Seminar in French Literature: The Theme of Rebellion in French Literature: From the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century
FRW 6938
Fall 2006
- Dr. William Calin
Graduate Research Professor - Monday Per. 9-10
- Wednesday Per. 9
- CBD 238
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. Calendar
August
- Aug. 28, 30 Magisterial Introduction
September
- Sept. 4 Secular Holiday
- 6 Raoul de Cambrai
- 11, 13 « »
- 18, 20 Villon
- 25, 27 « »
October
- Oct. 2, 4 D’Aubigné
- 9, 11 « »
- 16, 18 Molière
- 23, 25 Barbey d’Aurevilly
- 30 « »
November
- Nov. 1 « »
- 6, 8 Aragon
- 13, 15 « »
- 20, 22 Sembène
- 22, 29 Reading Period
December
- Dec. 4 Communal Conclusion
V. Contact Information
- Office: 236 Dauer Hall
- Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday Per. 8
- Office Phone: 392-2016 x 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
