Spring 2027

Seminar: Literature Questions

A graduate seminar on French literature and culture, organized thematically or chronologically, taught entirely in French.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Florence Vatan4.0/5

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.89 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.83 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.73 GPA, 84.6% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Analyze and discuss important literary works from a selected period or area.

  • Enhance your understanding of the literary, aesthetic, and intellectual movements tied to those works.

  • Sharpen your listening, speaking, and writing skills.

  • Develop your skills in close textual analysis and in critical thinking about both literary and theoretical texts.

  • Strengthen your research skills by getting practice in developing an argument in a rigorous manner, using appropriate bibliographical resources.

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Prerequisites

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FRENCH 947

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  • Graduate/professional standing

Professors

Spring 2027

Florence Vatan

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Raw average: 4.73/5 from 11 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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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2016: 3.88 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

FLORENCE VATAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2016. 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

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.89 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.83 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.73 GPA, 84.6% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Literature and culture organized thematically or by time period.
  • Literary, aesthetic, and intellectual movements.
  • Close textual analysis and literary/theoretical criticism.

Skills

  • Analyze and discuss important literary works.
  • Understand literary, aesthetic, and intellectual movements.
  • Sharpen listening, speaking, and writing skills.
  • Perform close textual analysis and critical thinking.
  • Develop rigorous arguments using bibliographical resources.

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FRENCH 947 · Spring 2027

Seminar: Literature Questions

Recorded 2026-10-14
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