Course Schedule with Descriptions - Spring 2010

FRIT F300/7246 Reading and Expression in French
Topic: De l’amour et de la guerre
MWF 11:15-12:05 BALL 148
Vantine, Peter James

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 read 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 back in 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. We will then read Vercor’s short story “Le Silence de la mer,” a text published clandestinely in occupied France during WWII. Finally, we will finish with excerpts from Atiq Rahimi’s recent novel Syngué sabour, which is set in Afghanistan and depicts a wife tending to her unconscious husband, a wounded jihadist.

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 F300/7247 Reading and Expression in French
Topic: OULIPO : Contraintes Formelles et Sémantiques
TuTh 11:15-12:30 BALL 305
Amarie, Olga

OULIPO (Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle) a 50 ans, puisque fondé le 25 novembre 1960 par Raymond Queneau et François Le Lionnais. On célèbre l’humour et l’ironie, la jeunesse et la vieillesse de ce groupe qui s’efforce à créer/recréer la poétique des romans, des essais, des poèmes, des pièces de théâtre par des structures inédites. L’originalité de ce groupe consiste à réconcilier les sciences et les lettres sous le principe de la contrainte. Le débat reste ouvert sur le point de savoir s’il faut révéler la contrainte au lecteur ou s’il faut lui laisser le plaisir de la découverte. Les oulipiens Paul Fournel, Jacques Roubaud, Georges Perec, Raymond Queneau, Anne Garréta, Jacques Bens mais aussi les poètes Pierre de Ronsard, Joachim du Bellay, Alphonse de Lamartine et d’autres offrent des propositions d’écriture sous contrainte formelle ou sémantique qui veulent démontrer la fiabilité et l’efficacité de leur entreprise.

FRIT F300/7248 Reading and Expression in French
Topic: Revolutions and literature
TuTh 1:00-2:15 BALL 319
Valazza, Nicolas

From an etymological perspective, the word ‘revolution’ defines an astronomic phenomenon in which a celestial body moves round in a circular course, or the time in which such a body completes a full circuit. Revolution is therefore originally meant to describe a cyclic movement in which everything is supposed to return to its place. But soon this concept came to describe, paradoxically, a major, sudden and violent alteration in the order of things, designating for instance the upheavals of political regimes, as we see in the case of the French Revolution, the Revolution “par excellence.” Given the polysemy of the word, writers across the centuries have been fascinated by the concept of ‘revolution’, making the most of its multiple meanings in their works, and sometimes providing it with 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 revolution, whether in its astronomical or political meaning (or both), is developed in various manners. Works studied include: the 17th-century novel Voyage dans la lune by Cyrano de Bergerac, the 18th-century short story "Micromégas" by Voltaire, the play L’Île des esclaves by Marivaux, some excerpts of the essay on L’Origine de l’inégalité parmi les hommes by Rousseau, the Déclaration des droits de l’homme et du citoyen, a 19th-century selection of poems by Hugo and the 20th-century play Les Justes by Camus. We will also have the chance to watch a film set at the time of the French Revolution: L’Anglaise et le duc by Rohmer.

FRIT F305/29012 Théâtre et essai
TuTh 2:30-3:45 BALL 319
Seth, Catriona

Deux thèmes distincts seront traités dans ce module. Les quatre pièces de théâtre que nous étudierons offrent toutes une place importante à la question du travestissement ou du déguisement. Dans Le Jeu de l’amour et du hasard de Marivaux, Silvia et Dorante, promis l’un à l’autre, mais qui ne se sont jamais rencontrés, changent de place avec leurs domestiques, ce qui permet, sous un jour badin, des réflexions sur la société, l’apparence, les sentiments. La comédie de jeunesse de Rousseau, Narcisse ou L’Amant de lui-même, traite joyeusement de la guérison de Valère, un Narcisse moderne, par le biais d’un portrait. Dans Fantasio, pièce poétique et désabusée, Musset met à mort le travestissement à la Marivaux et crée le personnage d’un bouffon sage et triste, marginal et profond. Nous terminerons par Le Bal des Voleurs d’Anouilh, pièce amusante dans laquelle un déguisement peut en cacher un autre.

Du côté des essais, nous étudierons des textes de grands auteurs sur la peine de mort. Dans ses Réflexions sur le procès de la reine (1793), Mme de Staël dénonce la possible exécution politique de Marie-Antoinette, détenue à la Conciergerie. Victor Hugo, adversaire acharné de la peine de mort, explique dans la « Préface » au Dernier jour d’un condamné (1832), sa position. Maurice Barrès intervient dans le débat en prononçant le 3 juillet 1908 un discours à l’Assemblé nationale et affirme : « Je crois qu’il y a lieu de recourir à la peine exemplaire ». Nous terminerons par la lecture des Réflexions sur la guillotine de Camus, envers théorique de son roman L’Etranger.

