Various aspects of contemporary France such as politics, education, social and artistic movements.
Study of major works and literary social movements of that period. Taught in English.
Study of major works and trends of that period. Taught in English.
Literary treatments of female characters in representative works from the Middle Ages to the present. Taught in English.
Prerequisite(s): FREN 132 or departmental approval. An examination of the origins and development of French culture in the fields of art, law, language, architecture, political systems, educational principles, and technology. Students will also explore the Roman roots of France, especially Southern France, the evolution of France towards its modern self, and the convergence of France and other former Roman enclaves in the European Union. Taught in English. Students should register under FREN 208 to complete written work in French (French majors and minors), or under FRIN 208 to complete written work in English (non-French majors and minors). Mutually Exclusive with FREN 208.
The historical novel as a genre; the relation of fiction to fact.
Prerequisite(s): HUMN 115 or HUMN 151 or HUMN 156 or FRIN 156 or WRIT 105 or HONP 100. Study of the dominant social, theological and aesthetic movements in French literature through selected works of prose and drama from the beginning of the century to the present. Taught in English.
Study of the most significant plays of Claudel, Montherlant, Giraudoux, Sartre and Beckett and others. Taught in English.
Prerequisite(s): HUMN 115 or HUMN 151 or HUMN 156 or FRIN 156 or WRIT 105 or HONP 100. Imagery in selected works of French prose and drama, as stylistic means for the expression of an author's dominant ideas and attitudes.
This course examines the representations of women in post-colonial literature by French-speaking women authors from North and Sub-Saharan Africa (readings in English translation). Students will explore major works of fiction by women authors as they relate to gender and cultural identity. Readings include novels that deal with contemporary socio-cultural issues. Meets Gen Ed - Global Cultural Perspectives. Meets World Cultures Requirement.
Prerequisite(s): HUMN 115 or HUMN 151 or FRIN 145 or FREN 132 or WRIT 105 or HONP 100. Development of film art with special emphasis on contemporary period. Taught in English. Mutually Exclusive with HUMN 286 and FREN 286.
Prerequisite(s): HUMN 115 or HUMN 151 or HUMN 156 or FRIN 156 or WRIT 105 or HONP 100. Major novelistic modes from the writer-artist conceptions of Gide, through the committed literature of Sartre and Camus, to Robbe-Grillet's new novel of the 50's.
Composers from the Middle Ages (Perotin) to modern times (Boulez) in relation to their social and cultural backgrounds.
Prerequisite(s): HUMN 115 or HUMN 151 or FRIN 145 or FREN 132 or WRIT 105 or HONP 100. This course will use cinema as a tool and medium for the critical analysis of artistic and cultural discourse, and will introduce students to postcolonial Francophone cultures outside of metropolitan France and the western French-speaking world (Africa and the Caribbean). Taught in English. Meets Gen Ed - Global Cultural Perspectives. Meets World Cultures Requirement. Mutually Exclusive with FREN 289 and HUMN 289.