FREN397 - Seminar in Literature: The Mirror in the Text

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Academic Year 2001/2002

Seminar in Literature: The Mirror in the Text
FREN 397 FA

Crosslistings:
COL 393

The organizing topic for this course, "The Mirror in the Text," in the Fall semester of 2001, focuses on questions of repetition (thematic, rhetorical, structural, psychological) in French texts, from medieval to modern. The course examines how symmetry, as well as asymmetry, both important subjects in the history of art and in music, relate to form, function, and meaning in French literature. Theoretical readings on symmetry (called "bilateral symmetry" by Hermann Weyl) and asymmetry (see Fran k Close's book, LUCIFER'S LEGACY: THE MEANING OF ASYMMETRY) are two scientific perspectives to be analyzed, among others, in this course.

MAJOR READINGS

Readings will be chosen from TRISTAN, ed. Andre Mary; Ovid, LES METAMORPHOSES, Lafayette, LA PRINCESSE DE CLEVES; Laclos, LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES; Moliere, DOM JUAN; Balzac, SARRASINE, LE CHEF-D'OEUVRE INCONNU; Barbey d'Aurevilly, UNE PAGE D'HISTOIRE; Pinget, LETTRE MORTE; Sarraute, LES FRUITS D'OR. Theoretical texts will be chosen from H. Miller, J. Berman, L. Vinge, J. Rousset, T. Mermall, L. Dallenbach.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Short papers, oral presentations, final take-home examination.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

All students should have completed satisfactorily French 223 and/or French 224 or equivalent. This course is required of French Literature majors and should be taken, if possible, in their final year. It is also open to 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. Their final grade depends, to a large degree, upon class participation.

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: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: FREN223 OR FREN224

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Lowrie,Joyce O.

Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; Location: RLAN106

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 20)

SR. major: 9 Jr. major: 6

SR. non-major: Jr. non-major: SO: 5 FR:

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Ethical Reasoning, Writing, Focused Inquiry Course

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Last Updated on MAR-19-2002