FRIT F306/7250 Roman et poésie
Topic: La Quête de L’Identité
TuTh 4:00-5:15 BALL 135
Gray, Margaret E.

Dans ce cours, organisé autour du thème de la quête de l’identité, nous lirons trois romans du vingtième siècle, ainsi qu’une variété de poèmes modernes. Nous commencerons avec un roman qui dramatise, à travers une jeune femme amnésiac, l’incertitude de l’identité. Ce "polar," ou roman policier — Piège pour Cendrillon de Sébastien Japrisot—raconte une tentative mystérieuse de meurtre: crime qui mène à de profondes questions d’identité provoquées par le glissement de frontières entre identités distinctes : celles de victime, de détective et d’assassin. Ensuite, remontant dans le temps, nous constaterons le passage à l’âge d’homme vécu par un jeune soldat pendant la Grande Guerre (1914-1918) dans le roman populiste Petit-Louis d’Eugène Dabit. Nous terminerons le semestre avec une autofiction de Marguerite Duras, L’Amant, inspiré d’une liaison qu’elle a vécue pendant son adolescence en Indochine française : relation qui met en jeu des différences de race, de classe, et de nationalité, dans un contexte colonial et exotique. Intercalés parmi nos romans différents seront des poèmes modernes du 19ème siècle (des époques romantiques et symbolistes) et du 20ème siècle (à partir de l’époque surréaliste), et comprenant des poètes tels que Hugo, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Apollinaire, Valéry, Supervielle, Prévert et d’autres. Seront demandés : un exposé, un partiel (examen de mi-semestre), une dissertation de 7 pp., et un examen de fin de semestre.

FRIT F311/12641 Contemporary France: Film and Culture
Topic: Women and the Female Body in Film
Lectures: TuTh 1:00-2:15 SYC 103
Film Showings: T 7:15-10:00 MYER 130
Dade, Juliette Natalie

In this course we will form a portrait of contemporary France and its cinematic history, movements, practices, and theory by examining representations of women and the female body in French films since 1950. We will also look at critical concerns in cinematic analysis that focus on women and the female body – such as the gendered viewer and object, and systems of visual pleasure. Along with viewing the films, we will also read key theoretical texts in order to become familiar with the rich history of French film criticism, as well as documents that provide us with the historical and cultural contexts in France in which the films are created. Class discussion will be in English, the films will be shown with English subtitles, and students may write their papers in either English or French. No credit in concentration area for French majors. Credit given for only one of F311 or F461. A & H, CSB

FRIT F313/7252 Advanced Grammar
MWF 10:10-11:00 BALL 148
Vantine, Peter James

This course is the first half of the grammar and composition sequence F313-314. The course is designed to review major grammar points learned previously while also expanding students’ understanding of more advanced aspects of French grammar in order to strengthen their skills in oral and written comprehension and expression. It is intended to prepare students for more advanced culture and literature courses at the F300 and 400 levels that are reading-intensive and require extensive writing.

We will use a grammar manual and workbook, supplemented by materials from French and Francophone culture such as newspaper articles, short literary works or excerpts, and film. Grades will be based on daily preparation and participation, as well as a combination of quizzes, tests, and writing exercises. Prerequisite is F250.

FRIT F313/7251 Advanced Grammar
MWF 12:20-1:10 BALL 240
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.

FRIT F313/7253 Advanced Grammar
MWF 1:25-2:15 BALL 336
Mac Phail, Eric M

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 through various types of small and big tests. Prerequisite is F250.

FRIT F314/7254 Advanced Composition
Topic: Feuilles mobiles: Atelier d’écriture
TuTh 11:15-12:30 SYC 103
Dade, Juliette Natalie

P: F250 or equivalent. Designed to improve command of written French and build vocabulary through an intensive writing workshop with practice consisting in varied short written exercises and activities to improve expression in French. Students gain familiarity with a variety of creative, literary, expository, and communicative writing styles and develop their ability to form arguments in French by developing strategies relating to the writing process, and by acquiring tools (e.g. building vocabulary and acquiring an enhanced awareness of structures and styles) useful in written and oral communication.

