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B.A. Semester Pattern 2016-17

R. T. M. Nagpur University, Nagpur
B. A. (Compulsory French)

Semester 1

Unit 1: Script, daily greetings and basic grammar and vocabulary – I (Unit-0 from text book
Jumelage-I by Langers Publication, New Delhi)

Unit 2: Greetings-II and Basic grammar and vocabulary – II (Unit-1, Lesson- 1 & 2 from text book
Jumelage-I by Langers Publication, New Delhi)

Unit 3: Comprehension and composition – comprehension of elementary unseen passages(from

work book Jumelage-I by Langers Publication, New Delhi ); elementary short compositions like
introducing oneself (présentez-vous/présentez quelqu'un), describing one’s family (La famille),
hobbies (Les activités), etc.

Unit 4: Basic spoken French and Translation – formulate routine conversations; translating simple
sentences and short paragraphs from English/Hindi/ Marathi to French and vice versa (Unit-0,
Unit-1, Lesson- 1 & 2 from text book Jumelage-I by Langers Publication, New Delhi for spoken
French and from Lesson 1 to 10 of Dondo's Modern French Course, Oxford)

Semester 2
Unit 1: Basic grammar and vocabulary – III (Unit-1, Lesson 3 and 4 from text book Jumelage-I by
Langers Publication, New Delhi)

Unit 2: Basic grammar and vocabulary – IV (Unit-2, Lessons 1 and 2 from text book Jumelage-I by
Langers Publication, New Delhi)

Unit 3: Comprehension and composition – comprehension of elementary level unseen passages;

writing simple descriptive and narrative paragraphs like Mon pays, Ma ville, Mon collège etc.

Unit 4: Spoken French and Translation – elementary level conversations; translating simple
sentences and short paragraphs from English/Hindi/ Marathi to French and vice versa (Unit-1,
Lesson- 3 & 4, Unit-2, Lesson- 1 & 2 from text book Jumelage-I by Langers Publication, New
Delhi for spoken French and from Lesson 10 to 15 of Dondo's Modern French Course, Oxford)

Semester 3

Unit 1: Basic grammar and vocabulary – V (Unit-2, Lessons 3 and 4 from text book Jumelage-I by
Langers Publication, New Delhi)

Unit 2: Basic grammar and vocabulary – VI (Unit-3, Lessons 1 and 2 from text book Jumelage-I by
Langers Publication, New Delhi)

Unit 3: Rapid reading: any one selected work like Candide of Voltaire/Gargantua of Rabelais

Unit 4: Spoken French and Translation – translating sentences and short paragraphs from
English/Hindi/ Marathi to French and vice versa (Till Unit-3, Lesson- 1 & 2 from text book
Jumelage-I by Langers Publication, New Delhi for spoken French and from Lesson 15 to 20 of
Dondo's Modern French Course, Oxford)

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Semester 4

Unit 1: Basic grammar and vocabulary – VII (Unit-3, Lessons 3 and 4 from text book Jumelage-I
by Langers Publication, New Delhi)

Unit 2: Intermediate grammar and vocabulary – I (Unit-1 &Unit- 2 Lessons 1 and 2 from text book
Jumelage-II by Langers Publication, New Delhi)

Unit 3: Rapid reading: short stories written by Claire Wolniewicz; composition: essay writing

Unit 4: Spoken French and Translation – short oral presentations; translating sentences and short
paragraphs from English/Hindi/ Marathi to French and vice versa (Till Unit-1 &Unit- 2 Lessons 1
and 2 from text book Jumelage-II by Langers Publication, New Delhi for spoken French and from
Lesson 20 to 25 of Dondo's Modern French Course, Oxford for translation)

Semester 5

Unit 1: Intermediate grammar and vocabulary – II (Unit- 2 Lessons 3 & 4 from text book
Jumelage-II by Langers Publication, New Delhi)

Unit 2: Intermediate grammar and vocabulary – III (Unit- 3 Lessons 1 & 2 from text book
Jumelage-II by Langers Publication, New Delhi)

Unit 3: Rapid reading: short story written by Antoinette Henriette Clémence Robert; composition:
writing informal applications and letters in French, chatting or texting in French

Unit 4: Spoken French and Translation – advanced level conversations; oral presentations;
translating complex sentences and passages from English/Hindi/ Marathi to French and vice versa.

Semester 6

Unit 1: Intermediate grammar and vocabulary – IV (Unit- 3 Lessons 3 & 4 from text book
Jumelage-II by Langers Publication, New Delhi)

Unit 2: French Linguistics; Introductory Phonetics, Morphology and Basic sentence structure

Unit 3: Rapid reading: Few poems in French like Le Cancre, Demain de l'aube, Le Lac, etc.,
writing formal applications and letters in French.

Unit 4: Spoken French and Translation – intermediate level conversations; oral presentations;
translating complex sentences and passages from English/Hindi/ Marathi to French and vice versa
from French Newspapers and articles.

