ClassInfo - Spring 2017 French Classes

Spring 2017 | FREN 8190 Section 001: Old French Workshop (69751)

Instructor(s): Mary Franklin-Brown
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 1 Credit
Grading Basis:: A-F only
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017

UMTC, East Bank

Course Catalog Description:: Workshop runs concurrently with seminars on Old French literature. Advanced practicum in reading Old French, with discussions of the particularities of seminar texts and formal, aesthetic, and hermeneutic issues directly related to the original language. Students read portions of texts in Old French and prepare an original translation. The workshop is not an introduction to Old French Students planning to make medieval French literature their research field should register for the workshop each time it is offered. prereq: French 5571 or other prior course on Old French language, concurrent registration in the related Ph.D. seminar.
Class Notes:: Please check out more information on this course! http://classinfo.umn.edu/?brow2085+FREN8190+Spring2017
Class Description:: "Framing the Twelfth Century." Since Charles Homer Haskins published The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century in 1927, scholars have discovered in the rich texts of the period many of the phenomena that had once appeared to mark the birth of modernity: a humanistic valorization of the Latin language and Roman letters along with the elaboration of new literary vernaculars, a notion of the human self, an appreciation for historical distance, and a renewed interest in the natural world and science. In this course, we will study innovative and erudite texts from the century while inquiring into the theoretical and historiographical implications of calling the period a "renaissance." Why did medievalists begin to borrow the terminology of modern history? What do we gain and lose when we frame these texts as a starting point for modernity? How did the writers themselves understand their historical position? What other theoretical frameworks can we use, and how do they change what we perceive in this medieval writing?

The seminar is taught in English and open to all graduate students, whatever their linguistic background. All Latin texts are available in English translation. Students who are not working toward a degree in French may complete the French readings in English translation; those working toward a degree in French must complete them in modern French translation. Concurrent study of the texts in their original language will take place in optional one-credit workshops that meet for one additional hour each week. Students with a prior background in Old French (through French 3571/5571, the earlier version of French 8190, or prior study at another institution) may enroll in the Old French Workshop, which is now an advanced practicum. Students who have already completed Latin 3004/5004 or equivalent at another institution may enroll in the Medieval Latin Workshop. Workshop meeting times will be set to accommodate students' schedules.
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69751/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 2 November 2016

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