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Discussion—5 hours; laboratory—1 hour. Students who have successfully completed French 2 or 3 in the 10th or higher grade in high school may receive unit credit for this course on a P/NP grading basis only. Although a passing grade will be charged to the student’s P/NP option, no petition is required. All other students will receive a letter grade unless a P/NP petition is filed.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
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Lecture/discussion—15 hours. Prerequisite: placement exam required. Special 12 week accelerated, intensive summer session course that combines the work of courses 1, 2, and 3. Introduction to French grammar and development of all language skills in a cultural context with emphasis on communicative ability. Not open for credit to students who have completed courses 1, 2, or 3.—IV. (IV.) Anderson
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Discussion—5 hours; laboratory—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 1. Continuation of course 1.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
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Discussion—5 hours; laboratory—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. Continuation of course 2.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
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Lecture/discussion—5 hours. Prerequisite: course 3. Grammar, oral practice, composition. Initiation to French institutions; reading and discussion of short literary texts.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
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Lecture/discussion—5 hours. Prerequisite: course 21. Continuation of course 21. Grammar, oral practice, composition. Contemporary French culture; reading and discussion of a play.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
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Lecture/discussion—5 hours. Prerequisite: course 22. Continuation of course 22. Grammar, oral practice, composition. Current topics in French politics and culture; reading and discussion of a novel.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
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Lecture—1 hour; discussion—2 hours; term paper. Introduction to the tradition of French cinema from its invention by Méliès and the Lumière brothers through New Wave (especially the works of Truffaut and Godard) and more recent developments in French and Francophone film. Taught in English. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt.—(I, II, III.) Constable
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Lecture—2 hours; discussion—1 hour; term paper. Readings in English translation of key works of French and Francophone literature from the Middle Ages to the present. Particular attention is given to the long-standing interest of French writers in issues of social, regional, gender, sexual, and ethnic identity. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.) Fort, Guynn
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Lecture—2 hours; discussion—1 hour; term paper. Taught in English. A survey of the history and culture of France and the French-speaking world, especially Canada, the Caribbean and Africa. Study of social, historical and cultural issues that occupy the French-speaking world, with particular attention to mass media. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—III. (III.)
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Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. The linguistic status of French and its function in multilingual societies and international arenas. Linguistico-political landscape of communities in Euroasia, Africa, and the Americas. Sociolinguistic concepts and emergence of French as a world language. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: Div, SocSci, Wri.—(II.) Anderson
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Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)
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Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)
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Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 23. Instruction and practice in expository writing in French, with emphasis on organization, correct syntax, and vocabulary building.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Asquith
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Lecture—3 hours; short papers. Prerequisite: course 100 or consent of instructor. Analysis and evaluation of works representing the main types of French poetry. Study of French poetic conventions and versification. GE credit: ArtHum.—II. (I.) Asquith, Constable
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Lecture—3 hours; short papers. Prerequisite: course 100 or consent of instructor. Analysis and evaluation of plays representing the main types of French drama, with emphasis on dramatic structure and techniques. GE credit: ArtHum.—I. (II.) Guynn
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Lecture—3 hours; short papers. Prerequisite: course 100 or consent of instructor. Analysis and evaluation of works representing main types of French prose, with emphasis on narrative structure and techniques. GE credit: ArtHum.—III. (III.) Simon
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Lecture—3 hours; extensive writing. Prerequisite: course 100 or the equivalent. Practice in English-to-French and French-to-English translation using a variety of non-literary materials, illustrating different problems and styles.—III. (III.) Russell Webb
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Lecture—3 hours; extensive writing or discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 23 or the equivalent. Understanding of, and extensive practice with, various grammatical structures in French. Lexical-semantic, morphological, and syntactic analysis.—II. (II.) Anderson, Russell Webb
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Lecture—1 hour; discussion—2 hours; frequent written assignments. Prerequisite: course 100 or consent of instructor. The French language as used in the commercial sphere. Emphasis on proper style and form in letter-writing, and in non-literary composition. Technical terminology in such diverse fields as government and world business.—I. (I.)
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Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 100 or consent of instructor. Introduction to French culture through a historical approach to topics such as the citizen and the state (politics, justice, social security), the nation and centralization, the rise of public education, colonization, class and social relationships. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum.—(I.) Anderson, Simon
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Lecture—3 hours; extensive writing. Prerequisite: course 100 or consent of instructor. Survey of modern French culture from the Dreyfus affair to the present day. Topics may include women and French culture, decolonialization and modernization, education, social welfare and immigration.—Constable, Simon
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Lecture/discussion—3 hours; laboratory—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 23 or the equivalent. Introduction to the sound-inventory of French and practice in phonetic transcription, with a focus on ways in which phonetic contrasts signal grammatical contrasts; spoken forms and spelling; formal differences between the ‘Standard’ and other varieties across the French-speaking world. Offered in alternate years.—III. Anderson, Russell Webb
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Lecture—3 hours; frequent papers. Prerequisite: course 100 or consent of instructor. Intensive course in creative composition using a variety of techniques and literary styles, patterned on Queneau’s Exercices de style. Practice in such stylistic modifications as inversion, antithesis, changes in tense, mood, tonality, etc. The writing of poetry.—II. (II.) Anderson, Russell Webb
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Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 101, 102, or 103. The social and cultural life of medieval France as studied through its representation in such literary works as La Chanson de Roland, courtly love lyric, the Arthurian romances of Chrétien de Troyes, Aucassin et Nicolette, selected fabliaux and farces. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum.—I. Guynn
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