Academic Bulletin 2020-2021 
    
    Dec 22, 2024  
Academic Bulletin 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

FRNCH 375 - Back to Nature: French Culture and its Environment


Credits: 4
A consideration of the importance of the natural environment in French culture. Across centuries of technological and cultural change, humans’ relationship with their environment has been a profoundly telling aspect of cultural assumptions and mentalités. Through the study of literature, essays, films, and other texts, we consider this relationship in the French context, with a view to gaining a deeper understanding of French culture. Topics vary, and may include: environmentalism, nature vs. civilization, ecocriticism, food and terroir, historical ideas about the environment, cross-cultural comparison, and representations of wildlife, wilderness, and wildness.

Prerequisite: FRNCH 305  or permission of instructor.

Distribution Requirements: HE, IP.