2009: Thursday, May 7, 2009 (Afternoon Session)

	Plays Aimé Césaire (1913- ): Une tempête (1968) Pierre Corneille (1606-1684): Le Cid (1637) Jean-Baptiste Molière (1622-1673): L'École des femmes (1662)
	Novels Marguerite Duras (1914-1996): Moderato Cantabile (1958) Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893): Pierre et Jean (1888) Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet, 1694-1778): Candide (1759)
	Poetry Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918): from Alcools (1913) "Le Pont Mirabeau" audio of Apollinaire reciting "Le Pont Mirabeau" (requires RealPlayer) photos of Le Pont Mirabeau "Les Colchiques" "Mai" "Automne" Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867): from Les Fleurs du Mal (1857,1861) * "Correspondances" "Hymne à la Beauté" * "L'Invitation au voyage" "Chant d'automne" * "Spleen" (Quand le ciel...") * "Recueillement" Joachim Du Bellay (1522-1560): from Les Regrets (1558) * "Heureux qui comme Ulysse a fait un beau voyage" from L'Olive (1549) "Si notre vie est moins qu’une journée" Louise Labé (1524-1566): Sonnets from Oeuvres (1555) * "On voit mourir toute chose animée" "Je vis, je meurs: je me brule et me noye" Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695): from Second recueil de Fables, Livre VII (1678-1679) "Les Animaux malades de la peste" from Fables choisies, Livre I (1668) "Le Chêne et le Roseau" "La Mort et le Bûcheron" * "Le Loup et l'Agneau"

* these poems can be heard as RealAudio files from poesie.webnet.fr.

	Barnes & Noble (www.bn.com) Giraudoux: La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu Hébert: Oeuvre poétique 1950-1990 Hébert: Poèmes Laye: L'Enfant noir Maupassant: Pierre et Jean Molière: l'École des femmes Voltaire: Candide Césaire: Une tempête Corneille: Le Cid Duras: Moderato Cantabile Works for previous exams Bâ: Une si longue lettre Beaumarchais: Le Mariage de Figaro
	Amazon.com Giraudoux: La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu Laye: L'Enfant noir Maupassant: Pierre et Jean Molière: l'École des femmes Voltaire: Candide Césaire: Une tempête Corneille: Le Cid Duras: Moderato Cantabile Works for previous exams Bâ: Une si longue lettre
	Amazon.ca (Canada) Giraudoux: La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu Hébert: Oeuvre poétique 1950-1990 Laye: L'Enfant noir Maupassant: Pierre et Jean Molière: l'École des femmes Voltaire: Candide Césaire: Une tempête Corneille: Le Cid Duras: Moderato Cantabile Works for previous exams Bâ: Une si longue lettre
	Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Company AP French Literature Series: Focus Student Editions L'École des femmes L'Enfant noir Pierre et Jean
	Wayside Publishing Anthology of Advanced Placement French Literature Study Guides for Advanced Placement French Literature Pierre et Jean L'École des femmes Candide Le Cid Moderato Cantabile Une tempête La Poésie Works for previous exams Le Mariage de Figaro La Guerre de Troie L'Enfant noir Une si longue lettre...

The following texts are available as Microsoft Reader e-books (require Microsoft Reader; the Microsoft Reader French-English Pocket Dictionary is recommended to enable the Lookup function.  Desktop and Pocket PC versions available). To download, right-click on the link, then select "Save Target As..."

	Poetry (2008-2009 Exams) (147 KB)
	Candide (215 KB)
	l'École des femmes (187 KB)
	Pierre et Jean  (228 KB)
	Le Cid (174 KB) Works for previous exams Poetry (2003 Exam) (148 KB) Le Mariage de Figaro  (217 KB) Poetry (2004-2007 Exams) (152 KB) Une Si Longue Lettre... (Study Guide) (142 KB)

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	Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire (230 KB)
	Candide ou l'Optimisme by Voltaire (180 KB)

The following texts are available as free Mobipocket e-books (require Mobipocket Reader for Palm OS or Pocket PC).

	Candide (119 KB)
	l'École des femmes (135 KB)
	Pierre et Jean  (170 KB)
	Le Cid (125 KB) Works for previous exams Le Mariage de Figaro  (226 KB)

The following texts are available for purchase as Mobipocket e-books (require Mobipocket Reader for Palm OS or Pocket PC).

