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Spring 2008 Courses

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102. Elementary French II
Charlotte Daniels M 10:30 - 11:25, W 10:30 - 11:25, F 10:30 - 11:25
A continuation of French 101. A study of the basic forms, structures, and vocabulary. Emphasis on listening comprehension and spoken French. During the second semester, more stress is placed on reading and writing. Three class hours per week and one weekly conversation session with assistant, plus regular language laboratory assignments.

204. Intermediate French II
Katherine Dauge-Roth M 11:30 - 12:55, W 11:30 - 12:55
Continued development of oral and written skills; course focus shifts from grammar to reading. Short readings from French literature, magazines, and newspapers form the basis for the expansion of vocabulary and analytical skills. Active use of French in class discussions and conversation sessions with French assistants. Three class hours per week and one weekly conversation session with teaching fellow.

204. Intermediate French II
Valerie Guillet T 11:30 - 12:55, TH 11:30 - 12:55
Continued development of oral and written skills; course focus shifts from grammar to reading. Short readings from French literature, magazines, and newspapers form the basis for the expansion of vocabulary and analytical skills. Active use of French in class discussions and conversation sessions with French assistants. Three class hours per week and one weekly conversation session with teaching fellow.

208. Contemporary France through the Media
Katherine Dauge-Roth T 11:30 - 12:55, TH 11:30 - 12:55
An introduction to contemporary France through newspapers, magazines, television, music, and film. Emphasis is on enhancing communicative proficiency in French and increasing cultural understanding prior to study abroad in France or another Francophone country.

208. Contemporary France through the Media
Charlotte Daniels T 1:00 - 2:25, TH 1:00 - 2:25
An introduction to contemporary France through newspapers, magazines, television, music, and film. Emphasis is on enhancing communicative proficiency in French and increasing cultural understanding prior to study abroad in France or another Francophone country.

210. Introduction to the Study and Criticism of Modern French Literature
William VanderWolk T 10:00 - 11:25, TH 10:00 - 11:25
Introduces students to the literary tradition of the French-speaking world from 1789 to the present. Focus on major authors and literary movements in historical and cultural context.

210. Introduction to the Study and Criticism of Modern French Literature
Karen Lindo M 11:30 - 12:55, W 11:30 - 12:55
Introduces students to the literary tradition of the French-speaking world from 1789 to the present. Focus on major authors and literary movements in historical and cultural context.

324. Empirical Africa: Exoticism, Race and Gender
Karen Lindo M 2:30 - 3:55, W 2:30 - 3:55
The present day discourses on race, gender and class and their intersection with power relations that are preponderant in African & African Diaspora Studies owe much to Eurocentric travel writings of the early 20th Century.This course proposes to explore the ways in which early 20th century French travel literature contributed to the empirical studies that solidified a monolithic narrative of Africa and her natives, following the paradigmatic gaze of the European (“I”) on the Africa and African natives (“Other”).In the first part of the course, we will focus on the manner in which the European gaze constructed the Dark Continent (Joseph Conrad) whereas the second part of the course will be devoted to the ways in which African writers returned the gaze on the European and the European continent during colonialism and in the aftermath of independence from the French Empire.Our analyses will be framed within the context of the ocular binary opposition of the “I” versus the “Other” (Jean-Paul Sartre, Tzvetan Todorov, Stuart Hall, Frantz Fanon) to expose the ways in which the “contact zone” (Mary Louise Pratt), that is the space in which the encounter with the Other becomes feasible or charged site of resistance and self-agency for both Europeans and Africans alike.

351. War and Memory
William VanderWolk T 1:00 - 2:25, TH 1:00 - 2:25
Fiction and film recalling several French wars and their effect on individuals. The power of individual memory and creativity in the formation of the French collective memory of these events. Authors and filmmakers may include Maupassant, Japrisot, Camus, Duras, Modiano, Renoir, Resnais, and Ophuls.