This reading course allows graduate students to integrate readings in Rhetoric and Composition scholarship and provides an opportunity to discuss research with faculty associated with Rhetoric and Composition. In addition to readings, students will be expected to keep a reading journal or complete a brief annotated bibliography. May be repeated to a maximum of three credits.
Seminar in 20th century British literature. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
A history of the French cinema from the early twentieth century to the present. Emphasis on the primary aesthetic movements of French cinematic expression in social and historical context. Attention given to the formal elements specific to film, techniques of film analysis, and the nature of visual culture. Viewing of films outside of class required. Taught in English, with no knowledge of French necessary.
An interdisciplinary discussion of the centrality of the visual in French and Francophone society and culture. representative examples of the kinds of visual media encourntered might include medieval tapestries as well as twenty-first-century websites.
Advanced corrective pronounciation drill on an individual basis.
An introductin to the study of language structure. Explores various aspects, levels, and components of verbal communication.
An introduction to the major trends of the french literary tradition, with emphasis on textual analysis and critical approraches. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours with a different subtitle.
An introduction to the anlysis of film and to the major movements in the history of French cinema. May be repeated up to 6 hours with different subtitles.
Study of selected French writers, literary, intellectual and cultural practices of the time. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits under different subtitle.
Study of the practices and theories of the major intellectual, literary and social movements of the century, such as modernism, existentialism, the new novel, poststructural and postmodern writing. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits under different subtitle.
