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Academic Year 2005/2006
Knights, Fools and Lovers: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance French Culture
FREN 230 SP
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 and the Renaissance carnival.
MAJOR READINGS
Bernard de Clairvaux, ELOGE DE LA VOUVELLE CHEVALERIE
Chrétien de Troyes, LE CONTE DU GRAIL
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 trouvéres
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
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Last Updated on MAR-30-2006
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