NEW COURSE *FREN 306 Dumas & The Musketeers (TTH 1-2:15)
More than one and a half centuries after its publication, Dumas' internationally acclaimed novel finds multiple reincarnations in contemporary French society. The novel will serve as a guide on a tour into French history and culture - past and present. The course will include texts, music, films, and writing workshops. Instructor: Natalya Stepanova
FREN 311 Major Literary Works and Artifacts of Pré-Revolutionary France (T&TH 9:25-10:40)
Study of French culture, literature, and artifacts from the Middle Ages until the Revolution. Course conducted entirely in French. Instructor: Deborah Nelson-Campbell
FREN 336 Writing Workshop (MWF 11-11:50)
The course will focus on the practice of writing as a discursive discipline. It will also closely examine, from both a stylistic and rhetorical point of view, creative and critical prose by Barthes, Djebar, Sarraute, and others. Required of majors. Open to non-majors if space is available. Instructor: Louisa Shea
FREN 453 Immigration and Citizenship in Contemporary France (T TH 10:50-12:05)
This course examines the impact of immigration on contemporary French society and analyzes debates over citizenship, integration, and multiculturalism.
After this semester-long course, students can study issues of multiculturalism & immigration first-hand during a 10-day trip to France for one extra credit.
*Scholarships up to $1,500 available.*
Instructor: Julie Fette
NEW COURSE *FREN 570 Between Paris and Persia: the Eighteenth Century Abroad (M 1-4 pm)
France and the Near East in the eighteenth century: from the literary obsession with the "1001 Nights" to Napoleon's political and scientific expedition to Egypt. Readings include works by Galland, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Volney, Al-Jabarti, Diderot and Raynal. Instructor: Louisa Shea
FREN 583 Sociopolitical Interpretation of Literature (Thursday 1-4pm)
Analysis and interpretation of several major literary texts from the beginning of the 19th century to the contemporary period, from a sociological and political view. Vigny, Balzac, Zola, Gide, Mauriac, Malraux, Robbe-Grillet, Sollers. Theoretical texts by Mme de Stael, Tocqueville, Goldman, Sartre, Bourdieu. Instructor: Jean-Joseph Goux
NEW COURSE *FREN 590 French Theory from Saussure to Irigaray II (W 1-4 pm)
Background in Freud, Marx, Saussure, then Levi-Strauss, Benveniste, Althusser, Sartre, de Beauvoir, Lacan Bataille, Fanon, Barthes, Foucault, Derrida, Baudrillard, Irigaray, Lyotard, Deleuze. Taught over 2 semesters, in English. Requirements: FREN 589 Part I is desirable but not indispensable. Instructor: Philip Wood