/FRE 554. Modernity: Crisis and Creation

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Examines the relationship between major conceptual revolutions of the 19th and 20th centuries and corresponding crises of representation in the arts. These two centuries were shaped by upheavals in the sciences and social sciences, and they bore witness to multiple revolutions, two world wars, the end of colonialism, industrial and technological change, the invention of psychoanalysis, and the elaboration of Marxist critique. This course will explore one or several interdisciplinary connections of the modern period such as: literature and science; literature, art, and medicine; film and philosophy; literature and law. Taught in French. CAS-B-LIT. Prerequisite: FRE 301 or permission of the instructor.