TOPICS IN LITERATURE AND CULTURE

FRENCH 461

A study of how literature has evolved over the course of French history, in relation to a chosen topic. Taught in French.

FRENCH 948

Study of literature and culture organized thematically or by time period. Taught in French.

LITTRANS 303

Explores topics in French and Francophone cultures by examining their conceptualizations throughout history as well as their representations in literature and different media such as film and graphic novels. Understand the specificity of French and Francophone cultures and literatures, their contributions to the world's multicultural heritage, and ponder the cultural traditions they claim their own. Possible topics: gender relations, race and ethnicity, social justice, institutional forms of power, human emotions, immigration, colonization and its literary heritage, aesthetic ideals, everyday forms of human interaction, historical memory and its repression, education and acculturation, social rituals, the cultural and political role of language, etc.

LITTRANS 103

Explores topics in French and Francophone cultures by examining their conceptualizations throughout history as well as their representations in literature and different media such as film and graphic novels. Studies the specificity of French and Francophone cultures and literatures, their contributions to the world's multicultural heritage, and ponder the cultural traditions they claim their own. Possible topics: technology and culture, humanism and anti-humanism, gender relations, race and ethnicity, social justice, institutional forms of power, human emotions, immigration, colonization and its literary heritage, aesthetic ideals, historical memory and its repression, education and acculturation, social rituals, the cultural and political role of language, etc.

FRENCH 462

A study of how culture has evolved over the course of French history, in relation to a chosen topic. Taught in French.