FREN 6230

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FREN 6230
Revolution, Sexuality, Empire in Modern French Fictions

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.

This course proposes the analysis of the sexual politics of some canonical and less canonical French fictions of the revolutionary period (1789-1848).  We will read them in the larger context of the new geographical and cultural sphere of the French "Empire" and its colonies.  Texts to be read could include Prevost's Manon Lescot, Staël's Corinne ou L'italie, Chateabriand's Atala and Les Natchez, Mme de Duras' Ourika, Balzac's La fille aux yeux d'or, as well as more contemporary texts, for example, Assia Djebar's L'Amour, la Fantasia, .. according to the student's specific interests.

When Offered Fall.

Comments Co-meets with FREN 4230.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FREN 4230

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16187 FREN 6230   LEC 001

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