(Ext. 2062)
Kingstone, Basil D.; B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Oxford), M.A. (Ottawa)—1963. (Head of the Department)
van den Hoven, Adrian T; B.A. (Assumption), M.A. (French), M.A. (English) (Windsor), D.ès L. (Louvain)—1966.
Cassano, Paul; B.A. (Windsor), M.A., Ph.D. (Columbia) (Senior Vice-President, Development and Alumni Affairs)—1968.
deVillers, Jean-Pierre; L. ès L. (Aix-en-Provence), Ph.D. (Colorado)—1968.
Starets, Moshé; Dipl. Ed., B.A., M.A. (Tel Aviv), Doct. 3e cycle (Sorbonne)—1986.
Skakoon, Walter Sylvester; B.A. (Western Ontario), M.A. (Toronto)—1962.
Halford, Peter W; B.A., M.A. (Windsor), Doct. 3e cycle (Strasbourg)—1966.
Lemieux, Gérard A; B.A. (Laurentian), M.A. (Laval)—1967.
Chabot, Marcel Eugene; B.A. (Windsor), A.M., Ph.D. (Harvard)—1970.
Fraser, Veronica; B.A. (London), M.A. , Ph.D. (Toronto)—1988.
Placement: Students with OAC Français or equivalent will progress immediately to the 200-level French language training courses upon completion of a placement examination with a grade of B or better. Consult with the Head of the Department for details.
Options in French: Students wishing to take French as an option are free to select any course provided that they satisfy the Department that they have a sufficient command of the language, and/or sufficient preparation in literary studies.
Areas of Study
French Language Training: 29-121, 29-122, 29-221, 29-222, 29-325.
Translation Courses: 29-328, 29-329, 29-421, 29-423, 29-425, 29-427.
Linguistics: 29-230, 29-231, 29-330, 29-331, 29-332, 29-430, 29-431, 29-432.
French Literature: 29-141, 29-152, 29-253, 29-255, 29-256, 29-257, 29-258, 29-353, 29-354, 29-355, 29-356, 29-357.
French-Canadian Literature: 29-279, 29-281, 29-282, 29-382.
Special Topics: 29-390 to 29-496.
Directed Readings: 29-497, 29-498, 29-499.
Canadian Studies: 29-280.
Total courses: thirty.
Major requirements: sixteen courses, consisting of:
(a) two language courses, 29-221 and 29-222, for students with OAC Français who have successfully completed the placement test; or four language courses, 29-121, 29-122, 29-221, and 29-222 for students with OAC French or with OAC Français who have not successfully completed the placement test;
(b) two linguistics courses, 29-230 and 29-231;
(c) one of 29-325, 29-328, or 29-329; and one linguistics course from 29-330, 29-331, or 29-332. Students with OAC Français who successfully completed the placement test will take two additional courses from those listed in this section (c);
(d) seven literature courses, including 29-141 and 29-152; one of 29-253 or 29-255; one of 29-256, 29-257, or 29-258; one of 29-353 or 29-354; one of 29-355, 29-356 or 29-357; and one of 29-279, 29-281, 29-282, or 29-382;
(e) one Special Topics course.
Other requirements:
(a) six options as in 3.3.2 for language majors;
(b) six more courses from the Faculties of Arts, Social Science, or Science, excluding French;
(c) two courses from any department, school, or faculty, excluding French.
Total courses: forty.
Major requirements: twenty-four courses, consisting of:
(a)two language courses, 29-221 and 29-222, for students with OAC Français who have successfully completed the placement test; or four language courses, 29-121, 29-122, 29-221, and 29-222, for students with OAC French or with OAC Français who have not successfully completed the placement test;
(b)five linguistics courses: 29-230, 29-231, 29-330, 29-331, and 29-332. Students with OAC Français who have successfully completed the placement test must take 29-230, 29-231, and four further linguistics courses;
(c)one of 29-325, 29-328 or 29-329. Students with OAC Français who have successfully completed the placement test must take two of 29-325, 29-328 and 29-329;
(d) eleven literature courses, including 29-141 and 29-152; one of 29-253 or 29-255; one of 29-256, 29-257, or 29-258; one of 29-353 or 29-354; one of 29-355 or 29-356; 29-357; one of 29-279, 29-281, 29-282, or 29-382; plus three additional literature courses from those listed in this section (d);
(e)three Special Topics courses.
