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French (FRENCH)

FRENCH 5561      20th century French Narrative View Details
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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FRENCH 5563      19th-century French Fiction View Details
Studies in the birth, development, and variation of French Romanticism. Readings include de Stael, Senancour, Constant, Hugo, Stendhal and Merimee. The advent of realism and naturalism in France. Readings include Balzac, Flaubert, Daudet, De Maupassant, and Zola. Also offered as FRENCH 463. On demand.
Credits: 3 hours
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FRENCH 5570      Studies in Critical Thought View Details
Various currents of 20th-century literary criticism and their political and historical contexts. Also offered as FRENCH 470. Prerequisites: Admission to M.A. in Romance Languages and Literature program or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 hours
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FRENCH 5571      Autobiography View Details
Analysis of autobiographies and autobiographical texts such as diaries and memoirs together with theoretical texts on the genre. The concentration of different periods or issues may change from semester to semester, i.e. the art of autobiography as practiced by 20th-century writers, especially women. Also offered as FRENCH 471. Prerequisites: Admission to M.A. in Romance Languages and Literature program or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 hours
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FRENCH 5572      Francophone Studies View Details
Study of different national Francophone literatures. Reading may include writers from Quebec, Haiti, Africa, Louisiana, Vietnam, the French Indies, etc. Also offered as FRENCH 472. Prerequisites: Admission to M.A. in Romance Languages and Literature program or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 hours
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FRENCH 5580      Special Topics View Details
Treatment of a particular genre or area of literature or language normally not offered through regular courses. May be repeated for credit when the topic changes. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. On demand.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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FRENCH 5590      Directed Studies in French Literature View Details
Intensive readings in a field or literary figure to be selected by the student in consultation with the instructor. Available by permission of graduate adviser or instructor, as appropriate, only when student cannot take regularly scheduled courses.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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