FREN 332 - Etudes de genre

FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter

Prerequisites: FREN 273. This course gives students a general knowledge of the evolution of French literature and ideas over the centuries through the study of a single genre, its styles and techniques. Recent offerings include: L’Essai de Montaigne Camus; Ecriture feminine/Ecriture féministe? L’amour dans la poésie lyrique; Le conte et la nouvelle. May be repeated for degree credit if the genre is different.

Winter 2014 Topic:

FREN 332: La Prose (3). Prerequisite: FREN 273. This course features a selection of French short stories and novels from the 19th and 20th centuries including texts by Honoré de Balzac, Gustave Flaubert, Emile Zola, André Gide, Albert Camus, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Marguerite Duras, and Nathalie Sarraute. Students give oral presentations in class and write an analysis of each texte. The class is conducted in French and the papers are written in French. Considerable attention is given to developing writing skills and analytical skills. (HL) Lambeth.