| Course Title: Intermediate Level Courses in Culture and Literature: Introduction to the Literature and Culture of France and the French-Speaking World |
| Start Date: 09/06/2023 End Date: 12/19/2023 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2023 |
| 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 Students explore diversified works -- literature, historical documents, film, art, and music -- and do formal oral and written presentations.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 |
| Carolyn Shread | 413-538-2150 | cshread@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/06/2023 - 12/19/2023 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 01:45PM - 03:00PM | CIRU - Ciruti | 202 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: FREN-203, or placement test and department placement. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 16 | Enrollment: 12 | Available: 4 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Candide Author: Voltaire, Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781534993204 Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
Required | 7.40 |
| Title: Histoire de France Author: Carpentier et Lebrun, Jean et Francois Copyright: 2014 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 2757842188 Publisher: |
Required | 20.00 |
| Title: Ourika Author: de Duras, Claire Copyright: 2018 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781517403737 Publisher: |
Required | 12.00 |
| Title: Le Spleen de Paris: Petits poemes en prose Author: Baudelaire, Charles Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 2070319598 Publisher: Gallimard Education (January 1, 2006) |
Required | 16.00 |
| Title: Les inseparables Author: De Beauvoir, Simone Copyright: 2020 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9791031902746 Publisher: L'Herne, Paris |
Required | 30.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at Odyssey |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: If you are trying to prioritize your purchases: Histoire de France is available as a PDF on our Moodle site - we will be reading this and you will have questions to answer in a reading guide. I have selected fairly inexpensive editions of Candide and Ourika, but if you find another edition for these, or for the Baudelaire, which is cheaper, that is absolutely fine. Ourika : the original French text / Claire de Duras ; edited by Joan DeJean ; introduction by Joan DeJean and Margaret Waller (Modern Language Association of America, 1994) Le Spleen de Paris is available as an ebook through the library: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/mtholyoke/detail.action?docID=20 86954 |