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Fall 2007 Courses

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101. Elementary French I
Valerie Guillet M 10:30 - 11:25, W 10:30 - 11:25, F 10:30 - 11:25 Sills-109
A study of the basic forms, structures, and vocabulary. Emphasis on listening comprehension and spoken French. Three class hours per week and one weekly conversation session with assistant, plus regular language laboratory assignments. Primarily open to first- and second-year students who have had two years or less of high school French. A limited number of spaces are available for juniors and seniors.

203. Intermediate French I
Valerie Guillet M 8:30 - 9:25, W 8:30 - 9:25, F 8:30 - 9:25 Sills-205
A review of basic grammar, which is integrated into more complex patterns of written and spoken French. Short compositions and class discussions require active use of students' acquired knowledge of French. Three class hours per week and one weekly conversation session with teaching fellow.

203. Intermediate French I
Charlotte Daniels M 10:30 - 11:25, W 10:30 - 11:25, F 10:30 - 11:25 Sills-205
A review of basic grammar, which is integrated into more complex patterns of written and spoken French. Short compositions and class discussions require active use of students' acquired knowledge of French. Three class hours per week and one weekly conversation session with teaching fellow.

205. Advanced French I
William VanderWolk T 10:00 - 11:25, TH 10:00 - 11:25 Sills-205
Conversation and composition based on a variety of contemporary films and texts about France and Francophone countries. Grammar review and frequent short papers. Emphasis on student participation including short presentations and debates. Three hours per week plus one weekly viewing session for films and weekly conversation session with teaching fellow.

205. Advanced French I
William VanderWolk T 1:00 - 2:25, TH 1:00 - 2:25 Sills-109
Conversation and composition based on a variety of contemporary films and texts about France and Francophone countries. Grammar review and frequent short papers. Emphasis on student participation including short presentations and debates. Three hours per week plus one weekly viewing session for films and weekly conversation session with teaching fellow.

205. Advanced French I
Karen Lindo M 2:30 - 3:55, W 2:30 - 3:55 Searles-113
Conversation and composition based on a variety of contemporary films and texts about France and Francophone countries. Grammar review and frequent short papers. Emphasis on student participation including short presentations and debates. Three hours per week plus one weekly viewing session for films and weekly conversation session with teaching fellow.

207. Francophone Cultures
Karen Lindo M 11:30 - 12:55, W 11:30 - 12:55 Searles-127
An introduction to the cultures of various French-speaking regions outside of France. Examines the history, politics, customs, cinema, literature, and arts of the Francophone world, principally Africa and the Caribbean. Readings include newspaper and magazine articles, short stories, and a novel. Students see and discuss television news, documentaries, and feature films.

209. Introduction to the Study and Criticism of Medieval and Early Modern French Literature
Katherine Dauge-Roth T 11:30 - 12:55, TH 11:30 - 12:55 Sills-205
An introduction to the literary tradition of France from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution. Students are introduced to major authors and literary movements in their cultural and historical contexts.

323. Murder, Monsters and Mayhem: The fait divers in Literature and Film
Katherine Dauge-Roth M 11:30 - 12:55, W 11:30 - 12:55 Sills-207
Examines the fait divers, a news item recounting an event of a criminal, strange, or licentious nature, as a source for literary and cinematographic production. Traces the development of the popular press and its relationship to the rise of the short story. Explores how literary authors and filmmakers past and present find inspiration in the news and render “true stories” in their artistic work. Readings may include selections from Rosset, J-P. Camus, Le Clézio, Cendrars, Beauvoir, Duras, Genet, Modiano, Bon, newspapers, and tabloids.

327. Love, Letters, and Lies
Charlotte Daniels M 2:30 - 3:55, W 2:30 - 3:55 Sills-207
A study of memoir novels, epistolary novels (letters), and autobiography. What does writing have to do with love and desire? What is the role of others in the seemingly personal act of "self-expression"? What is the truth value of writing that circulates in the absence of its autho? These and other related issues are explored in the work of the most popular writers of eighteenth-century France: Prevost, Graffigny, Laclos, and Rousseau. Conducted in French.