Le siècle Candide / Eighteenth-Century French Literature

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Study of the discourse of reason, freedom, and authenticity in works by Voltaire, Diderot, and Rousseau. Juxtaposes philosophical and fictional works to focus on the connections between depictions of reason in the fictional works and the understanding of fiction that emerges from the philosophical texts. Prerequisite: FREN 2051H and 2451H.