French CoursesNote: STUDENTS ENROLLED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN TWO OR MORE FRENCH PROGRAMS ARE ALLOWED TO DOUBLE-COUNT ONLY ONE COURSE (1 F.C.E.) TOWARDS THEIR FRENCH PROGRAMS. |
Courses Taught in English (see also all FCS courses below)First Year Seminars The 199Y1 and 199H1 seminars are designed to provide the opportunity to work closely with an instructor in a class of no more than twenty-four students. These interactive seminars are intended to stimulate the students’ curiosity and provide an opportunity to get to know a member of the professorial staff in a seminar environment during the first year of study. Details here. JFI225Y1 See French Language Learning Courses at the end of the French Studies listing. JFL477H1 See French Linguistics Courses below JFL478H1 See French Linguistics Courses below JFV323H1 See French Literature Courses below SMC228H1 See St. Michael’s College UNI202H1 See University College VIC300H1 See Victoria College VIC301H1 See Victoria College French Courses NOTE: FCS, JFI, JFL, JFV and College courses are taught in English with
reading and written assignments in English. However, students can count these
courses
towards a program in French (Major or Specialist) if they submit all written
work and tests in French. These students must, during the first week of
class, inform the instructor of their intent to do so.
FCS courses are taught in English with written and reading
assignments also in English. Some half-courses at THE 200/300/400-level
have variable
content
and may not be offered every year. Please consult the Department website
(www.french.utoronto.ca) or the French Studies Undergraduate brochure
(www.french.utoronto.ca/undergraduate) for more details. FCS195H1 A multi-media course, analyzing the contributions the French have made to world culture in such domains as architecture, art, literature, and music, as well as some of the implications of the appropriation of French cultural icons by big business and the media. FCS290H1 The relation of French popular culture to society. (Not offered in 2010-2011). FCS291H1 The concept of the Networked Society, with a historical perspective on the development of networking technologies, emphasizing their social and cultural consequences. The actions and the role of artists and cultural activists in various countries. Illustrated with films and other documents, the various dimensions of the Francophone digital culture in and out of Canada, including Africa and Asia. FCS292H1 This course will explore the themes of love, sex and desire in French literature through close reading and interpretative analysis of novels from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. A comparative approach using various examples taken from literary texts and film adaptations will explore the concept of love and its many definitions. (Not offered in 2010-2011). FCS297H1 An examination of the historical, social and cultural status of French comic books (“bandes dessinées” or “BDs”), based on English translations of Astérix, Tintin and other contemporary works. Analysis of thematic and narrative structures compared with traditional genres (folktales, myths, plays, novels). (Not offered in 2010-2011) FCS298H1 From the arrival, in the 17th century, of magnificent porcelain from the East to the borrowings of contemporary fashion designers, French culture has been exposed to Asian influences which have become part of the national fabric. This course explores some of these manifestations in literature, film and the arts. (Not offered in 2010-2011) FCS310Y1 Cinema in France with emphasis on theory and practical criticism, on auteurs and movements such as the avant-garde of the twenties and the New Wave of the late fifties. Films shown are subtitled. FCS331H1 Film adaptations of plays and fiction from the origins of cinema to the present time. FCS369Y0 Various aspects of culture in the region of Tours, e.g. novels by Balzac; Renaissance architecture and gardens as motifs in art, literature, cinema, music or advertising; from Tours to Québec; or Anne Hébert’s Touraine. (Offered in Tours only during the summer) FCS390H1 An introduction to the French tradition of cultural studies through a survey of some of the great French thinkers on culture and history (Foucault, de Certeau, Barthes, Baudrillard, Bourdieu, Derrida, Lyotard, Metz, etc.). This course will deal with the French influence on this paradigm: its own tradition, different cultural context, ideological assumptions and theoretical foundations. (Not offered in 2010-2011) FCS391H1 Studies on an individual writer or a specific area of literature. (Not offered in 2010-2011). FCS392H1 This course will focus on the analysis of film as a social and ideological practice in Africa. It will provide an interdisciplinary look at the development of African cinema from its inception in THE 1960’s to the present. (Not offered in 2010-2011) FCS395H1 An investigation of the French reputation for the systematic indulgence of all the senses, from the growth of sensuality-based industries and services to the discussion of works of high art and popular culture. Also focussing on elements of gender definition and exoticism within the cult of sensuality. FCS490H1 (Not offered in 2010-2011). FCS491H1 (Not offered in 2010-2011). FCS492H1 In depth study within narrowly focussed topics. (Not offered in 2010-2011). FCS497H1 Various forms of recent feminist thought, theory, and artistic practice, from THE 1970s, focussing on the current situation, characterized by plurality and heterogeneity, and the concern with the intersection of gender, ethnicity and class. (Not offered in 2010-2011). FRE: French Literature Courses Please note that students must complete FRE240H1, FRE241H1 and FRE344H1 before
taking ANY 400-level courses. Some half-courses at THE 300/400-level have
variable contents and may not be offered every year. Please consult the
Department website (www.french.utoronto.ca) or the French Studies Undergraduate
brochure
