FR 572

Fall 2019 All Classes

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Seminar 17thC French Lit

Credit: 4 hours.

Discussion and research on a specialized topic in seventeenth-century French literature. See Schedule for current topic.

May be repeated.

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FR 572 class schedule data for fall 2019
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	57986	Lecture-Discussion	G	2:00PM -3:50PM	W	1032 Foreign Languages Building	Keller, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Section Info: Literature and Its Politics: The Case of Seventeenth-Century France The objective of this course is to investigate the complex relationship between literature and politics. French authors of the late sixteenth and seventeenth century were often closely related to the center of political power—either as elected officials (Montaigne), through close connections with the court (Mme de La Fayette, La Bruyère), or by their works commissioned by the crown (Molière)—and their texts can be read as a reflection on, and an interference with, the politics of their time. After situating the selected texts in their socio-historical context, we will focus our dicussion on the politics at work in each of them. How exactly are the literary and the political articulated? Which political issues are raised in the textual worlds we will explore and how are they mediated through genre, figurative speech, and other literary devices? Selected critical readings will not only inform our discussion about the open boundary between literature and politics but also allow us to investigate another dimension of their relationship: the politics of interpretation. Texts by Montaigne, Corneille, Molière, Racine, La Fontaine, La Bruyère, and Mme de La Fayette. Readings and class discussion in French.