Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; screening, 1 hour; outside research, 1 hour; term paper, 1 hour
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Prerequisites: FREN 101A or FREN 101B or FREN 101C or consent of instructor
Description: Explores the role of sports in works of fiction from the French speaking world. Utilizes a variety of genres. Topics include the origin of Western sports, fraternity, hygiene, hubris, competition, the making and the fall of heroes, patriotism, doping, capitalism, and propaganda. Taught entirely in French.