FREN 050. Nature/Culture

This course will examine a collection of literary and cinematic works that explore the idea of a nature/culture dichotomy, calling into question both what it means to be human and what it means to be natural. Topics include: the interplay between human beings and their environment; animal studies/animal ethics; the idea of human nature (and its critics). Authors and directors include: Rousseau, Hugo, Zola, Maupassant, Vivien, Huysmans, Colette, Truffaut, Bresson, among others. Taught in French.
Prerequisite: FREN 015 or instructor permission.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Spring 2024. Robison.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: French and Francophone Studies
Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/french-francophone-studies

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