French (FREN) 374
Introduction à la littérature canadienne-française (Revision 4)
Revision 4 is closed for registrations, replaced by current version
Delivery Mode: Individualized study
Credits: 6
Area of Study: Humanities
Prérequis/prerequisite: FREN 362 et déclaration d'admissibilité par le/la professeur/e du cours. FREN 362 and permission to register from the course professor.
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
FREN 374 has a Challenge for Credit option.
Overview
Ce cours a été conçu afin de permettre à l'étudiant(e) de prendre connaissance de la littérature canadienne-française de ses débuts vers le milieu du seizième siècle aux dernières décennies du vingtième siècle. Etude d'oeuvres choisies présentées à l'intérieur d'un cadre historique: roman, théâtre, poésie. L'objectif principal du cours est de créer une atmosphère favorable à une découverte littéraire personnelle et stimulante.
FREN 374 is a survey course which offers students an overview of French Canadian literature from its beginnings in the sixteenth century to the late twentieth century. Selected works from different genres (novel, theatre, poetry) will be studied in their social and historical context. The main objective of the course is to allow students to make their own personal discovery of French Canadian literature and develop an appreciation of it.
Outline
Unité 1: La Nouvelle-France, 1534 à 1760
Unité 2: Survivance, 1763 à 1890
Unité 3: Maturation, 1900 à 1939
Unité 4: Prise de conscience, 1940 à 1960
Unité 5: La Révolution tranquille, 1960 à 1970
Unité 6: Modernité, 1970 à 1985
Evaluation
To receive credit for FREN 374, you must achieve a course composite grade of at least “D” (50 percent) and a grade of at least 50 percent on the final examination. The weighting of the course assignments is as follows:
| Dissertation I | 10% |
| Dissertation II | 10% |
| Dissertation III | 10% |
| Dissertation IV | 10% |
| Dissertation V | 10% |
| Dissertation VI | 10% |
| Exam | 40% |
| Total | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Course Materials
Textbooks
Blais, Marie-Claire. 1980. Une saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel. Montréal: Stanké.
Brossard, Nicole. 1980. Les Amantes. Montréal: Les Quinze.
Conan, Laure. 1980. Angéline de Monbrun. Montréal: Fides.
Dubé, Marcel. 1960. Florence. Montréal: Leméac.
Gélinas, Gratien. 1981. Tit-Coq. Montréal: Les Quinze.
Germain, Jean-Claude. 1976. Un pays dont la devise est je m'oublie. Montréal: VLB.
Godbout, Jacques. 1976. l'Isle au Dragon. Paris: Seuil.
Hémon, Louis. 1980. Maria Chapdelaine. Montréal: Fides.
LeBel, Michel, et Jean-Marcel Paquette. 1979. Le Québec par ses textes littéraires (1534 - 1976). Montréal, France-Québec/Fernand Nathan.
Mailhot, Laurent et Pierre Nepveu. La poésie québécoise. Des origines à nos jours. Montréal : Éditions TYPO, 2007.
Roy, Gabrielle. 2009. Bonheur d'occasion. Montréal: Alain Stanké.
Savard, Félix-Antoine. 1982. Menaud maître-draveur. Montréal: Fides.
Thériault, Yves. 1980. Ashini. Montréal: Fides.
Tremblay, Michel. 1972. Les Belles-Soeurs. Montréal: Leméac.
Other Materials
The course materials also include a Study Guide and a Student Manual.
Challenge for Credit Course Overview
The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.
Full information for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.
- Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Policy
- Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Procedures
Challenge Evaluation
To receive credit for the FREN 374 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least “D” (50 percent) on the examination and a grade of at least 50 per cent on each of two essays (to be submitted as word documents).
| Essay 1 | Essay 2 | Exam | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25% | 25% | 50% | 100% |
Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.
Opened in Revision 4, March 23, 2001.