Topics in Literature and Culture

Graduate seminar exploring a specific topic in French/Francophone literature and culture, analyzing texts/film in historical contexts using diverse methodologies, taught in French.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Joshua Armstrong4.1/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.42 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.54 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Explore a historically grounded question pertaining to a specific chronological timeframe of French and/or Francophone literature and culture

  • Design and complete an short research project in the field of French and/or Francophone literature and culture

  • Analyze literary texts within their historical and cultural contexts

  • Write scholarly reviews of published scholarship in the field

  • Perfect strategies for successfully delivering a research paper before an academic audience

Source: UW Guide

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FRENCH 672

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  • Graduate/professional standing

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Spring 2027
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Raw average: 4.50/5 from 18 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Spring 2027

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the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.42 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.54 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).

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Topics

  • History of French and Francophone literature and culture
  • Textual and film analysis in historical contexts
  • Diverse interpretative methodologies

Skills

  • Analysis and interpretation of texts and film in historical contexts
  • Writing scholarly reviews of published scholarship
  • Delivering research papers to an academic audience

Grades

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FRENCH 672 · Spring 2027

Topics in Literature and Culture

Recorded 2026-10-14
FRENCH 672 · Spring 2027

20th & 21st Century FR Novel

Recorded 2026-10-14
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