Middlebury

FREN 0310

Rebirth & French Renaissance

Rebirth and Renaissance: Narrating the Past, Present, and Future in 16th- and 17th -Century France
What is the French Renaissance? If naissance means “birth,” what (or who) is being (re)born in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century France? Who are its parents or ancestors? Who or what has passed away to make space for this “birth”? In this course we will introduce ourselves to, and critically question, the possible “births” of the French Renaissance through three modules: the rebirth of the classical and medieval pasts; the birth of “the New World” as a European conception of already existing homelands of Indigenous peoples; the birth of France as a (pre)modern nation-state. We will analyze a wide variety of Francophone materials, including poetry, prose, paintings and prints.
Subject:
French
Department:
French
Division:
Languages
Requirements Fulfilled:
EUR LIT LNG

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