FREN-341-2022W
Investigate intellectual and artistic movements in France from the 19th century to today, including the question of what mediates culture and society through the literary lens. View full description. Language of instruction: French
FREN-311-2022W
A reading-focused course that will introduce you to four different literary genres in French: prose fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and theater. View full description. Language of instruction: French
FREN-521B-2021W
Title: “Postcolonial Studies: What Challenges? What Horizon?” | Gain an understanding of postcolonial discourse, particularly around theory and also the so-called francophone novel. We will tackle the socio-historical context, as well as questions of a pragmatic order with for example those of memory, enunciation, or migration. View full description.
FREN-521A-2021W
Title: “Postcolonial Studies: What Challenges? What Horizon?” | Gain an understanding of postcolonial discourse, particularly around theory and also the so-called francophone novel. We will tackle the socio-historical context, as well as questions of a pragmatic order with for example those of memory, enunciation, or migration. View full description.
FREN-414-2021W
Title: “The French Novel: 19th Century to Today” | Explore how the French novel’s plentiful reincarnations from the 19th century to today challenge aesthetic and ideological expectations. View full course description.
FREN-311-2021W
A reading-focused course that will introduce you to four different literary genres in French: prose fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and theater. View full description.
FREN-420A-2020W
Title: “The Novel of the Extreme Contemporary” | One of the characteristics of the French novel today lies in the absence of generic borders accompanied by an outbidding of movements or currents. Explore what is at play in the novel of the end of the 20th and 21st centuries. View full description.
FREN-329-2020W
Title: “French Literature Survey” | An overview of the contemporary French novel (after 1945), with a choice of works representing a literary evolution through male and female voices. We will also discover the narrative transformations of what constitutes the contemporary French novel. View full description.
FREN-221-2020W
Title: “National Identities” | Examine the singularities and complexities of national identity as expressed in various literary texts from the 18th century and the French Revolution to the present. View full description.