French 282 - TOPICS/19TH & 20TH C FRN STUDY

Topics course. How do stories about moral dilemmas frame the question of what is right and what is wrong? What do these stories say about the values that are at stake? Do they provide answers and, if so, which ones? By investigating how stories revolving around moral conflicts reproduce social, cultural and political contradictions, as well as ethical ones, this course allows students to reflect on some of the major issues that have shaped the moral debate in post-revolutionary France. Readings by Balzac, Hugo, Zola, Gide, Camus, Sartre and Benameur. Prerequisite: one course above FRN 230.

Topic: What's right? What's wrong? Stories about moral dilemmas.