Winter 2016

EXPANDED COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

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LOWER DIVISION COURSES 
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French 001. Elementary French (5 units)
Supervisor: Elisabeth Griffart-Meissner, egmeissner@ucdavis.edu

Section

Instructor

Days/Times

Location

CRN

001

Mara Couch

MTWRF 9:00-9:50A

207 Olson Hall

25137

002

Jai Sharad Apate

MTWRF 10:00-10:50A

207 Olson Hall 25138

Description: Presentation of the basic grammar and vocabulary of French as well as cultural information about the French-speaking world (textbook chapters 1 to 6); 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 SmartSite.

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 (14%), homework (12%), three quizzes (15%), one major composition (10%), three in-class exams (30%), and a final exam (19%).

GE credit (Old): Arts & Humanities.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities and World Cultures.

Format: Discussion - 5 hours; Laboratory - 1 hour.

Textbook:

  • A. Valdman, C. Pons, and M.E. Scullen, Chez Nous Media Enhanced Package [4th Edition]  (Pearson Learning Solutions, 2014)
     

French 002. Elementary French (5 units)
Supervisor:  Elisabeth Griffart-Meissner, egmeissner@ucdavis.edu

Section

Instructor

Days/Times

Location

CRN

001

Ryan Gallant

MTWRF 8:00-8:50A

217 Olson Hall

25139

002

Poonam Vaya

MTWRF 9:00-9:50A

217 Olson Hall 25140
003

Kathleen Brennan

MTWRF 10:00-10:50A 217 Olson Hall 25141
004

Emeline Diolot

MTWRF 9:00-9:50A 227 Olson Hall 25142
005

Kirsten Zehring

MTWRF 12:10-1:00P 101 Olson Hall 25143

Description: Presentation of the basic grammar and vocabulary of French as well as cultural information about the French-speaking world (textbook chapters 7 to 11); 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 SmartSite.

Course Grade: The final grade for the course will be determined by daily preparation and participation (14%), homework (10%), three quizzes (15%), one major composition (10%), two in-class exams (25%), a final oral exam (6%), and a final written exam (20%).

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 (Old): Arts & Humanities.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities and World Cultures.

Format: Discussion - 5 hours; Laboratory - 1 hour.

Textbook:

  • A. Valdman, C. Pons, and M.E. Scullen, Chez Nous Media Enhanced Package [4th Edition]  (Pearson Learning Solutions, 2014)
     

French 003. Elementary French (5 units)
Supervisor:  Elisabeth Griffart-Meissner, egmeissner@ucdavis.edu

Section

Instructor

Days/Times

Location

CRN

001

Liane Lyn

MTWRF 11:00-11:50A

207 Olson Hall

25144

002

Joan Bajorek

MTWRF 12:10-1:00P

105 Olson Hall 25145

Description: Presentation of the basic grammar and vocabulary of French as well as cultural information about the French-speaking world (textbook chapters 12 to 16); 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 SmartSite.

Course Grade: The final grade for the course will be determined by daily preparation and participation (14%), homework (10%), three quizzes (15%), one major composition (10%), two in-class exams (25%), a final oral exam (6%), and a final written exam (20%).

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 (Old): Arts & Humanities.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities and World Cultures.

Format: Discussion - 5 hours; Laboratory - 1 hour.

Textbook:

  • A. Valdman, C. Pons, and M.E. Scullen, Chez Nous Media Enhanced Package [4th Edition]  (Pearson Learning Solutions, 2014)
     

French 021. Intermediate French (5 units)
Supervisor: Prof. Julia Simon, jsimon@ucdavis.edu

Section

Instructor

Days/Times

Location

CRN

001

Claude Mabudu

MTWR 9:00-9:50A

141 Olson Hall

25146

002

Winter Borg

MTWR 10:00-10:50A

141 Olson Hall 25147

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 SmartSite.

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 (Old): Arts & Humanities.
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

Section

Instructor

Days/Times

Location

CRN

001

Melanie Barbier

MTWR 10:00-10:50A

146 Robbins Hall

25148

002

Alexander Mendes

MTWR 11:00-11:50A

141 Olson Hall 25149

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 SmartSite.

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 (Old): Arts & Humanities.
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

Alexandrine Mailhe

MTWR 12:10-1:00P
146 Robbins Hall
CRN 25150

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 (Old): Arts & Humanities.
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)
     

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 UPPER DIVISION COURSES
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French 100. Composition in French (4 units)
Megan McMullan

TR 9:00-10:20A
1128 Bainer Hall
CRN 43408

Course Description: French 100 is primarily designed to enhance students' ability to navigate written French through a variety of formal, analytical, and creative writing exercises. Both a continuation of the language series and an introduction to upper division, this course aims to supply the tools needed for sophisticated oral and written expression on a broad range of topics. Assigned texts include Le Bourgeois gentilhomme by Molière and Broderies by Marjane Satrapi.

Prerequisite: French 023.

GE credit (Old): Arts & Humanities.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, World Cultures and Writing Experience.

Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Term Paper.

