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Fall 2017 | FREN 5350 Section 002: Topics in Literature and Culture -- Postwar Fr Thought:Questions in Ethics & Esthetics (36111)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 28
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Problem, period, author, or topic of interest. See Class Schedule. prereq: 3101 or equiv
- Class Description:
- "Remnants of the Epic: 20th Century French Prose" This seminar will assess the state, transformations and crisis of the epic novel in a context of global conflagration and of modern and guerilla warfare. We will explore diverse literary engagements with WWI, the Spanish Civil War, the Algerian War, the Middle-East conflict and the Lebanese War. Readings include Louis-Ferdinand Celine's Le Voyage au bout de la nuit, Blaise Cendrars's La Main coupee, Andre Malraux' L'Espoir, Jean Genet's Un captif amoureux, Assia Djebar's L'Amour, la Fantasia, Richard Millet's La Confession negative. We will ground our readings on theoretical reflections by Walter Benjamin, Paul Veyne, and on considerations regarding fiction and the writing of history.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/36111/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 August 2010
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