Faculty: Marianne Bailey, Stacey Davis, Stephen Beck, Judith Gabriele
Class schedule:
All program meetings:
Monday 9:30-12: lecture, LH2
Thursday 9:30-12: lecture/workshop Sem II D1107
Thursday 1-3:30: history seminar in Sem II E2109; literature seminar in Sem II E2107
French classes:
Beginners:
Monday , 1-3, Sem II D2107
Wednesday, 10-11:30 Sem II A2109 and 11:30-1pm Sem II A3109 (workshop)
Advanced Beginners:
Monday, 1-2:30 Sem II C2109 (workshop) and 3-5 Sem II D2107 Wednesday, 11:30-1pm Sem II A2109
Intermediate/Advanced:
Monday, 1:30-5, Sem II D2109
Lecture and reading assignments:
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| Monday lecture LH 2 9:30 - 12 | Thursday all-program and workshop SEM II D1107 9:30 to 12 | Thursday Literature Seminar SEM II E2107 1 - 3:30 | Thursday History Seminar SEM II E2109 1 - 3:30 |
| Week 1 | Marianne - introduction: Self & World | Marguerite Yourcenar, The Abyss | The Abyss | The Abyss |
| Week 2 | Stacey on the Reformation, Wars of Religion, witchcraft, exorcisms, gender. | Natalie Zemon Davis, The Return of Martin Guerre | P. Clitandre, The Cathedral of the August Heat | The Return of Martin Guerre, plus handouts (see history syllabus) |
| Week 3 Due Thursday: Research Topic | Holiday - no class | Lucien Febvre, Life in Renaissance France; Montaigne, Essays | Montaigne; Camus, Myth of Sisyphus | Life in Renaissance France; Michael Wolfe, Changing Identities in Early Modern France, plus handouts (see history syllabus) |
| Week 4 Due Thursday: Research Annotated Bibliography | Marianne on theatre and the absurd; Stacey on 17th century absolute monarchy, Louis XIII and XIV | Guest Olivier Soustelle on Renaissance and Baroque Decorative Arts; Article handout, "Printing and the People" | Ionesco, Hunger and Thirst; Jarry, Ubu roi | Changing Identities, selections, plus handouts (see history syllabus) |
| Week 5 (Note: History seminar essay due Thursday) | Guest Bob Haft on Renaissance Art | Rabelais Gargantua and Pantagruel Film on Versailles | Rabelais | Lisa Silverman, Tortured Subjects: Pain, Truth and the Body in Early Modern France |
| Week 6 Due Thursday: Research Project Outline | Marianne on alchemy | Jung, Psychology and Alchemy | NO SEMINARS: Research workshops weeks 6 and 7, Thursdays from 1-4pm;
Weeks 8 and 9 there will be no Thursday afternoon meeting. | |
| Week 7 Due Thursday: 3-5 pages of Research paper | Holiday - no class | Renaissance poetry, selections | ||
| Week 8 Due Thursday: Final Research Paper | Marianne Baroque/Classique Le Monstre et le Miroir | Racine, Phèdre | ||
| Week 9 Due Thursday: All-Program Exam | Stephen Beck on Descertes | Descartes, Meditations | ||
| Week 10 Due Monday: All-Program Reading Response Essays | Film: "Dangerous Liaisons" | Cholderlos de Laclos, Les liaisons dangereuses | Projects: Presentation of Research Projects | |
All-program assignments:
Weekly all-program reading response essays: Each week, after the Thursday morning workshop, write a 1-2 page typed response to one of that morning's workshop questions. Keep all your response essays together. You will turn them in at 9:30am on Monday of week 10 (March 10). Your faculty will not accept late essays. These essays are worth 2 credits.
All-program essay exam: You will write two 2-4 page synthetic essays for the take-home essay exam. Topics for the exam will be distributed week 7. These essays are due at 9:30am Thursday, week 9 (March 6). Your faculty will not accept late essays. The exam is worth 2 credits.
Individual Research Projects and Papers: This quarter you will complete a major individual research project which will culminate in a 10-15 page research paper. Choose a topic which will inspire your spring quarter individual pilgrimage either in France or here at Evergreen. The research project/paper is worth 4 credits. Here are the main due dates associated with this project:
Week 3: Thursday at 1pm (Jan 24): A one paragraph explanation of your project topic, and how it relates to your spring quarter pilgrimage.
Week 4: Thursday at 1pm (Jan 31): A full annotated bibliography for your project. You must include at least 7 sources, and you should aim for 10-15 sources, the majority of which must be books/articles published by academic, university or other scholarly presses. "Annotated" means that besides noting the author, title, publisher and publication date/place for each source, you include a one or two-sentence description of each source which also explains how that source is useful to you for your project.
Week 6: Thursday at 1pm (Feb 14): A full outline (1-3 types pages) of your research paper. Include your thesis (described in several sentences) at the top of the outline. Make four copies of this outline: your peers will read and critique it during the research workshop 1-4pm.
Week 7: Thursday at 1pm (Feb 21): 3-5 pages of your research paper. Don't bring the introduction (which you should always write last!) Bring 3-5 typed pages from somewhere in the body of your paper. Bring four copies of these 3-5 pages: your peers will read and critique it during the research workshop 1-4pm.
Week 8: Thursday at 1pm (Feb 28) Final full research paper. The faculty will not accept late papers.