FRE 106 - French Culture Through Literature and Film (W) (1)

Does wearing a beret and eating a baguette while walking a poodle near the Eiffel Tower make a person French? Is Frenchness defined by holding a particular passport? Is it about a cultural mindset? Is it demonstrated by cheering for a particular team during international sporting events? Through various fictional and non-fiction texts and films-as well as other media-this course will introduce you to selected topics in twentieth and twenty-first century French culture in order to stimulate your thinking about cultural context as well as intercultural learning and literacy. Together, we will read, write, reflect upon, and discuss what it has meant to be French over the last century or so, how these definitions have shifted over time, and what sorts of events and movements have shaped these ideas about identities and cultures.<p>This course is taught in English; no prior knowledge of the French language or French and Francophone cultures is necessary. Not open to students who have previously completed a First Year Writing Course.
(First Year Writing Seminar (FYW)) (Humanities)