SYLLABUS: FRENCH THEATER WORKSHOP
French 456 Office: 205 Jastak-Burgess Hall
Dr. Deborah Steinberger Phone: 831-2044
Spring 2006 E-mail: steind@udel.edu
http://www.udel.edu/steind
Hours: TR 2-3pm
Course description: Improve your French as you develop dramatic technique! In this workshop-style class, the emphasis will be on staging and performance as we analyze French theater of different periods and genres. Class activities will include dramatic readings, improvisation, and exercises to improve diction. The course will culminate in a public presentation of our work.
Texts: Samuel Beckett, En Attendant Godot (Editions de Minuit)
Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac (Nouveaux Classiques Larousse)
Performance text (to be announced)
A good, hefty French-English dictionary, such as the Harper Collins Robert.
Strongly suggested:
La Conjugaison (Larousse) or any other conjugation handbook
A French-French dictionary (e.g. Le Micro Robert).
Requirements: French 456 is an acting workshop where preparation, attendance and participation are extremely important. All rehearsals are mandatory. If the number of unexcused absences exceeds two, the student's final participation grade will be lowered ten points for each absence. Because persistent lateness is disruptive and counterproductive, three late arrivals will count as one unexcused absence. Please arrive on time and expect to stay for the full class period; do not schedule medical appointments or job interviews during class time. Students who know they must be absent on a given day should be sure to give the instructor advance notice. Furthermore, students who have missed a class are responsible for checking assigned homework on WebCT, and contacting a classmate to find out what was covered (phone/e-mail lists will be distributed early in the semester for this purpose). Since e-mail will be used for course announcements, all students are required to activate their university e-mail accounts if they have not already done so, and to check their mail regularly. If you do not normally use your udel.edu address, please arrange to have your university mail forwarded to the account you are using.
All assignments are to be turned in at the start of class on the day they are due. Please DO NOT SKIP CLASS or come late just because your paper is not ready!!! If you are having exceptional difficulties completing it (computer problems, no time to proofread, etc.) you may put it under my office door the morning after it is due. Please DO NOT to send me your work as an e-mail attachment. Written work for the course must be word-processed, double-spaced, computer spell-checked, and thoroughly proofread. Programs with French accents and French spell-checkers are available at the Foreign Language Media Center in the basement of Jastak-Burgess Hall. No credit will be given for work which has not been spell-checked AND carefully proofread. I mean it!
VERY IMPORTANT: In accordance with University and departmental policy, academic dishonesty including plagiarism will result in an F for the course and a permanent stain on your academic record. In your writing it is absolutely essential that you make it clear where your ideas end and those of another begin. I have strict guidelines for peer-editing: please check with me before asking someone else to correct your work. The use of online translators for anything beyond an occasional word or two constitutes plagiarism and is strictly prohibited: use your dictionary. If you have any questions about documenting your sources, including online sources, please consult the MLA guidelines (available at www.english.udel.edu/wc/handouts/, and on our course WebCT site).
Composition de la note:
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Participation, préparation, collaboration au spectacle |
50% |
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Présentations dramatiques |
15% |
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Etudes de mise en scène (2 etudes de 3 pp.) |
20% |
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Examen final “take-home” (5-6 pp.) |
15% |
Dates importantes (à confirmer):
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film, En attendant Godot |
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à rendre: étude de mise en scène I |
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film, Cyrano |
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à rendre: étude de mise en scène II |
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jeudi 20 avril |
théâtre, Dom Juan de Molière, à Goucher College, Baltimore (pm) |
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vendredi 12 mai |
notre spectacle |
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mardi 19 mai |
à rendre: examen “take-home” |
Français 456: Programme d'études (à titre indicatif)
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7 février |
Introduction au cours |
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14 février |
Godot, Acte I |
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21 février |
Godot, Acte II |
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28 février |
Cyrano, Actes I et II |
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7 mars |
Cyrano, Actes III, IV et V |
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14 mars |
Commencement du travail sur la pièce choisie |
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21 mars |
Commencement du travail sur la pièce choisie |
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28 mars |
PAS DE COURS--SPRING BREAK: Etudiez votre rôle! |
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4 avril |
Répétition |
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11 avril |
Répétition |
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18 avril |
Répétition |
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25 avril |
Répétition |
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2 mai |
Répétition |
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9 mai |
Répétition |
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vendredi 12 mai |
LE SPECTACLE!!! |
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16 mai |
Conclusion |
A rendre avant le 19 mai, 16h: Examen “take-home”