Spring 2024

Introduction to current French. Oral practice, listening and reading comprehension; grammar necessary for simple spoken and written expression.

Continuation of 120.

Accelerated introduction to written and spoken French for students with a high level of proficiency in Spanish or another Romance Language. Students completing this course may enroll in the third semester of the basic language sequence FREN 220.

Continuation of FREN 150. Review of structural patterns of French; selected cultural and literary readings; conversation and composition.

Designed for non-majors/minors interested in maintaining and developing French language competency. Builds vocabulary, ease of communication, and cultural knowledge through discussion of contemporary topics. Graded Credit/No Credit. Not available for credit to French majors. Not open to French majors.

Introduction to French literature through the study of texts and audiovisuals organized around a central theme; develops close-reading techniques and discursive skills; reviews French grammar.

Study of Francophone womens narratives combined with practice of editing personal narratives. Conducted in English.

Grammatical structure and vocabulary building with practical application to written composition. Prerequisites: FREN 250.

An exploration of cultural haunting in post-Revolutionary France, grounded in critical approaches to literature, with a focus on collective memory, loss and historical violence.

Analysis of French media. Practice in sustained conversation. Emphasis on spoken sentence patterns. Prerequisites: FREN 250.

Advanced composition through critical reading of literary texts; comprehensive analysis of difficult grammatical structures and stylistics. Prerequisite: FREN 300.

Specific vocabulary and formulae used in international commerce. Attention given to developing vocabulary and standard forms appropriate to individual career objectives.

Introduction to historical, thematic perspectives of French foreign policy since 1945 including review of external and internal constraints influencing foreign policy. (Paris semester only).

18th- and 20th-century debates around the idea of equality and the notion of difference. Relevance of the Enlightenment to contemporary discussions of identity, citizenship, and human rights. Conducted in English.

Study of health, the body and medicine through literature and culture in comparative fashion. Taught in English.

Exploration of experimental artistic collaborations between poets, novelists,art critics and artists of the Paris Avant-gardes in 19th and 20th Century. Taught in French. Paris Semester. Prerequisite: FREN 300. Corequisite: FREN 330.

Major figures and their roles in French society and contributions to French literature. Conducted in French. Corequisite: FREN 330.

Study and analysis of representative works and major intellectual, cultural, and artistic trends from the modern period (post-1789). Prerequisite: FREN-330.

(Paris Semester only) An analysis of the prestige of Paris, past and present, based upon close examination of literary texts and graphic materials, and visits to sites and monuments. Recommended preparation: FREN 300

Selected topics such as the press, educational institutions, French cinema today, and French colonial history. Conducted in French. Prerequisites: FREN 330.

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Examines French thought from 1960 to the present day.

Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.