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Histoire culturelle et littéraire de l'Ancien Régime

FREN 341
Winter 2026
3 Units
In-person
3
  • FREN 230/3.0 and FREN 231/3.0

Equivalency: FREN 241/3.0 and FREN 341/3.0

one-way Exclusions

Example:

  • Content in the modules from the course website.
  • Moore, K. L., Agur, A. M., & Dalley, A. F. (2019). Essential Clinical Anatomy. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health

An introduction to French literature from the Middle Ages to the end of the Eighteenth Century stressing how tensions generated between different ideas within a period determine the aesthetic, philosophical, and literary choices made by major authors.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Identify major historical periods and determine their incidence for the study of the literature of these periods.
  2. Examine the principal themes and writing styles in several representative works illustrative of the thought and writing of the ancient regime.
  3. Produce written texts on the subject matter of the course and read aloud from materials in the course.
  4. Distinguish the various literary genres and situate texts appropriately in this framework.
  5. Use linguistic tools and historical perspectives to analyze and interpret a literary text.
  6. Acquire the appropriate vocabulary and tools in order to produce a dissertation or a commentary.