A background of French civilization and contrastive presentation of contemporary French culture. This course may be taken concurrently with or in lieu of FREN 300. Since a course in foreign culture should be grounded in a solid knowledge of the country itself, French 319 first studies French geography and then proceeds with a survey of the history of France, from the 16th century to the present.
Students have access to French newspapers, magazines and other current materials.
Particular attention is devoted to international relations and mutual understanding of different cultures through the study of contrastive cultural trends and the special nature of Franco- American relations in the past 200 years. C. Detailed Description of Conduct of Course Students continue to develop the four language skills they have acquired in lower-level courses. They must write a large amount of daily lecture notes which form the basis of their information. French 319 is conducted exclusively in the target language. To enhance the materials presented in class, the students also view at least 2 French films closely related to a particular cultural topic.