FREN 342 - La France moderne

FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter

Prerequisite: Three courses at the 200 level. Readings in French literature and civilization of the 19th and 20th centuries. Recent offerings include: La poésie moderne et contemporaine ; Théâtre de l’absurde-Théâtre de la dérision ; L’enfance et l’adolescence dans la prose française moderne. May be repeated for degree credit if the topic is different.

Winter 2015 topic:

FREN 342: Crime et Société: Du Fait Divers à la Série Noire (3). Prerequisites: three 200-level French courses or instructor consent. This course examines the rise of crime fiction as a popular genre in 20th-century French literature and film. We discuss public fascination with crime, criminals, detectives and victims as represented in popular literature and films. We read and discuss critical and theoretical texts to better understand the relationship between crime and society, from authors including Simenon, Steeman, Amila, Véry, Malet, Manchette, Daeninckx, Belaïd, and Vargas. Students give class presentations and write short analytical papers in French. (HL) Lambeth.