FREN 397 - Séminaire avancé

FDR: HL
Credits: 3

Prerequisite: Three courses at the 200 level. The in-depth study of a topic in French literature and/or civilization. Recent offerings include: La Littérature francophone du Maghreb; La littérature Beure; La France sous l’occupation; Les femmes et l’écriture au XVIIe siècle; Les écrivains du XXe siècle et la diversité culturelle; L’affaire Dreyfus. Students are encouraged to use this course for the development of a personal project. May be repeated for degree credit when the topics are different.

Fall 2015, FREN 397-01: Séminaire avancé: Female Protagonists and Heroines in 20th- and 21st-Century French Literature (3). This seminar explores representations of women and femininity as well as the heroine in novels and theater since the turn of the 20th century to today. Discussions include gender, sexuality and their treatment in narrative or drama. Some of the authors studied are Colette, Marguerite Duras, Francois Mauriac, Helene Cixous, and Matei Visniec. (HL) Radulescu. Fall 2015 Planned Offering: Fall