FREN 314 Refinement, Politeness and Social Behavior

Prerequisite: FREN 207 or FREN 208 or permission of the department chair. We will define what makes refinement, politeness and the art of living one of the major stereotypes when speaking about French culture. Through the literature and the culture of seven centuries of French history, we will evaluate the importance of language from 1100 to 1800 in the creation of an ideal of social behavior.