EXPLORING PARIS
Explore the city of Paris through the diverse, historical, creative, and anecdotal perspectives offered by writers, filmmakers, and other artists. Discuss how authors like Emile Zola, Ernest Hemingway, James Baldwin, and French Nobel Prize laureate Patrick Modiano introduce a range of voices and eras. Explore key neighborhoods, city maps, significant landmarks, and pivotal historical events, culminating in a nuanced appreciation of Paris's spatial, historical, and literary complexity.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Literature Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and discuss key writers, filmmakers, and/or artists who are associated with Paris. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Locate important neighborhoods and landmarks on a map of the city. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Apply basic concepts of literary and film analysis to perform close readings of texts and films related to Paris. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Demonstrate how contemporary social, cultural, and artistic practice associated with Paris has been influenced by historical events. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Create a project synthesizing knowledge about Paris. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and discuss key writers, filmmakers, and/or artists who are associated with Paris. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Locate important neighborhoods and landmarks on a map of the city. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Apply basic concepts of literary and film analysis to perform close readings of texts and films related to Paris. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Demonstrate how contemporary social, cultural, and artistic practice associated with Paris has been influenced by historical events. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Create a project synthesizing knowledge about Paris. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027