Life-Narratives in French Literature
French Studies · 3 hrs Lecture
Offered: Fall Or Winter
FREN-3283 prerequisites
We couldn't read this course's prerequisites into a chain. The wording is under “Requisite courses” below.
Description
In 20 and 21 century literature from Proust th st and Colette to Annie Ernaux and Le Clézio, the representation of the self has undergone several transformations in form, content and generic boundaries. The course studies different genres: autobiography, autofiction and memoir. Students explore the meanings of these texts and what they conceal about Modernity and our contemporary age.
Requisite courses
6 credit-hours of 2000-level French Studies literature courses or permission of the instructor [prerequisite(s)].
Restrictions
Students may not hold credit for this course and FREN-4283.
Cross-listed
FREN-4283(3).
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