W, |
C. Weber |
MIL 305 |
FREN BC3065 |
Surrealism |
M/W, |
C. Weber | MIL 305 M/W, 11:30-1:00; By Appt. |
FREN |
Francophone Fiction: Special Topics |
W, |
K. Glover |
MIL 314 W, 10:00-11:00 + 4:00-5:00; By Appt via Calendly |
FREN BC3079 |
History of the French Language | T, 12:10-2:00 |
L. Postlewate | MIL 311 W, 2:00-3:00; By Appt via Calendly |
FREN BC3101 |
Love and Literature |
T/R, |
B. O'Keeffe | MIL 310 T/R, 10:00-11:00 |
FREN BC3104 |
NEW!! Women Writers of Contemporary Middle East |
M/W, |
M. Heydari | MIL 315 M/W, 10:30-11:30; T, 2:30-4:30 |
Spring 2022 Schedule
Office Hours
COURSE # | COURSE | DAY/TIME | INSTRUCTOR |
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FREN |
Elementary II |
M/W/F |
E. Stephan |
FREN |
Elementary II |
M/W/F |
E. Stephan |
FREN |
Elementary II |
M/W/F |
E. Stephan |
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FREN |
Intermediate I |
T/TH, |
M. Heydari |
FREN |
Intermediate I |
T/TH, |
M. Heydari |
FREN |
Intermediate I |
M/W, |
A. Bournery |
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FREN |
Intermediate II * Course does not fulfill the Columbia College and GS language requirement |
M/W, |
K. Santos da Silva |
FREN BC1204.02 |
Intermediate II * Course does not fulfill the Columbia College and GS language requirement |
T/R, |
M. Heydari |
FREN |
Intermediate II * Course does not fulfill the Columbia College and GS language requirement |
T/R |
P. Guedj |
FREN |
Intermediate II * Course does not fulfill the Columbia College and GS language requirement |
M/W, |
A. Bournery |
FREN |
Composition & Conversation |
M/W, |
K. Santos da Silva |
FREN |
Advanced Oral French |
M/W, |
A. Boyman |
FREN |
Major French Texts II |
T/TH, |
B. O'Keeffe |
FREN BC3036 |
Age of Enlightenment PARIS CAMPUS, REID HALL ONLY |
T/TH, |
S. Martin |
FREN |
Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Mallarmé |
T/TH, |
A. Boyman |
FREN BC3044 |
Theater of the Absurd | M/W, 2:40-3:55pm |
P. Connor |
FREN BC3079 |
History of the French Language | T, 12:10-2:00pm |
L. Postlewate |
FREN BC3091 |
Senior Thesis | T, 6:10-8:00pm |
B. O'Keeffe |
FREN BC3106 |
Transatlantic Translation (course # recently changed from BC3001) |
M, 10:10-12:00pm |
L. Postlewate |
Continue to the Barnard catalog to view our course descriptions and requirements.
FALL 2021 Schedule
Office Hours
COURSE # | COURSE | DAY/TIME | INSTRUCTOR |
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FREN |
Elementary I |
M/W/F |
E. Stephan |
FREN |
Elementary 1 |
M/W/F |
E. Stephan |
FREN |
Elementary 1 |
M/W/F |
E. Stephan |
FREN |
Review of French Fundamentals |
M/W |
H. Suter |
FREN |
Review of French Fundamentals | M/W 2:40-3:55pm |
B. O'Keeffe |
FREN |
Intermediate I |
T/TH, |
E. Stephan |
FREN |
Intermediate I |
T/TH, |
M. Heydari |
FREN |
Intermediate I |
T/TH |
M. Heydari |
FREN |
Intermediate I |
M/W |
B. Kilgo-Kelly |
FREN |
Intermediate I | M/W 4:10-5:25 |
B. Kilgo-Kelly |
FREN |
Intermediate II |
M/W |
K. Santos da Silva |
FREN |
Intermediate II |
M/W |
K. Santos da Silva |
FREN |
Intermediate II |
T/TH |
B. O'Keeffe |
FREN |
Composition & Conversation |
M/W |
K. Santos da Silva |
FREN |
Advanced Translation |
T/TH |
A. Boyman |
FREN |
Advanced Oral French |
M/W, |
A. Boyman |
FREN |
Major French Texts I |
M/W |
C. Weber |
FREN BC3101 |
Love and Literature |
T/TH |
B. O'Keeffe |
FREN |
Women of the Left Bank |
M/W |
H. Suter |
Continue to the Barnard catalog to view our course descriptions and requirements.
We are excited to introduce our department’s new curriculum for the Academic Year 2020-21. Students should note that this curriculum includes courses offered over three-semesters (including Summer A/B), as well as several new immersive classes that will be offered over a 7-week period. Please note that this schedule may be subject to change, and students are encouraged not only to revisit this page but also to confirm the course listings in the online Directory of Classes.
Our departmental immersive courses will cover a semester’s worth of material in a shorter period of time and will meet for twice as many hours per week, allowing students to take fewer courses at the same time and a more sustained focus on course content.
Please feel free to contact your major advisor with any questions you may have about your academic schedule.
