FREN 365 Seminar in a Literary Theme: French Feminism

Psychological and political views of the "disruptive" female presence in literature, and in the critical theory of Derrida and Lacan. Works will range from 17th century fiction, to feminist writers including Beauvoir, Irigaray, and Cixous, as well as examples of women's self writing in the Francophone world. Taught in French and English. Counts for the French major and minor and for CSLC.