Stylistics Workshop / Atelier de stylistique

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: FREN 3111; or permission of the Department This course introduces the defining features and peculiarities of French style by focusing on the formal and stylistic features that characterize a selection of literary genres such as the fable, the legend, the sonnet, and the fairy tale. It pays special attention to the rigorous application of stylistic principles, the improvement of specialized vocabulary, the correct usage of idiomatic expressions in context, and the lexical and syntactic constructions borrowed from English or solely used in a regional context. Creative writing is an integral part of this course. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: any version of FREN 4001 previously offered with a different title)