University of Delaware
1995-1996 Undergraduate Catalog
1995-1996 Courses
French

FREN 101  Elementary French I  3
   Introduction to the French language and development of speaking,
   listening, reading and writing skills through the use of basic texts.
   Language laboratory as needed.

FREN 102  Elementary French II  3
   Completion of basic French.
   PREREQ: FREN101 or FREN105.

FREN 105  French I - Elementary  4
   Introduction to the French language and development of speaking,
   listening, reading and writing skills through the use of basic texts.
   Language laboratory as needed.

FREN 106  French II - Elementary/Intermediate  4
   Completion of basic French. Increasing mastery of the basic skills of
   speaking, listening, reading and writing.
   PREREQ: FREN105.
   RESTRICTIONS: Two to three years of high school French acceptable in
   lieu of Prerequisite.

FREN 107  French III - Intermediate  4
   Review of grammar, continued practice in speaking and writing, and
   reading texts of average difficulty.
   PREREQ: FREN106.
   RESTRICTIONS: Four years of high school French acceptable in lieu of
   Prereq. Course satisfies Arts and Science foreign language requirement.

FREN 111  Intermediate French I  3
   Review of grammar. Increasing mastery of the basic skills of speaking,
   listening, reading and writing.
   PREREQ: FREN102 or FREN106.
   RESTRICTIONS: Three years of high school French acceptable in lieu of
   Prereq.

FREN 112  Intermediate French II  3
   Continued practice in speaking and writing, reading texts of average
   difficulty. Grammar review as needed.
   PREREQ: FREN111.
   RESTRICTIONS: Four years of high school French acceptable in lieu of
   Prereq. Course satisfies Arts and Science foreign language requirement.

FREN 200  Grammar and Composition  3
   Intensive grammar review of all major verb tenses and grammatical
   concepts (such as object pronouns). Emphasis is on grammar improvement
   through reading and writing.
   PREREQ: FREN107 or FREN112.

FREN 201  French Reading and Composition: Short Story  3
   Reading and discussion of French short story. Frequent compositions.
   Grammar review where appropriate.
   PREREQ: FREN200 with a minimum grade of C, or FREN107 with a minimum
   grade of A- , or FREN112 with a minimum grade of A-.

FREN 202  French Reading and Composition: Theatre  3
   Reading and discussion of some major works in French theatre. Frequent
   compositions. Grammar review where appropriate.
   PREREQ: FREN200 with a minimum grade of C, or FREN107 with a minimum
   grade of A- , or FREN112 with a minimum grade of A-.

FREN 205  French Conversation  3
   Practical use of French by means of oral reports and discussions.
   Emphasis on improvement of basic conversational skills. Grammar review
   where appropriate, and/or some written work.
   PREREQ: FREN107 or FREN112 or one 200-level course.
   RESTRICTIONS: Minimum grade of B required for Prerequisites.

FREN 206  Culture Through Conversation  3
   Discussion of topics drawn from contemporary French life. Designed for
   students who wish to broaden their knowledge of French culture while
   improving their oral and aural language skills.
   PREREQ: FREN107 or FREN112.
   RESTRICTIONS: Taught in France.

FREN 207  The Contemporary Caribbean World  3
   Introduction to the contemporary Caribbean world, the culture, its
   people, their way of life, and the issues confronting them. The specific
   focus of the course will be Martinique.
   RESTRICTIONS: Taught in English during Winter Session abroad. Not for
   major credit.

FREN 208  Contemporary France I  3
   An introduction to contemporary France, its culture, its people, their
   way of life and the issues confronting them.
   RESTRICTIONS: Not for major credit. Taught abroad only, in both English
   and French. Does not satisfy the foreign language requirement.

FREN 250  Introduction to Business French  3
   Familiarizes students with characteristics of business French
   (terminology, syntactical patterns, etc.) and policies and practices of
   the French business community.
   PREREQ: One 200-level course taught in the French language.

FREN 255  French Politics in the Press  3
   Explores topics in contemporary French politics as expressed in the news
   media. Emphasis on current events related to the internal and external
   politics of France. Focus of study is the French press: newspapers and
   magazines printed in the French language.
   PREREQ: Any 200-level course taught in the French language.

FREN 301  Introduction to French Literature: Prose  3
   Selected readings, with discussion and analysis, of the various genres
   of prose fiction (contes, nouvelles, romans) and nonfiction (essais)
   from the middle ages to the present.
   PREREQ: FREN201 or FREN202, and any 200-level course taught in the
   French language.

FREN 302  Introduction to French Literature: Poetry and Theatre  3
   Selected readings, with discussion and analyses, of the various genres
   of poetry (lyrical, epic, narrative) and theatre (comedy, tragedy,
   drama) from the middle ages to the present.
   PREREQ: FREN201 or FREN202, and any 200-level course taught in the
   French language.

