Rice Course Schedule, Fall 2002
French (FREN)

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FREN 101   ELEMENTARY FRENCH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE I Credits 5.00  Fall 02
Introductory French.  Concentration on all four language skills. Supplemented
by work in the Language Resource Center. Enrollment is limited to 20.
001 RH 310 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM      Sow, Sadibou              Enr: 7 Max: 20
002 RH 106 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM      Akli, Madalina C.         Enr: 10 Max: 20
003 SH 562 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM      Hanlon, Piraye            Enr: 5 Max: 20
004 RH 202 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM      Socaciu, Gheorghe Ciprian Enr: 20 Max: 20

FREN 102   ELEMENTARY FRENCH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE I Credits 5.00  Fall 02
See Fren 101. Enrollment is limited to 20.
Prereq- Fren 101 or placement exam.
001 RH 106 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM      Toader, Ioana             Enr: 17 Max: 20

FREN 113   BEGINNING FRENCH FOR ENGINEERING AND SCI Credits 5.00  Fall 02
Single summer course offered in August. Intensive introductory French for
students in engineering or science. Focus on communicative competence, cultural
awareness, and engineering/science-related content. FREN 101/113 Section 1 is
offered as a single pre-Fall summer course in August. Four hours daily, M-F,
3-week session. Students enrolled in this intensive 101/113 course may request
accomodations in university housing (please contact Housing and Dining directly
to reserve a room and be prepared to provide proof of enrollment in the 101/113
course)
001 TBA - MTWTHF 09:00AM - 02:00PM      Crull, Brigitte           Enr: 3 Max: 20

FREN 201   INTERMEDIATE FRENCH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Credits 4.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Communication based course. Focuses on the functional use of the language
through linguistic, sociocultural and situational contexts. Develops all four
language skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing). Students from the
College of Engineering enrolled in 201 will have the opportunity to take FREN
214 in May. See Fren 214.
001 RH 121 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM      Crull, Brigitte           Enr: 8 Max: 20
002 RH 204 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM      Nelson, Deborah H.        Enr: 19 Max: 20

FREN 202   INTERMEDIATE FRENCH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Credits 4.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
See Fren 201. Students from the College of Engineering enrolled in 202 will
have the opportunity to take FREN 214 in May. See FREN 214.
Prereq- Fren 201 or placement exam.
001 RH 121 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM      Datta, Evelyne            Enr: 11 Max: 20

FREN 301   ADVANCED FRENCH FOR WRITTEN & ORAL COMMU Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
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 RH 106 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM      Datta, Evelyne            Enr: 16 Max: NA

FREN 302   FRENCH PHONETICS                         Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Contrastive analysis of the French sound system, including such key areas as
diction and articulation of French speech, with emphasis on class as well as
laboratory practice. Enrollment is limited to 15.
Prereq-  Fren 202 or placement exam.
001 RH 205 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM      Alcover, Madeleine        Enr: 7 Max: 15

FREN 311   MAJOR LITERARY WORKS AND ARTIFACTS OF PR Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Study of French culture, literature, and artifacts form the Middle Ages until
the Revolution. Course conducted entirely in French
Prereq-  Fren 301 or placement exam.
001 RH 302 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM      Nelson, Deborah H.        Enr: 6 Max: 0

FREN 312   MAJOR LITERARY WORKS AND ARTIFACTS OF PO Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
This course provides an introduction to French literature (drama, poetry,the
novel and cinema) from romanticism to existentialism and postmodernity.
Questions and themes addressed in the course: the rise of the kind of world
in
which we find ourselves today, and an attempt to understand it: thus, the
decline of the aristocracy, the rise of capitalism and the bourgeoisie,
imperialism, globalization, the emergence of the cults of romantic love and
sexual fulfilment as attempts to deal with the "death of God" etc.; religious,
artistic and sexual ecstasy; how do we distinguish (can we distinguish?) "great
literature" and "art" from mere entertainment?   Are
literature and art (as
many claim today) just "cultural constructions"? or is there such a thing as
beauty or greatness trans-culturally, trans-historically?
Prereq-  Fren 202 or placement exam.
001 RH 121 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:45PM      Harter, Deborah A.        Enr: 10 Max: 0

