FRNCH 12
Introduction to Study of French and Francophone Literature
Description: Lecture, two hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: course 6. Principles of literary analysis as applied to selected texts in poetry, theater, and prose by French and Francophone writers. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Winter 2016 - The material taught and covered is definitely interesting, I would however encourage the class be taken with another professor, Professor Laurence if possible. Chirila makes a point of choosing favorites in class and dismisses other students quite frequently. Favoritism is shown on exam scores, as in my opinion she grades quite subjectively. She also has a tendency to make rude remarks regarding students and has an arrogant air to her. However, the tests are quite fair, as they cover exactly what we have covered in class, so it is important to attend class and discussion (which is mandatory). The TA made this class tolerable.
Winter 2016 - The material taught and covered is definitely interesting, I would however encourage the class be taken with another professor, Professor Laurence if possible. Chirila makes a point of choosing favorites in class and dismisses other students quite frequently. Favoritism is shown on exam scores, as in my opinion she grades quite subjectively. She also has a tendency to make rude remarks regarding students and has an arrogant air to her. However, the tests are quite fair, as they cover exactly what we have covered in class, so it is important to attend class and discussion (which is mandatory). The TA made this class tolerable.
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Professor Gans is a very kind professor who really cares about his student's learning. I took him for French 12, which is about French poetry and other French literature, and even though I hate poetry, he made it interesting. He adjusted the syllabus to accomodate the whole class' progress to make it easier for us to learn and turn in hw on time too. He also changed the grading scale to our advantage based on what we were doing well in. He is very specific about what he's going to grade on in his midterms and finals and if you take that into consideration when studying, it's really hard not to get a good grade. He was really nice when I went to see him in his office hours. He really cares about you getting a good grade. If you really make an effort to read (which is not a lot), try to do the work and go see him in his office hours once in a while, he'll like you and probably give you a better grade than you deserve.
Professor Gans is a very kind professor who really cares about his student's learning. I took him for French 12, which is about French poetry and other French literature, and even though I hate poetry, he made it interesting. He adjusted the syllabus to accomodate the whole class' progress to make it easier for us to learn and turn in hw on time too. He also changed the grading scale to our advantage based on what we were doing well in. He is very specific about what he's going to grade on in his midterms and finals and if you take that into consideration when studying, it's really hard not to get a good grade. He was really nice when I went to see him in his office hours. He really cares about you getting a good grade. If you really make an effort to read (which is not a lot), try to do the work and go see him in his office hours once in a while, he'll like you and probably give you a better grade than you deserve.
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Madame Loselle is a true intellect. I've had many passionate professors so far, but even so she really stands out. What I liked about Madame Loselle was that she really cared about expanding our ideas and introducing us to the philosophical aspects of the literature. In the three papers she assigned I tried my hardest to make sure I didn't have any grammar mistakes, but a few would always end up in my final draft. Madame Loselle understands that we're not fluent yet, so while she, like any instructor, would get disappointed when students make careless mistakes by not bothering to check their work, she's sypathetic to people who show improvement and effort over the duration of the course. I really got the impression that the content as opposed to the technical aspects of our work is more important to her than anything else. Even though her office hours attrated many students, she always made time for all of us and she would generously and eagerly extend her hours when we had paper deadlines or tests approaching. Before Madame Loselle's class I couldn't care less about poetry. Thanks to her I now know how to interpret it on a new level and I've grown to have a great appreciatation for the art. I felt extremely comfortable participating in the class. No matter how out there my ideas were, Madame Loselle always encouraged me and kept an open-mind. I highly recommend Madame Loselle to anyone who wants to master language and learn from a kind-hearted professor with a philosophical and profound edge like no other.
