This course, offered in an intensive immersion format, provides students with the opportunity to boost and strengthen skills in French, both written and oral. This course is connected to the Explore Program which is offered in a francophone setting. Please see the School of Languages and Literatures for further information. A pass/fail grade will be assigned upon completion of the course.

This basic course in French grammar, oral and written skills is for students who have up to and including Ontario Grade 10 French (or equivalent) but not above. This course is not intended for students with native or near-native ability in French, including Francophones and French immersion students. Students with advanced French may be removed from the course.

This course is the continuation of FREN*1100 OR for students who have Ontario Grade 11 French or equivalent but not above. This course is not intended for students with native or near-native fluency in French, including Francophones and French immersion students. Students with advanced French may be removed from the course.

A first year, university-level course for students graduating with a high-school background in core French. Students will practise written and oral French.

This course develops the four language skills in French: reading, writing, listening and speaking through group tasks and activities, grammar exercises and individual writing assignments. Students who have graduated from grade 12 French immersion should enroll in this course.

This course provides an historical introduction to French life and thought as seen through literature and art.

This course provides an historical introduction to Quebec life and thought from New France to the present as seen through literature, politics, history and art.

This course provides an introduction to the art and techniques of French-English translation.

This course provides students with opportunities to develop further their skills in textual analysis and in writing in French.

This course emphasizes oral comprehension and expression in varieties of French through the examination of a selection of media, including music, film, Internet, recent history, and political events.

In this course, we will consider a variety of texts in which the lines between good and evil are blurred, making such categorization difficult. Good and evil will be considered in different locations and in different time periods, at both the microscopic level of characters (heroes and villains) and/or at the macroscopic level (utopias and dystopias). Readings on the ethical challenges characters and societies face, and the decisions they make will be used as the basis for oral and written debates in French.

This course offers students the opportunity to engage with texts considered part of the French literary canon. What makes a literary classic? Why do some texts stand the test of time, while others disappear or are excluded from the canon? Students will examine these questions and will analyse texts that may range from the plays of Moliere and Racine to the novels of recent francophone Nobel-prize winners.

This course focuses on storytelling as a genre of folklore in various francophone traditions (French Canadian and American, European, Caribbean, African). Students will consider the functions of storytelling in culture and examine the structural and thematic components of folktales. Students will also explore the nature of storytelling from a performance perspective, reflecting on the elements that make good communication. Put into practice, storytelling will be used as a pedagogical tool to develop speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in French.

By examining a variety of texts told by a real or fictional 'I', this course will explore such literary concerns as believable and unbelievable narrators, biography and autobiography and the construction of the self. Students will put to use their learning about the construction of the self in creating their own first person narrative in French.

This course will study French or Francophone women as creators of literary, artistic and filmic works or might take the representation of women in literature, art or film as its focus. Drawing on specific contemporary theories, we will study representations of women's place, of the female body, class and linguistic identity, and of the creation of artistic work. Particular attention will be paid to the relationship between the personal and the socio-political spheres, sexual difference, and gender roles.

This course will provide students with the opportunity to explore the cultural richness of song lyrics and poetry in the Francophone world. By engaging with a variety of songs including, but not limited to: traditional folk, political songs ("chansons engagees"), hip-hop to "World music", students will explore several facets of this complex subject.

This course will examine the classics of francophone children's literature (for example, works by Perrault, la Comtesse de Segur, Jules Verne, or Goscinny) and take into account representations of children or childhood in autobiographical texts, novels or film. Students will address questions such as: How did children's literature develop as a separate genre? What are the characteristics of the various types of writing for children (fairy tales, adventure fiction, novels of school and home, fantasy)? What is the function of a child narrator in novels for children or adults?

This course will investigate how the concepts of mobility and travel have shaped and influenced French and Francophone literary and cultural production. We will study thematically related films, examine historically significant artworks and artefacts, and read texts from a variety of genres, which could include travel writing, journals and correspondence, epic poetry, documentary non-fiction, and road novels, among others. We will explore topics such as gender, immigration, ecology and the environment, borders, landscapes, and shifting ideas of nationhood, belonging, and place in their relation to mobility and the circulation of people and ideas.

This course introduces students to an analysis of the similarities and contrasts between French and English grammar. As well, the course introduces students to analysis of various literary styles, and to their application in written translation.

This is a continuation of FREN*2520 with special emphasis on creative writing.

This independent study course provides an opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge to concrete practical experiences (e.g. classroom teaching & research, community service, voluntary or paid workplace) related to French Studies. The project (approximately 70 hours) must be approved prior to the start of the semester by a faculty member in the department. Students will be expected to develop a plan under the supervision of the instructor, write a final, reflective, academic essay, and conceptualize the practice via an oral presentation about the project.

This course examines the relationship between source text and its adaptation(s). The art of adaptation will be addressed through theories of authorship, identity, intertextuality and genre. Students will reflect on the ways artistic creation is achieved by means of repetition and variation, and will analyse the forms and codes of the traditions that are inherited and often transgressed.

The focus of this course is French and Quebecois plays by twentieth-century dramatists. The approach to the texts will center on the social, political, and cultural contexts of the plays as well as representations of class, gender, and the role of language. The course will look at theatre as text, dramaturgy, spectacle and role-playing, as well as examine the role of theatre in contemporary society.

This is a survey course of the works of 20th-century Francophone writers from Maghreb, Black Africa and the Caribbean.

This course is a seminar on literary genres, movements and themes, or on the French language.

This course is a seminar on literary genres, movements and themes, or on the French language.

A research paper in French on an approved topic in French literature or language will be required. Individual attention will be given to methods of research and techniques of writing. This course is intended to serve as an introduction to future research at the M.A. and Ph.D. levels.

A research paper in French on an approved topic in French literature or language will be required. Individual attention will be given to methods of research and techniques of writing. This course is intended to serve as an introduction to future research at the M.A. and Ph.D. levels.