In this course, we will examine poetry of modernity and the city. We will examine how the city’s complexities–its development, cultures, revolutions, and inhabitants–contribute to a poetic vision that is reflected in the texts of 19th- and 20th-century major and minor writers of the French-speaking world. Poets include Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Apollinaire, and the Surrealists, among others. This course can be taken for 1 credit. Humanities. 2 credits. Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: French and Francophone Studies Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/french-francophone-studies