FRN 330 - Innovation and Transgression in French from 1870 to 1945

4 credits (Fall)

This seminar examines the evolution of literature and the rise of cinema between 1879 and 1945; examines notions such as moral and aesthetic transgression and innovation. Topics to be studied may include: collage, montage, memory, war, autobiography, and sexuality in authors and filmmakers such as Rimbaud, Rachilde, Colette, Melies, Jarry, Proust, Gide, Celine, and Cocteau.

Prerequisite: FRN 312 or FRN 313.
Note: Not offered every year.
Instructor: P. Moisan