<p>Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 12 or 100. Taught in French. Study of French theorists (Barthes, Baudrillard, Cixous, Derrida, Foucault, Irigaray) and major concepts in contemporary French thought, with attention to its influence on and application to literary and nonliterary texts. May be repeated for credit with topic change. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

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The department offers advanced training in cultural and linguistic traditions of Europe, and emphasizes transcultural relations; while framing these in a global historical context that transcends Europe as a geographic space.

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Contemporary French Theory

FRNCH 138

4 units