French and Francophone Studies Concentration (FRSTc)
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:
EUST 110 The Nation State in Europe
FREN 243 Topics in Cultural Studies: Cultural Reading of Food
FREN 249/349 Faris Program: European Identities: Paris and Madrid
FREN 250 Mali Program: Film and Society in Mali (not offered in 2012-2013)
HIST 140 Modern Europe 1789-1914 (not offered in 2012-2013)
HIST 141 Europe in the Twentieth Century
HIST 237 The Enlightenment (not offered in 2012-2013)
LCST 245 Introduction to Critical Methods: Structure, Gender, Culture
Four Core Courses: Two from Group I, one from Groups II and III
Group I: French and Francophone Literature
FREN 240 Seven Deadly Sins
FREN 241 Journeys of Self Discovery
FREN 243 Topics in Cultural Studies: Cultural Reading of Food
FREN 245 Francophone Literature of Africa and the Caribbean (Not offered in 2012-2013)
FREN 249/349 Paris Program: European Identities: Paris and Madrid
FREN 340 Arts of Brevity: Short Fiction
FREN 341 Madame Bovary and Her Avators
FREN 351 Topics in Sixteenth Century Literature: Metamorphoses: Love, War and Monsters in Early Modern France (Not offered in 2012-2013)
FREN 352 The Court and Its Dissenters (Not offered in 2012-2013)
FREN 354 Other Worlds (Not offered in 2012-2013)
FREN 359 The Novel and Memory
FREN 360 Topics in French Studies: Algeria-France* (Not offered in 2012-2013)
Group II History and Art History
FREN 246 Paris Program: Modern French Art
FREN 251 Mali Program: Negotiating the Past: The Challenges of Nation-building in Mali (Not offered in 2012-2013)
HIST 137 Early Medieval World
HIST 139 Foundations of Modern Europe*
HIST 140 Modern Europe 1789-1914 (not offered in 2012-2013)
HIST 141 Europe in the Twentieth Century
HIST 184 Colonial West Africa
HIST 236 Women's Lives in Pre-Modern Europe
HIST 282 Masquerades in Africa (Not offered in 2012-2013)
HIST 330 Gender, Ethics and Power in Medieval France* (Not offered in 2012-2013)
*This course qualifies for Group II if not taken to fulfill the supporting course requirement.
Group III: Social Sciences: Anthropology, Economics, Political Science
CAMS 217 Border Crossings: Postmodern Perspective on French and German Cinema (Not offered in 2012-2013)
CAMS 233 The French Cinema
ECON 233 European Economic History
POSC 350 Montesquieu
SOAN 256 Ethnography of Africa
Senior Seminar: FREN 308 France and the African Imagination
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 director for other on or off-campus courses that may count for the concentration.