Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: MAJOR LITERARY WORKS AND ARTIFACTS OF POST-REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE: THE ROMANTIC LEGACY

Department: French Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): FREN 202 or placement test or permission of instructor

Description: Fall Semester: French literature and cinema- from romanticism to postmodernity. The rise of capitalism, imperialism, globalization; romantic love and artistic ecstasy as attempts to deal with the "death of God"; can we distinguish "great works" from mere entertainment or "cultural constructions?" Spring Semester: Study of 19th- and 20th-century fiction through the special lens of Romantic imagination. Readings from Chateaubriand, Desbordes-Valmore, Claire de Duras, Musset, Hugo, Baudelaire Flaubert, Proust, Prevert, and the new novelists. Emphasis on discussion and close textual analysis, all in French.