Students read a selection of works from different media and genres including short stories, poems, plays, letters, essays, paintings and films. Through close reading and the training with the work on primary sources using inquiry and the discovery- based approach, students develop their analytical ability in French, paying particular attention to the different kinds of choices that writers make, and how these choices contribute to the making of meaning. Students also develop their skills as writers of academic French, focusing both on the content of their written work and on its form. By the end of the course, students are ready to meet the reading and writing requirements of upper division courses in the French department.


Readings include a Course Reader as well as other readings as assigned by Instructor. Prerequisites: French 102 is the sole prerequisite to all UCB French courses numbered 103 and above. Course open to non-native speakers of French only. Course conducted in French. Satisfies 1 course requirement in French major or French minor.