UCSB 2009-2010 Catalog Course Search
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| FR 1 - Elementary French |
| (5) STAFF |
| Introductory course for students with no prior exposure to French. Grammar, vocabulary, speaking, reading, and writing taught entirely in French through interactive presentations and activities. Exposure to French and Francophone culture is a hallmark of the program. Four days a week. |
| FR 2 - Elementary French |
| (5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: French 1. |
| A continuation of French 1. Targets students' developing knowledge of the fundamentals of French language, focusing on speaking, reading, and writing abilities through a focus on French and Francophone culture. Meets four days a week; in French. |
| FR 3 - Elementary French |
| (5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: French 2. |
| A continuation of French 2. By course end, students are exposed to the fundamentals of French and have acquired a solid working vocabulary. Writing and speaking encouraged through class discussion and web-based and creative projects. Four days a week; in French. |
| FR 4 - Intermediate French |
| (5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: French 3. |
| First in the three-quarter intermediate French series. Builds on foundation established in first-year and includes thorough review of French grammar. Speaking and writing skills developed through exposure to French and Francophone culture, literature, and film. Four days a week; in French. |
| FR 5 - Intermediate French |
| (5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: French 4. |
| A continuation of French 4. Discussion encouraged through oral reports on such topics as Impressionist art and French film. Readings include poetry, plays, and short stories. Web-based activities add to the interest of the course. Four days a week; in French. |
| FR 6 - Intermediate French |
| (5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: French 5. |
| Continuation of French 5. Students complete their grammar review. Continued emphasis on speaking and writing through an examination of contemporary French culture, with exposure to some of the important trends in French intellectual history, notably Existentialism. Four days a week; in French. |
| FR 6GS - Intermediate French for Global Studies and Political Science |
| (5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: French 5 or equivalent. |
| Students complete review of French grammar. Continued emphasis on speaking, reading, and writing through study of French and Francophone history, politics, language policy, and culture within a global and larger European context. Four days a week; in French. |
| FR 8A - French Conversation |
| (2) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: French 3 or equivalent. |
| Brief exposes are based on centers of vocabulary which have been studied. Debates and discussion on topics given by the instructor are held between the students. |
| FR 8B - French Conversation |
| (2) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: French 4 or equivalent. |
| Brief exposes are based on centers of vocabulary which have been studied. Debates and discussion topics given by the instructor are held between students. |
| FR 8C - French conversation |
| (2) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: French 5 or equivalent. |
| This course, because of the abilities of the students, varies more in content than does French 8A or 8B. Discussion of relevant topics is carriedon, while fluency and vocabulary enrichment are definitely emphasized. |
| FR 11A - French for Graduate Students |
| (4) STAFF |
| A service course for graduate students from other departments who need to satisfy language requirements. Divided into two levels: 11A (elementary) for those who have no, or hardly any knowledge of French; 11B (intermediate) open to students who have an appropriate level of knowledge of the language and to continuing students from 11A. Class meets twice weekly, offers grammatical preparation and practice for translation, but noindividual projects. |
| FR 11B - French for Graduate Students |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: French 11A. |
| (Intermediate) open to students who have an appropriate level of knowledge of the language and to continuing students from French 11A. Class meets twice weekly, offers grammatical preparation and practice for translation, but no individual projects. |
| FR 19A - Cinema for French Conversation |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: French 5. |
| Class focuses on dynamic language learning through the analysis of film. Students learn how to discuss films and analyze them in a cultural and historical context. They also develop their knowledge of oral structures and various means of expression. In French. |
| FR 19B - Cinema for French Conversation |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: French 5. |
| Class focuses on dynamic language learning through the analysis of film. Students learn how to discuss films and analyze them in a cultural and historical context. They also develop their knowledge of oral structures and various means of expression. In French. |
| FR 19C - Cinema for French Conversation |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: French 5. |
| Class focuses on dynamic language learning through the analysis of film. Students learn how to discuss films and analyze them in a cultural and historical context. They also develop their knowledge of oral structures and various means of expression. In French. |
| FR 26 - Advanced Composition |
| (5) Nesci, Schultz |
| Prerequisites: French 6 or French 6GS. |
| Transitional course between lower-division language and upper-division literature/advanced culture courses. Students develop their writing and speaking skills through the study of contemporary French and Francophone literature, art, and film. Includes a review of grammar. Prerequisite to all upper-division courses taught in French. |
| FR 40X - Memory: Bridging the Humanities and Neuroscience |
| (3) Kosik, Jullien |
