| source Indiana University Bloomington (X) |
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department French and Italian (X) |
Topic: Representations of Women Through close readings of four genres of French literature (poetry, theatre, novel, and short story), this course introduces students to some of the important texts, movements, authors, and contexts of French literature. The course will focus on techniques of literary analysis as well as the development of reading and writing skills in French. We will read works that have as a common trait the diverse aspects of literary representations of women. Often adopted as muses, women in literature have been depicted as anything from idealized visions to threatening seductresses, motherly figures, and immoral prostitutes. Often the female characters present a glimpse of the daily life of women within the social context of their time. We will begin with MolièreÂs comedy, _LÂEcole des femmes_, in which an old man adopts a young girl in order to teach her to be a perfect wife. We will then read a selection of poems depicting women from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century by such poets as Christine de Pisan, Ronsard, Baudelaire, and Verlaine, among others. We will continue with the short story "Boule de Suif," by Guy de Maupassant, and a handful of short stories from ColetteÂs collection, _La Femme cachée_. Finally, we will end with _Une si longue lettre_ by Mariama Bâ, a personal narrative that retells the story of a recently widowed Senegalese woman in the form of a letter to her friend. The course will be graded based on participation, a four-page explication de texte of one poem chosen by the student, two exams (on the play and on the short stories), and a final five-page paper on the novel. Taught in French. Prerequisite is F250 or consent of department. F300 fulfills A & H requirement.
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This course offers a general introduction to French literature and provides reading strategies in poetry, theater, and fiction. We will start the semester with lyric poems from the Middle Ages to the 20th century chosen from the course packet, and each student will present a brief exposé and compose a short essay. Then we read the 17th- century play Phèdre by Jean Racine and study the classic verse of alexandrin. During the last half of the semester, we concentrate on the prose of the 19th century: Le Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac and Trois contes by Gustave Flaubert. The course grade will be based on oral presentations, short and long essays and active and continuous class participation. F300: P - FRIT-F 250. Above class carries COLL A & H distribution credit.
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This course offers a general introduction to French literature and provides reading strategies in poetry, theater, and fiction. We will start the semester with lyric poems from the Middle Ages to the 20th century chosen from the course packet, and each student will present a brief exposé and compose a short essay. Then we read the 17th- century play _Phèdre_ by Jean Racine and study the classic verse of alexandrin. During the last half of the semester, we concentrate on the prose of the 19th century: _Le Colonel Chabert_ by Honoré de Balzac and _Trois contes_ by Gustave Flaubert. The course grade will be based on oral presentations, short and long essays and active and continuous class participation. F300: P - FRIT-F 250. Above class carries COLL A & H distribution credit.
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Topic: Mensonge et vérité. QuÂest-ce quÂun mensonge? Pourquoi est-ce quÂon ment? Le mensonge est-il toujours le contraire de la vérité? A travers des textes qui mettent en jeu les thèmes du mensonge, de la ruse et de la duplicité, nous verrons comment ces questions sont abordées dans la littérature française. Nous verrons par la suite que la littérature elle-même est parfois considérée comme Âune mensonge qui dit la vérité. Ce cours se propose dÂinitier les étudiants à la lecture et à lÂanalyse des textes littéraires. Nous étudierons un choix de poèmes du XVIe au XXe siècle. Ensuite, nous lirons une comédie de Corneille, _Le Menteur_, où le héros prend plaisir à inventer des histoires et à tromper les autres. Mais si le mensonge peut être joyeux, il peut aussi être utile, comme nous le verrons en lisant plusieurs _Fables_ de La Fontaine. Nous découvrirons les vérités cachées sous lÂapparence fabuleuse dÂun conte philosophique de Voltaire, _Zadig_, qui raconte les mésaventures dÂun jeune homme à la recherche du bonheur. En passant par quelques contes de Maupassant et une nouvelle de Barbey dÂAurevilly, nous terminerons notre parcours avec le roman _Thomas lÂimposteur_ de Cocteau. Devoirs: le travail oral comprendra la participation active et un exposé oral, le travail écrit comprendra une explication de texte, une composition de 4-5 pages, et un examen final. Taught in French. Prerequisite is F250 or consent of department. F300 fulfills A & H requirement.
