FR 571

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Seminar 16thC French Lit

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Credit: 4 hours.

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

May be repeated.

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	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	59763	Lecture-Discussion	G	3:30PM -5:20PM	W	1140 Literatures, Cultures, & Ling	Keller, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Section Info: French Renaissance World- and Race-Making The discovery of the American continent and new trade routes to Asia at the turn of the sixteenth century have had a tremendous impact on European knowledge and imagination of the world and its inhabitants. The goal of this seminar is to uncover the imprint that the early modern revolution of knowledge about the world and its various ethnicities left on French texts of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. How did Renaissance authors imagine the world and their place in it? How did they conceive of France’s position and role in a global context? Which ideas about foreign peoples and customs gained currency in early modern France? In our readings, we will foreground the ideological and political dimensions of French Renaissance world- and race-making and investigate their complex relationship with other issues that define what is often considered the first age of globalization, such as revived fantasies of empire, an emerging idea of Europe, or a specifically early modern conception of race. Select recent criticism on world- and race-making in early modern thought and literature will inform our discussions. Primary texts by Rabelais, Marguerite de Navarre, Ronsard, Du Bellay, Montaigne and others in French, class discussions in French or English as appropriate.