FREN245 - L'Amour et l'Obstacle

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Academic Year 2005/2006

L'Amour et l'Obstacle
FREN 245 SP

This course will study a variety of plays, poetry, and novels, spanning the centuries, in each of which, and each in its particular way, love, faced with an obstacle to its realization, either proves or refutes the proverbial dictum, "amor omnia vincit," and the poetic assertion of Emily Dickinson: "That love is all there is/ Is all we know of love..."

MAJOR READINGS

I. Poetry
Marie de France, LE LAI DU CHEVREFEUILLE
Choice of lyric poetry, Middle Ages to 20th Century

II. Theater
Corneille, Le Cid
Moliere, L'ecole Des Femmes
Marivaux, Arlequin Poli Par L'amour
Marivaux, Le Triomphe De Plutus
Chamfort, La Jeune Indienne
Musset, On Ne Badine Pas Avec L'amour
Hugo, Ruy Blas
Dumas fils, La Dame Aux Camelias
Cocteau, Les Parents Terribles

III. Novels
Voltaire, CANDIDE
Gide, SYMPHONIE PASTORALE
Badian, APRES L'ORAGE

Optional readings:
Corneille, POLYEUCTE
Racine, PHEDRE
Moliere, LE MISANTHROPE
Marivaux, LE JEU DE L'AMOUR ET DU HASARD
Constant, ADOLPHE
Gide, L'IMMORALISTE
Vilmorin, MADAME DE

Students will choose one of the optional readings on which to write an essay.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Classroom presentations. 5 or 6 pp. paper on works not studied in class. Brief final exercise.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Additional Requirements and/or comments: While any student who has completed FREN 215 (with a minimum grade of B) or has placed out of FREN 215 through the placement test may sign up for this course, it is an introductory course intended for students who have just completed FREN 215 or not taken more than one course in French beyond 215 and not yet studied abroad in a French-speaking country. Readings, written assignments and class discussions will be in French. Only COL students may take this course for credit. All others must take it for a letter grade.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Shapiro,Norman R.

Times: ..T.R.. 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: RLAN106;

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 18)

SR. major: 0 Jr. major: 0

SR. non-major: 0 Jr. non-major: 0 SO: 9 FR: 9

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Speaking

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Last Updated on MAR-30-2006