ClassInfo - Spring 2018 French Classes

Spring 2018 | FREN 8120 Section 001: Topics in Later Medieval French Literature (67748)

Instructor(s): Susan Noakes
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:: Topics Course
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018

Tue 02:30PM - 05:00PM

UMTC, East Bank

Folwell Hall 119
Enrollment Status:: Open (3 of 15 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:: Problems presented by texts written in France ca. 1300-1500. Evolution of Middle French language. Specific topics/texts vary. Taught in French. prereq: 8110 or instr consent
Class Description:: French 8120 Topics in Later French Medieval Literature Fall 2012 The Marvels of the World: the Global Middle Ages, I. N.B. Taught in English this year. Note: This course is the first semester of the year-long Winton Seminar. The second semester, to be taught in Spring 2013, will treat different but related material. Students may enroll for both semesters or only one. Participation in the second semester is not contingent on participation in the first. During the Fall, the course will be co-taught by Winton Professor Geraldine Heng (Dept. of English, Univ. of Texas-Austin) along with Professor Noakes. "Marvels of the World" translates into English the French title of Marco Polo's famous account of his travels in the East (originally written in French). The seminar's focus will be the Asias (Central, South, East, etc.) during the period ca. 500-ca. 1500 C.E. Readings will be supplemented by discussions with eight visitors from off campus, specialists in the various parts of Asia during the period in question.
Grading:: 60% Reports/Papers
10% In-class Presentations
30% Class Participation
Class Format:: 20% Lecture
60% Discussion
15% Student Presentations
5% Guest Speakers
Workload:: 100 Pages Reading Per Week
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67748/1183
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 13 April 2012

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