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Campus | Haverford |
Semester | Fall 2017 |
Registration ID | FRENH202A001 |
Course Title | Culture, France, Renaissance |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | French and French Studies |
Instructor | Sedley,David |
Times and Days | TTh 02:30pm-04:00pm
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Room Location | STO18 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2194 The topic of this course is not only sixteenth-century French culture but also the development of the basic elements that the idea of “French culture” presupposes: that of “culture” and that of “France.” How did these notions come about, and how were they fused into one entity? We will study this peculiar process, fundamental to Western modernity, by taking into account a series of Renaissance masterpieces in various genres (novel, story, essay, poetry, painting, architecture) as well as critical perspectives on such works from our own era. Through this exploration, we will attempt to understand how new senses of identity, on national as well as individual levels (France and the self), took shape in a context of political and religious fragmentation (civil war and Reformation). In French. ; Prerequisite(s): FREN 101 and 102/105, or 005 and 102/105 Div: III; Humanities (HU) |
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