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Academic Year 2003/2004
Diderot
FREN 391 SP
This course provides a survey of the works of the French Enlightenment thinker Denis Diderot. Although this philosophe is generally associated with the realization of the massive Encyclopédie project, Diderot was an
Enlightement
polymath who, among other things, revolutionized the novel, contributed to the rise of new theatrical genre, pioneered art criticism, produced violent anticolonial texts, all of which were done against the backdrop of
his
dynamic materialist worldview. In reading a range of his works, members of this seminar will seek to position Diderot within the larger conceptual framework of French Enlightenment thought.
MAJOR READINGS
PENSEES PHILOSOPHIQUES
LA LETTRE SUR LES AVEUGLES
LE NEVEU DE RAMEAU
L'ENCYCLOPEDIE (selections)
JACQUES LE FATALISTE
LE REVE DE D'ALEMBERT
LE SUPPLEMENT AU VOYAGE DE BOUGAINVILLE
LA RELIGIEUSE
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
This is an upper level course intended for students who have completed at least one French literature course, or have studied abroad in a French-speaking country for at least a semester. Only COL students may take this
course CR/U; all others must take
it for a letter grade.
COURSE FORMAT:
Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA FREN
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Curran,Andrew Samuel
- Times: .M...F. 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: FISK403
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 18)
- SR. major: 3 Jr. major: 4
- SR. non-major: 3 Jr. non-major: 4 SO: 3 FR: 1
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing, Focused Inquiry Course
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2004
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