Fall 2024 French BC3105 section 001

EXISTENTIALISM

Call Number 00515
Day & Time
Location
TR 1:10pm-2:25pm
302 Milbank Hall (Barnard)
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Brian D O'Keeffe
Type LECTURE
Course Description Prerequisites: Successful completion of Intermediate II French or the equivalent. In-depth survey of the writers who exemplified French existentialism: Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Simone de Beauvoir. The texts have been chosen for the richness with which they address fundamental philosophical questions about the meaning of life, especially questions of death and suffering, freedom and responsibility, legitimate and illegitimate violence. The first objective of this class is to show how existentialist thought combines literature and philosophy; the second objective is to gain a broad, but also deep familiarity with 20th-century French literature and thought. FREN BC1204: French Intermediate II or the equivalent level is required.
Web Site Vergil
Department French @Barnard
Enrollment 11 students (25 max) as of 5:05PM Sunday, December 8, 2024
Subject French
Number BC3105
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Section key 20243FREN3105X001