Course Schedule with Descriptions - Fall 2009

FRIT F300/12789 Reading and Expression in French
Topic: Representations of Women
10:10-11:00 MWF BH 219
Dade, Juliette

Through close readings of four genres of French literature (poetry, theatre, novel, and short story), this course introduces students to some of the important texts, movements, authors, and contexts of French literature. The course will focus on techniques of literary analysis as well as the development of reading and writing skills in French. We will read works that have as a common trait the diverse aspects of literary representations of women. Often adopted as muses, women in literature have been depicted as anything from idealized visions to threatening seductresses, motherly figures, and immoral prostitutes. Often the female characters present a glimpse of the daily life of women within the social context of their time.

We will begin with Molière’s comedy, L’Ecole des femmes, in which an old man adopts a young girl in order to teach her to be a perfect wife. We will then read a selection of poems depicting women from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century by such poets as Christine de Pisan, Ronsard, Baudelaire, and Verlaine, among others. We will continue with the short story Boule de Suif, by Guy de Maupassant, and a handful of short stories from Colette’s collection, La Femme cachée. Finally, we will end with Une si longue lettre by Mariama Bâ, a personal narrative that retells the story of a recently widowed Senegalese woman in the form of a letter to her friend.

The course will be graded based on participation, a four-page explication de texte of one poem chosen by the student, two exams (on the play and on the short stories), and a final five-page paper on the novel. Taught in French. Prerequisite is F250 or consent of department. F300 fulfills A & H requirement.

FRIT F300/3429 Reading and Expression in French
12:20-1:10 MWF BH 015
Okamoto-MacPhail, Aiko

This course offers a general introduction to French literature and provides reading strategies in poetry, theater, and fiction. We will start the semester with lyric poems from the Middle Ages to the 20th century chosen from the course packet, and each student will present a brief exposé and compose a short essay. Then we read the 17th-century play Phèdre by Jean Racine and study the classic verse of alexandrin. During the last half of the semester, we concentrate on the prose of the 19th century: Le Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac and Trois contes by Gustave Flaubert. The course grade will be based on oral presentations, short and long essays and active and continuous class participation. F300: P - FRIT-F 250. Above class carries COLL A & H distribution credit.

FRIT F300/31264 Reading and Expression in French - NEW 7/21/09
3:35-4:25 MWF SW 220
Okamoto-MacPhail, Aiko

Same description as for class 3429, above.

FRIT F300/3430 Reading and Expression in French
Topic: Mensonge et vérité
9:30-10:45 TuTh BH 208
Semk, Chris

Qu’est-ce qu’un mensonge? Pourquoi est-ce qu’on ment? Le mensonge est-il toujours le contraire de la vérité? A travers des textes qui mettent en jeu les thèmes du mensonge, de la ruse et de la duplicité, nous verrons comment ces questions sont abordées dans la littérature française. Nous verrons par la suite que la littérature elle-même est parfois considérée comme “une mensonge qui dit la vérité.” Ce cours se propose d’initier les étudiants à la lecture et à l’analyse des textes littéraires.

Nous étudierons un choix de poèmes du XVIe au XXe siècle. Ensuite, nous lirons une comédie de Corneille, Le Menteur, où le héros prend plaisir à inventer des histoires et à tromper les autres. Mais si le mensonge peut être joyeux, il peut aussi être utile, comme nous le verrons en lisant plusieurs Fables de La Fontaine. Nous découvrirons les vérités cachées sous l’apparence fabuleuse d’un conte philosophique de Voltaire, Zadig, qui raconte les mésaventures d’un jeune homme à la recherche du bonheur. En passant par quelques contes de Maupassant et une nouvelle de Barbey d’Aurevilly, nous terminerons notre parcours avec le roman Thomas l’imposteur de Cocteau.

Devoirs: le travail oral comprendra la participation active et un exposé oral, le travail écrit comprendra une explication de texte, une composition de 4-5 pages, et un examen final. Taught in French. Prerequisite is F250 or consent of department. F300 fulfills A & H requirement.

FRIT F300/3431 Reading and Expression in French
Topic: Mensonge et vérité
11:15-12:30 TuTh WH 005
Semk, Chris

See coursed description above. Prerequisite is F250, F255, or F265. F300 fulfills A & H requirement. Conducted in French.

FRIT F300/3432 Reading and Expression in French
Topic: De l’amour et de la guerre
1:00-2:15 TuTh BH 305
Vantine, Peter

This course is an introduction to four genres in French literature (poetry, theater, novel, and short stories). The course will focus on developing skills in literary analysis through close readings. In so doing, students will also be working to improve their oral and written skills in French. The texts studied will cover a wide range of historical periods, but they are connected by their common attempts to represent the highly intense experiences of love and war – two seemingly opposing phenomena that are nevertheless frequently linked in literature.