FRIT F316/7258 Conversational Practice
MWF 10:10-11:00 BALL 237
Staff

Recent and classic award winning feature length French films (comedies, dramas, thrillers) provide the basis for vocabulary expansion, in-class discussion and debates, and an increased understanding of various French cultural and historical issues, including immigration, WWII, regional differences, and religious conflict. Class time will maximize speaking opportunities. Grading is based on in-class participation, presentations, and oral and written exams.

FRIT F316/7256 Conversational Practice
MWF 11:15-12:05 BALL 240
Staff

See above description.

FRIT F316/7257 Conversational Practice
MWF 1:25-2:15 WOOD 006
Staff

See above description.

FRIT F316/7255 Conversational Practice
TuTh 7:15-8:30 WOOD 116
Staff

See above description.

FRIT F317/7259 French in the Business World
MWF 11:15-12:05 JORD A105
Semk, Christopher John

Introduction to the language of business activities in France and to the structure and functioning of various aspects of contemporary French economic life. Awareness of the general cultural context within which business activities take place in France will also be an important dimension of the course. Weekly exercises will include oral activities (class discussions and debates, role playing, etc.) as well as reading and writing (translation, letter writing, reading of articles from French newspapers and magazines on current economic issues, etc...). Course taught in French. No previous knowledge of the world of French business is required. Useful for students preparing for the proficiency examinations of the Chambre de Commerce de Paris. Prerequisite is FRIT F250 or equivalent; fulfills S & H requirement.

FRIT F361/25979 La France Medieval (jusqu’à 1500)
TuTh 1:00-2:15 BALL 205
Merceron, Jacques Emile

Dans cette introduction historique à la civilisation française, nous étudierons la période qui s’étend de l’arrivée au pouvoir des dynasties mérovingienne et carolingienne des Ve-VIIIe siècles (Clovis ; Pépin le Bref, puis Charlemagne et ses fils) à la fin du XVe siècle. Le cours combinera la présentation des « événements historiques » et l’étude de l’évolution des institutions politiques, économiques et sociales (l’aspect artistique et culturel de cette période est traité dans un autre cours : F463). Le cours sera un mélange de: 1) mini-exposés du professeur ; 2) présentations-discussions de documents historiques et iconographiques ; 3) discussions de groupe. Le cours sera fait en français. Notation : 1) contrôle continu (5 ‘quizzes’) : 25% ; 2) participation orale active et continue : 25% ; 3) composition écrite en français (5-7 pages) : 25% ; 4) examen final : 25%. Textes à lire: Stéphane Muzelle, 100 fiches d’histoire du Moyen Age, édition Bréal, 2004 ; Jean-Louis Biget et Patrick Boucheron, La France médiévale, vol. 1 (5e-13e siècles), et vol. 2 (13e-15e siècles), édition Hachette, 1999 et 2000.

FRIT F375/25980 Thèmes et perspectives litteraires
MWF 10:10-11:00 BALL 015
Okamoto-Macphail, Aiko

Stéphane Mallarmé & les poètes, écrivains et philosophes français
Stéphane Mallarmé, le poète symboliste du dix-neuvième siècle, fait référence aux auteurs français des époques différentes de la fin du moyen âge jusqu’à ses contemporains.  Parmi eux, nous allons choisir des auteurs qui ont une relation particulièrement importante avec Mallarmé : René Descartes, Blaise Pascal et Fénelon du dix-septième siècle, et des poètes et écrivains contemporains de Mallarmé au dix-neuvième siècle comme Victor Hugo, Gérard de Nerval, Charles Baudelaire, Théodore de Banville, et Théophile Gautier.  Dans le cours les œuvres de ces auteurs divers sont assorties avec un ou plusieurs poèmes de Mallarmé provenant des Poésies (1899), d’un conte intitulé Igitur, et des œuvres en prose et des essais de Mallarmé.  À travers ces lectures, nous poursuivons la poésie de Mallarmé comme une pensée spéculative lancée sur un champ autre que la philosophie.  Notre but du semestre est de lire l’ultime poème de Mallarmé Un Coup de Dés Jamais n’abolira le Hasard avec le pari de Pascal. 

Stéphane Mallarmé & French poets, writers, and philosophers
This course aims at reading nineteenth-century French poet Stéphane Mallarmé and his relationship with French philosophers, poets, and writers from the late medieval to the nineteenth century based on his poems, essays, and manuscripts.  The main text of the semester is Poésies by Mallarmé published in 1899, excerpts from his Igitur, and other excepts from his prose works.  Along with Mallarmé’s poems and works, we read the authors to whom Mallarmé refers, René Descartes, Blaise Pascal, and Fénelon from the seventeenth century, and poets and writers who influenced Mallarmé such as Victor Hugo, Gérard de Nerval, Théodore de Banville, Théophile Gautier from the nineteenth century.  We will see, as Mallarmé said it, the constellations of French authors, new and old, surrounding Mallarmé, which cover different periods and genres. 

