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French 001. Elementary French (5 units)
Supervisor: Prof. Julia Simon, jsimon@ucdavis.edu
Description: Presentation of the basic grammar and vocabulary of French as well as cultural information about the French-speaking world (textbook chapters 1 to 5); in-class interactive exercises and out-of-class assignments for practice in using the language for listening and reading comprehension, writing, and speaking. French is the exclusive means of communication in class. The course meets five hours per week, with 20-25 students per section. Daily homework assignments are completed using iLrn, an online platform. Additional materials are posted to Canvas.
Prerequisite: No previous study of French is assumed. Students who have never studied French (or who have had fewer than two years of French in high school and do not place into French 002) should enroll in French 001. Students with two or more years of French in high school may only take this course for a Pass/ No Pass grade.
Course Grade: The final grade for the course will be determined by daily preparation and participation (10%), homework (15%), quizzes (10%), written composition (10%), oral quizzes (5%), oral exam (10%), 6 chapter tests (30%), and comprehensive final exam (10%).
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities and World Cultures.
Format: Discussion - 5 hours; Laboratory - 1 hour.
Textbooks:
- TBA
French 002. Elementary French (5 units)
Supervisor: Prof. Julia Simon, jsimon@ucdavis.edu
Description: Continuation of the presentation of the basic grammar and vocabulary of French as well as cultural information about the French-speaking world (textbook chapters 6 to 10); in-class interactive exercises and out-of-class assignments for practice in using the language for listening and reading comprehension, writing, and speaking. French is the exclusive means of communication in class. The course meets five hours per week, with 20-25 students per section. Course materials (other than the textbook and workbook) and daily homework assignments are available through Canvas.
Course Grade: The final grade for the course will be determined by daily preparation and participation (10%), homework (15%), quizzes (10%), written composition (10%), oral quizzes (5%), oral exam (10%), 4 chapter tests (30%), and comprehensive final exam (10%).
Prerequisite: French 001 or Language Placement Exam (any student, regardless of previous experience studying French, may take this course for a letter or Pass/ No Pass grade.)
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities and World Cultures.
Format: Discussion - 5 hours; Laboratory - 1 hour.
Textbooks:
- TBA
French 003. Elementary French (5 units)
Supervisor: Prof. Julia Simon, jsimon@ucdavis.edu
Description: Presentation of the basic grammar and vocabulary of French as well as cultural information about the French-speaking world (textbook chapters 11 to 15); in-class interactive exercises and out-of-class assignments for practice in using the language for listening and reading comprehension, writing, and speaking. French is the exclusive means of communication in class. The course meets five hours per week, with 20-25 students per section. Course materials (other than the textbook and workbook) and daily homework assignments are available through Canvas.
Course Grade: The final grade for the course will be determined by daily preparation and participation (10%), homework (15%), quizzes (10%), written composition (10%), oral quizzes (5%), oral exam (10%), 4 chapter tests (30%), and comprehensive final exam (10%).
Prerequisite: French 002 or Language Placement Exam (any student, regardless of previous experience studying French, may take this course for a letter or Pass/ No Pass grade.)
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities and World Cultures.
Format: Discussion - 5 hours; Laboratory - 1 hour.
Textbooks:
- TBA
French 021. Intermediate French (5 units)
Supervisor: Prof. Julia Simon, jsimon@ucdavis.edu
Description: Presentation and analysis of the cultures of the French-speaking world (Paris, Quebec, Tahiti, Lyon, Northern Africa) and comparison to home culture; review of the basic grammar presented in first-year French; expansion of vocabulary related to city living, history/geography, the arts, food/cooking, and family life (textbook chapters 1 to 5). In-class presentations and activities, as well as out-of-class assignments, are conducted solely in French and focus on the development of listening and reading comprehension, writing, and speaking skills. The course meets four hours per week, plus an additional hour of independent web-based work, with 20-25 students per section. Course materials (other than the textbook and workbook) and daily homework assignments are available through Canvas.
Course Grade: The final grade for the course will be determined by daily preparation and participation, homework, and one in-class composition per chapter (5 x 13% = 85%), an oral final exam (5%), and a written final exam (10%).
Prerequisite: French 001A or French 003 or Language Placement Exam (any student, regardless of previous experience studying French, may take this course for a letter or Pass/ No Pass grade.)
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, Oral Literacy, World Cultures and Writing Experience.
Format: Lecture/Discussion - 4 hours; Laboratory - 1 hour.
