Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: French Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: LITERATURE AND KNOWLEDGE IN 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY FRANCE ***** What role did literature play in reshaping knowledge during the Renaissanceand the classical age? Reading major works by Rabelais, Descartes, Moliere,and Fontenelle, and shorter texts by Louise Labe, Mme Deshoulieres, Bernier,and Bayle, we will evaluate literary contribution to both humanist reformand the Copernican revolution.