FR 543

Spring 2023 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 17-May 3

French Studies

Credit: 4 hours.

Flexible course limited only by the concentration of its material in French; may be activated by faculty proposal.

May be repeated to a maximum of 16 hours if topics vary.

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FR 543 class schedule data for spring 2023
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	44811	Lecture-Discussion	C	3:00PM -4:50PM	W	1024 Foreign Languages Building	Gaillard, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Section Info: ““We”? — Pronominal politics, hegemony, alterity. We” is the subject of politics. But how is “we” formed and what is its extension? Can “we” really be universal or does it necessarily exclude “them”? Is “we” declared from above or rather shaped horizontally, by a coalescence of “I”s? Is “we” an identity? a practice? a strategy? an ideal? Can it include non-human “subjects,” and how? By sounding the reference of the pronoun “we” and its legitimation in a diversity of French cultural texts, this interdisciplinary seminar will engage critically with topics such as identity and community formation, citizenship, universality and universalism, emancipation, revolutionary politics, and ethics in the 21st century. We will discuss fictions, factions, testimonies and manifestos in literature and film as well as short philosophical essays, including works by Joseph Andras, Hannah Arendt, Chloe Delaume, Alice Diop, Didier Eribon, Jean-Luc Godard, Kaoutar Harchi, Jean-Francois Lyotard, Monique Wittig, and more. Readings and discussion in French. Students outside of French Studies who are proficient in French may choose to participate in English.”