SUMMER 2021
A/B/FS | COURSE # | COURSE | MODE | DAY/TIME | INSTRUCTOR |
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Block A: Monday, May 3rd – Friday, June 18th |
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A |
FREN |
Translating Theatre | Hybrid: Barnard Campus & Online | M/W, 5:30-8:40PM | L. Postlewate |
SPRING 2021
A/B/FS | COURSE # | COURSE | MODE | DAY/TIME | INSTRUCTOR |
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Full Semester (FS): Monday, January 11 - Monday, April 26 |
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FS |
FREN |
Elementary II |
ONLINE |
MTWRF, |
E. Stephan |
FS |
FREN |
Elementary II |
ONLINE |
MTWRF, |
E. Stephan |
FS |
FREN |
Intermediate I |
ONLINE |
T/TH, |
M. Heydari |
FS |
FREN |
Intermediate I |
ONLINE |
T/TH, |
M. Heydari |
FS |
FREN |
Intermediate I |
ONLINE |
M/W, |
H. Suter |
FS |
FREN |
Intermediate II |
ONLINE |
M/W, |
K. Santos da Silva |
FS |
FREN |
Intermediate II |
ONLINE |
M/W, |
K. Santos da Silva |
FS |
FREN |
Intermediate II |
ONLINE |
M/W, |
H. Suter |
FS |
FREN |
Intermediate II |
ONLINE |
T/TH, |
E. Stephan |
FS |
FREN |
Transatlantic Translation |
ONLINE |
M/W, |
L. Postlewate |
FS |
FREN |
Composition & Conversation |
ONLINE |
T/TH, |
B. Kilgo-Kelly |
FS |
FREN |
Composition & Conversation |
ONLINE |
T/TH, |
M. Heydari |
FS |
FREN |
Composition & Conversation |
ONLINE |
M/W, |
H. Suter |
FS |
FREN |
Advanced Oral French |
ONLINE |
M/W, |
A. Boyman |
FS |
FREN |
Major French Texts II |
ONLINE |
T/TH, |
B. O'Keeffe |
FS |
FREN |
Senior Seminar |
ONLINE |
T, |
B. O'Keeffe |
FS |
FREN |
NEW COURSE! |
ONLINE |
M/W, |
S. Martin |
FS |
FREN |
Existentialism |
ONLINE |
T/TH, |
B. O'Keeffe |
FS |
FREN |
French New Wave Cinema |
ONLINE |
T/TH, |
A. Boyman |
FALL 2020 (past semester)
A/B/FS | COURSE # | COURSE | MODE | DAY/TIME | INSTRUCTOR |
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Block A: Tuesday, September 8 – Friday, October 23 |
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A | FREN BC3016 |
Advanced Oral French Syllabus |
Remote | MTWR, 2:40-3:55 |
A. Boyman |
A | FREN BC3021 |
Major French Texts I Syllabus |
In Person | M/W, 10:10-12:40 |
L. Postlewate |
A | FREN BC3072 |
Francophone Fiction Syllabus |
Remote | M/W, 12:10-2:00 |
K. Glover |
Block B: Monday, October 26 - Wednesday, December 23 |
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B | FREN BC3014 |
Advanced Translation: Foreign Voices Syllabus |
Remote |
MTWR, |
A. Boyman |
B | FREN BC3100 |
Podcasting in French Workshop Syllabus |
In Person | M/R, 4:10-6:00 |
L. Postlewate |
Full Semester (FS): Tuesday, September 8 - Wednesday, December 23 |
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FS | FREN BC1001.01 | Elementary I | Remote |
MTWRF, |
E. Stephan |
FS | FREN BC1001.02 | Elementary I | Remote |
MTWRF, |
E. Stephan |
FS | FREN BC1102.01 |
Review of Fundamentals | Remote |
M/W, |
H. Suter |
FS | FREN BC1102.02 |
Review of Fundamentals | Remote | T/R, 2:40-3:55 |
E. Stephan |
FS | FREN BC1203.01 | Intermediate I | Remote | M/W, 11:40-12:55 |
H. Suter |
FS | FREN BC1203.02 | Intermediate I | Remote | M/W, 2:40-3:55 |
B. Kilgo-Kelly |
FS | FREN BC1203.03 | Intermediate I | Remote | T/R, 10:10-11:25 |
M. Heydari |
FS | FREN BC1203.04 | Intermediate I | Remote | T/R, 11:40-12:55 |
M. Heydari |
FS | FREN BC1204.01 | Intermediate II | Remote | M/W, 10:10-11:25 |
K. Santos da Silva |
FS | FREN BC1204.02 | Intermediate II | Remote | M/W, 2:40-3:55 |
K. Santos da Silva |
FS | FREN BC1204.03 | Intermediate II Syllabus |
Remote | T/R, 11:40-12:55 |
B. O'Keeffe |
FS | FREN BC1204.04 | Intermediate II Syllabus |
Remote | T/R, 2:40-3:55 |
B. O'Keeffe |
FS | FREN BC3006.01 | Composition & Conversation | Remote | M/W, 11:40-12:55 |
B. Kilgo-Kelly |
FS | FREN BC3006.02 | Composition & Conversation | Remote | M/W, 1:10-2:25 |
K. Santos da Silva |
FS | FREN BC3006.03 | Composition & Conversation | Remote | T/R, 2:40-3:55 |
M. Heydari |
FS | FREN BC3101 |
Love & Literature Syllabus |
Remote | T/R, 4:10-5:25 |
B. O'Keeffe |
FS | FREN BC3102 |
Women of the Left Bank | Remote | M/W, 2:40-3:55 |
H. Suter |
All first-year, transfer, and/or returning students who studied French prior to entering Columbia/Barnard must take the placement exam before taking any Barnard French courses. Questions about the exam should be directed to Professor Karen Santos da Silva at ksantosd@barnard.edu.
ELEMENTARY & INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE COURSES
FREN BC1002 - Elementary French II
Sec. 001 - MTWRF - 12:00-12:50 - Lazur
Sec. 002 - MTWRF - 12:00-12:50 - Suter
Sec. 003 - MTWRF - 10:00-10:50 - Suter
FREN BC1203 - Intermediate French I
Sec. 001 - T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Lazur
Sec. 002 -T/R - 1:10-2:25 - Suter
Sec. 003 - T/R - 10:10-11:25 - Lazur
Sec. 004 - M/W - 10:10-11:25 - Kilgo-Kelly
FREN BC1204 - Intermediate French II
Sec. 001 - M/W - 11:40-12:55 - Santos da Silva
Sec. 002 - M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Santos da Silva
Sec. 003 - M/W - 11:40-12:55 - Heydari
Sec. 004 - T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Heydari
Sec. 005 - T/R - 10:10-11:25 - Sellami
ADVANCED LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE COURSES
FREN BC3001 - Transatlantic Translation Workshop
M/W - 10:10-11:25 - Postlewate
Prerequisites: Instruction permission.
