🐯 Princeton French unofficial reading list 2026
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| Freshman level | |
|---|---|
| Beginner’s French I / II FRE 101 / 102 (fa26) |
• Motifs: An Intro. to French by Jansma & Kassen |
| Intensive Beginner’s & Intermediate French FRE 103 (fa26) |
• Motifs: An Intro. to French by Jansma & Kassen • Entre Les Murs by Francois Begaudeau |
| Intermediate French FRE 105 (fa26) |
• English Grammar for Students of French: The Study Guide for Those Learning French by Jacqueline Morton • Grammaire Progressive du Francais: Livre Intermediaire by Gregoire & Thievenaz |
| Intermediate / Adv. French FRE 107 |
• Grammaire Progressive du Francais: Livre Intermediaire by Gregoire & Thievenaz |
| Sophomore level | |
|---|---|
| Francophone Language & Cultures through the Supernatural FRE 207 (fa26) |
• Le Roi Se Meurt by Eugène Ionesco • Les Contes d’Amadou Koumba by Birago Diop • La Cantatrice Chauve: Anti-Piece / La Lecon: Drame Comique by Eugene Ionesco • Les Aventures de Tintin: Les Sept Boules de Cristal: Tome 13 by Herge • Astérix: Astérix le Gaulois: n°1 by Goscinny & Uderzo ◦ Contrastes: Grammaire du Français Courant by Denise Rochat ◦ Grammaire Progressive du Français: Niveau Avancé by Boularès & Frérot • Hadriana Dans Tous Mes Rêves by René Depestre • Pluie et Vent sur Télumée Miracle by Simone Schwarz-Bart • Une Tempete by Aime Cesaire |
| French Theater Workshop FRE 211 (fa26) |
• Le Malade Imaginaire by Molière • Un Fil à la Patte by Georges Feydeau |
| Revisiting Paris FRE 217 (fa26) |
• Kiffe Kiffe demain by Faïza Guène • Cannibale by Didier Daeninckx • Dora Bruder by Patrick Modiano |
| Junior level | |
|---|---|
| Wandering Utopias: Writing & Rewriting Reality FRE 306 (fa26) |
• Vendredi ou la vie sauvage by Michel Tournier |
| Graduate level | |
|---|---|
| 20th-Century French Narrative Prose: Reading Proust FRE 524 (fa26) |
• In Search of Lost Time: Swann’s Way, In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower, The Prisoner & Finding Time Again by Marcel Proust |