I had a meeting with the program director, Professor Lydgate, today to discuss course selection for our time in Aix-en-Provence and just to talk with him a little bit about how we're feeling about the study abroad experience so far.
It took about 5 minutes to discuss course selection because I'm a nerd and I've already thought about it and made a list before going to my meeting. There are SO many things that I'm thinking about taking simply because there's no other time when I can study subjects from a different point of view and also simply because I won't have the time or option of studying some of these things when I return to Wellesley, my degree requirements, and my double-major...
Here's a little glimpse at the courses that I'm considering:
- 19th-century Art History
- Art of Love and the Art of Poetry in the Middle Ages
- Civilization: Introduction to the Arabic Muslim world
- Contemporary Arabo-Islamic World since 1945
- Evolution of a Literar Movement: European Romanticism
- French Literature: The Art of Love and the Art of Poetry, Middle Ages
- History of Contemporary Art
- History of the European Union
- Libertine Literature (17th and 18th century)
- Social and Cultural History of Modern France
- The Evolution of Love from Laclos to Proust
- Translation
- Twentieth Century Writers
- North African Anthropology
I want to take an Art History class because in high schoo, I took Art History and learned about cubism, neoclassicism, and other styles of modern art, much of which was born in France! I feel like it would be appropriate to study it here while I have access to the original locations where the pieces were created. As for French literature, well, I'm here to improve my French, and I'm a fan of romantic French literature as well as Romantic French literature (yes, I realize I used the word romantic twice, check out the difference in the capitalization of the r, beeyatchesss. psh, yeah, I'm an academic. BOOYAH). Translation is a requirement for the French major and it will be more fun to take it while I'm in France and I can apply it right away as opposed to taking it at Wellesley where it will seem boring and tedious. Then, for the studies of North African and Middle Eastern areas: because France has a large portion of immigrants from the Maghreb and Middle East, it would be fascinating to see what the influence has been and also hear how it's taught in French universities.
I eventually have to pick 4 of these classes. If you have any suggestions, leave me a comment!
Oh. Okay, so the point of the entry: during the meeting, Monsieur Lydgate asked me how I like my classes and the Citadines where we're staying and Paris in general. Then, he told me that he had met with the professors to discuss how our classes are going and he said that Monsieur Boyer talked to him about how he was really happy and impressed with my French! OUAAAIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!! SO much better than going to dancer à une boite.
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Min,
Your blog looks and sounds very beautiful. (Better than dry emails...) For your course selection, how about the History of European Union? As an Econ major, EU history (which is mostly an economic entity) might be interesting... Just a thought.
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