UVA in
France
Summer 2010
Hosted by:
Université Lyon II
4 week option:
June 19-July 17th
(6 credits; 4 weeks)
3000-4000 level courses, in French. All course count as UVA credit toward the major and minor in French.
(Course descriptions on reverse side)
6 week option:
June 19- July 31st
(6 credits; 6 weeks)
FREN 2010-2020: Intermediate French
Fulfills UVA foreign language requirement
--or—
FREN 3031: Grammar in Cultural Context
FREN 3034: Café Culture: The Art of Speaking and Writing Well in French
Lyon at a Glance...
France's second largest city, Lyon is immersed in a rich historical and cultural tradition all its own. With approximately 1 million inhabitants, Lyon has the liveliness and energy of an urban setting yet avoids some of the pitfalls of the Paris metropolis. Daily life is more affordable, the pace of life a bit slower, cultural life is abundant, and Lyon has the reputation of being the gastronomic capital of France! In Lyon, the university is just one part of a diverse, lively city and, as a result, American students will not hear English spoken at every café terrace as might occur in some other common destinations for study abroad in France.
UVA in LYON:
Experience first-hand the momentous changes occurring in today’s Europe while gaining an historical and culturally based understanding of these changes for French society. Lyon, France’s second largest city -whose historic center is a UNESCO world heritage site - provides an ideal location for the study of contemporary France as well as its rich historical and cultural traditions.
Eight courses taught by faculty from the University of Virginia and the Université Lyon II and the Institut d’études politiques de Lyon offer students broad
and in-depth analyses of France’s role in an expanding Europe, contemporary French society and political culture, and the historic treasures of Lyon itself. Students will explore the challenges facing the French today as they strive to maintain - and redefine – a cultural identity forged by history while simultaneously becoming full citizens in Europe.
The Lyon Program is specially designed by UVa faculty to complement the university curriculum. This program allows students to earn actual UVa credit and grades (not transfer credit) while being immersed in the cultural life of France.
UVa faculty accompany student participants, making this an ideal experience for students who have not yet traveled to France or who are still learning French.
For those students who are seasoned travelers and have more well-developed language skills, this program also offers opportunities for advanced study and time for independent travel.. Independent travel to Paris, a mere 2-hr TGV trip from Lyon, is encouraged either over a long weekend or upon completion of the course.
This Year’s Program highlights:
Avignon Theater Festival: A 2-day trip to Avignon for the historic theater festival that takes place all around the city, but most famously in the 15th century Palais des Papes (Popes' Palace).
Atelier des Chefs: Under the guidance of a Lyon chef, all students participate in a culinary workshop, including an oenology course, prepare a 3-course meal and serve it to their fellow students!
Application Procedure:
Students must complete the UVA Study Abroad application on-line at
(On-line application forms are not yet open,
but will be very soon!)
Program Deadlines:
Application deadline: March 1, 2010
Notification of acceptance to program: March 15th
Cost: 2010 TBA
(2009 Program fee, tuition and fees:
in-state $5,285.00 /out-of-state $5,547.00)
Price includes:
Tuition and fees; housing; Medex insurance, several group dinners and luncheons with professors; all program-related travel costs; several guided tours and cultural events.
Price does not include:
International airfare; local transportation; personal travel; laundry; most meals (Each hotel room includes a fully-equipped kitchenette).
Financial aid is available for this program.
Application information is available at:
www.virginia.edu/financialaid/
ISO Scholarships are also available for additional assistance. Apply on-line at:
Getting Started/Finances
Lyon Program Scholarships are also available for this program. Application forms can be downloaded from the above website and returned by the deadline to the French Department, 344 Cabell Hall
Housing
Students will be housed in a business-class residential hotel located in a convenient area of the historic district. The Cercle Villemanzy offers single studios with kitchenette,TV and private bathroom. It also provides common facilities (gym, lounge with cafeteria, reading room, laundry), along with meeting rooms and conference rooms.
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Travel
All courses will include field trips, cultural events, and local speakers. Excursions, integrated into the curriculum, will include a 2-night group trip to Avignon to attend the 64th annual theater festival and to explore the region.
Courses : (provisional list)*
See descriptions below
4-week option: (6 credits)
- FREN 4585: "Histoire et mémoire: la France des années noires, 1940-2010"
- FREN 4581: Francophone CarribeanTheater
- FREN 3585 : Joan of Arc: Idol, Icon or Iconoclast?
