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Academic Year 2000/2001
Literature and Crisis
FREN 279 FA
This seminar focuses on the following question: How do writers in 20th-century France address historical crisis in their works? We investigate the various ways in which writing deals with war and its aftermath, with
immigration and women's issues and
more recently, with the AIDS crisis. Denial, indifference, violence and political commitment are among the possible responses.
MAJOR READINGS
(tentative list) Jean-Paul Sartre, LES MAINS SALES Georges Perec, W OU LE SOUVENIR D'ENFANCE Jean Cocteau, THOMAS L'IMPOSTEUR Marguerite Duras, LA DOULEUR Rene Ceccaty, L'ACCOMPAGNEMENT Maren Sell, LA FEMME
SANS TETE A list of secondary
texts will be available at the beginning of the semester.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Several short papers. Final take-home examination.
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 FREN 215 through the placement test this fall. Students will be asked to participate actively and
give a short oral presentation.
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:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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