I. Theme of Course

The French Graduate Seminar for Fall 2006 is organized around the topic “The Theme of Rebellion in French Literature: From the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century.”  We will look at texts consciously involved in the political process, that favor or oppose rebellion or are committed to personal revolt; thus we will consider the figure of the artist as rebel or counterrebel.  We will scrutinize the complex, problematic relationship over the centuries between literature and politics, and between literature and the historical reality in which it was created and which, in a sense, gave it being.Most importantly, we will read these texts as works of art, from a number of modern critical perspectives, including Freudian, Jungian, Marxist, gender-related, reader-response, narratological, and intertextual.

II. Student Work & Expectations

Students are expected to keep up with the reading assignments and to participate actively in class discussion. 

One twelve-to-fifteen page paper. 

No examinations.  No incompletes.

III. Texts

Raoul de Cambrai

François Villon, Poésies complètes

Agrippa d’Aubigné, Les Tragiques

Molière, Dom Juan

Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly, L’Ensorcelée

Louis Aragon, La Diane française

Sembène Ousmane, Les Bouts de bois de Dieu

 IV. Schedule

Aug. 28, 30                                           Magisterial Introduction

 Sept. 4                                                Secular Holiday

6                                                                                                  Raoul de Cambrai

11, 13                                          «                              »

18, 20                                          Villon

25, 27                                          «                              »   

  Oct. 2, 4                                             D’Aubigné

          9, 11                                           «                              »

         16, 18                                         Molière

         23, 25                                         Barbey d’Aurevilly

         30                                                «                              »

 Nov. 1                                                «                              »

         6, 8                                             Aragon

         13, 15                                         «                              »

         20, 22                                         Sembène

         22, 29                                         Reading Period

  Dec. 4                                               Communal Conclusion

 

V. Dr. Calin’s Information Fall 2006

Office : 236 Dauer Hall

Office Hours : Monday & Wednesday Period 8

Office Phone : 392-2016           ext. 238

Home Phone : 373-3739

Courriel : wcalin@rll.ufl.edu

VI. Critics of Importance for Marxist and Sociological Criticism

Mikhail Bakhtin

Pierre Barbéris

Roland Barthes

Walter Benjamin

Terry Eagleton

Robert Escarpit

Lucien Goldmann

Frederic Jameson

Erich Köhler

György Lukacs

Hans Mayer

Raymond Williams