Survey of Literature of the Theatre

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Students study theater in French from its medieval beginnings to the present. Authors/works to be read may include medieval farce, Turnèbe, Corneille, Molière, Racine, Diderot, Hugo, Rostand, Ionesco, Girardoux, Beckett, and Césaire. Works will be studied in historical, cultural, critical, and performing contexts.