FREN-24813 credit hours

Nineteenth-Century French Prose

French Studies · 3 hrs Lecture

Offered: Fall Or Winter

FREN-2481 prerequisites

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any one of

FREN-2105Intermediate French 2

any one of

Placement test

FREN-1104Intermediate French 1

any one of

Placement test

FREN-1103Elementary French 3

any one of

Placement test

FREN-1102Elementary French 2

any one of

Placement test

FREN-1100Elementary French 1

the former FREN-1001

the former FREN-1111

the former FREN-1112

placement test

the former FREN-1111

the former FREN-1112

permission of the instructor

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Description

This course examines the development of prose in nineteenth-century France. Works representing the main literary movements (Romanticism, Realism, and Naturalism) will be selected, as much as possible, from both male and female authors. These may include Stendhal, Balzac, Sand, Flaubert, Maupassant, and Zola. Students will be introduced to basic techniques of textual appreciation and commentary.

Requisite courses

FREN-2105, or placement test, or the former FREN-1111(6), or the former FREN-1112(6), or permission of the instructor [prerequisite(s)].

Lecture

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