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251. Topics in French Literature of the Eighteenth Century. Close study of a particular author, genre, or interpretive
category of Enlightenment literature. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
252. Topics in French Literature of the Modern Era. Close study of a particular author, genre, or interpretive category
of the twentieth century. May include issues such as authorship, translation, reception or critical theory. Instructor: Staff.
3 units.
256. Modern Literature and History. The interaction of history and literature in a particular period, for example: the
occupation of France, the French Revolution. Problems of interpretation, historical memory, social identity, and
narrative. Instructor: Staff. 3 units. C-L: History 256, International Comparative Studies 280B
261. French Symbolism. Poetry and literary theories of Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Mallarmé. Writings of Laforgue,
Lautréamont, Huysmans, Louys, and others as they define new aesthetical and ethical values in the framework of the
Symbolist and the Decadent intellectual movements. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
281. Paradigms of Modern Thought. An introduction to contemporary French philosophy and thought with a focus on
identity and difference, truth and falsehood in enunciation, globalization and nationalism. Research work in French.
Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
For Graduate Students Only
300. Graduate Reading Course. An intensive course in French to develop rapidly the ability to read French in several
fields. Graduate students only. Instructor: Staff. 0 units.
306S. Teaching French at the Post-Secondary Level: Theories and Techniques. An overview of approaches to teaching
French and of the theoretical notions underlying current trends. Focus is both theoretical and practical. Course
objectives: (1) to investigate current issues in foreign language teaching and the relevance of linguistics and research
in second language acquisition for language teaching; and (2) to guide the student as he/she develops techniques for
effective classroom teaching, and learns to evaluate teaching performance and materials, and to develop good
assessment tools and to valuate outcomes. Instructor: Tufts. 3 units.
315. Medieval and Modern Theatrical Culture. A comparative inquiry into the public rituals and spectacles in
premodern France and the European world of theater in the twentieth century. Offers a chapter in the history of criticism:
what is the part of medieval play in modernist aesthetics and politics. Medieval works will range from mystery, miracle,
and carnival plays to royal ceremonies and legal trials. Modern works will include d'Annunzio, Artaud, Cocteau,
Giraudoux, Sartre, Claudel, Fo. Instructor: Solterer. 3 units. 3 units.
325. Topics in Renaissance Prose. Rabelais, Marguerite de Navarre, Montaigne, and others. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
326. Topics in Renaissance Poetry. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
347. Topics in Seventeenth-Century French Literature. Includes genres, authors, movements, and works. Instructor:
Longino. 3 units.
348. The Enduring Classic. Studies of the influence of the French classics over time and their function in the formation
of French collective identity. Instructor: Longino. 3 units.
349. The Epistolary Genre. Fundamental questions of referentiality, materiality, and communication in writing. The
first half is theoretical; the second explores issues raised through a selection of readings across time. Attention to gender
and genre considerations. Instructor: Longino. 3 units.
351. Literature of the Eighteenth Century. Problems of literary history, critical reading, and interpretation, focused on
varying topics. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
352. Literature of the Eighteenth Century. Problems of literary history, critical reading, and interpretation, focused on
varying topics. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
355. Romantic Literature and French Culture and Politics. A study of French literature in the context of postrevolutionary
society and culture. Readings might include nineteenth-century poetry (Hugo, Desbordes-Valmore), theater
(Musset), political or philosophical prose, and historical discourse as well as contemporary critical and historical
analyses of the period. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
356. Topics in Nineteenth-Century French Literature. Includes genres, authors, movements, and works. Instructor: Bell
or Jameson. 3 units.
366. Topics in Twentieth-Century French Literature. Includes genres, authors, movements, and works. Instructor: Moi.
3 units.
367. Contemporary French Novel. A chronological and theoretical approach to the major writers and movements since
1970. Selections from Duras, LeClézio, Sallenave, Modiano, Sollers, Tournier, Oulipo, Yourcenar, and others.
Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
368. Structuralism. Introduction to the history of an intellectual movement from Ferdinand de Saussure to Roland
Barthes, Claud Levi-Strauss, Jacques Lacan, and Michel Foucault. An emphasis is given to questions of method and
issues concerning the individuation of cultures and individualities. Additional readings include chapters from Georges
Canguilhem, Vincent Descombes, Jean Hyppolite, Alexandre Kojeve, and Maurice Merlau-Ponty. Particular attention
will be given to "non-Western" societies. Instructor: Mudimbe. 3 units. 3 units.
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