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• FREN 23: Intermediate Conversation in French

  1.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  Intensive oral practice covering topics that prepare the student for foreign travel and the encounter of French people. One hour of class. Open to students of FREN 103 and 104 or with permission of the instructor. May be repeated.
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• FREN 247: Modern French and Francophone Drama and Theater in English Translation

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  Taught in English, this study of French drama from the Age of the Enlightenment to the present in the context of French and francophone cultures includes masterpieces that have both formed and influenced the development of contemporary theater.
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• FREN 253: Paris: Anatomy of a Cultural Capital

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  Explore the "city of light," capital of modernity! In the nineteenth century, Paris became a laboratory for modernity through history, architecture, urban planning, the visual and performing arts and the clash of capitalism vs. socialism. We shall take a tour of "the gay Paree" through consideration of revolutions, sewers, department stores, prostitution, "le demi-monde," anti-semitism, money, spectacle, the working class, bars and cafes, clothing, caricature, the birth of the camera and film industry, advances in medicine and other sciences. The course includes also a social and cultural historical view of Paris. This course is taught in English.
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• FREN 254: Francophone Legacies: Intercultural Inquiries

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  An Introduction to the French diaspora and the living cultures of the French- speaking World, this course emphasizes the diversity of interrelated Francophone issued it shows how that each community in the U.S., and in the rest of the world, has its own discrete set of issues. The Acadians in Maine struggle to maintain allegiance to their culture. Haitians have political and economic reasons for immigrating to the U.S.A. while maintaining emotional ties to their island. Recent North African immigrants struggle to survive in a post-9/11 culture that hold a mistrust of extremist Islam while balancing their blended cultures of French and Arabic. Francophone communities from Africa, Asia and Polynesia have also their distinctiveness. This course is taught in English.
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• FREN 290: The French Connection: Francophone Films in Context

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course surveys films from French-speaking countries outside of France and situates them in their cultural as well as cinematic contexts. The products, practices, and perspectives of the filmmakers' cultures as well as French terminology for the visual language of these filmmakers richly contextualize this study of the continued international role of French and connect the study of French to multiple disciplines. Taught in French.
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• FREN 300: French Classical Drama

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  The classical drama from its rise to its highest point of achievement. Masterpieces of Corneille, Moliere, and Racine. Precis written in French on the readings.
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• FREN 302: Survey of French Literature II

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  First semester: the development of French literature from its origin to the end of the 18th century. Second semester: continuation of the survey through the 19th and into the 20th centuries. Representative readings of varied literary types.
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• FREN 317: French in the Global Village

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course (taught in French) presents an overview of the history of the French language and culture. It provides a humanist perspective for a better understanding of the impact of the French language and culture on the rest of the world through the colonial enterprise. While emphasizing the post-colonial era and the advent of globalization, FREN 317 gives students a content-based approach to learning the language. Focus is placed on the communicative aspect of the language and aims at deepening students' understanding of the socio-linguistic aspect of the language.
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• FREN 327: Professional Translation Skills in French

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is an introductory level course in translation to learn and practice skills needed to read critically and to translate from English to French and vice versa. We shall stress accuracy, precision, idiomacy, and subtlety in both languages. Furthermore, the proper use of a dictionary will be taught to avoid pitfalls of errors when words are taken out of context or as a single unit. A review of various kinds of specialized dictionaries (unilingual versus bilingual) will be presented. The interest in Translation Studies (Traductology), i.e. Comprehensive History of Translation, has grown since the 80s. We shall endeavor to present an overview of recent developments in this fast growing field.
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• FREN 331: Identity, Modernity and Text in New France

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  FREN 331 (formerly FREN 330) consists of the study of ideas and societal changes that shaped and continue to impact linguistic, artistic, political and cultural achievements of the French and the French-Speakers in the contemporary world. Focus is placed on modernity and identity formation to teach students how to think critically and develop research skills through specific exercises including Web resources. The course will be taught in French.
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