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FRENLIT 120: Coffee and Cigarettes: The Making of French Intellectual Culture

Explore this unique characteristic of French culture by reading some of its greatest works. Readings and discussion in French. Texts by Sartre, Camus, Voltaire, Molière, and many others.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II

FRENLIT 121: French Classics: The Novel

Seminar. Reading and discussion of French novels by authors such as Voltaire, Chateaubriand, Balzac, Proust, Yourcenar, and Camus.
Terms: Win | Units: 3-5

FRENLIT 123: Word and Image: Collaboration Through the Ages

How do verbal descriptions of objects change over time, and represent how the individual relates to the world? How do they embody desires and social anxieties? The study of various objects that reflect key cultural and literary values in French literary history: medieval objects of war and love, the Renaissance woman, the nineteenth-century Gothic cathedral.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5
Instructors: Galvez, M. (PI)

FRENLIT 130: Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance French Literature

Introduction to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The birth of a national literature and its evolution. Literature as addressing cultural, philosophical, and artistic issues which question assumptions on love, ethics, art, and the nature of the self. Readings: epics ( La Chanson de Roland), medieval romances ( Tristan, Chrétien de Troyes' Yvain), post-Petrarchan poetics (Du Bellay, Ronsard, Labé), and prose humanists (Rabelais, Montaigne). Prerequisite: FRENLANG 124 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors: Alduy, C. (PI)

FRENLIT 131: Absolutism, Enlightenment, and Revolution in 17th- and 18th-Century France

The literature, culture, and politics of France from Louis XIV to Olympe de Gouges. How this period produced the political and philosophical foundations of modernity. Readings include Corneille, Molière, Racine, Lafayette, Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, Beaumarchais, and Gouges. Prerequisite: FRENLANG 124 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Win | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
Instructors: Robert, Y. (PI)

FRENLIT 132: Literature, Revolutions, and Changes in 19th- and 20th-Century France

Major literary genres, and social and cultural contexts. Focus is on the emergence of new literary forms such as surréalisme, nouveau roman, and nouveau théâtre. Topics of colonization, decolonization, and feminism. Readings include Balzac, Baudelaire, Césaire, Colette, and Ionesco. Prerequisite: FRENLANG 124 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, GER:DB-Hum

FRENLIT 133: Literature and Society in Africa and the Caribbean (COMPLIT 141)

Major African and Caribbean writers. Issues raised in literary works which reflect changing aspects of the societies and cultures of Francophone Africa and the French Caribbean. Topics include colonization and change, quest for identity, tradition and modernity, and new roles and status for women. Readings in fiction and poetry. Authors include Laye Camara, Mariama Ba, and Joseph Zobel. In French. Prerequisite: FRENLANG 124 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Win | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom

FRENLIT 152: Fashion and Image in Post-Romantic Paris

This course explores the roles of fashion and image in the literature and visual culture of late-nineteenth-century Paris. Classes will engage a variety of topics ranging from the formation of aesthetic values to the impact of the media on popular taste. In addition to discussing texts, we will examine visual genres such as caricature, cosmopolitan portraiture, and advertising. Readings include essays and short fiction by Balzac, Gautier, Baudelaire, Mallarmé, Flaubert, de Maupassant, and Zola.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
Instructors: Gardner, D. (PI)

FRENLIT 189A: Honors Research

Senior honors students enroll for 5 units in Winter while writing the honors thesis, and may enroll in 189B for 2 units in Spring while revising the thesis. Prerequisite: DLCL 189.
Terms: Win | Units: 5

FRENLIT 189B: Honors Research

Terms: Spr | Units: 2
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