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Jun 02, 2024
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FREN 155 SC - Nature/Culture; Government/Utopia: Political Writings of the 18th Century
A study of attempts by 18th-century authors from Montesquieu to the Revolution to describe ideal forms of social and political organization, as well as “natural” alternatives to “cultural” systems. Political writings by Diderot, Rousseau, and Voltaire, and articles of the Encyclopédie, excerpts from L’esprit des lois, and the Voyage de Bougainville will be discussed during the first half of the course; the latter half will be devoted to texts from the Revolutionary period, including selections from Danton, Robespierre, Sade, and Babeuf. This course meets the pre-1900 requirement. All students wishing to enroll in French language courses must take the Language Placement Test. Only those students who have had no more than one semester of high school French are exempt from taking this examination; they may enroll in FREN 001 SC - Introductory French . The lower-division program in French studies is part of Northern Colleges’ Joint French Program. Conversation groups are conducted by a native French speaker for all lower-division courses; hours are to be arranged.FREN 044
Prerequisite(s): FREN 044 or equivalent.
Instructor: D. Krauss
Course Credit: 1.0
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