| Call Number | 00512 |
|---|---|
| Day & Time Location |
MW 4:10pm-5:25pm 237 Milbank Hall (Barnard) |
| Points | 3 |
| Grading Mode | Standard |
| Approvals Required | None |
| Instructor | Caroline Weber |
| Type | LECTURE |
| Course Description | This course takes jealousy-in its psychosexual, socio-political, ontological dimensions, and in its formal implications-as a lens through which to view a series of seminal works of French literature from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. These works include: 12th-century Arthurian legend (Béroul); a late-medieval, proto-feminist short story (Navarre); 17th-century neo-classical tragedy (Corneille); 12th and 17th-century folkloric forms (Marie de Frances lai and Perraults fairy tale, respectively); the Enlightenment philosophical novel (Montesquieu); the 19th-century realist novel (Balzac); the early 20th-century modernist novel (Proust); and the nouveau roman (Robbe-Grillet). Two contemporary adaptations (Singers 2008 novel based on the Navarre story, and Chabrols 1996 film based on Prousts novel) will also be studied. In addition, a selection of highly condensed, relevant secondary readings (excerpts of 10 pages of less) will provide students with an introduction to an array of theoretical approaches to literary study: most notably, psychoanalysis, political philosophy, and literary theory. FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required. |
| Web Site | Vergil |
| Department | French @Barnard |
| Enrollment | 12 students (18 max) as of 9:05PM Friday, November 22, 2024 |
| Subject | French |
| Number | BC3077 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | Barnard College |
| Section key | 20243FREN3077X001 |