LITR 079F. Course in Translation: French Detective Fiction and Film

(Cross-listed as FREN 079 and FMST 053)
Detective fiction has a long history in the urban literary and cinematic imagination of France and other French-speaking countries. This course focuses on several points of convergence: the history of urban detectives in various Francophone contexts; theories of genre; and stylized representations of the city, its architecture and populations. Taught in English; and there is a 0.5 credit French Attachment for students reading in French (FREN 079A).
Humanities
1.0 credit.
Fall 2018. Yervasi.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: Literatures in Translation
Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/french-francophone-studies/courses

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