44 courses in the 1985–86 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Department of French
Associate Professor and Chairman of
the Department
W.D. Wilson, MA, PhD (Trinity Collage, Dublin)
Associate Professor and Graduate
Officer
P.H. Dubé, BA, MA (Toronto), PhD (Ohio State)
Associate Professor and Undergraduate
Officer
P.G. Socken, BA (Toronto), MA (lowa), PhD (Toronto)
Professors
A. Ages, BA (Carleton), MA, PhD (Ohio State)
J.R. Finn, CR, BA (Western Ontario}, MA (Toronto), PhD (illinois) J
R.L. Myers, BA (Western Ontario), MA, PhD (Johns Hopkins)
Associate Professors
J.R. Dugan, BA, MA (Toronto), PhD | (Yale}
D.W. Russell, BA, MA, PhD (Toronto)
Assistant Professors
C.A. Abbott, BA, MA, PhD (Ohio State), J
H.S. Fournier, BA (Toronto), MA, PhD (Western Ontario)
R.J. Fournier, BA, MA, PhD (Western - Ontario)
G. Losier, BA, MA (Ottawa), PhD (Paris)
Lecturers
A. Brunelle, BA, MA (Montreal)
N. Rolland, Baccalauréat és Arts, Licence és Lettres (Laval), MA (Toronto)
Language Instructors
P. Aplevich, BA, MA (Waterloo)
H. Carty, BA (Waterloo), MA (Wilfrid Laurier)
J. Hovey, BA (Queer’s)
H. McLenaghan, Licence en Phil, Rom. (Brussels), MA (Waterloo), PhD (Western Ontario)
Oore, BA (Tel Aviv), MA (Waterloo)
T. Sabaryn, Licence (Toulouse)
J refers to faculty members at St.
Jerome’s College
French
Courses not offered in the current academic year are listed at the end of this section.
FIRST YEAR COURSES
1. The Department reserves the right to refuse admission to any of its language courses to a student who has, in the view of the Department, a level of competence unsuited to that course.
2. Students who have little or no secondary school French should enrol in French 151/182.
3. Students with Grade 12 secondary school French should enrol in French 155.
4. Students with Grade 13 secondary school French should enrol in French 192A/192B and/or French 195/196.
5. All students enrolling in FR’ 192A/192B must take the French Language Placement Test, to be held on Thursday, September 5, 1985 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Arts Lecture Hail 116.
6. Students should consult the Depart mental brochure “French at Waterloo” for further details, and for any changes in offerings after the Calendar goes to press.
7. Linguistics, Language, Civilization, and Literature courses are listed Separately below.
For students with little or no high school French. An elementary course designed to give a comprehensive approach to French language study to the beginning student of French. Involves reading, writing and speaking French. Successful completion of FR 151 qualifies a student to take FR 152. The Placement Test is not required but students must consult the Department before enrolling.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
A continuation of the work done in FR 151. Successful compietion of FR 152 qualifies a student to take FR 155. Prereq: FR 151 or consent of Department Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
FR 16S FW 4C,1L 05
Intensive Review of French
Normally, students with up to Ontario Grade 12 French are placed in this course. A 1 term course which gives an intensive review of French language study for students who do not have the equivalent of Ontario Grade 13 French. Successful completion of FR 155 qualifies a student to take FR 192A.
Prereq: The equivalent of Ontario Grade 12 French or consent of the Department .
The Placement Test is not required, but students must consult the Depart. ment before enrolling.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
For students with Ontario Grade 13 French. An intensive French tanguage course. Emphasis will be placed on strengthening oral expression, comprehension of spoken French, reading and writing skills. Taught in French.
Prereq: Grade 13 French, FR 152, 155 or consent of the Department
All students enrolling in FR 192 must take the French Placement Test to be held on Thursday, September 5, 1985 in Arts Lecture Hall, Room 116, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
Continuation of FR 192A. Also offered at St. Jerome's College
An elementary course, taught in English, designed to give the student a rapid and adequate reading knowledge of French. Basic elements of French sentence structure are explained, and reading passages from diverse academic disciplines are studied. This course will not give the student training: in oral French. Successful completion of FR 198/199 will satisfy the “reading knowledge of French” requirement of the University of Waterloo Graduate program.
