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Academic Year 2005/2006
Power Plays
FREN 387 FA
The course will consist of the detailed reading of a dozen French plays from the 17th through 20th centuries from the perspective of the relation between the dominant(e) and the domine(e), in both its obvious and more
subtle
manifestations: physical, governmental, social (feminist et al.), metaphysical and linguistic.
MAJOR READINGS
Moliere, L'ECOLE DES FEMMES, LES FOURBERIES DE SCAPIN
Racine, BERENICE
Marivaux, LE JEU DE L'AMOUR ET DU HASARD, ARLEQUIN POLI PAR L'AMOUR
Lesage, TURCARET
Courteline, BOUBOUROCHE
Feydeau,
DORMEZ, JE LE VEUX!, ON PURGE
BEBE
Romains, KNOCK
Montherlant, LA REINE MORTE
Anouilh, ANTIGONE
Schehade, MONSIEUR BOB'LE
Ionesco, LA LECON
Cesaire, LA TRAGEDIE DU ROI CHRISTOPHE
Beckett, EN ATTENDANT GODOT
and appropriate historical and
theoretical readings.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Final examination, two 4-5 page essays on additional material
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
This is an introductory course intended for students who have completed FREN215 or have placed out of FREN215 through the placement test, but not taken more than one course in French beyond 215 and not yet studied abroad
in a French-speaking country.
Students who have already taken two courses in French beyond FREN215 or studied abroad should take 300-level courses.
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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