FREN 2081 - Civilisation et culture françaises: Traditions et changements

Prerequisite: FREN 1602, FREN 1604, or FREN 2000 placement
FDR: Humanities Distribution (HU)
Credits: 3

This course examines the relationship between fashion and pivotal moments of social unrest, political change, and economic innovation in order to interpret how dress both influences and reflects French culture and history. Designed around engaging questions and dilemmas, students will identify key fashion trends and styles from the French Renaissance into the modern era as they interpret theory and evaluate fashion’s importance to national identity and present-day institutions through analysis of visual and material culture, classical French literature, philosophical and sociological treatises, documentaries, and other visual and literary works.