FREN 323 Modern Family in France

Prerequisites: FREN 207 or FREN 208 or permission of instructor The modern nuclear family may seem universal to us today, but in fact it is a fairly recent idea that sprang from the age of Enlightenment. Through the works of authors such as Rousseau and Balzac, and critical perspectives from sociology and art history, we will explore the origin of the modern family and its implications in modern France.