FRN 355 Plays & Film Adaptations

This course will explore some of the greatest theatre in French from the 17th century to the present. We will read excerpts from plays by authors from Europe, Africa, North America, Asia, and the Caribbean Sea. The plays will exemplify movements like Classicism, Romanticism, Existentialism, the Theatre of the Absurd, Feminism, PostColonialism, and Queer Theatre. Taught in French.