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You will be exposed to a variety of Francophone texts of different genres. By the end of the course, you should have a good foundation for critically reading and writing literary language in French: the ability both in oral and written form to ask pertinent questions, to recognize and define problems, to identify the arguments on all sides of an issue, to search for and use relevant data, and to arrive at carefully reasoned judgments.
4/2: Introduction, “In Paris, Language Sparks Culture War"
4/3: “Le Message” (Jacques Prévert)
4/4: “Mélusine” (Jean d’Arras)
4/5: “Le Déserteur” (Boris Vian)
4/9: “Mon Oncle Jules” (Guy de Maupassant)
4/10: “Mon Oncle Jules” (Guy de Maupassant)
4/11: “Le Pagne noir” (Bernard Dadié)
4/12: “Acte sans paroles I” (Samuel Beckett)
4/16: “Acte sans paroles I” (Samuel Beckett)
4/17: “Le Laüstic” (Marie de France)
4/18: “Le Laüstic” (Marie de France)
4/19: “Chanson d’automne” (Paul Verlaine); Paper 1 due
4/23: “Demain, dès l’aube” (Victor Hugo)
4/24: “L’Autre Femme” (Colette)
4/25: “L’Autre Femme” (Colette)
4/26: Midterm 1 (Composition)
4/30: “Le Maître” (Eugène Ionesco)
5/1: “Le Maître” (Eugène Ionesco)
5/2: “Leçon d’histoire” (Maryse Condé)
5/3: “Leçon d’histoire” (Maryse Condé)
5/7: “L’Os” (Birago Diop)
5/8: “L’Os” (Birago Diop)
5/9: “Une fâcheuse compagnie” (Jacques Ferron)
5/10: “Une fâcheuse compagnie” (Jacques Ferron)
5/14: “Pluie” (Anne Hébert)
5/15: “Le Grand Michu” (Émile Zola)
5/16: “Le Grand Michu” (Émile Zola)
5/17: “Le Dormeur du val” (Arthur Rimbaud)
5/21: “Tragédie” (Jean-Michel Ribes)
5/22: “Tragédie” (Jean-Michel Ribes)
5/23: “Il n’y a pas d’exil” (Assia Djebar)
5/24: “Il n’y a pas d’exil” (Assia Djebar); Paper 2 due
5/29: “La Main” (Colette)
5/30: “La Main” (Colette)
5/31: Midterm 2 (Composition)
6/4: Chocolat (Claire Denis): Class via Blackboard
6/5: Chocolat (Claire Denis): Class via Blackboard
6/6: Chocolat (Claire Denis): Class via Blackboard
6/7: Chocolat (Claire Denis): Class via Blackboard
6/12 Final Examination(10:10 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.)
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