A post-graduate degree is an appropriate means of achieving a very high degree of oral and written fluency in French in addition to developing competency in research methods and intellectual enquiry. The course provides the opportunity to study a number of research topics in French and Francophone literature, acquire practice in literary or para-literary translation.
Graduate students achieve greater confidence in the knowledge and skills already acquired.
In addition they become articulate members of society capable of contributing to professional and economic activities in a wide number of areas. Timetable Full-time Course Content Spirituality and Literature, The Quest for Identity in Contemporary French Literature, Practice of Literary Translation, 20th Century Humanism, Utopian and Fantasy Literature, Existentialism and Literary Criticism, The Literature of Francophone Canada, French Language IV Assessment Literature seminars will be examined by essay. Language proficiency will be assessed continuously throughout the year and examined in a 3-hour written examination. An oral examination, generally consisting of a research presentation, will take place. All seminars will not necessarily be available every year.