(www.french.utoronto.ca/undergraduate) for more details. FRE210H1 An introduction to various aspects of Québec literature and culture through the study of literary texts, cinema, and artistic productions, and their role in the evolution of a distinct Québec society. The course will also familiarize students with important socio-cultural and political events, which participated in the evolution of Québec society and provide a better understanding of Québec literature. (Not offered in 2010-2011). FRE240H1 A practical introduction to concepts, methods and problems of literary analysis, based on a detailed study of selected French and Francophone literary texts from various genres and periods. Students will master the basic techniques of literary analysis and use them in short essays. FRE241H1 Survey and practical applications of literary research tools, printed and digitalized, with training sessions at the library. Topics covered will include rules and conventions of scholarly writing, organizing a paper, choice of appropriate style, developing arguments, proper usage of footnotes and bibliographical references, and material presentation of papers and dissertations. FRE250H1 The evolution and major trends of French literature from the Middle Ages to the 21st century placed in their historical background and studied through representative texts from a variety of genres (narrative, poetry, drama, essay), selected both for their historical importance and their relevance to modern readers. FRE299Y1 Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See Section on “Research Opportunity Program” for details. FRE304H1 An analysis of selected prose texts of the last hundred years written by major French women authors, emphasizing themes and textual strategies used to represent the female subject, her relationship to language, and the role of ethnicity, class, and gender in the construction of identity. FRE308H1 From the medieval manuscript to the E-book, with a view to understand how and why one writes, reads and/or publishes, a study of the impact of various technical innovations, the industrialization of book production and the role of intermediaries, in the context of the emergence of mass culture and global markets. FRE310H1 Literary texts and other forms of media (photographs, cinematographic images, paintings) have been associated in a fascinating relation in hundreds of works of French literature. An exploration of this inextricable weaving together of verbal and visual experiences as it pertains to literature through the study of interdisciplinary theoretical texts focused on photography, painting, and cinema. (Not offered in 2010-2011). FRE314H1 Literature of the 20th and 21st centuries speaks of contesting social and literary figures of authority, of challenging traditional literary structures and of accentuating creativity and subjectivity. An exploration of the thematic and formal structures that challenge traditional forms of thinking and writing in contemporary literature from Québec and other French-speaking parts of Canada. (Not offered in 2010-2011). FRE318H1 Religious fervour, chivalry, romance and ribald humour, heroic deeds, marvellous adventures, and exotic travels as found in selected texts from the French Middle Ages. Readings in modern French translations with appropriate reference to the original language. FRE319H1 An overview of the fascinating literary diversity, prose, theatre and poetry – essential to the changing humanistic discourse of the French Renaissance and Baroque periods. The underscoring of important historical events –Reformation, Great Discoveries, Printing–to explain the philosophical and literary values produced by such violent times. FRE320H1 An introduction to French literature between Classicism and the French Revolution with particular emphasis on its relationship to philosophical, cultural, and political movements of the Enlightenment, providing historical depth to philosophical and socio-political foundations of today’s life. A privileged access to, and critique of, modernity in the postmodern age. JFV323H1 The study of readings from major French literary semioticians will be combined with the practical application of theory to the analysis of selected literary texts. This course is taught in English. (Not offered in 2010-2011). FRE324H1 The “long 19th century” (1789-1914) is characterized by change: from political upheavals to literary, scientific, and media revolutions, the spread of literacy, and the rapid development of industrialization and colonization. A study of the evolution of literature (genres, forms, movements), as influenced by these changing socio-political and economic contexts. FRE326H1 Characterized by experimentation and the crisis of representation, French literature of the 20th and 21st centuries has undergone numerous transformations in form, content, and generic boundaries. A study of these literary movements, trends, and transgressions in poetry, prose, and theatre. FRE332H1 A comprehensive introduction to Francophone literatures and cultures, examining the linguistic, aesthetic and discursive specificities as represented by authors of the Francophone world. Focus on the concepts of colonialism, representation, alienation, emigration, and nationalism. FRE334H1 Through films from across the spectrum of the Francophone world, a study of the diversity of the French colonial empire as well as the different aesthetic, historical, and cultural effects of colonialism and post-independence experience on various cinematic representations. (Not offered in 2010-2011). FRE336H1 The fundamentals of postcolonial theories, with emphasis on how they relate to the francophone world. The dialogue between fiction and theory, as well as the modalities of a coherent Francophone postcolonial identity in a global world. (Not offered in 2010-2011). FRE344H1 An introduction to literary theory through the study of particular theories underlying specific approaches to the literary text. Concepts and problems central to literary theory, and the writings of major critics and theoreticians. FRE345H1 Survey of the main literary genres and analysis of their features, with in depth study of two of the genres: narrative (epic poem, novel, short narrative), lyric poetry, drama (tragedy, comedy, farce, mystery play), essay. Readings of selected texts, chosen for their representative potential and their historical relevance. FRE370Y0 Offered in Nantes only. FRE371Y0 Offered in Nantes only. FRE372Y0 Offered in Nantes only. FRE373Y0 Offered in Nantes only FRE374Y0 Offered in Nantes only. FRE398H0 FRE399Y0 An instructor-supervised group project in an off-campus setting. See Section on “Independent Experiential Study Program” for details. FRE410H1 An advanced interdisciplinary research seminar devoted to specific issues of Québcois literature and culture. Focus on a literary genre, a particular subject matter, a literary movement, or based on a multidisciplinary approach to cinema, arts, and music. (Not offered in 2010-2011). FRE438H1 An advanced seminar using theoretical, comparative, and interdisciplinary approaches to critically interrogate representations, discourses, cultures, and aesthetics in various settings of the Francophone world FRE441H1 In this course, representative novels written by women in the eighteenth century will be studied to explore the form and the structure of the novel as a literary genre as well as the social, emotional and sexual questions raised in these works. (Not offered in 2010-2011). FRE443H1 An advanced, research-oriented seminar devoted to questions concerning the author’s practice, originality, and oeuvre. Production, performance and prominence, characteristic genres, religious and philosophical thought, theoretical reflection on literature, language, and belonging as aspects of the analysis of one single author’s body of writing. This year, the course will focus on Charles Baudelaire with close reading of Les Fleurs du mal and Le Spleen de Paris. FRE446H1 An advanced, research-oriented course devoted to specific issues in French literary theory. Focus on particular theoretical concepts, paradigms, schools, trends, movements or major thinkers. (Not offered in 2010-2011). FRE272H1 A general interest course on the structure of the French language including a descriptive study of meaning, sound, word, and sentence structure. Students must enrol in one two-hour lecture and one tutorial for a total of three hours per week. FRE273H1 A discovery of a long and fascinating history, stretching from the spoken Latin of the Gauls to the many varieties of French found today all over the world via the investigation of the social, political and cultural causes of language change. Our focus will include topics such as medieval bilingualism, the regulation of language through the Académie française, the political use of the French language, the emergence of the Francophonie and modern Canadian French. FRE274H1 An analytical study of contemporary French phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. This course is designed to prepare students for more advanced study of French linguistics at THE 300 AND 400 levels. 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; of sentential structure, including the principles of coordination, subordination and expansion; and of major theoretical approaches. FRE379H1 The relationship between language use and social factors such as socio-economic status, social context 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. FRE383H1 An introduction to the foundations of quantitative analysis and experimental research on French. Topics include differences between quantitative and qualitative analyses; hypothesis formulation; experimental design; and data collection and analysis including basic statistical methods. Phenomena investigated come from Canadian and European varieties as well as studies of second language learners. FRE386H1 Various approaches to the notion of meaning; its functioning at all levels of representation. (Not offered in 2010-2011). 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. FRE388H1 An overview of the cognitive aspects of bilingualism and language acquisition among early and late bilingual French speakers. Topics to be addressed will include psycholinguistic processing and representation in the multilingual mind; the role and analysis of input in second language acquisition; patterns of interlanguage grammatical development; the nature and sources of intra and interlearner variation; and the effect of instruction on learning. FRE471H1 This course aims to assure an understanding of Old French, to read most of the medieval texts. From a selection of texts, it explores the form of the language in various centuries and regions and provide a basis for understanding the history of French language. JFL477H1 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 2010-2011). 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 2010-11). FRE487H1 This course examines how theories of linguistic competence, speech perception/ processing and production can contribute to our understanding of the acquisition of French by non-native speakers. It also provides indepth, practical training in methodological design and quantitative analysis culminating in students’ undertaking of individual experimental studies. FRE488H1 An advanced seminar on a specific aspect of French linguistics. (Not offered in 2010-2011). FRE489H1 An advanced seminar on a specific aspect of French linguistics. (Not offered in 2010-2011). FRE480Y1 Intensive translation from French to English. Texts are drawn from diverse fields: literature, business, economics, politics, science, art, and advertising. (Not offered in 2010-2011) FRE481Y1 Intensive translation from English to French. Texts are drawn from diverse fields: literature, business, economics, politics, science, art and advertising. (Not offered in 2010-2011) FRE490Y1 An independent research paper on either a literary or linguistic topic to be proposed by the student and supervised by an instructor, culminating in a major research paper. FRE491H1 A scholarly project supervised by a member of staff on a literary or linguistic topic of common interest including readings, discussions, and papers. FRE492H1 A scholarly project supervised by a member of staff on a literary or linguistic topic of common interest including readings, discussions, and papers.