(a)six options as in 3.3.3 for language majors;
(b)four more courses from the Faculties of Arts, Social Science, or Science, excluding French;
(c)six courses from any department, school, or faculty, excluding French.
Major requirements—French: seventeen courses consisting of:
(a)two language courses, 29-221 and 29-222, for students with OAC Français who have successfully completed the placement test; or four language courses, 29-121, 29-122, 29-221, and 29-222, for students with OAC French or with OAC Français who have not successfully completed the placement test;
(b)two linguistics courses, 29-230 and 29-231;
(c)one of 29-325, 29-328 or 29-329; and one linguistics course from 29-330, 29-331, 29-332. Students with OAC Français who successfully completed the placement test will take two additional courses from those listed in this section (c);
(d) seven literature courses, including 29-141 and 29-152; one of 29-253 or 29-255; one of 29-256, 29-257, or 29-258; one of 29-353 or 29-354; one of 29-355, 29-356 or 29-357; and one of 29-279, 29-281, 29-282, or 29-382;
(e) two Special Topics courses.
Major requirements—Other Subject: as prescribed by that department or school.
Other requirements: six options as in 3.3.3 as appropriate for combinations of French with a non-language (including English) or another language; plus additional options (if required) to a total of forty courses.
At least six courses are required:
(a)two language courses, 29-221 and 29-222, for students with OAC Français who have successfully completed the placement test; or four language courses, 29-121, 29-122, 29-221, and 29-222, for students with OAC French or with OAC Français who have not successfully completed the placement test;
(b)29-230;
(c)one literature course;
(d)and, for students with OAC Français who have successfully completed the placement test, two courses in the series 29-325 through 29-332.
All courses listed below are taught in French, with the exception of 29-280, which is not available for credit in any French program.
Courses are three hours a week (3.00 credit hours) unless otherwise indicated.
Not all courses listed will necessarily be offered each term.
Language and linguistics courses may require laboratory and/or field work.
Antirequisite: An antirequisite is a specific course or level of attainment which, if already successfully completed, does not permit registration for credit in another desired course, or which may not be taken for credit concurrently with another course.
Grammar, acquisition of reading and writing skills, aural comprehension, oral practice. Laboratory work. This course is equivalent to Level 4 French.
Further training in grammar. Reading and writing skills. Additional aural comprehension and oral practice. Laboratory work. This course is equivalent to OAC French. (Prerequisite: 29-101 or Level 4 French.)
Phonetics: theory and practice. Grammar: norms and functions of the French verb system. Laboratory work, oral practice, composition. (Prerequisite: OAC French, or Ontario Level 4 Français, or equivalents.) (Antirequisite: any 200-level French language training courses.)
Grammar: norms and functions of nouns, pronouns, and modifiers. Development of reading comprehension. Laboratory work, oral practice, composition. (Prerequisite: OAC French, or Ontario Level 4 Français, or equivalent.) (Antirequisite: any 200-level French language training courses.)
An introduction to the analysis of literary genres: poetry, drama, and prose fiction. (This course is a prerequisite for all further studies in French Literature.)
An introduction to the literature of seventeenth-century France and its principal doctrines.
Effective oral and written communication; practice in the logical development of ideas; vocabulary expansion. (Prerequisites: 29-121 and 29-122, or OAC Français, or equivalent and successful completion of a placement test.)
Effective oral and written communication; practice in correspondence, in writing reports and summaries; study of styles and registers. (Prerequisites: 29-121 and 29-122, or OAC Français or equivalent and successful completion of a placement test.)
A survey of linguistic concepts; a historical overview of attitudes towards and ideas of language; Saussure and the development of linguistics in the twentieth century. Descriptive linguistics in the twentieth century since Saussure. Language analysis at the four levels of description: phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntax.
Generative syntax, semantics, pragmatic and sociolinguistics. (Prerequisite: 29-230.)
