This course prepares students for the study of French literature. Students gain experience in reading texts of greater complexity and sophistication than in previous courses, and are taught the tools of literary analysis.
Emphasis is placed on comprehension, interpretation, and writing.
The syllabus includes prose, theater, and poetry. After 271, students may take either 321 or 322. Introduction to French Literature, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Representative works of each major literary period are read and analyzed. A survey of various aspects of early French history and culture, from the Gauls to the eighteenth century.