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Chestnuts, by Sarah
Jachym, Class of 2000
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his elegant metropolis is the ideal host for a three-course sequence
that treats the central themes in the development of Europe in
general and of France in particular. During their study of "French
Civilizations," students visit a number of medieval and early
modern sites, including the opulent chateaux of the Loire.
Note that the program will be relocated from Tours to Paris beginning
with the 2001-02 academic year.
City
of Light — Center of Thought
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Notre Dame, by Lydia
Banovic,
Class of 2002
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his
course is an introduction to Western civilization since antiquity,
with particular attention given to French history and culture.
Two objectives unify the course: on the one hand, to gain a broad
historical perspective: and on the other, to integrate textual
analysis with the discovery of French thought and civilization.
Students and professors survey historical documents and "classics"
texts, discuss and debate them in daily sessions, and study the
history of the formation of Paris as the center of France through
visits to monuments and art museums, as well as villages, castles
and monasteries in the surrounding regions. The "City of
Light" is home to some of the world's largest and most distinguished
museums: the Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay, and the Museum
of Modern Art. And, of course, among the cultural practices to
be explored will be French culinary arts.
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Abbey of Fontevraud
The Châteaux of the Loire Valley
Mont Saint-Michel
La Rochelle
Versailles
Fontainebleau
The vineyards of Burgundy
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France was always the country of my dreams. I wanted to use
all the French I learned in high school We lived in the hub of
the old part of the city [of Tours] --- fifteeth-century houses,
cobblestone streets, and bread shops older than the discovery
of America. I had never been in Europe before, so I knew I was
in for a shock of French culture.
MIKE
KOMARANSKY, Class of 2001
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