FREN 342 - La France moderne

FDR: HL
Credits: 3

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.

Fall 2021, FRENCH 342A-01: La France moderne : Surréalisme, existentialisme, postmodernisme dans la littérature française et francophone (3). Prerequisite: 3 courses at the 200 level. This course offers an exploration of the most groundbreaking intellectual and artistic movements of the 20th and 21st centuries in French and Francophone literatures from poetry to theater, to prose, and philosophical essay. Among the authors studied are: Tristan Tzara, André Breton, Paul Eluard, Albert Camus, Marguerite Duras, Helene Cixous, Eugene Ionesco, Fernando Arrabal, Denise Boucher, Marie Cardinal and others. (HL) Radulescu.