Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: French Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: WOMEN AND WOMEN'S VOICES IN FRENCH LITERATURE ***** Examination of the ways in which women have been represented in fiction, by themselves and by others, since the early modern period. Readings from Mme de Lafayette, Graffigny, Baudelaire, Sand, Villers de I'Isle-Adam, Beauvoir, Duras, and Wittig, with emphasis on the constitution of "the feminine" in literary texts as a cultural, historical, and social artifact. ***** Also offered as WGST 412. ***** Prerequisite(s): FREN 311 or 312 or AP credit or permission of the instructor. ***** Course not offered 2004-2005. ***** Instructor(s): Harter.