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modern languages and literaturesSweet Briar Collegecontemporary French language contexts, bothwritten and oral. III.W.FREN 323 (3)–Beyond Paris: The Regions ofFrance and the French-Speaking WorldPrerequisite: FREN 214 or FREN 232. Thiscourse will lead to a better understanding of thesocial, political, economic, and cultural diversitythat is found both within France and beyond itsnational borders in the French-speaking worldthrough an in-depth examination of their differentregions. V.5 , V.7.FREN 325 (3)–Literary Art CriticismPrerequisite: FREN 214 or FREN 232. Thiscourse will teach students to analyze visualworks of art by comparing writers’ commentarieson famous painting and architecturalmonuments, from the Lascaux cave paintings tothe Beaubourg Center. Among writers studied,there will be literary writers such as Diderot,Baudelaire, Eluard, and Sollers; and postmoderntheorists from many disciplines suchas Baudrillard, Bourdieu, Foucault, Derrida,Barthes, and Michel Serres. III.W, V.6a.FREN 327 (3)–France Today: Media Textsand Social ContextsPrerequisite: FREN 214 or FREN 232. Thiscourse will help students develop a criticalappreciation of France and the various social,political, and economic problems that confrontFrench society today. The media texts to bestudied will include articles from current Frenchnewspapers, magazines, and various online newssources. V.7.FREN 329 (3)–Semiotics of French CulturePrerequisite: FREN 214 or FREN 232. Thiscourse will explore French culture through thestudy of works by semioticians such as Barthes,Baudrillard, Bourdieu, Foucault, and Kristeva.V.5.FREN 331 (3)–Representations of the FrenchRevolutionPrerequisite: FREN 214 or FREN 232. A studyof how the depiction and interpretation of theFrench Revolution in French literature and thearts have changed since 1789. V.1, V.2.FREN 333 (3)–Existentialism andPostmodernismPrerequisite: FREN 214 or FREN 232. Thiscourse will lead to a better understanding ofthe philosophical movements in 20th-centuryFrance. Students will read and analyze texts bytheoreticians such as Sartre, Camus, Foucault,and Baudrillard. V.2, V.5.FREN 361 (1, 2, or 3)–Special StudyPrerequisites: 100-level FREN course and permissionof the instructor. The study of an intermediatelevel topic by an individual student orby a small group of students under the immediatesupervision of a faculty member.FREN 371 (3)–Aspects of 19th-CenturyLiteraturePrerequisite: FREN 214. From the romantic selfto the symbolist other: different perceptions ofreality in representative works of 19th-centuryliterature. Offered alternate years. V.2.FREN 377 (1, 2, or 3)–InternshipPrerequisites: Three credits in FREN and permissionof the instructor, department chair, anddean. This course is graded P/CR/NC only.FREN 385 (3)–Aspects of 20th-CenturyLiteraturePrerequisite: FREN 214. Crisis, experiment andtransformation in the French novel since 1945.Among the novelists to be studied are BorisVian, Marguerite Duras and Michel Tournier.Offered alternate years. III.W, V.2.FREN 452 (3)–Senior Seminar: TopicalStudies in French LiteraturePrerequisite: Required of seniors majoring inFrench. Open to other qualified students withpermission of the department. III.O.FREN 461 (1, 2, or 3)–Independent StudyPrerequisites: One 100-level FREN course, one200-level FREN course, and permission of theinstructor. Pursuit of an upper level researchproject determined in advance by the student inconsultation with a faculty member who will actas the sponsor.154­