The following are examples of recent course offerings. Courses may change from year to year. A current list will be available in the spring of 1997. The Tragic in French Theater Tragic thought is strongly associated with 17th-century teater, but it also reappears at the heart of modern literature. This course studies the literary notion of the tragic and a common recourse to the tragic form during the classical and modern periods.
Students attend two theatrical performances.
This course analyzes the ideas and literary production of Simone de Beauvoir, Marguerite Yourcenar, Nathalie Sarraute, and Marguerite Duras as well as their impact on French intellectual and artistic life. This course focuses on French political history since 1958. Lectures take place at Paris VII, and supporting tutorials, led by the professor, take place at Reid Hall. 5. This course focuses on a different period in the history of French art every semester. It emphasizes the works of one or several of the major artists of the period or of one school of art.