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Academic Year 2003/2004
Exoticism: Imaginary Geographies
FIST 284 FA
This course will consider the fascination with the exotic-with foreign landscapes, customs, and culture-in eighteenth-and nineteenth-century French fiction and poetry. Discussions will focus on the representation
of
foreignness,
the construction of the exotic woman, as well as on the status of the European gaze. Major authors include Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Chateaubriand, Balzac, Mérimée, Loti, Flaubert, Hugo, Baudelaire, and
Gautier.
MAJOR READINGS
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, PAUL AND VIRGINIA
Chateaujbriand, ATALA
Balzac, "The Girl with Golden Eyes"
Merimee, "Carmen"
Victor Segalen. "Essay on exoticism"
Loti, AZIYADE
Flaubert,
SALAMMBO
Poetry selections from Hugo,
Baudelaire, and Gautier.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three papers, one final term paper, and several in-class oral presentations.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture/Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA FIST
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Curran,Andrew Samuel
- Times: .M...F. 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: FISK412
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 19)
- SR. major: X Jr. major: X
- SR. non-major: X Jr. non-major: X SO: X FR: 19
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing, Focused Inquiry Course
- FYI: First Year Initiative:Seminar
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2004
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