Proposed Syllabi of M.A. in FRENCH Semesters I-IV For The New Session , SEMESTER-I. FRN-121 Usage du francais moderne

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2 Proposed Syllabi of M.A. in FRENCH Semesters I-IV For The New Session , SEMESTER-I FRN-121 Usage du francais moderne 1 12 Different registers of the language according to context, situation and domaine : argotic, familiar, polite, formal, official, conferencial registers and French of literary texts ; some advanced grammar topics; structure and usage of French ; study & analysis of 4 6 texts 2 12 structure and usage of French ; study & analysis of 4 8 texts 3 12 structure and usage of French ; study & analysis of 4 8 texts

3 4 12 structure and usage of French ; study & analysis of 4 8 texts 5 12 structure and usage of French ; study & analysis of 4 8 texts Suggested readings : Le bon usage : Grevisse Grammaire : Larousse

4 SEMESTER-I FRN-122 La civilisation francaise-i (L histoire, la geographie et l economie de la France) 1 12 History of France : the old nation of Gaule, Roman conquest, christianization, Middle Age, tribal invasions, Merovingians : Clovis, Geography of France : the regions, landscapes and climate 2 12 History of France : Carolingians : Charlemagne, Capetians, end of Middle Age, Renaissance, the kings, Enlightenment, French Revolution, French economy: agriculture 3 12 History of France : Napoleon, the empire, Restauration, Second empire, French economy : industries and the tertiary sector.

5 4 12 History of France : Colonialism, 3 rd republic 5 9 History of France : 4 th & 5 th republic, French politics today, Suggested readings : CIEP, Hachette Mesplier, Hachette Hachette Vous avez dit France? : Kimmel, Geographie de la France : Mathieu, Histoire de la France : Riviere, francaise : Thoraval, J, Bordas Les grandes etapes de la civilisation

6 SEMESTER-I FRN-123 Litterature francaise : les origines, le Moyen Age et la Renaissance This paper will seek to focus on i) a very brief introduction to a few major Greek dramatists of the Antiquity having influence on later French classicists and neoclassicists ii) Christianity and the Middle Ages iii) iv) the spirit of Renaissance in France and the study of extracts or complete texts accepted as representatives of the major phases in/ movements of French literature, starting from the the Middle Ages till and including the Renaissance 1 12 Brief introduction to Greek tragedy, its themes, principles and the works of Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides, Arrival of Christianity; the Crusades; Socio-political & cultural condition of France in the Middle Ages; the major cycles of poetic and prose works, 2 12 the major cycles of poetic and prose works (contn,) study of excerpts from Chanson de Roland

7 3 12 Villon Socio-political & cultural condition prevailing in France before and during the Renaissance ; Ronsard and La Pleiade; Study of complete text of the poem La ballade des pendus (Villon) Study of complete texts of the poems France, mere des arts.. & Heureux qui comme Ulysse.. (Du Bellay) and of A Cassandre and Il faut laisser maisons.. (Ronsard) 4 12 Socio-political & cultural condition prevailing in France before and during the Renaissance Excerpts from Gargantua (Rabelais)_

8 5 12 Socio-political & cultural condition prevailing in France before and during the Renaissance Study of two essays by Montaigne Suggested readings : (Apart from the literary texts mentioned in the programme) : Lanson Histoire de la litterature francaise, Histoire de la litterature francaise, Castex et Surer An anthology of French poetry, Oxford History of French literature : Cazamian Litterature francaise : Lagarde et Michel

9 SEMESTER-I FRN-124- Le classicisme et Racine 1 12 Socio-political & cultural conditions prevailing in France before and during the the Age of Classicism, Classical norms of literature, Boileau, Introductory lecture on the great playwrights such as, Corneille, Racine & Moliere Study of the poem Histoire de la poesie francaise (Boileau) Study of the fable La cour du lion (La Fontaine), 2 12 Study of excerpts from L avare (Moliere) Study of the play Andromaque (Racine), : act I (of the complete text) 3 12 Study of the play Andromaque (Racine), : act II (of the complete text)

