Course Description

This course refines the skills acquired in Advanced French Language and Introduction to Literature. We will continue to review grammar and read and analyze literary texts with a concentration on plays and essays. We will also read one entire twentieth-century play and watch and analyze one film during the semester.

Texts (available in College Bookstore)

Morris, Mathew, Carol Herron and Colette-Rebecca Estin. Identité, Modernité, Texte. Yale University Press, 2004.

Sartre, Jean-Paul. Huis Clos. Editions Gallimard, 1947

Film: Les Blessures assassinées.

A good bilingual dictionary.

Course Objectives

FRN 3024 is designed for students who have had two years or more of French in college, or three to four years in high school.

The goal of FRN 3024 is to add to your foundation in French, helping you to improve your ability to understand what you hear, to communicate orally, and to read and analyze and write about literature. Conducted in French, the course will introduce you to French texts from different centuries. The course grade will consist of class participation, compositions, and exams.

Prerequisite: FRN 3003, Advanced French Language, or equivalent.

Course Schedule

FRN 3024 meets three days a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from January 17-April 27.

Homework

Students are expected to do the readings, grammar exercises, and other activities as assigned.

Class Participation

Active participation in class and, therefore, regular attendance is required. More than three absences without an official excuse will automatically lower your class participation grade. The class participation grade will be based on attending class and active involvement in class activities. This implies good preparation and demonstration of interest in the material, the instructor’s comments and the contributions of your fellow students.

Compositions, Quizzes, and Final Exam

Students will be expected to write two essays and a review of one of the films shown as part of the French Film festival, Tournées (screening dates will be announced in class). They will also take four quizzes and a final exam. The lowest quiz grade will be dropped.

Grades

Quizzes: 30%

Essays and film review: 30%

Homework and Class Participation: 20%

Final exam: 20%

Useful websites:

French Media

www.lemonde.fr -- French newspaper, le Monde

www.liberation.fr --French newspaper, Libération

www.rfi.fr-- French Radio Station, Radio France Internationale

http://www.france-amerique.com -- See “Actualité”

www.france.com -- See “Agenda New York”

For French events in NYC the Tri-State Area

http://frenchculture.org/events/newyork --French events in NYC and the Tri-State area

www.fiaf.org -- French Institute/Alliance Française of New York

http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/french/Mbase.html - NYU, Maison Française

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/french/maison/ Columbia University, Maison Française

http://www.mri.gouv.qc.ca/usa/en/new_york/affaires_publiques/publications.asp - Quebec Update, newsletter of the Délégation Général du Québec

www.bam.org

Course Schedule (This schedule is subject to change)

Week 1

January 18: Introduction

January 19: Identité, Modernite, Texte, Section IV: Le Théâtre

Week 2

January, 23: Chap. 8, Jean-Paul Sartre,“Huis Clos”

January 25: Chap. 8, Jean-Paul Sartre,“Huis Clos”; Le Futur simple

January 26: Chap. 8, Jean-Paul Sartre,“Huis Clos”; “Le Futur simple

Week 3

January 30:Chap. 8, Jean-Paul Sartre,“Huis Clos”; Le Futur antérieur

February 1: Chap. 8, Jean-Paul Sartre,“Huis Clos”; Le Futur antérieur

February 2: Quiz 1

Week 4

February 6: Sartre, Huis Clos

February 8: Sartre, Huis Clos

February 9 Sartre, Huis Clos

Week 5

February 13: Sartre, Huis Clos

February 15: Sartre, Huis Clos

February 16: Sartre, Huis Clos; (Comp. 1)

Week 6

February 20: Chap. 9, Beckett, En Attendant Godot; Le Conditionnel

February 22: Chap. 9, Beckett, En Attendant Godot; Le Conditionnel

February 23: Chap. 9, Beckett, En Attendant Godot; Le Conditionnel

Week 7

February 27: Chap. 9, Beckett, En Attendant Godot; Le Conditionnel

March 1: Chap. 9, Beckett, En Attendant Godot; Le Conditonnel

March 2: Quiz 2

Week 8

March 6-10 – Spring Break

Week 9

March 13: Chap. 10, Aimé Césaire, Une Tempête

March 15: Chap. 10, Aimé Césaire, Une Tempête; Le Conditionnel passé

March 17: Chap. 10, Aimé Césaire, Une Tempête; Le Conditionnel passé

Week 10

March 20: Chap. 10, Aimé Césaire, La Tempête; Le Subjonctif présent

March 22: Chap. 10, Aimé Césaire, La Tempête; Le Subjonctif present; (Comp 2)

March 23: Quiz 3

Week 11

March 27: Chap. 11, Jean Genet, Les Bonnes

March 29 Chap. 11, Jean Genet, Les Bonnes; Le Subjonctif amené par certains verbes

March 30: Chap. 11, Jean Genet, Les Bonnes, Le Subjonctif amené par certains verbes

Week 12

April 3: Chap. 11, Jean Genet, Les Bonnes; Le Subjonctif amené par certains verbes

April 5: Chap. 11, Jean Genet, Les Bonnes; Le Subjonctif amené par certains verbes

April 6: Chap. 11, Jean Genet, Les Bonnes; Le Subjonctif amené par certains verbes

Week 13

April 10: Film, Les Blessures assassinées

April 12: Film, Les Blessures assassinées

April 13: Film, Les Blessures assassinées (Comp. 3)

Week 14

April 17: Section V: L’Essai, Chap. 12, Simone de Beauvoir, Le Deuxième sexe

April 19: Simone de Beauvoir, Chap, 12, Le Deuxième sexe; Le Subjonctif amené par certaines conjonctions

April 20: Quiz 4

Week 15

April 24: Simone de Beauvoir, Chap. 12, Le Deuxième sexe; Le Subjonctif amené par certaines conjonctions

April 26: Simone de Beauvoir, Chap. 12, Le Deuxième sexe; La voix passive (chap. 13)

April 27: Last day of class; Révision; (Film review due)

The date, time and place of the FINAL EXAM will be announced later in the semester. DO NOT MAKE TRAVEL PLANS BEFORE THE FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE IS POSTED.

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