FREN201
Elementary French I A course for non-specialists based on the A2 level of the European Framework and focused on the understanding and production of detached sentences and expressions related to everyday life (such as personal and familial information and one’s immediate environment including transportation, recreation, and shopping). French grammatical structures such as past tenses, pronouns, […]
RMST520
Long Books Why are long books long? Beyond its length, what makes a long book different from a short book? How is the experience of reading a long book distinct from that of reading a short book? Should long books be shorter? Should short books be longer? What, if any, characteristics do long books share? […]
FREN556
Race, Ethnicity and Language Instructor: Marie-Eve Bouchard Language of instruction: French This course is based on the fundamental idea that discourse practices are an important indicator of wider social and cultural structures. Language has a key role to play in the racial and ethnic boundary-making processes, as it is a vehicle for the ideologies that […]
FREN521B
Études postcoloniales : quels défis ? Quel horizon ? Instructor: Farid Laroussi Language of instruction: French Les études postcoloniales appartiennent désormais de plain-pied au champ de la recherche universitaire, ainsi qu’à des disciplines aussi différentes que le cinéma ou les sciences politiques. Mais qu’en sait-on vraiment ? Plus de quarante ans après leur avènement, les études […]
FREN501A
Redefining Courtliness Courtliness has been one of the most fundamental concepts in the study of medieval literature for almost 150 years. When he described “amour courtois” in 1883, Gaston Paris might not have imagined the perennial critical success that the term would have, as well as its lexical productivity, leading to cognate notions such as […]
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 […]