FREN 3350 - Romance to Revolution: The French Novel Before 1850

(HB) (LA-AS) Satisfies Option 1.

Fall. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Prerequisite: FREN 2310 or permission of instructor. Conducted in French.

M. C. Vallois.

In addition to considering formal questions relating to the development of the novel in French, this course examines problems such as the appearance of narrative and historical consciousness, the representation of woman, and the relation between literature and society. Texts include such major works as Tristan and Iseult, Perrault’s Contes, Mme de LaFayette, Prevost, Rousseau, Diderot, Laclos, and Sade.