Spring Semester Courses

Undergraduate Spring Semester 2023 Courses

French courses

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FRIT-F 300 — A&H
TR 3:00P-4:15P

An introduction to French and Francophone studies, this course has three goals: a) to provide further exposure to a variety of literary genres in French, including poetry, theatre, the novel and the short story b) to develop and sharpen reading skills through practice in close reading and techniques of literary analysis c) to foster student progress in practical skills such as aural and written comprehension, as well as oral and written expression.

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FRIT-F 306 — A&H
TR 1:15P-2:30P

Une moitié du cours sera consacrée à une lecture approfondie d’un grand roman réaliste du XIXe siècle, L’Éducation sentimentale de Flaubert.  Parallèlement, nous lirons des poèmes des XIXe et XXe siècles sur le thème de la fonction du poète et de la nature de l’art poétique

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FRIT-F 313-31095
MWF 1:50P-2:40P

This course builds students’ understanding of advanced aspects of French grammar and their facility in applying them to written and oral expression.

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FRIT-F 313-4740
MWF 10:20A-11:10A

F313 builds students' understanding of advanced aspects of French grammar and their facility in applying this understanding to written and oral expression.

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FRIT-F 316
2182: MWF 11:30A-12:20P; 2181: MWF 12:40P-1:30P; 2183: TR 6:30P-7:45P

Recent and classic award-winning feature-length French films (comedies, dramas, thrillers) provide the basis for vocabulary expansion, in-class discussion and debates, and an increased understanding of various French cultural and historical issues, including immigration, WWII, regional differences, and religious conflict.

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FRIT-F 445
TR 3:00P-4:15P

En revendiquant l’héritage de Shakespeare, Victor Hugo écrit dans la Préface de Cromwell (1827) que « le drame, qui fond sous un même souffle le grotesque et le sublime, le terrible et le bouffon, la tragédie et la comédie, le drame est le caractère propre […] de la littérature moderne ». 

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FRIT-X 471
ARR

Under the guidance of their instructor, advanced students of French facilitate weekly French conversation groups for lower level students. Leaders are responsible for planning all group sessions, including discussion topics generated by magazine/newspaper articles and movies, and activities such as games and cooking.

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Italian courses

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FRIT-M 100

Introduction to contemporary Italian language, geography, and culture. Involves a broad variety of assignments and activities that develop grammatical competency and proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

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FRIT-M 150

Continued introduction to contemporary Italian language, geography, and culture. Involves a broad variety of assignments and activities that build grammatical competency and proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

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FRIT-M 215
MTWR 1:50P-2:40P

The course builds upon the first three semesters of beginning Italian (or equivalent) adding the unique feature of short films as the first stimulus for learning intermediate-level vocabulary, grammar, and cultural concepts.

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FRIT-M 301
MTWR 10:20A-11:10A

This course will allow students to explore the defiant works of writers, poets, filmmakers, musicians, television personalities, and comic book writers in order to gain understanding of the circumstances which led these figures to flout the strictures of society and challenge its norms, misguided morals, and prejudices. 

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Cross-listed courses

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COLL-C 103 — A&H
5156: MW 10:20A-11:10A; 31220: F 9:10A-10:00A; 5186: F 10:20A-11:10A; 8850: F 11:30A-12:20P

In this class we will explore love as phenomenon and as representation from multiple perspectives, taking advantage of the tools of cultural analysis, artistic and literary interpretation, and scientific research to answer questions such as: What is love in 2022? What was it in the past? What would we be without it?

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