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FRENCH 5500 CF Courts and Culture in the Middle Ages

This cluster course offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the Middle Ages, focusing on medieval cultures in Europe. Arranged around a series of themes, the cluster will read a variety of documentary and literary texts to investigate not only the "high culture" of the courts but also the interaction of people from various social backgrounds in Western Europe. Prerequisites: admission to the graduate program in Romance Languages or permission of the instructor.

3 hrs

FRENCH 5512 17th-century French Literature

Selected readings in the literature of the 17th century, with an emphasis on non-dramatic works. Also offered as FRENCH 412. Prerequisites: Admission to M.A. in Romance Languages and Literature program or permission of instructor.

3 hrs

FRENCH 5513 18th-century French Literature

Emphasis on philosophical and social significance. Authors may include Marivaux, Beaumarchais, LeSage, L'Abbe Prevost, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Diderot. Also offered as FRENCH 413. Prerequisites: Admission to M.A. in Romance Languages and Literature program or permission of instructor.

3 hrs

FRENCH 5514 Medieval Literature

Selected readings in various genres including epic, romance, theater and lyric. Emphasis will be placed on the intertextual relations and the cultural and historical context surrounding text production in the Middle Ages. Also offered as FRENCH 414. Prerequisites: Admission to M.A. in Romance Languages and Literature program or permission of instructor.

3 hrs

FRENCH 5517 16th-century French Literature

Selected readings in prose and poetry from Marot through Astree. Authors may include Rabelais, Ronsard, du Bellay, Montaigne, Marguerite de Navarre. Also offered as FRENCH 417

3 hrs

FRENCH 5520 Non-Dramatic 17th-century French Literature

Evaluation and reading of the works of Malherbe and contemporaries, of Descartes and Pascal and contemporaries, and of the great authors at the height of the classical period.

3 hrs

FRENCH 5524 19th-century French Literature

Selected readings in various genres from Romanticism through symbolism. Also offered as FRENCH 424.

3 hrs

FRENCH 5526 20th-century French Literature

Selected readings from the Belle Epoque to the contemporary period. Also offered as FRENCH 426.

3 hrs

FRENCH 5540 Medieval Romance

The various movements of French medieval romance from the 12th through 15th centuries with an emphasis on the 12th and 13th centuries. Analysis of literary technique and socio-historical context will be stressed. No knowledge of Old French is assumed. Also offered as FRENCH 440. Prerequisites: Admission to M.A. in Romance Languages and Literature program or permission of instructor.

3 hrs

FRENCH 5544 Renaissance Poetry

French Poetry from the Grand Rhetoriqueurs through the Pleiade. Study of poetic forms, major poets and schools, and different approaches to analyzing poetry. Also offered as FRENCH 444. Prerequisites: Admission to M.A. in Romance Languages and Literature program or permission of instructor.

3 hrs

FRENCH 5545 Epistolarity and the Novel

Explorations of the genre through the analysis of 17th- and 18th- century French novels. Introduced by a theoretical review. Also offered as FRENCH 445. Prerequisites: Admission to M.A. in Romance Languages and Literature program or permission of instructor.

3 hrs

FRENCH 5546 17th-century French Drama

The classical period: Emphasis on Corneille, Racine and Moliere. Also offered as FRENCH 446. Prerequisites: Admission to M.A. in Romance Languages and Literature program or permission of instructor.

3 hrs

FRENCH 5547 19th-century French Poetry

The study of the poetry and dominant poetic movements of the 19th century, with special attention given to different approaches to its analysis. Also offered as FRENCH 447. Prerequisites: Admission to M.A. in Romance Languages and Literature program or permission of instructor.

3 hrs

FRENCH 5548 20th century French Theater

Analysis of major currents of French theater of the 20th Century, with emphasis upon the postwar period and its movements. Also offered as FRENCH 448.

3 hrs

FRENCH 5552 Medieval Poetry

A study of medieval poetry including religious and secular poetry, Provencal and Old French lyric, the influence of poetry in other genres such as romance and theater, later medieval poetry of the 14th and 15th centuries, as well as a discussion of the origins of the lyric. Also offered as FRENCH 452. Prerequisites: Admission to M.A. in Romance Languages and Literature program or permission of instructor.

3 hrs

FRENCH 5554 The Intellectual Origins of the French Revolution

Study of philosophical and political texts by Montesquieu, Rousseau, Voltaire, Diderot, etc. on government, society, language, freedom and equality. Critical study of the Enlightenment. Also offered as FRENCH 454. Prerequisites: Admission to M.A. in Romance Languages and Literature program or permission of instructor.

3 hrs

FRENCH 5555 Fin-De-Siecle and Belle Epoque

Study of the literary, cultural and historical context of this time period in French history, for example: Symbolism, Decadence, and the years 1900-1914. Also offered as FRENCH 455. Prerequisites: Admission to M.A. in Romance Languages and Literature program or permission of instructor.

3 hrs

FRENCH 5556 20th-century French Poetry

The study of 20th-century poetry with special consideration given to different approaches to its analysis. Also offered as FRENCH 456. Prerequisites: Admission to M.A. in Romance Languages and Literature program or permission of instructor.

3 hrs

FRENCH 5561 20th century French Narrative

The analysis of major currents in French 20th-century narrative, especially fiction and film. Courses will be organized around narrative themes or historical events and will include social and cultural components. Also offered as FRENCH 461. Prerequisites: Admission to M.A. in Romance Languages and Literature program or permission of instructor.

3 hrs

FRENCH 5563 19th-century French Fiction

Studies in the birth, development, and variation of French Romanticism. Readings include de Stael, Senancour, Constant, Hugo, Stendhal and Merimee. The advent of realism and naturalism in France. Readings include Balzac, Flaubert, Daudet, De Maupassant, and Zola. Also offered as FRENCH 463. On demand.

3 hrs

FRENCH 5570 Studies in Critical Thought

Various currents of 20th-century literary criticism and their political and historical contexts. Also offered as FRENCH 470. Prerequisites: Admission to M.A. in Romance Languages and Literature program or permission of instructor.

3 hrs

FRENCH 5571 Autobiography

Analysis of autobiographies and autobiographical texts such as diaries and memoirs together with theoretical texts on the genre. The concentration of different periods or issues may change from semester to semester, i.e. the art of autobiography as practiced by 20th-century writers, especially women. Also offered as FRENCH 471. Prerequisites: Admission to M.A. in Romance Languages and Literature program or permission of instructor.

3 hrs

FRENCH 5572 Francophone Studies

Study of different national Francophone literatures. Reading may include writers from Quebec, Haiti, Africa, Louisiana, Vietnam, the French Indies, etc. Also offered as FRENCH 472. Prerequisites: Admission to M.A. in Romance Languages and Literature program or permission of instructor.

3 hrs

FRENCH 5580 Special Topics

Treatment of a particular genre or area of literature or language normally not offered through regular courses. May be repeated for credit when the topic changes. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. On demand.

1-3 hrs

FRENCH 5590 Directed Studies in French Literature

Intensive readings in a field or literary figure to be selected by the student in consultation with the instructor. Available by permission of graduate adviser or instructor, as appropriate, only when student cannot take regularly scheduled courses.

1-3 hrs