Textbooks:

  • Stacey Katz Bourns, Contextualized French Grammar: A Handbook  (Cengage Learning, 2012)
  • Marjane Satrapi, Broderies [3é edition]  (L'Association, 2003)
     

French 105. Advanced French Grammar (4 units)
Elisabeth Griffart-Meissner

TR 12:10-1:30P
129 Wellman Hall
CRN 25175

Course Description: TBA

Prerequisite: French 023 or the equivalent.

GE credit (Old): None.
GE credit (New): Writing Experience.

Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Writing or Discussion.

Textbooks:

  • TBA
     

French 117B. The Classical Moment (4 units)
Megan McMullan

TR 1:40-3:00P
217 Olson Hall
CRN 43409

Course Description: This course will be devoted to the career of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, otherwise known as Molière. We will read representative plays from all the major phases of Molière’s career and will supplement our readings with clips from Ariane Mnouchkine’s celebrated film-biography Molière(1978).  Our emphasis throughout the term will be on theatrical depictions of political power and dissidence, social order and disorder, convention and eccentricity.

Prerequisite: French 100.

GE credit (Old): Arts & Humanities.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, World Cultures and Writing Experience.

Format: Lecture/Discussion - 3 hours; Term Paper.

Textbooks:

  • All readings made available online
     

French 122. French and Francophone Film: "1959±" (4 units)
Jeff Fort

Lecture: TR 3:10-4:30P
1344 Storer Hall
Film Viewing: W 5:00-8:00P
1120 Hart Hall
CRN 43412

Description: 1959 was an important year in French film. It is the year in which the first successes ofla nouvelle vague were produced (Les 400 coupsHiroshima mon amourA bout de souffle), and for that reason alone it is a watershed year. But these films are part of a broader context in both French filmmaking and French culture at large. This course will explore the period of the late 1950s and early 1960s by focusing on films clustered around the year 1959, plus ou moins. Some of the themes to be explored will include: the fallout from World War II, the looming nuclear threat, the decline of the French colonial empire, the Algerian War of Independence, the influence of American culture and cinema on post-war France, the tensions between traditional culture and modern consumer society, youth and criminality, the changing roles of women, along with existential and psychological themes such as alienation, trauma and memory, and romantic ideals. The course will also provide a framework for understanding the film history, techniques and genres most relevant to the films discussed. Film viewings will be accompanied by weekly readings and short writing assignments. In addition to class meetings for lecture and discussion, there will be a separate weekly screening time.

Films will include:

Chris Marker, La jetée (1962)

Jean Rouch, Moi, un noir (1958)

Louis Malle, L'ascenseur à l'échafaud (1958)

Jacques Tati, Mon oncle (1958)

Robert Bresson, Pickpocket (1959)

François Truffaut, Les 400 coups (1959)

Jean-Luc Godard, A bout de souffle (1959)

Alain Resnais, Hiroshima mon amour (1959)

Agnès Varda, Cléo de 5 à 7 (1962)

Prerequisite: French 100 or consent of instructor (jpfort@ucdavis.edu).

GE credit (Old): Arts & Humanities.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, Visual Literacy, World Cultures and Writing Experience.

Format: Lecture/Discussion - 3 hours; Film Viewing - 3 hours.

Textbooks:

  • All reading material will be provided on Smartsite
     

French 124. The Arts of Citizenship in Imperial and Contemporary France (4 units)
Tobias Warner

MWF 1:10-2:00P
212 Wellman Hall
CRN 43410

Description: In this course we will study novels, poetry and films from two important moments in recent French history. First, the late colonial period of the 1930s-50s, when the French empire was reorganized as a federation and many inhabitants of France’s colonies temporarily became French citizens, albeit in contradictory and deeply unequal ways. This period produced a rich and nuanced conversation about what it meant to be French and what decolonization would look like. We will contrast our readings from these decades with texts from our contemporary moment, in which many of the debates of the late colonial era are once again central to public discourse in France, from the nature of citizenship to the rights of migrants and refugees. In our discussions, we will compare literary and legal imaginings of citizenship from these two periods and ask what the late colonial era might have to teach us about the terms of belonging and political participation in contemporary France.

Prerequisite: French 100.

GE credit (Old): Arts & Humanities and Diversity.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, World Cultures and Writing Experience.

Format: Lecture/Discussion - 3 hours; Term Paper.

Textbooks:

  • Aimé Césaire, The Collected Poetry, translated by Clayton Eshleman and Annette Smith  (University of California Press, 1984)
  • Alain Mabanckou, Bleu blanc rouge  (Presence Africaine, 1998)
  • Fatou Diome, Le ventre de l'Atlantique  (Livre de Poche, 2005)
     

French 128. Fashion and French Society (4 units)
Claire Goldstein

TR 10:30-11:50A
Location TBA
CRN 43411

Description: L’habit ne fait pas le moine, but clothes are one of the closest companions to human experience: worn on our very bodies, they determine how we feel the world, and show others who we are. This quarter we will study how fashion fashioned France, from Michel de Montaigne’s essay on the sumptuary laws of the Renaissance, to Louis XIV’s high heels and Marie-Antoinette’s white dresses, to the long pants that proclaimed the revolutionary aspirations of the sans-culottes.  We will follow how selected artists, writers, photographers, and filmmakers depict a world where imported and manufactured clothing tracks social changes, including urbanization, changing class structures, and evolving gender roles. We will also study individual designers whose work shaped France.

