| FREN 101-01 |
Elementary French
Instructor: Lucile Duperron
Course Description:
Complete first-year course. Intensive study of the fundamentals of French grammar, with special attention given to pronunciation and oral expression. Cultural readings in the context of language acquisition.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MTWRF
EASTC 108 |
| FREN 102-01 |
Elementary French
Instructor: Mireille Rebeiz
Course Description:
Complete first-year course. Intensive study of the fundamentals of French grammar, with special attention given to pronunciation and oral expression. Cultural readings in the context of language acquisition.Prerequisite: 101 or the equivalent.
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08:30 AM-09:20 AM, MTWRF
BOSLER 305 |
| FREN 102-02 |
Elementary French
Instructor: Dominique Laurent
Course Description:
Complete first-year course. Intensive study of the fundamentals of French grammar, with special attention given to pronunciation and oral expression. Cultural readings in the context of language acquisition.Prerequisite: 101 or the equivalent.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MTWRF
BOSLER 307 |
| FREN 102-03 |
Elementary French
Instructor: Dominique Laurent
Course Description:
Complete first-year course. Intensive study of the fundamentals of French grammar, with special attention given to pronunciation and oral expression. Cultural readings in the context of language acquisition.Prerequisite: 101 or the equivalent.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MTWRF
BOSLER 307 |
| FREN 201-01 |
Intermediate French
Instructor: Adeline Soldin
Course Description:
Intensive second-year study of French, with attention to grammar review, conversation, reading in a cultural context and some writing.
Prerequisite: 102 or the equivalent. This course fulfills the language graduation requirement.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MTWRF
BOSLER 309 |
| FREN 201-02 |
Intermediate French
Instructor: Lucile Duperron
Course Description:
Intensive second-year study of French, with attention to grammar review, conversation, reading in a cultural context and some writing.
Prerequisite: 102 or the equivalent. This course fulfills the language graduation requirement.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MTWRF
BOSLER 214 |
| FREN 202-01 |
Living in the Francophone World
Instructor: Hanna Roman
Course Description:
This course explores the contemporary Francophone world using regional case studies. Students will learn about life in diverse francophone locations through the study of language, culture, geography, history, art and politics. The regions under study reflect faculty strengths and experience as well as Dickinsons global partners (Toulouse, Rabat, Yaound). Students will continue to develop all five communicative competencies (speaking, reading, writing, listening, and intercultural). Assignments and activities harness current technology including social media and audiovisual tools to learn about the lived experiences of francophones across the globe. Experiential learning components will introduce students to local and global francophone communities and study away opportunities. This is the gateway course to the major and minor in French and Francophone Studies. Students who complete FREN 202 or equivalent are eligible to study in Toulouse, France.Prerquisite: FREN 201 or equivalent.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
EASTC 410 |
| FREN 202-02 |
Living in the Francophone World
Instructor: Hanna Roman
Course Description:
This course explores the contemporary Francophone world using regional case studies. Students will learn about life in diverse francophone locations through the study of language, culture, geography, history, art and politics. The regions under study reflect faculty strengths and experience as well as Dickinsons global partners (Toulouse, Rabat, Yaound). Students will continue to develop all five communicative competencies (speaking, reading, writing, listening, and intercultural). Assignments and activities harness current technology including social media and audiovisual tools to learn about the lived experiences of francophones across the globe. Experiential learning components will introduce students to local and global francophone communities and study away opportunities. This is the gateway course to the major and minor in French and Francophone Studies. Students who complete FREN 202 or equivalent are eligible to study in Toulouse, France.Prerquisite: FREN 201 or equivalent.
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11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MWF
EASTC 108 |
| FREN 231-01 |
French and Francophone Cultural Histories
Instructor: Benjamin Ngong
Course Description:
This course explores the main historical eras and cultural movements that have shaped France andFrancophone cultural identities, tracing the origins of the Francophone world, and decentering the traditional narrative of French imperial history. From the Medieval era to the collapse of the French Empire in early 20th century,the course explores theformation of the French nation while examiningtherise and justification of colonial and racial ideas in mainland France that led to the creation of the French Empire and the making of the Francophone world. The course consolidates and builds competencies in listening, speaking, reading, and writing to prepare students for an immersive experience in a French-speaking environment. As a Writing-in-the-Discipline course, this class will focus on genres of writing specific to francophone academic practices. This is a required course for the major and minor in French and Francophone Studies.Prerequisite: FREN 202, 225 or equivalent.
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11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MWF
BOSLER 309 |
| FREN 307-01 |
French Ecological Literature/Histoires françaises de l’écologie
Instructor: Hanna Roman
Course Description:
This course will explore the history and literature of ecological thought in France, through the assumption that the human relationship to environment and the crises that arise from it are not new phenomena and not simply the result of present-day climate change. Rather, these stories have shaped and have been shaped by French culture through the centuries, from the early-modern period to the current era. Instead of approaching the course material chronologically, the class will group novels, short stories, graphic novels, films, and documentaries by theme, putting similar mentalities and imaginaries of nature from different historical periods into dialogue. Themes will be based on natural and human-made places: forest, sea, desert, islands, cities, gardens, colonies, post-apocalyptic landscapes/dystopias, utopias. Through readings and creative, thought-provoking assignments, students will reflect on the importance of fiction and literature in understanding and interacting with nature and in imagining futures in the face of real climate change concerns. Prerequisites: French 231 or French 232.
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12:30 PM-01:20 PM, MWF
EASTC 314 |
| FREN 401-01 |
From Plantation to Page: Literary Conscience in the Francophone Caribbean
Instructor: Benjamin Ngong
Course Description:
Cross-listed with AFST 310-01 and LALC 300-01. This course is taught in French.
This seminar explores contemporary literature from Haiti, Guadeloupe, and Martinique in relation to the political, linguistic, and cultural legacies of colonialism. Caribbean writers create distinctive aesthetics that weave together resistance, memory, and identity reconstruction within contexts of cultural domination and globalization. Through novels, poetry, and essays, combined with critical and psychoanalytic approaches, the course examines tensions between dominant and marginalized languages, the reimagining of symbolic spaces, and the shaping of collective memory. Ultimately, it considers how Francophone Caribbean literature negotiates France's political and cultural hegemony while engaging with evolving global paradigms of power, voice, and identity.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
BOSLER 214 |