- FREN 3585: « Lyon : Territories, Memories, Identities"
6-week option ( 6 credits)
- FREN 2010-2020: Intermediate French
—or—
The following 2-course pair:
- FREN 3031: Grammar in Cultural Context
- FREN 3034: Café Culture: The Art of Speaking and Writing Well in French
**a minimum enrollment of eight students is necessary for courses to be offered.
Please contact us with any questions you may have:
Program Director:
Janet Horne
French Department
344 Cabell Hall
Charlottesville, VA 22904
University of Virginia
International Studies Office
208 Minor Hall
P.O. Box 400165
Charlottesville, VA 22904
Phone: (434) 982-3010
Course descriptions: All courses taught in French
Course descriptions :
FREN 4585: "Histoire et mémoire: la France des années noires, 1940-2010", Prof. Laurent Douzou, Institut d’études politiques, Lyon.
How did France confront the torment of defeat in 1940 at its consequences? How was the Vichy regime conceived and how did it put in place a political system that turned its back on France’s republican heritage while embarking on a path of state collaboration with Nazi Germany? How did the Resistance movement gradually succeed in challenging and undermining the Vichy regime? How did the domestic networks of the French resistance succeed in joining forces with the Free French? How has the period of the “Dark Years” survived in the collective memory of the French today?
FREN 4581: Francophone CarribeanTheater, Prof. Stéphanie Berard, UVA French Department.
This course explores modern and contemporary theater written by Francophone playwrights from the Caribbean. Readings include plays written from the 1960s to nowadays by playwrights from Martinique (Aimé Césaire), Guadeloupe (Simone Schwarz-Bart), and Haiti (Evelyne Trouillot). The diversity of writers (men and women, famous and not as well-known au thors, old and young, born and living in different Francophone areas) offers multiple perspectives on the rich and complex multicultural societies of the Francophone postcolonial world, which grew out of the history of colonialism and slavery.
FREN 3585: Joan of Arc: Idol, Icon or Iconoclast? Prof. Deborah McGrady, UVA
How to describe Joan of Arc? As a cross dresser, heretic, sorceress, patriot or martyr? These descriptions and more have been used to define Joan of Arc across the ages. Beyond the 2000+ artistic works dedicated to Joan in the past 600 years, political movements, governments, and the Church have used her mystique to promote widely diverse agendas. What makes Joan of Arc so malleable? What can we learn about the self and French identity in studying her case? To begin answering these questions, we will examine Joan’s fifteenth-century trial before moving to her modern depictions in French cinema, theatre, and popular culture. Special attention will be given to Joan’s relationship to Lyon, past and present.
FREN 3585 : Lyon : Territoires, Mémoires, Identités, Annick Spay, Lyon II
Students will explore historic as well as new neighborhoods in Lyon and learn why each has its own distinctive identity. How is Lyon changing from a traditional city to an international metropolis? How is green urbanism having an impact on Lyon? Using approaches borrowed from the disciplines of architectural history, sociology, art history and urbanism, we will also discuss the gentrification of the inner-city and the processes by which the middle classes are increasingly relegated to the suburbs. We also hope to explore the city by bicycle this summer!
FREN 3031: French Grammar in Cultural Context
Interested in perfecting your writing skills while immersed in an authentic and exciting cultural environment? This interactive course helps students develop flexibility and accuracy in written French. Covering a wide variety of writing styles, the course encourages creativity and personal expression as well as grammatical and stylistic rigor. The city of Lyon will be a living language laboratory in which students can experiment and apply the lessons of the classroom to daily communication in French. Prerequisite for this summer course: FREN 2020 or FREN 2032.
FREN 3034: Café Culture: The Art of Speaking and Writing Well in French
Writers of "the Lost Generation," such as Hemingway, chose the café as a preferred location for writing and observing French life. Students enrolled in FREN 3034 will meet and work in cafés and migrate throughout the city of Lyon, as they work on perfecting their oral and written skills in French. FREN 3034 is a course for intermediate-level students who wish to improve their mastery of the French language while studying contemporary French culture. Prerequisite for this summer course: FREN 2020 or FREN 2032.
FREN 2021-2021: Intermediate French
This 6-credit/ 6-week sequence focuses on the development of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in French while taking full advantage of the unique cultural immersion experience of life in Lyon. Expanding the walls of the classroom into the city itself, students will enjoy cultural outings designed to complement the curriculum. (Fulfills year 2 of the College Required Course Sequence).