Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2004
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FREN 127 001 (CRN: 22370)
IN THE MATRIX
Long Title:
Department: French Studies
Instructor: Wood, Philip
Meeting: 1:00PM - 4:00PM M (12-JAN-2004 - 8-MAY-2004)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Section Max Enrollment: 15
Section Enrolled: 3
Total Cross-list Max Enrollment: 15
Total Cross-list Enrolled: 8
Enrollment data as of: 22-JUN-2024 10:16PM
Description: IN THE MATRIX: ON HUMAN BONDAGE AND LIBERATION
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Using the film "The Matrix" as a point of reference, this course presents celebrated explorations of servitude and emancipation -- from religious mysticism to Marxism and artistic modernism. Texts by Lao Tzu, Farid ud-Din Attar, Plato, Freud, Marx, Baudelaire, J.S. Mill, Proust, de Beauvoir, Malcom X, Marcuse, Baudrillard. Course taught in English.
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Enrollment limited to 15 first-year students only, except by permission of the instructor. Cross-list: FSEM 127.