French Courses at Union
Language Sequence
FRN 10: Basic French I (Fall, Winter). Basic skills
for students who begin with no knowledge of French.
FRN 11: Basic French II (Winter, Spring). A continuation
of French 10. Prerequisite: French 10 or two years of secondary school
French.
FRN 12: Basic French III (Fall, Spring). A continuation
of French 11, with introduction of readings. Prerequisite: French 11 or
three years of secondary school French.
FRN 120: Intermediate French I (Fall, Winter). Intensive
review and development of all language skills, with emphasis on vocabulary
building, conversation, and composition. Prerequisite: French 12 or equivalent.
FRN 121: Intermediate French II (Winter, Spring). Continuation
of extensive review and development, vocabulary building, conversation,
and composition. Prerequisite: French 120 or equivalent.
FRN 124A-127A: The French Language Studied Abroad (Fall
term in Rennes).
FRN 133: Advanced French (Not offered 2003-2004). Advanced
language training for students who have completed the term abroad in Rennes
or who have had similar experience. Examination of finer points of grammar,
stylistics, and phonetics. Prerequisite: French 124 or equivalent.
FRN 160A-167A: The French Language Studied Independently Abroad
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French and Francophone Studies
(Prerequisite for all 130-level courses is French 121 or equivalent.
Prerequisite for all 140-level courses is a 130-level course.)
FRN 128A: Contemporary France (Fall term in Rennes).
See Terms Abroad program. Gen Ed: Eu-CS
FRN 130: Modern France/La France actuelle (Spring;
Ndiaye). Studies of contemporary French culture through authentic material
— texts, films, radio, and television broadcasts dealing with current
historical, political, sociological, and aesthetic issues. Prerequisite:
French 121 or permission of instructor.
FRN 131: A Survey of French Literature (Not offered
2003-2004). The evolution of French literature from the earliest writings
through the age of Enlightenment. Readings of major works from each period
to illustrate trends. Prerequisite: French 121 or equivalent. GenEd: Eu-LS;
WAC
FRN 132. A Survey of French Literature II (Not offered
2003-2004). Selected works representing literature and society from the
late eighteenth century to the present. Readings of works from each period
to illustrate cultural, historical, and artistic trends. Prerequisite:
French 121 or equivalent. GenEd: Eu-LS; WAC
FRN 134. Studies in the French Caribbean (Fall; Ndiaye).
Exploration of how French colonialism has informed artistic expression
in the French Antilles. Taking Martinique as a point of departure, we
will examine how colonial and post-colonial subjects represent and are
represented through literary, theatrical, and musical productions. Themes
to include notions of négritude, créolité, bilingualism,
and sycretism, as well as issues of class and gender. Prerequisite: French
121 or permission of instructor. Gen-Ed: CDLA, CDAA
FRN 135A. Mini-term in Martinique (Winter Break; Ndiaye).
Continuation of the themes of FRN 134, studied and experienced on the
island of Martinique. Prerequisite: FRN 134. Gen Ed: CDLA, CDAA
FRN 136A. Readings in French and Francophone Culture.
(Fall term in Rennes). France and the French of today as reflected in
selected literary works from various genres and periods. Prerequisite:
French 121 or permission of instructor. Gen Ed: Eu-LS; WAC
FRN 137. Negritude Movement: Point of Departure in Black African
and Afro-Caribbean Literatures in French (Not offered 2003-2004).
This study of the Black diaspora in French in the 1930s examines a variety
of political and literary strategies developed in reaction to French colonial
policies before the era of official independences. We consider authors
such as C&#eacute;saire, Damas, Senghor, Fanon, and Sartre to better understand
how these writers represent influences on the literatures of decolonization
and post-colonial identity. Prerequisite: French 121 or permission of
instructor. Gen Ed: CDLA
FRN 138. Women on Top: Great Women Writers and Characters of
French Narrative Fiction (Winter, Chilcoat). French language
women writers and the women they write about in their novels and short
stories. Authors may include Claire de Duras, George Sand, Colette, Anne
Hébert, Marguerite Yourcenar, Simone de Beauvoir, Marguerite Duras,
Andrée Chédid, and Mariama Bā. Focus on cultural, historical,
and political positioning of both writers and their subjects. GenEd: Eu-LS
FRN 139. Identifying Desire, Desiring Identity: French and Francophone
Non-Narrative Literature (Spring, Batson). This course will explore
French and Francophone theatre and poetry through the lenses of identity
and desire. We will in particular examine notions of self and of other
as they are set in play through various dramatic and poetic texts, including,
but not limited to, those of Labé, Racine, Baudelaire, Tremblay,
Césaire, and Schwartz-Bart. GenEd: Eu-LS
FRN 141. Whose Enlightenment? (also WS65) (Not offered
2003-2004). Eighteenth century France's philosophical tradition, focusing
on debates over sex, race, class, education, and revolution. Writers may
include: Rousseau, Diderot, Voltaire, Louise d'Epinay, Olympe de Gouges,
M. et Mme Condorcet, Manon Roland, and Sade. Prerequisite: One course
at the 130 level. GenEd: Eu-L
FRN 143. The Writers of Romanticism (Not offered 2003-2004).
