FR 572

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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 2025
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	57986	Lecture-Discussion	G	3:00PM -4:50PM	T	ARR Literatures, Cultures, & Ling	Keller, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Section Title: 16th-century French Lit Section Info: Absolutism and Its Discontents: Corneille, Molière, Racine - In this course we will revisit a selection of plays by Corneille, Molière and Racine to question their ideological import for the realization of absolutism in seventeenth-century France. Over the past two decades revisionist readings of neoclassical theater have reassessed its role in the representation and bolstering of absolute power and drawn attention to the fissures and pitfalls of the political project best represented by the reign of Louis XIV. We will draw on this recent scholarship as we examine whether and how canonical tragedies and comedies by the era’s three major playwrights stage forms of resistance, defend autonomy, and reveal authoritarianism’s self-destructing tendencies. Primary readings and class discussion in French. This course will be held in the French & Italian library, room 2142 LCLB