Notes regarding credits...

Fall 3= 30 hrs of instr
Fall 4/Win 2/Yr 2= 45 hrs of instr

Note: A placement exam will be required when you arrive on site.

Intermediate

This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of two semesters (or three quarters) of college-level French. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

Course objective: By studying some of the great literary works, students will learn about some significant historical, socio-cultural, philosophical, and artistic landmarks in order to better understand the time period studied while at the same arriving at a more in-depth understanding of their own culture.

Course organization:
-the Renaissance Period (16th century)
-the Classical Period (17th century)
-the Century of Enlightenment (18th century)

Evaluation:
-Oral participation during in-class discussions
-Two written exams

Supporting Materials:
-Comparative studies of texts will evoke universal themes (education, religion, morality, politics, society, aesthetics, etc)
-References will be made to artistic works from each period studied
-Audiovisual materials will be used to further illustrate some topics
-Biographies and literary texts will be distributed in each class

Authors:
16th century:
Clément Marot
Joachim du Bellay
Pierre de Ronsard
François Rabelais
Michel de Montaigne

17th century:
Pierre Corneille
Jean de la Fontaine
Molière
Jean Racine

18th century :
Montesquieu
Voltaire
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Denis Diderot