FREN-556B-2023W
Examine how language ideologies are involved in the construction of power structure and social identities. This course engages with methods for analyzing linguistic evidence pertaining to symbolic power, cultural contact and language shift, migration and mobility, authenticity and identity, resistance, and digital communication. View full description. Language of instruction: French
FREN-556A-2023W
An introduction to the main theories of translation. Study various historical and contemporary theoretical writings, as well as the critical discussion of these theories and their implications. Question notions such as original work, translated work, adaptation, freedom, loyalty and neutrality in translation. View full description. Language of instruction: French
FREN-512B-2023W
This course introduces the research field of cultural mobilities in relation to case studies focused on several mobile subjects—namely merchants, explorers, tourists, colonizers, political pilgrims, migrants, and refugees—within Italian, French, and Chinese contexts. View full description. Language of instruction: English
FREN-511A-2023W
Topic: The French Novel of Women in the 21st Century | Study the economy of the so-called “feminine voice”—its presentation, its exploitation, its management in a postmodern, posthistorical, and perhaps postfeminist France—in the works of three women authors: Marie NDiaye, Delphine de Vigan, and Camille Laurens. View full description. Language of instruction: French | Cross-listed […]
FREN-501A-2023W
Topic: Redefining Courtliness | It would be unthinkable to discuss canonical medieval texts without using terms such as “courtly love” or “courtly literature” – but medievalists still don’t agree on their meaning. Examine how new critical perspectives can help us re-explore the venerable concept of courtliness. View full description. Language of instruction: French