Course Descriptions
FREN 5000 Méthodes de recherche I / Research Methods 1
CREDIT HOURS: 2
2-part introduction to bibliographical research and styles of presentation geared to individual thesis projects. Includes sessions on electronic search tools and the establishment of a properly formatted working bibliography in the thesis field. The first part (
FREN 5000) is a seminar for all new M.A. (with Thesis) and PhD students, usually given by the Graduate Coordinator.
FORMAT: Seminar
FREN 5001 Méthodes de recherche II / Research Methods 2
CREDIT HOURS: 1
2-part introduction to bibliographical research and styles of presentation geared to individual thesis projects. Includes sessions on electronic search tools and the establishment of a properly formatted working bibliography in the thesis field. The second part (
FREN 5001) consists of individual meetings with the student’s Supervisor.
FORMAT: Seminar
FREN 5002 Méthodes de recherche/ Research Methods
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Introduction to bibliographical research and styles of presentation geared to individual thesis projects. Includes library workshops on electronic search tools and the establishment of a properly formatted working bibliography in the thesis field.
NOTES: Students are required to register in this course in both the fall and winter semesters, receiving a grade of IP in the fall and a final grade in the winter term.
FREN 5016 Aspects de la traduction/Topics in the Science of Translating
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course aims to acquaint students with aspects of the theory and practice of translation. It assumes no prior knowledge of the field and focuses on the following topics: the presentation of key principles and concepts in the science of translating, a discussion of major theoretical issues, a description of the methodology and the cognitive process involved in translation, an examination of pertinent approaches and techniques. Class work for evaluation purposes consists of oral presentations, a mid-term and a final exam, a term paper and the translation of a variety of texts from French into English and vice versa.
FREN 5110 Seminaire de lexicologie/Lexicology Seminar
CREDIT HOURS: 3
The course is an advanced survey of the field of lexicology within the Explanatory-Combinatorial Lexicology paradigm. It focuses on fundamental concepts and formalisms needed to describe the structure of the lexicon and that of individual lexical units, combining theory with hands-on lexicographic experience, involving mainly (but not exclusively) French lexicon.
FORMAT: Seminar
FREN 5122 Créativité lexicale/Lexical Creativity
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Detailed study of the main forms of lexical unit creation in the French language, namely derivation, compounding, lexicalization, abbreviation, and borrowing. Application to general language, as well as to literary and scientific texts. Class work: article and book reviews; oral presentations relating to word formation in any given special language or area of activity.
FREN 5124 Vocabulaire et culture/Vocabulary and Culture
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Examination of the influence of societal structures, traditions, values, beliefs, ideologies, etc. on language in general, and vocabulary in particular. Texts from specific groups, areas, and eras will be analyzed for illustration. Oral presentations by students.
FREN 5125 Sémantique/Semantics
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course situates contributions to semantics from French scholars during the past 100 years in the broader context of international scholarship on semantics - the study of meaning which is the crossroads of linguistics, philosophy, psychology and anthropology. The course will focus on approaches to the study of meaning as they contrast with each other and as they evolve in the work of various scholars from Arsène Darmesteter (1846-1888) and Michel Bréal (1832-1915) to current practitioners of semantics.
FREN 5126 Aménagement linguistique/Language Planning
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Study of the relationship between languages and society, with a special emphasis on the theoretical issues involved in the concept of language planning, the typology of multilingual settings, the promotion of languages, the design and implementation of language policies, the notion of language rights, and the preservation of endangered languages. Students will be required to make oral and written presentations based on relevant cases in Canada and around the world.
FREN 5127 Paraphrase en langue et en traitement automatique des langues/Paraphrase in language and Natural Language Processing
CREDIT HOURS: 3
The course focuses on linguistic models of production of paraphrases and their use in Natural Language Processing (automatic text generation, reformulation, abstracting, machine translation) as a way to enhance the quality of automatically produced texts.
