FREN 127 / FSEM 127 In The Matrix : On Human Bondage and Liberation (TTH 10:50-12:05)
Using the film "The Matrix" as a point of reference, this course
presents celebrated explorations of servitude and emancipation -- from religious
mysticism to Marxism and artistic modernism. Texts by Lao Tzu, Farid ud-Din Attar, Plato,
Freud, Marx, Baudelaire, J.S. Mill, Proust, de Beauvoir, Malcom X, Marcuse, Baudrillard.
Course taught in English. ***** Enrollment limited to 15 first-year students only, except
by permission of the instructor.Instructor:
Phillip Wood
FREN 312 Major Literary Works and Artifacts of
Pre-Revolutionary France (T&Th 10:50-12:05)
Study of 19th and 20th century poetry,
fiction and painting through the major literary and artisitic movements : Romanticism, Realism,
Symbolism, Surrealism, and the post-war era. Prerequisties : FREN 202, or placement or permission of
instuctor. Instructor: Bernard Aresu
FREN 370 19th-Century French Tales of the Fantastic (MWF 11-11 :50)
The 19th century in France was not just the era of the realist novel but also of realism's
uncomfortable "other" - the fantastic tale. This will be a discussion course devoted to works
by Mérimée, Maupassant, Nodier, Gautier, Balzac, and Flaubert‹stories "behind the story" of
the 19th century. PREREQUISITES: French 202 or its equivalent. Instructor: Deborah Harter
FREN 407 Cinema in French (TH 1:00-4:00)
Introduction to cinema
in French -- in France and the French-speaking world (especially Africa): both the canon of
"auteurs" of "high culture" and commercial "mere entertainment." Discussion of this distinction,
and introduction to critical and theoretical discourse in film studies. Instructor: Phillip Wood
FREN 416 Literature and Culture of the Middle Ages: King Arthur (MWF 10-10 :50)
Examination
of the origins of the legend of King Arthur and reasons for its popularity, particularly in literature of the
French Middle Ages but also in other medieval literatures of Western Europe. Includes discussion of the
legend's influence in diverse areas even in modern times.
Cross-listed with MDST 436. Instructor: Deborah Nelson-Campbell
FREN 474/574 Poetics and Politics of Francophonie (W 2-5)
The seminar
focuses on various literary, artistic, and political
expressions of « francophonie » as a both legitimated and contested concept. It encompasses
a plurality of geo-cultural areas : sub-Saharan Africa, the Maghreb, and the Caribbean, and Quebec.
It also examines how notions of postcolonialism and transnationalism
intersect discourses of postmodernity. FREN 474 is undergrad version of FREN 574 with shorter
reading list and research paper. Prerequisties : FREN 311 and FREN 312,
or placement or permission of instructor. Instructor: Bernard Aresu
FREN 507 Teaching College French (TH 10-12pm)
Study of pedagogical
principles applicable to the teaching of French. Includes practice teaching and performance reviews, design of pedagogical
activities and peer observation. Instructors: Peggy Patterson, Jose Narbona, Indranil Dutta
FREN 515 Courtly Love in Medieval France (TH 1-4)
Study of the Occitan and Old
French poetry that served as the source of the kind of love that came to be called "Amour Courtois"
in the nineteenth century. Instructor: Deborah Nelson-Campbell