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Fall 2018 | FREN 3101W Section 001: Methods in French and Francophone Studies (17548)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 122
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (18 of 20 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Taught entirely in French. In this course, you will delve deeply into original stories, lyrics, plays, and films in French, from around the world and across time. What verbal and visual codes carry meaning in a given culture? How do cultures create a space for the subject or the self? As you discuss these questions, you will become a faster and more independent reader, gain sensitivity to the sonorities and rhythms of the French language and the nuances of sense it makes possible, and learn to perceive implicit meaning in texts. Theoretical readings and lessons in developing thesis statements and organizing arguments will enhance your ability to understand and create complex arguments in French. Each individual section of this course addresses these questions with a different selection of readings and films grouped around a specific theme, so please consult the Class Info page to find out more! nonfiction texts, cultural artifacts, and audio/visual media pertaining to France and Francophone communities across the centuries. prereq: 3016 or equiv
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ivartolo+FREN3101W+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- Prerequisite: French 3016.FREN 3101W is a writing intensive course offering a broad introduction to the critical methods, standards of scholarship, and body of knowledge specific to the discipline of French and Francophone Studies. The course will train students to understand and analyze various documents and media such as literary works, cultural or theoretical texts, cultural artifacts, film, art, audio and visual media pertaining to France and Francophone communities from selected periods spanning the centuries. Since this is a writing intensive course, particular attention is given to the content, style and format of written assignments. The theme and content of each section will vary according to instructor.This section, Metamorphoses, takes its inspiration from the foundation myths for art and the artist, as they are reinterpreted in French poetry and narrative, on the stage and in film. In the tales of Orpheus, Pygmalion, and other poets, painters, and lovers, we will find not only narrative representations of the transformative power of art for the individual subject, but also indications of art's limitations, its opacities, and its intractability. Along the way, we will study the diverse modes and mechanisms of verbal, dramatic, and cinematic art, and we will consider how readers/viewers of today can understand and analyze this material.Readings/viewings: Ovid, selections from the Metamorphoses, Marie de France (ca. 1170), selected Lais, Jean Cocteau, La Belle et la Bete (film, 1946), Moliere, Dom Juan, Selected lyric poetry by Charles d'Orleans, Pierre de Ronsard, Maurice Sceve, and Charles Baudelaire, Balzac, `Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu'
- Grading:
- 15% participation; 15% online forums; 40% essays; 10% midterm exam; 20% final exam
- Exam Format:
- Fill in the blank, essay questions
- Class Format:
- 10% Lecture
10% Film/Video
70% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- Preparation and attendance required; 50 pages reading per week; 4 papers of 1000 words each; 7 online forums of 200 words each; midterm exam, final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17548/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2018
Fall 2018 | FREN 3101W Section 002: Methods in French and Francophone Studies (17547)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 119
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (16 of 20 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Taught entirely in French. In this course, you will delve deeply into original stories, lyrics, plays, and films in French, from around the world and across time. What verbal and visual codes carry meaning in a given culture? How do cultures create a space for the subject or the self? As you discuss these questions, you will become a faster and more independent reader, gain sensitivity to the sonorities and rhythms of the French language and the nuances of sense it makes possible, and learn to perceive implicit meaning in texts. Theoretical readings and lessons in developing thesis statements and organizing arguments will enhance your ability to understand and create complex arguments in French. Each individual section of this course addresses these questions with a different selection of readings and films grouped around a specific theme, so please consult the Class Info page to find out more! nonfiction texts, cultural artifacts, and audio/visual media pertaining to France and Francophone communities across the centuries. prereq: 3016 or equiv
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?brow2085+FREN3101W+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- French 3101W is a writing intensive course offering a broad introduction to the critical methods, standards of scholarship, and body of knowledge specific to the discipline of French and Francophone Studies. The course will train students to understand and analyze various documents and media such as literary works, cultural or theoretical texts, cultural artifacts, film, art, audio and visual media pertaining to France and Francophone communities from selected periods spanning the centuries. Since this is a writing intensive course, particular attention is given to the content, style and format of written assignments.The theme for this section is: Impossible Loves. Readings and viewings may include: selected poetry and theoretical articles; Barthes's Fragments d'un discours amoureux; Racine's Bajazet; Maupassant's "Une partie de campagne"; Films: Clément's Jeux interdits; Dolan's Les amours imaginaires.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students who have successfully completed FREN 3016.
- Learning Objectives:
Understand how to read and interpret film and literary language in variety of genres
Learn close reading skills
Build knowledge of the canon in French and Francophone studies
Increase the grammatical and lexical accuracy of your spoken and written expression
Expand your active vocabulary and idiomatic usage
Increase your ability to organize and articulate effectively complex ideas in speaking and writing
Enhance your listening and comprehension skills
Improve the ability to discuss works analytically and critically, and to formulate and defend an argument (thesis)
- Grading:
- 10% mid exam, 55% reports/papers, 10% in-class presentation, 25% class participation.
- Exam Format:
- Fill in the blank, essay questions
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture, 50% Discussion, 10% Student Presentations.
- Workload:
- 50 pages reading per week, 15 pages writing per term, 1 exam, 3 papers, 1 presentations.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17547/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 April 2018
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