Bookstalls line the banks of the Seine in Paris. Bouquinistes, booksellers of used and antique books, have made their livelihoods along the Seine since the 16th centry. (Photo courtesy of orangebrompton on Flickr. CC-BY-NC-SA)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Bruno Perreau
MIT Course Number
21G.347
As Taught In
Fall 2013
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
Students in this course will examine short stories and short novels published in France during the past 20 years, with emphasis on texts related to the dominant social and cultural trends. Themes include the legacy of France's colonial experience, the re-examination of its wartime past, memory and the Holocaust, the specter of AIDS, changing gender relationships, new families, the quest for personal identity, and immigration narratives. This course is taught in French.