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3.00 Credits
Centering on major themes in culture, an analysis of the ways in which different kinds of texts endeavor to set into play important issues and conflicting values. Significant writing and analysis of the means by which written and visual texts--including short stories and novels, theater, poetry, essays, and film--"speak." Prerequisite: French 128. Four credit hours. L, I. PALIYENKO
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4.00 Credits
Introduces historical figures who have spoken out against religious norms or accepted morals and behaviors in their society. From the Middle Ages to the French Revolution, includes Marguerite Porete and the Free Spirit movement; Christine de Pizan, the first feminist; and later works that adopted a skeptical attitude in reaction to authority, tradition, or any dogmatism that restricts logical reasoning (e.g. Montaigne's Scepticism, La Bruyère's Les caractères , Chaderlos Laclos' s Les Liaisons dangereuses) . These works will be studied in the context of th e libertinage , a liberté de pens ? (free-thinking), which incorporated independent thinking, a disregard for fanaticism, and systematic thinki ng. Prerequisi te: French 231 and at least one other 200-level course, preferably t wo. Four credit hour s.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of important literary works from Quebec, focusing on problems of cultural identity, language, and the French-English conflict as seen in contemporary fiction, poetry, theater, and film. Non-French majors may write papers and examinations in English. Prerequisite: French 231 and at least one other 200-level course, preferably two. Four credit hours. L, I.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the legacies of famous couples in nineteenth-century French history, privileging male genius in a fashion that reveals the sexual and racial selection of genius and exposes the weight of prejudice against creative women in French cultural history. We shall consider the impact of "great" couples during the long nineteenth century (1789-1914) and in our day, mapping and interrogating their legacies across a broad sweep of (colonial) history, the arts, letters, and science. Prerequisite: French 231 and at least one other 200-level course, preferably two. Four credit hours. H, I. PALIYENKO
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4.00 Credits
Diverse artistic and literary representations of private and public life in 19th-century France--from the mal du siècle to the fin-de-siècle , the sacred to the profane, the domestic to the commercial, the personal to the political, the native to the foreign--provide the framework for a retrospective exploration of the 19th century as it was portrayed, and at the same time challenged, by the creative minds it produced. Non-French majors may write papers and examinations in English . Four credit hours. L.
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4.00 Credits
Troubled by epidemic revolution and social instability, the 19th century in France generated a culture of malaise and a fascinating exchange of ideas among medicine, art, and literature. Our study of celebrated figures of disease--the anxious René, deluded Emma Bovary, and degenerate Thérèse Raquin among them--reveals how passionate discontent, which was traditionally associated with the genius of male Romantics, became a "female" malady and in turn a sign of racial degeneration. Topics include the gendering of diseases (such as neurasthenia and hysteria), class differences, and the "disease" of race. Non-French majors may write papers and examinations in Englis h. Four credit hours . L
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3.00 Credits
A comparison of the ways Africa is portrayed by French and African writers, artists and filmmakers. Focusing on contemporary literature, but including discussions on film, video, and photography, explores how both French artists and writers represent Africa in their works, and how Africans, in response, represent themselves. Given the history of colonization and cultural dominance in sub-Sahara, how do native intellectuals articulate an African identity Topics include otherness, exoticism, colonization, violence, identity, decolonization, and post-independence struggle. Prerequisite: French 231 and at least one other 200-level course, preferably two. Four credit hours. L, I. SAMB
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3.00 Credits
Explores the ways in which literary texts and films endeavor to criticize and re-evaulate contemporary French society. How do Romain Gary, Annie Ernaux, Sarah Kofman, Rachid Dja dani, Matthieu Kassovitz, Louis Malle, and many others challenge the idealistic image of France A variety of materials--critical essays, documentaries, songs, films, and literary texts--provide the framework to understand such topics as immigration, racism, anti-Semitism and World War II, the place of women in society, the growing pains of childhood and adolescence, and the bourgeoisie. Prerequisite: French 231 and at least one other 200-level course, preferably two. Four credit hours. L, I. BRUNETAUX
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3.00 Credits
Racism, fanaticism, feminism, and the death penalty: these topics have periodically thrown France into disarray. French intellectuals like Voltaire, Hugo, Zola and Sartre charted an idealistic course to a better society grounded on reason, principles and sound intellectual arguments. We discuss how these debates have transformed French society, intellectual life, and political thought; and examine the emergence of the public intellectual ("l'intellectuel engagé") by reading relevant scholarship and analyzing controversial ideas expressed through satire, philosophical texts, and intellectual battles. Prerequisite: French 231 and at least one other 200-level course, preferably two. Four credit hours. DIONNE
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10.00 Credits
The senior honors thesis counts as one of the 10 courses required for the major. The thesis, written in French, is to be a substantial study of a carefully defined topic, supported by critical sources. Prerequisite: A 3.5 or higher major average at the end of the junior year and permission of the department. Three credit hours. FACULTY
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