FRENCH 80 - French Literature and the Other Arts

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Dartmouth College

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10W: 12 Literary works (poetry, theater, the novel, the essay) will be examined in their relationship to the other arts. This will include music, painting, the plastic arts, architecture, etc. Sample topics: opera and melodrama; symbolism and Impressionist painting; surrealism in poetry and collage; art criticism by such writers as Baudelaire, Apollinaire, Ponge. Prerequisite: French 10, or permission of the instructor. Dist: ART; WCult: W. In 10W, Orientalism. In this course French "Orientalism" will be examined as a cultural phenomenon beginning in 1789 with Napoleon's incursion into Egypt. Some questions to be addressed: What is the "Orient" How is it depicted in texts, photographs, and paintings How is it a mental construction and what does it reveal Readings will include authors such as Lamartine, Hugo, Flaubert, Yourcenar, Malraux, and Duras; paintings by Delacroix and Matisse will be studied. Kog

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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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