Courses

    Focuses upon recent innovations in the French novel, and upon the postmodernist literary aesthetic. Students will examine a variety of avant-garde novels, and analyze the kinds of literary experimentation that those novels propose. They will be asked to consider a series of questions concerning the changing nature of literary representation and the status of the novel as a cultural form. Taught in English. Cannot be used for major or minor credit. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

    Upon consultation only and at the undergraduate level. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours.

    May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours.

    Attempts to investigate how extreme historical events (war, genocides, terror attacks) function as "trauma" and how these extreme events are dealt with by personal and collective memory in historical narratives, literary and cinematic fiction, and memorials. Amnesia and other types of historical negations or revisions will be analyzed, along with representations of trauma and the difficulties raised by this memorializing. Taught in English. Cannot be used for major or minor credit. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

    Offers opportunities to use Italian skills in service to various sectors of the community, including private industry, government, and education. Prereq., ITAL 2120 (min grade C-) or instructor consent.

    Offered as part of the supervised student teaching in a secondary school required for state licensure to teach French. These hours do not count toward student hours in the major nor in the maximum departmental hours allowed. Prereq., FREN 4750 or 5770 and admission to the secondary teaching education program. Coreq., EDUC 4712. Pass/fail only. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.

    The senior honor thesis is a 40 to 45 page original research paper, written in French, and constitutes a requirement for graduating with departmental honors. Prereqs., all third-year course requirements including FREN 3200. Recommended prereq., at least one course numbered FREN 4100 or above.

    The senior honors thesis is a 40 to 45 page original research paper, written in Italian, and constitutes a requirement for graduating with departmental honors. Prereqs., all third-year course requirements including FREN 3200. Recommended prereq., at least one course numbered ITAL 4100 or above.

    Preparation of a 15-page research paper in French presented to two members of the department faculty and defended orally in class. Prereq., all third-year requirements and advisor consent. Recommended prereq., at least one course numbered FREN 4100 or above.

    Preparation of a 15-page research paper in Italian presented to two members of the faculty and defended orally in class. Prereq., advisor consent. Recommended prereq., at least one course numbered ITAL 4100 or above.

    Different topics are offered and, in a number of cases, cross-listed with other departments. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours on different topics. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

    Different topics are offered and, in a number of cases, cross-listed with other departments. Prereq.,graduate standing or instructor consent. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours on different topics.

    Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

    Through close readings of masterpieces of French medieval and Renaissance literature in conjunction with contemporary criticism and theory, explores the contexts of medieval and Renaissance France. Readings in French. May be taught in English to accommodate students in other programs. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours on different topics. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

    Close readings of tragedies by (among others) Corneille and Racine, placed in the context of baroque and neoclassical political and artistic culture as illustrated by philosophy, painting, and science. Drawing on recent criticism and theory, explores heroic drama's role as a symptom and agent of early modern French social and intellectual history. Readings in French, but may be taught in English. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

    Close readings of major works by, e.g., Descartes, Pascal, La Fayette, La Rochefoucauld, and La Bruyere. Themes include 17th century theories of self, early modern epistemology, notions of honnetete and the critical analysis of human motives and behavior, the emerging novel, and the critique of heroic idealism and of the monarchic absolutism of the Sun King, Louis XIV. Readings in French, but may be taught in English. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

    Close readings of the comedies in context with the works of, e.g., Corneille, Rotrou, Cyrano, Boileau, and La Fontaine. Themes include Moliere and the institution of literary authorship, comedy's role as social critique, the deconstruction of the early modern subject, and the cultural politics of the scandals surrounding L'ecole des femmes and Tartuffe. Readings in French, but may be taught in English. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

    Focuses on the uses of literature to address the revolutionary philosophical, scientific, religious, and/or sociopolitical questions of the day. Explores Diderot and d'alembert's Encyclopedie, Voltaire and Diderot's philosophical tales and dialogues, Rousseau's Discours, and other writings. Discusses the development of specific literary forms to promote the ideas and goals of the philosophers to reach a changing and diverse readership and to fight censorship. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

    Focuses on the study of a specific literary genre (e.g., theatre, the novel) or on the global production of a major author (e.g., Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau). Discussion stresses both the uniqueness of the genre/writer and their significance as representatives of the century's changing society and culture. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours during a student's graduate career. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

    A survey of principal works and movements, intended as an introductory course. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

    Topics vary. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

    Taught in French and English. Focuses on literary structures proposed by author to reader as games. Considers critical texts, both practical and theoretical, with a view toward defining the relation between criticism and its objects. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Required for teaching assistants and graduate part-time instructors. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    May be repeated up to 3 total credit hours, except with permission of the director of graduate studies. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

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