French 331 - Topic: Musketeers of Love

'Popular French novels have inspired film directors and provided interesting interpretations of famous protagonists such as the three musketeers, Princess de Cleves, Madame Bovary, Julien Sorel, Bel-Ami, and Valmont and Merteuil of Dangerous Liaisons. Using films as introduction to novels in context, we focus on social codes of love in 16th and 17th century royal French courts, games of seduction and deception amongst 18th century nobility, and love and ambition in 19th Century society. Relevant literary texts and paintings are used as primary documents. Students achieve digital literacy with the production of a documentary film in iMovie. Technical support is provided by workshops in LRC. All course material is online.'

Prereq: Two of the following courses: French 215, 219, 225, or 230