French Women Writing:17-18C

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

This course offers the opportunity to study texts by some of France’s most important women writers from the mid-seventeenth century through the final years of the Revolution. The selection of novels, plays, poems, and political and philosophical writings will be read in the context of the historical, literary, and philosophical movements in which they were created, allowing students to appreciate these texts in their context, and gain a greater appreciation for the literary, historical, and cultural framework in which they appeared.