Peter Tarjanyi

I guess this class serves its purpose with regards to exposing you to regular consumption of a wide range of francophone literature and media, which I did find pretty useful as my last class before going abroad. Prof. Tarjanyi is also very clear and organized in his teaching style which made it easy to follow along and understand everything. You basically have to watch a movie or read a short chapter of something and then write a brief response to a reflection question about it, none of which ever felt like an overwhelming amount of work despite the constant assignments. There is only one exam which is awkwardly placed in the first half of the semester and which basically requires you to memorize everything about each material that was studied + everything that was said in each lecture and discussion up til that point, but after that I pretty much lost all motivation to pay attention for the rest of the semester since it wasn't necessary for an exam anymore. The class discussions often felt pointless and people barely contributed. The material itself was well, selected although on some occasions pretty odd or even triggering, which was less fun. Some of the stuff we watched was also in English for some reason?? With like a French director or whatever but that was obviously not something I was looking for in a French class. Ultimately, I took it because it seemed like the most interesting out of the French dept.'s very limited 220 course options, and I'm pretty sure that remained true at the end of it, so I guess I wouldn't recommend against taking it if there's nothing else that catches your fancy more.

I guess this class serves its purpose with regards to exposing you to regular consumption of a wide range of francophone literature and media, which I did find pretty useful as my last class before going abroad. Prof. Tarjanyi is also very clear and organized in his teaching style which made it easy to follow along and understand eve …Read more

This is the worst syllabus in the French department. Everyone has to take it, unfortunately. However, Peter did an excellent job in trying to make the most of it. There is a lot of writing assignments but he grades them easily and is always happy to chat about it. If you have to take 209, take it with him because he makes this awful course bearable.

The prof (Peter Tarjanyi) is great but the course is kind of boring and an unfortunate to be required for incoming students with prior french experience who want to study abroad. I wish there was more discussion