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Academic Year 2000/2001
Introduction to French Literature & Culture II: 19th-20th Centuries
FREN 224 SP
This course provides an introduction to a wide range of French literary and cultural texts from the 19th-century to the present. Texts from a variety of genres, movements and media are studied in relation to historical
changes in French society,
politics, and culture, and to more general shifts in western European culture over the past two centuries. Overall, the course seeks to encourage critical reflection on the problematic category of French culture in
general.
MAJOR READINGS
Readings will be chosen from among the following: Chateaubriand, RENE Balzac, LE COLONEL CHABERT Hugo, HERNANI Flaubert, UN COEUR SIMPLE Giraudoux, LA GUERRE DE TROIS N'AURA PAS LIEU Sartre, HUIS CLOS
Camus, LA CHUTE Beckett, EN ATTENDANT
GODOT Genet, LE BALCON Sarraute, TROPISMES LE PREMIER MANIFESTE DU SURREALISME Selection of 19th and 20th Century poetry.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Four papers.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
This course is intended for students who have completed a French course numbered 215 or higher or have placed out of FREN215 through the placement test this fall. Students who have not done so should consult with the
professor before preregistering.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed
Drop/Add form to the Registrar's
Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture/Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA RLAN
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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