Poetry Works in Nineteenth-Century France
French Studies · 3 hrs Lecture
Offered: Fall Or Winter
FREN-4760 prerequisites
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Description
This course offers a study of selected nineteenth-century poets in the context of a review of the history and the evolution of French poetics and literary schools. Lectures explore the romantic, parnassian, and symbolist movements. Students study works by poets such as Hugo, Desbordes-Valmore, Vigny, Lamartine, Gautier, Baudelaire, Siefert, Verlaine, Krysinka, and Mallarme. From both the historical and the aesthetic perspectives, the centrality of Baudelaire's Fleurs du mal will be emphasized.
Requisite courses
6 credit hours of French Studies Literature courses at the 2000 level and permission of the Honours advisor or instructor [prerequisite(s)].
Restrictions
Honours Form Required. Students may not hold credit for this course and FREN-4481.
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