FACULTY OF LANGUAGES SYLLABUS FOR ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN FRENCH (Part Time) EXAMINATION: 2013 GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY AMRITSAR Note: (i) Copy rights are reserved. Nobody is allowed to print it in any form. Defaulters will be prosecuted. (ii) Subject to change in the syllabi at any time. Please visit the University website time to time.
1 Paper-I (Written): Composition, Grammar & Comprehension Time: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 100 Instructions: Two questions are to be set from each section. Students shall attempt one out of the two for twenty marks each. -80 marks One objective compulsory question (in the form of fill in the blanks or multiple choices) is to be set from the syllabus mentioned above. - 20 marks A. Composition i) A composition of around 200 words from the given topics 20 (One out of four) ii) An official letter in French (one out of two) 15 B. Grammar iii) Questions on applied grammar pertaining to the text 40 (Exercises from the textbook) iv) Conjugations of verbs used in the text) 10 C. Comprehension v) An unseen comprehension passage 15 Course of Reading & Prescribed Text-Book: CONNEXIONS-3 by Regine Merieux & Yves Loiseau Published by Didier, 2004. COMPOSITION TOPICS: - La vie en ville /au village
- La France - Mon pays - La cuisine 2
3 - Un pique nique au bord de la mer - Mon acteur/actrice/ ecrivan favori - Mes reves - Un voyage - La vie au xxi siecle - L influence de la television/redio/presse ecrite sur les jeune - Le marriage est-ce que c est une institution, essentialle? - L amour ou l argent - Si J etiais, je.. - Les souveniers de mon enfance - Les vacances en Inde Topic for official letters: i. Demande d emploi ii. Demande de renseignements p. ex.: - Alliance Francaise - Ambassade de France - Bureau dev tourisme - Agence de voyage iii. Commonder des articles iv. Demande de conge
4 Paper-II (Written): Introduction to French Literature Time: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 100 Instructions: Two questions are to be set from each section. Students shall attempt one out of the two for twenty marks each. -80 marks One objective compulsory question (in the form of fill in the blanks or multiple choices) is to be set from the syllabus mentioned above. - 20 marks Section: A Literary Movements - Romantism - Surrealism - Existentialism - Absurde Section: B Brief Biography, philosophy & main works of the following writers: - Montesquteu - Albert Camus - Maupassant - Simone de Beauveur Section: C POETRY - Le pont Mirabeau ( Apollinaire) - L Albatros ( Baudelaire) - Le Jeune veuve (Jean De La Fontaine) - Familiale ( Jaccque Prevert)
5 Section: D Short Stories - Le Papa de Simon ( Maupassant) - Le Chevalier Double (Theophile Gautier) Reference Books: 1. Histoire de la Litterature Francaise lagarde et Micharde. 2. Histoire de la literature Francaise xix et xx siecle castex et surer. 3. Modern French Course- Mathurin Dondo. 4. Landmarks in French literature, Lytton Strachy. 5. Précis d Histoire de la literature Francaise (Didier). 6. A Literary History of France, the 20 th Century (P.E. Charvet).
6 Paper-III (Written): Translation & Text Time: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 100 Instructions: Two questions are to be set from each section. Students shall attempt one out of the two for twenty marks each. -80 marks One objective compulsory question (in the form of fill in the blanks or multiple choices) is to be set from the syllabus mentioned above. - 20 marks A TRANSLATION: 1. Translation from French to English. (Passage) 20 2. Translation from English to French. (Short sentences) 20 B TEXT: 1. Questions from main texts of lesions from the text book, excluding articles, extracts etc. given after the lesions. (5 out of 7 questions to be attempted) 20 2. Questions of general comprehension pertaining to the vocabulary covered in the text book (e.g. Comment aimez vous passer l;es vacances?) 20 3. Objective type questions pertaining to the various aspects of French civilization covered in the textbook. (10 questions out of 15 in the form of fill in the blanks or multiple choices to be attempted). 20 NOTE: Use of Dictionaries is permitted. Prescribed Text-Book: CONNEXIONS-3 by Regine Merieux & Yves Loiseau Published by Didier, 2004.
7 Paper-IV (Oral) Max. Marks: 100 - Reading of a text 30 - Conversation 40 - Retelling of a small text in French 30 TOTAL MARKS: 400