FREN 116 - Major Works: French Lit II

Institution:

Santa Clara University

Subject:

French & Francophone Studies

Description:

Topic: French Orientalism: The Representation of Otherness in Literature, Cinema, and Visual Arts: This course will examine differing constructions of the Oriental 'Other' as it took shape in French literary and non-literary representations from the 18th to the 21st century. We will analyze how politics and ideology inform the construction and reproduction of knowledge about the "Other" as well as the complex interactions between race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, exoticism and the various subject-object positions occupied by the observer, traveler, writer/voyeur. We will also analyze how these French writers, painters, photographers, travelers and filmmakers have used alterity as mirror for self-reflection, as a tool to critique socio-political practices and as the locus of a threat to cultural homogeneity and national identity. This course will engage theories of Orientalism, identity and difference, colonialism and postcolonialism. Selected literary texts, paintings and films include works by Montesquieu, Pierre Loti, Th?ophile Gautier, Flaubert, Delacroix, Matisse, Albert Camus, Julien Duvivier, Coline Serreau.

Credits:

5.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.scu.edu

Phone Number:

(408) 554-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

The Course Profile information is provided and updated by third parties including the respective institutions. While the institutions are able to update their information at any time, the information is not independently validated, and no party associated with this website can accept responsibility for its accuracy.