Spring 2024 - FREN 425 D100
Topics in the Varieties of French (3)
Class Number: 6051
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 8 – Apr 12, 2024: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Apr 24, 2024
Wed, 7:00–10:00 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Christian Guilbault
guilbaul@sfu.ca
1 778 782-6783
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Prerequisites:
FREN 270 or 275 or LING 222, FREN 301W, and at least one 300-level group A (ling.) course.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Study of selected topics in French dialectal variation. Subject matter may include, but is not limited to, French Dialects, Canadian French and French Creoles. Students with credit for FREN 421 and/or 422 may not take this course for further credit.
COURSE DETAILS:
Ce cours propose une étude sociolinguistique, historique, et linguistique des variétés de français au Canada tout particulièrement (mais pas exclusivement). Nous commencerons par faire un historique du processus de francisation en Nouvelle-France ainsi que du développement du français au Québec et hors-Québec. Dans un deuxième temps, les particularités phonologiques et morphosyntaxiques de certaines variétés de français seront examinées à la lumière de l’idéologie linguistique, des mouvements migratoires et du multiculturalisme, concepts qui permettent de mieux les comprendre.
Les étudiants seront invités à faire des lectures hebdomadaires, à présenter oralement le compte rendu de leurs lectures et à participer activement au cours par des exposés et lors des discussions de groupe. Une recherche personnelle leur permettra d’explorer un dialecte de leur choix (sous approbation du professeur).
Grading
- Examen de mi-semestre 25%
- Recherche personnelle 30%
- Examen final 35%
- Implication 10%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Frenette, Yves, Françoise Gadet, France Martineau, Annette Boudreau (2018). Francophonies nord-américaines : langues, frontières et idéologies, Presses de l'Université Laval.
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.
Department Undergraduate Notes:
Registrar Notes:
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