Seminar: Literature Questions
A graduate seminar on French literature and culture, taught in French, that examines thematic or chronological topics through critical analysis and discussion.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.69 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.56 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Analyze and discuss key literary works from a particular period or area.
Deepen your understanding of some of this period's literary, aesthetic, and intellectual movements.
Hone your listening, speaking, and writing skills.
Develop your skills in critical thinking about both literary and theoretical texts - particularly in the areas of close textual analysis and the practice of assessing the arguments made in a theoretical/critical article or essay.
Strengthen your research skills by getting practice in developing an argument in a rigorous manner, using appropriate bibliographical resources.
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- Graduate/professional standing
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.69 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.56 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).
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Topics
- Thematic and chronological studies of French literature and culture.
- Literary, aesthetic, and intellectual movements associated with specific periods.
- Close textual analysis and theoretical/critical argumentation.
Skills
- Analyzing and discussing key literary works from specific periods or areas.
- Understanding literary, aesthetic, and intellectual movements within historical contexts.
- Refining listening, speaking, and writing proficiency in French.
- Critical thinking involving close textual analysis and assessment of theoretical arguments.
- Rigorous academic argument development using bibliographical resources.
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