Reading and discussion of significant works from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution. French F1202 or two years of college French or four years of high school French, or the equivalent. Reading and discussion of significant works of the 19th and 20th centuries. Required of all French majors. The course is designed to give students an enhanced appreciation and command of the stylistics of written language.
Students practice conventions of a variety of discourses.
They are introduced to the mechanics of writing through a progression of morphology and grammar exercises. Grammar exercises are designed to help students move beyond the sentence level, and discover the rules that govern texts. Composition exercises include sentence combining, describing, comparing and contrasting as well as examining cohesive links in written texts. Introduction to French and Francophone Studies, I. 3 pts. French 1202 or the permission of the departmental representative or the instructor.