FRW 6900                                                                                                                                            Spring 2002
Dr. William Calin                                                                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                                                                                              Periods 9-11
 
 
                                                             Romance: A Genre
I.  Study of the literary genre "romance" which differs from the modern novel of realism and contemporary
    metafiction.  Romance precedes the other two narrative forms, was dominant in the Middle Ages, and, for much
    of world literature, can be considered the generic norm.  It has also maintained a lively existence over
    the last two centuries.  We shall read a number of romances form modern critical perspectives, including
    Freudian, Jungian, Marxist, gender-related, reader-response, narratological, and intertextual.
 

II.  One twelve-to-fifteen page paper.  Active seminar discussion.
 
 

III.  Beroul, Tristan et Iseut
      Thomas, Tristan et Iseut
      Chrétien de Troyes, Le Chevalier au lion
      Guillaume de Machaut, La Fontaine amoureuse
      Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Paul et Virginie
      Lamartine, Graziella
      Barbey d'Aurveilly, L'Ensorcelée
      Roparz Hemon, La Marie-Morgane
      Lafont, L'Icône dans l'île
 
 

IV.

        January   14                                                                              Introduction

                      21                                                                               Secular Holiday 1

                      28                                                                               Beroul

    February       4                                                                              Beroul + Thomas

                       11                                                                              Thomas

                       18                                                                              Chrétien

                       25                                                                              Chrétien

    March           4                                                                              Secular Holiday 2

                        11                                                                             Machaut

                        18                                                                             Bernardin

                        25                                                                             Lamartine

    April               1                                                                             Lamartine + Barbey

                          8                                                                             Barbey

                        15                                                                             Roparz Hemon

                         22                                                                             Lafont