2010-2011 Academic Catalog

May 22, 2024

2010-2011 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

FREN 245 - Mysteries of the City

Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion

Study 19th-century France origins of the myth of the city as a place of mystery, enchantment and danger. Starting with Eugène Sue’s “Mysteries of Paris,” the course traces narrative and poetic representations of the city as instances of the melodramatic imagination. Explore the roots of the modern roman and film noir in such texts as Zola’s “Thérèse Raquinè.” Authors studied include Eugene Sue, Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, Charles Baudelaire and Emile Zola and some 20th-century cinematic representations of 19th-century Paris. Conducted in French. This seminar may be taken by senior majors to fulfill their capstone requirement.

Instructor: Mr. Spingler

When Offered: Offered periodically

Faculty: Michael Spingler, Ph.D. Associate Professor of French Adjunct Associate Professor of Screen Studies