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French 456
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Office: 421 Smith
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Dr. Deborah Steinberger
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Hours: W 2:30-3:30, Th 12:30-1:30
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Spring 2003
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Phone: 831-2044
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SYLLABUS: FRENCH THEATER WORKSHOP
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 latenesses
will count as one unexcused absence.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 contacting a classmate
to find out what was covered and what homework was assigned (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. 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, 211 Smith Hall.No
credit will be given for work which has not been spell-checked AND carefully
proofread.
VERY
IMPORTANT: In
accordance with University and departmental policy, academic dishonesty,
including plagiarism and use of inappropriate outside help in preparing
assignments, will result in an F for the course. If you have any questions
about documenting your sources, including online sources, please consult
the MLA Handbook, or the instructor.
Composition
de la note:
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Participation,
préparation, collaboration au spectacle
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50%
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Présentations
dramatiques
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15%
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Etudes
de mise en scène (2 etudes de 3 pp.)
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20%
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Examen
final “take-home”(5-6 pp.)
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15%
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Dates
importantes (à confirmer):
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lundi
24 février
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film,
Waiting
for Godot
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mardi
4 mars
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à
rendre: étude de mise en scène I
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lundi
17 mars
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film,
Cyrano
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mardi
25 mars
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à
rendre: étude de mise en scène II
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jeudi
17 avril
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théâtre,
Learned
Ladies de Molière, au PTTP (7:30 pm)
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vendredi
16 mai
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notre
spectacle
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mardi
27 mai
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à
rendre: examen “take-home”
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Français 456: Programme d'études (à titre indicatif)
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11,
13 février
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Introduction
au cours
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18,
20 février
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Godot,
Acte I
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25,
27 février
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Godot,
Acte II
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4,
6 mars
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Cyrano,
Actes I et II
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11,
13 mars
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Cyrano,
Actes III, IV et V
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18,
20 mars
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Cyrano:
conclusion
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25,
27 mars
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Commencement
du travail sur la pièce choisie
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1er,
3 avril
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PAS
DE COURS--SPRING BREAK: Etudiez
votre rôle!
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8,
10 avril
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Répétition
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15,
17 avril
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Répétition
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22,
24 avril
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Répétition
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29
avril, 1er mai
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Répétition
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6,
8 mai
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Répétition
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13,
15 mai
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Répétition
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vendredi
16 mai
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LE
SPECTACLE!!!
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20
mai
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Conclusion
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A
rendre avant le 27 mai, 16h:
Examen “take-home”