This course may be taken ona CR/FAIL basis only. There is no grade assigned.
Prereq: Consent of Department
Not open to students with Ontario Grade 12 French or above, or with FR 151, 152, 156 or 192.
16.59
A continuation and completion of the work begun in FR 198.
This course may be taken on a CR/FAIL basis only. There is no grade assigned.
Prereq: FR 198 or consent of the Department.
Intensive oral and aural training in the classroom. There will be particular emphasis on comprehension and conversation, with the class being divided into smail groups for practice in speaking. These groups will be streamed according to the fluency of the students.
Prereq: Normally 1 of: FR 152, 155 or. consenfof Department
Maximum enrolment of 15 in each section.
Continuation and completion of work begun in FR 205.
Prereq: FR 205 or consent of Depart: ment
Maximum enrolment of 1§ in each section.
Advanced level for continued intensive oral and aural training in the classroom. Particular emphasis on comprehension and conversation, with the class divided into small groups for practice in speaking.
Prereq: FR 192, 195/196, 206, 251 or consent of Department
Maximum enrolment of 15 in each section.
Continuation and compietion of work begun in FR 207.
Prereq: FR 207 or consent of Depart ment . Maximum enrolment of 15 in each section.
This course is designed to give students practice in the research, the organization and the writing of a variety of reports in the French language.
Prereq: FR 192, 195/196 or consent of Department
May only be used. for elective credit by French Major or Honours students.
Continued training in spoken and written French, with emphasis on more difficult problems of the language. Taught in French.
Prereq: FR 192, 195/196 or consent of Department
Continued training in spoken and written French, with emphasis on more difficult problems of the language. Taught in French. Free composition will be stressed.
Prereq: FR 251 or consent of Depart ment
A French language course designed to enable the student to carry on standard business practices in spoken and written French.
Prereq: FR 192, 195/196 or consent of Department
This course includes a review of advanced grammar. It aims to develop writing skills through compositions, and to provide practice in advanced oral skills with work in small groups. Taught in French.
Prereq: FA 205, 252, or consent of Department . .
FR 32 2C,2T 0.5 French Language ‘ This course concentrates on the development of writing skills through a study of the practical stylistics of French, and provides practice in advanced oral skills, with work in small groups.
Prereq: FFI 250, 252, or consent of Department
This course will provide students with the vocabulary, style and syntax to carry on basic accounting in French.
Prereq: FR 192, 196 or consent of Department
A course in advanced translation, dealing with both the theories of translation and their implementation. Special attention will be paid to metalinguistic problems which affect style and meaning. .
Prereq: FR 300, 302, or consent of the Department
A continuation of the work done in FR 401. Special attention will be given to the practice of translation.
Prereq: FR 401 or consent of the Department
LINGUISTICS COURSES
Language of Instruction.
Courses are normally taught in French. However, in the case of students not enrolled in a French Major or Honours Program, permission may be given for written assignments and examinations to be done in English.
French.
This course introduces the student on a
practical level to the phonetic system of
contemporary French, and on a theoret-
ical level to a phonological description
of that system. Taught in French. Prereq: FR 192 or consent of Depart
ment
This course will introduce students to a basic theoretic reflection on language. Various important schools of modern linguistic thought ranging from Saussure to Chomsky will be discussed. Taught in French.
Prereq: FR 250, 252, or consent of Department
An area in Linguistics of particular interest to the Instructor and the students will be chosen. Taught in French.
Prereq: FR 250, 252 or consent of Department
Introduction to the early development of French.
Offered at St. Jerome's College.
Course Descriptions French
CIVILIZATION COURSES
Language of instruction.
Courses are normally taught in French. However, in the case of students not enrolled in a Frerich Major or Honours Program, permission may be given for written assignments and examinations to be done in English.
A presentation of traditional and contemporary Quebec in the fields of the Arts, literature, music, politics and society. Taught in French.