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Topic: Mensonge et vérité. QuÂest-ce quÂun mensonge? Pourquoi est-ce quÂon ment? Le mensonge est-il toujours le contraire de la vérité? A travers des textes qui mettent en jeu les thèmes du mensonge, de la ruse et de la duplicité, nous verrons comment ces questions sont abordées dans la littérature française. Nous verrons par la suite que la littérature elle-même est parfois considérée comme Âune mensonge qui dit la vérité. Ce cours se propose dÂinitier les étudiants à la lecture et à lÂanalyse des textes littéraires. Nous étudierons un choix de poèmes du XVIe au XXe siècle. Ensuite, nous lirons une comédie de Corneille, _Le Menteur_, où le héros prend plaisir à inventer des histoires et à tromper les autres. Mais si le mensonge peut être joyeux, il peut aussi être utile, comme nous le verrons en lisant plusieurs _Fables_ de La Fontaine. Nous découvrirons les vérités cachées sous lÂapparence fabuleuse dÂun conte philosophique de Voltaire, _Zadig_, qui raconte les mésaventures dÂun jeune homme à la recherche du bonheur. En passant par quelques contes de Maupassant et une nouvelle de Barbey dÂAurevilly, nous terminerons notre parcours avec le roman _Thomas lÂimposteur_ de Cocteau. Devoirs: le travail oral comprendra la participation active et un exposé oral, le travail écrit comprendra une explication de texte, une composition de 4-5 pages, et un examen final. Taught in French. Prerequisite is F250 or consent of department. F300 fulfills A & H requirement.
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Topic: De lÂamour et de la guerre This course is an introduction to four genres in French literature (poetry, theater, novel, and short stories). The course will focus on developing skills in literary analysis through close readings. In so doing, students will also be working to improve their oral and written skills in French. The texts studied will cover a wide range of historical periods, but they are connected by their common attempts to represent the highly intense experiences of love and war  two seemingly opposing phenomena that are nevertheless frequently linked in literature. We will begin by reading a selection of both epic and lyrical poems from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Our play will be CorneilleÂs _Le Cid_, a 17th-century tragi-comédie that is a tangled tale of young love, family honor, fatal duels and war. For our novel, we will read BalzacÂs 19th-century text _Le Colonel Chabert_, in which a Napoleonic war hero who was left for dead on the battlefield must engage in a kind of legal and social warfare in an attempt to regain his identity upon returning to Paris, where his reappearance is problematic for his wife, who has remarried into a position of wealth and status that she is loath to lose. Finally, we will read several late-19th and 20th-century short stories, including VercorÂs _Le Silence de la mer_, a text published clandestinely in occupied France during WWII. The final grade for the course will be based on participation, an explication de texte (3-4 pages), a second paper (4-5 pages), and two exams. Taught in French. Prerequisite is F250, F255, or F265. F300 fulfils A & H requirement.
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Topic: The Discovery of the New World Europeans claim to have discovered the American continent in 1492, which was soon to be identified as the New World. Beyond its geographical aspect, this historical event carried such a strong cultural impact that the New World came to be seen, notably by writers, as the Other World, also considered the World of the Others, with all its historical, sociological, philosophical, but also fictional and metaphorical implications. Since then, and for centuries to come, writers have kept discovering the New World again and again, always lending to it new meanings. In this course, we will read several texts belonging to different centuries and literary genres (essay, fiction, theatre and poetry) in which the topic of the New World is developed in various manners. Works studied include: the 16th-century essay _Des cannibales_ by Montaigne, the 18th-century short story _Candide_ by Voltaire, the 18th-century play _LÂÃle des esclaves_ by Marivaux, a 19th-century anthology of poems and the 20th-century novel _La Controverse de Valladolid_ by Jean-Claude Carrière. We will also have the chance to watch the film based on the latter novel. The course will focus on textual analysis, and will be conducted in French. Prerequisite is F250, F255, or F265. F300 fulfills A & H requirement.
