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Mar 29, 2024
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FREN 411 - L’animal et l’homme Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 credits Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT
This course examines human-animal relations and symbolism in French literature, art, and film. Starting with werewolves and other hybrid creatures in medieval literature, and continuing with the La Fontaine?s Fables and Buffon?s Histoire Naturelle, this course traces the history of the human-animal border through the nineteenth century, in Darwin and a novel by Emile Zola. The course concludes with an examination of the animal in contemporary philosophy and cinema. Taught in French.
Enrollment Limit: 12 Instructor: M. Senior
Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: Two 300-level courses beyond 301.
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