This course continues a survey of modern Francophone literature and focuses on twentieth century history and culture. Students will review and refine vocabulary and grammar. Students will enhance their knowledge of French-speaking cultures through films, music, art, and work in the Digital Learning Center. Oral presentations, analytical and creative writing are required, as well as more extensive independent projects during the second semester. This course continues the survey of literature begun in French IVH, focusing on the twentieth century, and places it in its cultural and historic context.
Students engage in an intensive review of advanced grammar and vocabulary.
Films, newspaper and magazine articles, and tapes are used to provoke discussion and to improve oral proficiency and comprehension, essential parts of the AP language exam. Essays and oral presentations are directed toward increased accuracy and fluency. In accordance with the AP Literature syllabus, students will study selected works from the literatures of France and the francophone world. Students will read and analyze a representative body of literary texts from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries, expressing themselves both orally and in writing. The emphasis will be on close readings of literary texts of all genres in French, placed in their cultural and historical contexts, and on critical analysis of the form and content of literary works, using appropriate terminology.