Intermediate French
Grammar review; literary, cultural and journalistic readings; practice in reading, writing, oral expression and comprehension.
Lectures, 3 hours per week; language lab, 1 hour per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 1P03 or OAC French or OAC Français or French immersion.
Introductory French I
Basic French: vocabulary, structures, pronunciation, spoken French. Oral and written exercises. Language laboratory.
Lectures, 3 hours per week; language lab, 1 hour per week.
Note: may be taken by students who have Ontario grade 9 French or equivalent or less. See program notes regarding departmental confirmation of registration.
Introductory French II
Continuation of FREN 1P01. Basic French: vocabulary, structures, pronunciation, spoken French. Oral and written exercises. Language laboratory.
Lectures, 3 hours per week; language lab, 1 hour per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 1P01 or Ontario grade 10 or 11 French or equivalent.
Note: see program notes regarding departmental confirmation of registration.
Introductory French III
Continuation of FREN 1P02. Basic French: vocabulary, structures, pronunciation, spoken French. Oral and written exercises. Language laboratory.
Lectures, 3 hours per week; language lab, 1 hour per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 1P02 or Ontario grade 12 French or equivalent.
Note: see program notes regarding departmental confirmation of registration.
Grammar and Composition
Intensive grammar review; literary expression; composition; critical written and oral expression through discussion of general topics.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 1F90.
Literature and Culture: The French Speaking World
Literature in its cultural contexts. Works from different genres, historical periods and cultural traditions. Dissertation, technical vocabulary, rhetorical terminology and interpretative concepts.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 1F90.
Note: students may not concurrently register in FREN 2F03 and any French literature or civilization course numbered 2(alpha)90 or higher.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in any French literature course numbered 2(alpha)90 or higher.
Children's Literature in French: The Picture Book and Beyond
Selection of texts representative of a variety of genres, including the picture book, fairytale, short story and novel, with emphasis on the contemporary period. Theory of children's literature.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 1F90.
Culture and Civilization of France to 1700
From prehistory to the end of the 17th-century; art, music, architecture and aesthetics; intellectual trends; history, politics and society.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 1F90.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in FREN 2P60 and 3F82.
Grammar and Stylistics
Advanced grammar; stylistics and semantics of contemporary French. Applications to composition.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 2F00.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in FREN 3E81 and 3F81.
Nineteenth-Century French Literature to 1850
Romanticism, Parnasse and other currents. Texts chosen from various genres. Authors may include Stendhal, Balzac, Vigny, Lamartine, Hugo, Musset.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
Twentieth-Century French Literature to 1935
Ideological and aesthetic perspectives. Texts chosen from various genres. Authors may include Proust, Gide, Claudel, Apollinaire, Breton.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
Culture and Civilization of France from 1700 to the Present
Art, music, architecture and aesthetics from the beginning of the 18th-century to the present day; intellectual trends; history, politics and society.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in FREN 2P60, 3E82 and 3F82.
Canadian Literature in French to 1939
Analysis of major texts chosen from various genres. Historical, sociological and ideological perspectives.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
Canadian Literature in French from 1939 to 1960
Analysis of major texts chosen from various genres. Historical, sociological and ideological perspectives.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
Women Writers of France
(also offered as WISE 3P86)
Texts chosen from various genres. Authors may include M. de France, M. de Navarre, Sévigné, Sand, Colette, Beauvoir, Duras, Yourcenar.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Seventeenth-Century French Literature
Classicism; religious and moral currents; texts chosen from various genres; authors may include Corneille, Molière, Racine, Mme de La Fayette, La Fontaine, Pascal, Descartes.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in FREN 3P31.
Eighteenth-Century French Literature
Narrative, theatre and philosophical writing; critical voices, ideological concerns; authors may include Montesquieu, Marivaux, Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, Beaumarchais, Laclos.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in FREN 3P37.
African Literature in French
African narrative, poetry and theatre. Historical, cultural, ideological and theoretical concerns.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in FREN 3P62 and FREN 3P63.
Caribbean Literature in French
Narrative, poetry and theatre. Historical, cultural, ideological and theoretical concerns.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in FREN 3P62 and FREN 3P64.
Advanced Composition and Stylistics
Advanced composition, formal considerations and writing tools, stylistics, rhetoric, idiomatic expression.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 3P03 (3E81 or 3F81).
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in FREN 4F01, 4P01, 4P02 and 4P15.
Translation II: Applications
Lexical, morphological, syntactic and semantic interrelationships between source text and target text; application of translation methodologies to a variety of texts.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: MLLC 3P94.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in FREN 4F01, 4P01 and 4P02.
Nineteenth-Century French Literature after 1850
Realism, Naturalism, Symbolism. Texts chosen from various genres. Authors may include Flaubert, Zola, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Mallarmé.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F03 and two FREN credits numbered 3(alpha)00 or above, with at least one-half credit in literature.
Twentieth-Century French Literature from 1935 to 1970
Ideological and aesthetic perspectives. Texts chosen from various genres. Authors studied may include Malraux, Camus, Sartre, Giraudoux, Robbe-Grillet, Beckett, Char.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F03 and two FREN credits numbered 3(alpha)00 or above, with at least one-half credit in literature.
French Literature after 1970
Contemporary aesthetic move-ments.Texts chosen from various genres. Authors studied may include Le Clézio, Yourcenar, Tournier, Bonnefoy, Modiano, Duras.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F03 and two FREN credits numbered 3(alpha)00 or above, with at least one-half credit in literature.
Canadian Literature in French after 1960
Texts from various genres representing major aesthetic movements.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F03 and two FREN credits numbered 3(alpha)00 or above, with at least one-half credit in literature.
Research Project
Independent research project under the supervision of a faculty member.
Restriction: open to BFTS BA/BEd majors and permission of the department.
Critical Theory and Methodology
Twentieth-century approaches to literary criticism: sociological, phenomenological, psychoanalytic approaches; structuralism, semiotics, narratology, deconstruction. Bibliographical research.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F03 and two FREN credits numbered 3(alpha)00 or above, with at least one-half credit in literature.
Special Research Topics in French Literature
Course content will vary, depending upon the interests of instructors and students.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F03 and two FREN credits numbered 3(alpha)00 or above, with at least one-half credit in literature.
2001-2002: Seminars in Contemporary French-Canadian Theatre
Contemporary French-Canadian and Québec theatre; background and traditions; analysis of selected plays and study of current directions.