Section Info: FREN-215-01

Course Title: Intermediate Level Courses in Culture and Literature: Introduction to the Literature and Culture of France and the French-Speaking World
Start Date: 09/04/2019 End Date: 12/17/2019
Term: Fall Semester 2019
Description: This course introduces students to literature and culture from a variety of perspectives. It will increase confidence and skill in writing and speaking; integrate historical, political, and social contexts into the study of literary texts from France and the French-speaking world; and bring understanding of the special relevance of earlier periods to contemporary French and Francophone cultural and aesthetic issues. Students explore diversified works -- literature, historical documents, film, art, and music -- and do formal oral and written presentations.
Distribution(s): I - Humanities , LANG - Language , WI - Writing-Intensive
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     Credits:4.00    

Faculty         Phone         Email address        
Anouk Alquier             anouk@mtholyoke.edu  

Meeting Dates         Method         Meeting days         Meeting times         Building name         Room     Frequency    
09/04/2019 - 12/17/2019   Lecture   Monday and Wednesday   02:55PM - 04:10PM   CIRU - Ciruti   206   Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses        
Prereq: FREN-203, or placement test and department placement. Take previously   Required  

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Cross-listed Sections        
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Course Availability
Section status: Open     Capacity: 16     Enrollment: 12     Available: 4     Waitlist: 0

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List         Required         Publisher Full Price        
Title: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Author: Moliere,
Copyright: 2007
Edition:
Volume:
ISBN: 9782035834164
Publisher: Editions Larousse-Petits Classiques Larousse Texte Integral (Book 6)
Required   9.95  
Title: Atala
Author: Chateaubriand,
Copyright:
Edition:
Volume:
ISBN: 9782253160915
Publisher: Le livre de poche
Required   20.00  
Title: Thérèse Raquin
Author: Zola,
Copyright:
Edition:
Volume:
ISBN: 9782070418008
Publisher: Folio
Required   15.00  
Title: Une femme
Author: Ernaux, Annie
Copyright:
Edition:
Volume:
ISBN: 9782070382118
Publisher: Folio
Required   15.00  

Additional Book Comments        
This is the complete book list for this class.  
Copies are on order at Odyssey Bookstore (Village Commons in South Hadley)  
Instructor's comments about the book list: All the books mentioned are required and will be available at the bookstore. Merci ! Additional texts (historical documents, films, art, and music) will be made available to you on Moodle.