Textbook:
- Jean Marie Schultz and Marie-Paul Tranvouez, Réseau: Communication, Intégration, Intersections [2nd Edition] Package (Pearson Learning Solutions, 2014)
French 022. Intermediate French (5 units)
Supervisor: Prof. Julia Simon, jsimon@ucdavis.edu
Description: Presentation and analysis of the cultures of the French-speaking world (Senegal, Martinique, Geneva, Strasbourg, Brussels) and comparison to home culture; review of the basic grammar presented in first-year French; expansion of vocabulary related to commerce, tourism, sports and leisure, politics, and modern technology (textbook chapters 6 to 10). In-class presentations and activities, as well as out-of-class assignments, are conducted solely in French and focus on the development of listening and reading comprehension, writing, and speaking skills. The course meets four hours per week, plus an additional hour of independent web-based work, with 25 students per section. Course materials (other than the textbook and workbook) and daily homework assignments are available through Canvas.
Course Grade: The final grade for the course will be determined by daily preparation and participation, homework, and one in-class composition per chapter (5 x 13% = 85%), an oral final exam (5%), and a written final exam (10%).
Prerequisite: French 021 or Language Placement Exam (any student, regardless of previous experience studying French, may take this course for a letter or Pass/ No Pass grade.)
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, Oral Literacy, World Cultures and Writing Experience.
Format: Lecture/Discussion - 4 hours; Laboratory - 1 hour.
Textbook:
- Jean Marie Schultz and Marie-Paul Tranvouez, Réseau: Communication, Intégration, Intersections [2nd Edition] Package (Pearson Learning Solutions, 2014)
French 023. Intermediate French (5 units)
Supervisor: Prof. Julia Simon, jsimon@ucdavis.edu
CRN 44271
Description: The goals in this course are to advance your comprehension and use of the French language, with a particular focus on writing skills. Structured reading, analysis, discussion and writing assignments will enable you to increase your vocabulary, improve your oral and aural proficiency, solidify your mastery of grammatical structures, and develop greater ease and sophistication in written and spoken expression.
Prerequisite: French 022 or Language Placement Exam (any student, regardless of previous experience studying French, may take this course for a letter or Pass/ No Pass grade.)
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, Oral Literacy, World Cultures and Writing Experience.
Format: Lecture/Discussion - 4 hours; Laboratory - 1 hour.
Textbooks:
- Jean Marie Schultz and Marie-Paul Tranvouez, Réseau: Communication, Intégration, Intersections [2nd Edition] Package (Pearson Learning Solutions, 2014)
- Jean Anouilh, Antigone (Table Ronde, 2008)
French 100. Composition in French (4 units)
Claire Goldstein
CRN 44278
Description: This semester we will read memorable works of fiction in French: from 16th century sonnets to novellas by Flaubert and Balzac, to Madame de Beaumont’s classic fairy tale, La Belle et la Bête, and Jean Cocteau’s surrealist film version of the same story. Students will develop critical reading strategies in French and hone their ability to present their ideas in French, orally and in writing.
Prerequisite: French 23.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, World Cultures and Writing Experience.
Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Term Paper.
Textbooks:
- Gustave Flaubert, Un Coeur Simple (Nathan, 2012)
- Honore de Balzac, Sarrasine (Livre de Poche, 2001)
- Madame de Beaumont, La Belle et la Bête et autres contes (Larousse, 2011)
[Recommended]
- Marjane Satrapi, Broderies (L'Association, 2003)
Textbooks available through http://www.schoenhofs.com/ (not the UCD bookstore).
French 108. Modern French Culture (4 units)
Jeff Fort
CRN 62827
Course Description: This course will provide a survey of modern French culture and history from the late nineteenth century (especially the Dreyfus affair) to the present day, with an emphasis on the cultural crises and shifts that marked the twentieth century. We will examine salient periods and issues such as World War I and the inter-war period, World War II and the German Occupation, post-war consumerism and ambivalence toward the U.S., the Algerian War and decolonization, the student and worker uprisings of May ’68, immigration and the banlieue. Course material will include historical documents, journalism, essays, photography, paintings, and films. Course work will include multiple writing assignments, a research project, as well as in-class presentations, quizzes and exams.
Prerequisite: French 023.
GE credit (New): World Cultures and Writing Experience.
Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Writing.
Textbooks:
- Materials will be available online.
