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FREN227
The Painter and French Fiction
FREN227 SP
Crosslistings: COL 251
Next Offered in 9899 SP
What is the object of art? For what public is it produced?
What is the relationship between art and life, painting and
literature? Estheticians and novelists alike addressed
these questions in redefining the sister arts in 18th and
19th-century France. Documenting the evolution of art
criticism through both real and fictional Salons from
classicism to post-impressionism, this course will examine
the rise of the painter as a literary type. Of special
interest will be the classical doctrines of the Royal
Academy of Painting and Sculpture, and the themes of
genius/madness, Art-for-Art's-sake, anti-bourgeois Bohemian
lifestyle and victimization of the avant garde artist.
Authors include Dubos, Diderot, Balzac, Baudelaire, the
Goncourt Brothers, Mallarme, Zola; artists include Poussin,
Greuze, Boucher, Manet, Cezanne.
MAJOR READINGS
Balzac: "Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu"
Baudelaire: "Le Peintre de la vie moderne," L'ART ROMANTIQUE
(excerpts)
Diderot: "Le Salon de 1765," "Le Salon de 1767" (excerpts)
Dubos: REFLEXIONS CRITIQUES SUR LA POESIE ET SUR LA PEINTURE
Goncourt: MANETTE SALOMON
La Font de Saint-Yenne: "Le Salon de 1747"
Mallarme: "The Impressionists and Edouard Manet," "Berthe
Morisot"
Zola: L'OEUVRE, MES SALONS (excerpts)
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Frequent short papers and oral
reports.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
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
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
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