A Conflict of Myths: The Picaro Versus the Shepherd and the Knight
FAIN: FS-10428-76
University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA 15260-6133)
Benjamin F. Bart (Project Director: September 1976 to present)
To discuss new critical perspectives in the 19th century French novel. The seminar will concentrate on two types of criticism: formal and humanistic. The four novels to be studied are: Le Rouge et le Noir, Le Pere Goriot, Madame Bovary, and Germinal.