French and Francophone Studies Concentration
Director: Professor Dana Strand, fall; Associate Professor Éva Pósfay, winter and spring
The French and Francophone Studies Concentration unites a diversity of disciplinary approaches to France while extending the notion of French and Francophone Studies beyond the specific territorial and linguistic boundaries of France and Parisian French. Relying on a solid language training, courses offered in French literature of France, Francophone literature of Africa and the Caribbean, film studies, social, political and art history, and economics, will afford a synthetic view of the evolution and impact of French cultural institutions. The majors most organically connected with French Studies are French, history, anthropology, art history, and political science, although students majoring in other disciplines may also concentrate in French and Francophone Studies.
Requirements for the Concentration:
Language Requirement: French 204 or equivalent
Two Supporting Courses:
FREN 243: Topics in Cultural Studies
FREN 249/349: Paris Program: Vivre à Paris
FREN 250: Mali Program: Film and Society in Mali
HIST 234: France in the Making, 987-1460*
HIST 237: The Enlightenment (not offered in 2003-2004)
HIST 340: France in Revolution, 1750-1870
HIST 341: France, Third-Fifth Republic (not offered in 2003-2004)
LCST 245: Structure, Gender, Culture
Four Core Courses: Two from Group I, one from Groups II and III
Group I: French and Francophone Literature
FREN 240/241: Introduction to French and Francophone Literatures
FREN 245: Francophone Literature of Africa and the Caribbean (not offered in 2003-2004)
FREN 249/349: Paris Program: Vivre à Paris
FREN 250: Mali Program: Film and Society in Mali
FREN 252: Mali Program: Literature and Society in Mali
FREN 351: Topics in 16th Century: Metamorphoses: Love, War and Monsters in Early Modern France (not offered in 2003-2004)
FREN 352: 17th Century Literature: Eccentrics in Classical France
FREN 354: Literature of the Other
FREN 356: 19th Century Literature (not offered in 2003-2004)
FREN 359: 20th Century Literature: The Novel and Memory (not offered in 2003-2004)
* This course qualifies for Group I if not taken to fulfill the supporting courses requirement.
Group II: History and Art History
ARTH 242: Impressionism
FREN 246: Paris Program: City of Wonders: Paris in the Arts
FREN 251: Mali Program: Negotiating the Past: The Challenges of Nation-building in Mali
HIST 137: Before Europe: The Early Medieval World 250-1050 (not offered in 2003-2004)
HIST 140: Modern Europe 1789-1914
HIST 141: Europe in the 20th Century
HIST 232: The Renaissance (not offered in 2003-2004)
HIST 234: France in the Making, 987-1460
HIST 237: The Enlightenment* (not offered in 2003-2004)
HIST 238: Gender and Ethics in Medieval France (not offered in 2003-2004)
HIST 243: The Peasants are Revolting! Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe (not offered in 2003-2004)
HIST 341: France Third-Fifth Republic* (not offered in 20032004)
HIST 345: Atlantic Revolutions, France and America (not offered in 2003-2004)
*This course qualifies for Group II if not taken to fulfill the supporting course requirement.
Group III: Social Sciences: Anthropology, Economics, Political Science
ECON 233: European Economic History
FREN 243: Topics in Cultural Studies
MEDA 238: Border Crossings: Postmodern Perspective on French and German Cinema (not offered in 2003-2004)
POSC 251: Modern Political Philosophy
POSC 255: Post-Modern Political Thought
POSC 352: Political Theory of Alexis de Tocqueville (not offered in 2003-2004)
SOAN 256: Ethnography of Africa (not offered in 2003-2004)
*This course qualifies for Group III if not taken to fulfill the supporting course requirement.
Senior Seminar: FREN 395: Interdisciplinary Seminar in French or Francophone History, Culture, or Literature. For 2003-2004: Self/Other/Culture
For courses other than those in the French department, students will be expected to do source reading in French, but papers and exams will be written in English. Check with the Coordinator for other on or off-campus courses that may count for the concentration.