| Neuroscientists now ask some of the same profound questions posed by writers, artists and philosophers for centuries, thus opening surprising perspectives on memory and morality, dreams and perception, identity and agency. This course explores this emerging concordance. |
| FR 50AX - Tales of Love |
| (4) Nesci, Wittman, Brown |
| Prerequisites: Writing 2. |
| A comparative, interdisciplinary and trans-historical approach to the literatures and philosophies of love, desire, and sexuality in the western world, form the Bible's Song of Songs to various configurations of Eros in contemporary theories and cultures. In English. |
| FR 50BX - Tales of Western Love |
| (4) Nesci, Wittman, Brown |
| Prerequisites: Writing 2. |
| A comparative, interdisciplinary and trans-historical approach to the literatures and philosophies of love, desire, and sexuality in the western world, form the Bible's Song of Songs to various configurations of Eros in contemporary theories and cultures. In English. |
| FR 50CX - Tales of Western Love |
| (4) Nesci, Wittman, Brown |
| Prerequisites: Writing 2. |
| A comparative, interdisciplinary and trans-historical approach to the literatures and philosophies of love, desire, and sexuality in the western world, form the Bible's Song of Songs to various configurations of Eros in contemporary theories and cultures. In English. |
| FR 50H - Tales of Love Honors |
| (1) Nesci, Witmann, Brown |
| Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in French 50AX or 50BX or 50CX; honors students only;consent of instructor. |
| Eligible students are invited to enroll in the honors seminar, which is generally taught by the course instructor. |
| FR 70AX - A Visual History of France |
| (4) STAFF |
| Art and artifacts as a means of discovering the social, political, and aesthetic history of France. A variety of media are considered: film, painting, architecture, prints, engravings, posters, and illustrated manuscripts. |
| FR 99 - Independent Study |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: French 3 with a minimum grade of B. |
| Individual research project, supervised by a faculty member. |
| FR 101A - Introduction to Literary and Cultural Analysis |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: French 26 or equivalent. |
| An introductory, interdisciplinary approach to literary analysis through an examination of the cultural history and aesthetic movements of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Readings of poetry, drama, and fiction. Focus on advanced discussion and writing in French. |
| FR 101B - Introduction to Literary and Cultural Analysis |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: French 26 or equivalent. |
| An introductory, interdisciplinary approach to literary analysis through an examination of the cultural history and aesthetic movements from the seventeenth century and the Enlightenment. Readings of poetry, drama, and fiction. Focus on advanced discussion and writing in French. |
| FR 101C - Introduction to Literary and Cultural Analysis |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: French 26 or equivalent. |
| An introductory, interdisciplinary approach to literary analysis through an examination of the cultural history and aesthetic movements from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century. Readings of poetry, drama, and fiction. Focus on advanced discussion and writing in French. |
| FR 104A - Expository Writing |
| (4) Nesci |
| Prerequisites: French 26. |
| Course focuses on enhancing students' analytical skills through an examination of French rhetorical and argumentative modes. Reading of expository writing in literature, journalistic essays, political and philosophical works. Organized around such themes as relativism, tolerance, human rights, and women's rights. |
| FR 104B - Writing the Self |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: French 26. |
| Readings in twentieth-century autobiography serving as models for creative writing. Coursework involves analysis of literary works and a long-term "autobiographical project" that may be factual or fictionalized. |
| FR 104C - Advanced French Grammar |
| (4) Schultz |
| Prerequisites: French 26 or equivalent. |
| Designed to provide a thorough review of the rules of French grammar and to situate the discussions within a linguistic context, covering topics such as linguistic signs and structure, semantics, syntax, and morphology. |
| FR 104D - Problems in French Linguistics |
| (4) Staff |
| Linguistics 20 and French 26. |
| A few selected problems in the linguistic analysis of French are studied in depth. The specialized focus changes from year to year. Lectures and readings in French. |
| FR 107X - Second Language Acquisition |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| An introduction to the theories and principles of how adults acquire a language other than their mother tongue; why it is more difficult than acquiring their first language, and what needs to be learned from linguistic, psychological and social perspectives. |
| FR 129X - Medieval Urban Legends |
| (4) STAFF |
| Spanning history, fiction, theology, folklore, and popular culture, urban legends remain an intriguing and enduring tradition. We explore and interpret French medieval legends (e.g., monsters and "snuff" drama) which reveal some surprising connections with their modern counterparts. In English. |
| FR 147A - French and Francophone Poetry |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: French 101A-B-C; 2 courses from 104A-B-C-D. |
| Study of poetic materials and technique. Analysis of the masterpieces of French poetry, including the French Renaissance with the “École de Lyon” and the “Pléiade; Romanticism; Symbolist, Cubists, and Surrealist aesthetics. Content will vary from quarter to quarter. In French. |
| FR 147B - French and Francophone Theater |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: French 101A-B-C; 2 courses from 104A-B-C-D. |
| A study of the origins and development of medieval drama until 1500 with emphasis on the comic genres, and/or French theater from the seventeenth century to the present, with plays by Molière, Beaumarchais, Hugo, Musset, Ionesco, Beckett, and other playwrights. In French. |
