Spring 2011

The Doing and Undoing of Genres in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

Listed in: French, as FREN-30

Faculty

Jay L. Caplan (Section 01)

Description

This course explores the formation and transformation of various genres in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century literature, with a particular focus announced each time the course is offered. The topic for 2008-09 was “Comedy from Corneille and Molière to Beaumarchais.” Readings included texts by Corneille (L’Illusion comique), Molière (Le Médecin malgré lui, Le Tartuffe, Le Misanthrope, Le malade imaginaire), Marivaux (La Double Inconstance, Le Jeu de l’amour et du hasard), and Beaumarchais (Le Barbier de Séville, Le Mariage de Figaro). Conducted in French.

Requisite: One of the following--French 07, 08, 11, 12 or equivalent. Spring semester. Professor Caplan.

FREN 30 - L/D

Section 01
Tu 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM CHAP 210
Th 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM CHAP 210

ISBN Title Publisher Author(s) Comment Book Store Price
Le Mariage de Figaro (Librio) Amherst Books TBD
Turcaret Amherst Books TBD
Le Jeu de l'amour et du hazaard Amherst Books TBD
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme Amherst Books TBD
Le Medecin malgre lui Amherst Books TBD
Le Misanthrope Amherst Books TBD
Le Tartuffe Amherst Books TBD

These books are available locally at Amherst Books.

Offerings

2024-25: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Fall 2008, Spring 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2015, Spring 2019