We will begin by reading a selection of both epic and lyrical poems from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Our play will be Corneille’s Le Cid, a 17th-century tragi-comédie that is a tangled tale of young love, family honor, fatal duels and war. For our novel, we will read Balzac’s 19th-century text Le Colonel Chabert, in which a Napoleonic war hero who was left for dead on the battlefield must engage in a kind of legal and social warfare in an attempt to regain his identity upon returning to Paris, where his reappearance is problematic for his wife, who has remarried into a position of wealth and status that she is loath to lose. Finally, we will read several late-19th and 20th-century short stories, including Vercor’s Le Silence de la mer, a text published clandestinely in occupied France during WWII.

The final grade for the course will be based on participation, an explication de texte (3-4 pages), a second paper (4-5 pages), and two exams. Taught in French. Prerequisite is F250, F255, or F265. F300 fulfils A & H requirement.

FRIT F300/3433 Reading and Expression in French
Topic: The Discovery of the New World
2:30-3:45 TuTh BH 147
Valazza, Nicolas

Europeans claim to have discovered the American continent in 1492, which was soon to be identified as the New World. Beyond its geographical aspect, this historical event carried such a strong cultural impact that the New World came to be seen, notably by writers, as the Other World, also considered the World of the Others, with all its historical, sociological, philosophical, but also fictional and metaphorical implications. Since then, and for centuries to come, writers have kept discovering the New World again and again, always lending to it new meanings.

In this course, we will read several texts belonging to different centuries and literary genres (essay, fiction, theatre and poetry) in which the topic of the New World is developed in various manners. Works studied include: the 16th-century essay Des cannibales by Montaigne, the 18th-century short story Candide by Voltaire, the 18th-century play L’Île des esclaves by Marivaux, a 19th-century anthology of poems and the 20th-century novel La Controverse de Valladolid by Jean-Claude Carrière. We will also have the chance to watch the film based on the latter novel.

The course will focus on textual analysis, and will be conducted in French. Prerequisite is F250, F255, or F265. F300 fulfills A & H requirement.

FRIT S300/3486 Reading and Expression in French-Honors
9:30-10:45 TuTh BH 345 - location changed 9-3-09
Gray, Margaret

An introduction to French literature, this course has three goals: a) to provide further exposure to a variety of literary genres in French, including poetry, theatre, the novel and the short story b) to develop and sharpen reading skills through practice in close reading and techniques of literary analysis c) to foster student progress in practical skills such as aural and written comprehension, as well as oral and written expression. Beginning with poetic texts of the Renaissance in the Petrarchan tradition, we will analyze the reprise and transformation of these forms in the Romantic lyrics of the nineteenth century, as well as their subsequent post-Symbolist ironizations. We will then proceed with our study of irony in the context of a different genre, theatre—in which a playwright’s manipulation of the ideal of romantic love becomes a vehicle for powerful social critique. Turning to the more intimate account of a first-person narrative, we will follow the adventures, setbacks, hopes, sorrows and joys recounted by the narrator of a coming-of-age novel, or “roman d’apprentissage.” The semester will conclude with a selection of short stories illuminating thematic and formal issues, from problems of moral responsibility to voice and point of view. Written exercises will include an in-class writing assignment, a midterm exam, a paper and a comprehensive final exam. One more thing: you have just had your last contact with English. S 300 : P - FRIT-F 250. Above class carries COLL A & H distribution credit. Above class open to Hutton Honors College students only.

FRIT F305/27665 Théâtre et essai
Topic: Le poids de l'existence
11:15-12:30 TuTh BH 209
Bjornstad, Hall

According to Montaigne, “Philosopher, c’est apprendre à mourir.” In this course we will study literature that emerges as a response to the “weight” of existence, be it by making it easier to carry, by reminding us of the weight from which we are fleeing, or by staging the encounter between laughter and tears, pleasure and pain, joy and sadness. First we will follow the early development of the genre of the essay, from Montaigne through Charron and Pascal, to Nicole (available in the course pack). Then we turn to seventeenth-century theater, reading one comedy (Dom Juan by Molière) and one tragedy (Phèdre by Racine). Finally we will examine some 20th-century responses to similar issues, reading one essay (Le mythe de Sisyphe by Camus) and two plays (Huis clos by Sartre, En attendant Godot by Beckett). Course requirements include short weekly response papers (not graded) and two 5 page essays. The course will be conducted in French. F 305 : P - FRIT-F 300. Above class carries COLL A & H distribution credit.

