Advanced work on a specific topic, concept, or problem in the field of French and Francophone Studies. Emphasis on advanced critical skills and research methods. Recent topics include: War, Literature, film; Comedy in the Age of Enlightenment; Le nouveau roman; Literature and Film of Subsaharan Africian; The Eighteenth-Century Novel; Ghosts, Vampires, and the Fantastic; Love and Madness in the Nineteenth Century; Le poeme ivre; The Early Modern Self. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 credits under different subtitle.