Le Francais Litteraire Fondamental: A Glossary for Students and Teachers

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A glossary designed to introduce the student to the basic critical terms necessary for the discussion and analysis of literary texts in French, distinguishing two levels in the first three indexesVrais amis, Liste generale, and General List1) a core list of underlined words for introductory courses, and 2) expressions for undergraduate students wishing to major in literature.

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Every French instructor who teaches introductory literature courses must confront a basic problem: how to present essential critical terms in such a way that students will be able to use them effectively in discussion without being drowned in a flood of new vocabulary. This handbook will help to meet that need... * The French Review *
...is useful in advanced high school classes and in undergraduate level literature courses because it contains precise definitions of terms essential to these courses. * Modern Language Journal *
...is useful in advanced high school classes and in undergraduate level literature courses because it contains precise definitions of terms essential to these courses. * Modern Language Journal *
Every French instructor who teaches introductory literature courses must confront a basic problem: how to present essential critical terms in such a way that students will be able to use them effectively in discussion without being drowned in a flood of new vocabulary. This handbook will help to meet that need... * The French Review *

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Virginia T. Hules is Assistant Professor of French at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Michel Grimaud is Assistant Professor of French at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.