Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: SOCIETY AND SPECTACLE/SPECTACL OF SOCIETY

Department: French Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Literature and culture of the 17th and 18th centuries. It is organized around the concepts of spectacle and spectacularity. Various discourses and modes of expression (theatre, iconography, festivals....) are used to analyze the staging of people and power and the ideological stakes of their re-presentations today in film and literary adaptations. Recommended Prerequisite(s): Completion of one 300-level course or permission of instructor