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FREN

20 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 101Elementary French I

Provides students with the four basic language skills of reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Emphasis is on learning the

Subject: FREN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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FREN 102Elementary French II

Provides students with the four basic language skills of reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Emphasis is on learning the

Subject: FREN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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FREN 103Accelerated Elementary French

Accelerated Elementary French is an intensive program for high beginners. This course takes a communicative approach to developing reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills, while

Subject: FREN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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FREN 111Intermediate French I

Review and expansion of the basic grammar and vocabulary of the language. Attention to developing re

Subject: FREN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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FREN 112Intermediate French II

Review and expansion of the basic grammar and vocabulary of the language. Attention to developing re

Subject: FREN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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FREN 211Advanced French

Grammar review with emphasis on areas of greatest difficulty. Enrichment of written expression with emphasis on style and vocab

Subject: FREN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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FREN 225Business French

Designed for the advanced student wishing to acquire specialized knowledge of the French language for use in business. The

Subject: FREN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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FREN 321High and Popular Culture in Medieval and Renaissance France

Introduction to the study of medieval and Renaissance French literature and civilization.

Subject: FREN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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FREN 322Reason, Wit, and Wild Imaginings: Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Fre

Readings from such works as Corneille's Le Cid, Racine's Phèdre, Molière's Le Tart

Subject: FREN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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FREN 323Iconoclasts: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century French Literature

Introduction to the study of such modern literary movements as romanticism, realism, naturalism, symbolism, surrealism, ex

Subject: FREN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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FREN 324Turning the World Upside Down: French Civilization since 1789

French history, civilization, and culture from the Revolution of 1789 through modern times. Emp

Subject: FREN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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FREN 327New Horizons: Youth & Identities in the Sub-Saharan and Caribbean Francophone Worlds

“New Horizons” is an interdisciplinary journey through the Sub-Saharan and Caribbean Francophone Worlds, focusing on the intersections of youth and identity. This course explores a wide array of cultural prod

Subject: FREN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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FREN 421The Sword, the Rose, and the Pen: Constructing Identity in French Medieval and Renaissance Literature and Culture1

This course examines themes and techniques of imitation and/or subversion of classical and Biblical sources as strategies for defining the self and the creative process in the vernacular. Readings include such genres as the epic, courtly romance, popular theater, allegorical and lyric poetry, short story, and the essay (La Chanson de Roland, Chrétien de Troyes, Le Roman de la Rose, La Farce de Maistre Pathelin, François Villon, François Rabelais, Joachim du Bellay, Pierre de Ronsard, Louise Labé, Marguerite de Navarre, Michel de Montaigne).

Subject: FREN
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 1
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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FREN 423The Artist as Outsider: French Literature of the Nineteenth Century

Study of the development of romanticism, realism, naturalism, and symbolism, with emphasis o

Subject: FREN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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FREN 424Literature, Ideas, and Film: Twentieth-Century French Culture

The major movements following symbolism are studied in historical context and in the works of such authors as

Subject: FREN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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FREN 425French Cinema

French cinematographers and their works have often stood in contrast to large-scale epic Hollywood productions. This is not to say

Subject: FREN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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FREN 441Junior/Senior Seminar

Study of a genre or major theme in French literature. Course content is broa

Subject: FREN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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FREN 460Reading and Research in French

This course gives students the opportunity to investigate intensively an area of special i

Subject: FREN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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FREN 495496 Thesis in French

Tutorial sessions related to the student's investigation of the area chosen

Subject: FREN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026.json
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FREN 495-496Thesis in French1

Tutorial sessions related to the student's investigation of the area chosen for the honors essay. Open to majors in French who are candidates for departmental honors.

Subject: FREN
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 1
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: lafayette.smartcatalogiq.com

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