Potter
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Courses in French as listed in the WKU 2005-07 UG/G Catalog
FREN 100 FRENCH LANGUAGE
AND CULTURE ON-SITE 1-3 HOURS
Prerequisite:
Permission of instructor.
An introduction to French and French-speaking culture in conjunction with
study abroad for students with little or no previous language study. Does
not fulfill the general education foreign language requirement.
FREN 101 ELEMENTARY FRENCH
I 3 HOURS GEN ED A-II
A beginning course
designed to teach the four basic skills of understanding, speaking, reading
and writing with emphasis on speaking and understanding as well as on
cultural aspects of France and other French-speaking nations.
FREN 102 ELEMENTARY FRENCH
II 3 HOURS GEN ED A-II
Prerequisite: FREN
101.
Continuation of the development of the four basic skills and cultural
insights.
FREN 201 INTERMEDIATE
FRENCH I 3 HOURS GEN ED A-II
Prerequisite: FREN
102.
Expansion of grammatical knowledge and practice in oral and written
expression.
FREN 202 INTERMEDIATE
FRENCH II 3 HOURS GEN ED A-II
Prerequisite: FREN
201.
Continuation of oral and written practice, vocabulary building and
introduction to the reading of literary or cultural texts.
FREN 306 EXPERIENCING
FRENCH ABROAD 1-6 HOURS
Prerequisite: FREN
202 or equivalent and permission of instructor.
Corequisite: Enrollment in supervised language study while abroad.
Supervised language and cultural studies accomplished during a study abroad
program. Students who receive transferable credit for language study done during the study abroad program will receive credit only for cultural study.
May be repeated once for a maximum of six hours of credit.
FREN 314 INTRODUCTION TO
FRENCH LITERATURE 3 HOURS GEN ED B-I
Prerequisite: FREN
202.
This course is intended to develop adequate reading skills to enable the
student to succeed in literature courses. Texts from the theatre, poetry,
short stories and selections from novels will be read.
FREN 320 FRENCH GRAMMAR
AND COMPOSITION 3 HOURS
Prerequisite: FREN
202.
A comprehensive study of French grammar based on classroom explanation and
drill and written translation of texts especially prepared to illustrate
grammar under discussion.
FREN 321 FRENCH
CONVERSATION 3 HOURS
Prerequisite: FREN
202.
Exercises in pronunciation, comprehension and composition. Thorough review
of language usage. Ample opportunity for conversation. Entirely in French.
FREN 322 TRANSLATION 3
HOURS
Prerequisite: FREN
202.
A concentrated study of the intricacies and processes of translation work
(both French to English and English to French) for literary and non-literary
materials.
FREN 323 FRENCH
CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE 3 HOURS GEN ED B-II
Prerequisite: FREN
202.
Readings, discussion, lectures, films, oral and written reports on different
aspects of France and its people and culture.
FREN 325 SURVEY OF FRENCH
LITERATURE I 3 HOURS
Prerequisite: FREN
314 or equivalent.
Reading of French literary texts representing the masterpieces of this
important branch of French civilization; lectures on literary history and
criticism. The period covered is from 842 AD to the end of the 18th century.
FREN 326 SURVEY OF FRENCH
LITERATURE II 3 HOURS
Prerequisite: FREN
314 or equivalent. See French 325 for description. The period covered is the
19th and 20th centuries.
FREN 328 FRENCH DICTION
AND PRONUNCIATION 3 HOURS
Prerequisite: FREN
202 or equivalent.
Mastery of fluent French diction and pronunciation through intensive
practice with sounds, stress, rhythm, linking, phrasing, and intonation.
FREN 331 BUSINESS FRENCH 3
HOURS
Prerequisite: FREN
202 or equivalent
Introduction to business communication in the French speaking countries.
Linguistic structures and vocabulary, forms of business communication,
reading and discussion of business texts, social customs.
FREN 389 INTERNSHIP IN
FRENCH 1-3 HOURS
Prerequisites: One
300-level French course or the equivalent, and permission of instructor.
Supervised work using French in a professional setting. Open only to French
majors or minors. May be repeated once for elective credit in the major or
minor for a maximum of six hours.
FREN 420/G ADVANCED FRENCH
COMPOSITION 3 HOURS AND STYLISTICS
Prerequisite: FREN
202.
Creative self-expression in written French, refinement of grammatical
understanding, introduction to the art of translation and an examination of
selected texts to study stylistic devices.
FREN 421/G ADVANCED FRENCH
CONVERSATION 3 HOURS
Prerequisite: FREN
202.
Free classroom discussion on assigned topics and reports on newspaper and
magazine articles of current interest. Special attention will be paid to
idiomatic expressions.
FREN 425/G NINETEENTH
CENTURY FRENCH LITERATURE 3 HOURS
Prerequisite: FREN
326 or permission of instructor.
A study of Romantic, Realistic and Naturalistic trends in French literature
of the 19th century, as exemplified in the novel.
FREN 426/G FRENCH LITERATURE
OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 3 HOURS
Prerequisite: One
300-level French literature course.
A study of the works of major French writers of the 20th century.
FREN 427/G FRANCOPHONE
CULTURE 3 HOURS
Prerequisite: FREN
323.
Course will cover all francophone countries (including France) and deal with
various aspects of their culture: oral literature.
FREN 440/G EARLY FRENCH
LITERATURE 3 HOURS
Prerequisites: FREN
314, 325, or equivalent.
A study of French literature from its written origins to the sixteenth
century in modern French or English translation. A brief look at the Old
French language. Works representative of Arthurian romances, chansons de
geste, fabliaux, lyric poetry and crusade chronicles will be included.
FREN 442/G SEVENTEENTH
CENTURY FRENCH LITERATURE 3 HOURS
Prerequisites: FREN
314, 325, or equivalent.
A study of French literature of the seventeenth centur y with varying
emphases on French verse, theatre, classicism, and prose in fiction and the
moralist tradition, and featuring such authors as Descartes, Pascal, La
Fontaine, Moliere, Corneille, Racine, La Rochefoucauld, and La Bruyère.
FREN 445/G FRENCH CANADIAN
LITERATURE 3 HOURS
Prerequisites: FREN
314, 321, 325 or 326, or instructor’s permission.
A survey of the Québécois novel, theatre and poetry through a selection of
19th and 20th century writers.
FREN 450/G TOPICS IN
FRANCOPHONE CINEMA 3 HOURS
Prerequisites: For
French majors: FREN 320, 321 For non-French majors: ENG 100, 200
Course examines the way Francophone film directors and social scientists
look at various aspects of the most recent cinema: narrative structure,
recurring patterns, relation form/content and ideology.
FREN 499/G ADVANCED STUDIES
IN FRENCH 1-4 HOURS
Prerequisites:
Junior or senior standing and permission of instructor.
For guided independent study in culture, language, or literature. May be
used with consent of full-time program faculty members for work accomplished
during study abroad. Number of credit hours will be determined in
consultation with instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of six hours of
credit. |