French 460
Dr. Patricia Black

Ninteenth Century French Literature

Contact Information

Pre-requisites - Fr 301, 302, 303, or instructor permission.

Required Texts:
Albert, Anne-Elizabeth. Anthologie de la littérature française: XIXe Siècle.
Flaubert. Mme Bovary, extraits. Bordas.
Hugo. Les Missérables. Classiques Larousse.
Mallarme. Poésies.
Zola. Germinal. Classiques Larousse.

Recommended: Dictionaries, Le Robert, Larousse Modern French-English Dictionary.
Bescherelle Complete Guide to Conjugating French Verbs.
Lasserre Est-ce "A" ou "De"?
MLA Style Manual.

Course Descriptions

Class Schedule

101 - Sorsby

101 - Black

201 - Sorsby

303 - Sorsby

480 - Sorsby

460 - Black

What we will do in this course?
As a literature survey, this course will be devoted to:
1) reading works which are now considered key turning points in literary style and/or content.
2) gaining a sense of what led to the writing of these texts, i.e. the authors' biographies.
3) understanding the social and historical context of these works.
4) discussing the questions that are raised by reading
5) writing about what you read.

Course Requirements and Grading:

Topics for discussion will be assigned; however, everyone is expected to provide daily commentary on the reading. See verso for explanation of the literary journal.

Policies:
1) Absences: 6 maximum without grade penalty.
2) All papers and exams required in order to receive credit for the course.
3) All work to be ompleted by due date; no work accepted after the last day of the final exam period.
4) You are bound by the policies on academic honesty issued by the University (available from Kendall 107, Provost's Office)
5) Class discussion and papers required in French except where noted.

Thesis papers are in French, 10-12 pp. typewritten, 12 characters to the inch, 1 inch margins, double spaced. Create a separate title page and GIVE YOUR WORK A TITLE. Your title should indicate the operative nature of the thesis as per example above. Do not use titles like "Les Fleurs du mal" (you did not write them; "A Comparison of Two Poems" (an indication of the method used, not the thesis).

Any documentation which you used, including citations from text, should follow MLA style.

Calendar

Reading at home and assignments due: Reading journal due evry other week