Dear Colleagues, Please find below a description of the three French graduate courses that we will be offering at UNT in Fall 2018. Information on our MA program in French and graduate admission is available in our Program Handbook for the Master of Arts in French at <http://worldlanguages.unt.edu/sites/worldlanguages.unt.edu/files/worldlanguages/ProgramHandbookFrenchMA_2.pdf> https://worldlanguages.unt.edu/sites/worldlanguages.unt.edu/files/worldlanguages/ProgramHandbookFrenchMA-Sept2017.pdf We offer graduate courses during the regular fall and spring semesters and during our French Summer Institute. For more information, please contact Dr. Christophe Chaguinian, Graduate Advisor in French [Christophe.Chaguinian@unt.edu] Please share this information with interested individuals. My best, Marie-Christine Koop Professor of French Director, French Summer Institute Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures University of North Texas 1155 Union Circle #311127 Denton, Texas 76203-5017 Marie-Christine.Koop@unt.edu ______________________________________________________________________ French Graduate Courses at UNT - Fall 2018 FREN 5200: Seminar in French - Medieval and Renaissance French Poetry Monday, 5:29-8:20 p.m. Dr. Christophe Chaguinian [Christophe.Chaguinian@unt.edu] In this course, we will study French poetry from the 12th to the 16th c. Medieval French poetry had a great impact on European poetry of its time. Indeed, the so-called courtly love, found in the literature of all the countries of medieval Europe, is the creation of the French troubadours and trouvères. This medieval tradition came to an end in the 16th c. under the attacks of the Pléiade school that wanted to emulate Greek and Roman models. The Pléiade’s program had a major impact on the later evolution of French literature. The lasting influence of classical models and themes whose value was called into question only at the beginning of the 19th c., appeared in the 16th c. with this school. Thus, to understand both the French classical theater of the 17th c. and the Romantic revolution of the 1820s, it is important to know the literary trends of the Renaissance. FREN 5200.002: Seminar in French – Current Trends in Language Pedagogy Wednesday, 5:29-8:20 p.m. Dr. Lawrence Williams [Lawrence.Williams@unt.edu] This course will give current and future teachers of French an opportunity to explore a range of topics related to curriculum scope, task development, and assessment design, including evaluation rubrics. Although some readings will be in English and others in French, students will give presentations in French and develop pedagogical projects for learners of French. There is no required textbook for this course since assigned readings will be accessed through UNT’s subscriptions to journals that make their articles available on line. FREN 5730: Topics on France – Education in France Through Films Tuesday, 5:29-8:20 p.m. Dr. Marie-Christine Koop [Marie-Christine.Koop@unt.edu] The objective of this seminar is to present an overview of education in France. It will be divided into two parts. The first part will discuss the education of children within the family structure, addressing cultural trends and comparing them with the American way of raising children. The second part will cover the educational system from kindergarten to higher education and will address the various specificities of the French system as well as its successes, current issues, and concerns such as “laïcité” in light of immigration and cultural diversity, recent reforms (including the new “baccalauréat” for 2021), gender aspects, factors of academic achievement, etc. These topics will be illustrated with feature films and documentaries. A small book, available from the UNT Bookstore, will be required while all the other readings will be posted on Blackboard. Some online instruction: the course will meet on campus every other Tuesday only (8 classes on campus, 7 classes on line).