FREN 525: FRENCH THEORY, IN ENGLISH
Spring 2026 · Section 001 · CRN 24559
This course provides an introduction to contemporary French theory and philosophy in their historical context, from decolonization and the Cold War to the present. Along the way, we will discuss French phenomenology, Marxism, structuralism, feminism, post-structuralism, and post-continental philosophy, including their impact on US culture. Taught in English. Graduate students taking the course for 500-level credit will be assigned book-length texts instead of the essays assigned to undergraduates, and they will write a 15 page mid-semester paper and a 25 page final paper. Cross-list: FREN 325.
- Credits
- 3
- Instructors
- Philip Wood