Twentieth-Century Francophone World Literature: At the Crossroads of Contemporary Literature

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

Goals - Study a collection of fundamental French literary works of the 20th Century - Examine the connections between social events, the author at work, and the author's final work - Discover the characteristics of literary movements of the century: Symbolism, Surrealism, Existentialism, Absurdism, Nouveau Roman, The Golden Twenties, and The Roman Recherche - Study the original texts and their adaptations - Write in the style of 20th century writers - Understand the new literary influences and use them in creative writing - Be exposed to Francophone literatures in the context of the 20th century