Spring 2010

FR 326L • INTRO FRENCH LITERATURE II: FRENCH REVOLUTION TO PRESENT

Course Description

This course is taught in French The prerequisite for this course is completion of FR 320E with a grade of at least a C In this course we will read major novels, plays and poems dating from the early 19th century to the mid-20th century. We will explore each text for the intellectual and esthetic satisfaction it offers, but also to develop a range of appropriate critical perspectives.

Grading Policy

quizzes, assignments, participation - 10% 2 papers - 30% 3 hour exams - 60%

Texts

Readings: Chateaubriand, René Duras, Moderato Cantabile Balzac, Sarrasine Flaubert, Un Coeur simple Sartre, Huis Clos Camus, L'Etranger Beckett. En Attendant Godot and photocopied packet of poems.

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