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FRE CoursesJEF100Y1
An introduction to literature through major works of the Western literary tradition. What constitutes a literary “classic”? How have the great concerns of the Western tradition - human nature, its place in society, its mythmaking, its destiny - been represented in literature? These and other questions are examined by reference to 11-12 works, from ancient times to the twentieth century, by such authors as: Homer, Sophocles, Ovid, Virgil, Dante, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Molière, Austen, Dostoevski, Kafka, Camus, Beckett and Márquez. (A joint course offered by the Departments of English and French; see also JEF 100Y1 in the English program listings.) HUM199Y1
Undergraduate seminars that focus on specific ideas, questions, phenomena or controversies, taught by a regular Faculty member deeply engaged in the discipline. Open only to newly admitted first year students. May serve as a distribution requirement course; see page 44. INI384H1
INI386H1
(See “Innis College”) JFI225Y1
(See Second Language Learning courses) JFL477H1
(See French Linguistics courses) JFL478H1
(See French Linguistics courses) UNI202H1
(See “University College”) FCS391H/392H
Studies on an individual writer or a specific area of literature. (Not offered in 2002-2003) FRE140Y1
Reading and critical discussion of a selection of literary texts whose style and structure have, over the centuries, captivated their readers by combining grace, harmony, wit, and passion. This course is strongly recommended for those intending to take a specialist or major in French language and literature. FRE210Y1
A study of aspects of Québec culture: art, cinema, cuisine, language, literature and music, and their role in the evolution of a distinct society. This survey course familiarizes students with the socio-historical context and way of life of the Québécois in order to better understand and appreciate Québec literature. FRE240Y1
Techniques of literary criticism and analysis, based on a detailed study of selected novels, drama, and poetry from the 17th century to the present. FRE250Y1
The evolution and major trends of French literature from the Middle Ages to modern times set against their historical background and studied through representative texts, selected both for their historical importance and their relevance to modern readers - novels, plays, poetry, short stories. FRE299Y1
FRE304H1
An analysis of selected texts by women writers, emphasizing particular themes and textual strategies used to represent the female subject, her relationship to language, her reality and world view. FRE310H1
A study of five representative Québec novels which are literary examples of the modernization of a distinctly rural society, with emphasis on historical and cultural considerations. Authors may include Aubert de Gaspé, Hémon, Guèvremont, Ringuet, and Roy. (Not offered in 2002-2003; offered every three years) FRE312H1
A study of five of the most significant Québec novels published during or dealing with the Quiet Revolution as examples of literary creations reflecting a society in the process of defining and liberating itself in the turbulent decade of the sixties. Authors may include Aquin, Bessette, Blais, Caron, Carrier, Jasmin, Paradis. (Not offered in 2002-2003; offered every three years) FRE314H1
Québec postmodern literature speaks of vitality, liberating forces, and creativity. This course explores the textual forms and themes that challenge tradition and authority in contemporary writing FRE315H1
A study of the characteristic themes and structures of Québec drama, the quest for social and individual identity, and the affirmation of a distinctly québécois theatrical expression in works by Gélinas, Dubé, and Tremblay. (Not offered in 2002-2003; offered in alternate years) FRE317H1
From the intimate plays of Marie Laberge to the multimedia explorations of Robert Lepage, Québec dramatists continue to experiment, often through metatheatrical devices, with various ways of communicating the search for self-understanding. FRE320Y1
Essential works of literature from the “Grand Siècle,” including court poetry, plays by Corneille, Molière and Racine and some of the earliest narratives written for and by women, explored within the social framework of Europe’s most highly refined cultural period. FRE322Y1
At the forefront of the present cultural and political organization of the West, 18th century France defined individual and collective subjectivities (individualism, gender roles, democracy). This course explores these issues in their original context through the work of authors such as Rousseau, Voltaire, Sade, Laclos, Graffigny, and Beaumarchais.(Not offered in 2002-2003; offered in alternate years.) FRE324Y1
From the Neo-Classicism of the Napoleonic era to Zola’s Naturalism, a study of the way in which 19th century French literature is shaped by the various revolutions in the fields of science, language, politics and the arts. FRE326Y1
Characterized by experimentation and by the crisis of representation, 20th century French literature has undergone numerous transformations in form, content, and generic boundaries. This course studies these literary movements, trends, and transgressions in poetry, prose, and theatre. (Not offered in 2002-2003; offered in alternate years.) FRE332H1
