College Bulletin 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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Film and Media Studies |
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French and Francophone Studies |
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FREN 006. Elementary French Conversation
An elementary conversation course concentrating on developing students’ ability to speak French. Only open to students who have had or are currently enrolled in FREN 001, 002, 003, or 014. May be taken twice. Does not count to fulfill major/minor credit requirements.
Humanities.
0.5 credit.
Fall 2022. Jubin.
Spring 2023. Jubin.
Fall 2023. Robison.
Spring 2024. Jubin.
Fall 2024. Jubin.
Spring 2025. Jubin.
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FREN 049. Le roman psychologique du 19è siècle
The French novel witnessed a series of formal innovations throughout the nineteenth century that went hand in hand with developments in the fields of psychology and psychiatry. In the first half of the century, novelists like Stendhal and Honoré de Balzac revolutionized the novel in ways that allowed for new levels of psychological depth, placing an emphasis on inner monologues, the sometimes-conflicting impulses motivating their characters, and detailed observations of the minutiae of everyday behavior. Building off these aesthetic innovations, novelists of the second half of the century pushed these psychological studies still further, turning directly to (and sometimes against) the work of psychiatrists, neurologists, and criminologists for inspiration-explicit and implicit references to the theories of Charcot, Lombroso, and Krafft-Ebing abound in the pages of the Realist, Naturalist, and Decadent authors constituting the corpus of this class. The following course will explore the dialogue that takes place between literature and psychology throughout the nineteenth century, tracking the novel’s shift from broad depictions of madness to more nuanced psychiatric diagnoses and even sympathetic depictions of various psychological states that speak to contemporary discussions around neurodiversity. Authors include: Chateaubriand, Stendhal, Balzac, Flaubert, Zola, Maupassant, Baudelaire, Rachilde (in addition to excerpts from primary sources of nineteenth-century psychology).
Taught in French.
Prerequisite: Fr 15 or with instructor permission.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Spring 2023. Robison.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: French and Francophone Studies
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/french-francophone-studies
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FREN 051. Littérature et médecine
We will study portrayals of doctors and their interactions with patients in works by authors such as Molière, Flaubert, and Proust-hence, this course also functions as a general introduction to French literature. What is at stake when physicians interact with patients? How can patients exist both as human beings and as objects of science? We will seek to understand how the dialogue between doctors and patients exists as a text, and how literature can be understood as therapeutic. At the end of the semester, students will meet with a “real,” practicing physician to draw further conclusions from their readings.
Taught in French.
Prerequisite: FREN 015 or with instructor permission.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Fall 2023. Blanchard.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: French and Francophone Studies
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/french-francophone-studies
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FREN 071. Frictions: Francophone Literature from the Arab World
We will examine novels from the Arab World, written in French, in order to explore and question francophone literature's ability to reflect, bolster, and interrogate the postcolonial nation. We will discuss (1) evolving notions of diglossia, Francophonie and world literature, and the role that French has come to play in voicing socio-cultural dissatisfaction, (2) how the changing realities of transnational migration challenge the postcolonial nation-state, (3) and the extent to which oppositional discourses run the risk of being commodified and participate in the ‘postcolonial exotic.’ Readings will be drawn from across the Maghreb, with particular attention paid to new voices that were catalyzed by periods of political unrest, including the Algerian war of Liberation, its decade-long civil war, the “Lead years” in Morocco and the 2011 Tunisian revolution.
Taught in English.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: French and Francophone Studies
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/french-francophone-studies
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FREN 073. Postwar France: French New Wave
Crosslisted with LITR 073F and FMST 052 .
This course is an in-depth exploration of the development and evolution of the French New Wave in postwar France. We will concentrate on the history of the New Wave in France from the 1950s through the late 1960s by the close study of the styles of individual filmmakers, the “film movement” as perceived by critics, and the New Wave’s contribution to modernizing France. The primary emphasis will be on the stylistic, socio-political, and cultural dimensions of the New Wave,
and the filmmakers and critics most closely associated with the movement. Directors who were once all film critics for the magazine Cahiers du Cinéma will be studied along side other important filmmakers of the era.
