FR 574

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Seminar 19thC French Lit

Credit: 4 hours.

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

May be repeated.

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FR 574 class schedule data for spring 2025
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	50088	Lecture-Discussion	FP	3:00PM -4:50PM	W	1120 Literatures, Cultures, & Ling	Proulx, F	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/25-05/07/25 Section Title: Reading in the 19th-cent novel Section Info: “Reading in the 19th-Century French Novel”: As the novel gains popularity and prestige the 19th century, it increasingly represents readers and reading in complex ways. We will examine how characters in books read other books (real and fictional), outlining particular practices of reading and writing. Our inquiry will extend to related topics: book history and the history of reading; gender history and theory; canon formation and the 19th-century emergence of literary studies as a discipline; methods and theories of critical reading today. Readings include works by Stendhal, Balzac, Sand, Flaubert, Rachilde, Huysmans. Taught in French.