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Course offerings in the Department of French Studies reflect our belief that a nation's language, literature, and culture are inseparable, and that French literature is a privileged archive of Francophone cultures. The study of other cultures in their respective languages, and the investigation of the similarities and differences within and among nations, offer invaluable insight into our own language and culture.
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Bon appétit...
May 16, 2013At the invitation of the French Studies department, graduating Wheaton seniors Shane Nichols, Heather Gordon, Emily Conklin, Libby Fifer, and Madeline Bailis enjoyed a prix fixe dinner at Chez Pascal in Providence to celebrate their induction into the French honor society, Pi Delta Phi. Professors Gallagher, Walsh, and Anderson were on hand to administer the [...] -
Félicitations!
May 16, 2013Congratulations are due Rachel Anne Lafortune, this year's recipient of the Littlefield-Mandell Prize in French. Rachel also received Honors for her thesis, "Text and Context: Gender and National Identity in Mayy Ziyādah’s Fleurs de Rȇve.” -
Ed Gallagher's new translation of Bédier's Tristan et Iseut
April 15, 2013In much the same way that Viollet-le Duc, the celebrated restorative nineteenth-century architect, sought to repair the devastation worked by the ravages of time and saved for the world the royal necropolis at Saint Denis and those Gothic jewels in the very heart of Paris: the Sainte Chapelle and the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Joseph [...] -
Paris bound!
February 19, 2013Heather Hanson ’12 wins a French Government Teaching Assistantship -
Bon appétit!
February 19, 2013Vanessa Fuchs, a native French speaker, will be hosting a French conversation table each Wednesday and Friday in Emerson dining hall, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Anyone wanting to practice listening and speaking in French is welcome.
For more information, contact Cecile Danehy, chair.
