French 331BF - Corporalites: Writing the Body

Study of representations of the body in French and Francophone fiction, film and art. How has embodiment been conceived across time and culture? What concepts of beauty, gender, race, class, sexuality, and age do the works communicate? How do representations of bodies convey power and desire? What forms of violence and monstrousness appear? Theoretical readings (Descartes, Freud, Beauvoir, Fanon, Foucault, Chebel) plus possible authors and films: Rabelais; Molière; Balzac; Gide; Colette; Duras; Blais; Djemaï; Warner-Vieyra; Rawiri; Un chien andalou; Cléo de 5 à 7; Le Jardin parfumé.

Prereq: Two of the following courses: FREN-215, FREN-219, FREN-225 or permission of department chair and course instructor.