French Theory

Undergraduate

French writers played a crucial role in the development of contemporary literary and critical theory. French theorists have analyzed subjects ranging from perception, to sexuality, gender, the unconscious, popular culture, fashion, cinema, photography, mythology, kinship, and the body. This course will examine some of the major trends and master works in this explosion of theoretical activity in France. Works by Lévi-Strauss, Lacan, Foucault, Kristeva, Irigaray, Cixous, Derrida, Deleuze, Baudrillard, and others.