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FRENCH FASHION AND LITERATURE FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO TODAY

FRENCH 345
Course Description

Study of French literary texts embedded in their cultural contexts, with a focus on clothing and fashion. Chart the emergence and representation of sartorial taste in France through analysis and discussion of selected texts and other media that feature clothing as a reflection of aesthetic and social values. Rather than evidence for material and economic history, literature and the visual arts will be ways to touch on issues such as the evolution of the notion of human physical beauty, of taste, of gender differences and roles, of social status and stratification in different historical contexts.

Prerequisites

Sophomore standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.37

-1.84% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

2.82% from Historical

A Rate
36.84%

-18.5% from Historical

Class Size
38

4.11% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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