FRIT F399/7260 Reading for Honors
ARR ARR- ARR
Mickel, Emanuel J.

Obtain on-line permission for above class from Department.

FRIT F401/7261 Structure & Development of French
MWF 11:15-12:05 BALL 015
Vance, Barbara S.

This course considers the structure of present-day French from the perspective of historical, geographic, and social variation. How did French develop from spoken Latin and what did it look like 1000 years ago? How have the various regional and world dialects of French arisen, and what continues to make each of them unique today? What is the relationship between French and languages with which it is in close contact, such as Breton, Occitan, or Creole? Finally, how do individuals vary their use of French according to social situations, and how do speakers continue to innovate, making French – like all living languages -- a continually evolving form of expression?

FRIT F450/25981 French Studies-Traditions & Ideas
Title: Romanticism and Revolution
TuTh 9:30-10:45 BALL 018
Mickel, Emanuel J.

In this course students will read an anthology of poetry from early Romanticism through Baudelaire to Mallarmé. In these poems we shall explore how the poetry of the nineteenth century reflects the Revolution philosophically, aesthetically, and in prosody. To this anthology we shall add three or four short novels. In Barbey’s L’Ensorcelé we explore the question of regionalism and the conflict between the city and the feudal past in the Revolution. In Barrès’ La colline inspirée we shall examine the deep ties of the Church to France’s history and the problems of the Church in a secular state hostile to the country’s monarchic past and to the Church. In Stendhal’s Le Rouge et le noir we see a novel of specific time and place that provides significant commentary on the effect of the Revolution on French society. Finally, in Henri Murger’s Scènes de la Vie de Bohème, the novel on which Puccini based his opera, La Bohème, we see the role of the artist in the life of a modern industrial city and in the new life of the developing French Republic.

FRIT F450/25982 French Studies-Traditions & Ideas
Title: Romanticism and Revolution
TuTh 9:30-10:45 BALL 018
Mickel, Emanuel J.

Same as above, but section designed for Hutton Honors College students.

FRIT F454/25987 Le Roman au 20e siècle II
TuTh 2:30-3:45 BALL 135
Gray, Margaret E.

Ce cours se propose d’étudier le roman de la deuxième partie du 20ème siècle à travers les interrogations menées par diverses romancières--à l’intérieur comme à l’extérieur de l’Hexagone--de leurs propres cultures. En commençant par Les belles images (1966) de Simone de Beauvoir, nous scruterons une critique de la société technocrate et consommatrice d’après-guerre, et surtout son impact sur une nouvelle classe de femmes professionnelles. Traversant l’Atlantique, au Canada de la romancière et poète québécoise Anne Hébert, nous verrons que c’est l’héritage français colonial, avec son catholicisme étouffant, qui déclenche la révolte de l’héroïne dans le roman Kamouraska (1971) : texte qui recèle dans son titre la transgression mortelle commise dans le village québécois de Kamouraska : l’ « amour. » Nous nous trouverons ensuite en Belgique avec Jacqueline Harpman, dont le roman Orlanda (1996) reprend le topos de la dystopie de façon assez subtile—à travers l’histoire d’une héroïne professionnelle qui jouit d’une carrière réussie, tout en étant consciente d’un certain manque, un certain vide. Nous passerons ensuite à la dystopie bien plus explicite de Marie Darrieussecq, Truismes (1996) : satire virulente du pouvoir chauvin, masculin, raciste, culturel et politique en France. Nous terminerons le semestre avec Comment Cuisiner son Mari à l’Africaine (2000) de Calixthe Beyala, récit situé dans le Paris contemporain de l’immigration, et qui évoque la lutte entre un passé traditionaliste et un présent rempli de fausses solutions. A travers ces lectures différentes, nous serons attentifs aux capacités de la fiction de représenter et de critiquer les cultures de nos écrivain(e)s; aux façons dont le pouvoir (politique, sexuel, culturel, racial) et ses diverses formes sont étudiés dans ces textes; aux stratégies de résistance, voire d’opposition, personnelle et collective qui y sont explorées; et aux aspects formels de ces textes littéraires. La note finale sera pondérée comme suit: participation à la discussion en classe (10%) ; charge de la discussion (avec un partenaire, si vous voulez) pendant 30 minutes, ou exposé oral de 20 minutes portant sur le texte du jour (20%) ; essai de 5 pages (minimum) OU examen partiel (30%); examen OU essai de 7 pages (minimum) (40%).

