Students will study French fiction since 1945 (emergence of the nouveau roman, new writing by women, the formalist practices of the Oulipo, the post-80s post-formalist return of the author and the story, Beur writing, the contemporary young Minuit group, the post-human fiction of Houellebecq) situated in its social, political and intellectual contexts. Attention will be paid to shifts in narrative form and discourse, and constructions, subversions and reconstructions of identity (with special reference to understandings of the self and community within, of and beyond the nation). Reading skills, text analysis and essay writing will be explicitly addressed. -- Course Website
Instructor: Philip Anderson
Prerequisites: At least French Studies 4 at any year level (ATS1064 or ATS2064)
