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Program

The Quebec Studies Program (QSP) offers students the opportunity to take a Minor in Quebec Studies. The program offers the possibility of including opportunities for community engagement as part of one's studies, as well as opportunities for students to improve their knowledge of French as well as their knowledge of Quebec's history and culture.Ěý

About

Since its inception, the QSP has given Quebecers, Canadians and international students the chance to improve their knowledge of many important issues that have defined and continue to define and redefine Quebec, including the North American Free Trade Agreement, the evolution of the Canadian constitutional debate, the reform of social programs, provincial linguistic policies, native issues, regional differences and relations between the anglophone, allophone and francophone communities.Poster describing and promoting the Quebec Studies program.

This gives a vivid picture of the opportunities afforded by the program.

The QSP is responsible for the following courses: QCST 200 PDF icon qcst_200_-_syllabus_2020.pdf Introduction to the Study of Quebec and QCST 440, Contemporary Issues in Quebec - Living in Montreal: Ethnicity and "Race" from Past to Present) PDF icon qcst_440_and_cans_413_-_summary_2020.pdf. PLEASE NOTE that QCST 300 will be cross-listed with CANS 300 this year - a course on food and agriculture in Canada, with special emphasis on Quebec. Students who took QCST 300 in the past can therefore take it for credit. There is also a BRAND NEW Quebec literature course that may be taken, as well:

FREN 372 – LittĂ©rature quĂ©bĂ©coise 1Ěý: voyage littĂ©raire Ă  MontrĂ©al
Prof. Pascal Brissette

Automne 2023

Préalables, restrictions et cours conjoints

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Contenu

Montréal est la ville qui a le plus intéressé les écrivains québécois au fil des décennies. Plus de 2 500 romans y ancrent au moins une partie de leur intrigue. Quels quartiers se démarquent par leur présence littéraire? L’attrait de certains quartiers varie-t-il dans le temps ou selon la langue, la culture d’origine ou le sexe des auteur·e·s?

Le cours comportera deux principales parties. Dans la première, on s’intéressera à Montréal comme objet de discours et de représentations dans la fiction romanesque. En s’appuyant sur la lecture d’extraits de romans et de nouvelles, on réfléchira à la manière dont la fiction montréalaise représente la ville, sa topographie, ses quartiers, ses centres, ses frontières et ses marges. On s’attachera aux fonctions et valeurs attribuées par les fictions à ces espaces, aux trajectoires qui s’y dessinent, aux types d’actions et de personnages qui s’y déploient.

Dans la deuxième partie du cours, nous nous intéresserons à un quartier en particulier, Griffintown, qui n’a fait que de furtives apparitions dans le roman d’avant 2000 et qui, depuis, est devenu un terreau littéraire fécond. En plus de lire des romans qui y situent leurs intrigues, les étudiant·e·s auront accès à la documentation rassemblée par l’Office de la consultation publique de Montréal, qui tient actuellement une consultation sur l’avenir de Griffintown. Celles et ceux qui le souhaitent pourront soumettre aux commissaires de courts essais ou textes de fiction nourris par l’analyse des œuvres au programme.

Ce cours peut être comptabilisé dans le cadre d'une Mineure en études québécoises et offre également la possibilité d'un engagement communautaire.

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Formule pédagogique

Cours magistraux.

Lectures

Le programme de lecture comprend trois romans sur Griffintown, des extraits d'ouvrages de fiction et des articles scientifiques.

A. Pour tou·te·s les étudiant·e·s

Marie-HĂ©lène Poitras,ĚýGriffintown, MontrĂ©al, Alto, 2012.*

B. Deux romans au choix parmi les suivants

Geneviève Lefebvre,ĚýJe compte les morts, 2009.

Arlette Cousture,ĚýPetal’s Pub, MontrĂ©al, Babelio, 2012.*

Jacques CĂ´tĂ©,ĚýEt Ă  l’heure de votre mort. Les cahiers noirs de l’aliĂ©niste, 2013.*

HervĂ© Gagnon,ĚýMaria. Une enquĂŞte de Joseph Laflamme, 2015.*

Dominique LavallĂ©e,ĚýPour toi Abby. Tome 2: les retrouvailles, 2019.*

* Les ouvrages suivis d’un astérisque sont disponibles sous forme de prêt numérique à BAnQ.

Les extraits d’ouvrages de fiction et les articles scientifiques seront affichés dans la bibliothèque Zotero du cours.

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En fonction de leurs préférences et aptitudes, les étudiant·e·s pourront fixer eux-mêmes la pondération des deux principales évaluations du cours (le portfolio et le travail final). Des détails sur chaque évaluation seront fournis au premier cours.

Portfolio (50 Ă  80%)

Travail final (10 Ă  40%)

Participation (10%)

QCST 200 is given in English and QCST 440 is given in both English and French. The title (or sub-title) of each course indicates the language in which it is offered. As is the case with most other courses at Â鶹AV, term papers and exams may be written in either language. (One exception are courses offered by the DĂ©partement des littĂ©ratures de langue française, de traduction et de crĂ©ation, where all papers must be submitted, and all exams must be written, in French.)

Please note that it is necessary to be able to read French in order to follow all of the required courses offered by the Program except for QCST 200, as well as the "Core Courses." All the other QuĂ©bec Studies courses included in the Minor or Major Concentration are the responsibility of the departments who offer them and it is those departments that determine the language of some or all of the readings and the language in which the lectures will be given. To obtain a complete description of these courses and the admission requirements where applicable, students should read the relevant sections of the Â鶹AV Calendar and, if necessary, consult with the departments concerned, bearing in mind that not all courses are available in any given year. It is a the student's responsibility to ensure that he or she has successfully completed any course prerequisites.

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Minor Requirements

Required Courses 6 credits

Required courses normally completed in the following order:

QCST 200 - Introduction to the Study of Quebec (U0 or U1)

QCST 300 - Food and Agriculture in CanadaĚý (Cross-listed with CANS 300)

QCST 440 - Contemporary Issues in Quebec (U2 or U3) - Winter 2022

Complementary Courses 9 credits

Of these 9 credits, 6 credits must be core courses or courses approved by the Program Director and 3 credits must be taught in the French language and can be chosen from French as a Second Language course offerings

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At least 3 of the 9 complementary credits must be at the 300 level or above.

The selection of courses will be made in consultation with the Program Director and will vary depending on the major concentration or honours program of each student.

Here is a non-exhaustive list of core courses. Other courses could be considered core course with the approval of program Director, Professor Pascal Brissette

Ex. POLI 226 - La vie politique québécoise

Ex. POLI 221 - The Government of Canada

Ex. FREN 252 - Littérature québécoise (In French)

Ex. ENGL 313 - Canadian Drama and Theatre: Quebec

Ex. HIST 353 - History of Montreal

Ex. CANS 415 - Black Canada: Migration of Caribbean People to Montreal and the rest of Canada

Ex. POLI 426 - Partis politiques et comportement électoral au Québec

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