Graduate School of Humanities Department of Languages and Literature Western Literature Field French Literature Speciality (Credit 2) Intended Year: Intended School:

French Literature Special Studies I French Literature Special Studies I Sub Title　 Visiting Associate Professor Charlene CLONTS

Numbering Code: Course Code: 2024 SpringTerm weekly Wed3 Ito Classroom E/J科目 (French, English)

Course Overview

French feminine voices from the Enlightenment till today. In this class, we aim at highlighting crucial texts written by women or in favor of women’s rights. Starting with the evocation of the feminine condition during the Enlightenment (f.e. in Voltaire’s writings), then during the Revolution, we will focus on the Declaration of Women’s and Women-citizen’s rights written by Olympe de Gouges, but also on Condorcet’s text about the necessity of instruction for all women. In the beginning of the 19th century, writers such as Flora Tristan will allow for feminine working-class voices to rise up. George Sand and Colette are also two seminal writers that we will study. Finally, we will learn more about the Revolution of May 1968, the MLF movement and the essays written by philosophers such as Simone de Beauvoir.

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