Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2015-2016
FWIS 172 - WOMEN OF THE NIGHT
Long Title: WOMEN OF THE NIGHT: COURTESANS AND PERFORMERS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY FRANCE
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Description: This class examines the uneasy relationship between historical French actresses and courtesans and the authors and artists who imagined them. Through portrayals of real and fictional women performers in literature, painting, memoirs, and other media, we examine the culture of nineteenth-century France and discuss theories of gender, identity, and representation.
Course URL: http://pwc.rice.edu/