A workshop in which students from the BC/CU community collaborate with a team of students from the École Normale Supérieure-Lyon on two translation projects. In addition to video-conferenced group sessions, students will work virtually with their translation partner in France, and consult in-person with their Barnard instructor.
FREN BC3006 - Composition and Conversation
Sec. 001 - T/R - 11:40-12:55 - Heydari
Sec. 002 - M/W - 11:40-12:55 - Kilgo-Kelly
Sec. 003 - M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Kilgo-Kelly
Discussions on contemporary issues and oral presentations. Creative writing assignments designed to improve writing skills and vocabulary development.
FREN BC3016 - Advanced Oral French
M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Boyman
Prerequisites: At least one French course after completion of FREN BC1204: Intermediate II or permission of the instructor.
Through close readings of majors texts, an examination of how these 19th-century poets brought about a "revolution" in language and thought that gave rise to the Modernism that transformed literature and the arts and whose influence is still with us today.
FREN BC3022 - Major French Texts II
T/R - 11:40-12:55 - O'Keeffe
Prerequisites: FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.
The Age of Enlightenment, Romanticism, Realism, and Symbolism.
FREN BC3037 - Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Mallarmé
T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Boyman
Prerequisites: FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.
Readings of poems by Lamartine, Hugo, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, and Mallarmé. Focuses on the turn from Romanticism to Modernism in the 19th century.
FREN BC3044 - Theater of the Absurd
M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Connor
Prerequisites: FREN BC3021, BC3022, BC3023, BC3024, or the equivalent.
Close reading and occasional screening of major plays associated with the Theater of the Absurd. Philosophical and literary origins of the concept of the absurd; social and political context of its emergence; theatrical conventions of early performances; popular and critical reception. Authors include: Jarry, Adamov, Arrabal, Beckett, Genet, Ionesco, Maeterlinck, Sartre, Camus.
FREN BC3067 - Golden Age of Versailles
W - 4:00-5:00 (lab) - Postlewate
W - 5:00-6:50 (seminar) - Postlewate
Explores the cultural production emanating from the court of Louis XIV at Versailles combining the reading of literary texts with consideration of the arts, architecture, dance and music. Special focus on the court as spectacle, women writers of the court, and the classical period as preparation for the Enlightenment. (Seminar + 1 hour Digital lab for project fulfilling GER: Thinking Technologically and Digitally)
FREN BC3091 - Senior Thesis
T - 4:10-6:00 - O'Keeffe
French majors will write their senior thesis under the supervision of the instructor.
All first-year, transfer, and/or returning students who studied French prior to entering Columbia/Barnard must take the placement exam before taking any Barnard French courses. Questions about the exam should be directed to Karen Santos da Silva at ksantosd@barnard.edu.
ELEMENTARY & INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE COURSES
FREN BC1001 - Elementary French I
Sec. 001 - MTWRF - 10:00-10:50 - Suter
Sec. 002 - MTWRF - 12:00-12:50 - Lazur
Sec. 003 - MTWRF - 12:00-12:50 - Suter
FREN BC1102 - Review of French Fundamentals
Sec. 001 - T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Lazur
Sec. 002 - T/R - 10:10-11:25 - Lazur
FREN BC1203 - Intermediate French I
Sec. 001 - M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Kilgo-Kelly
Sec. 003 - T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Suter
Sec. 004 - T/R - 10:10-11:25 - Sellami
Sec. 005 - T/R - 11:40-12:55 - Sellami
Sec. 006 - M/W - 11:40-12:55 - Santos da Silva
FREN BC1204 - Intermediate French II
Sec. 001 - M/W - 10:10-11:25 - Santos da Silva
Sec. 002 - M/W - 10:10-11:25 - O'Keeffe
Sec. 003 - T/R - 11:40-12:55 - O'Keeffe
Sec. 004 - M/W - 1:10-2:25 - Heydari
ADVANCED LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE COURSES
FREN BC3006 - Composition and Conversation
Sec. 001 - M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Santos da Silva
Sec. 002 - M/W - 1:10-2:25 - Kilgo-Kelly
Sec. 004 - M/W - 11:40-12:55 - Kilgo-Kelly
Discussions on contemporary issues and oral presentations. Creative writing assignments designed to improve writing skills and vocabulary development.
FREN BC3014 - Advanced Translation
T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Boyman
FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.
Translation of various styles of prose and poetry from French to English.
FREN BC3016 - Advanced Oral French
M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Boyman
At least one French course after completion of FREN BC1204: Intermediate II or permission of the instructor.
Oral presentations and discussions of French films aimed at increasing fluency, acquiring vocabulary, and perfecting pronunciation skills.
FREN BC3021 - Major French Texts I
M/W - 11:40-12:55 - Postlewate
FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.
Medieval, Renaissance, and Classical literature in their cultural context.
FREN BC3032 - Women and Writing in Early Modern France
T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Postlewate
FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.
Examination of cultural and literary phenomena in 15th through 17th century France, focusing on writings by and about women.
FREN BC3072 - Francophone Fiction
W - 12:10-2:00 - Glover
FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required
Looks at the portrayal of women as unsettling figures in the Francophone Caribbean literary universe. Examining the uncanny heroines in the novels of both male and female writers, students will identify the thematic commonalities and specific configurative strategies that emerge in the fictional representation of women in the region. The symbolic import of zombies, schizophrenics, and other "disordering" characters will be analyzed as indicators of and reflections on broader social realities.
FREN BC3105 - Existentialism
T/R - 4:10-5:25 - O'Keeffe
FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.
In-depth survey of the writers who exemplified French existentialism: Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Simone de Beauvoir. The texts have been chosen for the richness with which they address fundamental philosophical questions about the meaning of life, especially questions of death and suffering, freedom and responsibility, legitimate and illegitimate violence. The first objective of this class is to show how existentialist thought combines literature and philosophy; the second objective is to gain a broad, but also deep familiarity with 20th-century French literature and thought.
All first-year, transfer, and/or returning students who studied French prior to entering Columbia/Barnard must take the placement exam before taking any Barnard French courses. Questions about the exam should be directed to Isabelle Jouanneau-Fertig at ijouanne@barnard.edu.
