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4.00 Credits
Conducted in French. Readings in poetry, theatre, and prose from romanticism to the theatre of the absurd and the nouveau roman. Presents critical terminology and analytical techniques necessary for in-depth study of the respective genres. Prerequisite: French 222 or permission of instructor. IRELAND.
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4.00 Credits
Also listed as Art 316. Conducted in French. Major monuments and the development of the city in historical context from the Middle Ages through the transformations of Haussmann in the 19th century. Attention to the vocabulary of architectural design and structure, and to analysis of period treatises and literary texts in relation to aesthetic issues and the politics of architecture. Prerequisite: a 300-level French course or permission of instructor. CHASSON.
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4.00 Credits
Conducted in French. Explores the relationship between writers and questions of authority from 1600-1789. Examines the representation of royal power, challenges to state authority and social conventions (such as the role of the church and the position of women in society), and the role of humor as a subversive technique. Authors studied may include La Fontaine, Pascal, Corneille, Molière, Madame de Lafayette, Mme de Sévigné, Saint-Simon, DiderotVoltaire, Laclos, and Sade. Prerequisite: French 312, or 313, or permission of instructor. HARRISON.
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4.00 Credits
Conducted in French. Analyzes the notion of the comic in French literary texts written before 1789. Examines the relationship between comedy and society, using the theories of Bakhtin, Bergson, Boileau, and Freud. Focuses on the particular techniques used in different literary genres, such as the novel, theatre, and satiric verse. Works studied may include the farces of the Middle Ages, Rabelais, Marguerite de Navarre, Molière, Boileau, Voltaire, and Diderot. Prerequisite: French 312, or 313, or permission of instructor. HARRISON.
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4.00 Credits
Conducted in French. Examines texts representative of Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, and post-Romantic poetry. Topics may include: realism and nature; the role of description; the expression of desire, and the relationship between the individual and society. Prerequisite: French 312, or 313, or permission of instructor. MOISAN.
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4.00 Credits
Conducted in French. Explores the evolution of literature and the rise of cinema between 1870 and 1945; examines notions such as moral and aesthetic transgression and innovation. Topics to be studied may include: collage, montage, memory, war, autobiography, and sexuality in authors and filmmakers such as Rimbaud, Rachilde, Colette, Méliès, Jarry, Proust, Gide, Céline, and CocteauPrerequisite: French 312, or 313, or permission of instructor. MOISAN.
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4.00 Credits
Conducted in French. Study of dramatic texts and their contexts since the Second World War, with reference to existentialism, the Theatre of the Absurd, and recent scenic depictions of female, postcolonial, and immigrant experiences. Examines how theatre of the French-speaking world reflects, challenges, and redefines societal, philosophical, and aesthetic values, with a focus on the relationship between text and performance. Prerequisite: French 312, or 313, or permission of instructor. J. GROSS.
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4.00 Credits
Conducted in French. Traces the evolution of prose fiction from the 1950s to the present and examines its relationship to biography, autobiography, feminist writing, film, and the popular novel. Prerequisite: French 312, or 313, or permission of instructor. IRELAND.
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4.00 Credits
Conducted in French. Examines the relations between France and the Orient as portrayed in paintings, photos, films, and prose fiction from the mid-19th century to the present. Focuses in particular on images of Oriental women, beginning with France's representation of its colonies as female. The main topics to be considered are: the depiction of interracial relationships; the effect of gender on the experience of immigration; women and war (Algeria and Lebanon); women's voices in contemporary North Africa; and the notions of tradition and modernity in relation to issues such as arranged marriages, polygamy, and excision. The Orient studied includes Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, and Lebanon. Prerequisite: French 312, or 313, or permission of instructor. IRELAND.
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4.00 Credits
The way in which gender affects ideas, institutions, and patterns of behavior that determine the place of women in society is considered. Basic assumptions and theories of traditional disciplines are questioned through an interdisciplinary approach. Guest lecturers share research on the effect of feminist scholarship in their disciplines. Prerequisite: none. ALFONSO, MILLER.
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