Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: French Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: EXOTICISM IN THE ENLIGHTENMENT ***** This course will focus on French representations of the Orient and the Pacific in the eighteenth century. Readings include novels, travel journals and essays by Montesquieu, Rousseau, Diderot, and Bougainville, among others. We will conclude the course by turning to the nineteenth century and the paintings of Gauguin and Delacroix. ***** Prerequisite(s): FREN 311 or 312 or placement exam or AP credit or permission of the instructor. ***** Course not offered 2004-2005. ***** Instructor(s): Shea