Symbolisme  /Symbolism

COURSE SYNOPSIS -              Fall 2008

DEPARTMENT: Rom. Languages and Literatures                                          PROGRAM/STUDY : French

COURSE NUMBER:            FR 526                  COURSE TITLE: Symbolism

PROFESSOR : Jean-Jacques Thomas

SYNOPSIS OF COURSE CONTENT:

The purpose of this course is to study an exceptional moment in French literature and culture: the evolution of fin de siècle esthetics from Baudelaire to Apollinaire. We will first study the writings and Symbolistes theories of Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Mallarmé, Moréas, then Décadence: Lautréamont, Lorrain, Louÿs, Huysmans, Vivien and Modemisme.

READING ASSIGMENTS:

Required

          Web site

Baudelaire, Charles, Les Fleurs du mal.

                                        Rimbaud, Arthur, Poésies, Une Saison en enfer, Illuminations.

                                        Mallarmé, Stéphane, Poésies, Paris: Gallimard "Poésie"

                                                       

EXAMINATIONS:

(80%) Two research papers ; (20%) Class participation.

 

                                                 

                                                                                                                          

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