	Larousse Compact English-French/French-English Dictionary (4 MB)
	Apollinaire Alcools (127KB)
	La Fontaine Fables Book 1 (180 KB)
	La Fontaine Fables Book 2 (257 KB)
	Baudelaire Les Fleurs du Mal (188 KB)

	College Board's Advanced Placement French Literature Exam
	AP Credit Policy Info- The College Board's searchable database with links to the AP credit and placement policies of many colleges and universities
	The College Board's Course Description for AP French Language and Literature (in PDF)
	AP University Credit- chart comparing credit awarded by 12 universities for the AP French Language, AP French Literature, AP English Composition and Literature, AP European History, and AP Mathematics Calculus BC exams. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
	National AP Scores for the French, Spanish, and German Language and Literature exams 1995-2000.
	Study guide of French literary terms- Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
	Literary terms PowerPoint presentation
	Microsoft Reader and French-English Dictionary for Pocket PC and desktop PCs- to read e-book versions of Candide, l'École des femmes, Le Mariage de Figaro, Pierre et Jean, and Poetry
	Dr. Kairet's web site at Cincinnati Country Day School containing pages on: Ronsard Labe La Fontaine Baudelaire Apollinaire
	AP French Literature Links- from the Connecticut chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF)
	Films for the Humanities & Sciences videos for purchase or rental on the following works: Jean Giraudoux: La Guerre de Troie N'Aura Pas Lieu Molière: l'École des femmes Voltaire: Candide Jean de la Fontaine The Works of La Fontaine