| FR 147C - French and Francophone Prose Fiction |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: French 101A-B-C; 2 courses from 104A-B-C-D. |
| Introduction to the techniques of literary analysis for prose fiction. Study of the novel as a cultural form staging the major transformations in French-speaking literature and culture in the broad context of European and World history. In French. |
| FR 147D - Literary Translation: Theory and Practice |
| (4) Jullien, Levy, Maleuvre,Sturm |
| Prerequisites: French 101A-B-C; 2 courses from 104A-B-C-D. |
| Exploration of the various theories of translation. Offers a practical component where students work on a specific translation project. Examination of literary, philosophical, linguistic and theoretical texts by Jakobson, Benjamin, Steiner, Derrida and others. |
| FR 148A - Law and Literature in the Middle Ages |
| (4) Enders |
| Prerequisites: French 101A-B-C; 2 courses from 104A-B-C-D. |
| Not only does medieval literature represent and stage constant juridical proceedings (trials, ordeals, executions); law itself is often perceived as entertainment. Analyzing representative epic, theatrical, and legal texts, this course investigates the veritable spectacle of jurisprudence (including its contemporary ramifications). |
| FR 148B - Trials of Desire in the Middle Ages |
| (4) Enders |
| Prerequisites: French 101A-B-C; 2 courses from 104A-B-C-D. |
| From Knightly jousting to romantic monologues to lyric debates about fidelity, numerous medieval characters fight about love. Focusing on Chretien de Troyes and the Troubadours, exploration of the literary and cultural ramifications of the representation of love as violent. |
| FR 148C - Women in the Middle Ages |
| (4) Brown |
| Prerequisites: French 101A-B-C; 2 courses from 104A-B-C-D. |
| A study of the socio-political role of women in France from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries through an examination of their image in literary texts written by both sexes. Lectures and readings in French. |
| FR 148D - The New Individual in Renaissance Europe |
| (4) Skenazi |
| Prerequisites: French 101A-B-C; 2 courses from 104A-B-C-D. |
| Discuss new ways of representing the individual, from Petrarch to Montaigne, and the values of the modern world that emerged with the Renaissance, which brought far-reaching changes in European culture from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries. |
| FR 148E - The Age of Louis XIV |
| (4) Sturm, Tobin |
| Prerequisites: French 101B and 8 additional units from 101A, 101C, or 104A-B-C-D. |
| The development of literary genres between 1660 and 1680. Pascal, Racine,
Moliere, La Fontaine, La Rochefoucauld, Mme de La Fayette studied as examples
of that ideal which attempts a balance, through tension of mannerism and
classicism. Discussions of art and architecture will supplement literary analysis.
Lectures and readings in French. |
| FR 149A - The French Enlightenment |
| (4) Maurseth, Sturm |
| Prerequisites: French 101A-B-C; 2 courses from 104A-B-C-D. |
| A reading of basic Enlightenment texts, stressing the fundamental works of Rousseau, Voltaire, Diderot, Laclos, and other major figures of the century. Lectures and reading in French. |
| FR 149B - The Politics of Paradise |
| (4) Maurseth, Sturm |
| Prerequisites: French 101A-B-C; 2 courses from 104A-B-C-D. |
| Rousseau's two Discourses, The Social Contract, and Emile, along with Voltaire's Candide, Le Mondain, and other works are subjected to content analysis. Focus on rhetoric of utopia and its political infrastructure. Lectures and readings in French. |
| FR 149C - Reading Paris (1830-1890) |
| (4) Jullien, Nesci |
| Prerequisites: French 101A-B-C; 2 courses from 104A-B-C-D. |
| This course explores the literary and artistic representations of Paris and its Haussmannization. In works by Balzac, Baudelaire, Zola, Manet and the Impressionists, we explore the painting of modern life, Paris as revolution, and the rise of consumer culture. |
| FR 149D - Post-War Avant-Gardes |
| (4) Levy, Prieto |
| Prerequisites: French 101A-B-C; 2 courses from 104A-B-C-D. |
| This course, devoted to aspects of French poetry, fiction, and film since World War II, may treat modern poets, "new novelists" (to be chosen among Sarraute, Duras, Robbe-Grillet, Butor), playwrights of the "absurd" and/or new wave filmmakers. |
| FR 149E - Belgian Literature and Art |
| (4) Skenazi |
| Prerequisites: French 101C and 8 additional units from 101A, 101B, or 104A-B-C-D. |
| A study of selected texts of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Belgian literature
in relation to the visual arts of the period. Works by Maeterlinck, Verhaeren,
Ghelderode. Lectures and readings in French. |
| FR 149F - Littératures de la Francophonie |
| (4) Nesci, Prieto, Skenazi |
| Prerequisites: French 101A-B-C; 2 courses from 104A-B-C-D. |
| Literature in French by writers outside France. Material includes representative authors and literary movements of Canada, Haiti, Senegal, Zaire, etc. discussion of questions of national identity and literary relations. Lectures and readings in French. |
| FR 151A - Medieval Urban Legends |
| (4) Enders |
| Prerequisites: French 101A-B-C; 2 courses from 104A-B-C-D. |
| Spanning history, fiction, theology, folklore, and popular culture, urban legends remain an intriguing and enduring tradition. We explore and interpret French medieval legends (e.g., monsters and "snuff" drama) which reveal some surprising connections with their modern counterparts. In French. |
| FR 151B - Gender and Sexuality in France |
| (4) Brown, Nesci |
| Prerequisites: French 101A-B-C; 2 courses from 104A-B-C-D. |
| Role of gender and the function of sexuality in the formation of identities in French culture. Themes of family, love, marriage, political and interpersonal relationships in literary texts, films, paintings, and diverse media. |
| FR 151C - French and Francophone Cinema |
| (4) Jullien, Maleuvre |
| Prerequisites: French 101A-B-C; 2 courses from 104A-B-C-D |
