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21G.347[J] Social and Literary Trends in Contemporary Short French Fiction
(New)
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Not offered academic year 2025-2026Undergrad (Fall) HASS Humanities
(Same subject as 21L.629[J])
Prereq: One intermediate subject in French or permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-9
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Examines short stories and short novels published in France during the past 20 years, with emphasis on texts related to the dominant social and cultural trends. Themes include the legacy of France's colonial experience, the re-examination of its wartime past, memory and the Holocaust, the specter of AIDS, changing gender relationships, new families, the quest for personal identity, and immigration narratives. Covers a wide variety of authors, including Christine Angot, Nina Bouraoui, Herve Guibert, and Patrick Modiano. Taught in French.
B. Perreau