Introductory French I
Basic grammar; acquisition of fundamental reading, writing, oral expression and comprehension skills.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Note: for students with limited or no background in French.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in FREN 1F01, 1P01 and 1P02.
Introductory French II
Grammar study; development of reading, writing, oral expression and comprehension skills.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 1P01 or permission of the instructor.
Note: for students with stronger background in French.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in FREN 1F00, 1P01, 1P02 and 1P03.
Intermediate French
Grammar review; literary, cultural and journalistic readings; practice in reading, writing, oral expression and comprehension.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: one of FREN 1F01, 1P03, Ontario grade 12U, French, Français or French immersion, or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
Introductory French II
Continuation of FREN 1P01. Basic French: vocabulary, structures, pronunciation, spoke French. Oral and written exercises.
Lectures, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 1P01 or permission of the instructor.
Note: may be taken by students with no more than Ontario grade 10 or 11 French (or equivalent). Such students who register in this course must submit an official high school transcript to the instructor as proof of their level of competence in order to receive departmental confirmation of registration before the end of the second week of classes. Failure to do so will result in deregistration from the course.
Introductory French III
Continuation of FREN 1F00. Grammar study; development of reading, writing, oral expression and comprehension skills.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 1F00, 1P02 or permission of instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in FREN 1F01.
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 culture course numbered 2(alpha)90 or higher.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in any French literature course numbered 2(alpha)90 or higher.
Children's Literature in French: The Picture Book
Selection of picture books from France and other francophone regions emphasizing the contemporary period; theory of the picture book and its use in the classroom.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 1F90.
Culture and Civilization of Quebec
Ideological, historical and cultural aspects of Quebec society from Confederation to the present. Topics may include political events, major figures, issues in language, literature, the arts and gender issues.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 2F03.
Phonetics and Phonology
Sound patterns of French. Articulatory, auditory and acoustic properties of human speech. Phonemic and non-phonemic (stress, intonation, rhythm) features.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 1F90.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in FREN 2P57.
Culture and Civilization of France to 1700
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 2F03.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in FREN 2P65.
Composition and Stylistics
Advanced grammar and stylistics of contemporary French. Applications to composition.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 2F00.
Children's Literature in French: Beyond the Picture Book
Novels, poetry and theatre from the 17th century to the present emphasizing the contemporary period; texts from France, Québec and other francophone regions. Theory of children's literature.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
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, 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, 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; intellectual trends; history, politics and society.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
Canadian Literature in French to 1939
Analysis of major texts chosen from various genres. Historical, sociological and ideological perspectives.
Lectures, 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, 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, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
Eighteenth-Century French Literature
Narrative, theatre and philosophical writing; critical voices, ideological concerns; authors may include Montesquieu, Marivaux, Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, Beaumarchais, Laclos.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
African Literature in French
Narrative, poetry and theatre. Historical, cultural, ideological and theoretical concerns.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
Caribbean Literature in French
Narrative, poetry and theatre. Historical, cultural, ideological and theoretical concerns.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
French Literature and Culture in Film
New Wave and popular cinema; adaptations of French novels; critical texts. Directors may include Godard, Truffaut, Resnais, Rohmer, Besson, Chabrol, Lelouch, Duras.
Lectures, 3 hours per week, plus film lab.
Prerequisite: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
Contemporary Canadian Theatre in French
Background and traditions; analysis of selected plays and study of current directions.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
Maghrebian Literature in French
Introduction to the French-language literary works of the Maghreb via novels and short stories by Francophone writers from Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. Authors may include Tahar Ben Jelloun, Driss ChraVbi, Assia Djebar, Albert Memmi.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
Linguistic Approach to Textual Analysis
Syntax and semantics of French; theoretical applications to textual analysis of literary genres.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F03, 3P03 and one-half credit (taught in French) in literature numbered 2(alpha)90 or above.
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: FREN 3P03 or permission of the instructor.
French Language and Literature of the Middle Ages
Texts chosen from various genres, from the chanson de geste to the 15th-century narrative. Introduction to Old French.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F03; two FREN or MLLC credits numbered 2(alpha)90 or above, with at least one-half credit (taught in French) in literature.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in FREN 3P98.
Sixteenth-Century Literature
Humanism within the French Renaissance, Pléiade poetry. Authors may include Rabelais, Du Bellay, Ronsard, Marguerite de Navarre, Montaigne.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F03; two FREN or MLLC credits numbered 2(alpha)90 or above, with at least one-half credit (taught in French) in literature.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in FREN 3P99.
Nineteenth-Century French Literature after 1850
Realism, Naturalism, Symbolism. Texts chosen from various genres. Authors may include Flaubert, Zola, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Mallarmé.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F03; two FREN or MLLC credits numbered 2(alpha)90 or above, with at least one-half credit (taught in French) in literature.
Twentieth-Century French Literature from 1935 to 1970
Ideological and aesthetic perspectives. Texts chosen from various genres. Authors may include Malraux, Camus, Sartre, Giraudoux, Robbe-Grillet, Beckett, Char.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F03; two FREN or MLLC credits numbered2(alpha)90 or above, with at least one-half credit (taught in French) in literature.
French Literature after 1970
Contemporary aesthetic movements. Texts chosen from various genres. Authors may include Le Clézio, Yourcenar, Tournier, Bonnefoy, Modiano, Duras.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F03; two FREN or MLLC credits numbered 2(alpha)90 or above, with at least one-half credit (taught in French) in literature.
Canadian Literature in French after 1960
Texts from various genres representing major aesthetic movements.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F03; two FREN or MLLC credits numbered 2(alpha)90 or above, with at least one-half credit (taught in French) in literature.
Research Project
Independent research project under the supervision of a faculty member.
Restriction: permission of the Department.
Critical Theory and Methodology
Approaches to literary criticism: sociological, phenomenological, psychoanalytic approaches; structuralism, semiotics, narratology, deconstruction. Bibliographical research.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F03; two FREN or MLLC credits numbered 2(alpha)90 or above, with at least one-half credit (taught in French) 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; two FREN or MLLC credits numbered 2(alpha)90 or above, with at least one-half credit (taught in French) in literature.