FREN255 - From Autobiography to Autofiction

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Academic Year 2000/2001

From Autobiography to Autofiction
FREN 255 SP

Crosslistings:
COL 254

The course offers a study of the trends of autobiographical discourse in France from 1930 to the present. Particular attention will be given to questions of gender, memory and history that are inherent in literary self-representation. The course will include, among others, works by Simone de Beauvoir, Roland Barthes, Marguerite Duras, Jean-Paul Sartre, Andre Breton, as well as critical studies by Philippe Lejeune, Serge Doubrovsky, Julia Kristeva, to name a few.

MAJOR READINGS

Michel Leiris: L'AGE D'HOMME
Andre Breton: NADJA
Jean-Paul Sartre: LES MOTS
Simon de Beauvoir: MEMOIRES D'UNE JEUNE FILLE RANGEE
Roland Barthes: ROLAND BARTHES
Georges Perec: W OU LE SOUVENIR D'ENFANCE
Marguerite Duras: (xeroxes)
Secondary readings: Julia Kristeva (articles)
Philippe Lejeune: LE PACTE AUTOBIOGRAPHIQUE
Serge Doubrovsky (articles)
Paul John Eakin (articles) etc....

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Oral report - short papers.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

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

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA RLAN Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Poisson,Catherine

Times: ..T.T.. 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: FISK305

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 20)

SR. major: 10 Jr. major: 6

SR. non-major: 2 Jr. non-major: 2 SO: FR:

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001