Course Catalog - 2011-2012

     

FREN 370 - 19TH C FREN TALES OF FANTASTIC

Long Title: 19TH CENTURY FRENCH TALES OF THE FANTASTIC
Department: French Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): FREN 202 OR FREN 226 or placement test or permission of instructor
Description: The 19th century in France was not just the era of the realist novel but also of realism's uncomfortable "other" - the fantastic tale. This will be a discussion course devoted to works by Merimee, Maupassant, Nodier, Gautier, Balzac, and Flaubert - stories "behind the story" of the 19th century.