FREN 40.08 The French Novel from the 18th to the 21st Centuries

French writers helped to invent the genre of the novel, which is a mode of representing and thinking about issues:  the relation of the individual to collective groups; the difficulties of love relationships; the challenge of making a reputation in the city; the difference between Paris and the Provinces; the influence of capitalism on modern society; the importance of memory to identity and perception. Students will learn to think about, to discuss, and to describe how novels depict and explore these problems.

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Dist:INT or LIT; WCult:W

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