FREN-521A-2021W
Title: “Postcolonial Studies: What Challenges? What Horizon?” | Gain an understanding of postcolonial discourse, particularly around theory and also the so-called francophone novel. We will tackle the socio-historical context, as well as questions of a pragmatic order with for example those of memory, enunciation, or migration. View full description.
FREN-520B-2021W
Title: “Writing Utopia in France” | Utopia participates in both the quest for a better world and in criticism of the existing order. Question the ambiguous nature of the utopian imagination, as it is presented by French authors of the 18th and 19th centuries. View full description.
FREN-501B-2021W
Title: “Francophonie in the Middle Ages” | Explore medieval French-speaking literature from the Kingdom of France, which was, at the time, a collection of seigneurial estates displaying a very relative allegiance to the king of France. View full description.
FREN-499-2021W
Required of all Honours candidates. The Honours Essay represents an extended personal research project (usually about 35-40 pages typewritten) carried out under the supervision of two members of the department’s Graduate faculty. View full description.
FREN-495-2021W
Research on critical topics related to French literature and culture.
FREN-476-2021W
An introduction to sociolinguistics, with a focus on French-speaking societies. Analyze the links between language and society through an understanding of key terminology, sociolinguistic theories, fundamental concepts and research methods. View full course description. View full description.
FREN-442-2021W
Introduction to Francophone communities that are often less visible or have been traditionally marginalized in the academic curriculum. Explore the inherent ambivalence of La Francophonie in order to encourage critical reflection on the role of French and France in a global context. View full description.
FREN-427-2021W
Explore the history of French cinema and its main lines of aesthetic and ideological evolution, from the beginning of the last century to the present day. View full description.
FREN-419-2021W
Cross-listed with FREN 521A. Fulfills Arts Research Requirement. Our transoceanic and transcontinental itinerary takes us to Quebec/Lebanon, Haiti, Morocco, Liberia and Mauritius. The course also explores the ambiguity inherent in the notions of “Francophonie” and “Francophone” literatures, both of which evoke not only difference but also unequal power relations. View full description. Language of instruction: […]