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FREN252

Sexual Politics of the Eighteenth Century FREN252 SP

Crosslistings: WMST258

Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Sat Mar 8 05:00:06 EST 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       23      23         0

From the courtly romances under Louis XIV to the seditious pornography of the Revolution, the ideal of the aristocratic woman became eroticized to signal both moral and political corruption. The metaphor of the body politic, (im)moral education of- and by women, and incompatibility of femininity and virtue will be examined in major texts (by Montesquieu, Graffigny, Marivaux, Diderot, Rousseau, Laclos, Sade) and libertine novellas, plays and pamphlets against Marie-Antoinette.

MAJOR READINGS

Montesquieu, LES LETTRES PERSANES
Duras, OURIKA
Graffigny, LETTRES D'UNE PERUVIENNE
Marivaux, "La Colonie"
Diderot, LA RELIGIEUSE
Rousseau, "Sophie" in EMILE
Laclos, LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
Sade, LA PHILOSOPHIE DANS LE BOUDOIR
Foucault, L'HISTOIRE DE LA SEXUALITE (selections)
plus anonymous pamphlet literature.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

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: FREN215 or FREN223

Section 01: Ennis, M; Times: M.W.F.. 10:00AM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 3, Fr: 4; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

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