FRENCH 335 - Baudelaire,Rimbaud,Mallarmé

Institution:

Bard College

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A revolution was brought to the theory and practices of 19th-century French poetry by three of its most illustrious figures: Baudelaire, Rimbaud, and Mallarmé. As Victor Hugo's age of lyricRomanticism came to an end, these three poets took full measure of a modern subjectivity in crisis by making it a crisis of form, with increasing disenchantment, irony, self-reflexivity, and obscurity. Their challenge to figurative language brought poetry dangerously close to silence, madness, or death. Through a succession of close readings, students assess the range of this poetic revolution that constantly questioned the limits of literature and the possibility of meaning. The course is taught in French. Primary texts are in French, secondary sources are in English. Readings include Les Fleurs du mal and Le Spleen de Paris ( Baudelaire), Illuminations and Une Saison en enfer ( Rimbaud), and Poésies (Mallarmé).

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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

Calendar System:

Semester

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