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Academic Year 2005/2006
Romantics and Realists: Novel Views of Nineteenth-Century France
FREN 307 SP
In this course we will follow the transformation of a genre, from the effusive Romantic novel to the sometimes brutal chronicles created by proponents of the Realist and Naturalist movements. At issue in this class is
how
stylistic concerns echo (or contradict?) evolving attitudes regarding the complexities and inequities of French 19th-century society.
MAJOR READINGS
Tentative:
Madame de Stael, CORINNE
Flaubert, MADAME BOVARY
Zola, GERMINAL
Hugo, 93
Stendhal, LE ROUGE ET LE NOIR
Balzac, LOST ILLUSIONS
Sand, INDIANA
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Two papers during the term and one final term paper. Class presentations.
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 advanced course intended for students who have
already taken two courses in French
beyond 215 or already 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
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Last Updated on MAR-30-2006
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