FRIT F477/25989 French Conversation Group Leadership
ARR ARR- ARR
Sax, Kelly Jean

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. Above class graded on S/F basis only. Obtain permission from instructor (ksax @indiana.edu).

FRIT F495/7264 Individual Reading in French
ARR ARR- ARR
Mickel, Emanuel J.

Obtain on-line permission for above class from Department.

FRIT F499/7265 Reading for Honors
ARR ARR- ARR
Mickel, Emanuel J.

Obtain on-line permission for above class from Department.

FRIT F502/25991 Medieval French Literature 2
Topic: L’animal dans le récit médiéval : masque ou miroir de l’homme ?
TuTh 2:30-4:00 BALL 141
Merceron, Jacques Emile

La mise en relation et la confrontation étroite de l’animal et de l’être humain au Moyen Âge apparaissent toujours, ne serait-ce que par ricochet, comme une manière de « penser l’humain » et sa place dans le monde : l’animal fait signe à l’homme. Ce sont ces signes, leurs valeurs symboliques et allégoriques, ainsi que leurs fonctions narratives que nous nous efforcerons entre autres de déchiffrer dans ce cours à travers différents genres d’écrits : bestiaires (moralisés, spirituels, érotiques), fables ésopiques, Roman de Renart, fabliaux, lais et contes bretons et le Roman de Mélusine de Jean d’Arras. Remarque : F501 est prérequis (ou autorisation explicite de l’instructeur) pour suivre ce cours. Dans F502, la part de l’analyse littéraire sera plus développée qu’en F501, même si nous aurons maintes occasions de souligner divers aspects et particularités linguistiques de ces textes (mais sans revenir sur les fondamentaux morphologiques et syntaxiques étudiés en F501). Le cours sera fait en français.

FRIT F573/7266 Methods of College French Teaching
F 10:10-12:05 BALL 335
Sax, Kelly Jean

This course will provide an overview of approaches to foreign language teaching and the theoretical notions underlying current trends and classroom practice. Course objectives are the following:

1. to acquaint students with issues and research in foreign language teaching
2. to show ways of using research to achieve more effective classroom teaching and testing
3. to develop students' skills in evaluating teaching performance and instructional materials
4. to prepare students for continued professional development

Class meetings will be devoted to discussion, short presentations and/or demonstrations by students and the instructor. Students will use professional journals to explore topics of interest; prepare classroom materials; evaluate instructional materials; and complete an online teaching portfolio.

FRIT F582/25992 Introduction to French Semantics
Tu11:15-12:30 BU 429
Th 11:15-12:30 WH 114
Dekydtspotter, Laurent Pierre

F582 introduces students to issues in the interpretation of French. The course focuses on major interpretive phenomena in French and on the nature of semantic representations as revealed by these phenomena. The goal is to show how fairly simple assumptions made precise by the tools of logical inquiry can reveal deep insights into knowledge of French and related issues of language acquisition.

FRIT F620/25996 Studies in 16th Century French Literature
Title: Renaissance Rhetoric
M 3:35-5:30 BALL 335
Mac Phail, Eric M

This course proposes a comprehensive review of the pervasive role of rhetoric in Renaissance Culture with an emphasis on the domains of education, literature, philosophy, and politics. We will begin by surveying very broadly the history of the rhetorical tradition from antiquity to the Renaissance and reviewing the bibliographical resources for studying this tradition. In this context we will inspect some of the editions, translations, and commentaries of Aristotle, Cicero, and Quintilian in the Lilly Library. We will then cover a series of topics through a selection of readings drawn from Renaissance texts, classical intertexts, and modern scholarship. Topics include Rhetoric in the Renaissance classroom, Rhetoric and theology, Rhetoric in the rivalry of humanism and scholasticism, the Rhetoric of paradox, Rhetoric and monarchy, and Rhetoric and civil war. All the readings can be done in English translation, many from Wayne Rebhorn’s Renaissance Debates on Rhetoric, but it would be unwise to take the course if you do not already have a good reading knowledge of one of the following languages: Greek, Latin, Italian, French. Each student will do an in-class presentation on one of the readings and write a term paper on a subject chosen in consultation with the professor. Joint-offered with Renaissance Studies REN R502.

