Spring 2024 French Course Offerings

Also contact Dr. Antenos if you are an LBC major! antenosconfe@montclair.edu

[CRN 20426]

[CRN 20427]

[CRN  25127]

La Phonétique. Weekly lecture and lab sessions including  transcriptions, articulation, rhythm. accentuation, and intonation to study the sounds of  French to achieve perfect pronunciation.

Required for all 3 French major concentrations. Elective for minor. Does not count for LBC.

Not appropriate for native speakers or some heritage speakers of French. See Dr Loysen for advising.

A general introduction to French and Francophone literature with an emphasis on the meaning of culture. How do French speaking authors of the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe write about the similarities and differences of their social environments and what is the meaning of a global culture? What do we as culturally determined readers bring to the short stories and novels we read? These and other questions will be explored in this introductory course to reading and writing about French and Francophone literature.

Required for all 3 French major concentrations; and the minor. Does not count for LBC.

[CRN 25129]

In this course, we will watch and discuss Francophone African and Caribbean films as a window into the Francophone world outside the developed world with a view to exploring the various cultural and civilizational themes and issues tackled therein. Because of the various embattled situations in which Africa and its formerly enslaved Diaspora find themselves as a result of French colonization, it will be interesting to see how France-colonized African and Caribbean societies, and the filmmakers from these societies, cope with the issues of colonialism, acculturation, identity, exile, tradition, change, modernity, gender, class, politics, and culture in their respective postcolonial contexts.

Elective for all 3 French major concentrations and minor. Does not count for LBC.

[CRN 25130]

This course introduces you to the French language, its nature and structure, as well as the analysis of French language variation in standard and familiar contexts. Students will be introduced to French linguistics in its broadest themes with a particular emphasis on phonetics, phonology,  morphology, syntax, and semantics. The system of the French language will be examined from a structuralist point of view as opposed to traditional grammatical classifications. Sociolinguistic study of French language, French dialects, and varieties of French in the French-speaking world will be considered. Each of these areas will be examined through concrete examples, and analysis of French data.

Required for Teacher Ed students. Elective for majors concentrating in Translation or Civilization or the minor. Does not count for LBC.

Satisfies Gen Ed: Global Cultural Perspectives; satisfies World Cultures graduation requirement.

[CRN 22621]

In honor of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games to be hosted in Paris, this edition of “Research Seminar” will be framed within the context of the history of sport in France. The course will provide tools for better understanding French society and its historical relationship to sports and the sports industry (fencing, tennis, soccer, cycling, for example, as well as Pierre de Coubertin’s 1896 launch of the modern Olympic Games). Translators will develop skills for participating in Olympic-themed commissions, future teachers will gain insights into developing sports related curricular units, and others may choose to explore the history of different sports in French while improving their language skills. Every student will learn to develop a research hypothesis and bibliography, better understand how to use library and electronic resources, evaluate primary and secondary sources, recognize and critique critical methodologies, cite sources, and improve French grammar and stylistics through careful editing and rewriting. These skills will be honed as each student develops a research project informed by individual interest. By the end of the class, each student will have produced a substantive essay formatted for further development as a conference paper and/or article.

Because emphasis is placed on reading, critiquing, and editing one another’s work, it is conducive to a non-traditional format. The course is thus being offered as “hybrid” or “blended” course, in which physical meetings will alternate with online assignments. The course will also include field trips, guest speakers, and hands-on activities. We will also closely follow the many cultural events surrounding the run-up to the Olympic Games to be held in July-August in Paris.

HawkLive (in person with streamed video option; some classes entirely online)

Co-Sat with FREN 603.

[CRN 25131]

This course addresses the history of translation and the major texts of translation theory to equip you with the awareness and the tools to better analyze source texts, understand their contexts, strategize and formulate better translation decisions, and, finally, to reflect on how those very decisions affect the target text and its readers. Taught in French.

[CRN 25144]

This course offers students an opportunity to familiarize themselves with various financial

documents, which can be regularly encountered in the translation practice. Students will gain an understanding of the purpose of these documents, the financial concepts contained in them and the translation solutions to be used.

Among the topics covered are: account opening documents, bank statements, guaranties,

letters of credit, credit agreements, financial statements, auditors’ reports, tax statements, etc.

[CRN 25132]

In honor of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games to be hosted in Paris, this edition of “Research Seminar” will be framed within the context of the history of sport in France. The course will provide tools for better understanding French society and its historical relationship to sports and the sports industry (fencing, tennis, soccer, cycling, for example, as well as Pierre de Coubertin’s 1896 launch of the modern Olympic Games). Translators will develop skills for participating in Olympic-themed commissions, future teachers will gain insights into developing sports related curricular units, and others may choose to explore the history of different sports in French while improving their language skills. Every student will learn to develop a research hypothesis and bibliography, better understand how to use library and electronic resources, evaluate primary and secondary sources, recognize and critique critical methodologies, cite sources, and improve French grammar and stylistics through careful editing and rewriting. These skills will be honed as each student develops a research project informed by individual interest. By the end of the class, each student will have produced a substantive essay formatted for further development as a conference paper and/or article.

Because emphasis is placed on reading, critiquing, and editing one another’s work, it is conducive to a non-traditional format. The course is thus being offered as “hybrid” or “blended” course, in which physical meetings will alternate with online assignments. The course will also include field trips, guest speakers, and hands-on activities. We will also closely follow the many cultural events surrounding the run-up to the Olympic Games to be held in July-August in Paris.

HawkLive (in person with streamed video option; some classes entirely online)

Co-Sat with FREN 470.

For students who have completed at  least 20 credits of the MA in Professional French Translation. By permission only. Contact Dr. Emery.

Please contact Dr. Emery for advisement.

[CRN: 25829]