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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the conceptual foundations of structuralism and post-structuralism or to what is known as "French Theory". Readings include works by Saussure, Levi-Strauss, Lacan, Foucault, Cixous, and Deleuze. Prerequisites: Satisfaction of the language requirement or permission of the instructor. General Education Requirement: Reason and Value (REA). Not offered in 2009-2010. 3 points
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Films on and of the period from the 1930s to the present, focusing on the interplay between history, ideology, and culture. Prerequisites: Satisfaction of the language requirement or permission of the instructor. General Education Requirement: The Visual and Performing Arts (ART). Not offered in 2009-2010. 3 points
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3.00 Credits
Major surrealist paintings, films, and photographs. Included are works by Breton, Desnos, Bu uel, Clair, Fini, Ernst, Dalí, Magritte, Man Ray, Molinier, Tanning, and Artaud. Critical texts by Sade, Freud, Breton, Bataille, Bellmer, Desnos, and others. - S. Gavronsky General Education Requirement: The Visual and Performing Arts (ART). 3 points
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3.00 Credits
Jews in France from the Revolution to Vichy. Materials include newspapers, documentaries, films, historical texts and literary works. - S. Gavronsky Prerequisites: Reading ability in French required for all students. French majors must write their papers in French. Not offered in 2009-2010. 3 points
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3.00 Credits
From négritude to World War II anti-semitism, to contemporary French reactions to North African immigration. General Education Requirement: Cultures in Comparison (CUL). General Education Requirement: Literature (LIT). Not offered in 2009-2010. 3 points
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Analysis of the theoretical and literary precursors of négritude; major figures of the movement; relations with the Harlem Renaissance; and the formulation of creolity by contemporary Caribbean writers and thinkers. Authors will include Gobineau, Maran, Price-Mars, Hughes, McKay, Césaire, Senghor, Damas, Fanon, Sartre, Glissant, and Chamoiseau. Taught in French. - S. Gavronsky General Education Requirement: Cultures in Comparison (CUL). 3 points
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Introduction to major works of fiction from the French-speaking countries of the Caribbean, West Africa, North Africa and "Indochina." Considers some of the principal authors of these regions, and examines the socio-political, historical, and aesthetic considerations that have influenced Francophone literary production in the twentieth century. - K. Glover Prerequisites: Completion of language requirement in French or equivalent. General Education Requirement: Cultures in Comparison (CUL). General Education Requirement: Literature (LIT). 3 points
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Looks at the portrayal of women as unsettling figures in the Francophone Caribbean literary universe. Examining the uncanny heroines in the novels of both male and female writers, students will identify the thematic commonalities and specific configurative strategies that emerge in the fictional representation of women in the region. The symbolic import of zombies, schizophrenics, and other "disordering" characters will be analyzed as indicators of and reflections on broader social realities. - K. Glover General Education Requirement: Literature (LIT). 3 points
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Representations of African culture by filmmakers from various cultural backgrounds. Social and ideological positions and the demands of exoticism. The constructions of the African as "other" and the responses they have elicited from Africa's cinéastes. - K. Glover General Education Requirement: The Visual and Performing Arts (ART). 3 points
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3.00 Credits
Emphasizes cultural and historical representation of Francophone women by both women and men. Works will include novels, films, and poems, by authors such as Sembéne Ousmane, Mariama Ba, Amadou Kourouma, Camara Laye, Calixthe Beyala. Not offered in 2009-2010. 3 points
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