Dr. Finn E. Sinclair Reading and discussion of French poetry from the Middle Ages to the 20 th century, focusing in particular on the themes of love, death and power and their metamorphoses across the ages. The course will serve as an introduction to critical analysis and no previous study of poetry will be assumed. Required for graduate students. Works include Beauty and the Beast , Colonel Chabert , Madame Bovary , A Day in the Country , Candide , The Red and the Black , and Cyrano de Bergerac . Emphasis on European theoretical currents.
Course involves both understanding and use of theoretical tools.
Advanced undergraduates with permission. Course given in English. No prior experience in theory needed. Your English vocabulary will increase and learning French will be easier. English grammatical structure is similar to French structure.