FREN 476 - French Comic Traditions

(3 units)

Prerequisite(s): FREN 333 or FREN 334 or consent of instructor
Historical overview of French comedic forms; close reading of selected works; elements of comic theory. Includes works such as medieval farce, Molière’s different comic genres, Beaumarchais, Feydeau and absurdist dramatists such as Jarry and Ionesco, as well as film comedies.

Letter grade only (A-F). FREN 576