Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Humanities Division

Meeting: 10:50AM - 12:05PM TR (22-AUG-2011 - 2-DEC-2011) 

Part of Term: Full Term

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Method of Instruction: Face to Face

Credit Hours: 3

 

Section Max Enrollment: 19

Section Enrolled: 21

Enrollment data as of: 31-OCT-2024 7:02PM

 

 

Final Exam: Final Exam Unknown

 

Description: The French Revolution toppled an ancient monarchy and sent shockwaves throughout the world. We will interpret the historical sources, contexts, and problems of this watershed moment and investigate the problems by political, philosophical, literary, and visual documents regarding the pre-revolutionary status quo, the transformation of political liberty into repressive terror, the rise of Napoleon, worldwide warfare, and ideological struggle. The course will focus on historical contexts such as the influence of the Enlightenment; the emergence of citizenship and human rights; the development of social spectacles and the public sphere; the Reign of Terror and the regression to Tryanny; emancipationist discourses (the abolition of slavery, colonial revolt, radical feminism); and the contradictory figure of Napoleon. We will consider, finally, how the Revolution has come to be viewed, both within France and without, considering its many aftershocks and reverberations up until the present day.