Writers of personal and imaginative prose, poetry, and drama following
the French Revolution. The beginning of Realism. Prerequisite: One course
at the 130 level. GenEd: Eu-L
FRN 144. Sex Lives and Videotape: Casting Sexuality in French
and Francophone Film (Also MLT 28) (Not offered 2003-2004). Analysis
and critique of films whose focus is the “sexual orientation”
of its characters. Films may include La Cage aux folles, Les Diaboliques,
French Twist, Sitcom, Ma Vie en rose, Woubi Ch&#eacute;ri. Theoretical
and literary works by authors such as Balzac, Michel Leiris, George Sand,
Joan Rivière, Freud, and Kate Bornstein will inform our study of
these films. Lectures and readings in both French and English. All films
subtitled. GenEd: Eu-C
FRN 145. Studies in the French Theater (Winter, Batson).
Studies of French-language theatrical texts and performances from the
classical period to the present. Prerequisite: One course at the 130 level.
GenEd: Eu-L; WAC
FRN 147a. Special Topic in Narrative Studies: Studies in the
Novel, 1800-1914 (Fall, Ndiaye). The French novel from the revolution
to the Great War. Special attention to historical, cultural, and artistic
movements and their effect on the novel. Prerequisite: One course at the
130 level. GenEd: Eu-L
FRN 147b. Special Topic in Narrative Studies: The Twentieth
Century Novel (Not offered 2003-2004). A study of narrative technique
and the representation of French culture in the works of authors such
as Sagan, Perec, Vian, Gary, Sartre, Camus, Duras, and Beauvoir. Prerequisite:
One course at the 130 level. Gen Ed.: Eu-L
FRN 148a. Special Topic in Comparative Studies: The Artist as
Hero, 1800-1930 (Also MLT 26) (Not offered 2003-2004). The reaction
of the artistic temperament to its time, and of the times to the artistic
temperament. Gen Ed: Eu-L; WAC
FRN 148b. Special Topic in Comparative Studies. Histoire(s)
de la danse, Danse(s) de l’histoire / History (ies) of Dance, Dance(s)
of History (Also ADA 13 and MLT 27) (Not offered 2003-2004). Examination
of Western European dance and dance texts as revelatory of broader historical
and cultural patterns, with special analyses of dance as a key tool of
nation-building (as with the court of Louis XIV) and/or a central medium
of artistic creation (as in 1920s Paris). Primary focus on France as creator,
user, and potential abuser of dance’s power, but some attention given
other European models (Berlin, St. Petersburg, London). Readings from
theoreticians, historians, and dance littérateurs (Molière,
Gautier, Cocteau). GenEd: Eu-CS; WAC
FRN 149a. Special Topic in Francophone Culture and Literature:
West African Oral Literature (Also MLT 29; Not offered 2003-2004).
West-African oral genres with a focus on tales and epics in their form
and ideologies. Through a study of the oral literature of the region,
we will explore the socio-cultural structures of ancient West Africa,
their collapse through religious and colonial implications, and their
vestiges in today’s Africa. GenEd: CDAA
FRN 149b. Special Topic in Francophone Culture and Literature:
Voices of Francophone Literature from French-Speaking Countries and Territories
other than France (Spring; Ndiaye). The ways contemporary writers
from former French colonies in West and North Africa and from the French-speaking
Caribbean stress local, social, political, religious, and gender matters
in their novels and short stories. We also examine these writers’
particular use of the French language according to local meanings and
other strategies they develop to redefine post-colonial societies. Among
selected writers we have Calixthe Beyala, Mariama Bâ, Assia Djebar,
Rachid Minouni, Patrick Chamoiseau, and Maryse Condé. Prerequisite:
One course at the 130-level. Gen Ed: CDAA
FRN 151. Senior Project (Winter; Chilcoat). The seminar
will provide a forum in which a French or Francophone topic of current
interest and importance is explored in depth. Students will gain experience
in giving oral presentations and critically evaluating the written work
of both established scholars and fellow students, and they must submit
a paper to fulfill the senior writing requirement. WAC
FRN 190-197. Independent Study (Fall, Winter, Spring).
Individual directed readings in French literature. Prerequisite: At least
one course at the 140-level and permission of the instructor.
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