FRENCH 5500      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.
Credits: hours
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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.
Credits: 3 hours
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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.
Credits: 3 hours
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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.
Credits: 3 hours
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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
Credits: 3 hours
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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.
Credits: 3 hours
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FRENCH 5524      19th-century French Literature
Selected readings in various genres from Romanticism through symbolism. Also offered as FRENCH 424.
Credits: 3 hours
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FRENCH 5526      20th-century French Literature
Selected readings from the Belle Epoque to the contemporary period. Also offered as FRENCH 426.
Credits: 3 hours
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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.
Credits: 3 hours
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FRENCH 5543      Early French Theater
An examination of the development of French theater from Late Antiquity through the Renaissance, including religious and secular drama. The focus is on literary analysis of the dramatic texts, with some consideration of theater history and dramaturgy. Also offered as FRENCH 443. Prerequisites: Admission to the MA in Romance Languages & Literature program or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3 hours
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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.
Credits: 3 hours
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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.
Credits: 3 hours
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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.
Credits: 3 hours
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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.
Credits: 3 hours
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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.
Credits: 3 hours
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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.
Credits: 3 hours
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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.
Credits: 3 hours
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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.
Credits: 3 hours
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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.
Credits: 3 hours
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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 457. Prerequisites: Admission to M.A. in Romance Languages and Literature program or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 hours
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