French Studies
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Spring Quarter

Dept Course No and Title Instructor
FRENCH (S20)2C  INTERMEDIATE FRENCHMIJALSKI, M.
Texts of contemporary literary or social interest provide the focus for more advanced conversation, reading, and composition. Classes are conducted entirely in French.

Prerequisite: FRENCH 2B or FRENCH S2AB. FRENCH 2B with a grade of C or better. FRENCH S2AB with a grade of C or better

Overlaps with FRENCH S2BC.

Restriction: School of Humanities students have first consideration for enrollment. International Studies Majors have first consideration for enrollment. FRENCH 2C and FRENCH S2BC may not be taken for full credit.

(VIII)
FRENCH (S20)1BC  INTENSIVE FRENCH FUNDAMENTALSKLEIN TOPAN, L.
Intensive second half of first-year French. Students are taught to conceptualize in French as they learn to read, write, and speak. Students develop an awareness of and sensibility to French and Francophone life and culture through reading, viewing, and discussion.

Prerequisite: FRENCH S1AB or FRENCH 1B or FRENCH 1AB. FRENCH S1AB with a grade of C or better. FRENCH 1B with a grade of C or better. FRENCH 1AB with a grade of C or better

Overlaps with FRENCH 1B, FRENCH 1C, FRENCH 1BC.

Restriction: FRENCH S1BC and FRENCH 1B and FRENCH 1C and FRENCH 1BC may not be taken for full credit.

(VI)
FRENCH (S20)1C  FUNDAMENTALS OF FRENCHSTAFF
Students are taught to conceptualize in French as they learn to understand, read, write, and speak. Students develop an awareness of and sensibility to French and Francophone life and culture through reading, film, the media, and class discussion. Classes are conducted in French.

Prerequisite: FRENCH 1B. FRENCH 1B with a grade of C or better

Overlaps with FRENCH S1BC, FRENCH 1BC.

Restriction: FRENCH 1C and FRENCH 1BC and FRENCH S1BC may not be taken for full credit.

(VI)
FRENCH (S20)120  FRENCH CINEMA 1930-FARBMAN, H.
An introduction to French film from 1930-present, through close analysis of selected major works. Topics to be discussed will include the relation between fiction and documentary; shifting relations between film and the other arts; and questions concerning the representation of race, class, gender, and sexuality. This course complements the other film courses in the French curriculum; the course will include no films studied in other French film courses. This course is taught in French. All viewing, writing, and reading for the course will be done in French.
FRENCH (S20)199  ENLIGHTENMENT AND REVOLUTIONVAN DEN ABBEELE, G.
French 199:  Enlightenment and Revolution
Course Code 24964
T/Th:  3:30-4:50      HH 254
Professor Georges Van Den Abbeele

The Eighteenth Century is often called the Age of Enlightenment for the widespread diffusion of philosophical ideas that promoted the critical use of reason against various forms of ignorance, superstition, authoritarianism, and prejudice. Kant’s credo, “dare to know,” was meant to encourage the liberation of human beings from oppression, physical and ideological, by means of their self-empowerment through education. To this egalitarian end, it was, in Montesquieu’s words, “essential that the people be enlightened.” But Enlightenment thinkers did not see education as based solely in books but also more generally as a function of practical experience, including travel and the meaningful encounter with foreign peoples and cultures.  It was foreseeable that an “enlightened” populace would no longer accept the strictures of traditional monarchy and would demand the institution of democratic societies, be that at the cost of extreme violence and insurrection.  The Age of Enlightenment would thus culminate in the American, the French, and the Haitian revolutions.  We will explore the philosophical and literary expressions of Enlightenment thinking along with a reflection on the relationship of that thinking to the previously unimagined possibility of revolution, as famously inscribed in the American Declaration of Independence (1776) and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (1789). In addition to a critical reading of these two founding documents, we will read from works by Kant, Hume, Pope, Mandeville, Defoe, Montesquieu; Lady Montagu, Swift, Voltaire, Rousseau, Sade, and Paine.

Course is offered in conjunction with English 102b.  To receive credit for French 199, students must read all French works in the original language and complete all written work in French.

FRENCH (S20)63  CULTURE OF BUSINESSMIJALSKI, M.
French 63:  Culture of Business in France

This course explores the culture of work and business in France with an
emphasis on oral communication while also developing reading and writing
skills for French in a professional context. Students will learn to
describe and discuss professional interactions in French, business
practices in France, compose letters and reports in French including a
French curriculum vitae and cover letter, and build vocabulary in
specific professional fields. Taught in French.
FRENCH (S20)170  BLACK INTERNATIONALSMNOLAND, C.
The term “Black Internationalism” refers to a movement of African and African diasporic peoples to unite across national and ethnic boundaries.  In dialogue with the Socialist tradition (often identified with the rise of the industrial worker in the late 18th century) and Communism (a movement established by Marx and Engels in 1848), Black Internationalism developed into a race- and culture-based critique of these allied European movements.  The first Pan-African Conference was held in London in 1900, giving birth to many subsequent activities that joined together the cultural elites of the Black world and advancing what is arguably the greatest challenge to—and extension of—Enlightenment thought.  In this course, we will study the literature of Black writers involved in the political and cultural agitation of the 20th century.  Readings will include writings by W. E. B. Dubois, Marcus Garvey, Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Paulette Nardal, Aimé Césaire, Frantz Fanon, C. L. R. James, Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Edouard Glissant, Paul Gilroy, and Brent Hayes Edwards.
FRENCH (S20)1BCSP  ACCELERATED FRENCH FOR SPANISH SPEAKERSMIJALSKI, M.
Accelerated second half of first-year French for Hispanophone students.
Teaches conceptualizing in French while learning to read, write, and
speak using knowledge of Spanish. Develops awareness of and sensibility
to French and Francophone life and culture through reading, viewing,
discussing.

Prerequisite: FRENCH 1ABSP or FRENCH 1AB or FRENCH S1AB or FRENCH 1B.
FRENCH 1ABSP with a grade of C or better. FRENCH 1AB with a grade of C
or better. FRENCH S1AB with a grade of C or better. FRENCH 1B with a
grade of C or better. Two years of high school Spanish, one semester of
college Spanish, or heritage speaker of Spanish.

Overlaps with FRENCH 1B, FRENCH 1BC, FRENCH S1BC, FRENCH 1C.