FORMAT: Seminar
FREN 5181 Linguistique et Litterature/Linguistics & Literature
CREDIT HOURS: 3
The class deals with interactions between the disciplines of linquistics, discourse analysis, and literary critism.
FORMAT:
PREREQUISITES: 3000-level French literature or linquistic class
FREN 5295 Séminaire: Didactique des langues secondes/Seminar: Second-Language Teaching
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course will provide an introduction to the key issues in French second-language (FSL) teaching. It is primarily intended for French graduate students who are also teaching a first-year course in the French Department. In addition to a discussion of current trends in FSL education, there will be opportunity to practice skills in specific aspects of FSL teaching. As such, there is a strong practical component to this course, which will include peer and faculty classroom visits and critiques as well as micro-teaching during class time.
FREN 5300 Séminaire de littérature médiévale/Mediaeval Literature Seminar
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Topics will vary from year to year and could involve specific authors (e.g. Chrétien de Troyes, François Villon), specific genres (e.g. poésie courtoise, encyclopedic literature), or specific discursive phenomena (e.g.: mouvance of the texts, representations of Islam).
FREN 5350 Aspects de la littérature des 14e - 16e siècles / Topics in Middle French Literature
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Intensive research seminar dealing with selected Middle French discursive phenomena (14th-16th c.), underlining the continuities and discontinuities between the late Middle Ages and the early Renaissance.
FORMAT: Lecture
FREN 5405 Séminaire de littérature du 16e siècle / 16th Century French Literature Seminar
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Intensive research seminar dealing with one aspect of 16thc. French literature, such as a given genre (e.g., love poetry, the essay), a single author (e.g., Rabelais) and his fortune, or specific discourses and discursive phenomena (e.g., the rise and fall of cosmography, the advent of visualism).
FORMAT: Lecture
FREN 5500 L'Aventure intellectuelle du Grand Siècle/The Intellectual Adventure of French Classicism
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course examines 17th-century French literature by focusing on a major writer, movement, genre or theme. Please contact the professor for details.
FREN 5550 Aspects de la littérature de la première modernité/Topics in Early Modern French Literature
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Intensive study of a specific aspect of French literature as it unfolded throughout the Early Modern period (16th - 18th c.), such as the invention or the transformation of a single genre (e.g., the autobiography, the novel), the reception of a specific author or idea (e.g. the Noble Savage), or broader issues such as satire, geographical literature, or religious heterodoxy.
FORMAT: Lecture
FREN 5600 Le roman épistolaire du 18e siècle/18th Century Epistolary Novel
CREDIT HOURS: 3
The course will focus on the rise of the epistolary novel as a literary genre and its influence on the development of fiction. The research conducted in the seminar will be an attempt to determine and to assess some elements for a theory of the epistolary novel in 18th century France. This will be done through the study of letter manuals and novels such as those of Madame Riccoboni or
Les Liaisons dangereuses by Laclos. Novels will be studied in the intellectual context of the time.
FREN 5610 Ethique et esthétique de la nature dans l'art et la littérature du 18e siècle/Ethics and Aesthetics in 18th century art and literature
CREDIT HOURS: 3
In this seminar students will examine, on the one hand, theoretical writings dealing with the aesthetics of nature, and, on the other hand, the ethics of virtue and the vogue of sensibilité as reflected in selected 18th century literary texts (poetry, novel, short stories,
traits ) and in art (painting, landscape architecture).
FREN 5700 La révolution romantique/The Romantic Revolution
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Romanticism will be viewed as a rebellious and creative force which greatly contributed to the reshaping of traditional society. The course will attempt to evaluate the French Romantics in their intellectual and cultural significance, by defining Romantic characteristics, and studying Romantic aesthetics through their theoretical writings and their literary works. These will include works by Benjamin Constant, Mme de Staël, Chateaubriand, Lamartine, Vigny, Musset, Hugo, G. Sand and others.
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