Taught in English.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Eligible for GLBL-paired
Fall 2022. Yervasi.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: French and Francophone Studies
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/french-francophone-studies
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FREN 074. The Shadow of the Enlightenment
(Cross-listed as LITR 074F )
The following course offers a critical examination of the central ideas guiding the French Enlightenment, paying particularly close attention to the notion of “otherness” underlying the Enlightenment project-that is, that which is facilely left out in the eighteenth century’s valorization of reason. In opposition to the Enlightenment idea of the rational man is the irrational animal, a binary that materialist thinkers like La Mettrie and Condillac are quick to blur; in opposition to the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (the crowning civil rights document from the French Revolution) is Olympe de Gouges’ Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen, a text that criticizes eighteenth-century gender inequalities; in opposition to the Enlightenment’s enormous blind spots surrounding race is Claire de Duras’ Ourika, a novel that decries the pervasive racism of the eighteenth century. Throughout the semester, we will study the novels, essays, and dialogues that shape the major ideas of the Enlightenment (and the revolutionary modes of thinking that accompany it), while also studying that which lies in the shadow of the Enlightenment. Authors include: Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, Condillac, La Mettrie, Gouges, Duras.
(Conducted in English. Texts in translation.)
Students with knowledge of French may read the works in the original. There is a 0.5 credit French Attachment FREN 074A for students reading in French.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Spring 2024. Staff
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: French and Francophone Studies
Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/french-francophone-studies/courses
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LITR 017FA. First Year Seminar: Literature and Medicine
(Cross-listed as FREN 017A )
Portrayals of doctors provide a great opportunity to discover some classic works of French Literature, including Molière’s The Imaginary Invalid, Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, Proust’s Swann’s Way, and Albert Camus’ The Plague. Other authors studied are Montaigne and Diderot. Students focus their discussions on the relationship with patients when these are seen as both humans beings and objects of science. Another topic of interest is how literature can be viewed as therapeutic. Throughout the seminar, we try to understand what had made these works original in their times and a source of admiration up to our days. Texts and discussions in English.
Humanities
1 credit.
Eligible for INTP
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: Literatures in Translation
Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/modern-languages-literatures
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LITR 017FD. First Year Seminar: The French Philosophical Novel
(Cross-listed as FREN 017D )
From the eighteenth century to the present day, French literature has a rich tradition of authors who are at once novelists and philosophers. From the Enlightenment tales of Voltaire and Diderot, to the materialist metaphysics underlying Balzac’s Realism, to the existentialist works of Sartre and Beauvoir, to the relational ontology of Glissant’s postcolonial literary universe, several of the central figures of French letters have turned to the novel both as a platform for showcasing their philosophical systems and as a vessel to give shape and meaning to these very systems. The following course proposes to study the interdependence between the novelistic and philosophical enterprises of these authors in order to explore fundamental questions tied to knowledge, identity, and justice. Authors include: Voltaire, Diderot, Balzac, Gide, Camus, Sartre, Beauvoir, Glissant.
(Conducted in English. Texts in Translation.)
Humanities.
1 credit.
Eligible for FREN
Spring 2023. Robison.
Fall 2023. Robison.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: Literatures in Translation
Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/modern-languages-literatures/courses-taught-english-0
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French and Francophone Studies - Seminars |
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German Studies |
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GMST 001. Intensive Elementary German
Students who start in the GMST 001-GMST 002 sequence must complete GMST 002 to receive credit for 001.
For students who begin German in college, this course is designed to develop active use of the language. The class combines intensive practice in listening, speaking, writing and reading with the study of grammar. Authentic materials (texts, videos, music) familiarize students with the culture of German-speaking countries.
This 1 credit class is team-taught and meets on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Students are also expected to attend the weekly German language table each Wednesday.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Fall 2022. Werlen, Schnader.
Fall 2023. Werlen, Schnader.
Fall 2024. Werlen, Schnader.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: German Studies
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/german-studies
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GMST 002. Intensive Elementary German
This class is the continuation of GMST 001 and also for students who placed into the second semester.
Second semester German continues to develop core language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing). Regular engagement with authentic texts, videos, and music from Germany, Switzerland, and Austria further enhances cultural competency.
This 1 credit class is team-taught and meets on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, with an optional individual tutorial on Wednesdays. Students are also expected to attend the weekly German language table each Friday.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Spring 2023. Werlen, Schnader.
Spring 2024. Werlen, Schnader.
Spring 2025. Werlen, Schnader.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: German Studies
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/german-studies
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GMST 003. Intensive Intermediate German
This class is for students who completed the GMST 001 -GMST 002 sequence and those who place into the third semester.
Expanding and reviewing core language skills, the course integrates intermediate-level reading, listening, and viewing materials with more advanced writing practice.
This 1 credit class meets on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, with an additional tutorial on Tuesday. Students are required to attend at least two of the weekly German language tables each month (on Mondays in the DCC).
Humanities.
1 credit.
Fall 2022. Meirosu, Schnader.
