FRENCH 332 - Early Modern French Literature and Culture

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Reed College

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Full course for one semester. This course is intended as a survey of the literature of Renaissance and 17th-century France, though special attention will be paid to the ways in which spatial and especially geographical constructs serve to organize knowledge. Themes will include: translation as literary displacement, travel and homesickness, the quest for knowledge, the rise of relativism, and the place of the picaresque. Readings from Rabelais, Labé, Ronsard, Du Bellay, Montaigne, Descartes, Pascal, Racine, Corneille, and Charles Sorel. Discussion in French. Prerequisite: French 210 or demonstration of equivalent ability by placement exam. Conference. Not offered 2009-10.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.reed.edu

Phone Number:

(503) 771-1112

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

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Semester

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