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• FRE 253: PARIS: CULTURAL CAPITAL

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  Explore the 'city of light,' capital of modernity! In the nineteenth century, Paris became a laboratory for modernity through history, architecture, urban planning, the visual and performing arts and the clash of capitalism vs. socialism. We shall take a tour of 'the gay Paree' through consideration of revolutions, sewers, department stores, prostitution, 'le demi-monde,' anti-semitism, money, spectacle, the working class, bars and cafes, clothing, caricature, the birth of the camera and film industry, advances in medicine and other sciences. The course includes also a social and cultural historical view of Paris. This course is taught in English.
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• FRE 254: FRANCOPHONE LEGACIES

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  An Introduction to the French diaspora and the living cultures of the French- speaking World, this course emphasizes the diversity of interrelated Francophone issued it shows how that each community in the U.S., and in the rest of the world, has its own discrete set of issues. The Acadians in Maine struggle to maintain allegiance to their culture. Haitians have political and economic reasons for immigrating to the U.S.A. while maintaining emotional ties to their island. Recent North African immigrants struggle to survive in a post-9/11 culture that hold a mistrust of extremist Islam while balancing their blended cultures of French and Arabic. Francophone communities from Africa, Asia and Polynesia have also their distinctiveness. This course is taught in English.
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• FRE 290: FR-CNN:FRANPH FILMS/CNTXT

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course surveys films from French-speaking countries outside of France and situates them in their cultural as well as cinematic contexts. The products, practices, and perspectives of the filmmakers' cultures as well as French terminology for the visual language of these filmmakers richly contextualize this study of the continued international role of French and connect the study of French to multiple disciplines. Taught in French.
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• FRE 300: FRENCH CLASSICAL DRAMA

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  The classical drama from its rise to its highest point of achievement. Masterpieces of Corneille, Moliere, and Racine. Precis written in French on the readings.
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• FRE 302: SURVEY OF FRENCH LIT II

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  First semester: the development of French literature from its origin to the end of the 18th century. Second semester: continuation of the survey through the 19th and into the 20th centuries. Representative readings of varied literary types.
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• FRE 317: FRENCH IN GLOBAL VILLAGE

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course (taught in French) presents an overview of the history of the French language and culture. It provides a humanist perspective for a better understanding of the impact of the French language and culture on the rest of the world through the colonial enterprise. While emphasizing the post-colonial era and the advent of globalization, FRE 317 gives students a content-based approach to learning the language. Focus is placed on the communicative aspect of the language and aims at deepening students' understanding of the socio-linguistic aspect of the language.
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• FRE 327: PROF TRANSLATN SKILLS/FR

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is an introductory level course in translation to learn and practice skills needed to read critically and to translate from English to French and vice versa. We shall stress accuracy, precision, idiomacy, and subtlety in both languages. Furthermore, the proper use of a dictionary will be taught to avoid pitfalls of errors when words are taken out of context or as a single unit. A review of various kinds of specialized dictionaries (unilingual versus bilingual) will be presented. The interest in Translation Studies (Traductology), i.e. Comprehensive History of Translation, has grown since the 80s. We shall endeavor to present an overview of recent developments in this fast growing field.
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• FRE 331: IDENTY/MODERNTY NEW FRANC

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  FRE 331 (formerly FRE 330) consists of the study of ideas and societal changes that shaped and continue to impact linguistic, artistic, political and cultural achievements of the French and the French-Speakers in the contemporary world. Focus is placed on modernity and identity formation to teach students how to think critically and develop research skills through specific exercises including Web resources. The course will be taught in French.
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• FRE 338: ASPECT FRENCH POP CULTURE

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  French culture has traditionally been understood as both "high" and "low." And, in the past, French culture has most often been communicated to the outside world in terms of the artistic symbols of "high culture." But what is now understood by the term "French culture" has changed. Although traditional bias towards high-culture remains, the recent celebrity of what has been called "low culture" (and its inclusion under the general heading of "French culture") has generated much confusion. The idea of French culture, as now understood abroad, provides a distorted image of complex cultural realities of contemporary France. This course is designed to disentangle these historical complexities.
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• FRE 340: FRENCH CULTURE & CIVIL

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  French life and culture as seen in literature, art, music and philosophy. The folklore, linguistic and social aspects of culture will also be covered to acquaint the student with the complexities of the national background. Required for Secondary Education majors with a concentration in French.
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