| Title: | Sound and Literature in French |
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| Course Section Number: | FRE-277-01 |
| Department: | French |
| Description: | Can we recover the sounds of Paris prior to sound recording? Why were church bells silenced during the French Revolution, and how did the meaning of this sound become secularized in the countryside? What types of sources are researchers using to restore the sonic aspects of the Notre Dame cathedral since the disastrous fire in April 2019? This course will take up these and other questions about the role of sound in the construction of French cultural and political identities. Drawing from key concepts in Sound Studies, we will explore the evolving soundscapes across France and the French colonial empire. Through poetry and prose from classic French and Francophone writers such as Charles Baudelaire, Frantz Fanon, Gustave Flaubert, and Proust, we will study how authors have used literature to preserve the sounds of history before and after sound recording, and listen to the earliest recorded human voice, the cries of Parisian street vendors, and the sounds of war from the medieval era to the present. FRE-277-01=MUS-104-01 |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | August 23, 2023 |
| End Date: | December 16, 2023 |
| Meeting Information: |
08/24/2023-12/14/2023 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 09:45AM - 11:00AM, Detchon, Room 128
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| Faculty: | Altergott, Renee |
Course Status & Cross-Listings
| Cross-list Group Capacity: | 16 |
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| Cross-list Group Student Count: | 8 |
| Calculated Course Status: | OPEN |
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