An introduction to the literature and thought of eighteenth-century France.
The causes and early forms of French romanticism in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Principal authors studied are Rousseau, Constant, Chateaubriand, and Lamartine.
Later developments in French romanticism. Principal authors studied are Hugo, Vigny, Musset, and Stendhal.
A study of the mid-nineteenth-century novelists Balzac and Flaubert, and the poets Baudelaire, Nerval, and the Parnassians.
A study of the novel and poetry in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Principal authors are Zola, Verlaine, Rimbaud, and Mallarmé.
An introduction to the literary history of Quebec based on a reading of selected texts that reflect the development of the major genres in Quebec literature: the historical novel and poetry of the land.
An introductory study of the development of the French-Canadian literary tradition in Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Manitoba, with particular emphasis on major literary trends since Confederation. All texts will be read in English. (Not available for credit in any French degree program.)
A study of the development of the novel in French Canada with emphasis on the historical novel and the novel of the land. Authors: Ringuet, Savard, Gabrielle Roy, Anne Hébert, Godbout, et al.
A study of recent trends in the novel in Quebec. Authors selected from Beaulieu, H. Aquin, J. Poulin, Marie-Claire Blais, Ducharme, et al.
A special language course designed to prepare students for the test de compétence required by certain Facultés d'education. (Prerequisites: 29-221 and 29-222.)
A comparative analysis of French and English structures with special emphasis on translation processes. Accompanied by regular exercises in translation. (Prerequisites: 29-221 and 29-222.)
A comparative analysis of French and English structures with special emphasis on questions of meaning related to the sentence and its context. Accompanied by regular exercises in translation. (Prerequisites: 29-221 and 29-222.)
The application of modern linguistic theory to the teaching of native, second, and foreign languages. This course has been designed especially for prospective teachers or teachers who wish to update and increase their knowledge of language teaching techniques and the linguistic theory underlying these techniques. (Prerequisite: 29-231.)
A study of the main Romance languages from the point of view of their structure and development out of Vulgar Latin. Some knowledge of Latin or a second Romance language is desirable. (Prerequisite: 29-231 or consent of instructor.)
This course examines the development of Middle and Classical French up to the French Revolution.
Representative works of the period from 1900-1940. Among the authors studied: Valéry, Cocteau, Apollinaire, Claudel, the Surrealists, Giraudoux, and Montherlant.
Representative works of the period from 1900-1940. Among the authors studied: Proust, Gide, Céline, Malraux, and Sartre.
A study of the dominant literary and intellectual movement in France during the 1940's and early 1950's. Principal authors studied are Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Camus, and Genet.
From the "Nouveau Roman" to recent writing. The post-modern aesthetic.
An introduction to major critical movements: reader response, structuralism, post-structuralism, and feminist theory.
Translation from selected texts from newspapers and periodicals. (Prerequisites: 29-328 and 29-329, or permission of the instructor.)
Translation of business and commercial material. (Prerequisites: 29-328 and 29-329, or permission of the instructor.)
Translation of legal and administrative material. (Prerequisites: 29-328 and 29-329, or permission of the instructor.)
Translation of scientific and technical material. (Prerequisites: 29-328 and 29-329, or permission of the instructor.)
Detailed examination of modern approaches to sentence structure, with particular emphasis on generative grammar. (Prerequisite: 29-231.)
Detailed examination of modern theories of meaning, with particular emphasis on semantic feature analysis and the relationship between semantics and syntax. (Prerequisite: 29-231.)
Detailed examination of modern approaches to phonetics (production of sounds in speech) and phonemics (analysis of distinctive units of sound), with particular emphasis on generative phonology. (Prerequisite: 29-333 or consent of instructor.)
Special topics courses are numbered from 29-390 to 29-496 and include all 400-series courses listed in the French program.
(Normally taught only at Nice.)
French students have many opportunities to enrich their academic French studies through our links with the Université Laval and the Université de Nice. They can pursue studies in linguistics or literature at the Université Laval at the undergraduate or graduate level. They can also spend from October to June in Nice as participants in the Canadian Third Year in Nice program, and/or they can participate in the July Summer Nice program. Contact the Department for details