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Undergraduate Course Descriptions: 2005-2006
For class times and locations, visit the Directory of Classes.
FREN W1101 & W1102 Elementary French I & II (4 pts). Enrollment limited to 20. The course is designed to help students understand, speak, read, and write the French language. Students learn to provide information about their opinions and feelings, their families, their immediate environment, and their daily activities. They are introduced to both the structure of the French language and the cultural features of some French-speaking communities. Daily assignments, laboratory work, and screening of video materials.
FREN W1201 & 1202 Intermediate French I & II (4 pts). Enrollment limited to 20. Recommended companion course: W1221-W1222. Prepares students for advanced French language and culture. Develops skills in speaking, reading, and writing French. Emphasizes cross-cultural awareness through the study of short stories, films, and passages from novels. Fosters the ability to write about and discuss a variety of topics using relatively complex structures.
FREN W1221 & W1222 Intermediate Conversation I & II (2 pts) Enrollment limited to 15. Conducted in French. Practice in conversational French, with emphasis on comprehension, pronunciation, and idiomatic usage. Recommended parallel: French W1201-W1202 For schedule information, go to: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/french/
FREN W3132 Third-year Conversation (2 pts) Enrollment limited to 15. Prerequisites: completion of the language requirement in French or the equivalent. Conversation on contemporary French subjects based on readings in current popular French periodicals.
FREN W3333 Major Literary Works to 1800 - Prerequisites: completion of the language requirement in French or the equivalent. Reading and discussion of major works from the Middle Ages to 1800.
FREN W3334 Major Literary Works since 1800 - Prerequisites: completion of the language requirement in French or the equivalent. Reading and discussion of major works from 1800 to the present.
FREN W3405 & W3406 Advanced Grammar and Composition, I & II (3 pts) Enrollment limited to 15. Prerequisites: completion of the language requirement in French or the equivalent. Required of all French majors. Designed to give students an enhanced appreciation and command of the written language. Introduction to the mechanics of writing through a progression of morphology and grammar exercises designed to help students move beyond the sentence level and discover the rules that govern texts.
FREN W3200 Advanced Translation Workshop 3pts James Helgeson A practical introduction to translation from French to English (and vice versa), to translation theory and to comparative stylistics. The course will emphasize stylistic issues through close reading and frequent individual and group work on both prose and poetry.
FREN W3421y Introduction to French and Francophone Studies II 3 pts. Tracy Adam. Prerequisites: Prerequisites: FREN 3405 (Advanced Grammar and Composition) or an AP score of 5 or the permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Universalism vs. exceptionalism, tradition vs. modernity, integration and exclusion, racial, gender, regional, and national identities are considered in this introduction to the contemporary French-speaking world in Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Authors include: Aimé Césaire, Léopold Sedar Senghor, Frantz Fanon, Maryse Condé.
FREN W3540 Art and Literature from Diderot to Lautréamont. Joanna Augustyn. Prerequisite: FREN W3333-W3334 or the permission of the departmental representative or the instructor. This course will allow advanced students to further their study ofFrench literature and culture between the eighteenth and nineteenthcenturies. Major texts from the Enlightenment to the end of theRomantic movement have been chosen to introduce students to the developments in philosophical, historical, political, andscientific thought that transformed art and literature.
FREN W3649y Cultural Studies: Love Sex and Gender in Modern French Culture. 3pts. Elisabeth Ladenson. A study of some of the ways in which love, sexuality and gender have been represented in France in the 19th and 20th centuries in such media as literature, opera and film, as well as television, advertising, and journalism.
FREN W3996 x or y Senior Tutorial in French Literature 3 pts. Prerequisites: the permission of the director of undergraduate studies. Required for majors wishing to be considered for departmental honors. This course may also be taken at Reid Hall. Recommended for seniors majoring or concentrating in French and open to other qualified students. Preparation of a senior essay. In consultation with a staff member designated by the director of undergraduate studies, the student develops a topic within the areas of French language, literature, or intellectual history.
FREN W1101 & W1102 Elementary French I & II (4 pts). Enrollment limited to 20. The course is designed to help students understand, speak, read, and write the French language. Students learn to provide information about their opinions and feelings, their families, their immediate environment, and their daily activities. They are introduced to both the structure of the French language and the cultural features of some French-speaking communities. Daily assignments, laboratory work, and screening of video materials.
