Spring 2023 COURSES
French 01: 1 section Doyle @ 11-An introduction to French as a spoken and written language. The work includes regular practice in class and scheduled drill-sessions in understanding and using the spoken language. Written exercises and elementary reading materials serve for vocabulary building and discussion. Never serves in partial satisfaction of the Distributive or World Culture Requirements.
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French 02: 2 sections McConnell 9L and 10-Rapid review and continued study of the fundamentals of French, with intensive work in vocabulary building. More advanced practice, in classroom and drill-sessions in the use of the spoken language. Open to students by qualifying test or to students who have passed French 1. Never serves in partial satisfaction of the Distributive or World Culture Requirements.
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French 03: 3 sections Mosenthal 9L and 10 and Mefoude 10-Given on-campus as the final course in the required sequence and off-campus as part of the L.S.A. curriculum, this course is designed to develop reading, writing, and speaking skills, with emphasis on expansion of vocabulary and reinforcement of grammatical structures. Some discussion of texts and films of literary or cultural interest. Frequent oral and written assignments and tests, both on-campus and off, plus daily drills when taken on-campus. Open to students by qualifying test or to students who have passed French 2 or French 11. Never serves in partial satisfaction of the Distributive or World Culture Requirements.
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French 11: 1 section Doyle @ 12-This 1-credit course is designed for students who have studied French for one to three years in high school, or those who have been exposed to French through family ties or have spent some time in a Francophone environment. It is also suitable for students with little or no knowledge of the French language, but who have a strong background in another Romance language (i.e. Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Portuguese, Catalan, and also Latin). French 11 is an accelerated course that combines French 1 and 2 in one term, offering an exciting and fast-paced atmosphere in which to learn French.
French 08: 2 Sections Méfoude-Obiono @ 2 and Sanders @ 10. Practice in the active use of the language combined with an introduction to major aspects of French society. Each week students will write papers and participate in discussions based on books, articles, and films emphasizing social and historical concepts.
Dist:SOC; WCult:WPrerequisite: Completion of FR3 or exemption from FR3
French 10.16: "The Feeling of Love" Elhariry @ 12: An introduction to the origins of the feeling of love: French literature explained through love, from the Middle Ages to the modern moment, in Tristan et Iseut, and in poems, plays, essays, short stories, and novels by Louise Labé, Montaigne, Du Bellay, Ronsard, Racine, Marivaux, Rousseau, Voltaire, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Flaubert, Houellebecq. Dist: LIT; WCult: W
Prerequisite: French 8 or permission of the individual instructor.
NRO eligible
French 45.01: Dartmouth Meets the French Enlightenment Sanders @ 12: Can we trace Tri-Kap's origin to the secret societies, masonic lodges, salons and cafés that arose prior to the French Revolution? This course will trace the migration of texts from France to Dartmouth where 18th-century literary societies - Social Friends (1783), United Fraternity (1786), Phi Beta Kappa (1787), and later Tri-Kap (1842) – read French Enlightenment texts on human rights as well as on the forms of sociability recently developed in France and at Dartmouth.
Prerequisite: A course in the FREN 10 series or permission of the instructor.
NRO eligible
French 70.02: Francophone Literature Elhariry @ 2: This course will involve the study of Francophone literature outside Europe. This may include the literature of Africa, the Caribbean, Québec and Southeast Asia. Dist: LIT; WCult: Varies
Prerequisite: A course in the FREN 10 series or permission of the instructor
NRO eligible
FSP Paris: LaGuardia
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