01:420:160
Short Stories of France (3)
Some of the most important
French short stories in English translation. Close reading and historical
overview. Authors include Beckett, Camus, Maupassant, Nerval, Sartre, Stendhal, and Voltaire.
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01:420:241,242
Major French Writers in Translation (3,3)
Landmarks of French literature from the Renaissance to the present. Plays, novels, and essays of such authors as Molière, Voltaire, Rousseau, Balzac, Flaubert, Sartre, and Camus.
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01:460:260
The Theater of France (3)
An introduction to important plays in the history of French
theater in English translation. Approach combines close reading with discussion
of historical context and staging practices.
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01:420:305,306
The French Film in English (3,3)
Film as a major expression of French culture; viewing and analysis of films by such directors as Truffaut, Chabrol, Rohmer, Renoir, Clair, and Cocteau. Introduction to methods of criticism.
Credit not given for these courses and 01:420:307, 308.
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01:420:313
Twentieth-Century Feminism: Theories of Gender (3)
Exploration of 20th-century French women writers in the social context of feminist theories of gender and the relation of theory to literary practice.
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01:420:314
Contemporary French Critical Thought (3)
Introduction to contemporary French intellectual trends, with emphasis on poststructuralist movements. Readings of such writers as Barthes, Derrida, Foucault, and Lacan.
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