University of North Carolina at Wilmington
FRENCH 495 –Printemps 2003
Pascale Barthe Office: Lakeside 288 Phone: 962-7595
Office hours: MWF 2-3 and by appointment
Email: barthep@uncw.edu
Required materials:
Simone de Beauvoir : Le deuxième sexe, vol 1 et 2. Gallimard (Folio), 1976.
Annie Ernaux : La femme gelée. Gallimard (Folio), 1981.
Assia Djebar : Femmes d’Alger dans leur appartement. Des femmes, 1986.
Documents available through electronic reserve:
- Christine de Pizan : La cité des dames (extraits)
- Louise Labé, sélection de sonnets
- Madame de Sévigné, sélection de lettres
- Hélène Cixous : « Le rire de la méduse »
Films : Hiroshima mon amour d’Alain Resnais et Femmes d’Alger de Kamal Dehane
Course description:
In this course, we will examine major texts written by French and French-speaking women. Key passages representative of French feminism will open up the study of a wide variety of literary genres including poetry and epistolary correspondence, and written in the late Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the classical period and the modern era. In particular, we will investigate how women have positioned themselves in society through time and what it means to be a woman writer.
Course requirements:
- An active and informed participation is crucial in this course. Readings will be accompanied by short mandatory response papers that will help launch the discussions. Response papers are due on days written in bold and will be based on the reading assigned for that day. Response papers may not exceed one page. Absences (excused or not) should be kept to a minimum of 2.
- Students will write two five-page papers. The first one will be an “explication de texte” of a poem by Louise Labé. For the second paper, students will comment on Assia Djebar’s “Nostalgie de la horde.”
- The final exam will be comprehensive and consist of short identifications (words AND passages) and an essay.
Grade Breakdown:
Participation 30%
Papers 40%
Final exam 30%
Honor Code: Students enrolled in this course must respect and abide by the Academic Honor Code of UNCW at all times.
Grading Scale:
A 93-100 C 73-76
A- 90-92 C- 70-72
B+ 87-89 D+ 67-69
B 83-86 D 63-66
B- 80-82 D- 60-62
C+ 77-79 F 0-59
Janvier 9 introduction
14 Simone de Beauvoir, introduction p.11-32
16 Simone de Beauvoir, « histoire » p.109-136
21 Simone de Beauvoir, « histoire » p.156-176
23 Simone de Beauvoir, « histoire » p.221-234
28 Simone de Beauvoir, « la femme mariée » p.221-227 et « la mère » p.330-343
30 Simone de Beauvoir, « la femme indépendante » p.597-641
Février 4 discussion d’Hiroshima mon amour
6 Hélène Cixous
11 Christine de Pizan, p.34-57
13 Christine de Pizan, p.68-71, 178-181, 228-229
18 Christine de Pizan, p.238-241
20 Christine de Pizan, p.275-278
25 Louise Labé, préface : A.M.C.D.B.L.
27 Louise Labé, sonnets XVIII et XIX
Mars 4 Louise Labé, sonnet XXIII
6 Louise Labé, sonnet XXIV
Devoir 1
vacances
18 Madame de Sévigné, lettres 79, 80, 81, 88, 90 et 491
20 Madame de Sévigné, lettres 159, 167 et 168
25 Madame de Sévigné, lettres 170, 171, 173 et 175
27 Annie Ernaux, p.9-40
Avril 1 Annie Ernaux, p.40-73
3 Annie Ernaux, p.73-109
8 Annie Ernaux, p.109-140
10 Annie Ernaux, p.140-182
15 Assia Djebar, Postface
22 discussion de Femmes d’Alger
24 Assia Djebar, Femmes d’Alger dans leur appartement, p.11-36
28 Assia Djebar, Femmes d’Alger, p.37-56
Mai 1er Assia Djebar, Femmes d’Alger, p.57-84
Devoir 2
examen final : vendredi 9 mai, de 11h30 à 14h30