FRIT F313/3435 Advanced Grammar
1:25-2:15 MWF BH 015 - Room changed 7-24-09
Vance, Barbara

F313, the first half of the grammar and composition sequence 313-314, builds students’ understanding of advanced aspects of French grammar and their facility in applying this understanding to written and oral expression. We will supplement the text Grammaire Française (Ollivier) with exercises based on various materials from French and francophone culture, including e.g. journalistic writing, literature, and film. F313: P - FRIT-F 250.

FRIT F313/3436 Advanced Grammar
11:15-12:05 MWF BH 219
Okamoto-MacPhail, Aiko

This course has two aims: to summarize the grammar learned up to this level and to expand that knowledge to advanced French grammar. The textbook used in class is French for Oral and Written Review by Charles Carlut, Walter Meiden. The semester goal is to give students a grammatical instrument in preparation for the reading-intensive courses in the F300 and 400 levels. F313: P - FRIT-F 250.

FRIT F313/3437 Advanced Grammar
4:40-5:30 MWF BH 331
MacPhail, Eric

This course has two aims: to summarize the grammar learned up to this level and to expand that knowledge to written and literary French grammar. In order to do so, we use Harper’s Grammar of French by Samuel N. Rosenberg et al. and the exercise book. The semester goal is to give students a grammatical instrument in preparation for the reading-intensive courses at the F300 and 400 levels. The class will be graded by various types of small and big tests. F313: P - FRIT-F 250.

FRIT F315/3438 Phonetics & Pronunciation
11:15-12:05 MWF BH 139
Sax, Kelly

Drill sections:

3439 - 9:05-9:55 TuTh - BU 427 - Staff
3440 - 10:10-11:00 TuTh - BU 427 - Staff

French F315 has three objectives: (1) to develop students' communicative skills by practice in listening comprehension and conversational practice; (2) to improve students' pronunciation accuracy and oral fluency and to train them to evaluate their own pronunciation; (3) to learn about the sound system and its role in the grammar vocabulary of the language, as well as a marker of social and geographical identity. The focus will be on the pronunciation of Standard French, that is, the speech of the educated Parisian that serves as model in the French speaking world. However, students will be introduced to salient features of other varieties of French.

The course meets five times weekly: two small practice sessions, two lectures, and one session of practice in the language lab under the supervision of the instructors or tutorial instruction. All components of the course are taught in French. Prerequisite is FRIT F 250 or equivalent. Choose one drill section to go with this lecture component. F 315 : P - FRIT-F 250.

FRIT F363/27666 Introduction à la France moderne
1:00-2:15 TuTh BH 146
Panaite, Oana

The course is an broad introduction to major moments in French politics, society and culture form the aftermath of the 1789 Revolution to the Postcolonial era. Key-moments include The First and Second Empire, Romanticism, the Paris Commune, the Dreyfus Affair, Impressionism, First and Second World Wars, Feminism, May 1968, Decolonization, Immigration, and France's role in the European Union. F 363: P - FRIT-F 300. Above class carries Culture Studies credit. Above class carries COLL A & H distribution credit.

FRIT F375/11718 Thèmes et perspectives littéraires
Topic: Héros et antihéros
2:30-3:45 TuTh BH 209
Vantine, Peter

We will focus specifically on the representation of such figures in the theater and the novels of the 19th century, from romanticism to realism and beyond. We will read two plays: Victor Hugo’s Hernani (1830) and Alfred Jarry’s Ubu roi (1896); and two novels: Stendhal’s Le Rouge et le noir (1830) and Guy de Maupassant’s Bel-ami (1885). We will also view theater or film versions of several of the texts studied.

We will consider questions such as the following: What are the essential qualities of a heroic figure? To what extent and in what manner are such figures determined by their specific historical and cultural contexts? What is the functions of a given hero or antihero in a specific literary work? What thematic elements, rhetorical techniques, and stylistic traits do authors exploit to represent or subvert exceptional characters in their texts? How does one interpret the meaning of a character whose status as heroic or antiheroic is ambiguous?

This course will continue to develop students’ skills in literary analysis, as well as to further strengthen their oral and written fluency in French, through close readings, engaged discussions and written assignments. The final grade for the course will be based on preparation for and participation in class, one oral presentation, a mid-term exam, and one or two papers. Taught in French. Prerequisite is F300 or equivalent. F375 fulfils A & H and CSB requirements.

FRIT F399/3441 Reading for Honors
Mickel, Emanuel

Obtain on-line auth for above class from Department.