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Topic: Le poids de l'existence According to Montaigne, ÂPhilosopher, cÂest apprendre à mourir. In this course we will study literature that emerges as a response to the Âweight of existence, be it by making it easier to carry, by reminding us of the weight from which we are fleeing, or by staging the encounter between laughter and tears, pleasure and pain, joy and sadness. First we will follow the early development of the genre of the essay, from Montaigne through Charron and Pascal, to Nicole (available in the course pack). Then we turn to seventeenth-century theater, reading one comedy (Dom Juan by Molière) and one tragedy (Phèdre by Racine). Finally we will examine some 20th-century responses to similar issues, reading one essay (Le mythe de Sisyphe by Camus) and two plays (Huis clos by Sartre, En attendant Godot by Beckett). Course requirements include short weekly response papers (not graded) and two 5 page essays. The course will be conducted in French. F 305 : P - FRIT-F 300. Above class carries COLL A & H distribution credit.
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F313, the first half of the grammar and composition sequence 313-314, builds students understanding of advanced aspects of French grammar and their facility in applying this understanding to written and oral expression. We will supplement the text _Grammaire Française_ (Ollivier) with exercises based on various materials from French and francophone culture, including e.g. journalistic writing, literature, and film. F313: P - FRIT-F 250.
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This course has two aims: to summarize the grammar learned up to this level and to expand that knowledge to advanced French grammar. The textbook used in class is _French for Oral and Written Review_ by Charles Carlut, Walter Meiden. The semester goal is to give students a grammatical instrument in preparation for the reading-intensive courses in the F300 and 400 levels. F313: P - FRIT-F 250.
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This course has two aims: to summarize the grammar learned up to this level and to expand that knowledge to written and literary French grammar. In order to do so, we use _HarperÂs Grammar of French_ by Samuel N. Rosenberg et al. and the exercise book. The semester goal is to give students a grammatical instrument in preparation for the reading-intensive courses at the F300 and 400 levels. The class will be graded by various types of small and big tests. F313: P - FRIT-F 250.
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French F315 has three objectives: (1) to develop students' communicative skills by practice in listening comprehension and conversational practice; (2) to improve students' pronunciation accuracy and oral fluency and to train them to evaluate their own pronunciation; (3) to learn about the sound system and its role in the grammar vocabulary of the language, as well as a marker of social and geographical identity. The focus will be on the pronunciation of Standard French, that is, the speech of the educated Parisian that serves as model in the French speaking world. However, students will be introduced to salient features of other varieties of French. The course meets five times weekly: two small practice sessions, two lectures, and one session of practice in the language lab under the supervision of the instructors or tutorial instruction. All components of the course are taught in French. Prerequisite is FRIT F 250 or equivalent. Choose one drill section to go with this lecture component. F 315 : P - FRIT-F 250. Drill sections: 3439 - 9:05-9:55 TuTh - BH 147 - Staff 3440 - 10:10-11:00 TuTh - BH 147 - Staff
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The course is an broad introduction to major moments in French politics, society and culture form the aftermath of the 1789 Revolution to the Postcolonial era. Key-moments include The First and Second Empire, Romanticism, the Paris Commune, the Dreyfus Affair, Impressionism, First and Second World Wars, Feminism, May 1968, Decolonization, Immigration, and France's role in the European Union. F 363: P - FRIT-F 300. Above class carries Culture Studies credit. Above class carries COLL A & H distribution credit.
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Topic: Héros et antihéros We will focus specifically on the representation of such figures in the theater and the novels of the 19th century, from romanticism to realism and beyond. We will read two plays: Victor HugoÂs _Hernani_ (1830) and Alfred JarryÂs _Ubu roi_ (1896); and two novels: StendhalÂs _Le Rouge et le noir_ (1830) and Guy de MaupassantÂs _Bel- ami_ (1885). We will also view theater or film versions of several of the texts studied. We will consider questions such as the following: What are the essential qualities of a heroic figure? To what extent and in what manner are such figures determined by their specific historical and cultural contexts? What is the functions of a given hero or antihero in a specific literary work? What thematic elements, rhetorical techniques, and stylistic traits do authors exploit to represent or subvert exceptional characters in their texts? How does one interpret the meaning of a character whose status as heroic or antiheroic is ambiguous? This course will continue to develop students skills in literary analysis, as well as to further strengthen their oral and written fluency in French, through close readings, engaged discussions and written assignments. The final grade for the course will be based on preparation for and participation in class, one oral presentation, a mid-term exam, and one or two papers. Taught in French. Prerequisite is F300 or equivalent. F375 fulfils A & H and CSB requirements.
