FRENCH 10 - Introduction to French Literature:Masterworks and Great Issues

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Dartmouth College

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08F: 12, 2 09W, 09S: 2, D.L.S.A.+ 09X: 12 09F: 12, 2 10W, 10S: 2, D.L.S.A.+ These courses, offered each term by various members of the Department, deal in major figures, themes, or issues of modern French literature, and of those earlier periods which have particular relevance to today's world. Techniques of critical reading and interpretation are studied as an approach to these topics, which reflect the interests of the teaching staff. Prerequisite: French 3, or equivalent preparation. Dist: LIT; WCult: W. In 08F at 12, Tourists, Exiles and other Outsiders. Inhabiting another space-real or imaginary, for pleasure or out of necessity-inspires reflection about the host culture, the self, and the concept of "home." This course will explore these themes and perspectives in French and Francophone literature and film. Readings may include works by Graffigny, Hugo, Sand, Nerval, Stendhal, Rimbaud, Tristan, Colette, Camus and Butor. KilbanIn 08F at 2, Seduction. Seduction is a game and a ritual that takes many forms. With words, the body, music, images and objects, seducers, be they characters within novels, poets, playwrights or huge corporations, can exercise a hold on their targets of seduction. Beginning with the poetry of the Renaissance, we will then read plays and novels and view films that foreground the arty of seduction. Authors may include Marot, Ronsard, Molière, Flaubert and Beauvoir. Cone. In 09W, Coming of Age. The novel of development has traditionally described a young man's coming of age. Contemporary writers have turned to this familiar literary form in representing new situations, opening it to the experience of women, immigrants and others once considered marginal to French society. The course will explore the experience of coming of age in novels and films by Jean-Paul Sartre, Annie Ernaux, Fran ois Truffaut, Mehdi Charef, Maryse Condé, Camara Laye, and Marguerite Duras. Green.In 09S, Fatality, Danger and Phantasmagoria: Performing Destiny on the Modern French Stage, Theory and Performance. A study of the dramaturgy, the themes, problems and their resolutions in the performance of selected French plays and novels. The transition of dramatic literature from page to stage will be examined, as well as the concepts, insights and techniques from which actors create and sustain theatric illusion. Authors may include Diderot, Musset, Maeterlinck, Claudel, Beckett, Ionesco, Simenon, Leblanc. Rassias.

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3.00

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www.dartmouth.edu

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(603) 646-1110

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New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Quarter

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