FREN 202 Introduction to Literary Analysis/Advanced Composition and Grammar
The methods and vocabulary of textual analysis introduced through close reading, discussion, and written commentary of selected poems, plays, and prose texts, from the Renaissance to the present. The techniques of French critical writing, oral explication de texte, and commentaire composé will be stressed. Includes study of general linguistic problems pertaining to the structure of modern French (vocabulary, phonetics, grammar style). This course is required of all French majors and minors and for students wishing to study abroad in the French-speaking world. Students are strongly encouraged also to enroll in FREN 251 / FREN 252 Advanced Conversation.
Prerequisite
FREN 201; or permission of instructor
Core Requirements Met
- Regional Focus
- Foreign Language