10 4 12 Study of Andromaque (Moliere) : act III-IV (of the complete text) 5 12 Study of Andromaque (Moliere) : act V (of the complete text) Suggested readings : (Apart from the prescribed literary texts ) : Histoire de la litterature francaise, Lanson Histoire de la litterature francaise, Castex et Surer An anthology of French poetry, Oxford History of French literature : Cazamian Litterature francaise :Lagarde et Michel

11 SEMESTER-I FRN-125 Communiquer en francais -I A. Oral expression : The students strengthen their oral expression by participating in sessions of guided conversation about and around articles, newspaper cutouts, comics, films, as well as about issues/subjects dealt with in their other papers. Both spontaneity and deliberate preparation with a view to enriching one s vocabulary and alternative ways of presenting one s view will be encouraged. B. Written expression : The students strengthen their written production Through both free composition on given themes as well as by writing précis/resumes within stipulated word limits Oral expression : 5-10 sessions around/about topics chosen from sources given above Written expression : 2-3 themes/texts 2 12 Oral expression : 5-10 sessions around/about topics chosen from sources given above Written expression : 2-3 themes/texts

12 3 12 Oral expression : 5-10 sessions around/about topics chosen from sources given above Written expression : 2-3 themes/texts 4 12 Oral expression : 5-10 sessions around/about topics chosen from sources given above Written expression : 2-3 themes/texts 5 12 Oral expression : 5-10 sessions around/about topics chosen from sources given above Written expression : 2-3 themes/texts Suggested readings : Abbabie Ch, Chevelon B, Morsel M.H. L expression ecrite et orale :

13 SEMESTER-I FRN-126 Seminaire The topics for this paper will be decided upon through discussion between the head, the other faculty members and the students according to the latter s area of interest and the convenience of the teachers 1 12 Seminaire 2 12 Seminaire 3 12 Seminaire 4 12 Seminaire 5 12 Seminaire

14 SEMESTER-II FRN 221 (Introduction à la linguistique et la phonétique du francais ) 1 6 Llinguistics : The branches of linguistics; the scientific character of linguistics; some basic concepts : spoken /written language, synchrony /diachrony normative /descriptive linguistics, langue /parole, com - petence /performance, discrete/continuum, expression / content; sign ; its arbitrary nature; significant/ signifié; 6 = 12 Phonetics of French : Fundamentals of phonetics; phonemes; different fields and branches of phonetics such as physiological, physical and experimental as also general, comparative,diachronic, synchronic, corrective, combinatorial and functional phonetics; phonation; organs of speech production and of articulation Llinguistics : moneme /phoneme; double articulation & economy ; the circuit of speech; encoding/decoding ; redundancy; the diagram of the six functions; dominant function ; Phonetics of French : detailed classification of vowels and consonants according to their characteristics (e.g. oral/nasal/muted/sounded/open/closed vowels & as per their manner or their place of articulation : vibrant/ fricative/ occlusive or labialized/ labiodental /dental/palatal/guttural consonants) = 12

15 3 6 Llinguistics : verbal structure; sentence as structure; type and material of a sentence : obligatory and optional types; exercises with different types; the immediate constituents of sentence : nominal phrases 6 Phonetics of French : the IPA (international phonetic alphabet) : transcription and retranscription from and to text = Llinguistics : the immediate constituents of sentence : verbal and prepositional phrases; syntagm & paradigm 6 Phonetics : the phenomenon of liaison : mandatory, optional and prohibited liaisons, exercises = 12

16 5 6 Llinguistics : linguistic neighbourhood; frame-testing; commutation & permutation; excrcises 6 Phonetics : ; elision; rhythmic, basic and breathing groups in French. = 12 Essential reading : Linguistics Comment s initier a la linguistique? : Francois Dubois Charlier & Danielle Leeman, Larousse Phonetics & phonology Seuil M.C.Thomas, PUF Phonetique : que sais-je? : Malmberg, Initiation a la phonetique : Jacqueline Reference books : Linguistics Larousse Linguistique generale : J. Lyons, Elements de linguistique generale :