French 109. French Phonetics (4 units)
Eric Russell
CRN 44280
Course Description: This course will introduce you to phonetic transcription using the International Phonetic Alphabet, familiarize you with how French sounds are produced alone and in context, and highlight common mistakes made by nonnative speakers of French. We will also discuss the correspondence between written and spoken French, some of the difficulties for Anglophone learners of French, and regional variation in the Francophone world.
This course is likely very different from others you have taken, and you'll be asked to look at language from a more scientific perspective. In additional to French, you should be prepared to discover a great deal about English, other languages and human linguistic production, in general; spoken forms and spelling; formal differences between the "Standard" and other varieties across the French-speaking world.
By the end of the quarter, you should:
- be able to transcribe, using the IPA, a spoken or written passage
- be able to describe the sound inventory of French using standard linguistic terminology
- recognize, understand and exemplify different phonological processes affecting the online ("real-time") production of French utterances
- recognize, evaluate and correct pronunciation flaws common to English speakers of French.
Prerequisite: French 023 or the equivalent.
GE credit (New): Social Sciences.
Format: Lecture/Discussion - 3 hours; Laboratory - 1 hour.
Textbooks:
- Available on Canvas
French 124. Introduction to Francophone Literatures (4 units)
Toby Warner
CRN 62828
Course Description: This course will serve as an introduction to francophone literature and film. Together we will explore a variety of 20th-century works (fiction, poetry, film) from different geographical locations (including the Caribbean, the Maghreb, and sub-Saharan Africa). How did francophone artists working in the colonial period try to imagine new forms of belonging, and make new claims on notions of rights, citizenship, and autonomy? How have francophone works engaged with the history of how non-European peoples have been depicted in French literature and art? How have postcolonial francophone texts and films sought to reopen the question of who can speak for the nation, and in what terms? The goal of this course is to familiarize students with some of the major authors, works and movements of francophone literature and film, while cultivating through a variety of assignments the necessary vocabulary for critical reading, viewing and writing.
Prerequisite: French 100 or consent of instructor (tdwarner@ucdavis.edu).
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, World Cultures and Writing Experience.
Format: Lecture/Discussion - 3 hours; Term Paper.
Textbooks:
- Ferdinand Oyono, Une vie de boy (Poche, 2006)
- Aimé Césaire, The Collected Poetry, translated by Clayton Eshleman and Annette Smith (University of California Press, 1984)
- Fatou Diome, Le ventre de l'Atlantique (Livre de Poche, 2005)
French 200. Introduction to Graduate Study in French (2 units)
Toby Warner
CRN 44316
Course Description: The purpose of this seminar is to offer an introduction to a range of methodologies and critical practices in the field of French Studies, including literature, culture, and linguistics. The course will also cover basic principles of bibliographic research in the humanities.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor (tdwarner@ucdavis.edu).
Format: Seminar - 2 hours.
Textbooks:
- TBA
French 207B. 18th Century Literature: Novels (4 units)
Julia Simon
CRN 63744
Course Description: This course will trace the rise and development of the novel beginning in the seventeenth century with special emphasis on the eighteenth century. We will look at novelistic technique in the early modern text, specifically questions of narrative voice and structure. We will begin with Lafayette’s La Princesse de Clèves and continue into the eighteenth century, examining such texts as Marivaux’s La Vie de Marianne, Prévost’s Manon Lescaut, Rousseau’s Julie: ou la nouvelle Héloïse, and Charrière’s Lettres de Mistriss Henley. In addition to primary texts, readings will include critical analyses of the novels under study as well as theoretical and historical texts to deepen our understanding of the issues at stake in the emergence of the novel as a genre and particularly those focused on the "marriage plot" and virtue. Work for the seminar will include an oral presentation and a term paper.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor (jsimon@ucdavis.edu).
Format: Seminar - 3 hours; Term Paper.
Textbooks:
- La Fayette, La Princesse de Clèves (Livre de poche, 1972)
- Marivaux, La Vie de Marianne (Livre de poche, 2007)
- Prévost, Manon Lescaut (Livre de poche, 2005)
- Rousseau, Julie: ou la nouvelle Héloïse (Flammarion, 2018)
- Charrière’s Lettres de Mistriss Henley (MLA, 1993)
French 390A. The Teaching of French in College (2 units)
Julia Simon
Enrollees will be informed of schedule, meeting location and CRN.
Course Description: Course designed for graduate teaching assistants with emphasis on problems and procedures encountered by teachers of lower division classes at the university. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor (jsimon@ucdavis.edu).
Format: Lecture/Discussion - 2 hours.
Textbooks:
- TBA