Lecture/lab. Historical background of consecutive interpretation. Acquisition of skills through lab practice in note taking, organizing and presenting information from one foreign language into English. Texts: Jean Herbert's The Interpreter's Handbook; Danica Seleskovitch, Interpretation, A physiological approach to translating; J.F. Rozan, Note taking in Consecutive Interpretation. Prerequisites: Fluency in one or more foreign languages. Notes: For undergraduates and graduates. Course is core component for Certificate in General Language Interpretation (CGLI).

The second of two consecutive courses devoted to advanced grammar review and composition (following French 371). Extensive written practice with various grammatical structures, frequent short writing assignments, introduction to literary analysis. Taught in French.

Focuses on major playwrights and on such topics as surrealism, theater of the absurd, and comedy.

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Course taught in French. Introduction to culture and political forces that shaped French-speaking regions outside of Europe, and idea of francophonie. Topics may include: history and ideology of French colonialism; cultural, as distinct from political, colonialism; cultural nationalism; bilingualism and its social, cultural, and linguistic consequences. Prerequisites flexible-consult instructor. Non-majors may write in English.

Course taught in French. Some of the major contributions of French writers over the centuries to an exploration of the human condition. Focus on several different aspects of the relations between such intellectual inquiry and the evolution of literary forms and genres. The specific themes chosen by the instructor. For example: first semester: love and hate in tragedies, comedies, poems and novels; second semester: adolescence, identity, and individuation. May be used for the major requirement instead of FRENCH 324.