ELEMENTARY & INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE COURSES
FREN BC1002 - Elementary French II
Sec. 001 - MTWRF - 10:00-10:50 - Suter
Sec. 002 - MTWRF - 12:00-12:50 - Lazur
Sec. 003 - MTWRF - 12:00-12:50 - Suter
FREN BC1203 - Intermediate French I
Sec. 001 - T/R - 10:10-11:25 - Lazur
Sec. 002 - M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Postlewate
Sec. 003 - T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Lazur
Sec. 004 - T/R - 11:40-12:55 - Jouanneau-Fertig
FREN BC1204 - Intermediate French II
Sec. 001 - M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Santos da Silva
Sec. 002 - M/W - 10:10-11:25 - Kilgo-Kelly
Sec. 003 - M/W - 11:40-12:55 - Kilgo-Kelly
Sec. 004 - T/R - 2:40-3:55 - TBD
Sec. 005 - T/R - 11:40-12:55 - O'Keeffe
ADVANCED LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE COURSES
FREN BC3001 - Transatlantic Translation Workshop
M/W - 10:10-11:25 - Postlewate
Application through Professor Laurie Postlewate. Previous translation course or experience required.
A workshop in which students from the BC/CU community collaborate with a team of students from the École Normale Supérieure-Lyon on two translation projects. In addition to video-conferenced group sessions, students will work virtually with their translation partner in France, and consult in-person with their Barnard instructor.
FREN BC3006 - Composition and Conversation
Sec. 001 - T/R - 10:10-11:25- Jouanneau-Fertig
Sec. 002 - M/W - 1:10-2:25 - Santos da Silva
Sec. 003 - M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Kilgo-Kelly
Discussions on contemporary issues and oral presentations. Creative writing assignments designed to improve writing skills and vocabulary development.
FREN BC3016 - Advanced Oral French
M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Boyman
At least one French course after completion of FREN BC1204: Intermediate II or permission of the instructor.
Oral presentations and discussions of French films aimed at increasing fluency, acquiring vocabulary, and perfecting pronunciation skills.
FREN BC3022 - Major French Texts II
T/R - 1:10-2:25 - O'Keeffe
FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required. The Age of Enlightenment, Romanticism, Realism, and Symbolism.
FREN BC3025 - Theater of the Classical Age
M/W - 11:40-12:55 - Weber
FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required. This course will provide a detailed introduction to the three great French dramatists of the seventeenth century, rightly known as the golden age of French theatre. Reading several canonical works by each of these three playwrights-Corneille, Racine, and Molière-students will closely examine the thematic concerns (the relationship between love and duty, the individual and the state, free will and divine providence; the problems of hypocrisy, dishonesty, sexual jealousy, and avarice; the nature of kingship and the extent or the limits of royal control; the differences between prescribed gender roles for men and for women; the recourse to and reworking of mythological and Biblical sources) the plays set forth, and the rhetorical strategies they employ (from classical, Greco-Roman devices such as metaphor, apostrophe, irony, preterition, prosopopoeia, and anagnorisis to the specifically French metrical pattern of the alexandrin).
FREN BC3038 - Nineteenth Century French Novel
M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Connor
FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required. 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.
FREN BC3102 - Women of the Left Bank
T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Suter
FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.
FREN BC3110 - French New Wave Cinema
T/R - 4:10-6:00 - Boyman
FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required. This course traces the emergence and development of “New Wave” cinema in France in the 60s. Through a detailed analysis of some of its most iconic films: 400 Blows, Breathless, Hiroshima mon amour… the course will examine the radical artistic and social innovations of its major “auteurs”; Truffaut, Godard, Resnais et al.
All first-year, transfer, and/or returning students who studied French prior to entering Columbia/Barnard must take the placement exam before taking any Barnard French courses. Questions about the exam should be directed to Isabelle Jouanneau-Fertig at ijouanne@barnard.edu.
ELEMENTARY & INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE COURSES
FREN BC1001 - Elementary French I
Sec. 001 - MTWRF - 10:00-10:50 - Suter
Sec. 002 - MTWRF - 12:00-12:50 - Lazur
Sec. 003 - MTWRF - 12:00-12:50 - Suter
FREN BC1102 - Review of French Fundamentals
Sec. 001 - T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Lazur
Sec. 002 - M/W - 10:10-11:25 - Lazur
FREN BC1203 - Intermediate French I
Sec. 001 - T/R - 11:40-12:55 - Jouanneau-Fertig
Sec. 002 - M/W - 1:10-2:25 - Kilgo-Kelly
Sec. 003 - T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Suter
Sec. 004 - M/W - 11:40-12:55 - Kilgo-Kelly
FREN BC1204 - Intermediate French II
Sec. 001 - M/W - 10:10-11:25 - Santos da Silva
Sec. 002 - M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Santos da Silva
Sec. 003 - T/R - 2:40-3:55 - O'Keeffe
Sec. 004 - T/R - 10:10-11:25 - TBA
ADVANCED LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE COURSES
FREN BC3006 - Composition and Conversation
Sec. 001 - M/W - 1:10-2:25 - Santos da Silva
Sec. 002 - T/R - 10:10-11:25 - Jouanneau-Fertig
Sec. 003 - M/W - 4:10-5:25 - Kilgo-Kelly
Discussions on contemporary issues and oral presentations. Creative writing assignments designed to improve writing skills and vocabulary development.
FREN BC3013 - Writing Workshop
M/W - 10:10-11:25 - Postlewate
FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.
Workshop format course to perfect writing skills in French. Writing formats that will be used over the semester include narration, portait, essai, dissertation, film and book reviews, and correspondence.
FREN BC3014 - Advanced Translation
T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Boyman
FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.
Translation of various styles of prose and poetry from French to English.
FREN BC3016 - Advanced Oral French
M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Boyman
At least one French course after completion of FREN BC1204: Intermediate II or permission of the instructor.
