Master of Arts in French
French Literature

Graduate Program Coordinator
Dr. Daniel M. Mengara

I. Required Core Courses (24 semester hours)

FREN 508 Explication de Texte/Analyse Stylistique, 3
FREN 603 Research Seminar, 3

Plus two courses chosen from each of the three thematic categories below (18 semester hours)

A. Medieval, Renaissance, and Classical French literature

FREN 511 Medieval French Literature, 3
FREN 513 Medieval French Theatre, 3
FREN 514 Medieval French Seminar, 3
FREN 516 French Humanism in the Sixteenth-Century, 3
FREN 517 Poetry of the Renaissance, 3
FREN 518 Sixteenth-Century Literature, 3
FREN 525 Moralists of the Seventeenth-Century, 3
FREN 526 Corneille, Racine and Moliére, 3
FREN 527 Selected Topics in Seventeenth-Century French Literature, 3

B. Enlightenment and Revolution in French Literature

FREN 530 Philosophy and Politics in Eighteenth-Century France, 3
FREN 531 The Development of the Novel in Eighteenth-Century France, 3
FREN 532 Eighteenth-Century Seminar, 3
FREN 537 Nineteenth-Century French Theatre, 3
FREN 538 French Novel of the Nineteenth-Century I, 3
FREN 539 French Novel of the Nineteenth-Century II, 3
FREN 540 Nineteenth-Century French Poetry, 3
FREN 541 Nineteenth-Century Seminar, 3

C. Modern French and Francophone literatures

FREN 509 Critical Approaches to Literature, 3
FREN 542 Twentieth-Century French Theatre, 3
FREN 543 Twentieth-Century French Poets, 3
FREN 544 Twentieth-Century French Novel I, 3
FREN 545 Twentieth-Century French Novel II, 3
FREN 546 Twentieth-Century Seminar, 3
FREN 547 Francophone Literature, 3
FREN 548 Contemporary French Civilization: Selected Topics, 3
FREN 549 Contemporary Francophone Civilization Seminar, 3
FREN 551 Women Writers from North Africa, 3

II. Culminating Activities (Choose Option A or B)

A. Thesis Option (10 Semester Hours)
FREN 698 Master’s Thesis, 4
Two electives from the list of French Electives, 6

B. Comprehensive Exam Option 9 Semester Hours
Three electives from the list of French Electives, 9

Total Credits: 33 - 34

TO APPLY TO THIS PROGRAM, PLEASE VISIT http://www.montclair.edu/graduate/prospective/app.shtml