Degree Level
Undergraduate
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Degrees Offered
Master's, PhD
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Language
Bilingual
French and Francophone Studies
Master of Arts (MA), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Set yourself apart by deepening your knowledge of the French language and cultures through a multi-disciplinary approach that brings together literature and linguistics, and encompasses several areas of specialization, including creative writing, applied linguistics, gender studies, and psycholinguistics. Go beyond traditional limits of specialization and create new possibilities of study.
The Masters and Doctoral programs in French Studies are combined. Courses are offered at Glendon campus in mid-town Toronto and at our Keele campus, located north of the city.
French and Francophone Studies at a Glance
Female voices in literary history: writing in exile or writing as memory
Theories of literary imagination
Francophone literatures: transversal and trans-disciplinary approaches
Interpretation of literary works: hermeneutics approaches
Variationist linguistics:historical, sociological and ethnolinguistic perspectives
Consequences of language in contact: sociolinguistic and sociostylistic research into French in contact
General and historical linguistics: Romance and typological perspectives
Fiona Patterson, PhD '24
Dana Vuckovic, MA '21
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Meet Your Professors
Swann Paradis
Research Interests
Canadian Literature in French; French Literature (XVIIIth Century & Postrevolutionary); Language and Society; Poetry;Québec
Marie-Christine Pioffet
Research Interests
Histoire autochtone et renaissance culturelle; pratiques scripturales européennes; traditions orales autochtones; dialogues interculturels franco-autochtones; identités francophones et autochtones; culture et langues des Premières Nations
Janusz Przychodzen
Research Interests
Modern French and Francophone literature (minimalism, postmodern historical novel, autofiction and biofiction), literature and law (aesthetics and social justice), literary theory (sociocriticism, poststructuralism, Lacanian psychoanalysis)
Dominique G Scheffel-Dunand
Research Interests
Linguistique, Épistémologie de la linguistique, Psycholinguistique et sociolinguistique, Phonétique et phonologie française, Web sémantique, Apprentissage assisté par la technologie et éducation ouverte, Pédagogie et conception pédagogiques
dsdunand@yorku.ca
https://discover.academics.yorku.ca/Dominique.ScheffelDunand
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The Graduate Program in French and Francophone Studies at York is an exciting environment to pursue innovative, socially engaging, career-ready education. Contact our Graduate Program Assistant to learn more.
