This is a lecture course for upper-level undergraduates, and is offered in English through the French department. It is designed for 50-60 students, with 30 hours of grading assistance.

In his 1846 history-from-below, Le Peuple, Michelet presents himself as the embodiment of the history of France in order to reach beyond the discursive and effect social change. Unlike in many of his other histories, where an allegory of the body is used in the service of an overarching national or political narrative, the body in Le Peuple is…[Read more]

This course traces the idea of “the underground” as it appears in French texts between 1788 and 1873 both from the literary canon and in other works that compose the larger cultural structure of the time. To gain a deeper understanding of literary works, and indeed what it meant for a text to be “literary” in the long nineteenth century, we look…[Read more]

This is an undergraduate bridge course for French majors and minors. Readings and lectures in French. Includes final creative project.