Course Catalog - 2011-2012

     

FREN 451 - FRANCE-AMER: IMAGE & EXCHANGE

Long Title: FRANCE - AMERICA: IMAGE AND EXCHANGE
Department: French Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: This undergraduate course analyzes French and American culture and identity through transatlantic encounters. We study French intellectuals (Tocqueville, Beauvor, Baudrillard) who traveled to the US, and images of America in French novels, comic strips, films. We also examine American gazes toward the French. The course culminates with a final exam.