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Academic Year 2003/2004

From Autobiography to Autofiction
FREN 255 SP
Crosslistings:
COL 254

The course offers a study of the trends of autobiographical discourse in France from 1930 to the present. Particular attention will be given to questions of gender, memory and history that are inherent in literary self-representation. The course will include, among others, works by Simone de Beauvoir, Roland Barthes, Marguerite Duras, Jean-Paul Sartre, Andre Breton, as well as critical studies by Philippe Lejeune, Serge Doubrovsky, Julia Kristeva, to name a few.

MAJOR READINGS

Michel Leiris: L'AGE D'HOMME
Andre Breton: NADJA
Jean-Paul Sartre: LES MOTS
Simon de Beauvoir: MEMOIRES D'UNE JEUNE FILLE RANGEE
Roland Barthes: ROLAND BARTHES
Georges Perec: W OU LE SOUVENIR D'ENFANCE
Marguerite Duras: (xeroxes)
Secondary readings: Julia Kristeva (articles)
Philippe Lejeune: LE PACTE AUTOBIOGRAPHIQUE
Serge Doubrovsky (articles)
Paul John Eakin (articles) etc....

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Oral report - short papers.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004

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