Overview of history of cartography, Middle Ages to 17^th Century

 Overview of early modern history and politics

 Close readings of texts

 Class discussion in French

 Writing workshop

Participation                                           25%

Weekly Essays                                      30%

        15 total, due Fridays

                     Most will be in French

Midterm                                                  20%

Final/Final Paper                                   25%

Written Final for undergrads

MLA style paper for grads

La Bruyère, Les Caractères

Lafayette, La Princesse de Clèves

Molière, Le Misanthrope

Racine, Andromaque

Racine, Phèdre

Scudéry, Clélie

Sévigné, Lettres choisies

Buisseret and Conley on Reserve

20-40 pp. (or 1-2 acts) of assigned reading per class: the pages indicated for a given day are to be read before that day

Grads read everything

2 reserve readings in week 7—you may wish to get photocopies ahead of time; I’ll try to make an extra copy available in PH

Friday, Oct. 13: SE17 conference—no regular class meeting; attend one session of your choice (Oct. 12-14, conference schedule tba)

http://www.uiowa.edu/~se17fren/

1 page, typed, double-spaced (OK if it spills over to a 2nd page, but all you need to do is 1page)

Please hand in a hard copy--I don't accept email attachments.

Synthesize your reading notes for the week

Pick an idea/topic to explore

Raise questions, at least one

Use this exercise to prepare for discussion

Try things out: work on your writing

Keep track of feedback

Grading: 15 essays, 2% each, 30% of overall grade

 Holistic evaluation for overall letter grade

Criteria: Evidence of careful readings, Originality of thought, Quality of question(s), Quality and grammatical accuracy of writing

Papers are due at the beginning of class every Friday (except October 13th)

Late papers will be graded one letter grade down per day late.

Please Read Carefully

Let me know anytime you have questions

Don’t worry about Denis intro.—I’ll summarize

Clélie 33-55

Presentation of landscape: key terms? Topographical features? Relationship between individual and world?

Presentation of main characters: What personal qualities and experiences are emphasized?

The Earthquake

Aronce’s Journey

Biographies of Aronce and Clélie

Scudéry’s style: techniques, tendencies? What are the sentences like? What is the vocabulary like? What do you think made this a best-seller in the 17^th C.?