| Explore French-speaking cinema through a variety of social, geographic and philosophical themes. Topics may include the representation of history, and the counterpoint of text and image. Contents will vary according to the instructor. |
| FR 151D - Literature and the Visual Arts |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: French 101A-B-C; 2 courses from 104A-B-C-D. |
| Focus on the cross-fertilization between literature and the visual arts in various periods. Topics include the rhetoric of images; the connections that link image and text in high and popular art; poetry and painting; art criticism, and hybrid forms such as comic strips. |
| FR 153A - Studies in Medieval Literature |
| (4) Brown, Enders |
| Prerequisites: Department approval to finalize registration. |
| A study of one or more major medieval works in translation such as The Song of Roland, the romances of Chretien de Troyes, the Lais of Marie de France,or The Romance of the Rose. |
| FR 153B - French Theatre in Translation |
| (4) Skenazi |
| A study of French theatre through the centuries, considered within the cultural context of the day (Classicism, the Enlightenment, Romanticism, the Absurd, etc). Plays by Molière, Marivaux, Beaumarchais, Hugo, Musset, Ionesco, and Beckett. Lectures and readings in English. |
| FR 153C - Autobiographies and Life Stories |
| (4) Jullien, Maleuvre |
| French autobiographies in translation, from Rousseau, Chateaubriand and Sand to Colette, Sartre, Sarraute, Perec, Duras and Nothomb. Topics include autobiography and self-portrait, autobiography and fiction, the portrayal of childhood and family, women’s autobiography. Content will vary according to the instructor. |
| FR 153D - Fantasy and the Fantastic |
| (4) Jullien, Lévy |
| Course explores the creation of a space where a fantastic perception of reality developed and thrived, hesitating between the real and the supernatural, in the intermediate space of the unexplained and unexplainable. Works by Balzac, Poe, Stevenson, James, and Borges. |
| FR 153E - The Power of Negative Thinking: Sartre, Adorno, and Marcuse |
| (4) Sturm |
| Critical perspectives on man and culture by three of the great myth-shattering thinkers of the century. Topics: the social function of art, the Freudian legacy, utopia revisited, work and play, etc. In English. |
| FR 153F - Existentialist Literature in Translation |
| (4) Maleuvre, Sturm |
| How much freedom can you take? The course explores the quandaries of the twentieth-century individual, free and self-created, in the world of responsibilities and attachments. Readings include fiction, drama, and philosophical essays by Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Simone de Beauvoir. |
| FR 154A - Voyages to the Unknown |
| (4) Skenazi |
| Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50. |
| The impact of the voyages of discovery on late 15th- and 16th-century Europe. Readings on real and imaginary voyages: Columbus, Cartier, Lery, More, Rabelais, Montaigne. |
| FR 154B - Creativity in Renaissance Europe |
| (4) Skenazi |
| Explores the renewed sense of human achievement and limitation in Renaissance Europe. Focus on the meanings of creativity in the religious, philosophical and artistic contexts of the time. Authors include Petrarch, Pico Della Mirandola, Erasmus, Castiglione, Ronsard, Montaigne. |
| FR 154C - History of France from 1500-1700 |
| (4) Bernstein |
| Prerequisites: History 4B or upper-division standing. |
| Politics, religion, and society in France from the reign of Francis I to Louis XIV. Special emphasis on religious disputes and questions of power. |
| FR 154D - Torture: Theory, History, Practice |
| (4) Brown, Enders |
| An investigation into the history of torture from classical antiquity to Amnesty International. Discussions focus on its interrelations with literature, law, art history, gender, and violence in the media. Guest lecturers, as available. |
| FR 154E - Holocaust in France |
| (4) Derwin, Nesci |
| Through analysis of testimonies, memoirs, fiction, and film, this course focuses on France under the Nazi occupation. Topics include the Vichy Regime (1940-1945), The Resistance Movement, the Church under Vichy, anti-Semitism, deportations and concentration camp imprisonment, and national memory after World War II. |
| FR 154F - Time Off in Paris! |
| (4) Jullien,Nesci,Prieto,Schultz |
| Paris and Parisian life in nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature, art and cinema. Drawing upon history, architecture, and art history, we explore the shock of urbanization, the relations between the culture and life of the city, and the rise of avant-garde aesthetics. |
| FR 154G - Post-Colonial Cultures |
| (4) Prieto |
| Study of fiction from the Caribbean, West Africa, and the Maghreb. Born of the conflict between and hybridization of widely differing cultural traditions, this course provides insights into the vibrancy of contemporary post-colonial societies, the ongoing legacy of colonialism, and the meaning of multiculturalism. In English. |
| FR 154H - Honors Section |
| (1) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in one of the French 154 series; honors standing. |
| Eligible students are invited to enroll in the honors seminar, which is generally taught by the course instructor. |
| FR 155A - Women in the Middle Ages |
| (4) Brown, Enders |
| A study of the socio-political role of women in France from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries through an examination of their image in literary texts written by both sexes. Lectures and readings in English. |
| FR 155B - Women on Trial |
| (4) Enders, Brown |
| A study of the cultural construction of femininity through an examination of
legal proceedings (actual and literary) in France initiated by or against medieval
women for such "crimes" as witchcraft, adultery, pride, theft, vainglory, and
seduction. In English. |
| FR 155C - French and Francophone Women Writers |
| (4) Brown, Jullien, Nesci, Schultz |
| French-speaking women writers from the Middle Ages to the present. The
connections between gender and genre, sexual identity and literary practices,
