The Romance Languages and Literatures 450 - 20th-Century French Literature I

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Colgate University

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H. Julien This seminar examines some of the most important novels and plays of the first half of the 20th century, until World War II. Authors read generally include Gide, Proust, Breton, Malraux, Giraudoux. The following questions are discussed: How did these writers see their role in the rapidly changing social and political climate of the period How did they transform the two dominant literary modes of the end of the 19th century (naturalism and symbolism) to express more modern concerns How is one to understand the emergence of an introspective hero who so often searches for his or her identity on the margins of society (Formerly FREN 465.)

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3.00

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www.colgate.edu

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(315) 228-1000

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Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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