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4.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 Modernism and the Age of Suspicion. We will explore the aesthetic, philosophical, and political developments of the 20th century in France through works by writers such as Valéry, Proust, Breton, Sartre, Beckett, Camus, Sarraute, and Duras. Conducted in French. Prerequisites: at least two 300-level French classes or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Reading and analysis of selected novels, poems, and plays from across the Francophone literary tradition, with a focus on the literatures of North and West Africa and the Caribbean. This course examines the major movements, issues, and critical approaches marking Francophone literatures, including Négritude, nationalism, postcolonialism, Créolit and feminism. Conducted in Frenc h. Prerequisite s: at least two 300-level French classes or consent of instructor
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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on one or more authors, movements, historical periods, or genres in French literature. Conducted in French or English. May be repeated for credit if topics differ. Prerequisite: none, if taught in English. If taught in French, two 300-level French courses or consent of instructor
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Staff Directed readings of topics or works selected to complement, but not substitute for, the regular period offerings of the French program. The proposal for independent study must be approved by the tenure-track staff. The number of students accepted for the course will depend on the availability of the staff. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Staff Designed to further independent research projects leading to the preparation of an undergraduate thesis or a project report. Required of and limited to senior honors candidates in French. Prerequisite: admission to honors candidacy.
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4.00 Credits
Fall: Morrissey ; Spring: Wilcox This interdisciplinary course is designed to introduce students, particularly those intending to complete a gender studies minor, to questions in which gender is a significant category of analysis. Topics will include the construction of gender identity and sexuality and the relationship of gender to past and present social and cultural institutions, gendered representations in the arts and literature, and feminist and related theoretical approaches to various disciplines. Open to first- and second-year students; others by consent of instructor. Distribution area: alternative voices.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Staff Discussion and directed reading on a topic of interest to the individual student. The project must be approved by the staff. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
The course explores selected topics in gender studies.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Queer theory developed in the early 1990s out of the conjunction of feminist theory, sexuality studies, and queer activism. This course introduces students to some of the key authors and texts in queer theory, as well as applications of queer theory in a variety of academic fields and critiques of queer theory as androcentric, Eurocentric, overly intellectual, and impractical. It is recommended that students who take this class have previous exposure to theoretical writing in either the humanities or the social sciences. Distribution area: alternative voices.
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3.00 Credits
Zalloua This course will explore the movement of French Feminism as articulated by its leading representatives, Julia Kristeva, Luce Irigaray, and Hélène Cixous. Taking a genealogical approach to the investigation of "feminism", we will compare these theorists' understanding of the concept with that of Simone de Beauvoir, as well as that of their Anglophone contemporaries (such as Judith Butler and Diana Fuss). Particular attention will be given to the representations of gender and sexual difference in relation to language and pleasure, essentialism, and accounts of the body, as well as French Feminism's critical dialogue with psychoanalysis, Marxism, and poststructural
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