Faculty of Letters
Department of French Language and Literature
MASTER’S DEGREE IN FRANCOPHONE STUDIES
2008 – 2009
This master proposes a complex and specialized approach of the French-speaking world (overpassing the borders of the French territory) with its double dimension: linguistic and literary. The approach is mostly interdisciplinary, by situating the francophone phenomenon in the European and world cultural context. The linguistic axis proposes some syntheses on the main linguistic and grammatical contemporary trends as well as on the varieties of French in different French-speaking areas. The literary axis deals with francophone literature fromBelgium,Quebec,Switzerland,Romania,Africa, as well as with the most recent trends in literary criticism methodology, theatre studies, and the pragmatics of fiction.
SUBJECTS:
French Literature: Reading Theory
Varieties of French
Pragmatics of Fiction
Romanian Writers and Their Works in the French Language
Belgian Literature
French Literature and Poetics
Theatre Studies
Canadian Literature
Literature of French-SpeakingSwitzerland
Literary Criticism Methodology
20th Century Linguistic Theories
African Literature
GENERAL OBJECTIVES:
– To study the field of the francophonie
– To become familiar with current issues in French-speaking countries and cultures
MAIN DIRECTIONS:
– Literature
– Linguistics
ADVANTAGES :
Training courses in French-speaking countries (France,BelgiumandSwitzerland) offered within the Socrates Programme. 10 students are selected each year to follow a training course in a European country.
NUMBER OF PLACES :
18: free of charge
18: fee-paying
LENGHT OF STUDIES : 2 years
SELECTION CRITERIA: marks obtained at B.A. graduation paper defense and overall graduation mark
ADJACENT ASPECTS:
Francophone Studies Seminar and Library
Belgian Literature Centre
Swiss Literature Centre
Canadian Studies Centre
GREF (Research Group in Francophone Studies)
Francophone space, GREF journal