I took Werner for 17th Cent French Lit. I agree with the previous person, Professor Werner is patronizing, inflexible, an unreasonably tough grader, and expects you to be a fluent or native French speaker. He is not forgiving at all and comes off as incredibly arbitrary, in his teaching style and his grading. He is quirky, and I don't think is necessarily a negative trait. In fact, quirky professors are sometimes the most fun, interesting, or charming. Some of Professor Werner's quirks are funny and entertaining, but they certainly do not make up for his unwarranted toughness and unbending nature. If you don't come up with exactly what he wants to hear, it's not right. He tears apart your accent and makes fun of you for it.
The one plus side to this course was that it was relatively light in work. The reading was minimal and there were only 3 short papers. This is probably one of the only French classes you will find that does not grade you on participation and where you could get away with not speaking a word the entire quarter. But, keep in mind, even though there's only 3 short papers, he grades them ridiculously hard, like you won't get an A, so don't expect it.