French 4202 - Ingenues and Libertines: Writing the Feminine in XIXth-Century French Prose

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Washington University in St Louis

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Informed by a close reading of theoretical texts dealing with the paradoxes of "la femme auteur" (the woman author), as Balzac coined it, this seminar explores the many ways of writing the feminine in the margins of 19th-century French fiction. Opposing "dames de cour" (ladies of the court) and "femmes de tête" (women of the mind), we focus on the representation of women as "voleuses de langue" (tongue snatchers) in the works of Mme de Staël, Claire de Duras, George Sand, and Marie d'Agoult, among others. Prerequisites: French 325 and French 326 or one of these courses and the equivalent Washington University transfer literature course from Toulouse or Paris. One-hour preceptorial for undergraduates.

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3.00

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www.wustl.edu

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(314) 935-5000

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North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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