FREN 182 SC - Untimely Meditations: Contemporary Fiction and Non-fiction in French

Our world seems to be changing more rapidly than ever and in ways that are more and more difficult to understand, let alone predict. our reflections on our present condition can feel out of step, out of place, or, to use Nietzsche’s term, untimely. This course will examine works by major novelists and essayists writing in French in the late 20th century and early 21st century whose “untimely meditations” try to make sense of and react to our bewildering contemporary condition. These authors include Annie Ernaux, Sophie Calle, Alain Mabanckou, Marc Augé, Patrick Modiano, Alice Zeniter, Laurent Gaudé, Patrick Chamoiseau, Michel Houellebecq, Stephane Hessel, Mona Chollet, Georges Perec, Virginie Despentes, Pap Ndiaye, Fatou Diome, Natacha Appanah. Pre-requisite: one course after French 44. Taught in French.

Prerequisite(s): FREN 044 or equivalent.
Course Credit: 1.0
Offered: Occasionally

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