Fall 2012

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

Listed in: French, as FREN-330

Formerly listed as: FREN-30

Faculty

Rosalina M. de la Carrera (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 2012-13 is:  "The Eighteenth-Century Novel and Theater in France."  Readings will include texts by Diderot, Voltaire, Marivaux, Prévost, Laclos, and Beaumarchais.  Conducted in French.

Requisite: One of the following--FREN 207, 208, 311, 312 or equivalent. Fall semester. Professor de la Carrera.

FREN 330 - L/D

Section 01
M 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM CHAP 205
W 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM CHAP 205
F 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM CHAP 205

ISBN Title Publisher Author(s) Comment Book Store Price
Le Paysan parvenu Paris: Flammarion, 2010 Marivaux Amherst Books TBD
Manon Lescaut Paris: Larousse, 2008 Prevost, Abbe Amherst Books TBD
Les Liaisons dangereuses Paris: Larousse, 2011 Laclos Amherst Books TBD
Le Religieuse Paris, Gallimard, 1973 Diderot Amherst Books TBD
Entretiens sur le Fils naturel, De la poesie dramatique Paris: Flammarion, 2005 Diderot Amherst Books TBD
Le Mariage de Figaro Paris: Gallimard, 1999 Beaumarchais 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