FREN430A
Studies in Quebecois and Canadian Literature: Great Women Writers of the 20th and 21st Century Our class will focus on the literary revolutions spurred by women writers in the 20th and 21st Century, in both Québec and francophone Canada. Students will have multiple opportunities to explore their own fields of interest and specialization. No prior […]
FREN599B
All candidates for the M.A. degree with thesis are required to deposit in the Department a thesis of approximately 80 pages, including bibliography and notes. It must be presented in accordance with the university guidelines for the format and presentation of graduate theses. Candidates will defend their thesis during a one-hour and a half oral […]
FREN578A
L’archéologie des textes : les problèmes de l’édition scientifique Quand on lit une œuvre ancienne dans une édition moderne, comment le texte qu’on a sous les yeux a-t-il été produit ? L’édition scientifique a pour ambition de livrer un texte fiable et fixe à la communauté des lecteurs et des chercheurs, à partir du matériau […]
FREN510A
Baudelaire et la poétique de la modernité S’il est pertinent de distinguer le fait d’être moderne, c’est-à-dire le fait d’appartenir à une époque historique déterminée et la conscience de modernité comme l’effet d’une disposition active qui conduit l’homme à interroger son mode d’être pour en extraire une interprétation de sa propre identité, alors il faut […]
FHIS Proseminar
This course is mandatory for all MA students who will/might pursue a thesis and for all incoming PhD students (who have not taken the Proseminar before). The course is optional for all other graduate students. This initiative is intended to support FHIS graduate students in becoming independent scholars, ready to make an original contribution to their […]
FREN484A
Studies in Book Culture What did books look like in the past? Who owned them? How much did they cost? According to Marshall McLuhan, « the medium is the message ». So writing on a computer, using printed books or listening to a poetry reading are all very different experiences that inform our relationship to what we […]
SPAN505A
Media Studies and Latin America This course will offer a panoramic examination of theories and practices of media in Latin America. We will investigate questions of production and consumption of culture, public and private spheres, print and digital culture, technology, and globalization. We will examine the concept of media within Latin American contexts and within […]
SPAN430B
Cultura y literatura española a partir de 1975 El curso ofrece una visión panorámica de la vida política, social y cultural de España desde la muerte de Franco. Se estudiarán aspectos relevantes de la producción, narrativa, artística y cinematográfica de este periodo dentro del marco histórico, social y político en el que los textos literarios […]
FREN413A
Rêves parisiens “La France au dix-neuvième siècle est partagée en deux grandes zones : Paris et la province ; la province jalouse de Paris … Les gens de talent, les artistes, les hommes supérieurs, tout coq à plumes éclatantes s’envole à Paris.” — Honoré de Balzac Voilà, en bref, ce que représente pour Balzac Paris […]
FREN470
French Language and Societies This course is an introduction to sociolinguistics, with a focus on French-speaking societies. Throughout the semester, we will discuss basic concepts in sociolinguistics and address main topics in the field, including language variation, language contact and its possible outcomes, standardization, multilingualism, identity questions, and language attitudes and ideologies. This course aims […]