Bonjour à tout le monde !
It's time to sign up for classes. Wondering which French class to take? Here is the list.
Please note our special offerings for this semester: French for the Professions (FR 338) and History of French Literature (FR 401 - focuses on the "other" in French and Francophone literature this semester).
Do contact us with your questions, and encourage your friends to take French too!
All best,
Ellen Thorington (emthorington@bsu.edu)
Marie-Line Brunet (mlbrunet@bsu.edu)
Dorothy Stegman (dlstegman@bsu.edu)
French courses offered in Spring 2021:
First year:
FR 101 MWF 10:00-10:50 Synchronous Online – Stegman
FR 101 MWF 14:00-14:50 Synchronous Online – Faulkner
FR 102 MWF 11:00-11:50 Face-to-Face – Brunet
FR 102 MWF 15:00-15:50 Synchronous Online – Faulkner
Second year:
FR 201 TTH 9:30-10:45 Synchronous Online – Thorington
FR 202 MWF 12:00-12:50 Synchronous Online – Stegman
FR 202 TTH 12:30-1:45 Synchronous Online – Thorington
FR 300-400 – Course times and descriptions, Spring 2021
FR 301 - Conversation – TR 12:30-1:45 – Synchronous Online - Stegman
Practice in oral French to increase fluency and authenticity through activities and conversation. Prerequisite: FR 202 or the equivalent, or permission of the department chairperson.
FR 302 – Composition – MWF 14:00-14:50 - Face-to-Face – Brunet
Practice in written French with review of grammatical structures. Study of French in a variety of contexts stressing formal, informal and creative expression in the language. Prerequisite: FR 202 or equivalent.
FR 338 – French for the Professions (Was Business French) – MWF 15:00-15:50 - Face-to-Face - Brunet
Designed to make advanced French students familiar with the terminology and the culture used in the professions in the French-speaking world in sectors such as business, international relations, marketing, law, tourism, health, hospitality and fashion. Prerequisite: FR 202 or the equivalent, or permission of the department chairperson.
FR 401 – History of French Literature 1 – TR 11:00-12:15 – Synchronous Online - Thorington
How does French and Francophone literature define “altérité” [otherness]? We will use the notion of otherness to look at French and Francophone literature from its origins to the present day. By examining the Saracen other of the Chanson de Roland, Montaigne’s Cannibals, Tutsi and Hutu rivalry during the Rwandan genocide in Faye’s Petit Pays, and the otherness of gender and self-identity in Satrapi’s Persepolis, we will explore the ways in which authors have depicted the “other” throughout French and Francophone literature. Readings will be drawn from a variety of literary genres (e g., drama, lyric poetry, narrative) and from different periods of literary history. Students will write on selected literary topics. Prerequisite: FR 202 or permission of the department chairperson. [Note: TIER 3 credit is possible for this course please contact me (emthorington@bsu.edu)]