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Dans cette introduction à la littérature française du Moyen Age, nous lirons en français moderne des Âuvres représentatives des principaux genres médiévaux: chanson de geste, récits brefs (lais bretons et fabliaux), roman arthurien, poésie lyrique. A travers la lecture de ces Âuvres, nous essaierons de dégager la spécificité de la littérature de cette période. Parmi les thèmes abordés figureront: le texte médiéval et ses modes de composition et de transmission; jongleurs et performance orale; mise en roman et tradition manuscrite; troubadours, trouvères et _finÂamors_ (« amour courtois »); chevalerie, féodalité et littérature courtoise; etc. Le cours sera fait en français. Textes à lire: _La Prise dÂOrange_ (trad. Cl. Lachet et J.-P. Tusseau) ; _Les Lais_ de Marie de France, éd. K. Warnke/ trad. L. Harf-Lancner; _Tristan et Iseut_ de Béroul, éd./trad. Ph. Walter et D. Fabre; Le Chevalier au Lion de Chrétien de Troyes, éd./trad. David F. Hult; _Fabliaux du Moyen Age_ (sélection), éd./ trad. Jean Dufournet; _Poèmes dÂamour des 12e et 13e siècles_ (trad. E. Baumgartner et F. Ferrand), (en combinaison avec lÂécoute de CDs: textes et musiques du Moyen Age). Manuel de référence à lire : Michel Zink, _Introduction à la littérature française du Moyen Age_ (Livre de Poche, 1993). Devoirs et notation: 1) participation orale active et continue en classe ; 2) examen de mi-semestre; 3) composition écrite (en français) de 5/6 pages; 4) examen final (total = 25% X 4).
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Topic: The Figure of the Painter in the 19th Century French Novel In this course, we will read some key novels of the 19th centuryÂLe _Chef-dÂÂuvre inconnu_ by Balzac, _Manette Salomon_ by the Goncourt brothers, _LÂÂuvre_ by Zola and _à rebours_ by HuysmansÂfocusing on the figure of the painter as a literary character. The purpose of the course is to show how the art of painting unveils some unexpected aspects of the art of the novel, while also unfolding some essential literary issues of the century: the status of the artist in society, the role of the woman in the novel, the Orientalist fascination, realist and naturalist esthetics, the emergence of symbolism and the question of decadence, etc. Our readings will be enlightened by visual examples taken from painters that are somewhat hidden behind these characters: Manet, Cézanne, Moreau among others. The course will be conducted in French. Above class carries COLL A & H distribution credit.
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Topic: Locations, Journeys, and Self-Discovery in French Novels (1900- 1960) Physical and spiritual journeys are often linked, with the former inspiring and often provoking a fuller understanding of the self and of oneÂs relationship with social structures. In the novels we will be studying in class, the spiritual journeys include the gradual revelation of the absurdity of life and the struggle for women to break away from social bonds, as well as personal discoveries about sexuality and the self. Gide - L'Immoraliste (1902) Colette - La Vagabonde (1910) Sartre - La Nausee (1938) Duras - Moderato cantabile (1952) Camus - La Chute (1956) Butor - La Modification (1957) Students will be asked to write a Âclose reading of a passage, an oral presentation, and a final paper. Course will be taught in French. Above class carries COLL A & H distribution credit.
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Under the guidance of their instructor, advanced students of French facilitate weekly French conversation groups for lower level students. Leaders are responsible for planning all group sessions, including discussion topics generated by magazine/newspaper articles and movies, and activities such as games and cooking. No credit for French major. May be repeated for a total of 4 credit hours. Obtain on-line auth for above class from instructor. Above class graded on S/F basis only.
