Confession in French 20th-Century Literature
FREN 358
Spring 2006
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01
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Since the Confessions of St. Augustine, the subject and function of confession has gone through considerable change. After exploring the notion of secret and the distinctions between autobiography and confession, this course will discuss the main developments that have occurred in the literature of confession. We will focus on the shift from confession of vice to confession seemingly lacking an object. Among other topics, we will discuss the conditions that appear to make confession a masculine rather than a feminine undertaking. |
Essential Capabilities:
Speaking, Speaking, Writing, Writing |
Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA RLAN |
Course Format: Lecture/Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (FRST)(RMST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Tentative reading list: LES CONFESSIONS (extraits), Rousseau ALEXIS OU LE TRAITE DU VAIN COMBAT, Yourcenar CONFIDENCE AFRICAINE, Martin du Gard LA HONTE, Ernaux LE LIVRE BRISE, Serge Doubrovsky Additional texts by Borel, Althusser, Genet, Foucault and others will be provided.
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Examinations and Assignments: Two short essays and a final paper. Students will be asked to make a short presentation in class. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments: While any student who has completed FREN 215 (with a minimum grade of B) or has placed out of FREN 215 through the placement test may sign up for this course, it is an advanced course intended for students who have already taken two courses in French beyond 215 or already studied abroad in a French-speaking country. Readings, written assignments and class discussions will be in French. Only COL students may take this course for credit. All others must take it for a letter grade. |
Instructor(s): Poisson,Catherine Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: FISK413; |
Total Enrollment Limit: 18 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 5 |   |   |
Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 1 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 3 | FR: 2 |
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