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From Autobiography to Autofiction
FREN255 SP
Crosslistings: COL254
The course offers a study of the trends of autobiographical discourse in France from 1930 to the present. Particular attention will be given to questions of gender, memory and history that are inherent in literary
self-representation. The course will
include, among others, works by Simone de Beauvoir, Roland Barthes, Marguerite Duras, Jean-Paul Sartre, Andre Breton, as well as critical studies by Philippe Lejeune, Serge Doubrovsky, Julia Kristeva to name a few.
MAJOR READINGS
Michel Leiris: L'AGE D'HOMME Andre Breton: NADJA Jean-Paul Sartre: LES MOTS Simon de Beauvoir: MEMOIRES D'UNE JEUNE FILLE RANGEE Roland Barthes: ROLAND BARTHES Georges Perec: W OU LE SOUVENIR D'ENFANCE
Marguerite Duras: (xeroxes) Secondary
readings: Julia Kristeva (articles) Philippe Lejeune: LE PACTE AUTOBIOGRAPHIQUE Serge Doubrovsky (articles) Paul John Eakin (articles) etc....
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Oral report - short papers.
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:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA RLAN
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
Last Updated on MAR-24-2000
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