Undergraduate courses in French General

(F,Sem) Stanford Introductory Seminar. Preference to freshmen. A crosscultural inquiry into Paris as a part of American culture, a myth, a longing, and source of inspiration. Role of artistic movements (Cubism, Surrealism, Existentialism) and cultural institutions such as the cafés, libraries, and salons in the life and creativity of the expatriate. Birth of their writing selves and existential questioning around issues of national and individual identities. Readings: Gertrude Stein, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Anaïs Nin, and Baldwin. In English. GER:DB-Hum

3-4 units, Win (Alduy, C)

FRENGEN 122. Literature as Performance

(Same as COMPLIT 122.) Theater as performance and as literature. The historical tension between performance and sexuality in the Western tradition since Greek antiquity. Non-European forms and conventions of performance and theatricality. The modern competition between theater and other forms of performance and media such as sports, film, and television. Sources include: classical Japanese theater; ancient Greek tragedy and comedy; medieval theater in interaction with Christian rituals and its countercultural horizons; the classical age of European theater including Shakespeare, Lope de Vega, and Molière. GER:DB-Hum

3-5 units, Win (Gumbrecht, H)

FRENGEN 181. Philosophy and Literature

Required gateway course for Philosophical and Literary Thought; crosslisted in departments sponsoring the Philosophy and Literature track: majors should register in their home department; non-majors may register in any sponsoring department. Introduction to major problems at the intersection of philosophy and literature. Issues may include authorship, selfhood, truth and fiction, the importance of literary form to philosophical works, and the ethical significance of literary works. Texts include philosophical analyses of literature, works of imaginative literature, and works of both philosophical and literary significance. Authors may include Plato, Montaigne, Nietzsche, Borges, Beckett, Barthes, Foucault, Nussbaum, Walton, Nehamas, Pavel, and Pippin. GER:DB-Hum

4 units, Win (Anderson, L; Vermeule, B)

FRENGEN 190Q. Parisian Cultures of the 19th and Early 20th Centuries

(S,Sem) Stanford Introductory Seminar. Preference to sophomores. Political, social, and cultural events in Paris from the Napoleonic era and the Romantic revolution to the 30s. The arts and letters of bourgeois, popular, and avant garde cultures. Illustrated with slides. GER:DB-Hum

4 units, Spr (Bertrand, M)

FRENGEN 192E. Images of Women in French Cinema: 1930-1990

The myth of the feminine idol in French films in historical and cultural context. The mythology of stars as the imaginary vehicle that helped France to change from traditional society to modern nation after 1945. Filmmakers include Renoir, Truffaut, and Nelly Kaplan. The evolution of the role of women in France over 60 years. Lectures in English; films in French with English subtitles. GER:DB-Hum, EC-Gender

3-5 units, alternate years, not given this year

FRENGEN 211. Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre: French Existentialism in the Post-World War II Period

(Same as COMPLIT 211.) Philosophical and literary works of two of the most widely read and canonized authors of the mid-20th century. The texts and times of French existentialism, and changing relationships to this tradition. Prerequisite: reading knowledge of French. GER:DB-Hum

3-5 units, Win (Gumbrecht, H)

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Undergraduate courses in French General