Cuisine, Culture, and Identity — FRE4405.01
鈥淭ell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are鈥 鈥揃rillat-Savarin
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Chocolat — FRE4608.01
Why is a Mayan food, chocolate, such a high-stake product in French-speaking countries ?
Framed? Literature Heroines on Screen — FRE4809.01
French literature and film have always reciprocally inspired one another 鈥 as early as 1897, Lumi猫re represented the main characters of Hugo鈥檚 Les Mis茅rables. This course will offer students the opportunity to analyze literary representations of women and their film adaptations in terms of intermediality and intertextuality. Adaptations will include: La Princesse de Cl猫ves (La Fayette/Sauder), La Religieuse (Diderot/Rivette), La Noire de鈥 (Semb猫ne/Semb猫ne), La Prisonni猫re/La Captive (Proust/Akerman). Students will focus on various adaptation strategies and approaches.
Corporeal Music : The Life and Works of Harry Partch — MTH4403.01
This course explores the life, works, and revolutionary contributions of Harry Partch (1901鈥1974), one of the most original and influential American composers of the 20th century. Partch was a pioneer of microtonal music and developed a unique 43-tone scale, which led him to construct his own instruments to realize his visionary compositions. Students will examine Partch鈥檚 unconventional approach to tuning, his rejection of equal temperament, and his philosophy of music as an integrated theatrical and corporeal experience.