French Poetry from the Symbolist Movement to the Present

Three credits · Undergraduate

A study of major French poets beginning with the Symbolist Movement at the end of the 19th century and concluding with current trends in poetry. Authors include Stéphane Mallarmé, Paul Valéry, Guillaume Apollinaire, Pierre Reverdy, Francis Ponge, Paul Claudel, Andre Breton, Henri Michaux, Francis Jammes, Blaise Cendrars, Jules Supervielle, Paul Eluard, René Char, and Jacques Reda. Prerequisite: 6 credits of FREN at the 200 level or permission of the department chair. Three credits.