French

Dunton Tower 1602

Telephone: 520-2168

E-mail: french@carleton.ca

The Department

Chair of the Department, D. Rosse

Departmental Supervisor of Graduate
Studies, C. Doutrelepont

The program of studies leading to a Master of Arts degree in French consists of courses (0.5 credit each) covering the fields of French linguistics, linguistic analysis of literary discourse, literary history, and literary criticism. The availability of a great variety of courses and the existence of 20.580, 20.597, 20.598, and 20.599, in which the student establishes course content in consultation with his/her adviser, allow for considerable flexibility and choice in wide ranging or highly specialized studies.

Qualifying-Year Program

Applicants who hold a general (3 year) bachelor's degree with at least B standing or higher, with a major in French, are required to register in the qualifying-year program (normally 5.0 credits in French chosen from those numbered at the 400-level), and maintain at least B+ standing overall, before proceeding to the M.A. program.

Qualifying-year students should consult the Undergraduate Calendar for a listing of 400-level courses.

Master of Arts

Admission Requirements

Program Requirements

Students establish their programs in consultation with an adviser from the Department who will normally be the Supervisor of Graduate Studies or the professor with whom they take 20.597, 20.598, or 20.599.

The following three options are available:

* 4.0 credits of which at least 3.0 credits must be chosen from courses at the 500-level; and an oral and written examination (Comprehensive) equivalent to 1.0 credit, in which the student demonstrates a good grasp of the tools and methods of scholarship, as well as competence in three chosen specialized areas

* 4.0 credits of which at least 3.0 credits must be chosen from courses at the 500-level; and a Research Essay equivalent to 1.0 credit (French 20.598), with an oral examination

* 3.0 credits of which at least 2.0 credits must be chosen from courses at the 500-level; and a master's thesis equivalent to 2.0 credits (French 20.599), with an oral examination

With the approval of the supervisor of graduate studies, M.A. students in French may select the equivalent of 1.0 credit at the graduate or senior undergraduate level outside the 500-level courses offered by the Department.

Guidelines for Completion of Master's Degree

Normally, all full-time students are expected to fulfill the requirements of the M.A. program by the end of the fifth term of study. Generally, students should be able to complete their program within four terms.

Students are required to file with the Department of French a detailed proposal of their thesis, research essay or comprehensive exam. Full-time master's candidates are required to submit this proposal by the end of the ninth month of full-time registration.

Academic Standing

Graduate Courses

Not all of the following courses are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for 1999-2000, please consult the Registration Instructions and Class Schedule booklet published in the summer.

F,W,S indicates term of offering. Courses offered in the fall and winter are followed by T. The number following the letter indicates the credit weight of the course: 1 denotes 0.5 credit, 2 denotes 1.0 credit.

The graduate courses offered by the Department are open to students in the M.A. program and, with permission of the Department, to students in the qualifying-year program. For prerequisites, please consult the Department.

French 20.501F1 or W1

Théories linguistiques francaises

Topic may vary from year to year.

French 20.502W1

Linguistique du français I

Topic may vary from year to year.

French 20.503F1

Linguistique du français II

Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as French 20.480, for which additional credit is precluded.

French 20.504F1 or W1

Linguistique du français canadien

Topic may vary from year to year.

French 20.506W1

Linguistique du français langue seconde

Étude de l'évolution des méthodologies d'apprentissage. a) Tableau panoramique (description, fondements, critique). b) Développement de la société; évolution des sciences sociales. c) Perspectives sur l'interculturel, les conséquences de la «globalisation», l'importance des langues des minorités, la relation avec les droits de la personne.

French 20.507F1

Traduction: théorie et pratique

Poésie et traduction. Après une introduction théorique, définitions générales, traduction de la métaphore, des jeux de mots, traduction féministe, les exercices pratiques porteront sur la traduction en français de textes de poètes canadiens-anglais et anglophones et en anglais de textes de poètes québécois et francophones.

French 20.520W1

Aspect linguistique particulier

Francophonie et français contemporains. État de la francophonie dans le monde. Sociolinguistique et évolution historique des français contemporains. Enjeux socio-économiques et politiques. Le français des Amériques.

French 20.541F1 or W1

Sémiotique littéraire

Topic may vary from year to year.

French 20.542F1

Littérature et rhétorique

Fictionalité, rhétorique et historiographie dans trois romans français du 19^e siècle : théories et pratiques. V. Hugo, Notre-Dame de Paris, Dumas père, La Reine Margot, Flaubert, Salammbô.

French 20.543F1 or W1

Littérature et idéologie

Topic may vary from year to year.

French 20.544W1

Auteurs I

Ironie et satire dans le roman réaliste au XIX^e siècle. On étudiera six romans (Stendhal, Balzac, Flaubert, Zola, Maupassant, Barbey d'Aurevilly) pour dégager les formes d'ironie et de satire qui leur sont caractéristiques.

French 20.545F1 or W1

Themes, écoles, mouvements

Topic may vary from year to year.

French 20.546F1

Genres I

Théâtre : La Dramaturgie francophone. Cerner une poétique théâtrale de la résistance aux Antilles francophones/créolophones (Ha?ti, Martinique et Guadeloupe), à partir de la dramaturgie d'Aimé Césaire, de Daniel Boukman, de Vincent Placoly, de Maryse Condé et de Frankétienne.

French 20.546W1

Genres I

Rire au Moyen Âge. Rire et société, religion et morale, aspects de la satire. Thèmes : l'anticléricalisme, l'antiféminisme, la nouveauté, la politique, les classes sociales. Textes bilingues, ancien français et français moderne.

French 20.547F1 or W1

Genres II

Topic may vary from year to year.

French 20.548F1 or W1

Littérature française I

Topic may vary from year to year.

French 20.549F1 or W1

Littérature francaise II

Topic may vary from year to year.

French 20.550F1

Littérature canadienne-française I

Le rôle de la mémoire collective et personnelle dans la littérature québécoise: L'Amélanchier (Jacques Ferron),Les Masques,Gilbert La Rocque),Kamouraska (Anne Hébert), Le Cycle (Gérard Bessette), L'Élan d'Amérique (André Langevin), Il n'y a pas de pays sans grand-père (Roch Carrier).

French 20.551F1 or W1

Littérature canadienne-française II

Topic may vary from year to year.

French 20.561F1 or W1

Sémiotique culturelle

Topic may vary from year to year.

French 20.562F1 or W1

Littérature, société, communication

Topic may vary from year to year.

French 20.563F1 or W1

Littérature et les autres arts

Topic may vary from year to year.

French 20.564F1 or W1

Paralittératures

Topic may vary from year to year.

French 20.570W1

Aspect littéraire culturel particulier

Étude des questions principales abordées par l'écriture et la théorie féministes, en France et au Québec. Analyses d'oeuvres littéraires féministes à la lumière de la théorie féministe, et vice versa. Textes théoriques et/ou fictifs de L'Irigaray, H.Cixous, M.Duras, N.Brossard, F.Théoret, D.Boucher, L.Bersianik.

French 20.580F1, W1, S1

Cours de lectures dirigées

Sujet établi sur proposition de l'étudiant en consultation avec son conseiller.

French 20.597F2, W2, S2

Comprehensive Examination

French 20.598F2, W2, S2

Mémoire de recherche

Tout(e) étudiant(e) qui ne fait pas de thèse, choisira un directeur d'études avec qui il/elle préparera un mémoire d'une cinquantaine de pages sur un sujet de son choix. Ce travail sera sanctionné par un examen oral.

French 20.599F4, W4, S4

M.A. Thesis