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Ce cours a pour objectif, dans un premier temps, de préparer les étudiants à la lecture et à la traduction à voix haute des textes en ancien français, préparation nécessaire à leur étude littéraire. Pour ce faire, nous étudierons en premier lieu les bases phonétiques, morphologiques et syntaxiques indispensables. Les textes dÂétude retenus sont : _La Chanson de Roland_ et les _Lais_ de Marie de France. Nous étudierons aussi le contexte institutionnel et social médiéval permettant de resituer ces textes de fiction dans leur contexte historique. La spécificité fictionnelle et générique de ces deux textes sera aussi soulignée. Ouvrages à lire : 1) Sylvie Bazin- Taccella, _Initiation à lÂancien français_ (Hachette, 2006) ; 2) _La Chanson de Roland_ [texte en ancien français seulement, sans traduction], éd. Cesare Segre, Droz, 2003 ; 3) Les _Lais_ de Marie de France [texte en ancien français seulement, sans traduction], éd. Jean Rychner, H. Champion, 1986 (ne pas acheter dÂédition avec traduction) ; 4) Stéphane Muzelle, _100 fiches dÂhistoire du Moyen Age_, éd. Bréal 2004. Ouvrage à consulter : A. J. Greimas, _Dictionnaire de lÂancien français jusquÂau milieu du 14e siècle_ (Hachette, 2001 ou 2007). Devoirs et notation : Présence, participation en classe, _active et continue_ et 1 exposé oral (avec version écrite à remettre) : 40% ; examen de mi-semestre : 30% ; examen final : 30%.
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Topic: The Trouble with Literature The course will examine concepts and theories pertaining to the cultural and political definition of literature. What is literature? What is the literary canon? What roles do authors, critics and common readers play in the making of literature? What is the moral and political responsibility of the writer? What are the borders and boundaries of literature? Each session will address a major moment in the history of literary thought from Plato and Aristotle, through Diderot and Kant to Sartre, Genette, and Spivak.
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This one-hour course is required for all new Associate Instructors in French and is open to all interested students; it addresses practical issues such as student/instructor relations, classroom teaching and testing techniques. Students will carry out a series of focused classroom observations designed to allow them to 1) identify teaching procedures and techniques used by experienced instructors and 2) to evaluate the effectiveness of observed techniques. Each observation will be structured as follows: a) a preview provides the focus for an upcoming observation; b) students complete a questionnaire during or following the classroom visit; c) a follow-up meeting allows students to discuss their findings and explore the topic in more depth; d) completed questionnaires are submitted to the instructor for review. There are no required readings; students must attend all scheduled class meetings, complete the observations and turn in the corresponding questionnaires. The course is graded on S/F basis only.
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This course deals with what it means to have knowledge of French phonology and how such knowledge is mentally represented. We focus on central issues in the phonology of French: nasal vowels, schwa, vowel alternations, final consonants, syllable structure constraints, and prosodic structure. There are two underlying themes: general conceptual advances in the understanding of phonological representations and the debate concerning the nature of phonological processes.
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The general objective of this course is to impart to students with little or no previous introduction to linguistics a knowledge of the main linguistic features of French and their relevance for the pedagogy of French as a foreign language in the United States. We will examine various aspects of the structure of French (lexicon, phonology, morphology, syntax, and pragmatics) with emphasis on the spoken language and a coverage of social, stylistic, and geographical variation, discussing implications of such variation for the FLE classroom. There will also be a sociolinguistically-oriented survey of the linguistic situation in France and in various Francophone regions. Other sociolinguistic topics will include language attitudes and linguistic insecurity; linguistic and pedagogical norms; language policy in France and the Francophone world; multilingualism and diglossia.
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F603 provides an introduction to the external and internal history of French. The course takes three different but related perspectives on the subject matter: synchronic (study of the structure of Old French), diachronic (development of sounds, words, & sentence structure from Popular Latin through early Modern French), and sociolinguistic (addressing both general questions of language variation & change and the particulars of the French case). In this first half of the 603-604 sequence, we focus mainly on the early development (through the 13th century) and on phonology (sounds) & morphology (words). Cross-listed with Linguistics and Medieval Studies.
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Title: Expressions of Absolutism: Louis XIV and the Culture of Exemplarity. Renaissance culture was a culture of exemplarity, in the sense that ancient examples were at the heart of the humanist project as a source of both ethical and esthetic models. This seminar examines what happens when the power of the king is no longer justified by referring to past models but is instead conceived as absolute and self-sufficient. Emblematic of this turn is the decoration of the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, which was originally planned to reflect the examples of Apollo and Hercules, but now multiplies the image of the royal Exemplar himself. In this course we will examine various artistic expressions of absolutism (theater, poetry, opera, ballet, architecture, portraiture, gardening, etc) that respond to and help construct the image of Louis XIV. Readings will include primary texts by Molière, Racine, Boileau, La Fontaine, and Louis XIV himself, as well as critical essays by Louis Marin, Peter Burke, and Norbert Elias.
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