FRN 327 - Social Climbers and Rebels

4 credits (Fall)

This seminar explores the depiction of social conventions - and their subversion - during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the period of Louis XIV, Versailles, and the Enlightenment. This seminar studies questions of individuality, taste, pleasure, social ascension, women’s rights, and what it means to live a good life. It examines a variety of cultural materials, including some contemporary representations, in an attempt to define both the delights and discomforts of “fitting in.”

Prerequisite: FRN 312 or FRN 313.
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Harrison