Madame Loselle is a true intellect. I've had many passionate professors so far, but even so she really stands out. What I liked about Madame Loselle was that she really cared about expanding our ideas and introducing us to the philosophical aspects of the literature. In the three papers she assigned I tried my hardest to make sure I didn't have any grammar mistakes, but a few would always end up in my final draft. Madame Loselle understands that we're not fluent yet, so while she, like any instructor, would get disappointed when students make careless mistakes by not bothering to check their work, she's sypathetic to people who show improvement and effort over the duration of the course. I really got the impression that the content as opposed to the technical aspects of our work is more important to her than anything else. Even though her office hours attrated many students, she always made time for all of us and she would generously and eagerly extend her hours when we had paper deadlines or tests approaching. Before Madame Loselle's class I couldn't care less about poetry. Thanks to her I now know how to interpret it on a new level and I've grown to have a great appreciatation for the art. I felt extremely comfortable participating in the class. No matter how out there my ideas were, Madame Loselle always encouraged me and kept an open-mind. I highly recommend Madame Loselle to anyone who wants to master language and learn from a kind-hearted professor with a philosophical and profound edge like no other.
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Avoid this professor like the plague. Her Franglish will drive you crazy if you can get past her horrible accent long enough to even make out what she is trying to say. Though the texts were interesting, she missed about 7 class sessions, so we really didn't even do anything. She seems to love the ladies in the class, but is not so keen on the men, and her grading is irrational and unclear. Take this professor at your own risk, I did, and it was tramatic in the end.
Avoid this professor like the plague. Her Franglish will drive you crazy if you can get past her horrible accent long enough to even make out what she is trying to say. Though the texts were interesting, she missed about 7 class sessions, so we really didn't even do anything. She seems to love the ladies in the class, but is not so keen on the men, and her grading is irrational and unclear. Take this professor at your own risk, I did, and it was tramatic in the end.
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Fall 2018 - Dr. Stefanovska taught straight out of Poèmes, Pièces, Prose while I was her student, with the exception of Alexander Dumas (mixed race author), every single author in that book was a white male. The solitary appendage to our readings from the aforementioned book came in the form of a novel by yet another celebrated white male author. During her office hours, she would make inappropriate comments to me about other students' appearance. I specifically remember when she mentioned that an Asian classmate of mine was obviously from the middle class because of his effeminate appearance; conversely, she claimed, another classmate of mine, a Hispanic male, had a more "masculine" look (her words not mine) and therefore was obviously from the working class; she made these assumptions solely on their appearance. She then had the audacity to ask me from which social class I came from-- I was aghast. She does seem nice and entertaining at first. However, I don't know why she thought it was okay to make those comments to me. I guess because I am not white and would have to just sit there and take it. As a result, I found her to harbor unconsciously biased views of hispanics specifically, and people of color more broadly. I was most disturbed when one day in class she said: "most hispanics are in the working class and some (as she dismissively waved) form part of the middle class." Whether that is true or not, it was not only inappropriate but completely dismissive. Moreover, it has nothing to do with what we were studying at the moment. It appears Dr. Stefanovska feels like she can make racists comments to her non-white students and get away with it. If you are white, you will find her to be amazing. If you are not white, be careful.
Fall 2018 - Dr. Stefanovska taught straight out of Poèmes, Pièces, Prose while I was her student, with the exception of Alexander Dumas (mixed race author), every single author in that book was a white male. The solitary appendage to our readings from the aforementioned book came in the form of a novel by yet another celebrated white male author. During her office hours, she would make inappropriate comments to me about other students' appearance. I specifically remember when she mentioned that an Asian classmate of mine was obviously from the middle class because of his effeminate appearance; conversely, she claimed, another classmate of mine, a Hispanic male, had a more "masculine" look (her words not mine) and therefore was obviously from the working class; she made these assumptions solely on their appearance. She then had the audacity to ask me from which social class I came from-- I was aghast. She does seem nice and entertaining at first. However, I don't know why she thought it was okay to make those comments to me. I guess because I am not white and would have to just sit there and take it. As a result, I found her to harbor unconsciously biased views of hispanics specifically, and people of color more broadly. I was most disturbed when one day in class she said: "most hispanics are in the working class and some (as she dismissively waved) form part of the middle class." Whether that is true or not, it was not only inappropriate but completely dismissive. Moreover, it has nothing to do with what we were studying at the moment. It appears Dr. Stefanovska feels like she can make racists comments to her non-white students and get away with it. If you are white, you will find her to be amazing. If you are not white, be careful.
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