Molière et son époque / Seventeenth Century French Literature

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Beginning with a study of competing movements and critical approaches (mannerism, baroque, etc.), and comparing literary representations to examples drawn from the fine arts, the seminar focuses on the tensions-between the individual and power, reason and passion, clarity and concision-that characterize the classical aesthetic. Prerequisite: FREN 2051H and either 2450Y or 2451H.