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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2015
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FREN 323 001 (CRN: 23966)
EXISTENTIALISM TO CYBERPUNK
Long Title: FROM EXISTENTIALISM TO CYBERPUNK
Department: French Studies
Instructor: Wood, Philip
Meeting: 1:00PM - 1:50PM MWF (12-JAN-2015 - 24-APR-2015)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Section Max Enrollment: 19
Section Enrolled: 4
Enrollment data as of: 23-APR-2025 1:07AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: Films and novels. Investigations of human consciousness, subjectivity and identity -- from Sartre's existentialism of the "absurd", through Robbe-Grillet's "anti-humanism", to the cyberpunk science-fictional studies of "post-humanity", genetic manipulation, environmental collapse and post-religious mysticism, by contemporary figures like Dantec and Houellebecq. Recommended Prerequisite(s): FREN 202 or Placement Test