French and Francophone StudiesFrench 601: Language Teaching and Learning
Prof. McMahon
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This is a year-long course required of all first-year Teaching Assistants in French and Italian. It is designed to provide new instructors with the necessary practical support to carry out their teaching responsibilities effectively. It will also introduce students to various approaches to foreign language teaching as well as to current issues in second language acquisition.
French 684: The French Novel of the 20th Century
Prof. Prince
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A narratologically oriented study of the poetics of the modern French novel from the Nouveau Roman (e.g. Robbe-Grillet, Sarraute) through Tournier, Perec, Modiano, and Ernaux to the Nouvelle Ecole de Minuit and beyond (e.g. Toussaint, Houellebecq, and Maylis de Kerangal).