Prereq: FR 192, 196 or consent of Department
This course traces the cultural develop-
ment of France from its origin to the
beginning of the Napoleonic Empire.
Emphasis is given to the study of music.
art, architecture, literature, ideas and
“daily life” in their historical context. . See Note under FR 292.
This course completes the study of the cultural development of France to 1900. After that, the course emphasizes a study of life in these 2 areas today. Considerable attention will be paid to © art, politics, industry, etc.
Prereq: FR 291 is recommended
FR 291 and 292 are taught in English. Open to Arts students in second year and higher, and to others in any year. Students in a French Major, Honours, or Minor Program are encouraged to take this course as an elective. ©
Offered in the Nantes Program.
A survey of the principal thinkers and currents of ideas in France from the Renaissance to the Present. Offered in the Nantes Program.
Course ‘Descriptions French.
LITERATURE COURSES
Language of Instruction.
Courses are normally taught in French. However, in the case of students not enrofied in a French Major or Honours Program, permission may be given for written assignments and examinations to be done in English.
For students with Ontario Grade 13 French. A study of various critical approaches and their application to French literature, with emphasis on the literature of French Canada. Taught in French.
Prereq: Grade 13 French or equivalent, FR 152, 155 or consent of Department
For students with Ontario Grade 13 French. A study of various critical approaches and their application to French literature, with emphasis on the literature of France. A continuation of FR 195. Taught in French.
Prereq: Grade 13 French or equiva: lent, FR 152, 155 or consent of Depart ment
This course will trace the development of French literature from 1600-1700. Taught in French.
Prereq: FR 192, 196 or consent of Department
Century French Literature
A more detailed study of writers/works
of the classical period. Taught in French. Prereq: FR 192, 196 or consent of
Department
This course will deal with French litera- ~ ture between 1789 and 1848. This
course will explore the principal literary
movement of this period: Romanticism.
Taught in French.
Prereq: FR 192, 196 or consent of Department
y F h Theatre The study of a representative number of authors and texts from Claudel to lonesco. Taught in French.
Prereq: FR 192, 196 or consent of Department
A study of a limited number of texts by authors such as Gabrielle Roy, André Langevin, Hubert Aquin, Gérard Bessette. Taught in French.
Prereq: FR 192, 196 or consent of Department
This course will trace the development of French literature from 1700-1800. Taught in French.
Prereq: FR 192, 196 or consent ¢ of Department
FR 343: 3C (05 Topics and Problems in Eighteenth Century French Literature A more detailed study of one or more aspects of the Enlightenment. Taught in French.
Prereq: FR 192, 196 or consent of Department
This course will study the literature from 1848 to 1900. It will cover not only the major writers but also the theories behind the social, artistic and intellectual trends in this part of the century. Prereq: FR 192, 196 or consent of Department Not open to students who have taken FR 254.
This course will trace the development of French literature from 1900 to the present with emphasis on: the Novel. Taught in French.
Prereq: FR 192, 196 or consent of Department
A study of its evolution from Octave
Crémazie te Anne Hébert. Taught in
French. Prereq: FR 192, 196 or consent of Department
16.61
A study of contemporary Quebec theatre, from Gratien Gélinas to Michel Tremblay. Taught in French.
A study of selected works by women writers in France from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. The course will focus on the literary quality of these works and on their value as reflections of the position of women in French society throughout the period. Taught in French.
An introduction to French literature of the Middie Ages through the study of representative texts, including excerpts from the epic, courtly and satirical works. Taught in French.
Prereq: FR 192, 196 or consent of Department
Readings in sixteenth century literature; Rabelais, Montaigne, etc. Taught in French.
Readings in sixteenth century poetry: Marot, the Piéiade, the baroque poets, etc. Taught in French.
Each year a different author is the subject of specialized study to permit an in-depth exploration of his/her literary qualities. Taught in French.
- Prereq: FR 192, 196 or consent of Department
A small group of students follows a course of study under the supervision of a faculty member. For details, inquire of the Department.