Reading the French Revolution

4.0 credits

This comparative course explores the figuration of the French Revolution in German, French, and British and American literature and film in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. We will read and analyze several prose, dramatic and cinematic works, including authors such as Charles Dickens, Baroness Orczy, Georg Büchner, Heiner Müller, Peter Weiss, C.L.R. James, Lauren Gunderson, and filmmakers Sofia Coppola and Peter Brook. Reading intensive course, with opportunities for independent research. Taught in English.