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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Close readings of tragedies by (among others) Corneille and Racine, placed in the context of baroque and neoclassical political and artistic culture as illustrated by philosophy, painting, and science. Drawing on recent criticism and theory, explores heroic drama's role as a symptom and agent of early modern French social and intellectual history. Readings in French, but may be taught in English. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.
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3.00 Credits
Close readings of major works by, e.g., Descartes, Pascal, La Fayette, La Rochefoucauld, and La Bruyere. Themes include 17th century theories of self, early modern epistemology, notions of honnetete and the critical analysis of human motives and behavior, the emerging novel, and the critique of heroic idealism and of the monarchic absolutism of the Sun King, Louis XIV. Readings in French, but may be taught in English. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.
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Close readings of the comedies in context with the works of, e.g., Corneille, Rotrou, Cyrano, Boileau, and La Fontaine. Themes include Moliere and the institution of literary authorship, comedy's role as social critique, the deconstruction of the early modern subject, and the cultural politics of the scandals surrounding L'Ecole des femmes and Tartuffe. Readings in French, but may be taught in English. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the uses of literature to address the revolutionary philosophical, scientific, religious, and/or sociopolitical questions of the day. Explores Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopedie, Voltaire and Diderot's philosophical tales and dialogues, Rousseau's Discours, and other writings. Discusses the development of specific literary forms to promote the ideas and goals of the philosophers to reach a changing and diverse readership and to fight censorship. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the study of a specific literary genre (e.g., theatre, the novel) or on the global production of a major author (e.g., Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau). Discussion stresses both the uniqueness of the genre/writer and their significance as representatives of the century's changing society and culture. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours during a student's graduate career. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of principal works and movements, intended as an introductory course. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.
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3.00 Credits
Topics vary. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.
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3.00 Credits
Taught in French and English. Focuses on literary structures proposed by author to reader as games. Considers critical texts, both practical and theoretical, with a view toward defining the relation between criticism and its objects. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.
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3.00 Credits
Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.
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2.00 Credits
Required for teaching assistants and graduate part-time instructors. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.
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