Classes in this section meet 24 hours. Development and state aid are among topics. The first semester covers the art of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The second semester covers modern French art from the academics to cubism. Masterpieces of French theater and cinema are discussed, as well as film criticism and politics of the French cinema industry.
Lectures address literature forms and their principal exponents.
A cross-disciplinary perspective is taken so as to examine literature as a product of its social and historical contexts. The course ends with the pre-romanticists. The development of the novel is considered. Lectures end with the French Revolution. During the fall semester, this course surveys French tradition in thought from the Middle Ages to the 18th century.