The authors of some 20th century French nouvelles are better known as novelists, philosophers, or playwrights. Others only write short stories. What compels all of them to make briefer, more elliptic and enigmatic prose? We will study the genre in its political, social and intellectual context, analyze narrative devices, and follow the evolution of important literary ideas. Close readings of short stories by Proust, Sartre, Camus, and Ionesco, plus works by specialists of the genre such as Morand, Aymé and Yourcenar.
FREN 5335-001 TTH 12:30-1:50 CONCEATU
(Prerequisites: C- or better in FREN 4370 and in any two additional 4000
levelFrench courses, or consent of the area chair)
FRENCH 5350 - PROBLEMS IN FRENCH LITERATURE: SUBVERSIVE WRITING IN ENLIGHTENMENT FRANCE
How can a happy ending in a novel call into question a society’s established order? How can footnotes in works of fiction and non-fiction do the same? These are some of the questions we will examine this semester. Students in this course will study and analyze eighteenth-century texts that undermine the power and authority of an established system or institution through its themes and/or rhetorical strategies. Texts for this course will include (select articles from ) L’Encyclopédie, Rétif’s La Vie de mon père, Rousseau’s La Nouvelle Héloise, and Graffigny’s Lettres d’une Peruvienne.
FREN 5350 TTH 11:00-12:20 ABAD
(Prerequisites: C- or better in FREN 4370 and in any two additional 4000
level French courses, or consent of the area chair)
FL 3349-701 (French majors only) - CF 3349-701H (honors students only) - HIST 3392-701 (history majors only) – THE AFRICAN DIASPORA: LITERATURE AND HISTORY OF BLACK LIBERATION.
This course explores links between literature and politics, literature and history, discourse and self-identity in twentieth-century Africa, the Caribbean, and the U.S. It provides a foundation for understanding the dynamics of relations between blacks and whites, poor and rich, and South and North in today's world. Black literatures --African, African-Caribbean, and African-American -- played an important role in bringing independence to parts of the world dominated by Europe. They remain a major force in the continuing struggle for self-determination and global equity. Authors studied include: W.E.B. Dubois, Charles W. Chesnutt, and Zora Neale Hurston (USA), Sembene Ousmane (Senegal), Ahmadou Kourouma (Côte d’Ivoire), René Maran and Aimé Césaire (Martinique), Frantz Fanon (Martinique and Algeria), Patrick Chamoiseau (Martinique), Kwame Anthony Appiah & Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (USA and Ghana). Novels, poetry, and history are supplemented by class debates, feature films, and documentaries. Satisfies Human Diversity Co-Curricular Requirement.
FL 3349/CF 3349/HIST 3392 - 701 Tu 6:30-9:20 BEAUCHAMP (co-taught with CORDELL)
Attention French majors:
FREN 5180-DIRECTED STUDIES. Advanced French majors may take FL 3349 in lieu of one 5000-level French course. They must also enroll in this one-credit parrallel course offered in conjunction with FL 3349. Students will read certain of the African and Caribbean texts in the original French. Discussion and several short papers will also be in French. Times to be arranged. Interested students should contact Professor Beauchamp. (Prerequisites: B- or better in FREN 4370 and in any two additional 4000 level French courses) Consent of instructor required.
FREN 5180-001 TBA BEAUCHAMP
CFA 3353-FRENCH CINEMA: 1945-PRESENT - An introduction to post-war French cinema through the study of major films from the period 1945 to the present. The course focuses on major movements, schools, and developments in French cinema and on the relationship between individual films and movements and the historical context in which they were produced.
CFA 3353-001 MW 3:30-4:50 OSCHERWITZ
(Note: advanced French majors may take this course in lieu of one 5000-level French course. They will do all their papers in French; in addition to the normal class work, they will complete a research project/paper. Prerequisites: B- or better in FREN 4370 and in any two additional 4000 level French courses. Consent of the French Area chair required.)