Maricopa Community Colleges  FRE216   20022-20086 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 07/22/08
FRE216 20022-20086 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
French Civilization 1800 to Present
Continuation of survey of thgose major cultural and historical forces which have shaped France, proceeding from 1800 through the fifth French Republic to the present time.
Prerequisites: FRE102, two years of high school French, or permission of Department or Division.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
FRE216   20022-20086 French Civilization 1800 to Present
1. Speaking and listening. To demonstrate comprehension of target language while expanding students' vocabulary and comprehension of French history, civilization, and culture in all topics discussed. (I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
2. Writing - to write expressions learned in target language. (I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
3. Reading - to read and discuss in French the importance of the French Culture from 1800 until now. (I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
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FRE216   20022-20086 French Civilization 1800 to Present
    I. Presence of the Past
        A. The 18th Century: Beginnings of a new world
        B. The 19th Century: Train Stations and civil monuments
        C. The 20th Century: Central Squares of the villages
      II. Some Key People (Figures)
          A. Napoléon: Centralized power to serve egalitarian reforms
          B. Victor Hugo: The literary genius at the service of the people
          C. Dreyfus: The triumph of Liberalism
          D. General Charles de Gaulle: Grandeur regained
        III. From the Monarchy to the Republic
            A. The Period of the Empire, The constitutional Monarchy and the Republic
            B. The 3rd Republic (1970-1940)
            C. The French State (1940-1944)
            D. The Fourth Republic (1946-1958)
            E. The Presidents of the 5th Republic
          IV. French Society
              A. The feminine condition
            V. The Development of Ideas
                A. The 19th Century: Socialism
                B. The 20th Century: Existentialism
              VI. Literary and Artistic Movements
                  A. Romanticism
                  B. From Realism to Symbolism
                  C. Modernism
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