FRIT F410/27667 French Literature of the Middle Ages
11:15-12:30 TuTh BH 215
Merceron, Jacques

Dans cette introduction à la littérature française du Moyen Age, nous lirons en français moderne des œuvres représentatives des principaux genres médiévaux: chanson de geste, récits brefs (lais bretons et fabliaux), roman arthurien, poésie lyrique. A travers la lecture de ces œuvres, nous essaierons de dégager la spécificité de la littérature de cette période. Parmi les thèmes abordés figureront: le texte médiéval et ses modes de composition et de transmission; jongleurs et performance orale; mise en roman et tradition manuscrite; troubadours, trouvères et fin’amors (« amour courtois »); chevalerie, féodalité et littérature courtoise; etc. Le cours sera fait en français. Textes à lire: La Prise d’Orange (trad. Cl. Lachet et J.-P. Tusseau) ; Les Lais de Marie de France, éd. K. Warnke/ trad. L. Harf-Lancner; Tristan et Iseut de Béroul, éd./trad. Ph. Walter et D. Fabre; Le Chevalier au Lion de Chrétien de Troyes, éd./trad. David F. Hult; Fabliaux du Moyen Age (sélection), éd./ trad. Jean Dufournet; Poèmes d’amour des 12e et 13e siècles (trad. E. Baumgartner et F. Ferrand), (en combinaison avec l’écoute de CDs: textes et musiques du Moyen Age). Manuel de référence à lire : Michel Zink, Introduction à la littérature française du Moyen Age (Livre de Poche, 1993). Devoirs et notation: 1) participation orale active et continue en classe ; 2) examen de mi-semestre; 3) composition écrite (en français) de 5/6 pages; 4) examen final (total = 25% X 4).

FRIT F443/29660 Great Novels of the 19th Century
Topic: The Figure of the Painter in the 19th Century French Novel
1:00-2:15 TuTh SY 105 - location changed 9-3-09
Valazza, Nicolas

In this course, we will read some key novels of the 19th century—Le Chef-d’œuvre inconnu by Balzac, Manette Salomon by the Goncourt brothers, L’Œuvre by Zola and À rebours by Huysmans—focusing on the figure of the painter as a literary character. The purpose of the course is to show how the art of painting unveils some unexpected aspects of the art of the novel, while also unfolding some essential literary issues of the century: the status of the artist in society, the role of the woman in the novel, the Orientalist fascination, realist and naturalist esthetics, the emergence of symbolism and the question of decadence, etc. Our readings will be enlightened by visual examples taken from painters that are somewhat hidden behind these characters: Manet, Cézanne, Moreau among others. The course will be conducted in French. Above class carries COLL A & H distribution credit.

FRIT F450/12192 French Studies-Tradition & Ideas
Topic: Locations, Journeys, and Self-Discovery in French Novels (1900-1960)
1:25-2:15 MWF WH 114 - Room changed 7-24-09
Dade, Juliette

Physical and spiritual journeys are often linked, with the former inspiring and often provoking a fuller understanding of the self and of one’s relationship with social structures. In the novels we will be studying in class, the spiritual journeys include the gradual revelation of the absurdity of life and the struggle for women to break away from social bonds, as well as personal discoveries about sexuality and the self.

Gide - L'Immoraliste (1902)
Colette - La Vagabonde (1910)
Sartre - La Nausee (1938)
Duras - Moderato cantabile (1952)
Camus - La Chute (1956)
Butor - La Modification (1957)

Students will be asked to write a “close reading” of a passage, an oral presentation, and a final paper. Course will be taught in French. Above class carries COLL A & H distribution credit.

FRIT F477/29661 French Conversation Group Leadership
TBA
Sax, Kelly

Under the guidance of their instructor, advanced students of French facilitate weekly French conversation groups for lower level students. Leaders are responsible for planning all group sessions, including discussion topics generated by magazine/newspaper articles and movies, and activities such as games and cooking. No credit for French major. May be repeated for a total of 4 credit hours. Obtain on-line auth for above class from instructor. Above class graded on S/F basis only.

FRIT F495/3444 Individual Readings in French
Mickel, Emanuel

Obtain on-line auth for above class from Department.

FRIT F499/3445 Reading for Honors
Mickel, Emanuel

Obtain on-line auth for above class from Department.

FRIT F501/27669 Medieval French Literature 1
2:30-3:45 TuTh WH 203 - room changed 5-1-09
Merceron, Jacques

