FR 320 French Masterworks in Translation. A survey of the great tradition in French literature from the 16th century Pleiade group through the 17th century dramatists, such as Voltaire and Rousseau and the 19th and 20th century writers, such as Balzac, Hugo, Zola, Sartre, Beauvoir and Camus. In order to receive French credit students must read the works and write their papers and exam answers in French. Offered alternate years beginning spring 2001. FR 333 Nineteenth Century French Literature.
All work is in French.
French 221 or 222 or permission of instructor. Offered as needed. FR 334 Twentieth Century French Literature. This companion course to French 333 focuses on a selection of novels, short stories, plays and essays which characterize the volatile world of 20th Century French letters. Typical of the authors read are Valery, Gide, Beauvoir, Camus, Genet, Beckett, Barthes, Robbe-Grillet, Claude Simon and Le Clezio.