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Academic Year 2004/2005
Narrative Strategies 19th- to 20th-Century French Fiction
FREN 396 FA
The subject of discourse in French fiction has been constantly challenged and renewed. One of the questions French critics frequently ask is, who speaks? To that could be added, and to what end? Even in autobiographical
texts, the I (as well as the eye) is suspect. Are first-person narrators defending themselves or are they on the defensive? Can third-person narrators be said to be objective? These questions will be examined in a
variety
of literary and critical texts, chosen from the 19th century to the present.
MAJOR READINGS
Readings will be selected from the following texts:
Flaubert: TROIS CONTES
Victor Hugo: LE DERNIER JOUR D'UN CONDAMNE A MORT
Balzac: LE COLONEL CHABERT or LA PEAU DE CHAGRIN
Proust: COMBRAY
Gide:
L'IMMORALISTE
Nathalie
Sarraute: LE PLANETARIUM
Yasmina Reza: UNE DESOLATION
Annie Ernaux: L'OCCUPATION
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Five 2-page papers, and brief in-class writing. Class presentations. Active participation in class discussions.
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. 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 RLAN
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
FREN215 OR FREN223
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Last Updated on MAR-21-2005
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