Ce cours a pour objectif, dans un premier temps, de préparer les étudiants à la lecture et à la traduction à voix haute des textes en ancien français, préparation nécessaire à leur étude littéraire. Pour ce faire, nous étudierons en premier lieu les bases phonétiques, morphologiques et syntaxiques indispensables. Les textes d’étude retenus sont : La Chanson de Roland et les Lais de Marie de France. Nous étudierons aussi le contexte institutionnel et social médiéval permettant de resituer ces textes de fiction dans leur contexte historique. La spécificité fictionnelle et générique de ces deux textes sera aussi soulignée. Ouvrages à lire : 1) Sylvie Bazin-Taccella, Initiation à l’ancien français (Hachette, 2006) ; 2) La Chanson de Roland [texte en ancien français seulement, sans traduction], éd. Cesare Segre, Droz, 2003 ; 3) Les Lais de Marie de France [texte en ancien français seulement, sans traduction], éd. Jean Rychner, H. Champion, 1986 (ne pas acheter d’édition avec traduction) ; 4) Stéphane Muzelle, 100 fiches d’histoire du Moyen Age, éd. Bréal 2004. Ouvrage à consulter : A. J. Greimas, Dictionnaire de l’ancien français jusqu‘au milieu du 14e siècle (Hachette, 2001 ou 2007). Devoirs et notation : Présence, participation en classe, active et continue et 1 exposé oral (avec version écrite à remettre) : 40% ; examen de mi-semestre : 30% ; examen final : 30%.

FRIT F564/27671 Issues in Literary Theory
Topic: The Trouble with Literature
4:00-6:00 Th WH 205
Panaite, Oana

The course will examine concepts and theories pertaining to the cultural and political definition of literature. What is literature? What is the literary canon? What roles do authors, critics and common readers play in the making of literature? What is the moral and political responsibility of the writer? What are the borders and boundaries of literature? Each session will address a major moment in the history of literary thought from Plato and Aristotle, through Diderot and Kant to Sartre, Genette, and Spivak.

FRIT F572/3446 Practicum-College French Teaching
1:25-2:15 F WH 118
Sax, Kelly

This one-hour course is required for all new Associate Instructors in French and is open to all interested students; it addresses practical issues such as student/instructor relations, classroom teaching and testing techniques. Students will carry out a series of focused classroom observations designed to allow them to 1) identify teaching procedures and techniques used by experienced instructors and 2) to evaluate the effectiveness of observed techniques. Each observation will be structured as follows:

a) a preview provides the focus for an upcoming observation;
b) students complete a questionnaire during or following the classroom visit;
c) a follow-up meeting allows students to discuss their findings and explore the topic in more depth;
d) completed questionnaires are submitted to the instructor for review.

There are no required readings; students must attend all scheduled class meetings, complete the observations and turn in the corresponding questionnaires. The course is graded on S/F basis only.

FRIT F576/27672 Intro to French Phonology
4:00-5:15 TuTh BH 319
Auger, Julie

This course deals with what it means to have knowledge of French phonology and how such knowledge is mentally represented. We focus on central issues in the phonology of French: nasal vowels, schwa, vowel alternations, final consonants, syllable structure constraints, and prosodic structure. There are two underlying themes: general conceptual advances in the understanding of phonological representations and the debate concerning the nature of phonological processes.

FRIT F580/3447 Applied French Linguistics
1:00-2:15 TuTh WH 205
Rottet, Kevin

The general objective of this course is to impart to students with little or no previous introduction to linguistics a knowledge of the main linguistic features of French and their relevance for the pedagogy of French as a foreign language in the United States. We will examine various aspects of the structure of French (lexicon, phonology, morphology, syntax, and pragmatics) with emphasis on the spoken language and a coverage of social, stylistic, and geographical variation, discussing implications of such variation for the FLE classroom. There will also be a sociolinguistically-oriented survey of the linguistic situation in France and in various Francophone regions. Other sociolinguistic topics will include language attitudes and linguistic insecurity; linguistic and pedagogical norms; language policy in France and the Francophone world; multilingualism and diglossia.

FRIT F603/27673 History of the French Language 1
4:00-5:15 MW BH 246
Vance, Barbara

F603 provides an introduction to the external and internal history of French. The course takes three different but related perspectives on the subject matter: synchronic (study of the structure of Old French), diachronic (development of sounds, words, & sentence structure from Popular Latin through early Modern French), and sociolinguistic (addressing both general questions of language variation & change and the particulars of the French case). In this first half of the 603-604 sequence, we focus mainly on the early development (through the 13th century) and on phonology (sounds) & morphology (words). Cross-listed with Linguistics and Medieval Studies.

FRIT F630/27674 Studies in Seventeenth-Century French Literature
Title: Expressions of Absolutism: Louis XIV and the Culture of Exemplarity
9:05-11:00 F BH 141
Bjornstad, Hall

Renaissance culture was a culture of exemplarity, in the sense that ancient examples were at the heart of the humanist project as a source of both ethical and esthetic models. This seminar examines what happens when the power of the king is no longer justified by referring to past models but is instead conceived as absolute and self-sufficient. Emblematic of this turn is the decoration of the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, which was originally planned to reflect the examples of Apollo and Hercules, but now multiplies the image of the royal Exemplar himself. In this course we will examine various artistic expressions of absolutism (theater, poetry, opera, ballet, architecture, portraiture, gardening, etc) that respond to and help construct the image of Louis XIV. Readings will include primary texts by Molière, Racine, Boileau, La Fontaine, and Louis XIV himself, as well as critical essays by Louis Marin, Peter Burke, and Norbert Elias.

