French: Language, Literature, Linguistics, Culture (including courses in English)

• CAS LF 456: The Postcolonial Novel
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: CAS LF 350 - An examination of postcolonial novels by contemporary writers. Discussion of linguistic and literary issues related to the process of decolonization, the usage of the French language today, and the renewal of aesthetics.
• CAS LF 462: Cinema-Monde: Mapping French Film
  Spanning from the silent era to the present-day, this course reframes the key movements of French cinema through the lens of the global. Directors include Georges Melies, Jean Renoir, Jean-Luc Godard, Chantal Ackerman, Agnes Varda, and the Dardenne brothers. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Creativity/Innovation.
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  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Creativity/Innovation
  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
• CAS LF 464: Author/Auteur
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: First Year Writing Seminar (e.g., WR 100 or WR 120) - In-depth study of a single author or film maker. Attention to critical/theoretical debates about the author's work(s); their relation to aesthetic, political, and/or historical debates of the time; and questions about relation to tradition and/or legacy and ongoing influence. Effective Spring 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Writing-Intensive Course, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Aesthetic Exploration.
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  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
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• CAS LF 478: Topics in The Voice in the Text: Gender and Authorship
  Explores how French and Francophone women writers and theorists engage with cultural, social, and political issues. Draws on works such as novels, autobiographies, plays, and essays, situating these writings at the intersection of gender, language, nationality, and collective memory. Topic for Spring 2024: Traces how French women writers explore key questions about identity by engaging with contemporary literary and social movements. Novels from the eighteenth to twentieth century exploring love, marriage, betrayal, and work-life balance, with readings from newspapers and women’s magazines. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: The Individual in Community, Historical Consciousness, Research and Information Literacy.
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  • Historical Consciousness
  • Research and Information Literacy
• CAS LF 487: Topics in Memory & Monument
  Through interdisciplinary, in-depth study, explores the history, legacy, and future of a single 'lieu de memoire'--an iconic 'site of memory' that serves as a cultural touchstone. Sources include manuscripts, architecture, literary texts, music, film, photography, and others. Taught in English. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Ethical Reasoning, Aesthetic Exploration, Teamwork/Collaboration.
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  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Ethical Reasoning
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• CAS LF 491: Directed Study: French
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: consent of department and CAS Academic Advising, 100 Bay State Rd., Ro om 401. - Application form available in CAS Academic Advising. Through interdisciplinary, in-depth study, explores the history, legacy, and future of a single 'lieu de m¿moire'--an iconic 'site of memory' that serves as a cultural touchstone. Sources include manuscripts, architecture, literary texts, music, film, photography, and others. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Ethical Reasoning, Aesthetic Exploration, Teamwork/Collaboration.
• CAS LF 492: Directed Study: French
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: consent of department and CAS Academic Advising, 100 Bay State Rd., Ro om 401. - Application form available in CAS Academic Advising.
• CAS LF 569: Topics in Francophone Writing
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: CASLF 350 or CASLF 351 or consent of instructor - Topic for Fall 2024: Through a Writer's Eye: Trauma & Literature. This seminar in French offers a subjective journey of readings on the theme of trauma. Each session centers on reading and commenting on selected texts. Students will develop an intimate reflection on links between writing and traumatic memory.
• CAS LF 571: Topics in Nineteenth-Century French Literature
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASLF350) and one 400-level literature course. - Topic for Fall 2023: The Nonbinary Nineteenth Century. Narratives that challenge gender binaries in ways that both anticipate and trouble modern categories for understanding both gender and sexuality. Authors include Gautier, Balzac, Sand, and Rachilde.