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FREN287

Power Plays
FREN287 FA

SectionClass Size*AvailableTimes
1 20 6 Times: M.W.F.. 11:00AM-11:50AM;

*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration. (Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:01:03 EST 1998 )

Photo Caption and Credits

The course will consist of the detailed reading of a dozen French plays from the 17th through 20th centuries, from the perspective of the relation between the dominant(e) and the domine(e), in both its obvious and more subtle manifestations: physical, governmental, social (feminist et al.), metaphysical and linguistic.

MAJOR READINGS

Moliere, L'ECOLE DES FEMMES, LES FOURBERIES
DE SCAPIN
Racine, BERENICE
Marivaux, LE JEU DE L'AMOUR ET DU HASARD, ARLEQUIN POLI PAR
L'AMOUR
Lesage, TURCARET
Courteline, BOUBOUROCHE
Feydeau, DORMEZ, JE LE VEUX!, ON PURGE BEBE
Romains, KNOCK
Montherlant, LA REINE MORTE
Anouilh, ANTIGONE
Schehade, MONSIEUR BOB'LE
Ionesco, LA LECON
Cesaire, LA TRAGEDIE DU ROI CHRISTOPHE
Beckett, EN ATTENDANT GODOT
and appropriate historical and theoretical readings.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Final examination, two 4-5 page essays on additional material

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. 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: FREN223

Section 01
Shapiro, N
Times: M.W.F.. 11:00AM-11:50AM;
Grading Mode: Mixed
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-03-1998



About the Photo:

Samuel Beckett

Reference:

Bernold, Andre. L'AMITIE DE BECKETT, Paris: Hermann, 1992



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