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 Question Paper Pattern

Written Assessment (80 marks)

Que. 1: (A) Grammar-based question on Unit 1 5
(B) Grammar-based question on Unit 1 5
(C) Grammar-based question/ question on Unit 2 5
(D) Grammar-based question/question on Unit 2 5
Que. 2: (A) Vocabulary and text-based questions on Unit 1 5
(B) Vocabulary and text-based questions on Unit 1 5
(C) Vocabulary and text-based question/questions on Unit 2 5
(D) Vocabulary and text-based question/questions on Unit 2 5
Que. 3: (A) Short comprehension questions on an unseen passage (Sem. 1 & 2) or the prescribed
short story (Sem. 3 to 6) 10
(B) Written Composition: paragraph writing/ essay writing/ letter writing/ other
compositions 10
Que. 4: (A) Translation from English/ Hindi/Marathi to French 10
(B) Translation from French to English/ Hindi/ Marathi 10

Oral Assessment (20 marks)

 Self-introduction
 Basic/ intermediate/ advanced level conversation
 Short oral presentation/ narration
 Loud reading
 General discussion

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 Other Foreign Languages
B.A. Semester Pattern 2016-17
R. T. M. Nagpur University, Nagpur
B. A. (French Literature)

Semester 1

Unit 1: French Language, Script and Language Family

Unit 2: French Revolution and impact of it on French Literature: A brief investigation

Unit 3: Gargantua (Rabelais) (Textsen Francou’s Facile Library Hochette,Paris)

Unit 4: “TARTARIN DE TARASCON” (Daudet) Blakie

Readings:
 Manuel des études littéraires françaises (5 volumes)
 Les FEMMES SAVANTES (Moliere)- Blackie or Macmillan
 Fables Choisies de la Fountaine (Classiques Larousse- Volume)

Semester 2

Unit 1:Broad outlines of French Literature of 17th century (Les Grandes etapes dela Literature
Francaise D. by Dr. Ch. Cadoux, Publish by the Registrar, University of Puna)

Unit 2: Broad outlines of French Literature of 18th century (Les Grandes etapes dela Literature
Francaise D. by Dr. Ch. Cadoux, Publish by the Registrar, University of Puna)

Unit 3: Broad outlines of French Literature of 19th century

Unit 4: Broad outlines of French Literature of 20th century

Readings:
 Choix de letters de MADAME DE’ SEVIGNY, Editor: Dearlyn Wilson Library Harrap
Ind. India: Oxford University Press
 Manuel des études littéraires françaises (5 volumes)
 Les FEMMES SAVANTES (Moliere)- Blackie or Macmillan
 Fables Choisies de la Fountaine (Classiques Larousse- Volume)

Semester 3

Unit 1: Major techniques of construction, Prose as distinguished from Poetry

Unit 2 : Poetic Expression

Unit 3 : Principal modes of structural analysis

Unit 4 : Ornamentation of text and various levels of suggested meaning

(All the theoretical aspects have to be taught by applying on texts in French)

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Readings :
 Michel Patillon : Précis d’analyse littéraire, Nathan Université (latest edition)
 Daasmahapatra, S.K., Poetica (Etudes de poétiques Sanskrite et française)
 Plusieurs livres introduisant les théories littéraires de Sanskrit (soit en anglais soit en
Hindi et Sanskrit)

Semester 4

Unit 1: General introduction of French poetry I,(Poème : Demain dès l'aube- Victor Hugo

Unit 2: Poème : Le Cancre- Jacques Prévert.

Unit 3: A brief history of French theatre

Unit 4: En attendant Godot- Samuel Becket

Semester 5

Unit 1: General introduction of French poetry II,( Chanson d'automne- Paul Verlaine)

Unit 2: Poème :, La Jeune Tarentine- André Chénier, Les yeux d'Elsa- Louis Aragon

Unit 3: General introduction of French theatre, La Leçon- Eugène Ionesco

Unit 4: Antigone- Jean Anouilhs, selected extracts of plays from Progresser en français (Samhita
publication, Madras).

Semester 6

Unit 1: Basic concepts like signifier, signified, morpheme, phoneme, moneme,

Unit 2: synchronie & diachronie and descriptive & normative linguistics

Unit 3: langue and parole, competence and performance.

Unit 4: Introduction to branches of linguistics, basic notions of phonetics & phonology

Readings:
 Mounin : Clé pour la linguistique (Seghers)
 Dubois Charlier et D. Lewman : Comment s’initier à la linguistique (Larousse)
 Malmburg : Phoétique (Que sais je series, Seuil, Paris)
 Dubois et al : Dictionnaire de linguistique des Sciences de Langage
 Baylon & Fable : Initiation à la linguistique, Fernand Nathan (latest edition)

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 BA (French Literature)
Question Paper Pattern

Written Assessment (70 marks)

Que. 1: (A) One LAQ (300 words) out of 2 on Unit 1 10
(B) One LAQ (300 words) out of 2 on Unit 2 10
Que. 2: (A) One LAQ (300 words) out of 2 on Unit 3 10
(B) One LAQ (300 words) out of 2 on Unit 4 10
Que. 3: (A) Two SAQ (75 words) out of 4 on Unit 3 10
(B) Two SAQ (75 words) out of 4 on Unit 4 10
Que. 4: (A) Two questions on identification of poems/short story/novel/
theatre and the author from Unit 1 04
(B) Three VSAQ (1-2 sentences) on Unit 2 06

Internal Assessment (30 marks)

 Participation in classwork and home assignments
 Short oral presentation/ narration on a pre-selected topic
 Oral answers to questions on the syllabus content
 General discussion

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