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FCS CoursesFCS195H1
(formerly FCS195Y1) 26S FCS290H1/291H/292H
The relation of French popular culture to society. (Not offered in 2002-2003) FCS293H1
Drawing on current debates in feminist literary theory, art history and musicology, this course explores the lives and works of 19th century French women authors, composers, painters, sculptors, and actresses. FCS294H1
From Joan of Arc to Simone de Beauvoir and her feminist heirs, be they saints, seductresses, queens, witches or intellectuals, French women have alternately suffered from social changes and led them. A series of guest speakers provide careful analysis of a number of seminal texts and films. (Not offered in 2002-2003) FCS296H1
A multi-media course examining how the French today are changing and relating to the growing global culture, while still maintaining their characteristically strong identity. The course addresses current youth behaviour and issues using best-sellers, films, rock videos, network media, and current fashions. (Not offered in 2002-2003) FCS297H1
An examination of the historical, social and cultural status of French comic books (“bandes dessinees” or “BDs”), based on English translations of Asterix, Tintin and other contemporary works. Analysis of thematic and narrative structures compared with traditional genres (folktales, myths, plays, novels) FCS298H1
From the arrival, in 17th century, of magnificent porcelain from the East to the borrowings of contemporary fashion designers, French culture has been exposed to Asian influences which have become part of the national fabric. This course explores some of these manifestations in literature, film and the arts. (Not offered in 2002-2003) FCS310Y1
Cinema in France with emphasis on theory and practical criticism, on auteurs and movements such as the avant-garde of the twenties and the New Wave of the late fifties. Films shown are subtitled. (Not offered in 2002-2003) FCS331H1
Film adaptations of plays and fiction from the origins of cinema to the present time. FCS369H0
Various aspects of Culture in the region of Tours, e.g. novels by Balzac; Renaissance architecture and gardens as motifs in art, literature, cinema, music or advertising; from Tours to Quebec; or Anne Hébert’s Touraine. Taught in English. (Offered in Tours only) FCS390H1
Studies on an individual writer or a specific area of literature FCS394H1
Crime and punishment, in the largest sense of both words, permeate French culture in controversial ways. This course considers how and why, through Hugo’s Les Miserables, and Foucault’s Discipline and Punish. (Not offered in 2002-2003) FCS395H1
An investigation of the French reputation for the systematic indulgence of all the senses, from the growth of sensuality-based industries and services to the discussion of works of high art and popular culture. Also focussing on elements of gender definition and exoticism within the cult of sensuality FCS396H1
An examination through the cinema and other media (advertising, for example) of how French culture can be adapted in America, and vice versa. Focus on the remake of French films by the Americans and the invasion of French cinema by American genres. (Not offered in 2002-2003) FCS397H1
An examination of French theory and practice of male and female homosexualities through the study of fiction and autobiographical texts by major writers ranging from Nobel Prize winners to a music hall performer and a jailbird. (Not offered in 2002-2003) FCS398H1
A study of diaries written by prominent French and Québécois women authors, based on contemporary literary and feminist theory. Issues include the relevance of diary-writing, self-identification through writing, narcissism, female gender identity, autobiographical truth, and the female subject as a product of social, ideological and cultural structures. (Not offered in 2002-2003) FCS490H1/491H/492H
In depth study within narrowly focussed topics. (Not offered in 2002-2003) FCS495H1
This course focuses on the global influence of French language and culture, with particular attention paid to its social, political and cultural impact on Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The regional and social variations of the language and culture found in the many nations that make up the Francophone world are examined. FCS496H1
Godard’s films can be divided into three periods, starting with the “nouvelle vague” to his increasing political radicalization in the 1960s and then a return to mainstream film making in the 1980s. This course focuses primarily on Godard’s first two periods, and on his attempts to define a political cinema. (Not offered in 2002-2003) FCS497H1
Various forms of recent feminist thought, theory, and artistic practice, from the 1970s, focussing on the current situation, characterized by plurality and heterogeneity, and the concern with the intersection of gender, ethnicity and class. (Not offered in 2002-2003) |
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