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FREN   101 ELEMENTARY FRENCH I                      Credits 5.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION GROUP I (second semester must be completed)
Introductory French.  Concentration on all four language skills.
Supplemented by work in the language laboratory.
Enrollment is limited to 22 per section.
001 MWF     09:00AM-09:50AM RH*105   Achard, Michel                 *CURRENT ENR: 8
002 MWF     10:00AM-10:50AM RH*107   TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 19
003 MWF     10:00AM-10:50AM HB*21    TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 1
004 MWF     11:00AM-11:50AM RH*111   TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 12

FREN   102 ELEMENTARY FRENCH II                     Credits 5.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
See Fren 101.
Prereq- Fren 101 or placement exam.
001 MWF     09:00AM-09:50AM RH*111   Ji, Zhen                       *CURRENT ENR: 9

FREN   114 BEGINNING FRENCH FOR ENGINEERI           Credits 5.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Continuation of introd. French for students in engineering or the
sciences. Focus on communicative competence, cultural awareness, and
engineering/science-related content. Multimedia integration.
Prereq- French 113 or French 101 or consent of instructor.
001 MWF     02:00PM-02:50PM SH*560   Crull, Brigitte                *CURRENT ENR: 2

FREN   201 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I                    Credits 4.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Intense oral and written grammar review; literary and cultural
readings serve as basis for class discussions and compositions.
Prereq- Fren 102 or placement exam.
001 MWF     09:00AM-09:50AM FL*517   Wood, Philip                   *CURRENT ENR: 5
002 MWF     10:00AM-10:50AM FL*412   Nelson, Deborah                *CURRENT ENR: 11

FREN   202 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II                   Credits 4.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
See Fren 201.
Prereq- Fren 201 or placement exam.
001 MWF     01:00PM-01:50PM FL*412   Crull, Brigitte                *CURRENT ENR: 9

FREN   203 FACETS OF THE FRANCOPHONE WORLDS         Credits 3.00  Fall 99
An introduction to Francophone cultures worldwide, the course will deal
with the history, geography, and cultures of the French-speaking world.
It will cover geographical areas on the three continents, focusing on
France, Quebec, and Africa north and south of the Sahara.
Prereq- Fren 201 or placement exam.
001 MWF     11:00AM-11:50AM RH*319   Datta, Evelyne                 *CURRENT ENR: 1

FREN   301 ADVANCED FRENCH FOR WRITTEN & ORAL COMMU Credits 3.00  Fall 99
The objective of the course is to stimulate language production at the
advanced level through the examination of the lexical, syntactic, and
stylistic characteristics of contemporary French.  The course thus
relates the contents of descriptive, narrative, and argumentative texts
to specific functional and grammatical objectives.  The course also
features an individual or group research component through which
students will be able to practice French in an academic field of their
choice.
Prereq- FREN 202 or placement exam.
001 MWF     10:00AM-10:50AM FL*525   Datta, Evelyne                 *CURRENT ENR: 11

FREN   311 INTRO TO FRENCH LITERATURE I             Credits 3.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Main currents in French literature from its beginning to the nineteenth
century.  Lectures and discussions in French.
Prereq-  Fren 202 or placement exam.
001 MWF     09:00AM-09:50AM RH*319   Nelson, Deborah                *CURRENT ENR: 6

FREN   312 INTRO TO FRENCH LITERATURE II            Credits 3.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Main currents in French literature from the nineteenth century to the
present.  Lectures and discussions in French.
Prereq-  Fren 202 or placement exam.
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM RH*320   Harter, Deborah                *CURRENT ENR: 6

FREN   318 STRUCTURE OF FRENCH                      Credits 3.00  Fall 99
The primary ojective of this course is to present contemporary French as
a dynamic linguistic system shaped by historical, cognitive and
sociological developments.  The historical section presents the
diachronic evolution of French as a crucial factor in the current use of
the "standard" and regional dialects.  The linguistic section analyzes
the language as a system of mental representation, and presents the
tools necessary to describe that system.  Linguistic forms are shown to
be motivated by cognitive principles, which are identified and
carefully examined.  The last part of the course is devoted to the
socio-economic conditions which preside over language use.  Beyond the
specific consideration of French, this course is concerned with the
historical, psychological, and sociological dimensions that enter into
the description of any language.
Also offered as Ling 318.
001 MWF     11:00AM-11:50AM PL*117   Achard, Michel                 *CURRENT ENR: 7

FREN   403 SPECIAL TOPICS:MODERN PAINTERS & THEIR W Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Prereq- FREN 301 or 304, and FREN 311 or 312.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM RH*320   Goux, Jean-Joseph              *CURRENT ENR: 14

FREN   473 HISTORY AND CULTURE OF MODERN QUEBEC     Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Although focussing on the postwar period, the seminar will cover the
history and culture of Quebec from the 18th century to the present.  The
seminar will concurrently address issues of language, cultural identity,
and examine the current debate on the notion of distinct society.
Seminar material will include such figures as Hemon, Carrier, Godbout,
Maillet, and Hebert (literature); Pellan, Riopelle, and Borduas (art);
and Jutra and Arcand (cinema).  The seminar will also include a writing
practicum.
Prereq- Fren 301 or 304, and 311 or 312 or 372.
001 M       07:00PM-10:00PM RH*319   Aresu, Bernard                 *CURRENT ENR: 5

FREN   500 THESIS RESEARCH (M.A.)                   Credits 3.00  Fall 99
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

FREN   503 SPECIAL TOPICS: HUMANISM/ANTI- HUMANISM  Credits 3.00  Fall 99
001 T       01:00PM-04:00PM PL*118   Goux, Jean-Joseph              *CURRENT ENR: 4

FREN   534 FRENCH FEMINIST THEORY                   Credits 3.00  Fall 99
The purpose of this course is to gain a broad understanding of the
important problems of contemporary feminist theories in French.  We will
focus on  the interrelated issues of gender, sexuality, race, ethics,
language, and power by exploring in depth primary texts in feminist
theory. Readings (in French) will include Beauvoir, Irigaray, Djebar,
and Brossard.  This course specifically intends to expose the
fundamentals of French feminist theory as they apply to the broader
spectrum of contemporary feminist thought and philosphy.
001 W       02:00PM-05:00PM          Huffer, Lynne                  *CURRENT ENR: 5

FREN   564 LITERATURE AND PSYCHOANALYSIS            Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Exploration of the ways in which literature and psychoanalysis have
seemed most fruitfully to inform each other.  Includes readings in
primary literature as well as in Freud, Lacan, Cixous, Lacoue-Labarthe,
Silverman, Jameson, Felman, and Bersani.
001 TH      02:00PM-05:00PM PL*118   Harter, Deborah                *CURRENT ENR: 7

FREN   800 THESIS RESEARCH (PhD)                    Credits 3.00  Fall 99
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 7

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