2006-2007 Graduate Courses in French
| AUTUMN | WINTER | SPRING |
|---|---|---|
| 30400 Cours de perfectionnement | 30400 Cours de perfectionnement | 30400 Cours de perfectionnement |
| 30600 Phonétique et phonologie | 30500 Ecrire en français | 30500 Ecrire en Francais |
| 32101 L'Ecriture du quotidien |
31801 Auteurs et Publics dans les textes médiévaux | 30700 Introduction à la littérature française I |
| 35800 MA Seminar | 32701 L'Effet Napoléon: Culture et littérature au XIXe siècle | 31500 La Stylistique |
| 42100 Readings and Research | 34301 Le Règne des passions au XVIIe siècle |
32301 French Existentialism |
| 35900 MA Seminar II | 33801 Subject/Subjectivity | |
| 42100 Readings and Research | 34101 La Découverte du Nouveau Monde |
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| 35501 Aesthetics of French Classicism | ||
| 42100 Reading and Research |
Graduate Course Descriptions
30400.Cours de perfectionnement. This course is designed to help students attain high levels in reading, writing, speaking, and listening through readings and debates on various issues of relevance in contemporary French society with emphasis on summarizing textual and oral documents. Staff. Autumn, Winter, Spring.
30500. Ecrire en français. The goal of this course is to help students achieve mastery of composition and style through the acquisition of numerous writing techniques. Using a variety of literary and nonliterary texts as models, students examine the linguistic structures and organization of several types of written French discourse and are guided in the acquisition of the rules underlying each discourse type. This course is strongly recommended for Paris Program-bound students. Staff. Winter, Spring.
30600. Phonétique et phonologie. This course involves a systematic study of the French phonological system, placing equal emphasis on the recognition and the production of French sounds in context. Students also examine the relationships between the French sound system and French orthographic norms and grammatical distinctions. Classroom exercises and homework include examining authentic spoken discourse representing a variety of discourse styles and activities to promote the acquisition of spoken proficiency. Staff. Autumn.
30700. Introduction à la littérature française I. This course is designed to give a historical overview of French literature in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. There are close readings and discussions from representative works of this period. Among the authors studied are Rabelais, Ronsard, Montaigne, Descartes, Pascal, Corneille, Racine, Molière, La Fontaine, and Mme. de La Fayette. Daisy Delogu. Autumn.
31500. La Stylistique. This course concentrates on linguistic and literary problems of textual analysis. It examines literary and stylistic techniques in poetry and prose with concentration on the explication de texte method of literary study. A. James. Spring.
31801. Auteurs et publics dans les textes médiévaux. Dans ce cours nous examinerons quelques exemplaires des genres canoniques du Moyen Age (les hagiographies, les chansons de geste, les romans), surtout en ce qui concerne les rapports entres les textes, leurs auteurs (anonymes ou célèbres), et leurs publics (universels ou restreints). Comment est-ce que ces rapports s'articulent dans chaque texte? quel est le rôle du lecteur? Undergraduates admitted with permission of instructor. D. Delogu. Winter.
32101. L'Ecriture du quotidien Au XXe siècle. This course will examine the ways in which 20th-century French writers represent aspects of everyday life, while also investigating the very notion of the "everyday." Authors studied will include Proust, Aragon, Barthes, Blanchot, and Queneau. We will also consider sociological approaches to the everyday (Henri Lefebvre, Michel de Certeau). By reading theoretical accounts alongside literary treatments and transformations of the everyday, we will aim to shed light on the literary enterprise of representation and to understand its specificity. The course will be taught in French, and all readings will be in French. Qualified undergraduates admitted with permission of instructor. A. James. Autumn.
32301. French Existentialism. A comparative study of religious and atheist existentialism in 20th-century France, focusing on Gabriel Marcel and Jean-Paul Sartre. The language of instruction will be English and all texts will be available in English. French majors and graduate students in French will be required to read the texts in the original. T. Pavel. Spring.
32701. L'Effet Napoléon: Culture et littérature au XIXe siècle. Napoleon's impact on nineteenth-century French thought, culture and politics was unparalleled: guarantor of the Revolution, its betrayer, glorious hero, promethean victim, conqueror, solitary prisoner. The grandeur of his rise and fall struck the imagination of the Romantics. As a leader, he well understood the role of opinion and imagination and sought to mobilize and control the literary, artistic and historical expression. This course will explore various aspects of the relationship between Napoleon and French culture and French self-apprehension. Readings will include works by Chateaubriand, Stendhal, Mme de Stael, Balzac, Hugo, as well documents and works by lesser known authors. Readings and discussions in French; written work in French or English. R. Morrissey. Winter.
33801. Subject/Subjectivity. This course will examine "postmodern" notions of the subject, subjectivity, and the gendering of these. Readings will include texts by Butler, Foucault, Derrida, C. Taylor, Kristeva, Lacan, Levinas, Certeau and Irigary. We will also be reading from a variety of other contemporary theorists. Open to graduate students only. Requirements include one seminar paper and presentation. F. Meltzer. Spring.
34101. La Découverte du Nouveau Monde Au XVIe Siècle. On associera aux textes français sur l'Amérique et les horizons lointains (André Thevet, Jean de Léry, Montaigne), leurs sources espagnoles (Colomb, Gomara, Las Casas) et leurs prolongements anthropologiques jusqu'à Diderot et Lévi-Strauss. F. Lestringant. Spring.
34301. Le Règne des passions dans la littérature du XVIIe siècle. A study of the vision of human passions, as reflected in 17th-century literature. We will discuss influential passages from Plato's Republic, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, and Pascal's Pensées, a selection of narratives from L'Astrée by Honoré d'Urfé, as well as The Ill-Advised Curiosity by Cervantes, The Princess of Clèves by Mme de La Fayette, King Lear by Shakespeare, Rodogune by Corneille and Britannucus by Racine. The course will be taught in French and the French texts will be read in the original language. T. Pavel. Winter.
35501. Aesthetics of French Classicism. L. Norman. Spring.
35800. MA Seminar I. Staff. Autumn.
35900. MA Seminar II. Staff. Winter.
42100. Readings and Research. Staff. Autumn, Winter, Spring.