Through current events and their historical background, this course focuses on some concepts essential to French and Francophone Studies, among which French slavery, colonialism, decolonization, migration, race relations, globalization, gender and sexuality. While stressing a communicative approach and the four skills, the content components of this course will be presented simultaneously with a review and expansion of grammatical structures:
- What is the French Republic?
- The European Union (past and present)
- Transatlantic and Multilateral Relations:
- Franco American Historical Relations
- Globalization and its Opponents
- French "Urban Unrest": A Sociocultural Gap
- Families: "Marriage for Everyone"- Same Sex Marriages and Parenthood
- Women: Rights and Inequalities(past and present)-Domestic Violence/Women Sexual Mutilation
- France’s Multicultural Society: Slavery - Colonization - Immigration -Islam of France
- “Fighting Hatreds” (Anti-Semitism, Racism, Terrorism)
- A Multicultural Poet-Rapper: MC Solaar (Poetic and Stylistic Study)
Material will be presented through audiovisual documents, readings and online tests.
Required Texts:
- FRENCH 235 Coursepack (by Yannick Viers): at Dollar Bill Copying
- French Grammar by Mary E. Coffman Crocker, Schaum's Outlines Series, McGraw-Hill
Course Requirements:
The final grade is based on three oral presentations (30 %), three
essays (30 %), written exercises (20 %), and class participation (20
%).
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