FRIT F650/30216 Etudes de littérature contemporaine
Topic: Autour de 1913: Nostalgie, Innovation, Scandale, Crise
4:00-6:00 Tu SE 009 - room changed 8-13-09
Gray, Margaret

Widely considered the “annus mirabilis” of French 20th-century literary history, the year 1913 sees the publication of Proust’s Du côté de chez Swann, after its refusal by three publishers; a collection of vignettes by Colette, L’Envers du Music-Hall, documenting the behind-the-scenes lives of music-hall performers; Apollinaire’s collection of poems, Alcools, whose title conveys the poet’s hope to produce the effect of powerful drink upon his readers; Alain-Fournier’s lyrical and oniric novel about quest and obsession, Le Grand Meaulnes; Blaise Cendrars’s long “simultaneous” poem, Prose du transsibérien et de la Petite Jehanne de France. In 1913, André Gide completes his impertinent Les Caves du Vatican; Paul Valéry begins work on “La jeune Parque,” after a twenty-year silence; and future Nobel laureate Albert Camus is born. A variety of texts spanning several genres—novel, theatre, poetry, memoir, essay—will provide insight into this extraordinary moment of exuberant literary production and promise, including representative works published before and after 1913. Exercises will include an oral exposé, preparation of a reading question, and the choice of a final written exam or long paper. Readings and discussion will be in French. Texts will include:

Alain-Fournier, Le grand Meaulnes
Colette, L’Envers du Music-Hall
Apollinaire, Alcools and Les Mamelles de Tiresias
Proust, Du côté de chez Swann
Gide, Les caves du Vatican and Les Nourritures terrestres
Rachilde, La Jongleuse
Cocteau, Thomas l’Imposteur
Valéry, Charmes

FRIT F680/39790 Bilingualism and Language Contact in Francophonie
2:30-3:45 TuTh BH 215 - Time changed 8-5-09
Rottet, Kevin

This course will focus on the linguistic and social phenomena surrounding language contact. We will examine the typology of contact situations and a broad range of phenomena including language maintenance, shift and death; diglossia; koineization; pidginization and creolization; language intertwining or the creation of mixed languages such as Michif, Ma’a, and Media Lengua; Sprachbunds and language areas; codeswitching, lexical borrowing, and grammatical borrowing including calquing and replication. We will also examine some of the basic findings on bilingualism: definitions, typologies of bilingualism, issues of bilingualism and the human brain, and issues of bilingual or multilingual speech communities. Much of the material examined in this course will be drawn from situations where French is one of the languages in contact, whether in North America, Africa, Europe or the South Pacific, and students will have opportunities in course assignments and a term paper to explore these varieties in greater detail. The course is cross-listed with L625.

FRIT F815/3448 Individual Readings in French Literature & Linguistics
Mickel, Emanuel

Obtain on-line auth for above class from Department.

FRIT F875/3449 Research in French Literature & Language
Mickel, Emanuel

Above class for on-campus students.

FRIT F875/9853 Research in French Literature & Language
Mickel, Emanuel

Above class for off-Campus students. Obtain on-line auth for above class from Department.

FRIT G901/3450 Advanced Research
Arranged
Mickel, Emanuel

Obtain on-line auth for above class from Department. Above class for French PhD students.

Italian Language and Literature Courses

FRIT M222/8689 Topics in Italian Culture
Topic: Female Voices from 20th-Century Italy
2:30-3:45 TuTh BH 138 - room changed 9-9-09
Ryan-Scheutz, Colleen

This course introduces students to female poets, protagonists, novelists, and playwrights with an eye on the development of women's self-awareness and subjectivity. The course provides an overview of women's issues and movements in Italy in the course of the twentieth century and of women's changing roles modern Italian society. The study of selected primary and secondary works (in translation) offer a broad range of perspectives on femininity, motherhood, and the concept of voice. Students will gain a profound awareness of the cultural differences and social realities that different female writers and characters were facing in their times. Above class taught in English. Above class carries Culture Studies credit.

FRIT M300/7053 Italian Conversation & Diction
10:10-11:00 D WH 114
Nussmeier, Anthony

Conducted in Italian, this course continues the study of advanced structures through an in- depth reading of literary texts. While the focus is on accuracy and fluency in speaking, practice with other skills and the study of Italian literature and culture will be integrated throughout. P: M250 or consent of instructor.

