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Spring 2024  |  FREN 3101W Section 001: Methods in French and Francophone Studies (51729)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024
Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 122
Enrollment Status:
Open (3 of 22 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/?FREN3101W+Spring2024
Class Description:

The course, "Body Knowledge," aims to examine ideas of the body including its material, physical, mental, sexual dimensions, and all the ways in which the body has been imagined by some French authors. Their changing perceptions and ideas of representation of the body make it hyper-significant on the narrative landscape challenging our own conceptions of the body as a concrete object, solid and stagnant.


Focusing on texts by some of the most innovative authors including Marie de France, Marguerite de Navarre, François Rabelais, Denis Diderot, Honoré de Balzac, Guy de Maupassant, Assia Djebar, Fatima Mernissi, and René Maran we will work collectively on fundamental questions like 1) Why is the body an object of fascination for authors? 2) How does figurative language fix, mend, and/or free the body? 3) How do literary representations of the body give other models in contrast to the anatomical, mechanical, or material model? 4) How do the aspects of the body presented in literature enable us to challenge the conventional frameworks including societal, medical, technological (even social media)? Through this literary examination we will develop a critical lexicon and interpretative skills with close reading (at the levels of syntax and grammar), and textual/intertextual analyses of themes. The goal is to arrive at a conception of the body as a subject of infinite possibilities.


This is a ready and 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.

For more information see the course canvas site: https://canvas.umn.edu/courses/351322

Who Should Take This Class?:
Prior coursework in FREN 3016 or equivalent, or professor approval is required.

Learning Objectives:
FREN 3101 is a literary survey course a broad introduction to the critical methods, standards of scholarship, and body of knowledge specific to the discipline of French and Francophone Studies. It demands intensive reading and writing that will allow for the development and cultivation of certain analytical, critical, and argumentative skills.

Upon completion of this course, it is the hope that students will have demonstrated the ability to develop writing, editing, and revising skills in French from the production of 10 pages of various type of critical writing and a creative assignment.

Grading:

Participation 20% | Weekly Blog Posts 10% | Presentations 10% | Writings 50% | Final Project 10%

Exam Format:
This is a writing intensive course.
Class Format:
5% Lecture | 75% Discussion | 20% Student Presentations. This course will be driven by collaborative discussions of the texts. Students are encouraged to ask questions often and to bring their own unique perspectives to the interpretation and learning process.
Workload:

The number of pages assigned to read per week will augment progressively up to 75 pages.

Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51729/1243
Past Syllabi:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/mjeudy_FREN3101W_Spring2023.pdf (Spring 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/mjeudy_FREN3101W_Spring2022.pdf (Spring 2022)
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
7 November 2022

Spring 2024  |  FREN 3101W Section 002: Methods in French and Francophone Studies (52460)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024
Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 355
Enrollment Status:
Open (9 of 22 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/?FREN3101W+Spring2024
Class Description:

The course, "Body Knowledge," aims to examine ideas of the body including its material, physical, mental, sexual dimensions, and all the ways in which the body has been imagined by some French authors. Their changing perceptions and ideas of representation of the body make it hyper-significant on the narrative landscape challenging our own conceptions of the body as a concrete object, solid and stagnant.


Focusing on texts by some of the most innovative authors including Marie de France, Marguerite de Navarre, François Rabelais, Denis Diderot, Honoré de Balzac, Guy de Maupassant, Assia Djebar, Fatima Mernissi, and René Maran we will work collectively on fundamental questions like 1) Why is the body an object of fascination for authors? 2) How does figurative language fix, mend, and/or free the body? 3) How do literary representations of the body give other models in contrast to the anatomical, mechanical, or material model? 4) How do the aspects of the body presented in literature enable us to challenge the conventional frameworks including societal, medical, technological (even social media)? Through this literary examination we will develop a critical lexicon and interpretative skills with close reading (at the levels of syntax and grammar), and textual/intertextual analyses of themes. The goal is to arrive at a conception of the body as a subject of infinite possibilities.


This is a ready and 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.

For more information see the course canvas site: https://canvas.umn.edu/courses/351322

Who Should Take This Class?:
Prior coursework in FREN 3016 or equivalent, or professor approval is required.

Learning Objectives:
FREN 3101 is a literary survey course a broad introduction to the critical methods, standards of scholarship, and body of knowledge specific to the discipline of French and Francophone Studies. It demands intensive reading and writing that will allow for the development and cultivation of certain analytical, critical, and argumentative skills.

Upon completion of this course, it is the hope that students will have demonstrated the ability to develop writing, editing, and revising skills in French from the production of 10 pages of various type of critical writing and a creative assignment.

Grading:

Participation 20% | Weekly Blog Posts 10% | Presentations 10% | Writings 50% | Final Project 10%

Exam Format:
This is a writing intensive course.
Class Format:
5% Lecture | 75% Discussion | 20% Student Presentations. This course will be driven by collaborative discussions of the texts. Students are encouraged to ask questions often and to bring their own unique perspectives to the interpretation and learning process.
Workload:

The number of pages assigned to read per week will augment progressively up to 75 pages.

Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52460/1243
Past Syllabi:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/mjeudy_FREN3101W_Spring2023.pdf (Spring 2023)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/mjeudy_FREN3101W_Spring2022.pdf (Spring 2022)
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
7 November 2022

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