FREN803
Advanced GrammarCrosslisted with FREN 403

Prerequisites: FREN 303 or 304; an additional 3 hours from FREN 301, 302, 303, or 304

Description: Detailed analysis of French syntax giving students the means to achieve greater sophistication in self-expression.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

FREN804
French StylisticsCrosslisted with FREN 404

Prerequisites: FREN 303 or 304; an additional 3 hours from FREN 301, 302, 303, or 304

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.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

FREN806
TranslationCrosslisted with FREN 406

Prerequisites: FREN 303 or 304; an additional 3 hours from FREN 301, 302, 303, or 304

Description: Principles of translation, French-English and English-French. Attention to problems of vocabulary, syntax, semantics, and technical, literary, and commercial translation.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

FREN822
Topics in French CivilizationCrosslisted with FREN 422

Prerequisites: FREN 301 and 302

Description: Analysis of interrelationships of cultural, social, economic, and political factors contributing to French culture and civilization.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

FREN845
Topics in Medieval and Early Modern French WritingCrosslisted with FREN 445

Prerequisites: FREN 301 or FREN 302; an additional 3 hours from FREN 301, FREN 302, FREN 303 or FREN 304

Description: Readings and discussion on a topic, genre, author, and/or geographical area of the French-speaking world from the medieval period to the seventeenth century

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

FREN849
Eighteenth Century ICrosslisted with FREN 449

Prerequisites: FREN 301 and 302

See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite.

Description: Philosophical writings and the theatre of eighteenth-century France.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

FREN853
Topics in Nineteenth Century French Culture and WritingCrosslisted with FREN 453

Prerequisites: FREN 301 or FREN 302; an additional 3 hours from FREN 301, FREN 302, FREN 303 or FREN 304

Description: Readings in the major cultural, historical and literary developments from 1789 to 1914

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

FREN857
Modern French WritingCrosslisted with FREN 457

Prerequisites: FREN 301 or FREN 302; an additional 3 hours from FREN 301, FREN 302, FREN 303 or FREN 304

Description: Main trends in French writing from 1900 to the present.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

FREN860
Literatures of French ExpressionCrosslisted with FREN 460

Prerequisites: FREN 301 or FREN 302; an additional 3 hours from FREN 301, FREN 302, FREN 303 or FREN 304

Description: Survey of writing and film from French-speaking cultures of Africa, the Caribbean, Oceania, Canada, and the Indian Ocean.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

FREN861
Cultural Productions of the French-Speaking WorldCrosslisted with FREN 461

Prerequisites: FREN 301 or FREN 302; an additional 3 hours from FREN 301, FREN 302, FREN 303 or FREN 304

Description: A topic, genre, author, or geographical area of the French-speaking world.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

FREN882
Short FictionCrosslisted with FREN 482

Prerequisites: FREN 301 or FREN 302; an additional 3 hours from FREN 301, FREN 302, FREN 303 or FREN 304

Description: A survey of short fiction, including topics from the medieval period to the present. Theme and scope of readings will vary based on instructor.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

FREN883
French/Francophone TheaterCrosslisted with FREN 483

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.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded
Groups:Writing,Rhetoric,Culture Literary and Cultural Studies

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

FREN885
Writing the Self: Autofiction in/and the French-Speaking WorldCrosslisted with FREN 485

Prerequisites: FREN 301 or 302; an additional 3 hours from FREN 301, FREN 302, FREN 303, FREN 304

Description: An exploration of the various modes, techniques, and impacts of auto-fictional writing in the French-speaking world. Includes a strong creative writing component.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

FREN886
French and Francophone Women WritersCrosslisted with FREN 486

Prerequisites: FREN 301 or 302; an additional 3 hours from FREN 301, FREN 302, FREN 303, FREN 304

Description: Considers women writers in the French-speaking world from the medieval period to the present. Addresses questions of gender, sexuality, theory via writings, film, and song.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

FREN891
Special Topics in FrenchCrosslisted with FREN 491

Specific topic to be covered in any given semester and credit to be awarded to be determined by the instructor at that time.

Description: Language, literature, and civilization.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

ACE:

FREN896
Independent Study in FrenchCrosslisted with FREN 496

Prerequisites: Permission.

Description: Special research project or reading program under the direction of a staff member in the department.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

ACE:

FREN899
Masters Thesis

Prerequisites: Admission to masters degree program and permission of major adviser

Course details
Credit Hours:1-10
Max credits per semester:10
Max credits per degree:99
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-10

ACE:

FREN901
Old French Language

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.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

FREN902
Old French Literature

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.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

FREN919
Sixteenth Century I

Prerequisites: Permission

Description: Masterpieces of Renaissance literature. Works of Rabelais, the Pleiade, Montaigne, etc.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

FREN920
Sixteenth Century II

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.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

FREN925
Drama
Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

FREN927
Novel
Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

FREN928
Poetry
Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

FREN929
Special Topics
Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

FREN996
Research Problems in French

Prerequisites: Permission

Description: Individual research on a literary or linguistic problem involving original investigation in areas not covered by seminars or thesis.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-8
Max credits per semester:8
Max credits per degree:8
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-8

ACE:

FREN997
Directed Readings in French

Prerequisites: Permission

Description: Topic varies.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

ACE:

FREN999
Doctoral Dissertation

Prerequisites: Admission to doctoral degree program and permission of supervisory committee chair

Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:99
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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