Representative texts of French women writers from Marie de France, the women troubadours, and Christine de Pizan to Madame de Stael and George Sand, in historical, social, and cultural context. Taught in English.
Courses
French 947: Seminar: Questions de Littérature
French 901: Seminar-Materials and Methods of Research
Grad standing.
French 820: College Teaching of French
French 705: La Littérature Française des Débuts Jusqu'à La Fin du XIII Siècle
French 639: La Littérature Du XVIIe Siècle
Etude approfondie des grandes oeuvres du XVIIe siecle. Grad standing.
French 615: Grammaire avancée
Advanced course in French grammar and style, with a special focus on various critical and professional applications. For students in the Professional French Masters Program.
French 451: Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern Studies
A thematic historical survey of culture in pre-Revolutionary (pre-1789) France.
French 348: Modernity Studies
An introduction to political, social, intellectual, artistic and literary developments in French and Francophone culture, within the time period from the French Revolution to the current era.
French 347: Introduction to Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern Civilization
An introduction to the political, social, intellectual, artistic and literary development of French culture, from its origins to the French Revolution (1789).