17 Andre Martinet, A.Colin Initiation a la linguistique, Baylon et Fable, Fernand Nathan Longmans A short history of linguistics : Robins, Phonetics & phonology Martinet, Droz La description phonologiquque :

18 SEMESTER-II FRN 222 La civilisation francaise - II UNIT NO. NO. OF LECTURES 1 12 Religion in France, French educational system UNIT NO. NO. OF LECTURES 2 12 French demography : its composition and problems, immigration issues UNIT NO. NO. OF LECTURES 3 12 Art & culture : brief overview of art and film movements of France

19 4 12 The Francophone world : the vibrant francophone cultures of Maghreb, sub-saharan Africa and the Indian ocean islands 5 12 The Francophone world of Europe and in Northern America (Canada) Essential reading : CIEP, Hachette Mesplier, Hachette Hachette Vous avez dit France? : Kimmel, Geographie de la France : Mathieu, Histoire de la France : Riviere, La Francophonie : Tetu, Hachette Reference books : francaise : Thoraval, J, Bordas Les grandes etapes de la civilisation L histoire de l art : Nathan

20 SEMESTER-II FRN 223 Litterature francaise : l Age des Lumieres In this paper we shall closely study extracts or complete texts of classics accepted as representative of the major phases / movements from the age of enlightenment. For the coming session, complete texts of Candide & Zadig, two novels by Voltaire, the great thinker/philosopher/satirist Voltaire will be studied. UNIT NO. NO. OF LECTURES 1 12 Intoductory lectures on the century, the movement and the author; Candide : chapters I XV 2 12 Candide : chapters XVI XXX 3 12 Zadig : till & including la femme battue 4 12 Zadig : till & including les combats

21 5 12 Zadig : from l ermite to the end Suggested readings : Candide : Voltaire. Flammarion/Didier/Hatier Zadig : Voltaire., Flammarion/Didier/Hatier Lanson Histoire de la litterature francaise, Francaises : Castex et Surer, Hachette Manuel des etudes litteraires An anthology of French poetry, Oxford History of French literature : Cazamian Litterature francaise : Lagarde et Michel

22 SEMESTER-II FRN 224 Title : Litterature francaise : 19e siecle In this paper we shall closely study extracts or complete texts of classics generally accepted as representative of the major phases / movements of the rich literature of the 19 th century. The ages/movements covered are : romanticism, parnasse, realism, naturalism, symbolism). UNIT NO. NO. OF LECTURES 1 12 Intoductory lecture on the century, the movements and the authors to be studied; La bouteille a la mer (Vigny), LaConscience (Hugo), UNIT NO. NO. OF LECTURES 2 12 Intoductory lectures on the century, the movements and the authors to be studied; extcerpts from Hernani (Hugo)

23 UNIT NO. NO. OF LECTURES 3 12 L Art (Gautier), Le collier (Maupassant) Harmonie du soir (Baudelaire) UNIT NO. NO. OF LECTURES 4 12 Voyelles, Le bateau ivre (Rimbaud), UNIT NO. NO. OF LECTURES 5 12 Le cygne (Mallarme) Art poetique (Verlaine), Suggested readings : (Apart from the prescribed literary texts ) : Histoire de la litterature francaise,

24 Lanson Francaises : Castex et Surer, Hachette Manuel des etudes litteraires An anthology of French poetry, Oxford History of French literature : Cazamian Litterature francaise : Lagarde et Michel

