Quebecois novels, short stories, and poetry from both indigenous and non-indigenous authors. Emphasis on francophone First Nations writers in context of their history and cultures.

Literature of travel and exploration from medieval times to the twenty-first century as a means of evaluating historical societies; recording responses to encountering real/imagined new places/people.

Introduction to Italian culture focusing on fashion and manners from the late Middle Ages to today. Explores common assumptions about nation, gender, clothes, make-up, and manners.

Studies the evolution of Italian postwar society through the analysis of film and literature as well as critical, historical, and sociological readings.

Introduces Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. Covers Dante's journey through the afterlife. Explores questions about the nature of evil, the possibility for spiritual improvement, and the experience of true happiness. Identifies parallels with the modern day. Taught in English.

Interdisciplinary studies in French literature and culture, focusing on the complex interactions of literature and other disciplines, i.e. philosophy, psychoanalysis, anthropology, architecture.

Studies the development of intellectual, literary, and artistic cultures in the context of the profound political and social evolutions of the Renaissance through the early nineteenth century in Franc

Introduces students to the scholarly and professional fields in which advanced linguistic and cultural knowledge -translation/interpretation, editing, text encoding, archival research, etc.- are key qualifications; provides students with the opportunity to develop a project that demonstrates mastery of a particular skill; develops advanced language skills and cultural competency through oral and written production in the target language. Prerequisite: either FRENCH 301 or FRENCH 302.

Introduces students to varieties of the French language across time and space. Considers language diversity in France and the uses and varieties of the French language in world regions where it plays an important role, with particular attention to the history of its establishment and the implications of its current status. Develops advanced language skills and cultural competency through oral and written production in the target language. Prerequisite: either FRENCH 203 or FRENCH 234.