Oral presentations and discussions of French films aimed at increasing fluency, acquiring vocabulary, and perfecting pronunciation skills.
FREN BC3021 - Major French Texts I
M/W - 11:40-12:55 - Postlewate
FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.
Medieval, Renaissance, and Classical literature in their cultural context.
FREN BC3035 - Eighteenth-Century French Fiction
M/W - 1:10-2:25 - Weber
FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.
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.
FREN BC3077 - Jalousie-Litterature Français
M/W - 4:10-5:25 - Weber
FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.
This course takes jealousy in its psychosexual, socio-political, ontological dimensions, and in its formal implications-as a lens through which to view a series of seminal works of French literature from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. These works include: 12th-century Arthurian legend (Béroul); a late-medieval, proto-feminist short story (Navarre); 17th-century neo-classical tragedy (Corneille); 12th and 17th-century folkloric forms (Marie de France's lai and Perrault's fairy tale, respectively); the Enlightenment "philosophical" novel (Montesquieu); the 19th-century realist novel (Balzac); the early 20th-century modernist novel (Proust); and the nouveau roman (Robbe-Grillet). Two contemporary adaptations (Singer's 2008 novel based on the Navarre story, and Chabrol's 1996 film based on Proust's novel) will also be studied. In addition, a selection of highly condensed, relevant secondary readings (excerpts of 10 pages of less) will provide students with an introduction to an array of theoretical approaches to literary study: most notably, psychoanalysis, political philosophy, and literary theory.
FREN BC3101 - Love and Literature
T/R - 4:10-5:25 - O'Keeffe
FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.
This course offers an in-depth study of love as it has been treated in a variety of French literary texts. These texts will be related to a number of important philosophical and theological approaches to love, particularly in respect of certain ideas concerning ethical love, erotic love, and religious faith as an act of loving God. The first objective of this class is to show how one can relate literature to philosophy and theology; the second is to gain a broad, but thematically focused familiarity with French literature, and with some literary works beyond the French tradition.
All first-year, transfer, and/or returning students who studied French prior to entering Columbia/Barnard must take the placement exam before taking any Barnard French courses. Questions about the exam should be directed to Isabelle Jouanneau-Fertig at ijouanne@barnard.edu.
ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE COURSES
FREN BC1002 - Elementary French II
Sec. 001 - MTWRF - 10:00-10:50 - Lazur
Sec. 002 - MTWRF - 12:00-12:50 - Lazur
Sec. 003 - MTWRF - 12:00-12:50 - Suter
FREN BC1203 - Intermediate French I
Sec. 001 - T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Lazur
Sec. 002 - M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Kilgo-Kelly
Sec. 003 - T/R - 1:10-2:25 - Cutchin
Sec. 004 - T/R - 8:40-9:55 - Jouanneau-Fertig
FREN BC1204 - Intermediate French II
Sec. 001 - T/R - 10:10-11:25 - Suter
Sec. 002 - M/W - 10:10-11:25 - Kilgo-Kelly
Sec. 003 - M/W - 1:10-2:25 - Kilgo-Kelly
Sec. 004 - T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Suter
Sec. 005 - T/R - 4:10-5:25 - O'Keeffe
ADVANCED LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE COURSES
FREN BC3001 - Transatlantic Translation Workshop
Four Friday meetings (Jan. 26, Feb. 16, Mar. 23, Apr. 6) - 10:10-12:00 - Postlewate
A workshop in which students from the BC/CU community collaborate with students from the
École Normale Supérieure-Lyon on two translation projects. Our objective is to give students in
New York and Lyon the opportunity to share ideas, cooperate on projects, and engage in
conversational exchange in both French and English.
FREN BC3006 - Composition and Conversation
Sec. 001 - T/R - 10:10-11:25 - Jouanneau-Fertig
Sec. 002 - M/W - 1:10-2:25 - Santos da Silva
Sec. 003 - M/W - 4:10-5:25 - Santos da Silva
Discussions on contemporary issues and oral presentations. Creative writing assignments designed to improve writing skills and vocabulary development.
FREN BC3016 - Advanced Oral French
M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Boyman
Oral presentations and discussions of French films aimed at increasing fluency, acquiring vocabulary, and perfecting pronunciation skills.
FREN BC3016 - Advanced Phonetics
T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Boyman
Detailed study of all aspects of French pronunciation; theoretical linguistic concepts will be followed up with intensive oral drills.
FREN BC3022 - Major French Texts II
T/R - 1:10-2:25 - O'Keeffe
The Age of Enlightenment, Romanticism, Realism, and Symbolism.
FREN BC3036 - The Age of the Enlightenment
M/W - 1:10-2:25 - Weber
This course examines the phenomenon that dominates and revolutionizes 18th-century philosophical, religious, sociological, and political discourse in the West: the Enlightenment. Calling into question the hitherto uncontested authority of an all-powerful church and state, the Enlightenment calls for the freedom of expression and of worship; condemns religious intolerance and cultural prejudice; denounces societal inequality; examines the merits and shortcomings of different forms of government; and subverts the oppressive and often hypocritical dogmas of the Catholic church and the absolutist monarchy--with far-reaching political and historical consequences (e.g., the American and the French Revolutions). With the exception of one German text (by Immanuel Kant, and assigned in English translation), readings will be limited to texts by the Enlightenment's leading Francophone authors: Montesquieu, Voltaire, Diderot, and Rousseau, as well as by two "dystopian" novelists, Charrière et Sade. All discussion, coursework, and examinations will be in French.
FREN BC3044 - Theater of the Absurd
M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Connor
Close reading and occasional screening of major plays associated with the Theater of the Absurd. Philosophical and literary origins of the concept of the absurd; social and political context of its emergence; theatrical conventions of early performances; popular and critical reception. Authors include: Jarry, Adamov, Arrabal, Beckett, Genet, Ionesco, Maeterlinck, Sartre, Camus.
FREN BC3079 - History of the French Language
T/R - 10:10-11:25 - Postlewate
Transformation and evolution of the French languages from the early Middle Ages to the present are studied from a socio-historical perspective. Primary texts include literary, legal, political, scientific, administrative, liturgical, and epistolary documents. Includes consideration of French outside of France and variations on the continent in the 20th century.
