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FRENCH 150G - Self and Other in French Literature


4 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded (includes P/F option)
Not repeatable for credit

Description:
A study of individual identity within communities of other selves, through close reading and analysis of literary works by major modern French writers (Gide, Mauriac, Camus, Sartre). These works represent a broad range of viewpoints, from atheist to agnostic to believer. The essential human questions they pose challenge students to re-examine their own education, beliefs, and actions. All readings are in English.

First Year Seminar

Enrollment Requirements:
Degree students only with fewer than 30 credits when they entered UMass Boston

Students may complete only one 100G course (First Year Seminar)

Department consent required for enrollment

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