CRITICAL APPROACHES TO LITERATURE AND CULTURE: FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE PERSPECTIVES

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: One of: ( FRENCH 430 , 431 , 449, 451, 461 , 462 , 464 , 465 , or 467 ) or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Acquiring knowledge on theoretical and critical thinking about literary and visual texts in the French and francophone context. Audience: Graduate 2. Familiarization with fundamental notions of rhétorique (figures et versification) and principles of narratology designed to improve the practice of close reading in poetry, drama, prose, and cinema across time periods. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Improve interpretative skills. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Acquiring knowledge on theoretical and critical thinking about literary and visual texts in the French and francophone context. Audience: Graduate 2. Familiarization with fundamental notions of rhétorique (figures et versification) and principles of narratology designed to improve the practice of close reading in poetry, drama, prose, and cinema across time periods. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Improve interpretative skills. Audience: Undergraduate