29 courses with the subject FREN, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
FREN 121Introduction to French Language & Culture I
The FREN 121,122 sequence is a highly interactive course that introduces students to the basic skills of understanding, speaking, reading and writing in the French language. The sequence acquaints students with the rich world of Francophone culture through conversations, the discussion of short texts, the French language table and coffee hours, film, and other resources. Online tools help students understand and appreciate the nuances of French grammar, vocabulary, and expression. Language Placement Guidelines
FREN 122Introduction to French Language & Culture II
FREN 122 builds upon the skills of understanding, speaking, reading and writing in the French language acquired in FREN 121. Increased proficiency in speaking is achieved through class presentations, debates, films and discussions relating to contemporary issues in the Francophone world. Language Placement
Elementary-level language courses taken abroad with a Colgate study group, an approved program, or in a foreign institution of higher learning. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Language Study Core Component: None
FREN 201Intermediate French: Conversation and Composition1.00
Designed to improve students' ability to understand, speak, read, and write French. Class time is devoted to communication activities, a study of intermediate grammar, conversational vocabulary, and Francophone culture. Language Placement Guidelines higher level FREN course Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None
Not open to students with more than 3 years of high school study or who have taken a
Corequisite
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FREN 202Intermediate French: Language, Culture, and Literature
Designed to increase the student's ability to understand, speak, read, and write French. Study includes a review of the more difficult points of intermediate grammar, vocabulary building, conversational practice, and short compositions. Additionally, focuses on building familiarity with concepts and skills necessary for the study of literature. Through the practice of the language, the reading of short literary texts, and the use of other materials, students are introduced to diverse aspects of French and Francophone cultures. Language
FREN 222French and Francophone Literature in Translation1.00
Analyzes some outstanding works of literature originally written in French that are available in translation. Works are chosen from various periods and are considered within their historical and cultural context. Taught in English. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
FREN 295Intermediate-Level French Language Abroad1
Intermediate-level language courses taken abroad with a Colgate study group, an approved program, or in a foreign institution of higher learning. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Language Study Core Component: None
FREN 351Introduction to Literature in French: From Chivalry to Versailles1.00
As an introduction, through reading and discussion, to three diverse and formative periods of French literature, this course shows the inspiration and variety of expression that mark each period. Readings include selections from La Chanson de Roland, courtly romance, the fabliaux (all medieval writings are read in modern French versions); prose and poetry of Renaissance France; tragic and comic writers of the French classical theater. Language Placement Guidelines Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Restrictions: Students who complete a 400-level course in French may not register for this course. Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Language Study Core Component: None
At least four years of secondary-school French or FREN 202
Corequisite
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FREN 352Introduction to Literature in French: Birth of the Modern1.00
Studies major works, principal authors, and literary movements of French literature in the 18th and 19th centuries. Language Placement Guidelines higher level FREN course Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Restrictions: Students who complete a 400-level course in French may not register for this course. Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
Not open to students with more than 3 years of high school study or who have taken a
Corequisite
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FREN 353Introduction to Literature in French: Literary Innovations in the 20th to1.00
21st Centuries Offers a close reading of some representative works of the 20th and 21st centuries. Selections are chosen from the shorter fiction, drama, and poetry of major French writers and studied in the context of French history and major intellectual, literary, and artistic movements. Authors may include Apollinaire, Gide, Sartre, Camus, Ionesco, Ponge, Ernaux and Modiano. Language Placement Guidelines Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Restrictions: Students who complete a 400-level course in French may not register for this course. Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation or Language Study Core Component: None
At least four years of secondary-school French or FREN 202
Corequisite
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FREN 354Introduction to Literature in French: The Francophone World
Offers an overview of various bodies of literature written in French outside of France, focusing on five main geographical areas that historically constituted the French colonial empire: the Caribbean, North Africa, West and Central Africa, Asia, and North America. Full texts as well as excerpts from a variety of genres are studied in the context of the history and geography of those regions. Through the exploration of key literary texts, particular attention is given to the effects of colonialism on language, identity, and artistic creation.
