FREN 397 - Séminaire avancé

FDR: HL
Credits: 3

Prerequisite: Three courses in French 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.

Winter 2020, FREN 397A-01: Séminaire Avancé : La Femme et L’écriture au XVIIIème Siècle (3). Prerequisites: Three courses in French at the 200 level. A seminar focused primarily on the writings of women of the French enlightenment, including representative genres and issues that galvanized women and influenced the debates of the time. We study literary as well as anthropological texts that expose the status of and discourse on women in 18th-century France and women’s own perception of their status and role in a wider socio-cultural and political context. Authors we study include Madame de La Fayette, Françoise de Graffigny, Madame de Tencin, Marie Riccoboni, and Olympe de Gouges. Supplementary texts, in the form of critical literary essays, are also on the reading list. (HL) Kamara.