French and Francophone Studies

French and Francophone Studies

Explore the language and cultures of the French-speaking world

Discover and expand your knowledge of French and Francophone literature, culture and history as you develop your fluency in the French language.

Since our inception in 1853, we have a long tradition of teaching and researching French and Francophone studies. We provide three pathways to a French and Francophone major: introductory, intermediate and advanced. We provide students with a deep understanding of the literature, culture and history of the French and Francophone worlds, while developing their fluency in French.

We are a vibrant community of scholars, teachers and students. Our academics have expertise in modern and contemporary literature, cinema, art, theory and translation.

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Our research

Our researchers focus on a wide range of research areas, including: 

  • Artists’ writings, word and image studies
  • Autobiographical writing, life writing and diary writing
  • Comparative modernisms
  • Digital humanities
  • Feminist theory and women's writing
  • Film and media studies
  • Film festivals
  • Francophone films and world cinema
  • Francophone postcolonial studies
  • French and Francophone crime fiction
  • French and Francophone theory
  • Intersection of genre and gender
  • Modern and contemporary art
  • Modern and contemporary literature and culture
  • Pedagogy of French as a foreign language
  • Representations of Paris in literature and culture
  • South Pacific literature, art and culture
  • Translation, self-translation and translingual writing.

Exchange

Our exchange programs provide life-changing experiences in France, Switzerland and Canada where students exercise their language skills and develop an understanding of cultural intricacies first hand.  

French and Francophone Studies

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Diploma of Language Studies

Flexible pathway program

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School of Languages and Cultures

Room 506, Brennan MacCallum Building A18,
The University of Sydney, NSW, 2006

Phone: 1800 SYD UNI (1800 793 864) (in Australia)
+61 2 8627 1444 (outside Australia)

Email: slc.enquiries@sydney.edu.au

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