Francophone literature of Africa, the Caribbean, the South Sea Islands. Different approaches — textual, ideological, historical — to the works of francophone writers living and writing outside Québec or France. (Not offered in 2002-2003; offered in alternate years.) FRE359H1
A study of selected pre-1800 French plays from various theoretical and ideological perspectives, involving questions of dramaturgy, staging techniques and productions. (Not offered in 2002-2003; offered in alternate years.) FRE360H1
A study of selected post-1800 French plays from various theoretical and ideological perspectives, involving questions of dramaturgy, staging techniques and productions. (Not offered in 2002-2003) FRE364Y1
The ways in which such writers as Balzac, Stendhal, Flaubert, Maupassant, and Zola developed the techniques of the novel while exploring such themes as ambition, alienation, and class struggle. (Not offered in 2002-2003; offered in alternate years.) FRE365H1
The various forms and transformations of the novel from its beginnings in the 16th and 17th centuries until the French Revolution. The corpus may include pastoral, historical, epistolary, philosophical, and libertine novels as well as the novella. FRE367H1
An analysis of major French novels of the first half of the 20th century, reflecting various literary movements of this period. Works by authors such as Proust, the female novelists of the Belle Epoque, Colette, Gide, Camus, Malraux, Yourcenar, Sartre, de Beauvoir, and Leduc. FRE368H1
An analysis of major French novels of the latter part of the 20th century, beginning with the New Novel and exploring other contemporary developments such as experimental writing, the women’s movement, postmodernism, and the new generation of Minuit authors. (Not offered in 2002-2003; offered in alternate years) FRE398H0/399Y0
FRE404H1
A study of the major trends and concepts in feminist theory. Selected literary texts by women writers are analyzed using different feminist perspectives as strategies of critical reading and interpretation. (Not offered in 2002-2003; offered in alternate years.) FRE410H1
An advanced seminar dedicated to specific issues of Québecois literature and culture. Focusing on an author, a literary genre, or based on a multidisciplinary approach involving cinema, arts and music, each seminar reflects the professor’s current research. FRE411H1
An advanced seminar dedicated to specific issues of Quebecois literature and culture. Focusing on an author, a literary genre, or based on a multidisciplinary approach involving cinema, arts and music, each seminar reflects the professor’s current research. (Not offered in 2002-2003; offered in alternate years.) FRE419H1
Rabelais’ carnavalesque vision of the world, Ronsard’s worship of Beauty, the cruel and bloody tragedy of Garnier, Montaigne’s exploration of the self. A study of selected writers of the 16th century, an age of crucial epistemological shifts and of exploration by poets, artists, and humanists. (Not offered in 2002-2003; offered in alternate years.) FRE420Y1
Religious fervour, war, chivalry, romance and ribald humour are just some of the themes found in selected texts from the French Middle Ages up to 1500; readings in the original and modern translations. FRE431H1
Francophone literature of Africa, the Caribbean, the South Sea Islands. Different approaches -- textual, ideological, historical -- to the works of francophone writers living and writing outside Québec or France FRE434H1
A study of works of modern Native authors representing the diversity of aboriginal cultures in Quebec. (Not offered in 2002-2003; offered in alternate years.) FRE438H1
An advanced seminar dedicated to specific issues of French literature and culture. Focusing on an author, a literary genre, or based on a multidisciplinary approach involving cinema, arts and music, each seminar reflects the professor’s current research FRE439H1
An advanced seminar dedicated to specific issues of French literature and culture. Focusing on an author, a literary genre, or based on a multidisciplinary approach involving cinema, arts and music, each seminar reflects the professor’s current research. (Not offered in 2002-2003; offered in alternate years.) FRE444H1
A study of various theoretical and methodological approaches (semiotics, socio-criticism, psychoanalysis, narratology) of contemporary literary criticism and their application to selected literary texts FRE445H1
A study of various theoretical and methodological approaches (semiotics, socio-criticism, psychoanalysis, narratology) of contemporary literary criticism and their application to selected literary texts. (Not offered in 2002-2003; offered in alternate years.) FRE449H1
The search for pure poetry, music and form. A study of French poetic movements of the 20th century, through the work of such poets as Mallarmé, Rimbaud, Apollinaire, Breton, Eluard, Char, Michaux, and Ponge. (Not offered in 2002-2003) FRE450H1
This seminar is dedicated to specific issues of French literature and culture, in the context of research activities currently taking place at the Joseph Sablé Centre for 19th Century French Studies. FRE172H1
