FREN - French (FREN)

Course is designed for students who studied French in high school for two or more years but did not qualify to enroll in Intermediate French I at the placement test. The course offers a general review of the gammatical and communicative elements of Elementary French I and II. This course does not count toward graduation.

Fundamentals of grammar. Emphasis on pronunciation and syntax. Competence in aural and oral aspects of the language are stressed in addition to reading and writing.

Fundamentals of grammar. Emphasis on pronunciation and syntax. Competence in aural and oral aspects of the language are stressed in addition to reading and writing.

Intensive oral drills and laboratory activities, including computer assisted instruction. Reinforces the material covered in French 1001-1002. Taken simultaneously with FREN 1001-1002.

Review of the essentials of grammar, vocabulary building, conversation and composition. Reading of modern prose. Prerequisite: FREN 1002 or equivalent, department placement test or permission of the department. Formerly FREN 1101.

Review of the essentials of grammar, vocabulary building, conversation and composition. Reading of modern prose. Prerequisite: FREN 1002 or equivalent, department placement test or permission of the department. Formerly FREN 1102.

Intensive oral drills and laboratory activities, including computer-assisted instruction. Reinforces the material covered in French 2001-2002. Taken simultaneously with FREN 2001-2002. Formerly FREN 1111.

Intensive oral drills and laboratory activities, including computer-assisted instruction. Reinforces the material covered in French 2001-2002. Taken simultaneously with FREN 2001-2002. Formerly FREN 1112.

Course designed for Intermediate-Low level students. Held at the Cité Universitaire of the University of Paris. Immersion in French culture and language. Class emphasis on current events and everyday situations. Excursions to Giverny, Versailles and the main monuments and museums in Paris. Prerequisite: FREN 1002 or permission of the Program Director.

Course designed for Intermediate-Mid level students as a continuation of FREN 2701. Held at the Cité Universitaire of the University of Paris. Immersion in French culture and language. Class emphasis on current events and everyday situations. Excursions to Giverny, Versailles and the main monuments and museums in Paris. Prerequisite: FREN 1002 or permission of the Program Director.

Seeks to broaden and enhance existing linguistic and intellectual skills through cultural studies involving advertising, cinema, journalism, short stories, plays and poetry. Emphasis on oral discussion, reading and writing. Review of selected grammatical structures. Prerequisite: FREN 2002 or equivalent. Formerly FREN 1201.

Seeks to broaden and enhance existing linguistic and intellectual skills through cultural studies involving advertising, cinema, journalism, short stories, plays and poetry. Emphasis on oral discussion, reading and writing. Review of selected grammatical structures. Prerequisite: FREN 1102 or equivalent. Formerly FREN 1202.

Conversation based on topics of everyday life and cultural interests. Prerequisite: FREN 3002 or may be taken simultaneously with FREN 3001-3002. Formerly FREN 2101.

Conversation based on topics of everyday life and cultural interests.

Basic training in French business and technology using examples drawn from everyday life: banking, postal and telecommunications, word processing, computing, the Internet, conducting a job search, examining different aspects of the working world, advertising, buying and selling, managing and investing money. Students will be required to discuss materials from French newspapers, journals and business reports in French and learn to write in French business style. Prerequisite: FREN 3001-3002 or permission of department. Formerly FREN 4111.

Issues of current interest to the study of French civilization. Varying topics focus on regions, periods, and less frequently taught aspects of France and French speaking countries. Conducted in French. Prerequisite: FREN 2002. Formerly FREN 2213.

Issues of current interest to the study of French civilization. Varying topics focus on regions, periods, and less frequently taught aspects of France and French speaking countries. Conducted in French. Prerequisite: FREN 2002. Formerly FREN 2214.

French History and Film: This course explores French history through classic films and authentic historical documents. Among the historical events considered are the trial of Joan of Arc, the court of Louis XIV, WW I, and the Algerian war of independence. Films include masterpieces by Dreyer, Renoir, and Truffaut.

Course designed for Advanced level students. Held at the Cité Universitaire of the University of Paris. Immersion in French culture and language. Class emphasis on French Civilization, Literature and Film. Excursions to Giverny, Versailles and the main monuments and museums in Paris. Prerequisite: FREN 2002 or permission of the Program director.

Issues of current interest to the study of French civilization. Varying topics focus on regions, periods, and less frequently taught aspects of France and French speaking countries. Conducted in French. Prerequisite: FREN 2002. Formerly FREN 2215.

Issues of current interest to the study of French civilization. Varying topics focus on regions, periods, and less frequently taught aspects of France and French speaking countries. Conducted in French. Prerequisite: FREN 2002. Formerly FREN 2216.

Selected plays by Corneille, Racine and Molière that demonstrate the development of classicism and the emergence of tragedy and comedy as genres. Study of La Fontaine¿s Fables and La Rochefoucauld¿s Maximes morales. Conducted in French. Prerequisite: FREN 3002 or permission of department. Formerly FREN 4312.

Readings from the major works of Voltaire and Montesquieu and the Enlightenment. Conducted in French. Prerequisite: FREN 3002 or permission of department. Formerly FREN 4314.

This course examines the evolution of attitudes in French language essays, novels and cinema concerning the concept of identity, the body and difference (cultural, racial, linguistic, religious or otherwise). The readings include short texts by the 16th century inventor of the modern essay, Michel Montaigne, the 17th century philosopher Descartes, an 18th century revolutionary text (The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen) and poems by the 19th century poets Charles Baudelaire and Victor Hugo. Students will also read essays by François Cheng, Nancy Huston, Eduardo Manet and Milan Kundera, novels by Jorge Semprún and Marie Darrieussecq and examine films by François Ozon and Julian Schnabel.

Analysis of innovative narrative techniques in Proust¿s A la Recherche du temps perdu, Gide¿s Les Faux-Monnayeurs and Breton¿s surrealist novel Nadja. Exploration of the surrealist movement in art, poetry and prose; the interaction between Giono¿s regional novel and film; and Claudel¿s theater. Conducted in French. Prerequisite: FREN 3002 or permission from department. Formerly FREN 4318.

Study of existentialism in Sartre¿s theater and prose; Robbe- Grillet¿s nouveau roman; women writers: de Beauvoir and Duras; the theater of the absurd as exemplified in Ionesco¿s works; modernism and postmodernism in Beckett¿s poetry, prose and theater; film as novelistic foil or independent genre. Conducted in French. Prerequisite: FREN 3002 of permission from department. Formerly FREN 4319.

Independent Study. Formerly FREN 4391.

Independent Study. Formerly FREN 4802.

The first course in a two-course sequence focusing on constitutional issues, national identity, and international relations of the French Republic. This course explores the history of French republican values with an emphasis on the ways in which essential concepts, such as “citoyen,” “liberté,” and “égalité,” are understood in French legal and political parlance in order to better grasp how they continue to shape life in a multicultural and multiracial nation. Current debates around French national identity will be discussed with special emphasis placed on laïcité (a cousin to the American concept of separation of church and state but which establishes a stricter barrier between the two).

This is the second course in a two-course sequence focusing on constitutional issues, national identity and international relations of the French Republic. Having studied in the first course the evolution of how basic republican concepts have shaped French society especially among its immigrant populations, in this second course, we will explore the theory and practice of diplomacy as viewed through a French lens as well as historical and contemporary examples of French foreign policy and diplomatic engagement with 1) the United States (and NATO), 2) Europe (the EU but also Russia), and 3) Africa (with a focus on North Africa). Emphasis will be placed on how French republican values translate into specific kinds of engagement with an eye toward acquiring and perfecting the use of vocabulary specific to Diplomacy and International Relations.