Course Description

FR435 The Search for Identity 0.5

This course is a literary analysis of the problem of knowing oneself and others as discussed in 20th-century French literature. The evolution of this theme will be studied from various perspectives including the unconscious, spirituality, existentialism, psycho- and socio-criticism, the "nouveau roman" and postmodernism.†

Prerequisite: FR205*; or both FR231 and FR235; or permission of the Department.

Official electronic version updated on November 10, 2000

M. Watson, Editor