FYSM 141 - Paris,France

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Trinity College

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Ernest Hemingway entitled the memoirs of his sojourn in Paris a "moveable feast". This seminar will explore the enduring fascination of the "city of lights" through major moments of its urban, political and cultural history. We will examine the dramatic changes that Paris's cityscape has undergone from its birth on the tiny le de la Cité to its radical transformation by Haussmann in the 1860's and its contemporary visage full of contrasts, where the modernist Eiffel tower looms over the 17th century H tel des Invalides and IM Pei's glass pyramid sparkles in the Louvre courtyard. Through fiction and non-fiction texts, visual and musical works, we will study how Paris has inspired artists, painters, writers and film makers: Balzac, Baudelaire, Zola, Renoir, Proust, Delaunay, Hemingway, Stein among others. In conclusion, we will assess Paris's contemporary status as an emblem of modernity. This is a seminar for students who would like to enter into the study of Paris, France and Europe in preparation for study abroad and a lifetime of informed travel. Students successfully completing the First-Year Seminar on Paris will have priority for places in the Trinity College Paris Program in their Sophomore or Junio 1.00 units, Seminar

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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