
Reading French for Graduate Students
Training for graduate students in reading French for research.
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Learn more about this courseIntroduction à l’étude du roman français au 18e siècle. L’accent sera mis sur les deux formes narratives qui ont dominé le siècle: le roman-mémoires et le roman épistolaire.
Learn more about this courseThe systematic examination of the structure of two languages through the lens of a corpus of texts and their published translations, going in both directions (French > English and English > French), is a strikingly effective way to hone one’s understanding of how the two languages are alike and how they differ with respect to a large number of constructions (e.g. phrasal verbs, modal verbs, subordination devices) and the handling of linguistic and communicative functions (e.g. verbal aspect, information structure).
Learn more about this courseMorphology is the study of word structure, and as such it occupies a central place in linguistics even though it is often overshadowed by its neighbors, phonology and syntax.
Learn more about this courseTroubadour lyric has long been considered foundational to literary culture in the Middle Ages, particularly in its development and elaboration of the influential concept of fin’amors (courtly love), and in the early date of the expansive and virtuosic vernacular poetic community that the tradition represents.
Learn more about this courseIn this seminar we will explore the theoretical foundations of Cultural Studies, focusing specifically on the meeting point between Media, Film, Reception, Popular, and Screen Studies.
Learn more about this courseFew areas of linguistics are as fraught with controversy as the study of the languages known as pidgins and creoles.
Independent study of a topic not offered in a regular course this semester, under the guidance of a faculty member.
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