French Literary Enthusiasts

The French Instructional Book Club of L’Union Française
For Fall 2024

Contemporary Women’s Voices in French Fiction

This semester, rather than exploring classics of French literature that you may have studied in college, we will read several selections of works by contemporary women authors, still living and breathing, as a way of examining shifts in the culture of France and in contemporary ideas of interest to French readers. Some of these works will be short stories, and others will be short novels and novellas.

Our discussion will center on questions raised by these authors and how we might better understand the thinking of French life today through their narratives. This course requires an intermediary level in French or above and a curiosity about life in France now.

This is an instructional book club. Note that this series is in French and requires at least an intermediate French ability (B1) for participation.

The classes will meet on Saturdays at 12 p.m. at 4522 Prytania Street.

Class meets weekly over entire semester from Sept. 14 to Dec. 14.

Tuition is $225 for the entire semester.

Contact Anne Babson for additional information at anne_babson@yahoo.com