This course introduces students to literature and culture from a variety of perspectives. It will increase confidence and skill in writing and speaking; integrate historical, political, and social contexts into the study of literary texts from France and the French-speaking world; and bring understanding of the special relevance of earlier periods to contemporary French and Francophone cultural and aesthetic issues. Students explore diversified works - literature, historical documents, film, art, and music - and do formal oral and written presentations.

This course introduces the literatures of French-speaking countries outside Europe. Readings include tales, novels, plays, and poetry from Africa, the Caribbean, Canada, and other areas. Discussions and short papers examine the texts as literary works as well as keys to the understanding of varied cultures. Students will be asked to do formal oral and written presentations.

This course will introduce students to contemporary popular culture in France and the French-speaking world, largely through the study of recent (post-1990) best-selling novels, popular music, and feature films. Students will be asked to give formal oral presentations based on up-to-date materials gathered from the Internet and/or French television and to participate actively in class discussion.

Histoire et Patrimoine: While exploring decisive moments of France's past, students will examine the development of art and architecture, from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, and familiarize themselves with the mentality of each period (Medieval tapestries, Romanesque and Gothic cathedrals, Renaissance castles, Classic and Rococo art and architecture, and 19th Century schools of painting). Through a combination of movies, readings, pictures, and interactive links on the syllabus, students will prepare for oral presentations and essays.

A survey of the evolution of the woman's voice, whether lyrical, spiritual or expository, from H'loïse to Mme de Staël, in comparison with their (often more famous) male contemporaries, both mentors and rivals. Other authors to include: female troubadours and trouv'res, Marie de France, Marguerite Porete, Marguerite d'Oingt, Christine de Pizan, Pernette du Guillet, Louise Lab', Marguerite de Navarre, Mme de S'vign', and Françoise de Graffigny.

If all is fair in love and war, are there rules for the game of power and seduction? As we move through the golden ages of absolute power in Spain, France, and Italy, will we witness a change for women? Students will explore such questions as they read plays by Tirso de Molina, Jos' Zorilla, Moli're, Beaumarchais, Goldoni; Mozart's opera Don Giovanni, and film versions of Dangerous Liaisons and Casanova's Memoirs.

Emphasizes stability (aplomb) in various turning movements and exercises done on demi-pointe and full pointe. The students will work on improving their classical form through emphasis placed on the plasticity of the arms and torso. As the semester progresses, all possible approaches to the given movements will be developed. At this level the musical interpretation will enhance the complexity of the ballet exercises. The last half hour of class will be devoted to strengthening pointe technique.

The relationship between colonizer and colonized is two-fold: on the one hand a visible, immediate (military, economic, and political) domination, and on the other, a more subtle, less visible (ideological) domination.