University of Lyon 2

This course covers French literature from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. It is an analysis of the French literary canon and the historical, cultural, linguistic, political and social parameters that took place during the time of the authors. The course also considers why these works are consistently taught and reads authors often left out of the school system, such as female authors and francophone authors not from France. The course examines the parameters linked to the identity of an author, the object chosen, the language chosen, sex (cultural and political construction), race (literature said to be francophone, or national allophone literatures), social classes (the nobility of literary genres, literature said to be "popular"), and religion.

This comparative literature course studies literatures of migration. It focuses on two books from different countries that have been translated into French and utilizes the French methodology for textual analysis.

This course focuses on improving communication skills in oral French to reach the B1 level. The first part of the course focuses on oral comprehension, including listening and analyzing audio and video documents in French, such as daily life and media documents. The second part of the course focuses on oral production and consists of activities and games to practice the oral language and lexicon appropriation. Finally, the third part of the course focuses on phonetics and pronunciation, including sound recognition, pronunciation exercises, and reading. The course provides an opportunity to practice the French language in a relaxed atmosphere. 

This course is both an introduction to archeology and a study of the archeology of France, including an exploration of the oldest remains in Europe and France. It provides an overview of prehistoric people and cultures, with a strong emphasis on relics and archeological data found in France, and how the ancient people of what is modern France once lived. The course begins with an explanation of the tenets of archeology as a profession, and then delves into the various geological and climatic eras on Earth. It also examines the variety of human species along with their artifacts, namely in France. Discussions include the main stages of the chronology and the technical, economic, and social specifics of the societies of the current territories of France for each major historical period. The course sessions are shared by three instructors, each working in their area of expertise.

This course analyzes the "Hollywood" system of move making and its strict adherence to genre films during its golden age. Additionally, it studies multiple film genres, their repeated formulae, and their global reception through reviews and economic trends.  Along with film viewings, coursework includes theoretical texts and primary source documents.

This course focuses on the origin and fundamentals of French theater: how it started and how it has become the theater we know today. It explores the following movements: The Fairground Theater, Pantomime before the Revolution, the Boulevard du Temple and pantomime after the Revolution, Melodrama, the evolution of performance halls and sets in the 18th and 19th centuries, Panorama and Diorama, and the circus.