Confronting the Other: Perceptions of Difference in Premodern French Literature
FREN 244
Spring 2015 not offered
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While its initial incursions into the New World would prove positively anemic in comparison with its competitors from the Old, France would eventually oversee one of the most profitable empires of the colonial era. The process of geographical and political expansion would inevitably oblige France to confront the radical differences of the "others" inhabiting its periphery. In this seminar we will examine the ways in which French authors would perceive, quantify, and metabolize those differences into their own national narrative and likewise investigate how, by defining the Other, France would ultimately come to define itself. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA RLAN |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (FRST-MN)(FRST) |
Major Readings:
Michael de Montaigne, DES CANNIBALES (pdf)
LE CODE NOIR DE 1685 (pdf)
Montesquieu, LETTRES PERSANES
Françoise de Graffigny, LETTRES D'UNE PÉRUVIENNE
Raynal & Diderot, HISTOIRE PHILOSOPHIQUE ET POLITIQUE DES DEUX INDES
Georges Buffon, VARIÉTÉS DANS L'ESPÈCE HUMAINE
H. Grégoire, DE LA LITTÉRATURE DES NÈGRES (pdf)
François-René de Chateaubriand, ATALA
Claire de Duras, OURIKA
Bernadin de Saint-Pierre, PAUL ET VIRGINIE
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly response papers; three 5-7 page papers, oral presentation |
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 introductory course intended for students who have just completed FREN 215 or not taken more than one course in French beyond 215 and not yet studied abroad in a French-speaking country. Readings, written assignments and class discussions will be in French. Only COL students may take this course CR/U. All others must take it for a letter grade. Students who are not admitted to the course through pre-registration are strongly encouraged to submit an enrollment request and attend the first class. |
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