Romance Studies: French Language & Literature

• GRS LF 621: Reading French for Graduate Students
  Designed for graduate degree candidates preparing for language reading examinations. Develops skills in interpreting written French with minimal phonological or cultural references. Practice in translating passages relating to the sciences and humanities. No previous knowledge of French required. Students will not receive graduate credit for this course and there is no tuition charge.
• GRS LF 850: Topics in French Literature
  Degree requirement for French Language & Literature graduate students. Topic for Fall 2013: The Novel in the Twentieth Century. Close readings of major works by Proust, Gide, Bernanos, Celine, Gracq, and Sarraute. Additional focus on the history of the reception of the novels studied since their publication.
• GRS LF 860: Seminar: Topics in French Literature
  Topic for Fall 2013: Literature and Transgression in the Nineteenth Century. Law, transgression, and literature in post-Revolutionary France. Topics include the police and crime, gender identity, authority and changing family structures, new literary forms. Authors may include Chateaubriand, Balzac, Stendhal, Flaubert, Baudelaire, Rimbaud. Theoretical texts in psychoanalysis, deconstruction, and cultural theory.
• GRS LF 951: Directed Study: French Language and Literature
  Hours arranged. Consent of instructor and department.
• GRS LF 952: Directed Study: French Language and Literature
  Hours arranged. Consent of instructor and department.

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