FR 272Y - Intensive Course Abroad (6 OR 8 Cr.)

(THE 272Y) (LER-ARC)(LER-SA)

FRENCH THEATRE IN PARIS AND MARSEILLE: LANGUAGES OF PERFORMANCE (This course is an experiential introduction to the dynamic world of the contemporary French theatre in Avignon, Marseille, and Paris. Students get to know each area through French theatre artists (amateurs, students, and professionals). Building on longstanding exchanges, the course furthers language skills in immersion environments such as homestay families, theatre workshops, and cooking classes. Experienced theatre students profit from direct engagement with French traditions of acting and staging, while beginners discover and develop skills such as vocal projection, stage presence, and characterization. For all students, theatre offers tools for developing conversational ease in French while plays and performances provide a window into contemporary French culture. The capstone project is a production presented as part of the Goucher Theatre program’s fall program. Each student’s participation is based on the individual’s skills and interests and might include an acting role, work with includes a seven week component in the spring, a three-week program abroad in May/June, and a seven-week component in the fall. Seniors and others unable to participate in the fall may take only the spring and May/June components for 6 credits.Spring/summer/fall semesters. Offered 2015 and alternate years. Free and Ingram.

International Field Experience

More advanced students who have completed FR 245  may qualify for the International Field Experience in Paris, Brussels or Strasbourg. After five weeks of intensive course work in French and European history, culture and politics, each student interns on a full-time basis for fourteen weeks and simultaneously carries out a major research project. Placements are chosen according to the student’s interests and/or career plans. Fall and spring semesters.