Major in French Literature
The minimum requirement for a major in French literature is seven full courses beyond French 300 (see chart below). Along with 314, majors are normally expected to take at least two additional 300-level courses, one of which must be 360, before registering for 400-level courses. A minimum of three 400-level courses numbered between 401 and 409 is expected. Senior majors participate, during their final semester, in the 410 seminar which ties together their upper-level coursework and prepares them for their comprehensive examinations; seminar participants also research a French literary topic of their choosing and complete a sustained piece of writing on the subject in French. In addition, majors must study in a French-speaking country for at least a semester and take an advanced language course there (the department helps students find appropriate programs). For double majors only, upon receiving a satisfactory petition explaining the impossibility of studying in a French-speaking country for a full semester, the department will then be willing to offer one of the following two alternatives in fulfilling this requirement: study abroad for a summer (5 to 8 weeks, 2 course credits) and take one additional 400-level literature course numbered 401 to 409 in the department; or take two additional 400-level literature courses in the department.
The following four courses
- Fren 311: Composition, or Fren 312: Conversation, or Fren 313: Contemporary Language (With another advanced language course abroad)
- Fren 314: Introduction to Literature of the French-Speaking World
- Fren 360: Literary Analysis
- Fren 410: Senior Seminar in French Literature
A minimum of three of the five following courses in literature
- Fren 401: Early French Literature
- Fren 403: The 17th Century
- Fren 405: The 18th Century
- Fren 407: The 19th Century
- Fren 409: Contemporary Literature
