Poetry Works in Nineteenth-Century France

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) This course offers a study of selected nineteenth-century poets in the context of a review of the history and the evolution of French poetics and literary schools. Lectures explore the romantic, parnassian, and symbolist movements. Students study works by poets such as Hugo, Desbordes-Valmore, Vigny, Lamartine, Gautier, Baudelaire, Siefert, Verlaine, Krysinka, and Mallarme. From both the historical and the aesthetic perspectives, the centrality of Baudelaire's Fleurs du mal will be emphasized. Restrictions: Honours Form Required. Students may not hold credit for this course and FREN-4481. Requisite Courses: 6 credit hours of French Studies Literature courses at the 2000 level and permission of the Honours advisor or instructor [prerequisite(s)].