FRIT F635/25998 Studies in 18th Century French Literature
Title: L’Écriture au féminin au Siècle des Lumières
Tu 4:15-6:15 SWN-E 009
Seth, Catriona

Le siècle des Lumières voit la publication d’un grand nombre d’œuvres rédigées par des femmes. Sans nous interdire d’en évoquer d’autres, nous étudierons en particulier six auteurs qui donnent une idée de l’étendue des champs couverts. Les Mémoires particuliers de Madame Roland nous permettront d’aborder l’autobiographie. Nous évoquerons la correspondance en nous appuyant sur les lettres de Julie de Lespinasse à Condorcet. Le texte d’idées sera représenté par le Discours sur le bonheur de Mme du Châtelet. Les fictions de Mmes de Graffigny (Lettres d’une Péruvienne), de Charrière (Lettres neuchâteloises) et de Staël (un choix de nouvelles) nous conduiront à envisager des questions formelles (le roman épistolaire, la nouvelle), mais aussi thématiques (la représentation de l’étranger, l’héroïsme au féminin, l’éducation des filles…). Nous aurons ainsi l’occasion et de nous pencher sur l’évolution des mentalités et de constater combien l’écriture au féminin a contribué à l’éclat de la littérature française du temps.

FRIT F640/25999 Studies in 19th Century French Literature
Title: Le genre de la critique d’art
Th 4:15-6:15 BALL 221
Valazza, Nicolas

The purpose of this course is to examine the development of French art criticism, from its birth in the second half of the 18th century—specifically with Diderot’s Salons—to its assertion as an autonomous literary genre during the 19th century—notably with Baudelaire, the Goncourt brothers, Zola, and Huysmans. As an introduction to the reading of these critics, it will be opportune to glance through the fundamental writings on art that preceded the critical paradigm—going back to antiquity and the Renaissance—as well as to consider the philosophical background on which this paradigm emerged in the Enlightenment. Furthermore, the critical readings will be supported by several figurative examples taken from the painters these critics contemplate.

FRIT F670/26000 Advanced French Phonology
TuTh 4:00-5:15 BALL 011
Auger, Julie

Dans ce cours, nous allons examiner les caractéristiques phonologiques des français nord-américains (plus particulièrement, québécois, acadien, cadien, et, si des analyses sont disponibles, autres variétés canadiennes et américaines). Nous essaierons de comprendre à quel niveau se situent les différences (phonétiques ou phonologiques), à quoi elles sont dues, quelle est leur origine, comment elles se sont développées et dans quelle mesure elles sont liées les unes avec les autres.

FRIT F671/26002 Advanced French Syntax
MW 4:00-5:15 BALL 238
Vance, Barbara S.

This course offers both a continuation of F577 and a focus on a particular area of advanced syntax, Diachronic Syntax (joint-listed as Linguistics L760). The “generative enterprise” is predicated on the observation that children acquire, effortlessly and perfectly, the language that is spoken around them. And yet a brief look at the history of most any language shows us that there is some slippage somewhere – that the grammar acquired by generation x is not always the same as that acquired by generation x +n. The field of generative diachronic syntax seeks ultimately to explain how grammars change over time. Its tools are (1) careful examination of historical texts (2) syntactic analysis (3) application of insights from research on language acquisition (1st and 2nd) and (4) application of insights from research on language variation. For their semester projects, students will choose an area of French grammar to explore from a diachronic perspective.

FRIT F810/12893 Individual Readings in French & Francophone Civilization
ARR ARR- ARR
Mickel, Emanuel J.

Obtain on-line permission for above class from Department.

FRIT F815/7267 Individual Reading in French Literature & Linguistics
ARR ARR- ARR
Mickel, Emanuel J.

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FRIT F875/7268 Research in French Literature & Language
ARR ARR- ARR
Mickel, Emanuel J.

Above section for on-campus students.

FRIT F875/12896 Research in French Literature & Language
ARR ARR- ARR
Mickel, Emanuel J.

Above section for off-campus students. Obtain on-line permission from Department.

FRIT G901/7269 Advanced Research
ARR ARR- ARR
Mickel, Emanuel J.

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Italian Language and Literature Courses

FRIT M301/10712 Italian Reading & Expression
D 10:10-11:00 BALL 232
Nussmeier, Anthony

In this course students will learn to analyze texts from the main literary genres (lyric poetry, epic poetry, narrative, theater, songs, cinema) using specialized vocabulary, basic literary tropes and rhetorical figures, and basic principals of poetic rhyme and meter. Students will also deepen their understanding of intermediate and advanced grammar structures through daily practice of structures in speaking and writing activities that revolve around our texts and other personal and popular culture genres. Primary semester goals include reading and writing analytically with greater accuracy and ease, and speaking with greater fluency and confidence about literary and other artistic and journalistic texts. Conducted in Italian.

