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3.00 Credits
B. Lintz This seminar traces the development of French theater through close readings of representative works from the 17th through the 19th centuries. Major dramatic genres such as tragedy, comedy, and romantic drama and their development are examined in their historical, intellectual, and literary contexts. Through critical readings of these plays, the course identifies a developing sensibility concerning the definition of the hero, the historical workings of masculine and feminine roles, and the contingencies of fate, love, and personal choice. The course considers as well the shifting set of literary conventions through which playwright and audience negotiated these ideas. Course work includes primary literary works as well as video recordings of selected performances of some of the plays. Authors studied may include Corneille, Racine, Molière, Marivaux, Beaumarchais, Hugo, Vigny, Musset, and Rostand. (Formerly FREN 451.)
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3.00 Credits
P. Riley This course examines some of the French 18th century's most celebrated "letter novels." Through readings of Montesquieu, Graffigny, Rousseau, and Laclos, the course focuses on the formal and thematic development of the epistolary genre over a period of some 60 years. The novels are read against a historical background stretching from the reign of Louis XIV through the French Revolution. (Formerly FREN 456.
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3.00 Credits
P. Riley Beginning in the 17th century under the label libertinage érudit, libertine fiction evolves into a major genre in the Enlightenment. The course follows its development through readings of Prèvost, Crébillon fils, Diderot, Denon, and Sade, and explores the following questions: How do philosophy, fiction, and sexual politics coalesce in libertine literature How can one reconcile libertinage - a way of living and writing frequently reduced to passion and sensuality - with the broader currents of the most "rational" century in French literary history An exploration of libertine literature thus entails a focus on cultural history, and serves as a point of departure for a broader reflection on the Enlightenment. (Fo rmerly FREN
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3.00 Credits
J. Gallucci A detailed study of the lyric poetry of Louise Labé, Pierre Ronsard, Joachim du Bellay, and Clément Marot. The course explores how each writer seeks to create his or her own unique poetic style within the context of the intense literary creation and experimentation that characterize Renaissance France. Special attention is given to the themes of love and Classical mythology as sources of poetic inspiration. Some attention to Renaissance painting, to the lyric poetry of Fran ois Villon, and to selected prose of Marguerite de Navarre, Montaigne, and Rabelais is given in order to illustrate the enormous and varied impact of humanism and the Italian Renaissance. (Formerl y FREN 460.)
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3.00 Credits
P. Riley This course examines some of the relationships between Enlightenment thought and the dominant forms of written expression in the French 18th century. Through readings, students consider a number of the Enlightenment's most pressing concerns, such as moral and political philosophy, religious and civil tolerance, natural law, and the role of literature and the arts in society, among others. Authors read include Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, Beaumarchais, and Sade. (Formerly FREN 462.)
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3.00 Credits
J. Naughton This course studies the evolution and transmutation of conventions of quest literature from the Middle Ages to the present day. The course examines the significance of the changes within the genre as reflections of the cultures from which they emerge. Readings range from the romances of Chrétien de Troyes to the contemporary French novel. (Formerly FREN 468.)
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3.00 Credits
J. Gallucci The course provides a detailed study of two major comic writers of French classical literature, emphasizing especially the creation of individual comic and satirical styles within the classical tradition. The course examines both specific themes such as the images of king, court, and society, and also more general literary and cultural questions. These include the nature of comedy, the relationship between popular culture and literary art, and the problem of literary translation. Readings are drawn from the farces, short plays, and major works of Molière and from the Fables, the Contes et nouvelles, and selected minor poems of La Fontaine, as well as from La Fontaine's legacy in pictorial art and folklore. (Formerl y FREN 472.)
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3.00 Credits
J. Gallucci The theme of the court is used to explore the major works in prose and poetry of classical France, reading these works as examples both of insightful social analysis and of outstanding achievements in literary style and art. Readings are drawn primarily from the works of Madame de Sévigné, Racine, Pascal, La Rochefoucauld, Madame de Lafayette, and La Bruyère. Key topics include the relationship between writer and society in 17th-century France, Versailles as a theatrical setting for the Sun-King, and literature as both social commentary and divertissement. The seminar also studies the theme of the court as it is expressed in 17th-century painting and music. (Former ly FREN 474.
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3.00 Credits
J. Gallucci This seminar studies selected travel writing by French explorers, missionaries, and settlers in the "New World." The course focuses on writings from North America and in particular on writing with a specific relation to upstate New York. The seminar considers these colorful and dramatic writings as a specific yet diverse literary genre. It begins with a set of core texts from the 17th to the 19th century: this reading establishes a common foundation for individual research projects. These core readings vary, but usually include Samuel de Champlain, selections from the Relations des Jésuites, Madame de La Tour du Pin, J. Hector St. Jean de Crèvecoeur, Alexis de Tocqueville. Recurring themes include the encounter between Native Americans and Europeans and the representation of America. (Forme rly FREN 475.
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3.00 Credits
Staff This course examines, by means of lecture and discussion, the impact of geography, demography, history, politics, economics, patterns of behavior, and the French cultural heritage on contemporary France. Enrollment is limited to students participating in the France Study Group (Dijon).
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