Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: EVOLUTION OF THE LYRIC FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE PRESENT

Department: French Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Evolution of the French lyric from the Renaissance to the present, with special emphasis on the (post) modern period. The course also examines the relationship between poetry and painting through theoretical texts by Baudelaire, Marin, Derrida and others. Representative figures: Nerval, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Apollinaire, Eluard, Saint-John Perse, Cesaire, Segalen, Ponge, Char, Bonnefoy, and Brossard. Undergraduate version of FREN 562, with shorter reading list and research paper. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: FREN 562. Recommended Prerequisite(s): Completion of one 300-level course or permission of instructor Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for FREN 462 if student has credit for FREN 562.