Mar 28, 2024  
Catalogue 2021-2022 
    
Catalogue 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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FFS 170 - Perspectives in French and Francophone Cultures

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)


Topic for 2021/22b: Questions of Character. French post-war writers and critics insisted on treating fictional characters as strictly textual entities not to be confused with psychological beings capable of moral agency. But why do we still care what fictional characters do? What incites us to talk about certain characters as if they were real people? Why, until recently, did most scholars frown upon doing so? What can a renewed interrogation of character teach us about storytelling, other cultures, and our own individual or group biases? We pursue these questions while focusing on celebrated works of fiction and film set in French-speaking countries. The course emphasis is on close reading, discussion, writing for revision, peer review, and the exploration of secondary texts representing a variety of disciplinary approaches. All discussions and texts are in English. Films include Casablanca (Michael Curtiz,1942) and one other title, to be announced.  Kathleen Hart.

Open only to first-year students; satisfies the college requirement for a First-Year Writing Seminar.

All readings and discussions are in English. No knowledge of French is necessary.

 

Two 75-minute periods.

Course Format: CLS



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