FREN 0100 Basic French

This is the first half of a two-semester course. Four meetings a week for oral practice. One hour of work outside of class is expected every day (grammar/writing, oral practice, reading). Enrollment limited to 15.

Stéphanie Ravillon

FREN 0300 Intermediate French I

A semi-intensive elementary review with emphasis on all four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). Class activities include drills, small group activities, and skits. Class materials include videos, a French film, short stories, and various other authentic documents. Prerequisite: FREN 0200 or placement (Previous experience with French is required to take this class). Four meetings per week, plus a 50-minute conversation section with TAs.

FREN 0400 Intermediate French II

Continuation of FREN 0300 but may be taken separately. A four-skill language course that stresses oral interaction in class (three meetings per week plus one 50-minute conversation section). Materials include audio activities, film, and a novel. Short compositions with systematic grammar practice. Prerequisite: FREN 0300, FREN 0200 with permission, or placement.

Maan Alsahoui

FREN 0500 Writing and Speaking French I

A four-skill language course that stresses oral interaction in class. Thematic units will focus on songs, poems, a short novel, a graphic novel, films and a longer novel. Activities include a creative project using Comic Life, and a systematic grammar review. Prerequisite: FREN 0400, FREN 0200 with written permission, or placement. Minimum score of 4 in AP French Language

Stéphanie Gaillard

FREN 0600 Writing and Speaking French II

Prerequisite for study in French-speaking countries. Class time is devoted mainly to conversation and discussion practice. Writing instruction and assignments focus on essays, commentaries, and to a lesser degree, on story writing. Apart from reading assignments for discussion (press articles and literary excerpts), students select two novels to read. Prerequisite: FREN 0500 or placement.

Thangam Ravindranathan

Ourida Mostefai

Why is the "Grand Siècle" depicted so frequently in contemporary French film? To answer this question we will explore the roles 17th-century culture plays in French identity through readings in history and literature and recent films focusing on 17th-century texts, personalities, or events. We will highlight both continuities and discontinuities between the 17th century and our own time. Readings by Corneille, Cyrano de Bergerac, Lafayette, Maintenon, Molière, Pascal, Racine, Sévigné. 10 films. Two short papers, two oral presentations, a weekly blog, and a final project (paper or multimedia project). Prerequisite: a course at the 600- or 700-level or equivalent proficiency. Contact the instructor to verify your proficiency if you have not take French at Brown.

Lewis Seifert

FREN 1410T L'experience des refugies: deplacements, migrations

MWF 1pm-1:50pm in Sayles Hall 205

An exploration of the experience of refugees and immigrants with two components. The first component consists of close study of the French context from Decolonization up through the current refugee crisis based on literature, film, the press, and critical essays. The second component of this course will give students the opportunity to work with refugee/recent immigrant communities in Providence. This is a community-engaged course requiring substantial commitment beyond the classroom. Taught in French. Prerequisite: a course at the 0600- or 0700-level or equivalent proficiency. Contact the instructor to verify your proficiency if you have not taken French at Brown. *undergraduate only

Virginia Krause

FREN 1410X Dés/Accords franco-américains

W 3pm-5:30pm in Sayles Hall 002

FREN 1610D Le bonheur au siècle des Lumières

TTh 2:30pm-3:50pm in 190 Hope Street 102

FREN 1710O Décolonisation!

MW 10:30am-11:50am in 84 Prospect St-Rochambeau Hse 105

The Caribbean, North Africa and West Africa are the three main areas of the “Francophone” world. This course is an introduction to the French-language intellectual production, both literary and philosophical, of these regions of the global South. What unites the French-speaking non-Western worlds? How did they anticipate the major themes of Anglophone postcolonial and decolonial theory? How do literature and philosophy overlap in this canon? How are these literary and philosophical traditions rooted in the struggle against colonialism and for the liberation of peoples? What is their relationship to socialism and Pan-Africanism? The uniqueness of this course is that it will maintain, throughout the semester, a continental perspective that includes the Maghreb and the Caribbean within Africa. Emphasis will be placed on French-language sources, which are often neglected in English-speaking contexts. TAUGHT IN FRENCH
 

Mohamed Amer Meziane