Graduate Bulletin
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1996-1997
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French
In the College of Arts and Letters
Office: Business Administration and Math. 304
Telephone: (619) 594-6491
Fax: (619) 594-8006
EMail:
french.coord@sdsu.edu
Thomas J. Cox, Ph.D., Professor of French, Chair of Department
Edith J. Benkov, Ph.D., Professor of French
Alvord G. Branan, Ph.D., Professor of French
Laurie D. Edson, Ph.D., Professor of French
James L. Schorr, Ph.D., Professor of French, Graduate Adviser
JoAnne Cornwell, Ph.D., Associate Professor of French
Graduate teaching associateships in French are available to a limited number of qualified students. Application blanks and additional information may be secured from the chair of the department.
The Department of French and Italian Languages and Literatures, in the College of Arts and Letters, offers graduate study leading to the Master of Arts degree in French.
Research areas of the graduate faculty cover all periods of French literature as well as French linguistics. In particular, the department includes specialists on Louise Labé, Racine, Justus van Effen, Flora Tristan, and in fields such as Romanticism, modern French poetry, theatre, Francophone literature, novel, and applied French linguistics. The library collection provides up-to-date research resources - books, periodicals, microfilms and video materials in all of these areas. A foreign language laboratory with modern equipment is available to both undergraduate and graduate students.
The student must satisfy the general requirements for admission to the University with classified standing, as described in Part Two of this bulletin. In addition, the student must satisfy the following requirements: (1) an undergraduate major in French, or its equivalent, including 24 upper division units, at least six units of which must be in a survey course in French literature; (2) a GPA of 3.0 (on a 4-point scale) in all upper division French courses; (3) three letters of recommendation from professors, at least two of which should be from professors of French at the institution where the degree was granted; (4) a score of 500 on the verbal section and 450 on the quantitative section of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test.
All students must satisfy the general requirements for advancement to candidacy as stated in Part Two of this bulletin, and students will be required to pass a qualifying examination in French given by the Department of French and Italian.
In addition to meeting the requirements for classified graduate standing and the basic requirements for the master's degree as described in Part Two of this bulletin, the student must complete a graduate program of at least 30 units which includes a major consisting of at least 24 units in French, of which at least 18 units must be in 600- and 700-numbered courses in French, including French 799A, Thesis, for those following Plan A.
Students, with the consent of the graduate adviser, may elect Plan A, which includes French 799A, Thesis (minimum GPA 3.6), or Plan B, which includes written and oral examinations in lieu of the thesis.
Related courses (500 and graduate level) in other departments may be taken for a total of six units credit with prior approval of the graduate adviser.
501. Translation (3)
Prerequisite: French 302.
Stylistic comparison of French and English through translation of a variety of prose styles from English to French and from French to English.
521. Seventeenth Century French Literature (3)
Prerequisites: French 302 and either 305A or 305B.
Major authors of the seventeenth century.
531. Eighteenth Century French Literature (3)
Prerequisites: French 302 and either 305A or 305B.
Major eighteenth century writers of fiction, with emphasis on Voltaire, Diderot and Rousseau.
541. Nineteenth Century French Novel (3)
Prerequisites: French 302 and either 305A or 305B.
Major novelists of the nineteenth century.
543. Modern French Theatre (3)
Prerequisites: French 302 and either 305A or 305B.
Major dramatists of modern France.
545. Modern French Poetry (3)
Prerequisites: French 302 and either 305A or 305B.
Representative French poets of the modern era.
551. Twentieth Century French Novel (3)
Prerequisites: French 302 and either 305A or 305B.
Major French novelists of the twentieth century.
560. Applied French Linguistics (3)
Prerequisites: French 302 and 304.
Phonemics, morphemics, syntax and semantics of present day French. Taught in English.
561. Methods in Teaching French as a Second Language (3)
Prerequisite: French 560.
Teaching of French as a second language; contemporary theory and methods. Not open to students with credit or concurrent enrollment in Spanish 561. Taught in English.
596. Topics in French Studies (1-4)
Prerequisite: French 302.
Topics in French language, literature, and linguistics. May be repeated with new content. See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor's degree. Maximum credit of nine units of 596. Maximum combined credit of six units of 596 and 696 applicable to a 30-unit master's degree.
621. Critical Methods (3)
Prerequisite: Eighteen upper division units in French.
Methods and theories of critical analysis and their application to the works of a major French author or literary genre.
696. Topics in French Studies (3)
Prerequisite: Eighteen upper division units in French.
Intensive study in specific areas of French. May be repeated with new content. See Class Schedule for specific content. Maximum credit six units applicable to a master's degree. Maximum combined credit of six units of 596 and 696 applicable to a 30-unit master's degree.
701. Seminar in Medieval French (3)
Prerequisite: Eighteen upper division units in French.
Directed research in the works of a representative author, genre or movement. May be repeated with new content. See Class Schedule for specific content. Maximum credit six units applicable to a master's degree.
711. Seminar in Literature of the French Renaissance (3)
Prerequisite: Eighteen upper division units in French.
Directed research in the works of a representative author, genre or movement. May be repeated with new content. See Class Schedule for specific content. Maximum credit six units applicable to a master's degree.
721. Seminar in Seventeenth Century French Literature (3)
Prerequisite: Eighteen upper division units in French.
Directed research in the works of a representative author, genre or movement. May be repeated with new content. See Class Schedule for specific content. Maximum credit six units applicable to a master's degree.
731. Seminar in Eighteenth Century French Literature (3)
Prerequisite: Eighteen upper division units in French.
Directed research in the works of a representative author, genre or movement. May be repeated with new content. See Class Schedule for specific content. Maximum credit six units applicable to a master's degree.
741. Seminar in Nineteenth Century French Literature (3)
Prerequisite: Eighteen upper division units in French.
Directed research in the works of a representative author, genre or movement. May be repeated with new content. See Class Schedule for specific content. Maximum credit six units applicable to a master's degree.
751. Seminar in Twentieth Century French Literature (3)
Prerequisite: Eighteen units of upper division French.
Directed research in the works of a representative author, genre or movement. May be repeated with new content. See Class Schedule for specific content. Maximum credit six units applicable to a master's degree.
761. Seminar in Francophone Literatures (3)
Prerequisite: Eighteen units of upper division French.
Works by noncontinental French authors. Connections among literature, politics, and cultural identity. Critical responses examined in terms of their cultural relativity and relationship to French literary tradition. May be repeated with new content. See Class Schedule for specific content. Maximum credit six units applicable to a master's degree.
798. Special Study (1-3) Cr/NC/SP
Prerequisites: Advancement to candidacy and approval of graduate adviser.
Individual study. Maximum credit three units applicable to a master's degree.
799A. Thesis (3) Cr/NC/SP
Prerequisites: An officially appointed thesis committee and
advancement to candidacy.
Preparation of a project or thesis for the master's degree.
799B. Thesis Extension (0) Cr/NC
Prerequisite: Prior registration in Thesis 799A with an assigned
grade symbol of SP.
Registration required in any semester or term following assignment of SP in Course 799A in which the student expects to use the facilities and resources of the university; also student must be registered in the course when the completed thesis is granted final approval.
