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Academic Year 2001/2002

Themes in the French Theater
FREN 281 SP

This course will present a broad selection of French plays chosen from the Middle Ages to the present, representative of a variety of playwrights, movements and styles, and illustrative of several general themes (l'homme solitaire et la societe, l'homme devant l'Etat, l'homme reveur, etc.).

MAJOR READINGS

Moliere, LE MISANTHROPE; LE BOURGEOIS
GENTILHOMME; LES FOUBERIES DE SCAPIN; L'ECOLE DES FEMMES;
Romains, KNOCK
Ionesco, RHINOCEROS
Lesage, TURCARET
Jarry, UBU ROI
Anonyme, LE GARCON ET L'AVEUGLE
Marivaux, I'LLE DES ESCLAVES; LE JEU DE L'AMOUR ET DU HASARD; ARLEQUIN POLI PAR L'AMOUR
Beckett, EN ATTENDANT GODOT
Racine, BERENICE
Montherlant, LA REINE MORTE
Anouilh, ANTIGONE
Musset, FANTASIO
Giraudoux, INTERMEZZO
Ghelderode, CHRISTOPHE COLOMB
Corneille, LE CID
Musset, ON NE BADINE PAS AVEC L'AMOUR
Cocteau, LES PARENTS TERRIBLES
Feydeau, ON PURGE BEBE

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Two oral presentations. One term paper and final exam

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 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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