FIF2Da/b Exam Review Flashcards

Vocabulary and concept flashcards covering literary genres, specific French texts, philosophical theories, and grammatical structures for the FIF2Da/b exam.

Exam Weighted Value

The final exam constitutes $15\%$ of the final grade.

Exam Duration

The total time permitted for the written exam is $2$ hours.

Conte fantastique

A literary genre studied through works like Le Horla and La Cafetière, characterized by specific supernatural traits found in the unit Un regard étonné.

Les Lumières

The 18th-century literary movement (Enlightenment) that includes the study of Voltaire's Candide.

Theory of Leibniz vs Voltaire

A philosophical comparison studied in conjunction with the literary works of Les Lumières and the text Candide.

Un Sac de Billes

A novel (roman) analyzed in the Un regard horrifié unit, focusing on plot, characters, and narrative structure.

Schéma narratif

The narrative schema used to breakdown the structure of stories and novels like Un Sac de Billes.

Schéma actanciel

The actantial model used to analyze the roles and relationships of characters within a story's plot.

Impressionnisme

An artistic and literary movement characterized by capturing impressions, studied under the unit Un regard créatif.

Knock

A theatrical play used to study comedy, the theatre of the absurd, and creative writing tasks like speeches or letters.

Théâtre de l'absurde

A dramatic genre explored through the play Knock and Ionesco's Rhinoceros.

Rhinoceros

A play written by Ionesco, studied as part of the theatrical content in Un regard amusé.

Le malade imaginaire

A famous play by Molière included in the literary review of comedic works.

Procédés comiques

Comic devices or techniques used in theater to create humor, specifically analyzed in the play Knock.

Le subjonctif

A grammatical mode in French used for expressing various subjective states like doubt, necessity, or emotion.

Les temps du passé

The past tenses in French including l'imparfait, le passé composé, and le plus-que-parfait.

Champs lexicaux

Lexical fields, or groups of words related to a specific theme, used for literary analysis.