A battery-operated tape recorder is required. Class meets four days a week for a total of six hours a week. The documents will be studied for what they reveal of French ways of life and the emergence of new social groups. The representations of varied identities in the popular media highlight the competing values of a changing France. The course concludes with a consideration of the impact of these media in France.
Class meets four days a week for a total of six hours a week.
This course addresses the critical issues for France in the new European Union, and examines a spectrum of attitudes among French people towards European integration since 1950. It reviews the major stages of postwar European construction and traces the evolution of a European cultural identity. After a survey of French society in the 1990 s, the challenges to France s status as a nation-state will be discussed. Special attention will be given to current debates over the nature of French national identity, the country s future in the EU, the weakening of the Jacobin tradition, and the implications of the newly implemented European citizenship. Class meets four days a week for a total of six hours a week.