2009–2010 - Grove City College

Modern Languages / 165
FREN 331. POETRY. The goal of this course is to enable students to express themselves in a more
sophisticated language than had been hitherto feasible and to become acquainted with “explication de
textes,” this staple of French classical education. Students will become familiar with the autobiographical
and literary background of the following nineteenth and twentieth centuries French and francophone
poets: Hugo, Nerval, Baudelaire, Mallarmé, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Valéry, Senghor, Césaire.
This course fulfills the Information Literacy (IL) requirement for the French major. Prerequisite:
French 307 or 309, or by permission. Alternate Spring semesters, three hours.
FREN 332. LA NOUVELLE FRANCOPHONE. A first goal of this course is to bridge the gap often
experienced by students between the basic language work conducted during the first years of foreign
language study and the diversified advanced work required of French majors. A second goal is to have
students acquire substantive information on francophone countries, as well as on writers of France and
the French-speaking world: Maupassant (France), Flaubert (France), Sartre (France), Camus (Algeria),
Sarraute (Russia, France), Gabrielle Roy (Canada), Antonine Maillet (Canada), Maryse Condé
(Guadeloupe), and Zobel (Martinique). A third goal is to have students analyze short-story fiction (nouvelle/s)
and demonstrate a greater sophistication and complexity in their manipulation of language
skills as they engage with authentic texts. This course fulfills the Information Literacy (IL) requirement
for the French major. Prerequisite: French 307 or 309, or by permission.
Alternate Spring semesters, three hours.
FREN 340. ADVANCED CONVERSATION AND CONTEMPORARY CULTURE. Practice in
expanding skills and vocabulary acquired in French 305 through the discussion of current issues presented
in French newspapers and TV5, International French TV. Includes a study of colloquial French
and an explanation of French culture and values today. Students are encouraged to consult French
news sources on the Internet and to get daily updates. This course fulfills the Speaking Intensive (SI)
requirement for the French major. Prerequisites: French 202 or a 300-level French course, or by permission.
Strongly recommended: French 305. Spring semester only, three hours.
FREN 360. INDEPENDENT STUDY. Individual study directed by a faculty member, with permission
of the department chairman. Semester course, one, two or three hours.
FREN 362. ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE LEARNING. A course designed to provide opportunities
to teach various grammar aspects of the French language, and to examine and implement a variety of
technical aspects and resources in the foreign language curriculum in preparation for student teaching.
Teacher candidates will regularly reflect on their teaching experiences and will develop a portfolio of
materials representing their teaching in the target language. Required of all students desiring teacher
certification in a foreign language. Corequisite: French 364.
Spring semester of the sophomore year, two hours.
FREN 364. PEDAGOGICAL MATERIALS. Introduction to the materials and resources of foreign
language teaching. Analysis and preparation of instructional and evaluative materials in a specific target
language. Required of all students desiring teacher certification in a foreign language. Corequisite:
French 362. Spring semester of the sophomore year, two hours.
FREN 370. INDEPENDENT RESEARCH. An opportunity to conduct supervised research in
French. Junior standing and permission of the department chair and a faculty sponsor are required.
Semester course, one, two or three hours.
FREN 390. STUDIES IN FRENCH. Readings and discussion of topics in literature or language.
Subject matter varies. Semester course, one, two or three hours.
FREN 460. INDEPENDENT STUDY. Individual study directed by a faculty member, with permission
of the department chairman. Semester course, one, two or three hours.
FREN 470. INDEPENDENT RESEARCH. An opportunity to conduct supervised research in
French. Senior standing and permission of the department chair and a faculty sponsor are required.
Semester course, one, two or three hours.