FRENCH 60 - Gender and French Literature

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Dartmouth College

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10S: 12 Intersections of gender and literary expression will be studied from a variety of perspectives: gender and authorship (women writers, ?riture féminine , comparative analysis of masculine/feminine treatments of genres or themes); gender and reading (do men and women read differently do certain texts address a specifically gendered readership ); gender and literary form (the lyric, the romance plot); representations of men and women in certain movements or periods (the female body, women/men as subjects or objects of representation).Prerequisite: French 10, or permission of the instructor. Dist: LIT; WCult: W. In 10S, Women in Eighteenth-Century France. This course is a cultural and literary exploration of gender in eighteenth-century France. Through works by both male and female thinkers, writers, and artists, we will look at the lives of eighteenth-century French women in the domestic and public spheres. We will explore gender construction and distinctions in the social, political, and intellectual arenas of pre-Revolutionary France. Readings include Riccoboni, Genlis, Cotin, Gouges, Rousseau, Chatelet, Laclos, Montesquieu, Charrière, Marivaux. Marcellesi.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.dartmouth.edu

Phone Number:

(603) 646-1110

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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