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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of several novels and screenplays of different periods in comparison with their film versions in order to examine various modes of interpretation of the two media. Conducted in English. Students wishing to obtain credit for the French major, or the minor, must consult the instructor at the beginning of the course. For majors, novels must be read and papers must be written in French. No prerequisite. 1 unit - Garoiu.
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3.00 Credits
Study of French authors, genres, literary periods or cultural trends not represented in the regular curriculum. The structure of the course is determined by the topic and the preference of the instructor. Block 6: Topics in French Literature and Culture: Images of the Prostitute in Literature and Film. Students will explore the varying attitudes towards the prostitute in Western Europe and America. For centuries, the prostitute - whether dangerous temptress, pitiful victim, or sexually confident businesswoman - has intrigued, inspired, and troubled artists, writers, political and religious leaders, and now feminists. Students will consider the ambiguous and often subversive social position of prostitutes through a variety of readings from canonical and pornographic literature, religious and moral judgments, and historical interpretations. They will identify the various stereotypes in the representations of prostitutes in art, film, and literature and trace the presence of those stock images in political movements, whether they seek to denounce the immortality (or misogynist oppression) of female sex workers or to call for the legalization of the trade. Prerequisite: French 306 or consent of instructor. (Also listed as Feminist and Gender Studies 206.) 1 unit - Tallent.
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3.00 Credits
Study of topics in the literatures and cultures of the Caribbean, the Maghreb, Sub-Saharan Africa, or Quebec. Topics may include the study of various aspects of Francophone societies, such as history, political and economic structures, and their interaction with art and music, film, language, and literature. Prerequisite: French 306, or 307, or 308. 1 unit - Wade.
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3.00 Credits
Will examine the nature and evolution of drama through the study of plays by major representatives of the French theater from the 17th-century to the present, such as Corneille, Diderot, Hugo, Jarry, Artaud, etc. The history and aesthetics of the "mise en scene" will also be taken into consideration. Prerequisite: French 306, or 307, or 308 or consent of instructor. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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3.00 Credits
Will examine the nature and evolution of the novel in French literature after the Revolution through the study of authors from the 19th-century through the present, such as Hugo, Balzac, Flaubert, Zola, Proust, Sartre, Camus, Duras, Robbe-Grillet, Sarraute and Simon. Prerequisite: French 306, or 307, or 308 or consent of instructor. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
Will examine the formation and evolution of fiction in French literature through the study of sub-genres such as the epic and the romance, and the novels of authors such as Rabelais, Mme de Lafayette, Voltaire, Diderot, and Rousseau. Attention will be paid to the influence of other genres such as lyric poetry and the essay (Montaigne). (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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3.00 Credits
Themes may include gender and politics, French women writers, autobiography, "voyage et exotisme," the Arthurian tradition, "le mal du siecle" from Baudelaire to the present, etc. The structure and content of the course will depend on the theme and the preference of the instructor. Prerequisite: French 306, or 307, or 308, or consent of instructor. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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3.00 Credits
Study of various themes in the literatures of the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Maghreb, or Quebec. Themes may include the politics of identity, exile, intertextuality, gender, women writers, etc. The structure and content of the course will depend on the theme and preference of the instructor. Prerequisite: French 306, or 307, or 308. 1 unit - Department.
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3.00 Credits
In-depth study of one aspect of modern French culture, such as philosophy, feminism, the media, forms of popular cultural expression, film, minorities in French society, etc. Prerequisite: French 306, or 307, or 308 or consent of instructor. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce students to various aspects of the Parisian world. May include 20th-century theater, prose and poetry, theater as a genre, film, the manner in which the French understand questions of gender, race and the environment; the intersection of low and high culture; the relationship of popular texts to ideology. Taught in Paris, but not offered every year. Prerequisite: French 306, or 307, or 308 or consent of instructor. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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