25 SEMESTER-II FRN-225 Communiquer en francais -II A. Oral expression : The students strengthen their oral production by participating in sessions of guided conversation about and around articles, newspaper cutouts, comics, films, as well as about issues/subjects dealt with in their other papers. Both spontaneity and deliberate preparation with a view to enriching one s vocabulary and alternative ways of presenting one s view will be encouraged. B. Written expression : The students strengthen their written production Through both free composition on given themes as well as by writing précis/resumes within stipulated word limits Oral expression : 5-10 sessions around/about topics chosen from sources given above Written expression : 2-3 themes/texts 2 12 Oral expression : 5-10 sessions around/about topics chosen from sources given above Written expression : 2-3 themes/texts

26 3 12 Oral expression : 5-10 sessions around/about topics chosen from sources given above Written expression : 2-3 themes/texts 4 12 Oral expression : 5-10 sessions around/about topics chosen from sources given above Written expression : 2-3 themes/texts 5 12 Oral expression : 5-10 sessions around/about topics chosen from sources given above Written expression : 2-3 themes/texts SEMESTER-II

27 FRN-226 Seminaire The topics for this paper will be decided upon through discussion between the head, the other faculty members and the students according to the latter s area of interest and the convenience of the teachers 1 12 Seminaire 2 12 Seminaire 3 12 Seminaire 4 12 Seminaire 5 12 Seminaire

28 SEMESTER-III FRN-321 Francais de l hotellerie et du tourisme The paper is offered with a view to strengthening the students skills in conducting themselves and executing language tasks in the said fields through study, simulation and enacting of modules besides the acquisition of the specialized vocabulary, terminology and some domain knowledge of gastronomy, hospitality, tourism and aviation. * (The final content of this particular paper is likely to be both more voluminous than and slightly different from the syllabi given in the boxes below - depending on the choice of manual(s) under consideration) Detailed knowledge of gastronomical & culinary terms of all kinds : of every type of food group and of cutlery, crockery, furniture, equipments and accessories used in the production of food,verbs most frequentlyused in writing recipes; 2 12 verbs most frequently used in writing recipes; French regional dishes; The syntax of a French menu; personnel in a hotel and restauranmt, situational dialogue for hospitality industry Pertinent chapters from the manuals and books prescribed

29 3 12 Vocabulary & situational dialogue for tourism industry Pertinent chapters from the manuals and books prescribed 4 12 Vocabulary & situational dialogue pertaining to accountancy, finance and management Pertinent chapters/exercises from the manuals and books prescribed 5 12 Project on tourism in Jaipur / Rajasthan Suggested readings : tourisme, Dany, Laloy ; Hachette Le francais de l hotellerie et du French for management & tourism

30 Industry : B.Bhattacharya Corado, Sanchez : Hachette Francais commercial : 350 exercices :

31 SEMESTER-III Title : FRN 322 Methodologie d enseignement du francais The paper aims to provide future teachers of the language with the theoretical bases that have resulted from constant experimentations by different schools of pedagogues of the science and art of teaching languages and specifically French G-T, audio-oral, SGAV methods and their achievements and demerits 2 12 behavioural, direct/active methods and their achievements and demerits 3 12 Notional functional - communicative, instrumental methods, implicit & explicit grammar

32 4 12 Rapid French manuals and methods for scientists, technocrats, and other professionals with limited but precise requirements according to their sphere of activity Language lab 5 12 Classroom teaching and fiche pedagogique Language lab Suggested readings : La nouvelle didactique de FLE, Boy et Riviera :CLE international Nouvelle introduction a la didactique de francais langue etrangere : Boyer, Butzbach et al, CLE international Methods such as : Hugo, Dondo, Mauger bleu and rouge, Sans Frontieres, Espaces, Bonne route, Alize, Entre jeunes, Cartes sur table, De vive voix, Methode rose, Synchronie, Nouveau sans frontieres, Connexions, Alter ego etc.

