Course Description

Topics in French and Francophone studies; themes, movements, problems, artistic and cultural manifestations, and their relationship to literary and intellectual developments. Topics can cover individual periods or several centuries. Given in English.

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Athena Title

Topics in French Studies

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Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in FREN 4180I

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Semester Course Offered

Offered fall and spring

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Student Learning Outcomes

• Students will learn to identify thematic currents, historic trends, and abroad relationships between cultural, artistic, and literary manifestations.
• Students will develop their abilities to analyze and discuss specific texts as well as general cultural and intellectual problems, in class discussion, written and oral projects, and examinations.

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Topical Outline

• Individual problems in the literature and culture of particular periods in French and Francophone history
• Periods or movements of special importance or interest
• Broad themes over several periods or centuries, centered on particular themes or problems
• Major historical-cultural events and their manifestations in literature, art, and cinema; examples: the discovery of America, the French Revolution, the German occupation

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