Twentieth Century French Writers and Thinkers

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) French works from the '50s to the present day are studied in this course. Major literary trends and movements - existentialism, le nouveau roman and postmodernism - are analysed in fiction, poetry and essay by writers such as Sartre, Camus, Ponge and Yourcenar. Requisite Courses: FREN-2105, or placement test, or the former FREN-1111(6), or the former FREN-1112(6), or permission of the instructor [prerequisite(s)].