FREN BC3091 - Senior Thesis
T - 4:10-6:00 - Postlewate
French majors will write their senior thesis under the supervision of the instructor.
All first-year, transfer, and/or returning students who studied French prior to entering Columbia/Barnard must take the placement exam before taking any Barnard French courses. Questions about the exam should be directed to Isabelle Jouanneau-Fertig at ijouanne@barnard.edu.
ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE COURSES
FREN BC1001 - Elementary French I
Sec. 001 - MTWRF - 10:00-10:50 - Lazur
Sec. 002 - MTWRF - 12:00-12:50 - Lazur
Sec. 003 - MTWRF - 12:00-12:50 - Suter
FREN BC1102 - Review of French Fundamentals
Sec. 001 - T/R - 8:40-9:55 - Jouanneau-Fertig
Sec. 002 - M/W - 10:10-11:25 - Suter
FREN BC1203 - Intermediate French I
Sec. 001 - M/W - 1:10-2:25 - Lazur
Sec. 002 - T/R - 1:10-2:25 - Cutchin
Sec. 003 - M/W - 10:10-11:25 - Kilgo-Kelly
Sec. 004 - T/R - 10:10-11:25 - Cutchin
Sec. 005 - M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Kilgo-Kelly
FREN BC1204 - Intermediate French II
Sec. 001 - M/W - 10:10-11:25 - Santos da Silva
Sec. 002 - M/W - 4:10-5:25 - Santos da Silva
Sec. 003 - T/R - 2:40-3:55 - O'Keeffe
Sec. 004 - T/R - 4:10-5:25 - O'Keeffe
ADVANCED LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE COURSES
FREN BC3006 - Composition and Conversation
Sec. 001 - T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Suter
Sec. 002 - T/R - 10:10-11:25 - Jouanneau-Fertig
Sec. 003 - M/W - 1:10-2:25 - Kilgo-Kelly
FREN BC3012 - Advanced Grammar and Composition
M/W - 1:10-2:25 - Santos da Silva
Systematic study of morphology, syntax, and idiomatic expressions. Weekly writing assignments.
FREN BC3014 - Advanced Translation
M/W - 11:40-12:55 - Postlewate
Translation of various styles of prose and poetry from French to English.
FREN BC3016 - Advanced Oral French
M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Boyman
Oral presentations and discussions of French films aimed at increasing fluency, acquiring vocabulary, and perfecting pronunciation skills.
FREN BC3021 - Major French Texts I
T/R - 4:10-5:25 - Postlewate
Medieval, Renaissance, and Classical literature in their cultural context.
FREN BC3025 - Theater of the Classical Age
M/W - 1:10-2:25 - Weber
This course will provide a detailed introduction to the three great French dramatists of the seventeenth century, rightly known as the golden age of French theatre. Reading several canonical works by each of these three playwrights-Corneille, Racine, and Molière-students will closely examine the thematic concerns (the relationship between love and duty, the individual and the state, free will and divine providence; the problems of hypocrisy, dishonesty, sexual jealousy, and avarice; the nature of kingship and the extent or the limits of royal control; the differences between prescribed gender roles for men and for women; the recourse to and reworking of mythological and Biblical sources) the plays set forth, and the rhetorical strategies they employ (from classical, Greco-Roman devices such as metaphor, apostrophe, irony, preterition, prosopopoeia, and anagnorisis to the specifically French metrical pattern of the alexandrin).
FREN BC3037 - Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Mallarmé (NEW!)
T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Boyman
Readings of poems by Lamartine, Hugo, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, and Mallarmé. Focuses on the turn from Romanticism to Modernism in the 19th century.
FREN BC3105 - Existentialism
T/R - 11:40-12:55 - O'Keeffe
In-depth survey of the writers who exemplified French existentialism: Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Simone de Beauvoir. The texts have been chosen for the richness with which they address fundamental philosophical questions about the meaning of life, especially questions of death and suffering, freedom and responsibility, legitimate and illegitimate violence. The first objective of this class is to show how existentialist thought combines literature and philosophy; the second objective is to gain a broad, but also deep familiarity with 20th-century French literature and thought.
All first-year, transfer, and/or returning students who studied French prior to entering Columbia/Barnard must take the placement exam before taking any Barnard French courses. Questions about the exam should be directed to Isabelle Jouanneau-Fertig at ijouanne@barnard.edu.
Elementary and Intermediate Language Courses
FREN BC1002 - Elementary French II
Sec. 001 - MTWRF - 10:00-10:50 - Lazur
Sec. 002 - MTWRF - 12:00-12:50 - Lazur
FREN BC1203 - Intermediate French I
Sec. 001 - M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Kilgo-Kelly
Sec. 002 - M/W - 11:40-12:55 - Kilgo-Kelly
Sec. 003 - T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Suter
FREN BC1204 - Intermediate French II
Sec. 001 - M/W - 10:10-11:25 - Cutchin
Sec. 002 - M/W - 11:40-12:55 - Cutchin
Sec. 003 - T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Lazur
Sec. 004 - T/R - 10:10-11:25 - Santos da Silva
Sec. 005 - T/R - 4:10-5:25 - O'Keeffe
Advanced Language and Literature Courses
FREN BC3006 - Composition and Conversation
Sec. 001 - T/R - 1:10-2:25 - Santos da Silva
Sec. 002 - T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Santos da Silva
Sec. 003 - T/R - 11:40-12:55 - Jouanneau-Fertig
Sec. 004 - M/W - 4:10-5:25 - Kilgo-Kelly
FREN BC3007 - Commercial-Economic French
T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Jouanneau-Fertig
The socioeconomic language of contemporary French society. Practice of oral and written communications based on documents from the French press. Students who have completed the course may wish to take the Diplome du Francais des Affaires given by the Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Paris.
FREN BC3012 - Advanced Grammar and Composition
T/R - 10:10-11:25 - Jouanneau-Fertig
Systematic study of morphology, syntax, and idiomatic expressions. Weekly writing assignments.