	poesie.webnet.fr - text and audio files of French poems
	Toute La Poésie- French poetry site including technical explanations of meter, rhyme, and stanzas.
	Sommaire de versification classique française- University of Quebec at Chicoutimi site containing definitions and explanations of terms for analyzing poetry.
	Literary terms- from the site for French study and teaching at www.lettres.net
	Association des Bibliophiles Universels (ABU)- French electronic texts
	www.bibliopolis.fr- the electronic reference for French literature
	ClicNet- Francophone cultural and literary site
	Apollinare Site Guillaume Apollinaire- hosted at Western Illinois University photos of Le Pont Mirabeau in Paris by Milton Alan Turner photos of La Rue Guillaume Apollinaire in Paris by Milton Alan Turner photo of Le Pont Mirabeau in Paris by Frederic Phan audio of Apollinaire reciting "Le Pont Mirabeau" (in RealAudio or MP3 formats) from UbuWeb
	Baudelaire Enivrez-vous photos of Charles Baudelaire's tomb and cenotaph at the Cimitière de Montparnasse in Paris by Milton Alan Turner
	Césaire www.cesaire.org- site for the exposition organized by Unesco in honor of Aimé Césaire The Tempest by William Shakespeare
	Corneille Biography of Corneille- from la Comédie Française photos of Corneille and La Comédie Française in Paris by Milton Alan Turner
	Du Bellay Biography of Du Bellay- from alalettre.com Biography of Du Bellay- from Anthologie francophone Biography of Du Bellay- from Yahoo! Encyclopédie le Musée Du Bellay from Les Regrets (1558) * "France, mère des arts, des armes, et des lois" from L'Olive (1549) "Si notre vie est moins qu’une journée"
	Duras Biography of Marguerite Duras- from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Biography of Duras- from la Comédie Française photos of Marguerite Duras' tomb at the Cimitière de Montparnasse in Paris by Milton Alan Turner
	Labé Labé's Sonnets- from the College Board's AP French Literature site Labé's Sonnets- from the Académie de Lyon web site Labé's Sonnets- from the Prentice-Hall web site Sonnets from Oeuvres (1555) "Oh si j'estois en ce beau sein ravie" "Las! que me sert, que si parfaitement"
	La Fontaine www.jdlf.com- site dedicated to Jean de la Fontaine www.lafontaine.net- site dedicated to Jean de la Fontaine Musée Jean de la Fontaine- site for the Jean de la Fontaine Museum
	Maupassant Profil- Pierre et Jean- information on the novel by Guy de Maupassant from Hatier Pierre et Jean- site with analyses of several extracts from the novel
	Molière Biography of Molière- from la Comédie Française photos of Molière and La Comédie Française in Paris by Milton Alan Turner
	Voltaire Biography of Voltaire- from la Comédie Française photo of Le Restaurant Voltaire in Paris by Milton Alan Turner
	Miriama Bâ (1929-1981): Une si longue lettre (1979) Study guide for Une si longue lettre... by Miriama Bâ (HTML) (also available in PDF and Baudelaire
	Giraudoux La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu- from Hatier's Profil d'une oeuvre La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu- site created by Emmanuelle Vanborre at Boston College La Guerre de Troie d'Homère à Giraudoux- study of major characters from Collège Les Prés La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu- cast and credits for 1981 French television production from The Internet Movie Database Homer's The Iliad study aid by Sparknotes Jean Giraudoux Biography- from DiscoverFrance.net Troy web site for the Warner Bros. motion picture Helen of Troy USA Networks mini-series "Cable in the Classroom" site including: Guide Cast of Characters Timeline FAQs
	Hébert Anne Hébert: AP French Exam Poetry- from the Connecticut chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) Anne Hébert site complet- by Dr. Robert Harvey Biography of Anne Hébert- from Northwest Passages Biography of Anne Hébert- from BOA Books Prix Anne Hébert- from canada-culture.org Anne Hébert 1916-2000- The National Film Board of Canada's page on Jacques Godbout's 2001 film from Poèmes Nouveaux (1987-1989) "Baigneuse"  "Une fois seulement" from Les Tombeaux des rois (1953) "Nos mains au jardin"  "Les grandes fontaines"  from Poèmes Anciens (1961-1980) "Le piano"
	Laye Biography of Camara Laye- from webGuinée.net (in English) En préparation à l'examen AP: L'Enfant noir de Camara Laye web site by Christine Renaudin & Suzanne Toczyski of Sonoma State University Study guide for the film L'Enfant noir from the Virginia Commonwealth University French Film series and French Film Festival. Les Films du Paradoxe- web site for movie studio that contains information on the VHS video release of Laurent Chevallier's 1995 adaptation of L'Enfant noir (in French and in English)
	Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732-1799) Le Mariage de Figaro (1781) Biography of Beaumarchais- from la Comédie Française
	Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585): from Second livre des Amours (1555-1556) * "A Marie" ("Comme on voit sur la branche...") from Les Odes (1553) "Ode à Cassandre" ("Mignonne, allons voir...)" from Sonnets pour Hélène (1578) * "A Hélène" ("Quand vous serez bien vieille...") "The Fates (Atropos)" at The Prado Museum- painting by Francisco de Goya to help explain reference to "la Parque" in Ronsard's poem "A Marie"
	Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) from Romances sans paroles (1874) * Ariettes Oubliées III: Il pleure dans mon cœur Ariettes Oubliées VII: Ô triste, triste était mon âme * these poems can be heard as RealAudio files from poesie.webnet.fr.

	Émile ou De l'éducation by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (606 KB)
	Le Barbier de Séville by Beaumarchais (174 KB)
	Dom Juan by Molière (170 KB)
	Tartuffe by Molière (176 KB)
	Apparition by Guy de Maupassant (142 KB)
	Le Horla (Version de 1886) by Guy de Maupassant (143 KB)
	Le Horla (Version de 1887) by Guy de Maupassant (156 KB)
	La Parure by Guy de Maupassant (142 KB)
	Les Trois Mousquetaires by Alexandre Dumas (615 KB)
	French IV Third Quarter Literature (164 KB)

	Le Spleen de Paris by Charles Baudelaire (297 KB)
	Andromache by Jean Racine (202 KB)

Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare (248 KB)

	Why Study French? web site listing the numerous advantages of learning and speaking French
	French at Saint Ignatius- a web-based presentation detailing the many benefits of studying French at Saint Ignatius (click on the Slide Show icon on the bottom right corner of the new window to hear the audio narration).  To download the full PowerPoint presentation (5.5 MB), click here.
	Why Study French- Saint Ignatius students explain why they chose to study French and discuss the benefits of their choice.
	Why Study French? Flyer- information on the benefits of French study in general and at Saint Ignatius in particular (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)