RLFR 105(F) Studies in French Language and Culture

The goal of this advanced language course is to strengthen students' skills in speaking, writing, and thinking in French, while at the same time developing their knowledge of French culture as it has been expressed through the centuries in literature, art, music, dance, history, fashion, and, more recently, film and other media. Attention will be given to various genres of literary creation (poetry, novel, theater, essay), to different forms of cultural production (painting, film, music, café society, the city of Paris, the notion of "Frenchness"), and to different strategies for analyzing these modes of literary and cultural reality. Grammar will be reviewed, and texts will be chosen from French and Francophone sources. Conducted in French. Requirements: short papers, regular quizzes and exams, oral presentations, and active participation in class discussions. Prerequisite: French 103 or French 104, an SAT score of 600, or by placement.

Hour: NORTON, STAMELMAN