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| Campus | Haverford |
| Semester | Spring 2025 |
| Registration ID | FRENH102B002 |
| Course Title | Introduction à l'analyse littéraire |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | French and French Studies |
| Instructor | Sedley,David |
| Times and Days | MF 11:30am-12:55pm
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| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1694 The goal of this course, the sequel to French 101, is to continue to develop your powers of expression and analysis in French. A difference between French 102 and 105 (the other sequel to 101) is that here the objects of study will be literary, and that through them we will consider what the value of studying literature is. In French and Francophone cultures, literature has an important and volatile relation to the question of civilization. The relation is important because literature has been used to define and to instill a sense of civility, that is, what it takes for people to live peacefully with one another. On the other hand, the relation is volatile because people disagree about literature's role in defining civility as well as about how to define civility (and therefore civilization) itself. We will explore these fundamental issues in French and Francophone cultures through texts and films of diverse periods, genres, and origins. Authors and artists will include Marivaux, Abdellatif Kechiche, Jean de La Fontaine, Victor Hugo, Françoise de Graffigny, Michel de Montaigne, and Patrick Chamoiseau. ; Prerequisite(s): FREN 005 or 101 Humanities, A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts) (Hav: HU, A) |
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