French and French Studies Courses

An intensive course in the basic elements of the language: pronunciation, structure of sentences, conversation, and reading. Use of language laboratory required. Four hours of class per week. (Credit, full course.) Staff

An intensive course in the basic elements of the language: pronunciation, structure of sentences, conversation, and reading. Use of language laboratory required. Four hours of class per week. Prerequisite: French 103 or placement by department. (Credit, full course.) Staff

An intensive course in more advanced elements of the language:  pronunciation, structure of sentences, conversation, and reading.  Use of language laboratory required.  Four hours of class per week.  Prerequisite:  Fren 104 or placement by department.  (Credit, full course.)  Staff

A continuation of the study of advanced French language, leading to readings from various authors, periods, genres, and Francophone countries.  Specific grammatical structures are studied parallel to the readings, and progress in oral and written French is also stressed.  The normal course for completing the language requirement.  Prerequisite:  Fren 203 or placement by department.  (Credit, full course.)  Staff

Advanced language review and emphasis on accuracy of expression in written French, with writing exercises constructed around thematic and compositional material.  Enrollment limited.  Prerequisite:  Fren 300 or permission of the department.  (Credit, full course.)  Staff

Development of oral expression and vocabulary expansion.  Materials used include audio, video, and electronic sources, as well as readings.  Labwork required.  Enrollment limited.  Prerequisite:  Fren 300 or permission of the department.  (Credit, full course.)  Staff

A one-semester advanced language course designed to increase oral and written language skills, with particular attention to advanced syntax and to vocabulary expansion. Prerequisite: French 300 or permission of the department. (Credit, full course.) Ramsey

Readings in representative authors and periods from France and from other Francophone countries.  The entry course to major or minor work in either French or French Studies.  Prerequisite:  Fren 300 and preferably 311, 312, 313, or permission of the department.  (Credit, full course.)  Staff

A course designed to increase oral and written proficiency by offering students the opportunity to live and study in France, generally during the same time-frame as Sewanee's regular summer session. Normally taken in tandem with French 321. Prerequisite: French 300 and permission of the department. Next scheduled for the summer of 2008 and alternating summers. (Credit, full course, Pass/Fail grading.) Ramsey

Complementary on-site study of French language and civilization within the framework of the Sewanee Summer-in-France program, with emphasis upon cultural readings and literary topics that should be of particular interest when explored on site in France.  Prerequisite:  Fren 300 and permission of the department.  Next scheduled for the summer of 2009 and alternating summers.  (Credit, full course.)  Ramsey

An introduction to the technique and extended applications of explication de textes as a methodological and analytical tool. Oral presentation of explication by the students in class. Required of all French majors. Enrollment limited. Prerequisite: Fren 314 or equivalent. Not open to students having taken Fren 322. (Credit, full course.) Mills

Readings and criticism in French literature from La Chanson de Roland to Montaigne, with an emphasis on the evolution of narratology and poetics, and on the role of women. Prerequisites: Fren 314 and one other French course numbered 311 or higher. Not open to students having taken Fren 409 or 410. (Credit, full course.) Glacet

Readings in baroque poets, Descartes, Pascal, La Fontaine, moralistes, Boileau, as well as in the great dramatists of the century: Corneille, Molière, and Racine. Not open to students having taken Fren 401. (Credit, full course.) Rung

A study of the stylistic strains of the century, with particular emphasis on enlightenment writings and on the development of the novel and of comedy: Montesquieu, Marivaux, Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, Beaumarchais, Isabelle de Charrière, André Chénier, among others. Not open to students having taken Fren 403. (Credit, full course.) Poe

A survey of movements in prose and poetry from the Revolution into the years just following the Second Empire: Romantics, Parnassians, Realists. Emphasis on Chateaubriand, Lamartine, Vigny, Musset, Hugo, Balzac, Stendhal, Flaubert, Baudelaire, and Zola. Not open to students having taken Fren 404. (Credit, full course.) Mills

A study of twentieth-century poetry, prose, and theater through cultural analysis.  Not open to students having taken Fren 408.  (Credit, full course.)  Glacet

Preparation for comprehensive exams (written and oral), directed readings, and preparation of an in-depth research paper on a topic approved by the professor pertaining to an aspect of French literature.  Research strategies for obtaining source materials in French are explored, and writing techniques and style are fine-tuned.  Readings and discussions about the major literary movements in France.  Required of all French majors.  Not open to students having taken Fren 435.  (Credit, full course, writing intensive.)  Staff

A study of the historical and societal frames within which the weave of French civilization has spun itself forward through the centuries. Close attention is paid to moments of national crisis and to political arrangements, to daily life within the periods examined, and to aesthetic achievement and stylistic trends along the way. Not open to students having taken Fren 376. (Credit, full course.) Poe

A view of modern France since World War II examined through films selected for their historical-cultural revelations (along with preparatory study of scripts and/or written works tied to the films), through literary and journalistic texts echoing significant events and social trends, and through audio recordings of famous speeches and songs (the texts of which are likewise to be studied within their societal context.) Not open to students having taken Fren 377. (Credit, full course.) Poe

A survey of French films from the invention of cinema to the contemporary period with an emphasis on points of connection with American cinema. From the Lumières brothers to Méliès, from Pathé and Gaumont to Surrealism (Clair, Bunuel, Cocteau), from Abel Gance to realism (Renoir, Carné), and from "New Wave" (Resnais, Godard, Truffaut) to "Modern Cinema" (Lelouch, Malle). Prerequisite: French 311 or higher. Not open to students having taken Fren 378. (Credit, full course.) Glacet

An examination of the French-speaking world and its literature, culture, art, music, and political life. Topics vary from year to year, but the course would typically include novels, short stories, poetry, film, and drama from France, French-speaking Europe, North and West Africa, Quebec, and the Antilles. This course is repeatable for credit when the course topic is different from the one studied in a semester for which the student has already received course credit. Prerequisite: Fren 311 or higher. (Credit, full course.) Staff

An introduction to French linguistics. A survey of historical and theoretical issues in the area of syntax, morphology, and phonology. Considerable emphasis on phonetics and pronunciation. Aspects of applied linguistics include language variation, usage, and acquisition, as well as pedagogical concerns. Not open to students having taken Fren 381. (Credit, full course.) Ramsey

Preparation for comprehensive exams (written and oral), directed readings, and preparation of an in-depth research paper on a topic approved by the professor pertaining to French language, history, or culture.  Research strategies for obtaining source materials in French are explored, and writing techniques and style are fine-tuned.  Readings and discussions on issues relating to contemporary France not covered in other French Studies courses.  Required of all French Studies majors.  Not open to students having taken French 436.  (Credit, full course, writing intensive.)  Staff

This is a course designed to help majors who, for exceptional reasons, may need to complete reading in a certain area. Open only to French or French Studies majors. (Credit, full course.) Staff

For majors who wish to pursue, during the Advent semester of their senior year, a readings and research project culminating in a paper of some length on a chosen topic. Applicants for this project must have a 3.5 GPA in French, or in French Studies, and a brief abstract of the proposed study must be submitted to the department for approval prior to enrollment in the course. (Credit, full course.) Staff