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Adventures and Encounters in Travel Literature in French

Course Number: FRNCH 365
Title: Adventures and Encounters in Travel Literature in French
Day & Time 1: TR 02:30PM 03:45PM
Instructor I: Mouflard C
Credit: 1.00
Course Description: From Montesquieu’s Lettres Persanes to Tintin’s adventures in Asia, this course explores the concept of travelling in all its forms: the thirst for adventure in a foreign land, colonial travels, the forced voyage of exile and immigration, and even space travel. The historical and sociocultural components of various texts of the travel literature genre in French are examined in context. Authors include Montesquieu, Voltaire, Saint-Exupéry, Marcel Aymé, Hergé, Gisèle Pineau, Kim Thuy, and Amélie Nothomb. Students will write their own fictional récit de voyage in the form of a travel journal.
Comments: Open to Srs., Jrs., & Sophomores

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