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FRENCH 308L - Feminist Histories: Renaissance France, Italy, and Beyond

Formerly Feminist Histories: Renaissance France and Beyond
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded (includes P/F option)
Not repeatable for credit

Description:
Students will study one important branch of the history of global feminism: women’s writing in medieval and Renaissance France and Italy. In addition to literature, we will also consider the social history of these women. We will also trace the impact of their feminist thinking on the rest of Europe and beyond, through to our contemporary world. Course taught in English; readings available in the original French or Italian, as well as in English.

Course Note
FRENCH 308L and WGS 308L and ITAL 308L and MLLC 308L are the same course.

This course is cross-listed as WGS 308L , ITAL 308L , and MLLC 308L 

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