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Academic Year 2005/2006

Exoticism: Imaginary Geographies
FIST 284 FA
Crosslistings:
FRST 284

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 RLAN    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006

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