Fall 2023. Hicke.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: German Studies
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/german-studies
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GMST 007. Hot off the Press: Current Headlines from a German Perspective
(Cross-listed as LITR 007 )
This half-credit course invites students to explore the urban culture of Berlin, a European hotspot for politics, the arts, media, high-tech start-ups, and clubbing. Venturing beyond the capital, students then examine facets of Germany’s contemporary cultural, social, and political landscape.
Students will help select specific topics for readings, discussions, and presentations, and participants interested in developing their German language skills will have the opportunity to engage with relevant texts and media in German. Taught in English.
.5 credit.
Eligible for LITR
Spring 2025. Schnader.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: German Studies
Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/german-studies
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GMST 008. Texts in Context: Topics in German Culture and Society from the Reformation until Today
This fourth-semester course is designed to advance linguistic skills through engagement with a specific topic. Studying literary, artistic, journalistic, and historical sources, students enhance their analytical, writing, and communication skills. This course is the gateway to all upper level courses in the German Studies curriculum. Topics alternate every year.
Topic for S’24: Freundschaft/Friendship
Ready to further develop your German language skills while exploring German culture through the lens of friendship?
Critical engagement with literary and philosophical texts, music, film, news, podcasts, and social media will not only enhance your analytical and communication skills, but also allow you to examine how concepts of friendship and “freundschaftliche” relationships - from German classicism and romanticism to children’s books and the “11 Freunde” on today’s soccer fields - intersect with issues of race, gender, and sexuality, and continue to shape German-speaking communities.
Along with a review and expansion of German grammar, this fourth-semester course serves as a gateway to the upper-level German Studies curriculum.
Topic for S’25: Nature and Ecology in German Culture
Prerequisite: GMST 003 or Placement Test Score between 425-525.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Eligible for GSST
Spring 2023. Schnader.
Spring 2024. Schnader.
Spring 2025. Meirosu.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: German Studies
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/german-studies
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GMST 017. First Year Seminar: Testimonial Literature
(Cross-listed as LITR 017G )
This course explores the notion of testimony as an important aspect of a literature of resistance. We investigate how testimony intertwines with questions of writing and truth, and creates a response to cultural violence. Students read theories and literature of resistance and testimony in a wide-ranging selection of time periods and cultures, from the formation of a philosophical and religious idea of testimony in antiquity (Greek and Judeo-Christian traditions) to its later development in the theories of Emmanuel Levinas. We will also study the emergence of the literary notion of testimony by analyzing works of poetry, narrative, and film, with a particular focus on Jewish responses to the Shoah, and Latin American and Latino responses to political and social repression.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Eligible for PEAC
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: German Studies
Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/german-studies
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GMST 020. Tpcs in GMST I: Literature and Cultural Context
Topic F’23: Introduction to German Studies: What makes a literary Canon?
Topic F’24: Unerhörte Begebenheiten: Erzählungen und Novellen
This fifth semester class explores key moments in the literary history of Germany (and other German-speaking countries) by reading a series of
canonical texts within their socio-cultural and historical context. The class emphasizes reading and writing skills and critical engagement with and
questioning of the texts read in the class.
Prerequisite: GMST 008 or Placement Test Score of 550 and above.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Eligible for GLBL-Paired
Fall 2022. Werlen.
Fall 2023. Werlen.
Fall 2024. Werlen.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: German Studies
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/german-studies
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GMST 026. Popular Music and Media
(Cross-listed as FMST 026 , LITR 026 , MUSI 005E )
What do classical music, teenie bop, soul, battle rap, and jazz have in common? Philadelphia. This team-taught interdisciplinary course investigates the histories, structures and cultural connections between popular music and other media in the city of Philadelphia. What links sound, image, and place? How do musical expressions and genres interact with urban life at specific junctures in Philadelphia history? How do modes of production and exhibition formats (radio vs. television, club v.s stadium) along with distribution venues (record store vs. Spotify) engage with genre, gender, and race configurations? What lies at the intersection of regional, national, and global fan cultures? How does celebrity culture then and now impact what is popular and how does it affect Philadelphia’s music industry and vice versa? Providing a grounding in music and media history and theory, we will research and analyze mainstream and independent Philadelphia-specific case studies in radio, film, theater, television and social media in order to better understand and engage with the complex webs that characterize contemporary media, its production, and its consumption. Student projects will explore the intersections and interactions between individuals, ethnic and racial groups, established and new Philadelphians, city government, region, empire, and nation that have and continue to shape Philadelphia through the music and media created here. This course will be taught in Philadelphia.
Core class in the Tri-Co Philly Program.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Spring 2023. Blasina. Simon.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: German Studies
Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/german-studies
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