Middlebury

FREN 0477

Madness and Reason

Senior Seminar: "Madness and Reason": Short Stories and Novellas in the 19th Century
This senior seminar will offer a different view of nineteenth-century literature. Instead of studying the famous "big novel" of the period, we will choose to uncover contradictions present in nineteenth century ideology. The social malaise, a product of conflicts between progress, civilization and passion will emerge in texts telling stories of happiness, anxiety, hermaphrodites, murder, isolation and social conformity: Readings will include among others, Chateaubriand: René, Balzac: Sarrasine, Mérimée: Lotkis, Zola: Thérèse Raquin. This seminar will include a significant research component. (Open to French Senior Majors, other students by waiver). 3 hrs. lect./disc.
Subject:
French
Department:
French
Division:
Languages
Requirements Fulfilled:
EUR

Sections in Spring 2007, School Abroad Germany (Berlin)

Spring 2007

FREN0477A-S07 Seminar (Barbaud-McWilliams)