FRIT M307/3479 Masterpieces of Italian Literature 1
4:00-5:15 TuTh BH 105
Scalabrini, Massimo

The focus of this course is the literature of Medieval and Renaissance Italy. Its goal is to read some of Italy’s most representative works, to understand them in their specific contexts, and to develop a historical and critical approach to literary texts. Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Machiavelli and Guicciardini will be among the authors considered. Students will write three short essays during the term, participate in an oral presentation, take five quizzes and a final exam. The class will be conducted in Italian. A reader will be available. M 307 : P - FRIT-M 250. Above class carries COLL A & H distribution credit. Above class carries Culture Studies credit.

FRIT M455/27676 Readings in the Italian Cinema
Topic: Italian Cinema in a Modernizing Society
1:00-2:15 TuTh WH 204
Films: 7:15-10:00 Tu BH 205
Vitti, Antonio

The objective of this course is to gain a better understanding of the often complex mechanism of Italian politics, the intriguing regional differences, and the civic and cultural development that have shaped the Italian Republic since the end of terrorism. Through a pluridisciplinary approach this course will explore how contemporary Italian cinema has followed, mirrored, and often even anticipated the cultural transformation and moments of crisis in Italian society. During the semester thirty films will be screened. Students will learn how to prepare a film analysis, will write a final essay, and will lead group and class discussions.

Required texts:

• P. Ginsborg, Italy and its Discontents 1980 – 2001. Penguin Books, 2001. ISBN 0-14-024794-7.
• M. Marcus, after fellini. National Cinema in the Postmodern Age. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. 0-8018-6847-5.
• A course pack will also be available at the IU bookstore

FRIT M495/3482 Individual Reading in Italian Literature
Mickel, Emanuel

Obtain on-line auth for above class from Department.

FRIT M499/3483 Reading for Honors
Mickel, Emanuel

Obtain on-line auth for above class from Department.

FRIT M500/27677 Seminar in Italian Cinema
Topic: The Remaking of Postwar Italy Through the Lenses of Cinema
3:35-5:30 Tu BH 018
Films: 7:15-10:00 Th BH 205
Vitti, Antonio

This course investigates how Italian cinema embodies the essence of the Italian political and ideological collective consciousness after World War II when the cultural milieu surrounding the anti-fascist Resistance became a cultural and political foundation for postwar Italian national identity as well as the ideological basis of the 1946 Italian constitution. The major issues in Italian cultural and cinematic changes from the end of WW II to 1959 will be studied, including modernization, the transformation of traditions, social institutions, the pre-economic boom, the end of neo-realism and the birth of pink neo-realism, the Italian style comedy, the Cold War, fashion and internal immigration. Particular attention will be given to the relationship between traditional values and the new cultural models imported from abroad, which gave rise to the new movie star system.

Required texts:

• Gian Piero Brunetta, Storia del cinema italiano. Dal neorealismo al miracolo econmico 1945-1959. Volume terzo. Roma: Editori Riuniti, 1993. ISBN 88-359-3787-6.
• Incontri con il cinema italiano (a cura di Antonio Vitti). Caltanissetta: Sciascia Editore, 2003, ISBN 9-788882-411480.
• Peppe De Santis secondo se stesso (a cura e con saggi di Antonio Vitti). Metauro, 2006, ISBN 9-78887-543889.
• Marta Boneschi, Poveri ma belli . Milano: Mondadori, ISBN 97-8880- 4423591.

FRIT M505/27678 Modern Italian Literature & Culture
Topic: Politics & Literature in Italy from the French Revolution to Modern Times
4:00-6:00 M WH 118
Ciccarelli, Andrea

In this course we will analyze some of the most important Italian literary works, beginning with the period of the French Revolution until the contemporary age, in view of their relationships with the Italian and European political developments. We will focus both on an historical and anthropological reading of the context as well as the texts in question. We will read mostly fiction, but plays and poetry as well. Amongst the authors involved: Foscolo, Manzoni, Verga, Pirandello, Calvino; amongst the subjects: Futurism, Fascism, Lit and Terrorism.

FRIT M572/ALL Italian Teaching Practicum
Ryan-Scheutz, Colleen

Sections:

11966 - 2:30-3:30 W - BH 137 - for M150 instructors
11967 - 3:35-4:35 W - BH 137 - for M100 instructors
11968 - 4:40-5:40 W - BH 137 - for M200 Instructors
11969 - 5:45-6:45 W - BH 137 - for M250 Instructors

Instructors of Italian develop, practice, and evaluate the effectiveness of pedagogical approaches and materials. They create and discuss a variety of assessments for evaluating language skills and cultural knowledge for intermediate-level courses. May be repeated once for credit. Above class graded on S/F basis only.