FREN BC3016 - Advanced Oral French
M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Boyman
Oral presentations and discussions of French films aimed at increasing fluency, acquiring vocabulary, and perfecting pronunciation skills.
FREN BC3022 - Major French Texts II
T/R - 4:10-5:25 - O'Keeffe
The Age of Enlightenment, Romanticism, Realism, and Symbolism.
FREN BC3055 - Golden Age of Versailles
T - 4:10-6:00 - Postlewate
Explores the cultural production emanating from the court of Louis XIV at Versailles combining the reading of literary texts with consideration of the arts, architecture, dance and music. Special focus on the court as spectacle, women writers of the court, and the classical period as preparation for the Enlightenment.
FREN BC3065 - Surrealism
M/W - 1:10-2:25 - TBD
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.
FREN BC3077 - Jalousie-Litterature Francais
M/W - 4:10-5:25 - TBD
This course takes jealousy-in its psychosexual, socio-political, ontological dimensions, and in its formal implications-as a lens through which to view a series of seminal works of French literature from the Middle Ages to the 21st century.
FREN BC3091 - Senior Thesis
M/W - 4:10-5:25 - Postlewate
French majors will write their senior thesis under the supervision of the instructor.
FREN BC3110 - French New Wave Cinema
T/R - 2:10-4:00 - Boyman
This course traces the emergence and development of “New Wave” cinema in France in the 60s. Through a detailed analysis of some of its most iconic films: 400 Blows, Breathless, Hiroshima mon amour… the course will examine the radical artistic and social innovations of its major “auteurs”; Truffaut, Godard, Resnais et al.
FREN UN3421 - Intro to Francophone Studies II
M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Glover
Universalism vs. exceptionalism, tradition vs. modernity, integration and exclusion, racial, gender, regional and national identities will be considered in this introduction to the contemporary French speaking world in Europe, the Americas and Africa. Authors include Aimé Césaire, Léopold Senghor, Maryse Condé, and Frantz Fanon.
All first-year, transfer, and/or returning students who studied French prior to entering Columbia/Barnard must take the placement exam before taking any Barnard French courses. Questions about the exam should be directed to Isabelle Jouanneau-Fertig at ijouanne@barnard.edu.
LANGUAGE COURSES
FREN BC1001 - Elementary French I
Sec. 003 - MTWRF - 10:00-10:50 - Lazur
Sec. 004 - MTWRF - 12:00-12:50 - Lazur
FREN BC1102 - Review of French Fundamentals
Sec. 001 - T/R - 10:10-11:25 - Jouanneau-Fertig
Sec. 002 - M/W - 11:40-12:55 - Suter
FREN BC1203 - Intermediate French I
Sec. 001 - M/W - 1:10-2:25 - Lazur
Sec. 002 - T/R - 1:10-2:25 - Santos da Silva
Sec. 003 - M/W - 10:10-11:25 - Kilgo-Kelly
Sec. 004 - M/W - 1:10-2:25 - Suter
Sec. 005 - M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Kilgo-Kelly
FREN BC1204 - Intermediate French II
Sec. 001 - M/W - 10:10-11:25 - Cutchin
Sec. 002 - M/W - 11:40-12:55 - Cutchin
Sec. 003 - T/R - 2:40-3:55 - O'Keeffe
Sec. 004 - T/R - 4:10-5:25 - O'Keeffe
FREN BC3006 - Composition and Conversation
Sec. 001 - T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Santos da Silva
Sec. 002 - T/R - 11:40-12:55 - Jouanneau-Fertig
Sec. 003 - M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Postlewate
Sec. 004 - M/W - 1:10-2:25 - Kilgo-Kelly
FREN BC3012 - Advanced Composition and Grammar Review
T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Jouanneau-Fertig
LITERATURE COURSES
FREN BC3010 - Textual Analysis
T/R - 10:10-11:25 - Santos da Silva
FREN BC3014 - Advanced Translation
M/W - 11:40-12:55 - Postlewate
FREN BC3016 - Advanced Oral French
M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Boyman
FREN BC3019 - Advanced Phonetics
T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Boyman
FREN BC3021 - Major French Texts I
T/R - 4:10-5:25 - Postlewate
FREN BC3035 - Eighteenth-Century Fiction
T/R - 1:10-2:25 - Weber
FREN BC3101- Love and Literature
T/R - 11:40-12:55 - O'Keeffe
Language Courses
FREN BC1002 - Elementary French II
Sec. 001 - MTWRF - 10:00-10:50 - Kilgo-Kelly
Sec. 002 - MTWRF - 12:00-12:50 - Lazur
Sec. 003 - MTWRF - 9:00-9:50 - Kilgo-Kelly
FREN BC1203 - Intermediate French I
Sec. 001 - M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Kilgo-Kelly
Sec. 002 - T/R - 4:10-5:25 - Lazur
Sec. 003 - T/R - 10:10-11:25 - Suter
FREN BC1204 - Intermediate French II
Sec. 001 - M/W - 10:10-11:25 - Mimran
Sec. 002 - M/W - 11:40-12:55 - Mimran
Sec. 003 - T/R - 10:10-11:25 - Lazur
Sec. 004 - M/W - 11:40-12:55 - Santos da Silva
Sec. 005 - T/R - 4:10-5:25 - O'Keeffe
FREN BC3006 - Composition and Conversation
Sec. 001 - M/W - 1:10-2:25 - Santos da Silva
Sec. 002 - M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Santos da Silva
Sec. 003 - T/R - 11:40-12:55 - Jouanneau-Fertig
Literature Courses
FREN BC3007 - Commercial Economic French
T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Jouanneau-Fertig
FREN BC3011 - History of the French Language
M/W - 11:40-12:55 - Postlewate
FREN BC3012 - Advanced Composition and Grammar Review
T/R - 10:10-11:25 - Jouanneau-Fertig
FREN BC3016 - Advanced Oral French
M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Boyman
FREN BC3022 - Major French Texts II
T/R - 2:40-3:55 - O'Keeffe
FREN BC3025 - Theater of the Classical Age
M/W - 1:10-2:25 - Weber
FREN BC3062 - Women in French Cinema
T/R - 2:10-3:55 - Boyman
FREN BC3077 - La Jalousie dans la Litterature Francaise
M/W - 4:10-5:25 - Weber
FREN BC3080 - Advanced Seminar: Flaubert
R - 4:10-6:00 - Connor
FREN BC3091 - Senior Thesis
T - 4:10-6:00 - Postlewate
FREN BC3105 - Existentialism - NEW!!!
