Mar 11
Banned Classics of French Literature, with Professor Cathy Yandell
Carls in New Mexico
are invited to
Banned Classics in French Literature
with Professor Cathy Yandell
March 11-April 15, 2025
Why are certain books banned? From political entanglements to explicit eroticism, censors often cite multiple justifications. Professor Cathy Yandell invites you to join her in exploring four brief French classics: Molière’s Tartuffe, Voltaire’s Candide, Albert Camus’s The Stranger, Marguerite Duras’s The Lover, a tale from Sade's The Crimes of Love, and Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, examining the nature of the perceived threat they posed. (And yes, there may be parallels in the twenty- first century…) The question of censorship connects the works to be read and discussed, but we also delve into these impressive works of fiction on their own terms. Participants may read in any translation they like (or in French).
Time
12:00 - 2:00 p.m. (a six-meeting course)
Location
University of New Mexico
Continuing Education
South Building, 107
1634 University Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Registration (and fee of $69) is managed through the University of New Mexico.
Cathy Yandell is the W.I. and Hulda F. Daniell Professor Emerita of French and Francophone Studies at Carleton College. The former David and Marion Bryn-Jones Distinguished Teaching Professor of French Literature, Language, and Culture, she was knighted by the French government in the Order of Academic Palms in 2019. Author of Time and Gender in Early Modern France and co-editor of Vieillir à la Renaissance (Growing Old in the Renaissance) and Memory and Community in Sixteenth Century France, she also published a general interest book with Saint Martin’s Press in 2023: The French Art of Living Well: Finding Joie de Vivre in the Everyday World (translated into three other languages). When not buried in books, she loves hiking, dance, yoga, cooking, and the flying trapeze.
Questions?
Contact Alumni Relations via email or 800-729-2586.