French 4231 - Visualizing 19th-Century Poetry

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Washington University in St Louis

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At the very end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, Mallarmé and Apollinaire begin to compose seemingly original works that create a host of simultaneous and different meanings through a heightened use of what can be called the "concrete aspects" of the texts themselves: their layout on the page; the imagery they present; even the shape of the particular words and stanzas they employ. But a close reading of earlier 19th-century literature (mostly poetry) composed by various Romantic, Parnassian, and Symbolist authors (Victor Hugo, Théophile Gautier, Mari Krysinska, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Charles Baudelaire, Arthur Rimbaud, and Paul Verlaine) reveals that experimentation in the visualization (as opposed to "mere" reading or writing) of a literary work was already under way. The latter coincided with the evolution of sculpture, photography, and, later on, cinema. This course is designed to introduce students to both the production and reception of such works, and to examine their multiple historical and aesthetic causes and effects. 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 required for undergraduates.

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3.00

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www.wustl.edu

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(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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