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Academic Year 2000/2001

Advanced Seminar in Literature: Mirror in the Text
FREN 397 FA
Crosslistings:
COL 393

The purpose of this seminar is to discuss specific modes of literary criticism and theoretical discourse and their application to a number of selected texts. Topics and works to be examined will vary each year. The organizing topic in the Fall 1998, "The Mirror in the Text," focuses on questions of repetition (thematic, rhetorical, structural) in French texts. The course examines how symmetry relates to form, function, and meaning in French literature.

MAJOR READINGS

Readings in theory by Hillis Miller, Jeffrey Berman, Louise Vinge, Jean Rousset, Thomas Mermall, and Lucien Dallenbach. Tristan, ed. ANDRE MARY Ovid, LES METAMORPHOSES Lafayette, LA PRINCESSE DE CLEVES Laclos, LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES Balzac, SARRASINE, LE CHEF-D'OEUVRE INCONNU Barvy d'Aurevilly, selections from LES DIABOLIQUES George Rondenbach, BRUGES-LA-MORTE Moliere, DOM JUAN Pinget, LETTRE MORTE Gide, LES FAUX-MONNAXEURS Sarraute, LES FRUITS D'OR

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Short papers. Final take-home examination.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

All students should have completed satisfactorily French 223 or 224 or equivalent. This course is required of French Literature majors and should be taken in their final year. It is also open to qualified non-majors. Only COL students will be allowed to take this course CR/U. Students will be asked to lead class discussions and should be prepared to participate actively. Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the fi rst 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: NONE    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: FREN223 OR FREN224 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001

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