Spring 2027

French Literary and Interdisciplinary Studies

Introductory interdisciplinary French studies focusing on French literary texts in English translation.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Ritt Deitz

The course demanded significant reading and analysis, which students described as heavy but rewarding, particularly for those interested in literary engagement.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify key writers, filmmakers and/or artists who are associated with the given course topic.

  • Discuss several key literary, cinematic and artistic trends associated with the given course topic.

  • Apply basic concepts of literary and film analysis to perform close readings of texts and film related to the given course topic.

  • Demonstrate how contemporary social, cultural, and artistic practices associated with the given course topic have been influenced by historical events.

  • Analyze literary texts, films and artistic works in relation to specific course topic-related themes or issues.

  • Create a presentation or other creative project synthesizing knowledge about the given course topic.

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Prerequisites

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FRENCH 211

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Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

RITT DEITZ is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Ritt Deitz

Students found French 211 engaging and well-organized, with Professor Deitz delivering passionate lectures and maintaining high availability during office hours.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.73 GPA, 92.6% A/AB (n=54 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.58 GPA, 80.4% A/AB (n=92 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.61 GPA, 85.2% A/AB (n=54 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Ritt Deitz

The course demanded significant reading and analysis, which students described as heavy but rewarding, particularly for those interested in literary engagement.

Past student reviews · Ritt Deitz

One student noted that midterms were easy, though they emphasized attending lectures because no slides or recordings were available.

Topics

  • French literary texts in English translation
  • Key literary, cinematic, and artistic trends
  • Influence of historical events on contemporary practices

Skills

  • Identify key figures and analyze literary, cinematic, and artistic works related to specific themes.
  • Perform close readings using basic concepts of literary and film analysis.
  • Demonstrate the influence of historical events on contemporary social, cultural, and artistic practices.
  • Synthesize knowledge through presentations or creative projects.

Grades

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Spring 2027 · Projected

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

4 earlier forecasts · 0.11 GPA average error.

Grades over time

Through Spring 2027

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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