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Academic Year 2000/2001
Confession in French 20th-Century Literature
FREN 258 SP
Since the Confessions of St. Augustine, the subject and function of confession has gone through considerable change. After exploring the distinctions between autobiography and confession, this course will examine the
main developments that have occurred
in the literature of confession, among them, the shift from confession of vice (Gide, Genet) to confession lacking an object (Borel, Ernaux). We will focus on the conditions that appear to make confession a masculine
rather than a feminine undertaking.
MAJOR READINGS
Tentative reading list: NUNC MANET, Andre Gide JOURNAL D'UN VOLEUR, Jean Genet LA BATARDE, Violette Leduc LE LIVRE BRISE, Serge Doubrovsky PROPOS SUR L'AUTOBIOGRAPHIE, Jaques Borel Additional texts by Theodor
Reik, Louis Althusser, Julia
Kristeva and others will be provided.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Two short essays and a final paper. Students will be asked to make a short presentation in class.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
This course is intended for students who have completed a French course numbered 215 or higher, preferably 223 or 224. 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
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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