33 SEMESTER-III FRN 323 Title : Les mouvements litteraires et la poesie du 20e siecle This paper a) retraces the journey of French literature through the last century.te movements / inspirations covered are : dadaism, surrealism, theatre of the absurd, existentialism and the new novel and b) focuses on the specific genre of poetry and the movements / inspirations covered are dadaism, surrealism, literature of faith (religious inspiration), committed literature, post-war poetry ( however, major individual poets whose works do not easily lend themselves to such classifications will also be studied. Note also that some of the movements are dominated by theatre and prose and that the poems to be studied in the same papery need strictly correspond to those movements ) 1 12 Two great poets : Valery and Apollinaire Study of Le cimetiere marin (Valery) Study of Cors de chasse, Rosemonde Zone (from Alcools by Apollinaire) UNIT NO. NO. OF LECTURES 2 12 Movements : dadaisme, surrealisme Study of an extract from "La glace sans tain"from the collection «Les Champs magnétiques»by André Breton and Philippe Soupault. Study of Le miroir d un moment, Bonne justice and Le Phenix (Eluard)

34 3 12 Movements : literature of faith (religious inspiration), theatre of the absurd Study of La Messe la-bas (Claudel) Study of Heureux ceux qui sont morts (Peguy) 4 12 Movement : existentialism Study of L'huître", "La bougie","l'allumette", "L'orange, "Les poêles", "Le platane ou la permanance" and «Le cageot» (Francis Ponge) 5 12 Movement : nouveau roman Douve parle» from «Du mouvement et de l immobilité de Douve» (Yves Bonnefoy) extract from «Élégie» in «Sphère»(Guillevic) Suggested readings : (Apart from the prescribed literary texts ) : An anthology of French poetry from

35 Baudelaire to the present day, C. A. Hackett, nouvelle ed, Oxford, Blackwell Francaises : Castex et Surer, Hachette Manuel des etudes litteraires

36 SEMESTER-III FRN 324 Title : Litterature francaise du 20e siecle : theatre UNIT NO. NO. OF LECTURES 1 12 Le malentendu : Camus UNIT NO. NO. OF LECTURES 2 12 Antigone : till the Chorus s observations on tragedy (Anouilh) 3 12 Antigone : the remaining part (Anouilh) 4 12 En attendant Godot : Beckett

37 5 12 En attendant Godot : Beckett Suggested readings : (Apart from the literary texts to be decided upon at the start of every academic year) : Le theatre francais depuis 1900, R. Lalou, P.U.F., 1951 etudes litteraires Manuel des Francaises : Castex et Surer, Hachette Le theatre francais contemporain P. Surer, SEDES, 1964 Theatre d avant-garde : L. C. Pronko, Denoel, 1963 Litterature francaise : Lagarde et Michel

38 SEMESTER-III FRN 325 Title : Expose-I Students will read and analyze articles mainly of a non literary nature on various socio- cultural issues, synthesize the ideas and arguments contained therein and then present their understanding of as well as opinions on those themes in before the faculty and their classmates who will then ask questions in an interactive UNIT NO. NO. OF LECTURES texts to hone one s skills in preparation and presentation of exposes. UNIT NO. NO. OF LECTURES texts to hone one s skills in preparation and presentation of exposes. UNIT NO. NO. OF LECTURES texts to hone one s skills in preparation and presentation of exposes.

39 texts to hone one s skills in preparation and presentation of exposes texts to hone one s skills in preparation and presentation of exposes.

40 FRN-326 Seminaire The topics for this paper will be decided upon through discussion between the head, the other faculty members and the students according to the latter s area of interest and the convenience of the teachers 1 12 Seminaire 2 12 Seminaire 3 12 Seminaire 4 12 Seminaire 5 12 Seminaire

41 Title : SEMESTER-IV FRN- 421 Initiation a la traduction : theorie et pratique The topics for this paper will be decided upon through discussion between the head, the other faculty members and the students according to the latter s area of interest and the convenience of the teachers 1 12 Source language, target language, theme, version, Theories and techniques of translation (verbatim, calque / loan translation) 4-8 Exercises, passages, texts 2 12 Theories and techniques of translation : equivalence, padding, modulation, transposition, chasse-croise 4-8 Exercises, passages, texts 3 12 Theories and techniques of translation, problems of over & under translation, source and target oriented translation 4-8 Exercises, passages, texts