FREN W1201 & 1202 Intermediate French I & II (4 pts). Enrollment limited to 20. Recommended companion course: W1221-W1222. Prepares students for advanced French language and culture. Develops skills in speaking, reading, and writing French. Emphasizes cross-cultural awareness through the study of short stories, films, and passages from novels. Fosters the ability to write about and discuss a variety of topics using relatively complex structures.
FREN W1221 & W1222 Intermediate Conversation I & II (2 pts) Enrollment limited to 15. Conducted in French. Practice in conversational French, with emphasis on comprehension, pronunciation, and idiomatic usage. Recommended parallel: French W1201-W1202 For schedule information, go to: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/french/
FREN W3131 Third-year Conversation (2 pts) Enrollment limited to 15. Prerequisites: completion of the language requirement in French or the equivalent. Conversation on contemporary French subjects based on readings in current popular French periodicals.
FREN W3333 Major Literary Works to 1800 Paul Creamer, Joanna Augustyn - Prerequisites: completion of the language requirement in French or the equivalent. Reading and discussion of major works from the Middle Ages to 1800.
FREN W3334 Major Literary Works since 1800 James Helgeson - Prerequisites: completion of the language requirement in French or the equivalent. Reading and discussion of major works from 1800 to the present.
FREN W3405 & W3406 Advanced Grammar and Composition, I & II (3 pts) Enrollment limited to 15. Prerequisites: completion of the language requirement in French or the equivalent. Required of all French majors. Designed to give students an enhanced appreciation and command of the written language. Introduction to the mechanics of writing through a progression of morphology and grammar exercises designed to help students move beyond the sentence level and discover the rules that govern texts.
FREN W3420x Introduction To French and Francophone Studies I 3 pts Tracy Adam - Prerequisites: Prerequisites: FREN 3405 (Advanced Grammar and Composition) or an AP score of 5 or the permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Examines conceptions of culture and civilization in France from the Enlightenment to the Exposition Coloniale of 1931, with an emphasis on the historical development and ideological foundations of French colonialism. Authors and texts include: the Encyclopédie; the Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen; the Code noir; Diderot; Chateaubriand; Tocqueville; Claire de Duras; Renan; Gobineau; Gauguin; Drumont.
FREN W3498x French Cultural Workshop 3 pts. Vincent Aurora - Prerequisites: Completion of French 1202 Designed (though not exclusively) for students contemplating a stay at Reid Hall, this course will foster a comparison of the French and American cultures with readings from sociological sources and emphasis on in-class discussion in an attempt to comprehend and avoid common causes of cross-cultural communication.
FREN W3505x Cultural Studies: Nation and Citizenship 3 pts. Jean Terrier -Prerequisites: Prerequisite: FREN W3333-W3334 or the permission of the departmental representative or the instructor. FREN W3333-W3334 or the permission of the departmental representative or the instructor.
CLFR W3529x French Theater In Performance 3 pts. Joanna StalnakerPrerequisites: FREN W3333-W3334 or the permission of the director of undergraduate studies or the instructor. This course will combine reading, interpretation and performance of a small selection of short French plays from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, in preparation for a public performance at Columbia University's Maison Française at the end of the semester.
FREN W3623x The 19th Century French Novel 3 pts. Elisabeth A LadensonPrerequisites: FREN W3333-W3334 or the permission of the director of undergraduate studies or the instructor A survey of representative French novels from the 19th century, including works by Stendhal, Balzac, Sand, Flaubert, Zola and Huysmans.
FREN W3670x Dada/Surrealism/Situationism 3 pts. Sylvere Lotringer - Prerequisites: FREN W3333-W3334 or the director of undergraduate studies or the instructor. Dada and surrealist theories and texts.
FREN W3995x Senior Seminar 3 pts. Antoine M Compagnon -Prerequisites: Completion of FREN W3333-W3334 and W3405-W3406, or the director of undergraduate studies or the instructor. Required of all French majors. Usually taken by majors during the fall term of their senior year. Critical discussion of a few major literary works along with some classic commentaries on those works. Students critically assess and practice diverse methods of literary analysis.
FREN W3996x or y Senior Tutorial in French Literature 3 pts. Prerequisites: the permission of the director of undergraduate studies. Required for majors wishing to be considered for departmental honors. This course may also be taken at Reid Hall. Recommended for seniors majoring or concentrating in French and open to other qualified students. Preparation of a senior essay. In consultation with a staff member designated by the director of undergraduate studies, the student develops a topic within the areas of French language, literature, or intellectual history.
For class times and locations, visit the Directory of Classes.
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