Fundamentals of the French language, basic grammar, practical vocabulary. Oral and written practice. This course is designed for students with little or no knowledge in French.

A continuation of FR101.

A practical course which reviews French grammar and helps students to achieve fluency in oral and written French. Students who have attended a French language school or who have completed French immersion at the secondary school level must obtain department permission to register in FR230.

A continuation of the practical aspects of FR230 with an increased emphasis upon the development of writing skills.

This course traces the origin and development of French culture prior to the 17th century. Topics studied through a multi-media approach will include important historical and political events, major figures, literature, architecture, painting and music. Particular attention will be paid to daily life in different classes of society.

This course analyzes the ideological, social, economic and historical aspects of the culture of the "Ancien Régime". Topics studied through a multi-media approach will include important historical and political events, major figures, literature, architecture, painting and music. The role of women and various aspects of daily life in different classes of society will also be considered.

This course analyzes the ideological, social, economic and historical aspects of French culture after the Revolution until the Modern Era. Topics studied through a multi-media approach will include important historical and political events, major figures, literature, architecture, painting and music. The role of women and various aspects of daily life in different classes of society will also be considered.

This course analyses the ideological, social, economic and historical aspects of French culture during the 20th Century. The student will be given a panoramic view of the cultural trends from the Belle Époque (1900-1910) to the post-modern period. Topics studied through a multi-media approach will include important historical and political events, major figures, architecture, literature, painting, music and cinema. The role of women and various aspects of daily life in different classes of society will also be considered.

This course traces the origin and development of the culture of Québec and other French-Canadian communities from New France to Confederation. Topics studied through a multi-media approach will include important historical and political events, major figures, literature, architecture, painting and music. Particular attention will be paid to Amerindians, the conflict between the "Myth of the North" and the "Myth of the Land", the role of women and various aspects of daily life in different classes of society.

This course analyzes the ideological, social, economic and historical aspects of Québec culture from Confederation to today. Topics studied through a multi-media approach will include important historical and political events, major figures, language, literature, architecture, painting, music and cinema. The role of women and various aspects of daily life in different classes of society will be considered. Franco-Canadian life outside Québec will also be examined.

This course is designed for students in business and economics. It continues the practical aspects of FR230 with a concentration on the vocabulary and constructions used in business and economics.

This course focuses on the development of spoken French and on comparative stylistics. Students will discuss current business issues and practise business correspondence.

This course focuses on the development of spoken and written French. Analytical skills and complex verbal expression are strengthened through case studies and presentations. French grammar is reviewed as it pertains to the preparation of business correspondence and documentation.

This course explores today's francophone world (America, Africa, Europe) through the medium of popular culture. Through exposure to current news events, popular music and other socio-cultural aspects, students will improve their oral and written skills.

This course explores today's francophone world (America, Africa, Europe) through the medium of popular culture. Through exposure to current issues, cinema and other socio-cultural aspects, students will improve their oral and written skills.

Translation skills will be exercised with emphasis on French/English idiomatic expressions. Bilingual, idiomatic vocabulary and different levels of language will be studied.

Translation skills will be exercised with emphasis on French/English idiomatic expressions. Memory and listening skills will be developed through oral presentations involving analysis, synthesis and reproduction of selected texts; paraphrasing, the writing of summaries; sight translations and other exercises.

Through the study of drama, prose and poetry of the 16th and 17th centuries, students will be introduced to writers who provide a particularly lucid and penetrating commentary on human nature and institutions in general.

This course explores Naturalism in its socio-cultural context through the works of its most eminent authors: Zola, Maupassant and Goncourt. Differences from preceding literary movements such as Romanticism and Realism will also be considered.

The course is a study of the subversion of traditional forms and values in 20th-century literature. The themes of violence, guilt and commitment in existentialist literature will also be examined.

This course is an anthropological and socio-cultural study of the prose and poetry of selected authors from New France to the "Révolution Tranquille." It considers the formation of a specific and national literature through the conflicts between the classical and clerical order of the Past, the influences of the Present and the promises of the Future.

This course continues to develop the writing skills of Business French students. Emphasis will be on abstracting and translating specialized texts in French. Special attention will be placed on grammatical and lexical accuracy.

Through clinics, students will perfect both their written and oral proficiency. Non-standard aspects of language such as body language, social etiquette and opinion voicing in various contexts will be considered.

This course is a study of different facets of the French language: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and socio-linguistics. Regional variations and dialects will also be considered.

Literary changes from the "Golden Age of French Literature" to the "Age of Enlightenment" are discussed, as well as the social and ideological phenomena which engendered them. Following examination of the study of man's nature that exemplifies the Classical Period, the dramatic emergence of such themes as religious tolerance, the social contract and the noble savage will be explored.

This course provides a study of literary and cultural trends (Romanticism, Realism and Symbolism) within the political, social and economic fabric of 19th-century France. Particular attention will be paid to the social and cultural context of the Romantic Hero and his relationship with the "poètes maudits" associated with the decadent period marking the latter part of the century. As a counterpoint, the misogynous and moralizing stereotypes of "bourgeois" theatre will also be examined.

This course is a literary analysis of the problem of knowing oneself and others as discussed in 20th-century French literature. The evolution of this theme will be studied from various perspectives including the unconscious, spirituality, existentialism, psycho- and socio-criticism, the "nouveau roman" and postmodernism.†

This course provides a symbolical and structural study of the prose and poetry of contemporary "committed writers" such as separatists, revolutionaries, feminists and humanists. It also examines, through selected works, the beginning of decolonisation and the emergence of the new Québec collective identity.

This course is a study of the French "Polar" from its beginning to modern day, including analysis of narrative structures of the different genres: the classic puzzle, the thriller, the "roman noir", the "neo-polar" and the suspense novel.

Various topics in French literature.††

This course concentrates on the development of writing skills through a study of practical stylistics of the French Language. Students will also learn how to use idiomatic expressions, proverbs, stylistic aspects of vocabulary, patterns of emphasis, and levels of language from literary forms to colloquial speech.

This courses focuses on improving the student's oral skills through the preparation and performance of a contemporary play.