Constructing Selfhood in French Short Fiction - FREN3600 / MODL3850
Who are we in this world? Literature seeks to explore this basic question, and our course will draw together short fiction written from the 19th century to the present across the francophone world to see how authors have attempted to find an answer. Perspectives will include understanding selfhood as the expression of free will, as a social construction, and as relational. Works by: Balzac, Claire de Duras, Maupassant, Marguerite Duras, Sartre, Djebar, Le Clézio and Joséphine Bacon.
Note: Language of instruction is English, reading and assignments in French for those enrolled in FREN3600
FREN3600 Prerequisites: FREN2300
MODL3850 Prerequisites: 3rd-year standing
Tuesday | Thursday
3 - 4:15 p.m.
Room W561
Instructor: Dr. Beth Gerwin
Contact:
Beth Gerwin | beth.gerwin@uleth.ca | (403) 332-4572
