FREN230 - Knights, Fools and Lovers: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance French Culture

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Academic Year 2004/2005

Knights, Fools and Lovers: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance French Culture
FREN 230 SP

Clusters:

Christian Studies

This course will help students acquire a basic awareness of the history of French culture from the 12th through the 16th centuries and develop their ability to imagine other -- past and fictional -- worlds through a study of medieval chivalry, the Renaissance carnival, and medieval and Renaissance poetry.

MAJOR READINGS

Bernard de Clairvaux, ELOGE DE LA NOUVELLE CHEVALERIE
Chrétien de Troyes, LE CONTE DU GRAAL
Raymond Lulle, LIVRE DE L'ORDRE DE CHEVALERIE
Georges Duby, LES `JEUNES' DANS LA SOCIÉTÉ ARISTOCRATIQUE DANS LA FRANCE AU XIIE SIÉCLE
Georges Duby, GUILLAUME LE MARÉCHAL
Christian et Marie-Claire Betholet, LE CARNAVAL DE SAINT-DIDIER-LA-SÉAUVE
Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, LE CARNAVAL DE ROMANS
Rabelais, GARGANTUA
Natalie Zemon Davis, THE REASONS OF MISRULE
Mikkail Bakhtine, L'OEUVRE DE FRANÇOIS RABELAIS ET LA CULTURE POPULAIRE AU MOYEN AGE ET SOUS LA RENAISSANCE
Umberto Eco, THE FRAMES OF COMIC FREEDOM
Selected works of various troubadours and trouvères

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

3-4 short papers

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

While any student who has completed FREN215 (with a minimum grade of B) or has placed out of FREN215 through the placement test may sign up for this course, it is an introductory course intended for students who have just completed 215 or not taken more than one course in French beyond 215 and not yet studied abroad in a French-speaking country.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Rider,Jeff

Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; Location: FISK404;

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 20)

SR. major: 0 Jr. major: 0

SR. non-major: 0 Jr. non-major: 2 SO: 8 FR: 10

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-21-2005