Weekly outline

  • General

    • La table française

      A  la table française,  on parle français avec

      des francophiles.

      Venez nous rejoindre, quel que soit votre niveau!

       

       

       

      à SHARPLES le mercredi à 18h00,

      en salle #5

    • SYLLABUS

      LITR 077F/FREN 077 -- Fall 2013

      (subject to modification: revised September 29th)

      All readings will be posted on MOODLE or sent via email in some cases.

      SEPTEMBER           

        4th                              Intro course + Poems

      11th                             Notebook of a Return to the Native Land + A Tempest + reaction paper

      18th                              The Fourth Century + reaction paper

      25th                              Between Two Worlds + reaction paper

      OCTOBER

        2nd                             Lone Sun + reading notes

        9th                     Crossing the Mangrove + reaction paper

      + Send in Home Essay via email and no later than October 12th

      •Tuesday 10th      The Farming of Bones + Edwige Danticat’s talk                                                                                                     at  7:00PM

      Spring Break     Spring Break     Spring Break   Spring Break   Spring Break

      23th                              The Raptors (The Devourers)  + reaction paper

      30th                              Passages  + reaction paper

      NOVEMBER

        6th                              In-Class Essay

      13th                             Juletane  + reaction paper

      20th                              The Money Order + Film + reaction paper

      27th     Thanksgiving + MRM at conference in Joburg : replaced on December 11th

      DECEMBER

        4th                      Film: Black Girl + reaction paper AND

                                                Students in French  will  report on the TEXT

      •11th                Queen Pokou  + reaction paper

      ••12th              Class gathering @ 525 Elm Avenue or on campus

      WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH  FINAL ORAL EXERCISE

      2:00 to 5:00PM in  Kohlberg 318

  • September 9 - September 15

  • September 16 - September 22

  • September 23 - September 29

  • September 30 - October 6

  • October 7 - October 13

  • October 21 - October 27

  • October 28 - November 3

    •                               Hello hello,
      Please note the date of your final exercise for the semester:
      WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH from 2:00 to 5:00PM
                                           in Kohlberg 318

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  • November 4 - November 10

    •                                 IN CLASS ESSAY

    •                                  2 REMINDERS

      1) Please remember that after fall break, you were to choose one article, by group of 3/4, and send it to everyone.Therefore, a total of 3 articles for each text/film studied. Choose your partners and the team does not have to remain the same for all the articles.

      2) Remember too that you are to read Evelyne Trouillot's Rosalie l'infâme/The Infamous Rosalietranslated by Marjorie Salvodon. This text will be used for your final exercise at the end of the semester. I have ordered two copies for McCabe and I have one copy to lend.

      Questions? Don't hesitate to contact me!           

      AND

      AND

      Please note the date of your final exercise for the semester:
      WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH from 2:00 to 5:00PM
                                           in Kohlberg 318

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  • November 11 - November 17

    •                                          2 REMINDERS

      1) Please remember that after fall break, you were to choose one article, by group of 3/4, and send it to everyone.Therefore, a total of 3 articles for each text/film studied. Choose your partners and the team does not have to remain the same for all the articles.

      2) Remember too that you are to read Evelyne Trouillot's Rosalie l'infâme/The Infamous Rosalietranslated by Marjorie Salvodon. This text will be used for your final exercise at the end of the semester. I have ordered two copies for McCabe and I have one copy to lend.

      Questions? Don't hesitate to contact me!  

                                            AND

      Please note the date of your final exercise for the semester:
      WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH from 2:00 to 5:00PM
                                           in Kohlberg 318

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  • November 18 - November 24

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    •                                          2 REMINDERS

      1) Please remember that after fall break, you were to choose one article, by group of 3/4, and send it to everyone.Therefore, a total of 3 articles for each text/film studied. Choose your partners and the team does not have to remain the same for all the articles.

      2) Remember too that you are to read Evelyne Trouillot's Rosalie l'infâme/The Infamous Rosalietranslated by Marjorie Salvodon. This text will be used for your final exercise at the end of the semester. I have ordered two copies for McCabe and I have one copy to lend.

      Questions? Don't hesitate to contact me!  

                                            AND

      Please note the date of your final exercise for the semester:
      WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH from 2:00 to 5:00PM
                                           in Kohlberg 318

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    •  REMINDER!

