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FREN279
Advanced Seminar in Literature: Mirror in the Text
FREN279 FA
Photo Caption and Credits
Next Offered in 9899 FA
The purpose of this seminar is to discuss specific modes of
literary criticism and theoretical discourse and their
application to a number of selected texts. Topics and works
to be examined will vary each year. The organizing topic in
the Fall of 1995, "The Mirror in the Text," focuses on
questions of repetition (thematic, rhetorical, structural)
in French texts. The course examines how symmetry relates
to form, function, and meaning in French literature.
MAJOR READINGS
Readings in theory by Hillis Miller,
Christopher Lasch, Paul Zweig, Louse Vinge, Jean Rousset,
and Lucien Dallenbach.
Tristan, ed. Andre Mary
Lafayette, LA PRINCESSE DE CLEVES
Laclos, LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
Balzac, SARRASINE, LE CHEF-D'OEUVRE INCONNU
Barvey d'Aurevilly, LES DIABOLIQUES
George Rondenbach, BRUGES-LA-MORTE
Moliere, DOM JUAN
Pinget, LETTRE MORTE, MONSIEUR SONGE
Ricardou, LES LIEUX-DITS
Sarraute, LES FRUITS D'OR
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Short papers. Final take-home
examination.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
All students should
have completed satisfactorily French 223 or 224 or
equivalent. This course is required of French majors and
should be taken in their final year. It is also open to
qualified non-majors.
Students will be asked to lead class discussions and should
be prepared to participate actively.
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 Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Prerequisites:
FREN223 or FREN224
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
About the Photo:
Simone de Beauvoir
Reference:
De Beauvoir, Simone. SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR ET LE
COURS DU MONDE, Paris: Editions Klincksieck, 1978
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