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FRENCH 318

Voyager et Décrire le Voyage

Sarah Quesada

Description from DukeHub

This course engages accounts of orientalism and exoticism in French paintings and travel narratives of the 19th century to the present. In the 20th century, we will also read some accounts by non-French travelers in French-speaking places and consider if their travels lead to solidarity or understanding with a socioeconomically disadvantaged country. And in the contemporary, some of the stories feature a female traveler attempting to belong, contesting the centrality of male travelogues in 19th and 20th century French literary culture.

Skills

AI-resilient: 1 of 5

  • No: Physical, lab or field work
  • No: Live work with people
  • No: Judgment someone is accountable for
  • Yes: A craft you practice with your hands or body · "paintings"
  • No: Small, in-person format

The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works

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