      REMEMBER THAT THERE IS NO CLASS ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH; THE CLASS HAS BEEN MOVED TO DECEMBER 11th, with Queen Pokou by Véronique Tadjo.

      ...and have a good, restful, THANKS-GIVING holiday!

  • November 25 - December 1

    •                                          PLEASE NOTE

      1) Please remember that after fall break, you were to choose one article, by group of 3/4, and send it to everyone.Therefore, a total of 3 articles for each text/film studied. Choose your partners and the team does not have to remain the same for all the articles.

      2) Remember too that you are to read Evelyne Trouillot's Rosalie l'infâme/The Infamous Rosalie translated by Marjorie Salvodon. This text will be used for your final exercise at the end of the semester. I have ordered two copies for McCabe and I have one copy to lend in French and English.

                                            AND

      Please note the date of your final exercise for the semester:
      WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH from 2:00 to 5:00PM
                                           in Kohlberg 318

       REMINDER!

      REMEMBER THAT THERE IS NO CLASS ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH; THE CLASS HAS BEEN MOVED TO DECEMBER 11th, with Queen Pokou by Véronique Tadjo.

      ...and have a good, restful,

      THANKS-GIVING holiday!

       

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  • December 2 - December 8

    •                                          2 REMINDERS

      1) Please remember that after fall break, you were to choose one article, by group of 3/4, and send it to everyone.Therefore, a total of 3 articles for each text/film studied. Choose your partners and the team does not have to remain the same for all the articles.

      2) Remember too that you are to read Evelyne Trouillot's Rosalie l'infâme/The Infamous Rosalie translated by Marjorie Salvodon. This text will be used for your final exercise at the end of the semester. I have ordered two copies for McCabe and I have one copy to lend.

      Questions? Don't hesitate to contact me!  

                                            AND

      Please note the date of your final exercise for the semester:
      WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH from 2:00 to 5:00PM
                                           in Kohlberg 318

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    • REMINDER

      Reading and /or screening of LA Noire de... / Black Girl  by Sembene Ousmane

      The 3 French readers will report on the French text, and everyone watches and comments on the movie posted on Moodle.

  • December 9 - December 15

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    • Reine Pokou, by Véronique Tadjo and

      possible  SKYPE in class-visit with the author from Paris, France

    • Thursday, December 12th   

                        Class gathering  on campus

    •                                         Dear Class,

      I am asking you to please send me your proposals for the two exercises
      described below, so that I can give you the green light in order for you
      to get started.
      The deadline for sending these is Wednesday, December 11th or earlier.
      1)•For the oral part of your final exercise I am asking you to choose  a topic
      of your choice, and related to the various texts/films studied in the course
      this semester: you will each have 10 minutes maximum, and it can be
      accompanied by anything else you would think appropriate to make your
      point, such as video, music, etc. For Wednesday, December 18th, in K 318
      from 2:00PM to 5:00PM.
      2)• For the written part of your final exercise, you will write on The Infamous Rosalie and any other fiction text or texts read this semester: a maximum of
      4 pages (double space, 12 font Geneva), or what you think necessary to make
      your point. The form can be prose, poetry or a combination of both,
      accompanied by anything else you would think appropriate to make
      your point. Deadline to send this is Friday, December 20th.
      micheline @
                          office hours or
                          by appointment or
                          efemail or
                          610 328 86 80 or
                          610 543 24 67
  • December 16 - December 22

                                            

    • REMINDER:

      Dear Class,

      I am asking you to please send me your proposals for the two exercises described below if you  have not yet done so:

       1)•For the oral part of your final exercise I am asking you to choose  a topicof your choice, and related to the various texts/films studied in the coursethis semester: you will each have 10 minutes maximum, and it can beaccompanied by anything else you would think appropriate to make yourpoint, such as video, music, etc. For Wednesday, December 18th, in K 318from 2:00PM to 5:00PM.

       2)• For the written part of your final exercise, you will write on The Infamous Rosalie and any other fiction text or texts read this semester: a maximum of4 pages (double space, 12 font Geneva), or what you think necessary to makeyour point. The form can be prose, poetry or a combination of both,accompanied by anything else you would think appropriate to makeyour point. Deadline to send this is Friday, December 20th.

      micheline