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.