FRIT M308/7292 Masterpieces of Italian Literature 2
MWF 3:35-5:15 BALL 214
Arnaudo, Marco
First 8 weeks only

The focus of this course is the literature of Modern Italy from the 17th to the 20th century. The course is designed to achieve a reading competency of representative works of modern Italian literature through careful readings of selected passages. Marino, Goldoni, Leopardi, Manzoni, Collodi, Pirandello, Buzzati and Calvino will be among the authors considered. The course will also include a section about Italian graphic novels. Students will write short essays during the term, participate in an oral presentation, and take a final exam. The class will be conducted in Italian.

FRIT M311/13288 Italian Film & Culture
Title: Adventures in Italian Cinema
Lectures: TuTh 11:15-12:30 WOOD 104
Film showings: M 7:15-10:00 SWN-W 007
Vitti, Antonio Carlo

Survey course on Italian cinema from filmmakers from various regions of Italy and different historic periods on special cultural themes such as wars, unification, banditism, poverty, unemployment, the Mafia, the family, religion, gender, Italian immigration and new immigration to Italy to give students a deeper and broader understanding of Italian culture. Joint-offered with the Dept of Communication & Culture’s C398 “National Cinemas – Italy.” A & H, CSB. Conducted in English.

FRIT M340/26004 Boccaccio’s Social Decameron
TuTh 2:30-3:45 BALL 331
Storey, H. Wayne

Painters, merchants, servants, singers, monks, notaries, princes, cooks, magicians, lovers, cuckolds, and professional crooks: all the levels and textures of medieval society in Italy and beyond its shores are cast upon the stage of Boccaccio’s 100 and one half tales, recounted by ten upper-class Florentine youths with issues of their own. This course examines the structure of social life in the Middle Ages as it is presented, real and imagined, in the Decameron, including issues of ethics, class, regionalism, xenophobia, local and international trade, piracy, the magic arts, and storytelling itself. Readings in English.

FRIT M463/26005 Contemporary Italian Culture
Title: Masterpieces of Contemporary Italian Cinema.
TuTh 1:00-2:15 BALL 315
W 7:15-10:00 BALL 310
Vitti, Antonio Carlo

Study of the major developments of modern Italian cinema. This course introduces students to the New Italian Cinema and in particular to the films of Moretti, Soldini, Tornatore, Amelio, Salvatores, Archibugi, Comencini, Ozpetek, Sorrentino, Muccini and Garrone. Other filmmakers are studied and discussed from different perspectives. A & H, CSB - P: M307/M308 or permission of instructor. Conducted in Italian.

FRIT M495/7295 Individual Readings in Italian Literature
ARR ARR- ARR
Mickel, Emanuel J.

Obtain on-line permission for above class from Department.

FRIT M499/7296 Readings for Honors
ARR ARR- ARR
Mickel, Emanuel J.

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FRIT M504/26007 Renaissance Italian Literature & Culture
Title: “High” and “Low” in Italian Renaissance Literary Culture
Tu 3:35-5:30 BALL 235
Scalabrini, Massimo

In questo corso seguiremo diversi percorsi di lettura all’interno del Cinquecento letterario italiano. Prenderemo in esame alcune delle principali forme in cui esso si esprime (in particolare il dialogo, il trattato e la commedia) e affronteremo alcune delle questioni che ne definiscono l’orientamento ideologico: la lingua, la politica, l’etica, l’amore, il cosmo. Cercheremo poi di individuare e discutere i modi in cui il cosiddetto classicismo letterario articola -- in campo stilistico, sociologico e culturale -- le categorie dell’‘alto’ e del ‘basso’. Leggeremo testi di Castiglione, Bembo, Machiavelli, Guicciardini, Della Casa, Aretino e Bruno. Il corso si terrà in italiano.

FRIT M572/ Italian Teaching Practicum
15264 M 2:30-3:30 BALL 011 - for M100 instructors
15265 M 3:35-4:35 BALL 011 - for M150 instructors
15266 M 4:40-5:40 BALL 011 - for M250 instructors
15267 M 5:45-6:45 BALL 011 - for M200 instructors
Ryan-Scheutz, Colleen Marie

No description at this time. Graded on a satisfactory/fail basis.

FRIT M573/26008 Methods of Italian Language Teaching
W 3:35-5:30 KIRK 200
Ryan-Scheutz, Colleen Marie

No description at this time.

