FREN498E
Special Topics in French Literature; Objects of Desire: Material Culture in France from the Revolution to the Present
Examines how objects are represented, consumed, and obsessed over in French literature, art, and film from the 19th century onward. We will interrogate what forces make material and even immaterial things into objects worth desiring, and what role objects play in the construction of gender, race, class, and nation. Taught in French.
Sister Courses: FREN498A, FREN498B, FREN498C, FREN498F, FREN498G, FREN498K, FREN498L, FREN498M, FREN498N, FREN498Q, FREN498V
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