Middlebury

FREN3450A-L12

Theater and Language

This course aims at developing ease and fluidity of oral communication in French. With support of three contemporary Francophone's plays, students will discover the French languages diversity by working on pronunciation, quality of their voice, gesture, breathing...

The course will be articulated in a dynamic, participative and creative way around three axes:
1)Dramaturgic study of texts: reading, discussion, analyze;
2)Exercises stemming from the theatrical pedagogy to improve the qualities of articulation, pronunciation, memorization, verbal ease and public speaking;
3)Staging extracts of the studied plays, which will close the course
Required books :
1) Le boxeur, Patrick Saucier, ed.Lansman ISBN 978-2-87282-700-8
2) L'humanité tout ça tout ça, Mustapha Kharmoudi, ed.Lansman ISBN 978-2-87282-871-5
3) Le petit boucher, Stanislas Cotton, ed.Lansman ISBN 978-2-87282-799-2
Course Reference Number (CRN):
60297
Subject Code:
FREN
Course Number:
3450
Section Identifier:
A

Course

FREN 3450

All Sections in Summer 2012, LS 7 Week Session

Summer 2012, LS 7 Week Session

FREN3450A-L12 Lecture (Ristic)