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Campus | Haverford |
Semester | Spring 2018 |
Registration ID | FRENH312B001 |
Course Title | Advanced Topics: Lafayette et les mondes du roman |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | French and French Studies |
Instructor | Sedley,David |
Times and Days | M 01:30pm-04:00pm
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Room Location | STO301 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1218 This seminar is about the phenomenon known as “the rise of the novel,” whose result is the fact that much of the literature we read today consists of prose narratives featuring realistic fictions. At one time, however, the novel was a marginal kind of text compared to other genres, and the worlds it represented had apparently little to do with natural or social realities. How did the novel rise to a preeminent place in the literary world, and how did its worlds come to reflect reality? We will confront these questions through series of objects (novels, film, art, and architecture, along with critical works) centered around Madame de Lafayette’s early modern masterpiece, La Princesse de Clèves. In the process, we will explore how the novel found its place in the world of literature, and how literature found its place in the world. In French. ; Crosslisted: French, Comparative Literature ; Prerequisite(s): At least one 200-level course Div: III; Humanities (HU) |
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