French doctoral studies in Qu

Graduate School
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<p>Hi!</p>

<p>I'm new to the forum. I'm a recent French grad applying to graduate school for French studies. Does anyone know anything about applying to French studies programs in Quebec as a U.S. citizen? I love the region, not to mention that living in a French-speaking part of North America seems like an obvious plus. </p>

<p>I realize that applying to a doctoral program in another country may be going 'against the current'. I went to a pretty small private college, and both professors I asked were kind of 'huh? why would you want to study in Qu</p>

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<p>If the bureaucratic tangles are as challenging as at French Universities, good luck! You might want to try a Master’s program such as this one:</p>

<p>[M.A</a>. (littratures de langue franaise) (2-145-1-5)](<a href=“Bureau du registraire - Université de Montréal”>Bureau du registraire - Université de Montréal)</p>

<p>Then you could step back into a US doctoral program if you want.</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot for the link, I guess what I’m still wonder is, if US citizens interested in pursuing French studies at the graduate level don’t often do their studies in Quebec (this is the impression I get), why ? Is it because the bureaucratic challenges of applying abroad make it hard ? Yet I know quite a few people who applied to undergrad in Montreal and Toronto. I’m just curious why the relative proximity of Quebec to the US doesn’t make it more attractive to US people interested in French studies.</p>

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<p>If you are concerned about whether the Qu</p>

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<p>I wrote an undergrad thesis and presented a paper on different novels by JK Huysmans, and am generally interested in late-romantic and symbolist literatures. I’ve read some interesting research by Pr Guy Lafleche (now retired) of the Universite de Montreal on Les chants de Maldoror, but I don’t really know which departments of which schools in Canada are know for research of that period.</p>

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<p>Also, how do the top French studies programs in Quebec compare to those in the US?</p>

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<p>I thought I would make an update. I applied to the MA in French at McGill. The application process for McGill was not much different from American counterparts, except that the statement of purpose had to be written in French. The McGill website seems really old and does not work very well. I also found it annoying that the online application requires you to fill various small, 500-character fields related to your area of interest and choice of advisers, rather than simply allowing you to address these in your statement of purpose like I did with my American applications.</p>

<p>I would love to study in Quebec and McGill is a great school, but I was surprised when I realized that you cannot directly apply to their PhD program without having completed a MA previously.</p>

<p>Does anyone have any experiences studying in Quebec at the graduate level?</p>