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Academic Year 2000/2001


Introduction to French Literature & Culture I: 12th-18th Centuries
FREN 223 SP

This course provides an introduction to French literature and culture from the Middle Ages to the 18th-century.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA RLAN    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Major Readings
Chretien de Troyes, YVAIN OU LE CHEVALIER AU LION
Marie de France: LAIS
Selected Renaissance Poetry and Prose
La Rochefoucauld, La Fontaine: Selected Texts
Racine: ANDROMAQUE
Moliere: L'ECOLE DES FEMMES
Readings from L'ENCYCLOPEDIE
Voltaire: L'INGENU, MICROMEGAS
Madame de Graffigny: LETTRES D'UNE PERUVIENNE
Examinations and Assignments
Active participation in class discussion, short written paragraphs in answer to questions, three to four papers, one oral report.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

Instructor(s): Lowrie,Joyce O.   
Times: ..T.T.. 10:30AM-11:50AM;     Location: FISK413
Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 20)
SR. major:    Jr. major:
SR. non-major:    Jr. non-major: 6   SO: 6   FR: 8

Special Attributes:
Curricular Renewal:    Speaking, Writing

SECTION 02

Major Readings
Chretien de Troyes, LE CONTE DU GRAAL
Saint Bernard de Clarivaux, ELOGE DE LA NOUVELLE CHEVALERIE
Rabelais, GARGANTUA
Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, LE CARNAVAL DE ROMANS
Madame de Lafayette, LA PRINCESSE DE CLEVES
Moliere, LE MISANTHROPE
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, QUELLE EST L'ORIGINE DE L'INEGALITE PARMI LES HOMMES
Denis Diderot, SUPPLEMENT AU VOYAGE DE BOUGAINVILLE
Various speeches by Danton, Saint-Just, and Robespierre
Examinations and Assignments
Students will write and revise several short papers.
Additional Requirements and/or Comments
This course is taught in French. All readings, written assignments and class discussions will be in French. Students should have completed FREN 215 (or have placed out of it through the placement test) or another upper-level French course before enrolling in this one.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

Instructor(s): Rider,John Jeffrey   
Times: .M.W.F. 10:00AM-10:50AM;     Location: DAC300
Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 20)
SR. major:    Jr. major:
SR. non-major:    Jr. non-major: 6   SO: 6   FR: 8

Special Attributes:
Curricular Renewal:    Speaking, Writing
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001


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