STUDY AND INTERNSHIP IN CHICOUTIMI, QUEBEC, CANADA (applications available from Prof. Hoft-March, Sampson House)TERM I
FREN 25 - Le siècle des lumières
An introduction to 18th-century French literature, focusing on
the critical spirit of authors such as Diderot, Graffigny, Voltaire, Rousseau,
and Charrières; the objects—morals, social institutions, literary
genres—and modes of their critique; and their idealized alternatives, which
helped to lay the foundations for Romantic thought.
FREN 39C - Négritude, Antillanité et Créolité
A study of the concept of Negritude, Caribbeaness and Creoleness
in the works of writers from Africa and the Caribbean. Course examines
the writers’ challenge of the concept of a global black identity posited
by the proponents of the Negritude school and their articulation of plural
and locational black identities in the postcolonial era. Readings
from authors such as Léopold Sedar Senghor, Aimé Césaire,
Camara Laye, Maryse Condé,
Edouard Glissant, Patrick Chamoiseau, and Raphael Confiant.
TERM II
FREN 22 - Cours de Civilisation: la France et la Francophonie
A study of cultural, social, political, and economic developments
in France and the Francophone world from the French Revolution to the present.
Insights into the ways in which France has influenced and continues to
influence Francophone cultures worldwide and how they in turn tend to shape
French society in various domains. Readings are complemented by selected
films.
FREN 38H - L’autobiographie
An exploration of French autobiographical writings spanning the
Renaissance and contemporary times. Selected works from such authors
as Montaigne, Sévigné, Rousseau, Cardinal, Barthes, and Kofman.
Discussion of some of autobiography;s defining issues including misrepresentation,
constructions of identity, and mortality.
TERM III
FREN 32 - Le roman québecois
An introduction to the 20th-century Québecois novel, with
readings from the works of representative novelists such as Gabrielle Roy,
Gerald Bessette, Marie-Claire Blais, Claude Jasmin, Rejean Ducharme, Louky
Bersianik, and Yves Beauchemin. Course examines the writers’ depiction
of French-speaking Canadian society and their treatment of political, feminist,
and literary themes.
FREN 38F - Le théâtre français du 20eme siècle
A survey of modern and post-modern French plays that examines
their role in French culture. From the importance of Catholicism
in Claudel to the celebration of "perverse" sexuality in Genet, from the
theater of cruelty to the theater of the absurd, these plays challenge
notions of French cultural identity during the 20th century. Other
playwrights include Giraudoux, Sartre, Beckett, Ionesco, and Duras