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FREN224

Introduction to French Literature & Culture, II: 19th-20th Centuries FREN224 FA

Fall 96 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:01:13 EDT 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       16      0         16

This course provides an introduction to a wide range of French literary and cultural texts from the nineteenth century to the present. Students read, discuss, and write papers in French on some of the best known texts and authors in the French literary canon, as well as others until recently excluded from it. Texts from a variety of genres, movements, and media are studied in relation to historical changes in French society, politics and culture, and to more general shifts in Western culture over the past two centuries. Overall, the course seeks to encourage critical reflection on the problematic category of "French literature" itself, and its relationship to French culture in general.

MAJOR READINGS

Readings will be chosen from among the
following:
Chateaubriand, RENE
Balzac, LE COLONEL CHABERT
Hugo, HERNANI
Flaubert, UN COEUR SIMPLE
Giraudoux, LA GUERRE DE TROIS N'AURA PAS LIEU
Sartre, HUIS CLOS
Camus, LA CHUTE
Beckett, EN ATTENDANT GODOT
Genet, LE BALCON
Sarraute, TROPISMES
LE PREMIER MANIFESTE DU SURREALISME
Selection of 19th and 20th Century poetry.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Four papers.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

This course is intended for students who have completed a French course numbered 215 or higher or have placed out of FREN215 through the placement test this fall. Students who have not done so should consult with the professor before preregistering. Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA RLIT

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Miel, J; Times: M.W.F.. 11:00AM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 1; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

About the Photo:

Jean Genet

Reference:

Fichte, Hubert and Jean Genet. HUBERT FICHTE, JEAN GENET, Germany: Rimbaud, 1992

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