Introduction to Old French language and literature. Advanced work in language with a focus on syntax and the basic principles of French linguistics. Structural and interdisciplinary approaches to short French narratives of the modern period, 18th century to the present. Stendhal, Balzac, and others. Flaubert, Zola, and others.
Emphasis is on topic, author or genre.
It may be taken twice. Investigates in depth some of the topics touched on in F326. Twentieth century writers such as Gide, Proust, etc. Twentieth century writers such as Camus, Sartre, etc. Involves reading works of French fiction and studying them as works of literature, followed by the viewing of a film version of each work and the preparation of a comparative analysis of the two versions.