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Course ID	Course
FREN 112	FREN 112 Intermediate French Course Credits: 3 Courses improve the student's command of oral and written French by reviewing previous knowledge and introducing new grammar structures and readings with a cultural content. Students receive intensive practice in reading, writing, speaking, and aural comprehension, and develop their knowledge of the language largely through a communicative approach. Prerequisite(s): FREN 111
FREN 205	FREN 205 Langue et introduction à la littérature française Course Credits: 3 Courses introduce students to French literature through the study of various genres: short story, poetry, novel, and theatre. Students improve their language skills through reading, writing, and discussion. As well, basic elements of French grammar are thoroughly reviewed and consolidated. Prerequisite(s): Grade 12 French or FREN 111, 112. NB: Students whose Grade 12 average in French is 75% or higher should register in FREN 205; if it is lower than 75%, they may register in FREN 111 with permission.
FREN 206	FREN 206 Langue et introduction à la littérature française Course Credits: 3 Courses introduce students to French literature through the study of various genres: short story, poetry, novel, and theatre. Students improve their language skills through reading, writing, and discussion. As well, basic elements of French grammar are thoroughly reviewed and consolidated. Prerequisite(s): FREN 205
FREN 305	FREN 305 Langue écrite et orale Course Credits: 3 Prepares students to go into more advanced work in French by focusing on grammar, reading, writing, and oral practice. Besides intensive work in grammar, the study of texts provides the basis for discussion and composition, as well as the means of acquiring vocabulary and cultural insights. Prerequisite(s): FREN 206. NB: This course is a prerequisites for all other upper level courses, except FREN 303. With permission, certain upper level courses may be taken concurrently with FREN 305.
FREN 306	FREN 306 Langue écrite et orale Course Credits: 3 Prepares students to go into more advanced work in French by focusing on grammar, reading, writing, and oral practice. Besides intensive work in grammar, the study of texts provides the basis for discussion and composition, as well as the means of acquiring vocabulary and cultural insights. Prerequisite(s): FREN 305 NB: This course is a prerequisites for all other upper level courses, except FREN 303. With permission, certain upper level courses may be taken concurrently with FREN 306.
FREN 318	FREN 318 Le modernisme en littérature et en art Course Credits: 3 This course focuses on French literature, culture, and society in the latter part of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century. It introduces students to early modernism in French poetry and prose, while presenting parallels in art and architecture. Beginning with such poets as Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, and Mallarmé, it shows how the concerns of the symbolist poets and their precursors are reflected in Impressionist art. Apollinaire's poetry is examined in relation to early twentieth century society and developing art forms such as cubism and surrealism. Novelists Marcel Proust and André Gide are also studied as founding figures of modernism. Co-requisite(s): FREN 306 with permission. NB: Offered alternating years.
FREN 320	FREN 320 Littérature française du XXe siàcle Course Credits: 3 Twentieth century literature as represented by the works of major authors such as Camus, Sartre, Ionesco, and Duras. Various works, as well as literary movements, are examined in th elight of their philosophical, ideological, and historical contexts, while students reflect on the underlying issues addressed in these works from a Christian world-view perspective. Co-requisite(s): FREN 216 with permission. NB: Offered alternating years.
FREN 321	FREN 321 Littérature française du Moyen Age au XIXe siècle Course Credits: 3 A survey of French literature from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century, through the study of specific texts and literary excerpts. This course focuses on various time periods and movements including: classicism, romanticism, and realism to the end of the seventeenth century. Prerequisite(s): FREN 306; and FREN 318 or 320 or instructor’s permission. (3-0; 3-0) NB: Offered alternating years.
FREN 322	FREN 322 Littérature française du Moyen Age au XIXe siècle Course Credits: 3 A survey of French literature from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century, through the study of specific texts and literary excerpts. This course focuses on various time periods and movements including: classicism, romanticism, and realism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and includes a look at the French Revolution and Enlightenment thinkers Prerequisite(s): FREN 306; and FREN 318 or 320 or instructor’s permission. NB: Offered alternating years.

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