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Faculty
Karen de Bruin (Ph.D.,
University of Chicago, 2007)
is Assistant Professor of French at the University of Rhode
Island. Her
scholarship spans the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods and focuses
on political and romantic literature. She is currently reworking into a
book her recently completed dissertation entitled “‘La femme
supérieure’: L’individu, le roman, et la république libre de Germaine
de Staël.” Her next
scholarly
project will examine the representation of the anti-slavery movement in
women’s writings of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Education
Ph.D. in French,
University of Chicago, 2007
DEA in Sciences
du Langage, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, 2005
M.A. in French,
University of Colorado
B.A. in French,
Washington University in Saint Louis, 1994
Office: 129 Swan
Hall
Hours
(Fall 2008): M & W 1:30-2:30pm and by appointment
Phone:
401-874-4697
Email: debruin@mail.uri.edu
Courses
typically taught by Dr. de Bruin:
FRN 207 French Oral Expression 1
This French conversation course trains students in spontaneous oral expression. Through emphasis on lively debate and discussion,
students learn to speak with relative ease on a wide variety of subjects, ranging from
current events to philosophy.
FRN 310 Modern French Culture &
Literature
Through literature, this course introduces students to the major
philosophical, aesthetic, and political debates of nineteenth and
twentieth century France.
FRN 392-200 19th Century French Literature
in Translation
On the magic carpet of the 19th-century novel, this course will take
the reader on a turbulent ride through the four major revolutions in
France during the 19th century and highlight the ripple effect that
these revolutions had across Europe. We will examine what are commonly
called the Romantic, Realist and Naturalist movements in their
political, philosophical as well as literary contexts. We will also
examine how the French Revolutions, especially the 1789 Revolution and
1848 Revolution, fueled revolutionary, literary and philosophical
movements throughout Europe and in “America.” Readings will be in
English.
FRN 412-001 Terror and the French
Revolution
Today we hear constantly about “Terror.” But what precisely is
“Terror”? What are its historical, philosophical and literary origins?
In this course we will interrogate the concept of “Terror” in the
French Revolution. Through film, literature and other historical texts,
we will examine the original “Reign of Terror” and the ensuing
reactionary periods of “White Terror.”
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