FREN 313   ADVANCED FRENCH FOR ENGINEERING AND SCIE Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Strong engineering/science content-based course. Includes current
scientific/technical issues, cross-cultural topics and career-related task
assignments. Focus on reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension
skills in context of french science and technology.
001 HUM 119 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM     Crull, Brigitte           Enr: 7 Max: 0

FREN 318   STRUCTURE OF FRENCH                      Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
The primary objective 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 analyses 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 SH 560 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM      Achard, Michel J.         Enr: 5 Max: 0

FREN 387   IMAGES OF CONTEMPORARY FRANCE            Credits 3.00  Fall 02
The course will deal with the sociopolitical and intellectual history of
post-war France. Based upon texts by Borne, Edmiston, and Duménil, it will also
examine various analyses of French culture by Valery, E. Faure, Mendras,
Barthes, and Lipovetsky.
The course will cover such topics as the advent of
the Fifth Republic, decolonization, May '68 and political dissent,
modernization and the postmodern condition, and France and the construction of
Europe. Enrollment is limited to 20.
Prereq- Fren 301
001 SH 560 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM      Goux, Jean-Joseph C.      Enr: 7 Max: 0

FREN 460   WOMEN AND WOMEN'S VOICES IN FRENCH LITER Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Examination of the ways in which that women have been represented in fiction,
by themselves and by others, since the early modern period. Includes Mme de
Lafayette, Desbordes-Valmore, Baudelaire, Sand, Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, de
Beauvoir, Duras, and Wittig, with emphasis on the constitution of "the
feminine" in literary texts as a cultural, historical, and social artifact.
Pre-req- FREN 301 and FREN 311 or 312. Also offered as WGST 412
001 SH 207B - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM     Harter, Deborah A.        Enr: 13 Max: 0

FREN 503   LITERATURE AND KNOWLEDGE IN 16TH AND 17T Credits 3.00  Fall 02
What role did literature play in reshaping knowledge during the Renaissance
and
the classical age? Reading major works by Rabelais, Descartes, Molière,
and
Fontenelle, and shorter texts by Louise Labé, Mme Deshoulières, Bernier,
and
Bayle, we will evaluate literary contribution to both humanist reform
and the
Copernican revolution.
001 TBA - M 02:00PM - 05:00PM           Robin, Jean Luc           Enr: 7 Max: 20

FREN 567   THE POSTMODERN BREAK IN FRENCH PHILOSOPH Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Study of the questioning of philosophical modernity (starting with Descartes
and the Enlightenment philosophers) by structuralist and poststructuralist
thinkers and theorists of the postmodern condition. Emphasis on the conflict
between humanism and anti-humanism. Includes Derrida, Foucault, Lyotard,
Levinas, Castoriadis, and others.
001 TBA - TH 01:00PM - 04:00PM          Goux, Jean-Joseph C.      Enr: 6 Max: 0

FREN 582   TRADITION AND DISSIDENCE                 Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Graduate version of FREN 482. Philosophical expressions and cultural
constructions of dissidence from the 16th century
to the present. The seminar
will cover several genres and periods and will deal with such figures as
Montaigne, Voltaire, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Gauguin, Ségalen, Saint-John Perse,
Borduas, Duras, Simon, Arcand, Darrieussecq, and Sansal. Enrollment is limited
to 12.
Seniors must have prior approval from instructor.
Pre-req- instructor's permission for undergraduates.
001 TBA - T 01:00PM - 04:00PM           Aresu, Bernard            Enr: 6 Max: 0

FREN 600   INDEPENDENT STUDY                        Credits   Fall 02
No Descrition
001 TBA - TBA                           Harter, Deborah A.        Enr: 2 Max: 0
002 TBA - TBA                           Goux, Jean-Joseph C.      Enr: 2 Max: NA
003 TBA - TBA                           Aresu, Bernard            Enr: 1 Max: NA

FREN 800   THESIS RESEARCH (PhD)                    Credits   Fall 02
No description.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 9 Max: 0