FREN 3775

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FREN 3775
Future Past: Fantasy Fiction

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course will introduce students to the relationship between modern fantasy fiction and the Middle Ages. What kind of world is the world of quests and secret love affairs, swords and sorcery? We'll begin with the two main models for adventure stories in medieval French literature, the Song of Roland and Lancelot, before examing how they appear in modern literature and film. Along the way, we'll consider more familiar exchanges between medieval literture and modern allegory in the work of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, and we'll ask what fantasy fiction allows us to fantasize about.


Distribution Requirements (CA-AG, LA-AG), (ALC-AS)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2023SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MEDVL 3775

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3743 FREN 3775   SEM 101

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    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Howie, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person