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  • FREN 4998

    Pre-Thesis Tutorial
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    Fall 2026

    Preliminary research for thesis. Prerequisite: Admission to the Distinguished Majors Program.

  • FREN 4999

    Thesis
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    Spring 2026

    Composition and defense of thesis. Prerequisite: FREN 4998 and good standing in the Distinguished Majors Program. Note: The prerequisite to all 5000-level literature courses is two 4000-level literature courses with an average grade of B, or the instructor's permission.

  • FREN 5011

    Old French
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    4.00

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    Fall 2026

    Basic introduction to reading Old French, with consideration of its main dialects (Île-de-France, Picard, Anglo-Norman) and paleographical issues. May be taken in conjunction with FREN 5100 or independently. Taught in English.  Prerequisite:  Reading knowledge of modern French.

  • FREN 5510

    Topics in Medieval Literature
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    Fall 2026

    Topics may include genres (romance, poetry, hagiography, chanson de geste, allegory), themes (love, war, nature), single authors (Chrétien de Troyes, Machaut) and cultural and literary issues (gender, religion, authorship, rewritings).

  • FREN 5520

    Topics in Sixteenth-Century Literature
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    Fall 2025

    Topics may include Montaigne, the European novella, poetic recreations of the ancients, literary Lyon, and Rabelais and his world.

  • FREN 5540

    Topics in Eighteenth-Century Literature
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    3.81

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    Fall 2026

    Topics may include exoticism, reason and folly, libertinage, theater, Voltaire vs. Rousseau.

  • FREN 5559

    New Course in French Literature and General Linguistics
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    Fall 2024

    This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of French literature and general linguistics.

  • FREN 5560

    Topics in Nineteenth-Century Literature
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    Spring 2026

    Study of various aspects of nineteenth-century French/ Francophone literature. Genre, theme, specific chronological concentration, and approach will vary. May be repeated for credit with different topics.

  • FREN 5570

    Topics in Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Literature
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    3.86

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    Spring 2025

    Study of the various aspects of twentieth-century French literature. Genre, theme, and specific chronological concentration will vary. May be repeated for credit with different topics.

  • FREN 5584

    Topics in Cinema
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    3.26

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    Fall 2026

    A range of analytical approaches to the study of cinema, including cinematographic language and structure, the representation of socio-cultural phenomena in film, and the experience of cinema viewing as a cultural and historical practice.