French 230 - COLLOQUIUM IN FRENCH STUDIES

A gateway to more advanced courses. These colloquium develop skills in expository writing and critical thinking in French. Materials include novels, films, essays, and cultural documents. Students may receive credit for only one section of FRN 230. Enrollment limited to 16. Basis for the major. Prerequisite: FRN 220 or permission of the instructor. "Islam de France" is a survey of contemporary flashpoints in the debate surrounding the place of Islam in French society. Students analyze a wide variety of new media documents including internet resources, journalistic articles and blogs, advertising, music videos, documentaries, the "khutbas" of prominent imams, legal texts, political pamphlets and posters, slam poetry, talk shows, as well as photo and video art. The italicization of "de" in "Islam de France" reflects the extent to which the question of Islam?s possible roots in France has been contested: can a homegrown, European, even Republican Islamic tradition emerge in France?

Topic: French Islam.