FRIT M605/8690 Seminar in Modern Italian Literature
Topic: Prosa italiana del ‘600
3:35-5:30 Th WH 204
Arnaudo, Marco

Questo corso esamina lo sviluppo della prosa secentesca italiana nelle sue forme piu' significative e nelle sue potenti tensioni interne, dalle prediche e dalle opere di meditazione della Controriforma alla scrittura dei libertini e alla nascita della prosa scientifica. Gli studenti avranno inoltre modo di esaminare esempi barocchi del genere del dialogo, della novellistica e del romanzo agiografico, psicologico, e avventuroso. Gli autori trattati includeranno Daniello Bartoli, Galileo Galilei, Ferrante Pallavicino, Luca Assarino, Anton Giulio Brignole Sale, Giovanni Ambrosio Marini.

FRIT M815/3484 Individual Readings in Italian Literature
Mickel, Emanuel

Obtain on-line auth for above class from Department.

FRIT M875/3485 Research in Italian Literature
Mickel, Emanuel

Above class for on-campus students.

FRIT M875/9856 Research in Italian Literature
Mickel, Emanuel

Above class for off-Campus students. Obtain on-line auth for above class from Department.

FRIT G901/3451 Advanced Research
Mickel, Emanuel

Obtain on-line auth for above class from Department. Above class for Italian PhD students.

Cross Listed and Topics Courses

COAS E103/774 Cloak and Dagger
11:15-12:05 TuTh TBA
Films: 7-10:00 Tu TBA
Arnaudo, Marco

Discussion sections:

7775 - 1:25-2:15 Th - TBA - Staff
7776 - 2:30-3:20 Th - TBA - Staff
7777 - 1:25-2:15 F - TBA - Staff

A MAXIMUM OF FIVE FILMS ARE REQUIRED AND WILL BE SHOWN ON TUESDAY EVENINGS DURING THE SEMESTER

Introduces students to one of the most basic concepts of literary criticism - literary genres - with specific reference to a specific popular genre, the so-called “thriller.” “Thriller” is a term that came into use in the late nineteenth century and was applied not only to the detective story, the most famous examples of which were A. Conan Doyle’s tales about Sherlock Holmes, but also to a closely- related literary genre, the spy novel, that also attained great popularity during the period. The term “thriller” is often unfortunately employed to denigrate books relegated to this generic category.

The primary focus of this course will be to teach students how to understand the “rules of the game,” the conventions and traditions that govern any literary genre, with specific reference to the “thriller” as exemplified by selected detective and spy stories in both literature and the cinema. It is my hope that students will apply the lessons they learn about genre in this class to any literary genre, not only genres typical of popular culture but also those associated primarily with “serious” literature (the epic, tragedy, the sonnet, etc.).

Students will read the detective fiction of Poe, Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler, and Friedrich Dürrenmatt. We will also examine several detective films in the film noir tradition, including The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep. For the spy genre, we will read a pre-Cold War novel, at least one James Bond novel by Ian Fleming and a Cold War spy novel by John Le Carré. In addition, we will screen two very different James Bond films: one made during the height of the Cold War, and Martin Campbell’s Casino Royale (2006).

Students will be given several written exams, and several critical essays on the primary texts and films studied will be assigned. They will be expected to take an active part in discussion sections.

COAS E103/7833 A Question of Love
9:05-9:55 MW TBA
Mickel, Emanuel

Discussion sections:

9834 - 12:20-1:10 M - TBA - Staff
9835 - 12:20-1:10 W - TBA - Staff
9836 - 12:20-1:10 F - BH 144 - Staff

In the topics course "A Question of Love" we shall explore our understanding of the various emotions and relationships we cover by the word love. As a basis for understanding the different aspects of love in human relationships as represented in western tradition, we shall read and analyze an anthology of fundamental passages from several classical and medieval works, ranging from Plato and the Bible to Ovid and the Romance of the Rose. We shall use our discussion of these texts to analyze the representations of love in two medieval romances, Chretien's Erec and Enide and Gottfried's Tristan; one seventeenth and one eighteenth century French novel, The Princess of Cleves and Dangerous Liaisons; and an English novel of Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility.

There will be three examinations during the semester including the final. Students will be asked to write four papers: two of two pages and two not more than three pages. In these papers students will learn to approach literary texts in a critical manner. In this course we shall discuss the psychology of love, the close relationship between love and philosophy, the question of love and chivalry in the Middle Ages, the importance of rhetoric and authorial use of persona. Analyzing these issues will add to the student's ability to understand the novel we shall read, to appreciate the many faceted aspects of the experiences we cover by the single word love, and to see the ways in which writers have represented these human emotions.

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