AP/FR1005, L.

Arnason

Possible Subjects (Winter Term)

19th Century

Literature and theatre

Honoré de Balzac (any novel or short story other than Le Colonel Chabert, such as La Grande
Bretèche, The Atheist's mass, The Red Inn...)
Charles Baudelaire (The Flowers of Evil)
Victor Hugo (any novel, play, or poetry collection. N.B. American or English cinematic or
musical adaptations of Les Miserables or The Hunchback of Notre Dame are not
acceptable)
Guy de Maupassant (any novel or short story)
Louise Michel (memoirs)
George Sand (any novel - such as Indiana, La Petite Fadette, or François le Champi – play, or
the correspondence or private journal of)
« Stendhal » (any work)
Emile Zola (any novel, short story or film adaptation thereof)

Art and architecture

The Basilique de Fourvière, Lyon
The Opera Garnier
Any of the major 19th c. French department stores such as the Bon Marché, Printemps, or BHV.
Any of the Paris train stations
Georges-Eugène Haussmann (any major structure or park)
Edgar Degas (any major work)
Paul Gauguin (any major work)
Jean-Léon Gérôme (any major work)
Claude Monet (any major work)

Music
Hector Berlioz (any major work such as the Symphonie Fantastique or Messe Solenelle)
Claude Debussy (Pelleas et Mélisande, or any major piano work)
Gabriel Fauré (any major collection of piano works like the Barcarolles or Nocturnes)
Jules Massenet (any opera)
Jacques Offenbach (any opera or operetta)
Giochino Rossini (any opera produced in Paris, such as Guillaume Tell or Il Viaggio a Reims)

Film (about this period)

Any adaptation of a literary work of the period (such as Germinal, Le Rouge et le noir, etc.)
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20th Century

Literature and theatre

Simone de Beauvoir (The Second Sex or any other major work)
Albert Camus (any major literary or philosophical work such as The Myth of Sisyphus, or The
Stranger)
Louis-Ferdinand Céline (Journey to the End of the Night)
Colette (any major work)
André Gide (The Counterfeiters)
Marcel Proust (In search of Lost Time)
Nathalie Sarraute (The Age of Suspicion or any other major work)
Jean-Paul Sartre (any major literary or philosophical work except for No Exit)
The Oulipo, or any major work of this movement
Any Prix Goncourt winner of the 20th century (and the work that earned them the prize)

Art and architecture

Any Art nouveau structure in France (e.g. the Grand Palais, or Paris Metro)
Any Art déco structure in France (e.g. The Samaritaine, Théâtre des Champs Elysées)
The Grande Arche de La Défense
Le Corbusier (any major building)
Henri Matisse (any major work)
Marc Chagall (any major work)

Music
Olivier Messiaen (any major work)
Francis Poulenc (any major opera)
Any major « chanson française » singer (Sacha Guitry, Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Georges
Brassens, Serge Gainsbourg, Françoise Hardy, Barbara)

Film (about this period)

Any French film from the “French Cinema” category on Kanopy (classic or “nouvelle-vague”
cinema)
Any film by Marcel Pagnol, Jean Cocteau, Claude Chabrol, Jean Renoir, Jean-Luc Godard, or
Eric Rohmer