FREN 361Advanced French Composition, Grammar, and Conversation1.00
Structured as a review of grammatical principles with emphasis on correctness in expository composition in French. Not open to students who score 5 on the AP language exam, except by special permission of instructor. Must be taken on campus to fulfill major or minor requirements. Language Placement Guidelines Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None
Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Credits: variable Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Language Study Core Component: None
Advanced-level language courses taken abroad with a Colgate study group, an approved program, or in a foreign institution of higher learning. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Language Study Core Component: None
FREN 423The 18th-Century Epistolary Novel in France1.00
Examines some of the French 18th century's most celebrated "letter novels." Through readings of Montesquieu, Graffigny, Rousseau, and Laclos, the course focuses on the formal and thematic development of the epistolary genre over a period of some 60 years. The novels are read against a historical background stretching from the reign of Louis XIV through the French Revolution. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation or Language Study Core Component: None
Examines some of the relationships between Enlightenment thought and the dominant forms of written expression in the French 18th century. Through readings, students consider a number of the Enlightenment's most pressing concerns, such as moral and political philosophy, religious and civil tolerance, natural law, and the role of literature and the arts in society, among others. Authors read include Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, Beaumarchais, and Sade. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation or Language Study Core Component: None
FREN 432Twilight Zone: The "Fantastique" in 19th-Century French Literature1
Throughout history, people have tried to explain events they do not understand by appealing either to reason or to the supernatural. This tenuous relationship between the real and the surreal takes many forms in French and Francophone literatures, but it arguably reaches its apex in 19th- century France. Following— and largely in response to—the Age of Reason, the fantastique brings to the fore the elusiveness of perception and emotions, setting them against the real and the known. By looking at a range of texts throughout the 19th century, students analyze the psychological and social ramifications of the unknown and otherworldly in relation to the dominant literary and cultural movements of the period, including Realism, Romanticism, Naturalism, and Symbolism. In addition, students examine the ways in which the fantastique in 19th-century French literature reflects the beliefs and anxieties of a rapidly evolving and politically unstable society. Students study authors such as Guy de Maupassant, Théophile Gautier, Prosper Mérimée, and Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, and draw from theorists including Sigmund Freud, Edward Saïd, and Tzvetan Todorov. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No First-year
FREN 434Storytelling: Medieval and Early Modern Short Stories1.00
Why do people tell stories? What do these stories reveal about a culture? This seminar investigates the development of the short story in France. Beginning with its inception in the vernacular tradition in Old French, the course traces the evolution of short narrative fiction from its varied origins in medieval literature to its codification into a new genre, the nouvelle, in the most famous story collections of the Renaissance. Special emphasis will be placed on the specificity of each work within its cultural and historical context in order to understand how stories reflect and comment on the societies for which they are composed. In addition to exploring the social, religious, and intellectual traditions of the Middle Ages and Renaissance reflected in these stories, the course also examines questions of audience and authorship, the ways in which short fiction differs from longer narrative works, and manuscript studies. Students read authors such as Marie de France, Jean Bodel, Jacobus de Voragine, Marguerite de Navarre, and the work of critics such as Paul Zumthor, Hans-Robert Jauss, and Jacques Derrida. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No First-year Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation Core Component: None
FREN 436Crossroads: Literature of Medieval and Early Modern Voyages1.00
For many people, travel is an opportunity to explore new cultures and learn about the world and oneself. Though seemingly modern, this notion of voyage as valuable for the individual owes much to medieval and early modern practices. Travel was a crucial part of medieval life, from rulers who frequently moved their courts, to pilgrims and crusaders, traders and merchants, errant knights, and wandering minstrels. Itinerancy was the norm for many, driven by religious, economic, and political objectives. By the sixteenth century, medieval customs gave way to a broader concept of voyage as discovery. Students explore the development of these movements in their social contexts, through literary representations of travel in a range of texts from the Middle Ages through the early modern period. In particular, students analyze how literature reimagines voyages and thus informs an evolving understanding of the world and its peoples. Students study authors and historical figures such as Marco Polo, Saint Brendan, Montaigne, Jacques Cartier, and Samuel de Champlain. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No First-year Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice & Interpretation Core Component: None
This seminar examines some of the most important prose texts of the first half of the 20th century, until World War II. Authors read generally include Gide, Proust, Breton, Malraux, and Giraudoux. The following questions are discussed: How did these writers see their role in the rapidly changing social and political climate of the period? How did they transform the two dominant literary modes of the end of the 19th century (naturalism and symbolism) to express more modern concerns? How is one to understand the emergence of an introspective hero who so often searches for his or her identity on the margins of society? Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation Core Component: None
Focuses on major works of literature written in French in the late 20th and 21st centuries. Examines how questions of individual and collective identity, agency, and intersectionality inform literary expression, and how literature can be used to make sense of those questions. Through the study of select texts from France and the francophone world,students are invited to consider the role of history and the place of individual voices in complex colonial and post-colonial contexts. Authors may include de Beauvoir, Duras, Sarraute, Djebar, Bey, Cixous, and Chami. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation or Confronting Collective Challenges Core Component: None
This seminar examines the literature written in French by Maghrebi and Beur women authors since the early 1980s. The product of a colonial and post-colonial history, this is a literature where cultures, histories, identities, genres, and languages intersect. It gives voice to new questions of identity and self-definition through the exploration of traditional as well as innovative forms of writing. In order to establish the historical and cultural contexts in which this body of literature has emerged and is growing, the course includes an overview of the history of Franco-Maghrebi relations and Maghrebi immigration to France. Through the reading of texts by Maghrebi and Beur authors, this course explores and discusses issues such as imperialism and colonialism, post-colonialism, cultural translocation, identity politics, gender and race, religion, multilingualism, sexuality, urban development and design, etc. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation or Confronting Collective Challenges Core Component: None
This seminar, offered on an irregular basis, provides the opportunity for extensive study in French or Francophone before 1800. It is taught by faculty members who have particular interest and expertise in the literature to be examined. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation Core Component: None
This seminar, offered on an irregular basis, provides the opportunity for extensive study in French or Francophone after 1800. It is taught by faculty members who have particular interest and expertise in the literature to be examined. When Offered: On an irregular basis Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation Core Component: None
Students pursuing honors or high honors (second semester) in French enroll in this course. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation Core Component: None
Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Students pursuing high honors in French enroll in this course for their first semester. Credits: variable Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation Core Component: None