Note The following is a guide for beginners in French.
Please note that FSL100H1, FSL102H1 AND121Y do not count towards any of the French programs but can be used as breadth requirements. The Department reserves the right to place students in the language
course appropriate to their level of language skills, based on
the results of
a placement test. since 100, 200, 300 AND 400-level FSL courses
correspond to levels of
competence in French, a student may be recommended to enroll in
a course at a higher level than his/her year of study. The placement
test, available
at
www.lang.utoronto.ca/placement/french, is mandatory for all students
who register in an FRE or FSL course for the first time (except
true beginners
who have
no knowledge of French). The placement test can be taken only ONCE
and the
results of the first test will prevail in the event of several
attempts. Ideally, the placement test should be taken in the term preceding
the course students
intend to register in (e.g. for a Fall term or Y course, students
should take the placement test in the summer term, prior to their
registration
date on
ROSI and before the beginning of classes in any given term). Students
not having access to
a computer capable of managing sound files should write to french.placement@utoronto.ca
to arrange to take the test at the Multimedia Centre. Please allow
three to five working days to obtain the test results. FSL100H1 An intensive basic course in spoken and written French for students who have no knowledge of French: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. FSL102H1 An intensive basic course in spoken and written French for students who have studied some French, but who have not yet attained the entry level for FSL121Y1. FSL121Y1 Intended for students having some knowledge of French but wishing to increase their proficiency to that of normal University entrance. Offers training in written and spoken French; reinforcement of reading comprehension and aural abilities; and an introduction to French-Canadian and Québécois cultures. FSL221Y1 Focuses on developping greater complexity in student’s production (sentence structure including subordination; verb tense and agreement; difficult sounds and prosodic fluency), and comprehension (analysis of word order-meaning relations; understanding temporal relations and thematic elements). Overview of francophone media and cultural institutions including cinema and festivals. FSL271H1 An introduction to basic concepts of the French grammar from an analytic and descriptive point of view. Exploration of traditional grammar concepts such as subject, predicate, complement. This course provides understanding of the logic that is often hidden by the apparent complexity of grammatical rules. FSL321Y1 Develops further students’ written/speaking and comprehension/listening abilities by focussing on greater sentential and lexical complexity. Particular attention is paid to norms (contextually-appropriate (in)formality; particularities of French spelling and punctuation; differences between Canadian and European varieties). Investigation of linguistic, political and cultural aspects of the francophonie. FSL375Y1 A comparative study of the characteristics of French and English expression and how they pertain to the problems of translation. FSL421Y1 An advanced course in French including the reading and discussion of texts focussing on the francophone presence and influence in the international context. Emphasis is placed on mastery of complex linguistic skills via use of a variety of reference tools and self-correction. FSL442H1 Designed for students who wish to consolidate and perfect their writing abilities. Skills developped include the mastery of register-based differences; use of rhetorical and stylistic techniques; systematic self-correction; and the advanced use of reference tools including on-line dictionaries. (Not offered in 2010-2011). FSL443H1 Designed for students who wish to consolidate and perfect their speaking abilities. This is accomplished through the preparation of longer oral productions involving a rich vocabulary and contextually-appropriate speech registers. Focus on overall pronunciation including fine phonetic detail and fluency. 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. This course is taught in English. FRE384H1 This course will provide an introduction to the communicative approach in recent methods and pedagogical materials published in France and in North America. Emphasis will be put on the various interpretations of the communicative approach in teaching FSL, with reference to theoretical issues and historical background. FRE483H1 The course will investigate the relation between language, society and culture and study in depth various aspects of French and Francophone civilization, with particular focus on the development and integration of materials for use in the classroom by using contemporary texts and audio-visual documents. FRE485H1 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 useful for the Experiential Learning component: students will participate in a school internship. |
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