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  • FREN 332: Myth and Memory in Modern France:From the French Revolution to May 1968

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Datta This course explores the way in which the French view their past as well as the myths they have created to inscribe that past into national memory. Through an approach simultaneously thematic and chronological, modern French history and culture will be examined from the perspective of ?les lieux de mémoire,? that is, symbolic events (Bastille Day), institutions (the Napoleonic Code), people (Joan of Arc), and places (Sacré-Coeur) that have shaped French national identity. The course begins by analyzing such concepts as the nation and the hexagon, and proceeds to the legacy of key moments in French history, among them the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era, the establishment of the Third Republic, the two World Wars, the Algerian conflict, and the events of May 19 68. Prerequisite: 211 (or for classes of 2010-2011 only, 210 may be substituted) and one additional unit, 212 or above. Distribution: Language and Literature or Historical Studies Semester: Fall Unit: 1.
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  • FREN 333: French Classical Tragedy:Corneille Versus Racine:Rethinking the Parallel

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Bilis Ever since La Bruyère's famous comment on Corneille and Racine respectively, ?The first depicts men as they should be, the second as they are,? critics have tirelessly opposed the two French tragedians. In this course, we will take a critical approach to the notion of ?Auteurs Classiques? and the seventeenth century's status as the ?Grand Siècle? by questioning the archetypal Corneille and Racine parallel in light of important but marginalized playwrights such as Jean Rotrou, Tristan l'Hermite and Catherine Bernard who defy standard definitions of Classicism and tragedy. We will explore the many variations on the Corneille and Racine parallel, asking if there is a ?Grand Corneille? and a ?Tender Racine,? and considering why certain historical periods deemed one playwright to encapsulate ?French values? and patriotism more than the other. Students will become familiar with an array of seventeenth-century tragedies and reflect on the process and politics of litera ry canonization. Prerequisite: 211 (or for classes of 2010-2011 only, 210 may be substituted) and one additional unit, 212 or above. Distribution: Language and Literature Semester:
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  • FREN 349: Studies in Culture and Criticism Topic A:La Belle époque:Politics,Society,and Culture in France:1880-1914

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Datta NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. In the aftermath of World War I, French men and women viewed the preceding years as a tranquil and stable period in French history. Yet, during the era, subsequently known as la belle époque , the French experienced changes of enormous mag-nitude: the emergence of both consumer culture and a working class, the development of a national press, and the expansion of an over-seas colonial empire. Such ebullience was reflected in the emergence of Paris as the capital of the European avant-garde. Drawing on literary texts and historical documents, as well as on films, posters, and songs, this interdisciplinary course examines French society, poli-tics, and culture during the era that ushered France into the modern age . Prerequisite: 211 (or for classes of 2010-2011 only, 210 may be substituted) and one additional unit, 212 or above. Distribution: Language and Literature or Historical Studies Semester: N/O Unit: 1. 0 Topic B: France and Europe: Ambiguities, Obstacles, and Triumph s Gunthe r NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. After an introduction to various social, cultural and political aspects of contemporary France and the French, we will turn our attention to issues surrounding France's role in the project to unify Europe. We will examine how France's anxieties and hopes for the European Union are shared by other European nations, and how France is experiencing EU membership differently from its neighbors, in ways that reflect its unique history and culture. Readings will be drawn from a variety of disciplines, including texts by histo-rians, political scientists, sociologists and economis ts. Prerequisite: 211 (or for classes of 2010-2011 only, 210 may be substituted) and one additional unit, 212 or above. Distribution: Language and Literature or Historical Studies Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0 Topic C: Liberty, Equality, Sexualities: How the Values of the French Republic Have Both Protected and LimitedSexual Freed oms Gunt her An examination of sexualities and genders in France that addresses the questions of why the French seem so comfortable with sex while at the same time so constrained by gender roles and why French movements for gay rights and women's rights have had such difficulty cooperating. The answers lie in the paradoxical relationship between France's relative indifference toward sexuality, on the one hand, and its fixation with gender difference, on the other. At the end of the semester, the course will focus on recent changes in discussions of gender and sexuality and address the issue of whether traditional paradigms for explaining gender and sexuality in France still apply or whether the French might be entering a new sexual era. Prerequisite: 211 (or for classes of 2010-2011 only, 210 may be substituted) and one additional unit, 212 or above. Distribution: Language and Literature or Historical Studies Semester: Spring Unit:
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  • FREN 350: Research or Individual Study

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Prerequisite: 211 (or for classes of 2010-2011 only, 210 may be substituted) and one additional unit, 212 or above. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
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  • FREN 360: Senior Thesis Research

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Prerequisite: By permission of the department. See Academic Distinctions. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
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  • FREN 370: Senior Thesis

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Prerequisite: 360 and permission of the department. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
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  • FRST 350: Research or Individual Study

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Prerequisite: Open by permission to juniors and seniors. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
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  • FRST 360: Senior Thesis Research

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Prerequisite: By permission of director. See Academic Distinctions. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
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  • FRST 370: Senior Thesis

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Prerequisite: 360 and permission of department. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
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  • GEOS 101: Earth Processes and the Environment with Laboratory

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. OFFERED IN 2010-11.The Earth is home to more than six billion people and millions of kinds of animals and plants. Geologic processes both rapid (earthquakes and landslides) and slow (mountain building and sea level rise) are intimately linked with sustaining this diversity of life. This course will examine these and other processes in which the atmosphere, geosphere, and bios-phere are linked via the flow of energy and mass. Laboratory and field trips will introduce skills needed to observe and document processes shaping our environment. Problem solving in small groups during class time will foster critical thinking, and classroom debates between larger teams will focus research and communications skills on current issues in geosciences such as building and removing dams, and the science surrounding global climate change. Prerequisite: Fulfillment of the basic skills component of the Quantitative Reasoning requirement. Not open to students who have taken 102. Distribution: Natural and Physical Science. Fulfills the Quantitative Reasoning overlay course requirement. Semester: N/O. Offered in 2010-11. Unit: 1.25
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