An introduction to basic concepts of the grammar of French from an analytic point of view. This course is useful to anyone wishing to undertake a program in French Studies or wishing to improve their knowledge of French as a Second Language. FRE272Y1
A descriptive study of contemporary French: phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Theoretical discussion in general linguistics. FRE273Y1
The changes by which the Latin spoken in northern Gaul became today’s French. Phonetic, morphological, syntactic and semantic evolution; regional, dialectical and social variations; the question of French in Canada; attitudes of writers, grammarians, and scholars; political and social history. FRE277Y1
The relationship between spelling and pronunciation; the main features of the French phonetic system, including prosodic features (e.g. stress and intonation) with emphasis on oral reading. FRE376H1
A study of the phonological system of modern French based on actual samples of speech taken from different regional varieties and socio-economic groups. FRE378H1
A study of the distribution and relationships of the syntagmatic components of contemporary French, the sentential structure including the principles of coordination, subordination and expansion. Theoretical approaches. FRE386H1
Various approaches to the notion of meaning; its functioning at all levels of representation. (Not offered in 2002-2003) FRE387H1
A study of the morphological system of modern French, its relationship to syntax and phonology; theoretical notions derived from the analysis of specific data. FRE389H1
The dictionary considered as a tool for second language acquisition, and for translation. The types and methods of monolingual and bilingual dictionaries: variety of aims, structural complexity of lexicographical discourse, limits of the usefulness of the dictionary. (Not offered in 2002-2003) FRE471H1
Characteristic features of French phonology, grammar and vocabulary up to 1500; analysis of extracts from principal genres, periods and geographic areas. JFL477H1
An advanced seminar on issues of current theoretical relevance in linguistics with special reference to French. This course is taught in English. JFL478H1
An advanced seminar on issues of current theoretical relevance in linguistics with special reference to French. This course is taught in English. (Not offered in 2002-2003) FRE479H1
The relationship between language use and social factors such as socio-economic status, types of situation and gender of speaker. Theoretical notions are derived through the analysis of specific data, focusing on Canadian French and other varieties spoken in the Americas. FRE488H1
An advanced seminar on a specific aspect of French linguistics. FRE489H1
An advanced seminar on a specific aspect of French linguistics. FRE375Y1
A comparative study of the characteristics of French and English expression and how they pertain to the problems of translation. FRE480Y1
Intensive translation from French to English. Texts are drawn from diverse fields: literature, business, economics, politics, science, art, and advertising. FRE481Y1
Intensive translation from English to French. Texts are drawn from diverse fields: literature, business, economics, politics, science, art and advertising. FRE490Y1
FRE491H1/492H1
FRE206H1
A non-technical introduction to the French-language Internet, given in French, open to francophones and non-francophones. The French Internet is studied as a tool destined to play an increasingly important role in research, education and the workplace. Students learn how to locate, record and exploit a variety of French Internet resources, utilising e-mail and online course-related materials. (Not offered in 2002-2003) FRE406H1
Through lectures, videoconferences with other universities and independent activities students explore the impact of new technologies on culture and society, and how these new media may change the ways we think, learn and communicate. Experts present their specialized cultural perspectives and on-line materials (Internet) are utilized. (Not offered in 2002-2003) JFI225Y1
A theoretical and practical consideration of the ways we learn a second language, with a historical overview and critical evaluation of the various methodologies that have been developed; the role of cultural studies in language learning; practical evaluation and development of syllabus, course and textbook materials. FRE384H1
Since 1970 the term “communicative approach” has been used to refer to various ways of teaching and learning FSL. The aim of this course is to attempt to clarify the notions involved in the communicative approach and examine theoretical issues and pedagogical implications related to it. (Not offered in 2002-2003) FRE385H1
Analysis of bibliographical tools available for the selection of literary materials for the FSL classroom. Study of representative works of interest to young people such as novels, detective stories, cartoons, with special emphasis on socio-cultural aspects. Critical analysis of various pedagogical approaches. |
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