politics and poetics in Marie de France, Lafayette, Staël, Sand, Simone de
Beauvoir, Marguerite Duras, Assia Djebar, among others. |
| FR 155D - Citoyennes! Women and Politics in Modern France |
| (4) Nesci |
| Focuses on women's fights for the rights of equality and liberty, their exclusion from the public sphere and their access to citizenship (1789-2001). Women's evolving personal and collective aspirations, and the creation of a republican womanhood in modern culture. Taught in English. |
| FR 156A - French Cinema: History and Theory |
| (4) Maleuvre, Nesci |
| History of French cinema from 1895-present, covering the silent period, the
early classic era, the war years, and the New Wave, with a survey of the major
French film theories since the 1920s. In English. |
| FR 156B - French and Francophone Cinema |
| (4) Bloom |
| Prerequisites: Film Studies 46 or upper-division standing. |
| Addresses the interaction between the institutions of French and francophone
culture through cinema. The shifting terms of French identity in France and
among French-speaking communities are examined through national, regional,
and immigrant discourse. In English. |
| FR 156C - Modern Images of the Middle Ages: The Intersection of Text, History, and Film |
| (4) Brown, Enders |
| Modern images of the Middle Ages: the intersection of text, history, and film. Course will examine major cultural aspects of the Middle Ages, including courtly love, the Arthurian myth, the legend of Robin Hood, witchcraft, scholasticism, the Inquisition, war and death, through the dual optic of medieval literature and modern film. Taught in English. |
| FR 156D - Technology and Cinema |
| (4) STAFF |
| Cinema fulfills and breaks down the technological project of "framing" the whole
of existence. Themes: humanity and/as technological threat, the decline of
language and ethics, the culture industry, science fiction. Screenings include
Tarkovsky, Kubrick, Star Wars, Marker, Godard, Melies, Lang. Lectures and
readings in English. |
| FR 171XX - Studies in the Nineteenth Ventury |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: French 26 and 101. super course. |
| In-depth study of texts and themes from the nineteenth century in France. In English. AX. The Romantic Movement in France. |
| FR 197 - Senior Seminar |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Senior standing or 6 upper division courses in French. |
| As a culmination of study in the major, this seminar enables students to
synthesize knowledge gained in French courses, both at UCSB and through the
Education Abroad Program. It involves investigations of theoretical issues
related to French literature and culture. |
| FR 197H - Senior Seminar, Honors Section |
| (1) staff |
| Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in French 197; honors standing |
| Eligible students are invited to enroll in the honors section, which is taught by
the course instructor. It involves discussion of selected texts, students’
presentations, and the completion of an independent project on any aspect of
the course’s chosen theme. |
| FR 198 - Senior Honors Seminar |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor; honors standing. |
| This seminar is concurrently offered with graduate seminars. It is designed to
expand research skills through an investigation of theoretical issues and
readings of both literary and critical texts. It involves extensive research,
sophisticated analysis, and creative reflection. In French. |
| FR 199 - Independent Studies in French |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; completion of 2 upper-division courses in French. |
| Individual investigations in literary or linguistics fields. |
| FR 199RA - Independent Research Assistance |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; completion of 2 upper-division courses in French; consent of instructor. |
| Independent research, under the supervision of a consenting faculty member. |
| FR 202 - Introduction to French Studies |
| (2) Staff |
| This proseminar includes presentations and discussions by faculty of research areas that compose the field of French literary studies and its interdisciplinary components. Students will be introduced to research methodologies, including those requiring historical and bibliographic investigation.
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| FR 210SS - Oral Expression and Argumentation: French for Current Affairs |
| (4) STAFF |
| For students already fluent in French. Enrichment of vocabulary and use of idiomatic expressions through the study of contemporary social, cultural, and political issues. Includes development of oral argumentation skills through exposés, explications of texts, discussions and debates. |
| FR 211SS - Advanced Written Grammar |
| (4) STAFF |
| A systematic analysis of the more complex aspects of grammar. Intensive practice in the written application of grammar rules. |
| FR 212SS - French Stylistics |
| (4) STAFF |
| The course will focus on written expression, and will be supported by french texts and documents. |
| FR 213SS - Comparative Stylistics of French and English |
| (4) STAFF |
| Analysis of how the tightly functional and expressive system of a national language can be transposed into another one. |
| FR 214SS - Advanced French Phonetics |
| (4) STAFF |
| Covers the same matrials as French 203, but adds Travauz Pratiques. |
| FR 216SS - French Linguistics II: Syntax and Semantics |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Emphasis is on syntax and semantics, with attention to current linguistic theories and language use. |
| FR 217SS - French Linguistics I: General French Linguistics |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Graduate-level introduction to the major branches of linguistic analysis: phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics applied to the French language. Notions of grammar, the French sound system, lexical structure and formation, speech/writing differences, semantic fields, performativity, théorie de l'énonciation. |
| FR 220SS - Seminar: Open Topic on Contemporary French Language |
| (4) STAFF |
