Describes a personal experience in teaching French literature in Czechoslovakia. (DS)

The development and characteristics of a form of detective novel appearing after the war--gangster stories--are discussed. It is proposed that the emphasis on criminality gives an insight into contemporary life and thinking. (MSE)

A space-and-time orientation for interpreting Andre Gide's early twentieth-century novel is outlined and described, and exercises for further appreciation of literary elements are suggested. (MSE)

A technique using dialogues and realistic prose passages from the works of Georges Simenon and Simone de Beauvoir to teach French conversational skills at the college level is explained and illustrated. (MSE)

Texts from a variety of genres (letter, narrative, biography, film scenario, and dialogue) and a variety of French authors of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries are provided as examples of discourse with the common theme of passion and as sources for the study of the semiotics of passion. (MSE)

Techniques and class activities for French instruction are presented, including a press conference simulation, a game using noun families, a college-level contemporary fiction curriculum, and speed-reading techniques for beginning students. (MSE)