FRIT M603/26010 Seminar in Medieval Italian Literature
Title: History of the Italian Book
Th 4:00-6:00 BALL 321
Storey, H. Wayne

The History of the Italian Book examines the development of the book as a material and conceptual product and its use/readership in the Italian peninsula from the manuscripts of late Antiquity and the late Occitan poets and Old French romances to the early printed editions of classics and local rarities up to the creation of a national book production in the eighteenth century. The course covers book production in all the languages and many of the Italian dialects copied and published in Italy from late Antiquity to the 1780s, including iconic works like Boethius’s De consolatione, Dante’s Divina Commedia, French, Occitan, and Italian anthologies of the 13th – 17th century. A strong reading knowledge of Italian is required; one other medieval/classical language is recommended (especially Latin and/or Old Occitan).

FRIT M815/7297 Individual Readings in Italian Literature
ARR ARR- ARR
Mickel, Emanuel J.

Obtain on-line permission for above class from Department.

FRIT M875/7298 Research in Italian Literature
ARR ARR- ARR
Mickel, Emanuel J.

Above section for on-campus students.

FRIT M875/12897 Research in Italian Literature
ARR ARR- ARR
Mickel, Emanuel J.

Above section for off-campus students. Obtain on-line permission from Department.

FRIT G901/7270 Advanced Research
ARR ARR- ARR
Mickel, Emanuel J.

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Cross Listed and Topics Courses

COLL E103 / 15151
Topic: Laughter, Humor and Wit in the Italian Renaissance
TuTh 10:10-11:00 WY 005
Choose 1 of 3 discussion sections
Massimo Scalabrini

Renaissance artists and writers were as committed to advocating the dignity of humankind and its central place in the universe as they were committed to making fun of or laughing at themselves and each other. This course will focus on the comic literature of the Italian Renaissance. We will explore the nature and various expressions of comedy in genres such as the short story, the facetia (‘witty remark’), the apologue, the comic play, the epic and satiric poem and the treatise. In doing so we will address the following questions, among others: What is the relation of laughter and ignorance, error, moral and physical deformity? Does laughter bring people together or does it set them apart? How does comedy articulate the ethical concepts of innocence and guilt? How are conflicts dealt with in comic texts? We will read works by Boccaccio, Ariosto, Machiavelli, Aretino and Castiglione, among others, and we will also discuss a selection of relevant historical and critical materials. Students will write three short essays, take five quizzes and a final exam.

HONS H303/15672 Scandalous Books
TuTh 1:00-2:15 HU 111
Panaite, Oana

Literary scandals have always revealed hidden issues within society, which go beyond the realm of art and artists’ freedom of expression. For centuries, books have been banned and burned in public squares, writers have been publicly condemned as pornographers, traitors, prosecuted in a court of law, and forced into exile because they cast light on important aspects of public or private life such as slavery, social injustice, political corruption, religious extremism, poverty, and homosexuality.

The course offers a historical and critical perspective on this still current topic. The course aims to offer students the skills required for reading, understanding and enjoying literary texts while placing them in the general context of their time period.

Reading List
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Charles Baudelaire, Flowers of Evil
Rachilde, Mister Venus
Henry Miller, The Tropic of Cancer
Assia Djebar, So Vast the Prison

HONS H303/29156 Modern France: Image and Icon
TuTh 9:30-10:45 HU 111
Stephens, Sonya

What do a painting of Marat assassinated in his bathtub, the Eiffel tower, Astérix and French advertisements for Marlboro and lingerie have in common?

Modern France was shaped by the power of its images and icons. Studying this great European nation through the history and lens of its images gives us an opportunity to explore another place and another culture, by working in a mode that has become second nature to us, immersed as we are in a context that communicates by visual means. We will, then, be concerned with aspects of French culture that communicate through visual means—paintings, sculpture, film, photography, monuments and buildings, city planning and landscapes, advertising, graphic fiction (bandes dessinées), journalism, maps, and web sites. From the French Revolution (1789) to the present, we will consider these images for reasons that go beyond their aesthetic value (if any); reasons that require us to engage with the cultural work performed by such images. These images of or from France are invested with cultural value because of the way in which they intersect with the social, intellectual or political preoccupations of the context to which they belong. We will study the visual as a reflection on or of French culture, and as something that has cultural efficacy in its own right, because of the way in which it contributes to the production, reproduction, mediation and mutation of culture. And we will also consider how such images work—technically; that is, how they achieve their effects and participate in a system of communication.

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