Sep 28, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

FR 4516 - Prose Fiction of the 17th and 18th Centuries


Studies major French writers of narrative fiction in the 17th and 18th centuries. Authors studied might include Mme de La Fayette, Prévost, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Laclos.

Requisites: FR 3550 or 3560
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • The successful student demonstrates an understanding of a literary period, genre, movement, and the reciprocal relationship between literature, culture, and history.
  • The successful student demonstrates competence in analytic and synthetic frameworks for interpreting literary texts within the intellectual and sociopolitical context of the authors’ times.
  • The successful student participates in interactive class discussions that analyze and synthesize ideas.
  • The successful student writes thoughtful academic papers by consulting appropriate bibliographic databases and following the conventions of the discipline.


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