2025 Fall
FRENCH 112A 001 - LEC 001
Medieval Literature
Gender, Space, and Diversity in Medieval French Literature
Henry Ravenhall
Class #:26800
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
French
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
0
Enrolled: 18
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 18
Waitlist Max: 5
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
2 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 9 hours of outside work hours per week, and 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week., 3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 9 hours of outside work hours per week.
Final Exam
MON, DECEMBER 15TH
11:30 am - 02:30 pm
Dwinelle 243
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Course Catalog Description
Medieval literature from the "Chanson de Roland" to the "Roman de la Rose."
Class Description
All work in this class is conducted in French.
What makes a human? How is gender constructed? How might sex, class, and race be connected? Medieval literature presents intriguing, sometimes challenging, answers to these important questions. This course examines a range of early texts in French that address, respectively, the animal-human divide, the gender binary, sexuality and play, race and power, and feminist community-building. You will learn how to read medieval texts in their original forms, and you will get to handle manuscripts in the impressive collections at the Bancroft Library. No prior knowledge of medieval language is required as all texts will be available in modern French translation.
What makes a human? How is gender constructed? How might sex, class, and race be connected? Medieval literature presents intriguing, sometimes challenging, answers to these important questions. This course examines a range of early texts in French that address, respectively, the animal-human divide, the gender binary, sexuality and play, race and power, and feminist community-building. You will learn how to read medieval texts in their original forms, and you will get to handle manuscripts in the impressive collections at the Bancroft Library. No prior knowledge of medieval language is required as all texts will be available in modern French translation.
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions
One course from 112A-112B may be repeated once for credit with a different topic and with consent of the Undergraduate Adviser.
Repeat Rules
Requirements class fulfills
Meets Arts & Literature, L&S Breadth
Meets International Studies, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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Associated Sections
None