| Open topic on contemporary french language. The focus of this course will vary according to the approach selected: socio-linguistics, psycho-linguistics, semio-linguistics, cognitive linguistics, etc. |
| FR 221SS - Textual Anaylsis |
| (4) STAFF |
| A study of the literary nature of certain texts, placing them in the literary movements of their times as well as focusing on their content. |
| FR 222SS - Francophone Literature |
| (4) STAFF |
| Course devoted to the study of Francophone literature of different geographical areas: Canada, Quebec, Acadia, United States, Louisiana, West Indies, West Africa, Pacific Ocean, Indochina. The area of study alternates every summer the course is offered. |
| FR 223SS - Novel and Character |
| (4) STAFF |
| The evolution of the notion of character in the novel within the context ofthe main currents of thought in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Theinfluence of scientism, behaviorism, existentialism. |
| FR 226 - Literary and Critical Theory |
| (4) STAFF |
| Comparative examination of contemporary continental philosophy and of the canonical texts that have defined literary criticism and cultural theory. Critical reevaluation of the field of French studies. |
| FR 226A - Modern Literary Theory |
| (4) Skenazi |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| An introduction to the major trends in contemporary literary criticism. In-depth discussion of structuralism, deconstruction, psychoanalysis, new historicism, and other recent post-modern theories. |
| FR 226B - Feminist Theory and Gender Studies |
| (4) STAFF |
| A critical introduction to feminist literary and gender theory through the study of main strands in feminism, including the relations of women with literary production, the potential definitions of feminist writing, and the tensions between various traditions of feminist inquiry. |
| FR 226C - Rhetoric and Literature |
| (4) Enders |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| History and theory of rhetoric, as codified by Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Quintilian, Saint Augustine, and subsequent theorists from the Middle Ages to today. Primary readings as applied to such diverse individual specializations as literature, law, politics, spirituality, performance, etc.
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| FR 227 - Medieval and Renaissance Studies |
| (4) Brown, Enders, Skenazi |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Close literary investigation and cultural analysis (theoretical, rhetorical, codicological, artistic, performative, political and religious) of the most exciting literature and critical trends in this burgeoning field. |
| FR 227A - Introduction to Old French |
| (4) Brown, Enders |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Introduction to old French and examination of a number of early medieval works. |
| FR 227B - Courtly Love and Courtly Romance |
| (4) Brown |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Courtly love and courtly romance. |
| FR 227C - Medieval Theater and Theatricality |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Medieval theater and theatricality. |
| FR 227D - Late Medieval Textuality and Poetic Authority |
| (4) Brown |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Authorship and poetic authority in Guillaume de Machaut, Christine de Pizan, Alain Chartier, Charles d'Orléans, and François Villon.
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| FR 227E - Representations of Medieval Gender |
| (4) Brown |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Representations of medieval gender. |
| FR 227F - Religion and Skepticism in Renaissance Europe |
| (4) Skenazi |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| A study of the connections between religion and skepticism in a time of political and religious turmoil. Readings include works by Marguerite de Navarre, Rabelais, Machiavelli, Montaigne. |
| FR 227G - Renaissance Poetry |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Renaissance poetry. |
| FR 227H - Irony in the Renaissance |
| (4) Skenazi |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Irony in the Renaissance. |
| FR 228 - Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Studies |
| (4) STAFF |
| Study of early modern French literature at a time of cultural and political transformation. Practice of theoretical approaches to early modern aesthetics, from Baroque and Classical theater and philosophy to Enlightenment fiction and epistemology. |
| FR 228A - Classical Tragedy |
| (4) Tobin |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Study in depth of selected texts of the seventeenth century. B. Racine. |
| FR 228B - Classical Comedy |
| (4) Tobin |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Study in depth of selected text of the seventeenth century. C. Moliere. |
| FR 228C - Les Moralistes |
| (4) Tobin |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Study in depth of selected texts of the seventeenth century. F. Moralistes. |
| FR 228D - Topics in the French Classical Age |
| (4) STAFF |
| Study of the historical, intellectual, and cultural dimensions of France in the seventeenth century and/or the eighteenth century, with a focus on social institutions, literature, philosophy, religion and aesthetics. Emphasis on interdisciplinary methodology. Content varies.
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| FR 228E - The Libertine Novel |
| (4) STAFF |
| Exploration of the literary, philosophical, and aesthetic experimentations known as libertinage. In-depth study of various libertine novels, and their sexual and moral dimensions. Focus on the privileged spaces as well as the illustrations of libertinism.
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| FR 228F - “Les Lumières”: Fiction and Philosophy |
| (4) STAFF |
| “What is Enlightenment” in relation to the social institutions and the philosophical and religious traditions of the 18th century? Focus on the reinvention of nature, reason, passion, sentiment and morality in philosophical essays and new literary forms, including utopia.