42 4 12 Scientific, technical,legal, commercial, technocommercial, medical terminologies and texts for translations 4-8 Exercises, passages, texts 5 12 Project Suggested readings : Traduire : Ladmiral de traduction anglais-francais, Chuque-Paillard, Opry Approche linguistique des problemes

43 SEMESTER-IV Title : FRN 422 Litterature francaise du 20e siecle : nouvelle et roman This paper continues the detailed study of classics through the ages and focuses on some of the great novels of 20 th century French literature La symphonie pastorale : Gide 2 12 Le mur : short story by Sartre Jonas, La Pierre qui pousse (Camus), 3 12 La chute : chs. I-II (Camus),

44 4 12 La chute : chs. III-IV (Camus), 5 12 La chute : chs. V-VI (Camus), Suggested readings : (Apart from the prescribed literary texts ) : Histoire de la litterature francaise, Castex et Surer, Hachette, Paris Le roman francais depuis la guerre, M. Nadeau, Gallimard, 196 roman, Metamorphoses du R. M. Alberes, Albin Michel, 1967 Michel Litterature francaise : Lagarde et

45 SEMESTER-IV FRN 423 Title : Litterature francophone I (Europe francophone et Canada) Michel This paper introduces students to the vibrant literatures of Francophone Canada (Quebec), Belgium and Switzerland 1 12 Les tetes a Papineau (Godbout), 2 12 Les tetes a Papineau (Godbout), 3 12 Monna Vanna : Maeterlinck 4 12 Monna Vanna : Maeterlinck

46 5 12 La demoiselle sauvage (Corinna S. Bille) Suggested readings : (Apart from the prescribed literary texts ) : Histoire de la litterature francaise, Castex et Surer, Hachette, Paris Le roman francais depuis la guerre, M. Nadeau, Gallimard, 196 roman, Metamorphoses du R. M. Alberes, Albin Michel, 1967 Litterature francaise : Lagarde et

47 SEMESTER-IV FRN 424 Title : Litterature francophone II (Maghreb, Afrique noire, Asie et Ocean indien) 1 12 Le Talisman (Mohammed Dib), 2 12 Le Talisman (Mohammed Dib), 3 12 Le black Docker (Sembene Ousmane), 4 12 Le black Docker the remaining part : (Sembene Ousmane), Le chercheur d or (Le Clezio),

48 5 12 Le chercheur d or the remaining part (Le Clezio), Suggested readings : (Apart from the prescribed literary texts ) : Histoire de la litterature francaise, Castex et Surer, Hachette, Paris Le roman francais depuis la guerre, M. Nadeau, Gallimard, 196 roman, Metamorphoses du R. M. Alberes, Albin Michel, 1967 Litterature francaise : Lagarde et

49 SEMESTER-IV FRN 425 Title : Expose-II Students will read and analyze articles mainly of a non literary nature on various socio- cultural issues, synthesize the ideas and arguments contained therein and then present their understanding of as well as opinions on those themes in before the faculty and their classmates who will then ask questions in an interactive UNIT NO. NO. OF LECTURES texts to hone one s skills in preparation and presentation of exposes. UNIT NO. NO. OF LECTURES texts to hone one s skills in preparation and presentation of exposes.

50 UNIT NO. NO. OF LECTURES texts to hone one s skills in preparation and presentation of exposes texts to hone one s skills in preparation and presentation of exposes texts to hone one s skills in preparation and presentation of exposes.

51 SEMESTER-IV FRN 426 Title : Dissertation Students will write a dissertation of around forty / fifty pages (in French) on a topic of their choice. This will of course be preceded by lectures on research methodology as also a few lectures on the different areas of specialization open to them. UNIT NO. NO. OF LECTURES 1 12 Research methodology Selection of topic, bibliography, and starting on a synopsis 2 12 Dissertation 3 12 Dissertation

52 4 12 Dissertation 5 12 Dissertation