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FREN287
Power Plays
FREN287 FA
Not Currently Offered
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
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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