Spring 2027

Literature, Comics, and Film in French

Introduction to reading and analyzing literature, comics, and film in French, emphasizing the development of writing skills and close reading techniques.

offering recorded3–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

1 / 6

Past student reviews · Gwenola Caradec

The class involved significant work, requiring students to read, participate, and ask questions while being graded on multiple components.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Master a selected set of terminology (in French) and tools of close reading pertaining to the three genres of literature (poetry, prose, and theater), comics/graphic novels, and films

  • Produce nuanced written analyses of literary texts, comics, and films, in order to reveal their deeper significance

  • Present original ideas about a work in front of the class with a solid command of spoken French

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the social stakes of texts from different periods of the history of France and Francophone nations

  • Better understand different (French and Francophone) cultural perspectives and reflect upon your own

  • Improve ability to formulate and express your own ideas in French, both in speaking and in writing

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

Course map

FRENCH 228

FRENCH 271 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

GWENOLA CARADEC is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JOSHUA ARMSTRONG is recorded teaching in Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2021, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MARTINE DEBAISIEUX is recorded teaching in Spring 2013, Fall 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

NELLY HALZEN is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2014. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

NEVINE EL-NOSSERY is recorded teaching in Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2014, Fall 2016, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

PETER RUSSELLA is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

RICHARD GOODKIN is recorded teaching in Fall 2011, Fall 2015, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Fall 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

RITT DEITZ is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 260
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 260

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Gwenola Caradec

One student found the course fun and engaging, with thorough lectures that focused on material requiring extra time.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.84 GPA, 92.0% A/AB (n=50 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.84 GPA, 89.6% A/AB (n=48 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.85 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=52 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Gwenola Caradec

The class involved significant work, requiring students to read, participate, and ask questions while being graded on multiple components.

Past student reviews · Gwenola Caradec

Gwenola Caradec provided very helpful feedback on essays and projects, creating an environment where it was easy to ask questions.

Topics

  • Literary genres: poetry, prose, theater; comics/graphic novels; and films.
  • Social stakes and historical context of texts from France and Francophone nations.
  • Cultural perspectives in French and Francophone societies.

Skills

  • Close reading techniques for poetry, prose, theater, comics, and films using French terminology.
  • Writing nuanced analytical essays in French about literary, comic, and film texts.
  • Oral presentation of original critical ideas in spoken French.
  • Analyzing the social and historical contexts of French and Francophone texts.

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.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.09 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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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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Selected offering source records
FRENCH 271 · Spring 2027

Literature, Comics, and Film in French

Recorded 2026-10-14
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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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