T/R - 11:40-12:55 - O'Keeffe
All courses are worth 3 points unless otherwise noted.
FREN BC1001: Elementary French I (4 points)
Basic elements of French grammar. Oral, writing, and reading skills.
- Sec. 001 - MTWRF - 11:00-11:50 - Lazur
- Sec. 002 - MTWRF - 9:00-9:50 - Kilgo-Kelly
- Sec. 003 - MTWRF - 10:00-10:50 - Kilgo-Kelly
- Sec. 004 - MTWRF - 12:00-12:50 - Lazur
FREN BC1102: Review of French Fundamentals
Oral and written review of basic grammar and syntax. Readings in modern French and Francophone literature.
- Sec. 001 - T/R - 10:10-11:25 - Jouanneau-Fertig
- Sec. 001 - M/W - 1:10-2:25 - Shahin
FREN BC1203: Intermediate French I
Further development of oral and written communication skills.
- Sec. 001 - M/W - 10:10-11:25 - Shahin
- Sec. 002 - T/R - 1:10-2:25 - Santos da Silva
- Sec. 003 - T/R - 10:10-11:25 - Suter
- Sec. 004 - M/W - 1:10-2:25 - Lazur
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Sec. 005 - T/R - 10:10-11:25 - Santos da Silva
FREN BC1204: Intermediate French II
Advanced work in language skills. Readings in French literature.
- Sec. 001 - M/W - 10:10-11:25 - Mimran
- Sec. 002 - M/W - 11:40-12:55 - Mimran
- Sec. 003 - T/R - 2:40-3:55 - O'Keeffe
- Sec. 004 - T/R - 4:10-5:25 - O'Keeffe
FREN BC1205: Intermediate Oral French
Intensive oral work, vocabulary enrichment, discussions on prepared topics relating to contemporary France and the French-speaking world, oral presentations.
- Sec. 001 - T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Jouanneau-Fertig
FREN BC3006: Composition and Conversation
Discussions on contemporary issues and oral presentations. Creative writing assignments designed to improve writing skills and vocabulary development.
- Sec. 001 - T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Santos da Silva
- Sec. 002 - T/R - 11:40-12:55 - Jouanneau-Fertig
- Sec. 003 - M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Postlewate
FREN BC3014: Advanced Translation
Translation of various styles of prose and poetry from French to English.
- Sec. 001 - T/R - 11:40-12:55 - Postlewate
FREN BC3016: Advanced Oral French
Oral presentations and discussions of French films aimed at increasing fluency, acquiring vocabulary, and perfecting pronunciation skills.
- Sec. 001 - M/W - 2:40-3:55 - Boyman
FREN BC3019: Advanced Phonetics
Detailed study of all aspects of French pronunciation; theoretical linguistic concepts will be followed up with intensive oral drills.
- Sec. 001 - T/R - 2:40-3:55 - Boyman
FREN BC3021: Major French Texts I Medieval, Renaissance, and Classical literature in their cultural context.
- Sec. 001 - M/W - 1:10-2:25 - Postlewate
FREN BC3036: The Age of Enlightenment
This course examines the phenomenon that dominates and revolutionizes 18th-century philosophical, religious, sociological, and political discourse in the West: the Enlightenment. Calling into question the hitherto uncontested authority of an all-powerful church and state, the Enlightenment calls for the freedom of expression and of worship; condemns religious intolerance and cultural prejudice; denounces societal inequality; examines the merits and shortcomings of different forms of government; and subverts the oppressive and often hypocritical dogmas of the Catholic church and the absolutist monarchy--with far-reaching political and historical consequences (e.g., the American and the French Revolutions). With the exception of one German text (by Immanuel Kant, and assigned in English translation), readings will be limited to texts by the Enlightenment's leading Francophone authors: Montesquieu, Voltaire, Diderot, and Rousseau, as well as by two "dystopian" novelists, Charrière et Sade. All discussion, coursework, and examinations will be in French.
- Sec. 001 - T/R - 1:10-2:25 - Weber
FREN BC3073: Africa in Cinema
Considerations of African-directed twentieth century films concerning French-speaking, sub-Saharan West Africa. Reflections on tradition and modernity, politics and popular culture, the status of women, youth problems, identity construction. Placement of African film within its own tradition. Class taught in English.
- Sec. 001 - W - 4:10-8:00 - Glover
FREN BC3101: Love and Literature
This course offers an in-depth study of love as it has been treated in a variety of French literary texts. These texts will be related to a number of important philosophical and theological approaches to love, particularly in respect of certain ideas concerning ethical love, erotic love, and religious faith as an act of loving God. The first objective of this class is to show how one can relate literature to philosophy and theology; the second is to gain a broad, but thematically focused familiarity with French literature, and with some literary works beyond the French tradition.
- Sec. 001 - T/R - 11:40-12:55 - O'Keeffe
FREN BC3102: Paris is a Woman - Myth of the Parisian Woman Writer and Artist
Through literature, art and film, this course will consider three myths of the “Parisian woman”: the lesbian; the intellectual; and the “concealed woman.” Readings will include texts by Colette, Stein, Beauvoir, Sarraute, Duras, and will consider such figures as Coco Chanel, Josephine Baker, Dora Maar, Sophie Calle and Agnes Varda.
- Sec. 001 - T/R - 1:10-2:25 - Kilgo-Kelly
For information on Columbia's course offerings, including additional sections and other levels, please visit the The Columbia Directory of Classes for the Department of French and Romance Philology