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Course Info for FREN - 251 - 01, Spring 2024
Class number: 2845 Title: Language and Identity Department: Language and Culture Studies
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 19 Current enrollment: 12 Available seats: 7
Start date: Monday, January 22, 2024 End date: Friday, May 10, 2024 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM, SH - T121 Instructor(s): Humphreys, Karen
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in French 241 or equivalent, or permission of instructor
Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities and Global Requirements
Course Description:
This course explores language's dynamic and multifaceted connections to social practices and power relations through literary texts, linguistic research, press articles, and other forms of cultural production in French. In what ways does language facilitate self-expression and interpersonal communication or, conversely, limit and restrict meaning? How have different individuals and groups responded to such constraints? Possible topics will include current and historical developments in French, tensions between national and regional languages (both in and outside of Europe), expressions of gender inclusivity, and language's relationship to power structures and institutions. Course conducted in French.