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Summer 2009 French

French

The French Language Program offers teachers the opportunity to improve their skills, earn credit for professional development or continuing education, or qualify for a three-year MAT degree program. Teachers interested in joining the MAT program in French may apply after successful completion of two French courses in the World Languages Institute. The MAT program, which requires thirty credits of course work in French methodology, language, culture, or literature, is designed primarily for individuals already teaching French. These courses may be accepted for state certification. Details of the MAT program are available at the Department of French or its web site at http://french.rutgers.edu.

Teachers in the French program also can benefit from numerous workshops and other activities throughout the year organized by Rutgers’ French Resource Center, an initiative in cooperation with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Course Offerings: See also Core Curriculum.

STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY FRENCH CULTURE: BRINGING THE LOUVRE INTO THE FRENCH CLASSROOM. (CR. 3.)
16:420:505:03:91537
JULY 15-JULY 28 SESSION C
TIME TO BE ARRANGED.
BOMBART/LOUVRE STAFF
PARIS, FRANCE
This two-week course will grant its participants the unique opportunity to study in France’s former royal palace, located in the heart of Paris. Based on lectures and workshops provided on-site by the museum staff and a faculty member from the Rutgers French Department, the course aims to provide teachers not only with first-rate and extensive access to the world’s premier museum, but also with pedagogical means and ideas to bring its riches back into the classroom. Conducted in French. Limited to 20 participants. Special fees. Visit this link for details or contact the Department of French at 732-932-8223.

STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY FRENCH CULTURE: IMMIGRANT NATION: THE FRENCH MELTING POT. (CR.3.)
16:420:505:G1:93913
N.B. DAY JULY 16-JULY 29
THFMTW 1:30-5:30 SESSION C
SCHILLING
Why does the subject of immigration so polarize France today? How do collective representations of migrant identity reflect State policy, demography, and the colonial legacy? Conducted in French.

FRENCH ACROSS THE CURRICULUM: NAPOLEON. (CR. 3.)
16:420:514:D1:94068
N.B. DAY JULY 1-JULY 15
WTHFMT 1:30-5:30 SESSION B
EISENZWEIG
A look at Napoleon as a historical figure and cultural artifact. The course will retrace the rise of the Corsican officer during the French Revolution and the subsequent transformation of France under the first Empire, as well as the Bonapartist political legacy throughout nineteenth-century France. We will then examine and try to understand Napoleon’s uniquely lasting presence in modern imagination, from literature to music, to painting, to film. Students will be assigned specific projects in this regard, with an emphasis on the possible uses of Napoleonic mythology in K-12 language classes. Conducted in French.

STUDIES IN FRENCH FILM: THREE GENRES OF FRENCH CINEMA. (CR. 3.)
16:420:516:B6:94069
N.B. EVE MAY 28-JUNE 25
MWTH 5:00-8:15 SESSION A
SWENSON
CANCELLED DUE TO LOW ENROLMENT
This course will present an historical approach to the development of three major genres whose combination of critical and commercial success are are essential to the vitality of contemporary French cinema: comedies, crime thrillers, and literary adaptations. Conducted in French.