FREN-UA 932 - The Image of Human Experience in the French Novel

Institution:

New York University

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Description:

Man's attempt to come to terms with himself and his universe has been the central impetus of all great literature. Covers the changing image of man through the centuries in the works of French writers of international repute: Voltaire in his philosophical tales; Diderot as a precursor of the modern novel; Stendhal in The Red and the Black; Flaubert in Madame Bovary; and Proust, Camus, and Beckett, all of whom have attempted to define man in relation to the major problems of his existence.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nyu.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 998-1212

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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