Literature 3211 - Modern French Plays:The Theater of Contestation

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Bard College

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French Studies This course consists of a study of plays, "revolutionary"in their own right, which are misleadingly referred to as the Theater of the Absurd (or of Cruelty). Their authors bring to the stage-in unusual forms, images, and symbols-works that are simultaneously realistic in their depiction of human motives and values, expressionistic or surrealistic in their episodic structure, and explicit or implicit in their ideology. The class reads Beckett's Waiting for Godot and Endgame; Ionesco's Rhinoceros and The Bald Soprano; Genet's The Maids; Adamov' s ProfessorTaranne; and Arrabal's The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria. Students with an adequate command of French are encouraged to read texts in the original and discuss them (in French) during a weekly tutorial, for two extra credits.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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