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| FR 228G - Topics in Enlightenment Studies |
| (4) STAFF |
| Study of the Enlightenment’s central debates on education, religion, philosophy, and aesthetics, and of the main figures of the print and visual media, such as Chardin, Fragonard, Watteau, Grafigny, Montesquieu, Diderot, and Rousseau. Content varies. |
| FR 229 - Modern and Contemporary Studies |
| (4) STAFF |
| Close readings of nineteenth and twentieth-century literary texts; multi-disciplinary inquiry into the art and character of modernity. Practice of critical approaches for achieving an understanding of the literary, cultural, and social aspects of modernity and post-modernity. |
| FR 229A - Studies in the Novel |
| (4) STAFF |
| Close readings of nineteenth and twentieth-century literary texts; multi-disciplinary inquiry into the art and character of modernity. Practice of critical approaches for achieving an understanding of the literary, cultural, and social aspects of modernity and post-modernity. |
| FR 229B - The Theory of Fantastic Literature |
| (4) Levy |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Study of the current theories of fantastic literature and their limitations. Works by some of the following authors are examined: Cazotte, Nerval, Gauthier, Mérimée, Nodier, Villiers, Maupassant, Apollinaire, Breton, Genet, Paulhan. |
| FR 229E - Autobiography, Autoportrait, Autofiction |
| (4) STAFF |
| Close readings of nineteenth and twentieth-century literary texts; multi-disciplinary inquiry into the art and character of modernity. Practice of critical approaches for achieving an understanding of the literary, cultural, and social aspects of modernity and post-modernity. |
| FR 229F - Topics in Modernism |
| (4) Nesci, Maleuvre |
| Literary works read from various theoretical and cultural perspectives (psychoanalysis, feminism, cultural history, critical theory). Topics include: gender and sexuality in the novel, reading hysteria, the political unconscious, theorizing the gaze, Western representations of the Orient and the Other. |
| FR 230 - Post-colonial and Francophone Studies |
| (4) STAFF |
| Study of the literature and culture from French-speaking countries around the world, with emphasis on post-colonial politics and interactions between widely divergent cultural traditions. Theoretical examination of the epistemological issues raised by the introduction of non-Western perspectives. |
| FR 230A - Post-Colonial Francophone Narrative |
| (4) Prieto |
| An overview of "La Francophonie du Sud." Emphasis on literary depictions of colonial history and its aftermath in texts from the Caribbean, West Africa, and the Maghreb. |
| FR 230B - Francophone Literature: The Caribbean |
| (4) Prieto |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Readings from Haiti, Martinique, and Guadeloupe, with emphasis on the Creole oral tradition; slavery and the plantation system; race and multiculturalism; relations with France and the United States. |
| FR 230C - Francophone Literature: West Africa |
| (4) Prieto |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Readings from the Congo, Zaire, Senegal, Cameroon, etc. Emphasis on the transition to independence; the oral tradition; social critique in film and the novel; the interaction of traditional beliefs with Islam and Christianity. |
| FR 230D - Francophone Literature: The Maghreb |
| (4) Prieto |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Readings from Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia. Emphasis on Islamic tradition; modernization; gender issues in Islam; contemporary political transformation. |
| FR 230E - Literature of Immigration and the Minority Experience |
| (4) Prieto |
| Study of the literary and cinematic currents reflecting the increasingly vital role played by immigrants and their descendents in the shaping of contemporary French culture. With an emphasis on the Beur phenomenon. Works by Sebbar, Begag, Beyala, Dridi, Allouache, among others. |
| FR 231 - Cultural Studies and Intellectual History |
| (4) STAFF |
| Analyses of literary, historical and philosophical readings that have shaped the ways in which French and European writers represent the human experience of time and space. Close look at the political, moral, and philosophical functions of art and literature. |
| FR 231A - The French Nation |
| (4) STAFF |
| Analyses of literary, historical and philosophical readings that have shaped the ways in which French and European writers represent the human experience of time and space. Close look at the political, moral, and philosophical functions of art and literature. |
| FR 231B - Modernity and the City |
| (4) Nesci |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| How was Paris deployed and dramatized, metamorphosed, and transfigured in the nineteenth century? Focus on panoramic literature, the invention of "the everyday" and of modern life, the expository spirit and world exhibitions, vision and spectatorship, commodities and consumer desires. |
| FR 231C - Literature and Travel |
| (4) STAFF |
| Analyses of literary, historical and philosophical readings that have shaped the ways in which French and European writers represent the human experience of time and space. Close look at the political, moral, and philosophical functions of art and literature. |
| FR 231D - The Historical Imagination |
| (4) Nesci |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| With the French Revolution, European culture became obsessed with the past. From Balzac to Aragon, the novel became an engine of historical understanding and social change. Reading of the social and cultural theories that seek to understand the past. |
| FR 231E - Poetics and Politics of Place |
| (4) Prieto |
| Investigation of literary representation of place, focusing on texts where the evocation of place goes beyond mere setting or background, playing a central role in meaning of the work. Theoretical inquiry into epistemological and ideological issues that influence representation of place. |
| FR 231F - World Literature: the Intellectual and the Republic of Letters |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Studies in the contribution of French thought to the world of ideas, from Montaigne, Pascal, Descartes, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Staël, Tocqueville, Zola, Bergson, Sartre, Weil, Beauvoir, Barthes, Foucault, among others. |
| FR 231G - Literature, Philosophy and Religion |
| (4) Malleuvre |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Religion, like art, requires imagination, the mind's leap beyond the actual. This course explores the kinship between religious experience and art. Montaigne, Pascal, Racine, Voltaire, Chateaubriand, Weil, Levinas, among others. |