FREN 305  Advanced French Conversation  3
   Focuses on current issues and is based primarily on French video
   cassettes.
   PREREQ: FREN205 and any other 200-level course.

FREN 306  Practical Oral/Written Expression  3
   Strengthens grammar and vocabulary skills in preparation for advanced
   courses. Class exercises include oral exposes, discussion of articles
   and videos, textual analysis and compositions.
   PREREQ: Any two 200-level French courses conducted in French.
   RESTRICTIONS: Course taught abroad only.

FREN 308  Contemporary France II  3
   Discussion and study of issues related to contemporary cultural,
   political and social developments in France, including its place in
   today's European community.
   PREREQ: Any two 200-level French courses taught in the French language.
   RESTRICTIONS: Course taught abroad only. Taught in French.

FREN 313  Intensive French Composition  3
   Exercises and practice in composing correct and idiomatic French.
   PREREQ: Any two 200-level French courses.

FREN 314  French Phonetics  3
   Studies the sounds of the French language (both individual phonemes and
   items of connected speech, such as liaison, linking, intonation, etc.).
   Helps improve pronunciation of the language.
   PREREQ: Any two 200-level French courses.

FREN 325  French Civilization I  3
   A study of French cultural history from Gaul to the French Revolution.
   PREREQ: Any two 200-level French courses.

FREN 326  French Civilization II  3
   A study of French cultural history from the French Revolution to 1945.
   PREREQ: Any two 200-level French courses.

FREN 350  Advanced Business French  3
   Development of strategies to initiate and maintain oral and written
   communication in the world of business. Acquisition of commercial
   vocabulary, practice in speaking French in business situations, letter
   writing and article reading. Functional and cultural approach.
   PREREQ: Any two 200-level French courses, one preferably being FREN250.

FREN 355  Special Topics:  3
   Explores an area of special interest in French literature or culture
   studies.
   RESTRICTIONS: Taught abroad.

FREN 366  Independent Study  1-3

FREN 401  Advanced French Grammar  3
   Selected problems in French grammar. Analysis of the French verb system.
   PREREQ: Any two 300-level French courses.

FREN 402  Advanced French Composition  3
   PREREQ: Any two 300-level French courses.

FREN 403  History and Evolution of the French Language  3
   The development of the French language from Vulgar Latin through Old and
   Middle French to Modern French. Phonology, morphology and syntax,
   illustrated through selected texts.
   PREREQ: Any two 300-level French courses.

FREN 406  Advanced French Language  3
   Grammatical structure and stylistics with special attention given to
   technical vocabulary and discourse, e.g., business, law, science and
   agriculture.
   PREREQ: Any 300-level French course.
   RESTRICTIONS: Course taught abroad only.

FREN 411  Great Authors I: 1100-1750  3
   Selected readings of master authors and works from the Middle Ages to
   the Age of Enlightenment. Authors may include Villon, Rabelais,
   Montaigne, Moliere, Corneille, Mme. de Lafayette, Montesquieu, Voltaire
   and others.
   PREREQ: Any two 300-level French literature courses.

FREN 412  Great Authors II: 1750-Present  3
   Selected readings of master authors and works from the dawn of
   Romanticism to the present. Authors may include Prevost, Rousseau, Hugo,
   Flaubert, Baudelaire, Gide, Proust, Camus, Sartre, Ionesco, Beckett,
   Duras and others.
   PREREQ: Any two 300-level French literature courses.

FREN 423  French Medieval Literature  3
   Survey of French literature to 1500.
   PREREQ: Any two 300-level French literature courses.

FREN 424  French Renaissance Literature  3
   Selected works by Rabelais, the poets of the Pleiade, Montaigne and
   others.
   PREREQ: Any two 300-level French literature courses.

FREN 437  Seventeenth-Century French Theatre  3
   Growth of French dramatic literature before 1715 and analysis of the
   principal plays of Corneille, Racine and Moliere.
   PREREQ: Any two 300-level French literature courses.

FREN 438  Seventeenth-Century French Poetry and Prose  3
   Representative novelists, poets, critics and moralists from Descartes
   and Pascal to La Fontaine, Boileau, Mme. de La Fayette and others.
   PREREQ: Any two 300-level French literature courses.

FREN 441  The Eighteenth Century: The Age of Voltaire  3
   Novels, plays, essays and poetry of such authors as Montesquieu,
   Marivaux, Prevost and Voltaire.
   PREREQ: Any two 300-level French literature courses.

FREN 442  The Eighteenth Century: The Age of Rousseau  3
   Novels, plays, essays and poetry of such authors as Diderot, Rousseau,
   Beaumarchais and Chenier.
   PREREQ: Any two 300-level French literature courses.

