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FRS
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501
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Women and the Arts in 19th Century France
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This course, offered in English, will introduce students to the works and intellectual lives of female artists, musicians, actresses and writers in 19th century France. It will examine figures such as Camille Claudel, Berthe Morisot, Sarah Bernhardt, George Sand and Rachilde and explore the question of women's creativity in the face of widespread social disapproval of their artistic careers.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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Course Weight: 1.00
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FRS
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502
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Feminism and French Literature
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This course, offered in English, introduces students to feminist theory and literature in the Francophone world, particularly the movement known as French feminism. Students will analyze literary works, manifestos and theoretical writings by Francophone authors such as Simone de Beauvoir, Hélène Cixous, Annie Ernaux, and Fatima Mernissi. Topics include French feminist history and the impact of existentialism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, gender studies, and postcolonialism on French feminist thought and literature.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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Course Weight: 1.00
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Billing Units: 1
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FRS
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602
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French Caribbean Literature and Culture
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This course, offered in English, will focus on the literature, culture and arts of the Francophone Caribbean (Martinique, Guadeloupe, Haiti). Issues of colonialism and postcolonialism, slavery and freedom, exile and immigration, tensions between race and gender, between languages (French and Creole) will be examined through poetry, novels, storytelling, theater, music and film analysis. Readings include major authors such as Césaire (father of negritude), Condé, Schwartz-Bart, Chamoiseau, J.J. Dominique.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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Course Weight: 1.00
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