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10S: 12 Intersections of gender and literary expression will be studied from a variety of perspectives: gender and authorship (women writers, ?riture féminine , comparative analysis of masculine/feminine treatments of genres or themes); gender and reading (do men and women read differently do certain texts address a specifically gendered readership ); gender and literary form (the lyric, the romance plot); representations of men and women in certain movements or periods (the female body, women/men as subjects or objects of representation).Prerequisite: French 10, or permission of the instructor. Dist: LIT; WCult: W. In 10S, Women in Eighteenth-Century France. This course is a cultural and literary exploration of gender in eighteenth-century France. Through works by both male and female thinkers, writers, and artists, we will look at the lives of eighteenth-century French women in the domestic and public spheres. We will explore gender construction and distinctions in the social, political, and intellectual arenas of pre-Revolutionary France. Readings include Riccoboni, Genlis, Cotin, Gouges, Rousseau, Chatelet, Laclos, Montesquieu, Charrière, Marivaux. Marcellesi.
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09W: 11 10W: 2 This course will involve the study of Francophone literature outside Europe. This may include the literature of Africa, the Caribbean, Québec and Southeast Asia. Prerequisite: French 10, or permission of the instructor. Dist: LIT; WCult: Varies. In 09W, Questions of Independence. The year 2002 was the two hundredth anniversary of the Haitian Revolution. This course will focus on Haiti, the Haitian Revolution and its literature. Walker. In 10W, Writing French in the Arab World: Voices from the Maghreb. First encountered as a colonizing language, French has become a language of self-expression and affirmation for writers in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, as well as in Maghrebian immigrant communities in France. The course will focus on the role of French in constructing contemporary Maghrebian identity in novels and films by Tahar ben Jelloun, Assia Djebar, Ma ssa Bey, Mahi Binebine, Leila Sebbar, Merzak Allouache, and Yamina Benguigui. WCult: NW. Green.
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09W: 10A This course will focus on one of the following: an individual filmmaker, a significant movement or period, or a major theme in French cinema. Students will become familiar with aspects of French cinematic history as well as with important concepts in film analysis. Prerequisite: French 10, or permission of the instructor. Dist: ART; WCult: W. In 09W, Women Filmmakers in the French Tradition. We will study films by French women filmmakers, situating them within cinema history generally and the French tradition in particular. We will trace the artists' contribution to the development of realism, Modernism, Surrealism, the New Wave, and post-Modernism. Examining the articulation of social consciousness with artistic experimentation, we will ask whether the films point to a specifically feminine aesthetic. Counts toward French, Film and Television Studies, or Women's and Gender Studies major. Higgins.
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09W: 2 10W: 2A As part of this culminating experience, each major will work on an independent project, either a senior thesis or expanding upon work begun in a previous course. The independent project will be developed within the framework of this course using a selection of critical texts that can be viewed as models of literary, cultural, and historical analysis. Lectures by a variety of faculty members will supplement the readings. Students will gain mastery in literary and cultural analysis, close analytical reading skills and composition in French. The course is open only to French and Italian Department senior majors or by petition, which is due by the fifth day of classes of Fall term. Dist: LIT; WCult: W. Beasley.
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08F: 12 09W, 09S: 12, D.L.S.A.+ 09F: 12 10W, 10S: 12, D.L.S.A.+ Practice in the active use of the language combined with an introduction to major aspects of French society. Each week students will write papers and participate in discussions based on books, articles, and films emphasizing social and historical concepts. Prerequisite: French 3, or equivalent preparation. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. The staff.
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10W: 12 Literary works (poetry, theater, the novel, the essay) will be examined in their relationship to the other arts. This will include music, painting, the plastic arts, architecture, etc. Sample topics: opera and melodrama; symbolism and Impressionist painting; surrealism in poetry and collage; art criticism by such writers as Baudelaire, Apollinaire, Ponge. Prerequisite: French 10, or permission of the instructor. Dist: ART; WCult: W. In 10W, Orientalism. In this course French "Orientalism" will be examined as a cultural phenomenon beginning in 1789 with Napoleon's incursion into Egypt. Some questions to be addressed: What is the "Orient" How is it depicted in texts, photographs, and paintings How is it a mental construction and what does it reveal Readings will include authors such as Lamartine, Hugo, Flaubert, Yourcenar, Malraux, and Duras; paintings by Delacroix and Matisse will be studied. Kog
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Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S Prerequisite: French 10, or permission of the instructor. Dist: LIT; WCult: W.
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All terms: Arrange A program of individual study directed by a member of the staff. Open only to French, French Studies and Romance Language Majors. By special permission this course may be taken more than once. A proposal, signed by the faculty advisor, must be submitted to the Departmental Committee on Independent Studies and Honors Theses for approval by the fifth day of classes of the term.
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All terms: Arrange Honors students will arrange a program of study and research during any term of the senior year on a tutorial basis with individual faculty members. A thesis, written in French, and a public presentation are the normal culmination of this course. A proposal, signed by the faculty advisor, must be submitted to the Departmental Committee on Independent Studies and Honors Theses for approval by the fifth day of classes of the term. For information about application procedures, please see the Regulations section.
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