FREN387 - Power Plays

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Academic Year 2002/2003

Power Plays
FREN 387 FA

The course will consist of the detailed reading of a dozen French plays from the 17th through 20th centuries from the perspective of the relation between the dominant(e) and the domine(e), in both its obvious and more subtle manifestations: physical, governmental, social (feminist et al.), metaphysical and linguistic.

MAJOR READINGS

Moliere, L'ECOLE DES FEMMES, LES FOURBERIES DE SCAPIN
Racine, BERENICE
Marivaux, LE JEU DE L'AMOUR ET DU HASARD, ARLEQUIN POLI PAR L'AMOUR
Lesage, TURCARET
Courteline, BOUBOUROCHE
Feydeau, DORMEZ, JE LE VEUX!, ON PURGE BEBE
Romains, KNOCK
Montherlant, LA REINE MORTE
Anouilh, ANTIGONE
Schehade, MONSIEUR BOB'LE
Ionesco, LA LECON
Cesaire, LA TRAGEDIE DU ROI CHRISTOPHE
Beckett, EN ATTENDANT GODOT
and appropriate historical and theoretical readings.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Final examination, two 4-5 page essays on additional material

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

This is an upper level course intended for students who have completed two French courses numbered between 220 and 299, or have studied abroad in a French-speaking country for at least a semester. This course meets the pre-1800 requirement for the FRST major.

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: FREN223

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Shapiro,Norman R.

Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: RLAN106

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 20)

SR. major: 5 Jr. major: 5

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

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003