Honoré de Balzac’s novella Sarrasine explores passion, desire, happiness and the relationship between art and life. The course will analyze this riveting framed tale in the context of 18th- and 19th-century Italian and French art and culture.
Suggested Reading: Balzac, Sarrasine (http://faculty.las.illinois.edu/rrushing/242/ewExternalFiles/Balzac.pdf)