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| Campus | Haverford |
| Semester | Fall 2024 |
| Registration ID | COMLH312A001 |
| Course Title | Adv Topics French Literature |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | Comparative Literature |
| Instructor | Corbin,Kathryne Adair |
| Times and Days | W 01:30pm-03:55pm
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| Room Location | LUT230 |
| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1059 During the 19th century, and more specifically the Second Empire (1852-1870), Emperor Napoleon III and Baron Eugene Haussmann embarked on the demolition and reconstruction of Paris, a project that would establish the capital as the modern city so widely celebrated today. In this course, we will explore the ways writers and artists during this time experienced the city and discovered new ways of seeing their world as a result of these (sometimes polarizing) transformations. Through works by Baudelaire, Balzac, Sue, and Zola, as well as artists such as Caillebotte, Cassatt, Manet, Monet, and Renoir, we will appreciate what writers and artists discovered as they became « painters of modern life », looking closely, for the first time, at everyday objects as veritable objects of art. Alongside the readings of these classics, students will keep a personal journal where they will consider new ways of seeing their world, reflecting on mundane encounters, and transforming simple objects and panoramas into their own « chefs duvre ».; Crosslisted: FREN and COML Humanities, A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts) (Hav: HU, A) |
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