A series of innovative courses exploring French and Francophone literature and culture through a thematic or conceptual focus. Some courses are offered in the context of European Studies as well. Some course topics include Writing and Viewing the Other: French and Francophone Approaches to Theater, Fiction, and Film; Feminine/Masculine: Images of Gender Identity in French Modernism; Images of Paris: Art, Gender, and Cultural Identity in the Capital of the Nineteenth Century; Staging French Modernity: The Twentieth Century; Writing, Painting, Monument: Portraits in French Modernity; Classical and Baroque culture; and Emerging Literature: Twentieth-Century Francophone Writing. Prerequisite: Completion of third year courses or permission from the Instructor.
