BEGINNERS BOOK CLUB
Club de livre pour les étudiants débutant en français.
Tout le monde est le bienvenu!
Please join us on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 from 6-8 pm around the kitchen table at AFMSP (or look for a sign on the front stair railing for the classroom). New and returning members are always welcome!
We will continue reading the first story is <<Trilby; ou, le lutin d'Argil>> in Great French Tales of Fantasy/Contes fantastiques célèbres: A
Dual-Language Book, Edited and Translated by Stanley Appelbaum. Here is
the publisher's description:
http://store.doverpublications.com/0486447138.html.
HOW TO GET A COPY OF THE NEW ANTHOLOGY
You can special order this from your bookstore or borrow a copy from a library. Or you can order a new or used copy online:
http://www.amazon.com/French-Fantasy-Contes-fantastiques-celebres/dp/0486447138/ref=pd_sxp_f_r.
RELATED WEBSITES: For background information on this story:
Biography (in French): http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Nodier
Biography (in English) http://www.artandpopularculture.com/Charles_Nodier
Story Summary (in French):
(http://indexfantastique.phpnet.org/Textes/FicheTxt.php3?key=261
Images for "Pictures at an Exhibition" by Modest Mussorgsky:
http://www.stmoroky.com/reviews/gallery/pictures/hartmann.htm
First 5 pages of the text are online at this website:
http://www.abicia.com/Livres/Livre/_Doc/_FirstPages/112_5.pdf
What is a "lutin?" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutin
Sir Walter Scott: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Scott
:http://www.tam-lin.org/texts/scott.html
Theories of Fairy Origins: http://waeshael.home.att.net/origins.htm
Fairies in Brittany: http://www.worldspirituality.org/fairies-brittany.html
Science of Fairy Tales?:
http://www.jstor.org/view/0015587x/ap040334/04a00060/2?frame=noframe&userID=80652822@umn.edu/01c0a8346400501d7c08d&dpi=3&config=jstor
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ABOUT THE BEGINNERS BOOK CLUB
Club de livre pour les étudiants débutant en français
WHO MAY JOIN?
Our Beginners French Book welcomes new and returning members...even in the middle of a story! We are a friendly group reading and discussing real French literature in a relaxed atmosphere. While many of us are students at AFMSP in the second, third, and fourth years, everyone is welcome to try it!
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
It is FREE! You can purchase copy of the current book at a local bookstore, or order it online. Sometimes the stories are available on the internet, or you might be able to borrow it from a library.
WHERE DO WE MEET?
Normally, we meet every first Wednesday of the month from 6:00 pm-8:00 pm at the Alliance Française; however, when AFMSP does not have classes in session, we meet in an alternate location.
WHAT DO WE READ?
Stories, novels, plays, essays, and poems are chosen by the members.
Members sometimes bring pictures, photos, maps, or articles to share more information about the current selection.
WHAT HAPPENS AT THE MEETING?
We take turns reading one page at a time. If there is a lot of dialogue, we might read a selection by taking the parts of different characters. Before going on to the next page, we make sure everyone has a grasp of the meaning.
Our discussion is in French as much as possible!
CURIOUS?
If you have any questions and/or would like to be on the email "reminder" list, please write to me, Maggie Catambay, at <m-cata@umn.edu>.
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RELATED WEBSITES:
1. Register for classes at Alliance Française de Minneapolis/St Paul!
http://www.afmsp.org/School/tabid/103/Default.aspx
2. Go to the "Events" webpage for cultural programs, films, etc.
http://www.afmsp.org/Events/tabid/116/Default.aspx
3. CERCLE DU LIVRE: For information, please visit this website http://www.afmsp.org/. Click on "Events."
4. FRENCH CONVERSATION GROUPS:
French Conversation Groups
http://www.afmsp.org/Resources/ConversationGroups/tabid/297/Default.aspx
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Margaret Catambay
International Student & Scholar Services University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 301-19th Avenue South Suite 190 Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
Phone: (612) 625-8320
Email: m-cata@umn.edu
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