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FREN 320 - French Humor in Literature, Cinema and Society


Prerequisite, FREN 201  or consent of instructor. Students will explore the notion of French humor in literature, music and cinema. Students will read humoristic selections from the following great literary works of Rabelais (“Gargantua”), Pascal (“Lettres Provinciales” & “Pensées”), Molière (“Tartuffe”) La Fontaine (“Les Fables), Lesage (“Gil Blas”), Montesquieu (“Les Lettres persanes”) , Diderot (“Jacques Le Fataliste”), Voltaire (“Candide” & “Les Lettres philosophiques”), Rostand (“Cyrano”) and Ionesco (“La Cantatrice chauve”). Students will analyze the role of humor in French literature, comic strips such as “Charlie Hebdo”, cinema, and society. Letter grade. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits