FRE 119 19th Century Literature and Culture

The nineteenth century has been called the Golden Age of French literature. This course studies authors who established the rules for Modern novelists, such as Balzac, Victor Hugo, Flaubert, and Emile Zola. Topics of discussion also include French Romanticism and post-romanticism with poets such as Charles Baudelaire and Arthur Rimbaud. Materials incorporate literary texts and works of art, including impressionistic paintings. Prerequisite: FRE 124.