Reading French for Graduate Students

FRIT-F492
TR 6:45P - 8:15P

Le Roman aux 20e et 21e Siècles

FRIT-F556
W 4:55P - 6:55P

Le récit n'est plus l'écriture d'une aventure, mais l'aventure d'une écriture » (Jean Ricardou, Pour une théorie du nouveau roman, Seuil, 1971).  Dans ce cours, nous nous efforcerons de démontrer qu’il ne fallait pas attendre la seconde moitié du vingtième siècle pour apprécier la pertinence de cette remarque. 

Contrastive Study of French and English

FRIT-F578
TR 4:55P - 6:10P

Class approach distinguishes differences that are imposed by the grammar of each language from those that serve as stylistic resources. The course also serves as an introduction to methods in translation and should enable students to become better writers of French or English (or both).

Introduction to French Morphology

FRIT-F579
TR 3:15P - 4:30P

In this course, which introduces morphology from the perspective of the structure of French, we will be concerned both with basic questions that must be answered in any theory (such as the elusive definitions of morpheme and word) and with the various approaches to morphology taken within Generative Linguistics.

Studies in 17th Century French Literature: Pascal: before theory, in theory, after theory

FRIT-F630
T 4:10P - 6:40P

This graduate seminar will pose an in-depth study of the last 60 years’ critical reception of an especially contested early modern canonical text, namely Blaise Pascal’s Pensées.

Montréal : des Canadiens-français à la Francophonie

FRIT-F667
R 4:55P - 6:55P

Joint-offered with CULS-C 701Dans le cadre de ce séminaire, nous allons tout d'abord explorer les manières dont des écrivains, cinéastes et artistes francophones ont participé à la Révolution tranquille, créant de fait les instances des institutions culturelles montréalaises. 

French Lexicology and Lexicography

FRIT-F677
TR 1:10P - 2:25P

This course will examine the joint fields of lexicology and lexicography. We will consider scholarly analyses of lexical meaning, including componential analysis, semantic primitives, prototype theory, as well as the nature of collocations, of semantic relations, and of metonymy and metaphor.

Individual Readings in French and Francophone Civilization

FRIT-F810
ARR

Independent study of a topic in French or Francophone culture/civilization not offered in a regular course this semester, under the guidance of a faculty member.

Individual Readings in French Literature and Linguistics

FRIT-F815
ARR

Independent study of a topic not offered in a regular course this semester, under the guidance of a faculty member.

Research in French Literature and Language

FRIT-F875
ARR

Advanced Research (French)

FRIT-G901
ARR