FREN 445  Nineteenth-Century French Novel  3
   The novel from Romanticism to Naturalism. Chateaubriand, Balzac,
   Stendhal, Flaubert, Zola and others.
   PREREQ: Any 300-level French literature courses.

FREN 446  Nineteenth-Century French Poetry and Theatre  3
   Poets and dramatists representative of Romanticism, Realism and the
   Symbolist movement.
   PREREQ: Any two 300-level French literature courses.

FREN 451  Twentieth-Century French Literature: The Age of Anxiety and the
          Absurd  3
   Main trends from Gide, Celine and Malraux to Camus, Sartre and Beckett,
   including Surrealism, Existentialism and the Theatre of the Absurd.
   PREREQ: Any two 300-level French literature courses.

FREN 452  Aspects of Contemporary French Literature  3
   A study of contemporary French literature, including novels, plays,
   essays and poetry of such authors as Robbe-Grillet, Sarraute, Perec,
   Tournier, Duras, Ponge, Bonnefoy, Jacottet and Barthes.
   PREREQ: Any two 300-level French literature courses.

FREN 453  Contemporary French Civilization: 1958-Present  3
   Culture, customs and political and economic life in France since 1958.
   PREREQ: Any two 300-level French courses.

FREN 455  Selected Authors, Works and Themes  3
   Works of one or more outstanding authors or on a special theme.
   PREREQ: Two 300-level French literature courses.
   RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

FREN 466  Independent Study  1-3

FREN 533  French Readings for Ph.D. Candidates  3  PF
   A basic course with emphasis on developing reading comprehension.
   RESTRICTIONS: Designed for graduate students in other disciplines who
   have had little or no previous experience with French.

FREN 603  History and Evolution of the French Language  3
   The development of the French language from Vulgar Latin through Old and
   Middle French to Modern French. Phonology, morphology and syntax,
   illustrated through selected texts.

FREN 611  Great French Authors I: 1100-1750  3
   Selected readings of master authors and works from the Middle Ages to
   the Age of Enlightenment. Authors may include Villon, Rabelais,
   Montaigne, Moliere, Corneille, Mme. de Lafayette, Montesquieu, Voltaire
   and others.

FREN 612  Great French Authors II: 1750-Present  3
   Selected readings of master authors and works from the dawn of
   Romanticism to the present. Authors may include Prevost, Rousseau, Hugo,
   Flaubert, Baudelaire, Gide, Proust, Camus, Sartre, Ionesco, Beckett,
   Duras and others.

FREN 623  French Medieval Literature  3
   Survey of French literature to 1500.

FREN 624  French Renaissance Literature  3
   Selected works by Rabelais, the poets of the Pleiade, Montaigne and
   others.

FREN 637  Seventeenth-Century French Theatre  3
   Growth of French dramatic literature before 1715 and analysis of the
   principal plays of Corneille, Racine and Moliere.

FREN 638  Seventeenth-Century French Poetry and Prose  3
   Representative novelists, poets, critics and moralists from Descartes
   and Pascal to La Fontaine, Boileau, Mme. de La Fayette and others.

FREN 641  The Eighteenth Century: The Age of Voltaire  3
   Novels, plays, essays and poetry of such authors as Montesquieu,
   Marivaux, Prevost and Voltaire.

FREN 642  The Eighteenth Century: The Age of Rousseau  3
   Novels, plays, essays and poetry of such authors as Diderot, Rousseau,
   Beaumarchais and Chenier.

FREN 645  Nineteenth-Century French Novel  3
   The novel from Romanticism to Naturalism. Chateaubriand, Balzac,
   Stendhal, Flaubert, Zola and others.

FREN 646  Nineteenth-Century French Poetry and Theatre  3
   Poets and dramatists representative of Romanticism, Realism and the
   Symbolist movement.

FREN 651  Twentieth-Century French Literature: The Age of Anxiety and the
          Absurd  3
   Main trends from Gide, Celine and Malraux to Camus and Beckett,
   including Surrealism, Existentialism and the Theater of the Absurd.

FREN 652  Aspects of Contemporary French Literature  3
   A study of contemporary French literature, including novels, plays,
   essays and poetry of such authors as Robbe-Grillet, Sarraute, Perec,
   Tournier, Duras, Ponge, Bonnefoy, Jacottet and Barthes.

FREN 655  Selected Authors, Works and Themes  3
   Works of one or more outstanding authors or on a special theme.
   RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

FREN 869  Master's Thesis  1-6

FREN 875  Topics: French Literature  3
   Study of selected topics, authors and works in the various fields of
   French literature. Variable content. Emphasizes preparation of seminar
   presentations and term paper.
   RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.