Independent study of three novels.

Honing of three modes of communicative competence in French (interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational).

• Mariama Bâ, Une si longue lettre (10 October):  Période de lecture (Radio-Canada); «Une si longue lettre» de la Sénégalaise Mariama Bâ (Radio France Internationale); "Une si longue lettre" de Mariama Bâ (France Culture); Pascale Barthélémy nous parle de Mariama Bâ (Radio France Internationale)

• Hélène Lenoir, Son nom d’avant (for 24 October:  have read through the end of the 6th chapter of part 2 of the novel; for 7 November;  have read through the end of the novel)

• Marie NDiaye, La vengeance m’appartient (for 21 November:  have read through page 123; for 10 December, have read through the end of the novel); Rencontre avec Marie NDiaye; Fureurs féminines avec Marie NDiaye

In-person meetings every two weeks (10:00 - 10:45 a.m.)--50%

3 papers (2-3 pages each)--50%