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FRENCH 345

FRENCH FASHION AND LITERATURE FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO TODAY

3 credits.

Study of French literary texts embedded in their cultural contexts, with a focus on clothing and fashion. Chart the emergence and representation of sartorial taste in France through analysis and discussion of selected texts and other media that feature clothing as a reflection of aesthetic and social values. Rather than evidence for material and economic history, literature and the visual arts will be ways to touch on issues such as the evolution of the notion of human physical beauty, of taste, of gender differences and roles, of social status and stratification in different historical contexts.

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Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Literature Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify key writers, filmmakers, and/or artists who are associated with the material and historical periods covered in the course. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Develop critical thinking and interdisciplinary views while reading a variety of texts and documents, and analyze sociological, historical, and cultural phenomena. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Apply concepts of literary and film analysis to perform close readings of texts and films. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Demonstrate how contemporary social, cultural, and artistic practice associated with fashion in France has been influenced by historical events. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify key writers, filmmakers, and/or artists who are associated with the material and historical periods covered in the course. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Develop critical thinking and interdisciplinary views while reading a variety of texts and documents, and analyze sociological, historical, and cultural phenomena. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Apply concepts of literary and film analysis to perform close readings of texts and films. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Demonstrate how contemporary social, cultural, and artistic practice associated with fashion in France has been influenced by historical events. Audience: Undergraduate

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