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Class number:
2918
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Title: Toxic Tales in French Lit |
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Department: Language and Culture Studies |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 19 |
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Current enrollment: 5 |
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Available seats: 14 |
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Start date: Monday, January 22, 2024 |
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End date: Friday, May 10, 2024 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM, LIB - 103 |
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Instructor(s): Humphreys, Karen |
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Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in French 247, 251 or 252 or permission of instructor. |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities and Global Requirements |
Course Description:
This course investigates the many ways that poison intersects with human action and social practices in literary and cinematic texts. Specific areas of inquiry include criminal cases, developments in arsenic- detection, industrial pollution and 'écocide', accidental poisonings through paints and pigments, urban public health disasters, poison as cure, poison and witchcraft in slave narratives as well as poison pens, censorship, and toxic literature. During each of these units, we will analyze cultural power dynamics in relation to class, gender, and ethnicity. Students will read short stories, court documents, critical articles, listen to podcasts, and view films in preparation for class discussions. Authors may include but are not limited to: Alexandre Dumas, Barbey d'Aurevilly, Maryse Condé, Mauriac, Rachilde, and Agnès Walch. |