Description: Principles of explication of texts, translation and composition in French, review of linguistic principles, for advanced students, particularly prospective teachers, who wish to acquire a more sophisticated means of expression in French.
Prerequisites: FREN 301 or FREN 302; an additional 3 hours from FREN 301, FREN 302, FREN 303 or FREN 304
Description: Examines the theatre of French expression from the Middle Ages to the present in France and the French-speaking world. Thematic approaches, authors, and plays examined will vary depending on the instructor.
Description: Language, literature, and civilization.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Description: Special research project or reading program under the direction of a staff member in the department.
Prerequisites: Admission to masters degree program and permission of major adviser
Prerequisites: Permission
Description: Phonology and morphology of Old French as derived from Vulgar Latin. Attention to a detailed reading of the "Chanson de Roland" and the "Lais" of Marie de France.
Prerequisites: Permission
Description: Readings from Medieval epics, saints' lives, Arthurian romances, prose chronicles, and drama. Introduction to the modern critical principles of editing Medieval manuscript.
Prerequisites: Permission
Description: Masterpieces of Renaissance literature. Works of Rabelais, the Pleiade, Montaigne, etc.
Prerequisites: Permission
FREN 919 continued.
Description: Seminars in French. The works of one author, or groups of works centering in a period, or those illustrating the development of a literary age are studied with respect to content, sources, style, and influence.
Prerequisites: Permission
Description: Individual research on a literary or linguistic problem involving original investigation in areas not covered by seminars or thesis.
Prerequisites: Permission
Description: Topic varies.
Prerequisites: Admission to doctoral degree program and permission of supervisory committee chair