FREN 079. Course in Translation: French Detective Fiction and Film

(Cross-listed as LITR 079F, 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. There is a 0.5 credit French Attachment for students reading in French (FREN 079A).
Humanities.
1 credit.
Fall 2018. Yervasi.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: French and Francophone Studies
Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/french-francophone-studies/courses

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