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FREN279
Advanced Seminar: Literature and Crisis
FREN279 FA
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Next Offered in 9899 FA
"Literature and Crisis", focuses on the following question:
How do writers in 20th century France address historical
crisis in their works? We investigate the various ways in
which writing deals with war and its aftermath, with
immigration and women's issues and more recently, with the
AIDS crisis.
Denial, indifference, violence and political commitment are
among the possible responses that we will trace and explore
in the texts.
MAJOR READINGS
(tentative list)
Jean-Paul Sartre, LES MAINS SALES
Georges Perec, W OU LE SOUVENIR D'ENFANCE
Jean Cocteau, THOMAS L'IMPOSTEUR
Marguerite Duras, LA DOULEUR
Rene Ceccaty, L'ACCOMPAGNEMENT
Maren Sell, LA FEMME SANS TETE
A list of secondary texts will be available at the beginning
of the semester.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Several short papers. Final
take-home examination.
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 FREN 215
through the placement test this fall.
Students will be asked to participate actively and give a
short oral presentation.
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
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Prerequisites:
FREN223 or FREN224
Last Updated on MAR-03-1998
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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