Through readings about contemporary issues facing French society-such as the evolving role of women, unemployment, immigration, economic change in the new Europe and urban renewal-this course aims at developing oral communication skills in a broad cultural context. Prerequisite FRE 2220, and 3420 or 3421.

FRE 3420 French Grammar & Composition I
MWF 10:10-11:00  Prof. LeBlanc 
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Prerequisite FRE 2200 or its equivalent. An in-depth study of French grammar emphasizing some subtleties of written expression. 

FRE 3421 French Grammar & Composition II
MWF 10:10-11:00  Prof. Mitchell 
(Sample Syllabus)

Prerequisite FRE 3420 or its equivalent. Further study of the subtleties of written expression in the French language 

FRE 4410 Advanced Conversation
TR 9:30-10:45 

Based on contemporary materials, this course is intended to develop near-native fluency. Prerequisite FRE 3421 or equivalent.

FRW 3100 Survey of French Literature: Origins Through 17th Century
TR 12:30-1:45 Prof. Walters
Taught in French, this course will introduce you to a selection of well-known works of French Literature and their cultural contexts.  By reading, writing and participating in French, you will increase your comprehension and oral proficiency in the language.

FRT 3561 French Women Writers
TR 9:30-10:45  Prof. Boutin 
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This course will address issues of race, gender and class in a selection of works originally written in French by women writers of different historical periods and geographical areas (metropolitan France, French colonies, and territories like the Caribbean). All works will be read in translation. This course satisfies the multicultural requirement (category y), the Liberal Studies credit in humanities and the Gordon rule. Although this course may not be taken for major credit in French Literature, it does count toward the minor in French.

Students in this course will be made aware of women writers' place in the historically masculine institution of literature and will be able to identify the strategies (recurrent plots, motifs and narrative techniques) women writers adopt to express their difference. 

FRW 4480 20th Century French Literature
MWF 11:15-12:05  Prof. Cloonan 

This course intends to provide an overview of French literary and visual culture from the beginning of the century up to World War II and the immediate postwar period. The emphasis will be for the most part on texts that are innovative, either stylistically or thematically. Importance will be given to the relation between literature and the evolving social/political situation in France. Because we have separate courses in poetry and francophone literature, our concentration will be on prose works and paintings originating in the Hexagon. 

1)Jarry, Ubu roi
2) Proust, Du Côté de chez Swann (extraits)
3) Breton, Nadja
4) Colette, Le Pur et l’impur
5) Gide, L’Immoraliste
6) Anouilh, Antigone
7) Sartre, “Le Mur”
8) Camus, L’Etranger
9) Beckett, Fin de Partie

FRW4770 Black Literature of French Expression
TR 2:00-3:15

FRE 4930-01 France And Algeria: National And Human Rights (In English)
TR 3.35-4.50 pm  Professor Alec G Hargreaves 

This interdisciplinary course examines the political and ideological struggles which have been at work in relations between France and Algeria from colonial times to the present. Drawing on the work of writers, intellectuals, filmmakers, historians, politicians and activists, the course gives particular attention to the interplay between competing discourses of national and human rights. In advancing rival national claims, how far have French and Algerian political actors justified their positions in terms of human rights? In violent conflicts such as those opposing French and Algerian nationalists, to what extent is it possible to safeguard humanitarian interests? Can terrorism or torture be justified on political or ethical grounds? How far may the situation of Algerian migrants in France be understood in bilateral terms and to what extent is it subject to a wider code of human rights? These are among the questions studied with reference to range of printed, audio-visual and electronic documents. Key documents include: Henri Alleg, The Question: The Algerian War Tortures (1958); Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961); Mouloud Feraoun, Journal, 1955-1962: Reflections on the French-Algerian War (1962) Rita Maran, Torture: The Role of Ideology in the French-Algerian War (1989); Gillo Ponetcorvo, The Battle of Algiers (film) (1966). 

LIN4930  MW 3:35-4:50   Professor James Mitchell
Second Language Acquisition I   

This course will serve as an introduction to the theories and research associated with second language acquisition (SLA).  Why are adults generally unsuccessful language learners as compared to children (or are they?)? In this course, students will become familiar with the major research issues, both theoretical and empirical in nature, of this growing field.  The goal of this research is to identify the principles and processes that govern second language learning and use.  Study of this research will enable us to identify important factors in SLA as we seek to understand their impact on language learning. Topics to be discussed include but are not limited to: orders of acquisition, variability in learner language, input/output, social, cognitive, and affective factors affecting acquisition, naturalistic vs. tutored SLA, and language pedagogy.  We will read both primary and secondary sources, including readings from The Study of Second Language Acquisition (Ellis, 1994), and engage in class discussions to enhance our understanding of SLA.