| FR 232 - Literature, Science, and the Arts |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Interdisciplinary studies of the cross-fertilization between literature, the performative and visual arts,and other disciplines. |
| FR 232A - Topics in Theater Studies |
| (4) Enders |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Transhistorical approach to the texts, criticism, and performance of theater with special emphasis on the interrelations of French and other national traditions. Varying topics might include theater and theatricality of law, politics, pedagogy, etc. |
| FR 232B - Literature and the Visual Arts |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Focus on the cross-fertilization between literature and the visual arts in various periods. Topics include the rhetoric of images; the connections that link image and text in high and popular art; poetry and painting; art criticism, and hybrid forms such as comic strips. |
| FR 232C - The Medieval Book as Literary Artifact |
| (4) Brown |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Study of the materiality of books as critical to understanding literary works, especially during, but not limited to, the Middle Ages. Emphasis on the dynamic interaction between text and paratext, between writers and patrons, between authors, scribes and editors. |
| FR 232D - French Film and Theory |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Analysis of French film that attempts to integrate a cultural-historical approach together with some theoretical considerations. |
| FR 232E - Literature and Science |
| (4) Levy |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Literature and science. |
| FR 232F - Music and Literature |
| (4) Prieto |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Music and literature. |
| FR 233 - Applied Linguistics, Instructional Theory, Professional Training |
| (4) Enders, Schultz |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Theoretical and practical issues in critical reading and writing research with a particular focus on the development of advanced academy literacy skills. |
| FR 233A - Advanced Critical Writing |
| (4) Enders |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Workshop on the style, structure, and ideology of crafting persuasive critical arguments and creating authority in writing (in French or English). Focus on introductions, conclusions, definitions, proofs, refutation, and interaction with sources, through analysis, critique, practice, and peer review. |
| FR 233B - Theories of Foreign Language Writing |
| (4) Schultz |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Examines evolutionary development of theories of foreign language writing, from grammar translation to current thinking about process writing and genre-based approaches. Focus is on a critical analysis of actual pedagogies of writing and their underlying theoretical foundations. |
| FR 233C - Literary Theory and Literacy |
| (4) Schultz |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Course examines a variety of literary theories and their implications for literacy. How do different approaches to texts influence current definitions of literacy? Is literacy exclusive to print texts? Does modern literacy also require multimodal forms of critical reading ability? |
| FR 233D - French Language and Culture |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| French within its cultural and social contexts. Topics include development of mainstream French, social and regional variation, status and character of French outside of Europe, French-based creoles, language policy, dialectic between "langue legitime" (Bourdieu) and "le francais ordinaire" (Gadet). |
| FR 252SS - Fine Arts and French Society |
| (4) STAFF |
| Traces french fine arts and society from 1500 to 1914 and including the following: Renaissance, early Baroque, realism/neoclassicism, revolution/romanticism, naturalism/realism, impressionism/post- impressionism, romantic symbolism/symbolism, the Fauves, cubism, and protodada. |
| FR 253SS - French Music |
| (4) STAFF |
| A survey of analysis of the outstanding contributions of frenc composers toinstrumental and vocal music, opera, and ballet, from the Ecole de Notre-Dame to Jeune-France. |
| FR 254SS - French Civilization and Cultural Studies |
| (4) STAFF |
| Studies of comtemporary france and its institutions and their historical background. Study of french culture as manifested in the everyday life of the french society. |
| FR 256SS - French Society and its Media |
| (4) STAFF |
| The course will analyze french tv, radio, news papers, film, and advertising, and place them in the context of french society. Lectures by aprofessional in one of these fields. |
| FR 279 - Contemporary Theory in Translation |
| (4) Snyder |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Survey of yhe principle issues of contemporary theory. Readings range from classic texts by Adorno, Bakhtin, Benjamin, Cixous, Foucault, Heidegger et. al. to recent essays in the new cultural studies. In english. |
| FR 299 - Topics in Applied Linguistics |
| (4) Staff |
| May be repeated for credit. |
| Specialized topics in the study of applied linguistics. |
| FR 500 - Apprentice Teaching |
| (4) Smorodinsky |
| Includes orientation week, weekly meetings with supervisor, preparation of examinations, class visitations and discussions, videotaping of classes followed by review with supervisor, occasional workshops. |
| FR 596 - Directed Reading and Research |
| (2-12) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing; consent of instructor. |
| Individual tutorial. Instructor is usually student's thesis advisor. Students doing initial research on the doctoral dissertation may sign up for this course. |
| FR 596SS - Directed Reading and Research |
| (2-6) STAFF |
| Individual tutorial. Instructor is usually student's major professor. Students doing initial research on the doctoral dissertation may sign up for this course. |
| FR 597 - Independent Study |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of graduate advisor. |
| Individual research projects, supervised by a faculty member. Requires permission of graduate adviser to enroll. |
| FR 598 - Master's Thesis Research and Preparation |
| (1-12) STAFF |
| Only for research underlying thesis, writing thesis. Instructor should be chair of student's thesis committee. |
| FR 598SS - Master's Thesis |
| (2-6) STAFF |
| Under the supervision of the director, third-summer student will write a thesis incorporating written works produced and approved during the previous two summers. |
| FR 599 - Dissertation Research and Preparation |
| (1-12) Staff |
| Reserved for writing of the doctoral dissertation once the student has advanced to candidacy. Instructor should be chair of student's doctoral committee. A progress report must be turned in in order to receive a satisfactory grade for the course. |