Graduate Courses for French (FREN)
Schedule of Classes:
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Summer
(Only current and next semester available)
FREN 400 Applied Linguistics (3 credits)
The nature of applied linguistics and its contribution to the effective
teaching of foreign languages. Comparative study of English and French,
with emphasis upon points of divergence.
FREN 401 Writing with Style (3 credits)
Prerequisite: FREN301 or permission of department.
Advanced composition and stylistic analysis.
FREN 404 Issues in the French-Speaking World Today (3 credits)
Prerequisite: FREN311 or FREN 312 or permission of department.
A sociocultural and historical approach to relevant issues affecting
contemporary French civilization. Press articles and television
programs will be the basis for classroom cultural analysis and oral
communication.
FREN 406 Commercial French II (3 credits)
Prerequisite: FREN306 or permission of department.
Advanced study of commercial French language--terminology and
style--leading to preparation for the Paris Chamber of Commerce
Examination.
FREN 407 History of the French Language (3 credits)
Prerequisite: FREN351 or FREN352 or equivalent.
Evolution of the French language from Latin to modern French. Conducted
in French.
FREN 429 Studies in French Literature and Culture of the Renaissance (3 credits)
Prerequisite: FREN351 or FREN352 or equivalent. Repeatable to 6 credits
if content differs.
Selected topics in French literature of the Renaissance.
FREN 439 Studies in 17th Century French Literature and Culture (3 credits)
Prerequisite: FREN351 or FREN352 or equivalent. Repeatable to 6 credits
if content differs.
Selected topics in seventeenth-century French literature.
FREN 449 Studies in 18th Century French Literature and Culture (3 credits)
Prerequisite: FREN351 or FREN352 or equivalent. Repeatable to 6 credits
if content differs.
Selected topics in eighteenth-century French literature.
FREN 459 Studies in 19th Century French Literature and Culture (3 credits)
Prerequisite: FREN351 or FREN352 or equivalent. Repeatable to 6 credits
if content differs.
Selected topics in nineteenth-century French literature.
FREN 469 Studies in 20th Century French Literature and Culture (3 credits)
Prerequisite: FREN351 or FREN352 or equivalent. Repeatable to 6 credits
if content differs.
Selected topics in twentieth-century French literature.
FREN 471 The Construction of French Identity I: From the Origins to the Age of Versailles (3 credits)
French life, customs, culture, traditions (800-1750).
FREN 472 The Construction of French Identity II: From the Revolution to the Early Twentieth Century (3 credits)
French life, customs, culture, traditions (1750 to the early twentieth
century).
FREN 473 The Construction of French Identity III: Cross-Cultural Approaches to the Study of Contemporary French Society (3 credits)
Patterns of communication, mythology, and ideology in modern France,
from the Third Republic to the present, through historical and
cross-cultural approaches, with reference to the Francophone world.
FREN 474 Contemporary France: A Sociocritical Approach (3 credits)
Recommended: FREN473.
A sociocritical approach to understanding modern French society through
the study of print and non-print media documents (autobiography, film,
and paraliterature), with reference to the Francophone world.
FREN 478 Themes and Movements of French Literature in Translation (3 credits)
Studies treatments of thematic problems or literary or historical
movements in French literature. Topic to be determined each semester.
Taught in English.
FREN 479 Masterworks of French Literature in Translation (3 credits)
Treats the works of one or more major French writers. Topic to be
determined each semester. Taught in English.
FREN 480 French Cinema: A Cultural Approach (in Translation) (3 credits)
Formerly FREN475.
A study of French culture, civilization, and literature through the
medium of film. Taught in English.
FREN 481 Femmes Fatales and the Representation of Violence in Literature, Opera and Film (in English) (3 credits)
The problem of violence in art with respect to women and marginal
populations. Taught in English.
FREN 482 Gender and Ethnicity in Modern French Literature (3 credits)
Literature by women writers of France and other French speaking areas
with a focus on the relationship between gender, ethnicity and writing.
Taught in English.
FREN 488 Special Topics in Francophone Studies (3 credits)
Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.
Topic and language of instruction to be announced when offered.
FREN 489 Seminar in Themes or Movements of French Literature (3 credits)
Prerequisite: FREN351 or FREN352 or equivalent. Repeatable to 6 credits
if content differs.
FREN 495 Honors Thesis Research (3 credits)
Open only to students admitted to the departmental honors program.
The writing of a paper under the direction of a professor in this
department and an oral examination. Required to fulfill the departmental
honors requirement.
FREN 498 Special Topics in French Literature (3 credits)
Prerequisite: FREN351 or FREN352 or equivalent. Repeatable to 6 credits
if content differs.
FREN 499 Special Topics in French Studies (3 credits)
Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
An aspect of French studies, the specific topic to be announced each
time the course is offered.
FREN 600 Introduction to Literary Theory (3 credits)
FREN 601 The History of the French Language (3 credits)
FREN 603 Advanced Translation (3 credits)
Advanced translation (French/English, English/French) and comparative
stylistic analysis.
FREN 609 Special Topic in the French Language (3 credits)
FREN 610 Issues and Research Findings in French as a Foreign/Second Language (3 credits)
Theories and research findings in SLA as they pertain to the acquisition
of French in different environments.
FREN 611 The Structure of the French Language (3 credits)
Phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics of modern French. Collection
and critical analysis of language data.
FREN 619 Special Topic in Medieval French Literature (3 credits)
FREN 629 Special Topic in Sixteenth Century French Literature (3 credits)
FREN 639 Special Topic in Seventeenth Century French Literature (3 credits)
FREN 649 Special Topic in Eighteenth Century French Literature (3 credits)
FREN 653 The French Novel in the Nineteenth Century (3 credits)
FREN 659 Special Topic in Nineteenth Century French Literature (3 credits)
FREN 663 The French Novel in the Twentieth Century (3 credits)
FREN 665 The French Theatre in the Twentieth Century (3 credits)
FREN 669 Special Topics in Twentieth Century French Literature (3 credits)
FREN 679 The History of Ideas of France (3 credits)
Analysis of currents of ideas as reflected in different periods and
authors of French literature.
FREN 689 Seminar in a Great Literary Figure (3 credits)
FREN 699 Seminar (3 credits)
Topic to be determined each semester.
FREN 709 College Teaching of French (1 credits)
Repeatable to 2 credits.
Introduction to the teaching of French at the college level with
particular emphasis on methodology. Seminars in theory, demonstration
of different teaching techniques, supervised practice teaching,
training in language laboratory procedures, evaluation of instructional
materials. Required of all graduate assistants in French.
FREN 798 Master's Independent Study (1-3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of the department's Director of Graduate
Studies. Repeatable to 3 credits.
FREN 799 Master's Thesis Research (1-6 credits)
FREN 818 French Literary Criticism (3 credits)
Analysis and evaluation of various trends in literary criticism. Topic
to be determined each semester.
FREN 889 Doctoral Independent Study (3 credits)
Repeatable to 06 credits.
FREN 898 Pre-Candidacy Research (1-8 credits)
Repeatable to 6 credits.
FREN 899 Doctoral Dissertation Research (1-8 credits)
