French 230ll - Colloquium: Topics in French Studies-French Literary Landscapes

Through texts by authors from Louis XIV to Colette, this class discusses questions about literary uses of landscape: Why do people flee or search for a landscape? What makes people cherish or fear a particular place? What do landscapes tell readers that the narrator or characters cannot or does not tell? Other authors may include Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Chateaubriand, Maupassant, Apollinaire, Robbe-Grillet and James Sacré. Basis for the major. Course taught in French. Prerequisite: FRN 220. Restrictions: FRN 230 may not be repeated. Enrollment limited to 18.

[CE] FRN 230 Limit