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: 09/04/2024 End Date: 12/17/2024
Term: Fall Semester 2024
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 Students explore diversified works -- literature, historical documents, film, art, and music -- and do formal oral and written presentations.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    
09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024   Lecture   Tuesday and Thursday   01:45PM - 03:00PM   CIRU - Ciruti   123   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: 11     Available: 5     Waitlist: 0

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List         Required         Publisher Full Price        
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  
Title: Candide
Author: Voltaire,
Copyright: 2016
Edition:
Volume:
ISBN:
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Required   10.00  
Title: Histoire de France
Author: Carpentier et Lebrun, Jean et Francois
Copyright: 2014
Edition:
Volume:
ISBN: 2757842188
Publisher:
Required   20.00  

Additional Book Comments        
This is the complete book list for this class.  
Instructor's comments about the book list: Please note that you may purchase ANY EDITION of these texts. Also, all required texts for Mount Holyoke courses are always available for you to borrow from the MHC library circulation desk. ALSO: All books except for Les Inseparables are available as PDFs or ebook links (sometimes to old editions) on our Moodle page. Because of the close work we'll be doing with Histoire de France, if you prefer to read on the page rather than electronically, this is the text I would suggest you purchase - any edition will do and you should find second hand copies available!