Prerequisite: French 100 or consent of instructor (cbgoldstein@ucdavis.edu).

GE credit (Old): None.
GE credit (New): Writing Experience.

Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Writing.

Textbooks:

  • None
     

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 GRADUATE COURSES
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French 202. Versailles: The Culture of Absolutism (4 units)
Claire Goldstein

M 3:10-6:00P
522 Sproul Hall
CRN 43475

Course Description: What to what extent can a space be a medium? What is transmitted when a historical legacy is made to live forever through certain tools?  This quarter we will study the notion of media in 17th century, and the way that successive media regimes have represented, transmitted, and preserved the early modern, through a close engagement with Versailles, one of the most spectacular multi-media projects in European history.  

The 300th anniversary of Louis XIV’s death at Versailles this past September has brought a renewed flurry of attention to the Sun King and the spectacular castle and gardens he constructed to be the center and monumental symbol of a reign he strove to make unparalleled in its magnificence. A full three centuries after his death, Versailles remains a shimmering symbol of French absolutism and cultural prestige. On this anniversary year, exhibitions, publications, and an official MOOC sponsored by the palace in collaboration with telecommunications giant Orange, continue the work of the king’s own project of creating and circulating a distinct, dazzling vision of France and French power. 

We will study the massive campaign of mediatic glory that was Versailles, using both the theories of media developed during the Sun King’s own reign and modern and contemporary critical theories that have engaged with Versailles, from Louis Marin’s Portrait du roi, which sought in Louis XIV’s image-making machine the roots of modern political subjectivity, to readings of the site’s multi-layered performativity, to scholarly attempts to trace the dissemination of print and textual representations of Versailles. We will inquire into the ways digital and other media have made the Versailles endure, and the relationship between media, national identity, and the site.  The quarter will include a visit from Nicholas Paige (UC Berkeley), who will speak to us about his Guggenheim-funded project, which aims to use the digital to reevaluate our understanding of the development and dissemination of prose fiction in 17th- and 18th-century France.

Readings available in French or English.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

Format: Seminar - 3 hours; Term Paper.

Textbooks:

  • TBA
     

French 224. The Arts of Citizenship in Imperial and Contemporary France (4 units)
Tobias Warner

MWF 1:10-2:00P
212 Wellman Hall
CRN 43417

Course Description: In this course we will study novels, poetry and films from two important moments in recent French history. First, the late colonial period of the 1930s-50s, when the French empire was reorganized as a federation and many inhabitants of France’s colonies temporarily became French citizens, albeit in contradictory and deeply unequal ways. This period produced a rich and nuanced conversation about what it meant to be French and what decolonization would look like. We will contrast our readings from these decades with texts from our contemporary moment, in which many of the debates of the late colonial era are once again central to public discourse in France, from the nature of citizenship to the rights of migrants and refugees. In our discussions, we will compare literary and legal imaginings of citizenship from these two periods and ask what the late colonial era might have to teach us about the terms of belonging and political participation in contemporary France.

NB: This course will be conducted as a joint undergraduate/graduate course. Graduate students will be expected to attend regular course meetings as well as enroll in an additional one-hour discussion section for grads only, to be held one day a week from 11a-12p. We will work out exactly which day once our schedules become clearer.

Prerequisite:

Format:

Textbooks:

  • Aimé Césaire, The Collected Poetry, translated by Clayton Eshleman and Annette Smith  (University of California Press, 1984)
  • Alain Mabanckou, Bleu blanc rouge  (Presence Africaine, 1998)
  • Fatou Diome, Le ventre de l'Atlantique  (Livre de Poche, 2005)

French 291. Foreign Language Learning in the Classroom (4 units)
Carlee Arnett

W 12:10-3:00P
5 Wellman Hall
CRN 43463

Course Description: This course will provide an overview of the field of second language acquisition (SLA) as well as the approaches to university-level foreign language instruction in the United States with an eye to highlighting the theoretical notions underlying current trends in classroom practices across commonly taught foreign languages. Course objectives are the following: (1) to acquaint students with issues and research in foreign language teaching; (2) to show ways of using that research to achieve more effective classroom instruction; (3) to develop students’ skills in evaluating teaching performance and instructional materials; and (4) to prepare students for continued professional development, including the use of technology in the classroom. Class meetings will consist of lectures by the course instructor and invited guest speakers, student-led discussion, and short presentations and/or demonstrations by students and the instructor. Students will participate in a class wiki; prepare their own classroom materials; evaluate the instructional materials developed by others; and complete a final exam. (Same course as German 291 and Spanish 291.)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor (clarnett@ucdavis.edu).

Format: Lecture - 3 hours.

Textbook:

  • Jeannette Littlemore, Applying Cognitive Linguistics to Second Language Learning and Teaching (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011)
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