FREN 411 - L’animal et l’homme, 1200-1800

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 Hours
Attribute: 3 HU, CD

This course examines the representation of animals in literary, scientific, and philosophical texts and cultural practices such as zoos, hunting, and entertainment. Using the work of Michel Foucault, the course follows the evolution of animals from the Middle Ages, when beasts were represented anthropomorphically and used to convey religious symbolism, to the Renaissance and Classical Age, when animals were freed from religious allegory and roamed wild as figures of freedom and madness in literature and art, but later defined as machines by Descartes and confined in the first modern zoo at Versailles. Enrollment Limit: 12.
Instructor: M. Senior
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Two 300-level courses beyond 301.